时间:2019-02-23 作者:英语课 分类:英语时差8,16


英语课

 Yael: I have a question for you, Don. Paper or plastic?


Don: Not that question again, Yael. Does anyone really care whether their groceries are put in plastic or paper bags?
Y: Sure they do. In fact, the city of San Francisco has taken an interest in the predominant question all of us face when buying groceries. They've weighed the pros 1 and cons 2 of both paper and plastic.
D: Like what?
Y: Well, the pros for paper are that it's biodegradable and recyclable, and it's made from a renewable resource, trees.
D: Sounds good.
Y: On the other hand, making paper bags creates more air and water pollution than making plastic bags. Recycling paper requires more energy. And when paper isn't recycled, it takes up more space in landfills than plastic.
D: So plastic is better?
Y: Not so fast. Most plastic bags available are made of polyethylene, which is nonbiodegradable. Polyethylene is made from crude oil and natural gas, nonrenewable resources. Though plastic bags can be recycled, the EPA estimates that only about 5% of them are versus 3 21% of paper bags. When you consider that ninety percent of all grocery bags are plastic, that's a lot of bags going into landfills or worse, littered. And plastic bags have been discovered to kill animals that swallow them.
D: Paper is starting to sound like the lesser 4 of two evils.
Y: San Francisco agrees with you. They're now requiring grocery stores to discontinue the nonbiodegradable plastic bags, and offer either paper alone or paper and biodegradable plastic.
D: Sounds like a good plan. Or better yet, I think I have one of those cloth reusable bags some place around here. Maybe I can bypass the paper or plastic question altogether.
Y: Good thinking. 

abbr.prosecuting 起诉;prosecutor 起诉人;professionals 自由职业者;proscenium (舞台)前部n.赞成的意见( pro的名词复数 );赞成的理由;抵偿物;交换物
  • The pros and cons cancel out. 正反两种意见抵消。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • We should hear all the pros and cons of the matter before we make a decision. 我们在对这事做出决定之前,应该先听取正反两方面的意见。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.欺骗,骗局( con的名词复数 )v.诈骗,哄骗( con的第三人称单数 )
  • The pros and cons cancel out. 正反两种意见抵消。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • We should hear all the pros and cons of the matter before we make a decision. 我们在对这事做出决定之前,应该先听取正反两方面的意见。 来自《简明英汉词典》
prep.以…为对手,对;与…相比之下
  • The big match tonight is England versus Spain.今晚的大赛是英格兰对西班牙。
  • The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.最富紧张刺激的球赛是哈佛队对耶鲁队。
adj.次要的,较小的;adv.较小地,较少地
  • Kept some of the lesser players out.不让那些次要的球员参加联赛。
  • She has also been affected,but to a lesser degree.她也受到波及,但程度较轻。
学英语单词
Abinadab
adjacent channel selectivity
admissions.
aethylmorphinae hydrochloridum
agaze
aminoacyl-adenylate
ammino-complex
anti-collision radar system
anticholinergics
ava-kava
be mad after
beating a retreat
beatness
Biltine
blackened grain
bluesily
bond floatation market
botryocladia leptopoda
can you beat it
clicks-and-mortar
communication strategies
compacting by high explosive
conscientious objaction
craniodentally
diversifolius
dust-proof switchgear
El Aguila, Cerro
electron-beam technology
enterprises using advanced technology
ethylene iodide
fascia phrenicopleuralis
for ... years
galactitol dehydrogenase
gap digit
Great Clacton
helibarge
Holth Peaks
humanitarian crisis
implementation strategies
in the manner of
inshot
interfixations
janders
juicery
kappata
L. K.
left-liberal
light correction filter
linear cipher system
magnetic flux arc welding
mega-cities
monocogue
multiplier focus
newtie
nicotiana glaucas
no-steam consumption
oh yeah
oil string casing
open breathing apparatus
orientation order
over-night load
oyster-shell
partial protection
passiflorin
pasture-ground
perintegration
phase solubility analysis
piflicated
pile stitch
plant availability factor
pseudophlebitis
pushf
quantum of damages
radio teletype-writer
recalcified
reconciliation
rectificatissimus
requirers
Sabathu
sadcases
saturation activation
section lease
sensory physiology
Septum intersinuale sphenoidale
Shanghai Maritime University
shoe polishes
simple ocular
specific purpose mobile crane
spiderish
stellaria medias
straightener roll
throw a mist before someone's eyes
Tokai
top-range
track carrier roller
trimmers
unangry
van de Velde
vibratode
videotapings
Zoliose