Take Away English-Green Living 绿色生活
时间：2019-01-02 作者：英语课 分类：Take Away English
Can we help the environment by being green?
We all know that humans are damaging the environment, but what can we do about it? Some people are trying to do their bit to try to be more environmentally friendly.
Local councils in Britain encourage certain aspects of green living, such as recycling paper, tin, plastic and glass. They want to reduce the amount of rubbish going into landfill sites, because they are running out of places to dump rubbish. In some areas rubbish for recycling is collected from your doorstep, but in other areas, you have to take it to a special recycling place, such as a bottle bank.
Another way of reducing the amount of rubbish you create is to use reusable products instead of disposable ones. For example, some people use strong shopping bags or boxes for their groceries instead of plastic carrier bags, or use washable nappies instead of disposables.
More people are becoming interested in reducing their carbon footprint – the amount of carbon they use up. They try to reduce their carbon emissions 1 by cycling, using public transport or an electric car, rather than driving gas-guzzling vehicles. Some people choose not to fly to go on holiday because aeroplanes are the biggest producers of carbon emissions.
You can make ‘green’ choices when buying food too. It’s best to buy food which was locally grown or produced so that it hasn’t been imported by air, or transported long distances by road.
Houses can be environmentally friendly too. It takes less energy to heat a house if it has good insulation 2 and double glazing 3. You can also create your own energy if you have solar panels or a wind turbine fitted though these can be expensive. You can also save water by using a rain water butt 4 for washing the car or watering the garden. It’s even possible to use a system where ‘grey water’ – water which has been through a tap once already, is used to flush toilets. Some new housing projects are being built specifically to be as environmentally friendly as possible.
GLOSSARY 词汇表
to do their bit
做他们能做的
councils
地方政府
landfill
填埋场
bottle bank
玻璃瓶回收站
disposable
一次性用的
carbon footprint
生态足迹
gas-guzzling
费油的
insulation
绝缘, 保温
solar panels
太阳能电板
water butt
积水罐
environmentally friendly
环境友好
recycling
回收
to dump
扔掉，抛弃
reusable
可再次使用的
carrier bags
口袋，拎袋
emissions
排放量
imported
进口的
double glazing
双层玻璃
wind turbine
风力发电涡轮
to flush
冲水
- Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
- Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。
- Please examine the insulation of the electric wires in my house.请检查一下我屋子里电线的绝缘情况。
- It is always difficult to assure good insulation between the electric leads.要保证两个电触头之间有良好的绝缘总是很困难的。
- You should ensure against loss of heat by having double glazing. 你应装双层玻璃以免散热。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- You should ensure yourself against loss of heat by having double glazing. 你应该装双层玻璃防止热量散失。 来自《简明英汉词典》