CCTV9英语新闻：在中国过期药品对人类和环境的威胁-英语课

时间：2019-02-02 作者：英语课 分类：CCTV9英语新闻2014年05月

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A recent survey by one of China's largest pharmaceutical 1 companies says about 15,000 tons of drugs expire every year. These products pose a threat to both human health and the environment if they're not disposed of properly. But so far, there is no state policy regulating that process. In recent years, some drugstores have taken on the task. But as our reporter Hu Chao found out, it has come at an increasingly high cost.

This is one of the largest drugstore chains in Taiyuan, the capital city of north China’s Shanxi Province. They have a box available every day to drop-off expired drugs. People who bring in their pills and medicines need to register. And on certain days, they can also receive a two-yuan coupon 2 for every five sets they deposit.

"Most people bring in their expired drugs on the 16th and 17th of the month, because that’s when they can get cash coupons 3. We usually receive about twenty boxes of expired drugs in these days." Zhang Lifang, store manager of Taiyuan Wanmin Pharmacy 4, said.

The local government started to encourage drugstores to collect expired drugs in 2008. Over seven hundred stores now participate. The drugs are burned in an incinerator around twice a year. Last year, nearly 100,000 tons of expired drugs were disposed of. But the cost of motivating people to bring in their expired medicines is beginning to become a burden for some stores.

"Properly disposing of expired drugs is a national issue. Now the biggest concern is the high cost of the process. Take this drugstore for example, it has spent about three million yuan since the project started, including the cost of coupons, storage and transportation of the drugs." Guo Jianping, Market Supervision 5 Director with Taiyuan Food & Drug Administration,said.

And while incinerating the drugs has so far been done for free by the local garbage company, that too may not last.

"We’ve only been collecting expired drugs on a trial basis. If the country can develop a specific policy to regulate and support drug disposal, our work will be more systematic 6 and effective." Guo said.

Although drug disposal programs are becoming more widespread, many areas in China are still not covered. But with people’s health and the environment on the line, the need for a national-level policy will only grow greater.

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1
pharmaceutical
f30zR

adj.药学的，药物的；药用的，药剂师的

参考例句：

She has donated money to establish a pharmaceutical laboratory.她捐款成立了一个药剂实验室。
We are engaged in a legal tussle with a large pharmaceutical company.我们正同一家大制药公司闹法律纠纷。

2
coupon
nogz3

n.息票，配给票，附单

参考例句：

The coupon can be used once only.此优惠券只限使用一次。
I have a coupon for ten pence off a packet of soap.我有一张优惠券买一盒肥皂可以便宜十便士。

3
coupons
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n.礼券( coupon的名词复数 )；优惠券；订货单；参赛表

参考例句：

The company gives away free coupons for drinks or other items. 公司为饮料或其它项目发放免费赠券。来自辞典例句
Do you have any coupons? 你们有优惠卡吗？来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 口语

4
pharmacy
h3hzT

n.药房，药剂学，制药业，配药业，一批备用药品

参考例句：

She works at the pharmacy.她在药房工作。
Modern pharmacy has solved the problem of sleeplessness.现代制药学已经解决了失眠问题。

5
supervision
hr6wv

n.监督，管理

参考例句：

The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。

6
systematic
SqMwo

adj.有系统的，有计划的，有方法的

参考例句：

The way he works isn't very systematic.他的工作不是很有条理。
The teacher made a systematic work of teaching.这个教师进行系统的教学工作。