时间:2019-02-24 作者:英语课 分类:英语趣味课堂


英语课
Todd: So, hey, Rebecca, speaking of environmental stuff 1, I was reading about a drought 2 in Australia. You guys have a serious drought problem with water?
Rebecca: Yeah, we do. We've had a drought for some time now and it seems to be getting worse and worse each year. At the moment, it depends on the area that you're in, but some areas are quite hard-hitted. We actually have restrictions 3 on water now so you can't wash your car unless it's with a bucket of water. You can't water your garden at all, so my mom loves gardening, so to keep her garden, dad actually has fitted a special tube into the washing machine which filters 4 the water out out into a bucket outside and she can use that grey water to water all her plants and that way she can keep her garden all nice.
 
Todd: That's fantastic. You call it grey water?
 
Rebecca: Mm. We call it grey water.
 
Todd: Is it only water from the washing machine?
 
Rebecca: Yeah, it is. We haven't done anything else with the shower water or anything, yet, and I think with the soaps that we use, they're more... not as hard on the plants, so they're actually growing really well.
 
Todd: Oh, really. Actually, the garden is doing better with the grey water than normal water?
 
Rebecca: Yeah. Especially grass. Yeah, I don't know, maybe something in the water that they really love.
 
Todd: Right. All those dirt nutrients 5 from the clothes.
 
Rebecca: From the clothes, yes.
 
Todd: So, has the government done anything like to raise water prices or limit how much water you can use per month or anything like that?
 
Rebecca: There's a certain limit on water and then after that limit's reached, you actually pay quite a fair bit for water. Bottles of water have gone up to about three to four dollars for just a hundred-fifty mil-bottles, so it's quite expensive. Yeah, so water prices are quite high now.
 
Todd: So, basically 6, everybody in Australia just has to hope that in the future there'll be more rain?
 
Rebecca: Yeah. Yeah. Definitely 7. I think the problem is that with the rains, it needs to rain into the basins where we catch the water so, if it doesn't rain into them, then the water's just useless to us when it rains. It just runs offbecause the ground's so dry.
 
Todd: Right, you just have the run-off.
 
Rebecca: Yeah.
 
Todd: So, have you had other things like flooding or anything like that because of the drought?
 
Rebecca: In certain areas when there's been big rainfalls, there has been a lot of flooding because the ground just doesn't soak 8 it up. It's that dry, but other areas have got water so because Australia is so vast, so wide as well, yeah, there's different areas that are hit differently.
 
Todd: Ah, that's terrible. Well, I hope it gets better.
 
Rebecca: Yeah, so do I.
 

n.原料,材料,东西;vt.填满;吃饱
  • We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
  • He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。
n.旱灾,干旱,久旱
  • The plants are growing in again,despite the drought.尽管干旱,植物又长出来了。
  • The ground is as hard as stone after the drought.长期干旱后土地硬得就像石头一样。
约束( restriction的名词复数 ); 管制; 制约因素; 带限制性的条件(或规则)
  • I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
  • a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制
过滤( filter的名词复数 ); 滤光器; (香烟头上的)过滤嘴; 交通红灯指示不得直行的同时
  • Filters do not remove all contaminants from water. 过滤器无法过滤掉水中的所有污染物。
  • A liquid filters through a strainer,into the receptacle beneath. 液体经过过滤器流入下面的容器。
n.(食品或化学品)营养物,营养品( nutrient的名词复数 )
  • a lack of essential nutrients 基本营养的缺乏
  • Nutrients are absorbed into the bloodstream. 营养素被吸收进血液。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adv.基本上,从根本上说
  • His heart is basically sound.他的心脏基本上健康。
  • Basically I agree with your plan.我基本上同意你的计划。
adv.一定地,肯定地;明确地,确切地
  • The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛,这个队肯定会输。
  • I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前,我一定回家。
n.浸,湿透,喝醉;vt.使…湿透,浸泡在液体中,浸洗,吸入,使某人喝醉,向某人敲竹杠;vi.浸入液体,渗透,感化(某人),无节制地喝酒
  • Let the clothes soak for a few hours in soapy water.让衣服在肥皂水中泡几小时。
  • The oil will soak into the wood.油会渗进木头里。
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ability to repay
Abū Kabir
accidental resemblance
Adenacanthus longispicus
anglesite
anteosaurids
anvil cutter
biotite hypersthene trachyte
blnk
bowelless
brammall
carbon dioxide gas laser
cash on the barrel head
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chiasms
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consummate art
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crow step
cryptocrystalline
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device-template library
dig one's feet in
direct-care
dirt boat
double-beam optical null
Echinochloa cruspavonis
electrical apparatus element
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electromechanical pick up
Ethel Reefs
evacuateth
expansive classification
fibre optic element
forestage
forestiera neomexicanas
fueling distribution
Gelle test
geodetic photogrammetry
grees
have something taped
hydroacoustic contact
ignore rule
indignancies
industrial tyre
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interchange agreement
large bolt rope needle
make same height
marker radio beacon
mechanized packing lot
melchester
multicolor emission
neodigoxin
nephotettix apicalis (st?l)
net filter
owatonna
Pacific Mail
paramilitarism
Pass Christian
Pathum Thani
pepsinogenous
Phenyldimazone
polybag plant
polyvinylacetal
porphyrea
precision emitter location strike system
preliminary assay
quatenus
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quiners
rabbit-ear test
radioxenon
rail joint bond
refunding bond
riding hood
roll bender
Saxifragales
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space of discission
special checkout equipment for satellite
speicher
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tear your away
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tonomorpheme
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tripudium
unilateral stimulus
unsafety
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value-shiftings
veruel
virtual point
whoop-dee-doo
yolks