Fashion never ceases to surprise me. Recently, a fashion designer came up with another strange creation. His idea comes straight from the garbage dump, so to speak. He makes sweaters from used plastic

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(148) / 评论(0) 分类 赖世雄中级美国英语

In countries around the world, hundreds of thousands of poor people face daily hazards to earn meager livings by scavenging for recyclable goods. In Cambodia, hundreds of scavenger families find their lives changing - they will lose their homes and

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(十月)

Unit 8 [00:02.90]Save Your World!What Is Garbage?Garbage is everything that you throw away. [00:13.06]What do we do with garbage?We bury or burn most garbage. [00:19.54]Burying garbage is quick and easy but uses a lot of land. [00:26.07]Most land nea

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Sixteen years ago I learned an important life lesson, in the back of a New York City taxi cab. I hopped in a taxi, and we took off for Grand Central Station. We were driving in the right lane when, all of a sudden, a black car jumped out of a parkin

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(115) / 评论(0) 分类 每天一点英文

By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 19 May 2008 The European Union's Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas says Italy must act immediately to resolve the garbage situation in Naples to avoid worse consequences on public health. As Italian Prime Minister Sil

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(五月)

[ti:UNIT 8 Save Our World Lesson 63: Garbage Is Interesting!] [0:00.208]UNIT 8 第八单元 [0:01.663]Save Our World 拯救地球 [0:04.712]Lesson 63: 第63课: [0:07.137]Garbage Is Interesting! 垃圾很有趣! [0:10.393]Date: June 7 日期:六月

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[ti:UNIT 8 Save Our World Lesson 59: Let's Look at Garbage!] [0:00.906]UNIT 8 第八单元 [0:00.906]UNIT 8 第八单元 [0:03.042]Lesson 59: 第五十九课: [0:05.643]Lesson 59: 第五十九课: [0:08.034]Let's Look at Garbage! 让我们看看垃

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By Stephanie Ho Washington 31 May 2007 As long as there are people on the planet, there will be garbage. The rubbish often piles up in landfills that produce a harmful greenhouse gas called methane. VOA's Stephanie Ho reports solid waste managers hav

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(90) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(五月)

By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 21 May 2008 Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's cabinet took steps to deal with the growing garbage crisis in Naples and approved a package of measures to combat illegal immigration and crime. Sabina Castelfranco re

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Eagerly-awaited Technology Turns Garbage into Fuel When a garbage truck dumps its smelly cargo onto the tipping floor at the Fiberight companys pilot plant in southern Virginia, manager Randy Garrett sees fuel in the making. This is the truly remarka

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: We turn now to Brazil and its modern capital Brasilia. That city was conceived and planned as a kind of utopia, yet its mastermind, the world-renowned architect Oscar Niemeyer, and his fellow planners forgot something critical, whi

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(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) DAVID GREENE, HOST: It is time now for StoryCorps. And today we'll meet a man who performs two very essential, very different jobs. John Marboe is a Lutheran pastor who grew up admiring his local garbage collectors in Alexandria,

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Horse-powered garbage hauler runs on city road A video out of Yunnan showing what appears to be a horse-driven garbage carriage has gone viral in China. The local sanitation department is denying the antiquated garbage hauling method. A local claimin

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A: Hello, Tom? This is Hannah in 4C. B: Hi, Hannah. What can I do for you? A: My garbage disposal went south. B: Does it turn at all? A: There is nothing but silence when I turn on the switch. B: Did it die suddenly? A: It started to make a weird sou

发表于:2019-01-20 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 地道英语对话-租房

A: Hi, Tom. This is Hannah from apartment 4C. B: Oh, hi, Hannah. A: There is something wrong with my garbage disposal. B: Exactly what's going on? A: When I turn on the disposal switch, all I get is silence. B: When did this happen? A: Well, about a

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介绍: Garbage man 垃圾清洁工 【例句】 A person whose job is to empty people's dustbins and take the garbage away. 指的是一个人,工作是清空他人的垃圾桶,帮他们带走垃圾。 Garbage 垃圾(人或者事物) 【例句

发表于:2019-01-25 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 英语俚语天天说

By Jim Teeple Hebron, West Bank 28 November 2007 Palestinians in the West Bank who live near Israeli settlements have discovered a new way to make a living. VOA's Jim Teeple reports from the West Bank that some Palestinians now survive by picking thr

发表于:2019-01-28 / 阅读(100) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2007年(十一月)

By Mandy Clark London 13 November 2007 A city in Britain and a U.S.-based fast food chain are teaming up to cut carbon emissions as well as save energy and space in the local landfill. Some 130 buildings in the City of Sheffield are now being powered

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2007年(十一月)

BEIJING, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Beijing authorities have ordered removal of the garbage in a pit near the Miyun Reservoir, a major source of water for the city, the local environmental protection bureau said late Sunday. According to a statement issued

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(82) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

By Jessica Desvarieux Cairo 16 October 2009 Cairo residents try to protect themselves against the smell Cairo's streets are always dirty, but in recent months the usual piles of trash have gotten larger. The government's slaughter of Egypt's pigs, w

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