双语|趣味动漫|应对海洋塑料污染,BBC英语大破解

2022-10-30 来源:旧番剧

双语|趣味动漫|应对海洋塑料污染,BBC英语大破解


双语剪,未来开!
第 14 期
一、视频课
趣味动漫
疯狂动物城 四
08:12
BBC英语大破解
Tackling the sea of plastic
应对海洋塑料污染
要点
有关“Recycling 回收”的词汇
问题
Can only people living in coastal communities solve the problem of plastic waste?
文稿
Reducing the eight million tons of plastic dumped
in the world’s oceans every year is now a priority around the globe and closing the loop by recycling is one answer.
These are deposit return-or-reverse vending machines. You put used plastic bottles in and they pay out. It scans the bar code on the label and offers the chance to make a donation to charity or credit in this supermarket. Collections
are made across Sweden and brought here to this plant 90 minutes south of Stockholm. They handle plastic and glass bottles as well as aluminium cans. The Swedes have been using this type of system since the mid-eighties.
But the country is no stranger to the scourge of plastic pollution, especially in the sea. It’s a major problem here but one the environment minister insists is solvable.
Karolina Skog - Swedish Environment Minister
“There are many interesting new materials coming up from research and innovation and I see that once we have knowledge on really sustainable materials
we can enter them into market rather quickly because there is a public demand and we have legal tools to use if needed. So yes, I am optimistic if we work together policy and industry.”
And people too. As plastics break down
to micro level
and enter the food chain in our oceans, it’s not just an issue for coastal communities. It’s a problem that affects all of us and can only be solved by all of us.
减少目前每年倒入海洋中的八百万吨塑料废弃物是世界各国的当务之急。回收利用塑料制品是终止污染恶性循环的一个良策。
这些是回收塑料瓶的机器。把用过的塑料瓶放进去后,它就会吐出相当于现金的票券。同时它也能扫描票券上的条形码,并提供将这笔收入捐赠给慈善机构的服务,或将票券抵兑机器所在的这间超市的消费券。从瑞典全国上下收集的废品会被带到这个位于斯德哥尔摩以南90分钟的工厂里。这里可以处理塑料瓶、玻璃瓶以及铝罐的回收。自八十年代中期以来,瑞典人一直在使用这个回收系统。
瑞典这个国家对白色污染之苦并不陌生,特别是海洋里的塑料。这是该国面临的一个严重问题,不过瑞典的环境部长坚持认为这个问题是可以解决的。
卡罗利娜
·
斯科格
-
瑞典环境部长
“研究和创新成果为我们提供了很多有趣的新材料,我认为一旦我们研制出真正的可持续材料,就可以快速地将其投入市场,因为公众对此有需求,而且必要的话,我们可以使用法律程序以确保将其尽快投入使用。所以,是的,只要政策制定者和行业共同联手,问题一定能解决。”
人们也是一样。随着塑料分解为微小的物质,进入海洋的食物链,这不仅是一个沿海居民要面对的问题。这是一个影响我们所有人的问题,也只能由我们一起才能解决。
词汇
dumped
倾倒
collections
收(垃圾)
sustainable materials
可持续材料(环保材料)
break down
分解
micro level
(物质)微小的单位
你知道吗

US scientists have calculated the total amount of plastic ever made and put the number at 8.3 billion tonnes. That is as heavy as a billion elephants.
美国科学家算出,迄今为止生产出的塑料总重量已达83亿吨,相当于十亿只大象那么重。
答案
No. It’s not just an issue for coastal communities - it’s a problem that affects all of us and can only be solved by all of us.

双语|趣味动漫|应对海洋塑料污染,BBC英语大破解


二、口语题
“去医院”说“go to hospital”居然是中式英文!
生病了要不要go to hospital?其实英文hospital并不能随口说,原因是这样的...

双语|趣味动漫|应对海洋塑料污染,BBC英语大破解


为什么go to hospital是中式英文?
首先告诉你,这句话语法没问题,说它是中式英文,更多是由于文化差异。我们喜欢说去医院,而大多数英语国家的人会说看医生,在他们的认知里,感冒发烧这种小病,一般就找家庭医生,或是去诊所(clinic)。
更常用的表达
I need to go to the doctor.
我要去看医生。
I have a doctor"s appointment
我和医生预约好了。
I"d like to see a doctor.
我想去看医生。
You"d better go and see a doctor right away.
你最好去找医生看看吧。
什么情况说hospital?
hospital在英文里指的是综合大医院,并且有住院的意思。所以当你说你要go to hospital的时候,外国人会认为你病的很严重,并且到了要住院的程度,非常容易产生误会。
I ended up in hospital with facial injuries.
我落得个面部受伤,进了医院。
Doctors will keep her in hospital for at least another week.
医生会让她再住至少一个星期的院。
身体不舒服,不是uncomfortable!
请病假的时候,如果你和老板说,I feel uncomfortable.那距离老板开除你就不远了。我们都知道舒服是comfortable,表示身体不舒服,可不能说uncomfortable。
uncomfortable是描述尴尬、不自在,不合适,害怕的状态。
I felt him watching me uncomfortably.
我感到他在难为情地望着我。

双语|趣味动漫|应对海洋塑料污染,BBC英语大破解


身体不舒服该怎么说?
看了前面你应该知道,如果和老板说,你uncomfortable,老板会认为,你在公司待得不自在。为了避免误会,你可以这样说:
not feeling good身体感觉不太好
fall ill感觉要生病
fall sick身体难受
I"m not feeling good because I was in the hospital too long.
我感觉很糟,是因为在医院待太长时间了。
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