【新闻多益】环保从日常做起,学会看环境友善标签英文

新闻多益】环保从日常做起,学会环境友善标签英文(示意图/达志影像)

环保议题在21世纪持续受到关注,当环境的变化对于人类生存造成许多负面影响威胁时,有越来越多人关心环境议题。大自然的反扑还是会不停带给人们警惕,我们也必须持续吸收环保新知,今天就来看看国外(https://bit.ly/2WBIFBv)如何介绍保护环境作法

1. Use Eco-Cleaning Products to Clean the House 采用环保清洁剂居家清洁

Chemicals such as detergents, preservatives, or foaming agents are the ones that cause the most harm to nature. Switching to products that contain sustainably grown or raised ingredients that do not deplete the ecosystem, nor harm it when expelled back out.

化学物质诸如清洁剂、防腐剂、起泡剂会造成环境伤害。改成包含可永续使用却不会耗费生态系统、就算淘汰了也不会伤害环境的产品。)

● detergent (n.) 清洁剂

detergent的意思是清洁剂,也包含了洗衣精、洗碗精等,状态可以是粉状或是浓缩液。不过一般在家庭情境中,大多指的是laundry detergent(洗衣精)或是dish detergent(洗碗精)。

● foaming agent 起泡剂

foam指的是泡沫,foamy是形容词,有泡泡的。foam还能当作动词使用,意思是起泡,to foam at the mouth(口吐白沫)则是常用的说法。

agent则是指作用剂,或许大家较熟悉的是仲介,多益(www.toeic.com.tw)情境常见如travel agent旅行社专员和real estate agent 房屋仲介,指的都是业务性代理人,用于此处则表示一种化学物质,可以协助其他物质产生作用。

● deplete (v.) 耗费;消费

deplete大多用在(自然)资源、金钱精力等方面的消耗,多有消耗光、大量耗费的意思,和consume的用法有些不同,后者单纯意指使用。

If we continue to deplete the earth's natural resources, we will cause serious damage to the environment.

(如果我们持续消耗地球的自然资源,我们将会对环境造成严重的伤害。)

Our high living standards cause our current population to consume 25 percent of the world's oil.

(我们的高生活水平使得目前世界人口须消耗地球25%的原油。)

● expel (v.) 淘汰;驱逐;退学

expel在过去式和进行式时符合「子-母-子」的拼音规则,而必须要重复字尾才能加「-ed/-ing」。在中美贸易战的当下,这个单字经常出现在驱逐的情境中,另外也有吐出(气)的意思。

The new government has expelled all foreign diplomats.

新政府已经驱逐了所有的外籍外交人士。)

When you breathe out, you expel air from your lungs.

(当你吐气时,你从肺部吐出空气。)

2. Use Environmentally Friendly Shampoo (使用环保洗发精

Opt for non-synthetic ingredients when shopping for shampoo. As the shampoo bottles will ultimately be treated the same as other plastic objects, consumers can opt for soap bars that are suitable for hair. It's a great alternative, as these soap bars are often made from natural, biodegradable ingredients.

(购买洗发精时,选择非合成的原料。由于洗发精的瓶罐最终会和其他塑胶制品一起处理,消费者可以选择适合洗发的肥皂(洗发皂)。因为肥皂通常都是使用自然且可生物分解的物质制作,是个不错的替换选择。)

● opt for 选择

opt的名词是大家常见的option,但是动词大部分台湾学习者较不知道,另外形容词变化optional也常见,如optional courses(选修课)相对于required courses(必修课)。

● synthetic (adj.) 人工合成的

synthesize是字尾「-ize」的动词变化,synthesis则是字尾「-sis」的名词变化,复数变化将「-sis」改成「-ses」即可,为不规则名词变化,多益常见单字如crisis-crises危机,也是同样变化。

● consumer (n.) 消费者

前面提到的consume的名词变化,字尾「-er」指的是人,另外一个名词变化consumption,指的是「消耗」此相对抽象概念的名词。

● biodegradable (adj.) 可生物分解的

biodegradable是个复合字,结合「bio-」(生物的),biology指的是生物学,有很多「-gy」字尾的单字指的是某学科。degradable来自于degrade表示劣化、分解,grade有层级的意思,「de-」字首指的是往下降,这边「-able」就是「可…的」形容词字尾变化。

【多益模拟试题

Cotton World, a popular fashion chain, was founded in 1990 when Samuel Twain opened his first store selling ready-to-wear clothing in a small shopping mall in Atlanta. In 1995 Twain went into partnership with a natural dye company and switched to cotton-only products. Demand for his cotton clothing with all natural colors became widespread and the company has made good profits since then. Twain has pointed out that his success has always depended on attention to consumer wants and social trends: He was quick to recognize the large potential demand for natural products and has promoted the health and natural aspects of his merchandise. Today the Cotton World label has become a nationally known brand with a bright future.

1. What is Cotton World?

(A) A clothing store chain

(B) An international product

(C) A natural dye company

(D) A shopping mall

2. What has Twain’s success depended on?

(A) Demanding natural colors

(B) Providing what customers ask for

(C) Recognizing a bright future

(D) Switching to cotton products

解析

1. 正解为(A)。题目问「Cotton World(棉花世界)指的是什么?」很明显就是要问主旨,通常第一句就会很明确指出主旨:「Cotton World, a popular fashion chain, was founded in 1990…」(棉花世界是一家服饰连锁品牌,创立于1990年代……)这里采用同位语来表达棉花世界,fashion chain是服饰公司的意思,chain则是连锁店。因此应该要选和fashion chain同义的(A) clothing store。

2. 正解为(B)。题目问「Twain的成功主要归功于什么?」在文章中间部分提到Twain对于成功原因的说明提到「his success has always depended on attention to consumer wants and social trends.」(他的成功主要归功于对于消费者需求和社会流行趋势的掌握注重。)wants用作名词就是欲望、需求的意思,因此答案必须选择(B)提供顾客所要求的物品,customer和consumer也是同义词的用法。

文/Buffy Kao