中阶环境|第64集：你现在喝哪种牛奶？

音频一：

How has recycling changed over the years? Ten or twenty years ago, you could buy milk in returnable, refillable, glass bottles, and many people recycled voluntarily. Now you buy milk and other products in plastic bottles or paper containers.

音频二：

Because of the high cost of disposing of these things in landfills, many city governments now have recycling programs.How does recycling help the environment? Recycling helps the environment mainly by saving energy.

重点词汇：

1，returnable / rɪ'tɜːnəbəl / adj.可退回的

2，refillable [,ri:'filəbl] adj. 适于再装的

3，voluntarily / 'vɒləntərɪli / adv. 自愿地，自发地，主动地

同义替换：willingly

volunteer [‚vɒlən'tɪə] n 志愿者

4，container / kən'teɪnə / n.容器

paper/plastic containers 纸/塑料容器

5，dispose of / dɪ'spəʊz / 丢弃，处理〔尤指难以清除的东西〕

同义替换：get rid of

跟读训练：

一、

How has recycling changed over the years?

过去的这些年里，回收发生了什么变化？

Ten or twenty years ago, you could buy milk in returnable, refillable, glass bottles, and many people recycled voluntarily.

十或二十年前，你可能会买可回收、可重复充填的玻璃瓶装的牛奶，很多人会自觉回收利用。

Now you buy milk and other products in plastic bottles or paper containers.

现在你会买塑料瓶或纸制容器装的牛奶及其它产品。

二、

Because of the high cost of disposing of these things in landfills,

由于用垃圾填埋场处理这些垃圾的成本高，

many city governments now have recycling programs.

现在许多城市的政府都有回收垃圾的安排。

How does recycling help the environment?

回收怎样有助于环保？

Recycling helps the environment mainly by saving energy.

主要通过节约能源。

背景拓展：

听完了，给你讲讲日本的小学生是怎么回收牛奶盒的。paper containers

小朋友会先把牛奶盒里的牛奶喝得干干净净；接着，在装着水的桶来清洗牛奶纸盒，注意：不是在水龙头 tap 下洗哦，那很浪费水的；把洗好的牛奶盒水倒干以后放在通风透光处晾晒 dry；第二天把晒好的牛奶盒用剪刀剪开 scissors，方便收集；最后就是工作人员来收集同学们的牛奶盒。