高中英语人教版高三1 06

[05:53.88]She has also been very active in protecting the environment.
[06:00.05]THE THROW-AWAY SOCIETY
[06:03.70]In western countries,mountains of rubbish are thrown away each day.
[06:10.34]This causes many problems.
[06:14.28]First,areas of land must be found where this rubbish can be put.
[06:21.13]This is a particular problem for large cities.
[06:25.88]Second,much energy is wasted producing things that are thrown away.
[06:33.25]In China,rubbish,such as used plastic bags
[06:39.20]and boxes known as "white pollution"is becoming a serious problem.
[06:46.28]Many lakes and rivers are polluted by the wastes from factories.
[06:52.34]As the wealth of the country increases,more waste will be produced.
[06:58.59]If everyone in the country bought one soft-drink can each day and threw it away,
[07:05.95]there would soon be a huge mountain of rubbish.
[07:10.60]Here is a game to play.
[07:13.87]The table below shows how much rubbish is thrown away in Britain every year.
[07:20.40]Imagine that China threw away as much rubbish as a country like Britain.
[07:27.03]China is 22 times larger than Britain.
[07:32.28]So,multiply the total for Britain by 22 (x 22)
[07:38.84]This will show you how much rubbish China would throw away each year.
[07:44.98]Lesson 23
[07:53.84]1 Reading comprehension
[07:58.69]RECYCLING WASTE
[08:02.04]European countries are now making an active effort
[08:07.99]to reuse materials more than they used to.This is called recycling.
[08:16.07]Materials such as paper,glass or metal are collected,sorted,
[08:24.11]treated and used again.Old newspapers are recycled.
[08:31.69]The ink is taken out by a special technique,and new paper is made.
[08:39.94]Oil from factories and motor oil can be treated and reused.
[08:47.52]In many cities in Europe rubbish kis coll ected separately.
[08:53.68]Empty glass bottles are collected,
[08:58.23]and the glass is brlien and reused for making new bottles.
[09:04.76]Developing countries all over the world already recyle materials.
[09:11.60]In India,waste paper is collected,sorted,and recycled.
[09:18.86]Paper bags are are made from unsold newspapers.
[09:24.51]In Egypt,waste is collected by rubbish carts and souted.
[09:30.88]Leftover food is given to pigs and vegetable matter is prt back onto the fields.
[09:39.24]In some Asian countries,shoes are made from the rubber of old car tyres.
[09:46.79]The Chinese government is also working hard against pollution.
[09:53.45]More than 60,000 small factories
[09:58.62]which seriously polluted the environment were shut down in 1996.
[10:06.38]Many materials like used rubber gloves,glass bottles
[10:12.73]cans and other containers are treated or recycled.
[10:19.10]However,no single country can save the environment alone.