UNIT 8 Save Our World Lesson 62: Take Short Showers!

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[0:00.241]UNIT 8 第八单元
[0:01.922]Save Our World 拯救地球
[0:04.661]Lesson 62: 第62课：
[0:06.920]Take Short Showers! 短时间淋浴
[0:09.043]THINK ABOUT IT!
[0:10.420]·How often do you take a bath or shower? ·你多久洗一次澡或淋浴？
[0:14.073]·What can you do to save water and paper? ·你可以怎样做来节水和纸张？
[0:17.778]·Where does Liu Yan live? Is it a clean city? ·刘燕住在哪里？是一个干净的城市么？
[0:21.743]My name is Liu Yan. 我叫刘艳。
[0:24.468]Do you worry about pollution? 你担心污染的问题吗？
[0:27.194]I don't worry about it too much. 我不是很担心。
[0:29.981]I live in Dalian. 我住在大连。
[0:32.149]Dalian is a city in Liaoning Province. 大连是辽宁省的一座城市。
[0:36.548]It's a clean city. 这座城市很整洁。
[0:38.530]People don't throw their garbage on the ground. 人们不随地乱扔垃圾。
[0:42.494]The air and water are clean in Dalian, too. 在大连，空气很清新，水也很干净。
[0:47.078]Dalian is clean, but sometimes I think people waste things. 大连很清洁，但有时人们也很浪费。
[0:53.768]What do we waste the most? 我们浪费得最多的是什么呢？
[0:56.617]I think we waste paper the most. 我想是纸。
[1:00.210]People waste water, too. 人们也浪费水。
[1:02.874]I try not to waste water. 我努力不浪费水。
[1:05.599]I take short showers. 我洗浴用时很短。
[1:08.015]I try many ways to use less water. 我用很多方法节约水。
[1:12.599]Do we recycle at home? 我们在家回收废物吗？
[1:14.829]Yes! We sort¹ our pop cans, beer bottles and waste paper. 是的！我们整理易拉罐，啤酒瓶和废纸。
[1:22.262]A truck picks up the cans, bottles and waste paper every week. 卡车每星期运走这些铁罐，瓶子和废纸。
[1:29.076]Then those waste things get made into new things. 然后这些废品可以用来制造新的东西了。
[1:34.527]We reuse² our plastic bags, too. 我们也重新利用塑料袋。
[1:38.863]We put other garbage in our plastic bags. 我们把其它的垃圾放进塑料袋。
[1:44.128]I think cars and big factories make the most pollution. 我认为汽车和大工厂污染最大。
[1:51.004]There are too many cars. 汽车太多了。
[1:53.730]I think more people should ride bikes. 大部分人应该骑自行车。
[1:57.694]I ride my bike to school every day. 我每天骑自行车上学。
[2:02.123]A bike doesn't make any pollution. 自行车不会有污染。
[2:05.592]It makes the least pollution of all types of transportation³. 在所有的交通工具中，它产生的污染最少。
[2:12.158]Buses make some pollution, 公交车会有一些污染，
[2:15.007]but lots of people can travel on a bus. 但它可以装很多人。
[2:18.848]Buses make less pollution than cars. 公交车比小汽车污染要少。
[2:23.181]Learning Tips⁴ 学习贴士
[2:25.180]What does make into mean? The cloth⁵ can be made into a shirt. make into是什么意思？布可以做成衬衫。
[2:31.977]Beans can be made into tofu. 豆子可以做成豆腐。
[2:35.675]I think everybody should take care of the environment. 我认为人人都应该爱护环境。
[2:39.688]Cars pollute⁶ the air. 车辆污染环境。
[2:41.472]The air is clean. 空气是干净的。
[2:43.044]LET'S DO IT! 做一做！
[2:44.446]Discuss these questions with a partner: 和你的搭档讨论这些问题：
[2:47.351]·What good things has Liu Yan done for the environment? ·刘艳做了哪些有益于环境的事情？
[2:51.387]·Do you feel the same or different about the environment as Liu Yan? Why? ·你和刘艳对环境有相同还是不同的感觉？为什么？
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1 sort   

v.排序，挑选，分拣；n.种类，类别，性质，程度

参考例句：

• She was a strange sort of person.她这个人有些古怪。
• I don't much care for that sort of man.我不太喜欢那种人。

2 reuse   

v.再使用；vt.重新使用

参考例句：

• There are some ways to reuse the wastes.有很多废品再利用的方法。
• The use and reuse of urban land.城市土地利用与再利用。

3 transportation   

n.运输，运输系统，运输工具

参考例句：

• The transportation of goods by air costs a lot.航空运输货物花费很高。
• He finally solved the difficulty of transportation.他终于解决了运输的困难。

4 tips   

abbr.Tax Intercept Programs 税务拦截计划；to insure prompt service (gratuities) 确保快捷服务（赏金）；topical information packages 论题信息包n.顶端( tip的名词复数 )；倾斜；末端；（鸟或飞机的）翼尖v.（使）某物侧边提高，倾斜，翻倒( tip的第三人称单数 )；给小费；将（所盛之物）倒出；轻打

参考例句：

• the tips of your fingers 手指尖
• See Tips&Tricks for an exploit. 参见Tips&Tricks章节。 来自互联网

5 cloth   

n.布；植物；衣料

参考例句：

• This kind of cloth washes very well.这种布料很好洗涤。
• We make cotton into cloth.我们把棉花织成布。

6 pollute   

vt.污染，败坏，弄脏

参考例句：

• Factories are no longer allowed to pollute the air with black smoke.不再允许工厂的黑烟污染空气了。
• She thinks these books pollute the minds of children.她认为这些书腐蚀儿童的心灵。