This special edition of our show dives into an ocean of plastic, masses of waste accumulating on and around some remote islands in the Pacific. Synthetic plastic, the kind made by people, has been around since 1907, and scientists estimate that almos

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2017年12月

By Ted Landphair Washington 09 August 2007 Every day, American consumers are offered a simple choice when they areby a store's cashier: paper or plastic? But as VOA's Ted Landphair explains in today's searching for solutions report, some communities

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(99) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(八月)

Its amazing to think there wasnt any plastic one hundred years ago. Now its everywhere. Almost everything thats made has some plastic in it. Whoever invented it must be really rich. There are all kinds of plastic. Its pretty useful stuff. I once went

发表于:2019-01-21 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 纯正英语一分钟

今天我们要学的词儿是impact。 Impact是影响、作用的意思。美国总统布什宣布对苏丹政府实施新的制裁。美国官员说,The sanctions will have a serious impact. 意思是制裁会产生重大影响。发展旅游业的

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By Robert Raffaele Washington, DC 12 February 2008 Tests on several plastic baby bottles have found they emit very significant levels of a chemical linked to deadly illnesses in laboratory animals. That is according to a new report released by Americ

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We all know plastic bags are bad for the environment. They litter the landscape and pose a threat to wildlife. 众所周知,塑料袋危害环境。乱丢塑料袋破坏自然景观,还对野生生物构成威胁。 Discarded plastic bags accumul

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