DAY 11 外卖服务软件正将中国“淹没”在塑料之中-备战2020年高考英语之热点话题外刊精读（第一辑）

DAY 11 Food Delivery Apps Are Drowning China in Plastic 自主学习文本 自我思考问题 自行查阅资料 I. 写出下列词汇的汉语释义 （1）第一组形容词4个（adj.）： 1. enduring 2. astronomical 3. patchy 4. sane 5. reasonable （2）第二组动词7个（v.）： 1. flood 2. discard 3. bury 4. burn 5. estimate 6. replace 7. spoil （3）第三组名词6个（n.）： 1. legacy 2. boom 3. complex 4. plastic 5. container 6. transition II. 词汇拓展积累 1. reason n. 原因，理由→ adj. 公平的，合理的 2. replace v. 代替，取代→ n. 替换，更换；替代品，替换物 3. patchy adj. 零散的，散落的 → 补丁，补块 4. container n. 容器；集装箱 → v. 包含，含有，容纳 5. enduring adj. 持久的，耐久的→ v. 忍耐，忍受 III. 重点短语英译汉 1. In all likelihood 2. tech elites 3. food delivery apps 4. the vast majority of 5. be responsible for 6. packaging waste 7. disposable chopsticks 8. generate plastic waste 9. per capita 10. break down 11. leading takeout platforms 12. a recycling industry IV. 翻译下列句子 1. In all likelihood, the enduring physical legacy of China’s internet boom will not be the glass-and-steel office complexes or the fancy apartments for tech elites. It will be the plastic. 翻译： 2. The astronomical growth of food delivery apps in China is flooding the country with takeout containers, utensils（器皿）and bags. And the country’s patchy recycling system isn’t keeping up. The vast majority of this plastic ends up discarded, buried or burned with the rest of the trash. 翻译： 3. Scientists estimate that t