Unit 3 Reading课件-【中职专用】高二英语同步精品课堂（高教版2021·拓展模块）（2023修订版）

Doing Our Part for the Environment Unit 3 What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on? 若地球不再宜居，纵有广厦万间也无处安身。 Reasons for garbage sorting “ ” 携手创建文明城市 Reasons Reasons 中国是一个垃圾生产大国。早在2004年中国就已经超越美国成为世界第一垃圾制造大国。目前全国生活垃圾年产量为4亿吨左右，并以大约每年8%的速度递增。 Reasons 在2010年，导演王久良拍了一部《垃圾围城》震惊世界。这部纪录片展示了光鲜亮丽的北京被周围大大小小的垃圾场包围，它们组成了北京的“七环”。 Reasons 2018年9月16日，香港杏花新城，商场一层被倒灌的海水淹没，大量垃圾被冲入商场，堆在扶梯口。在香港，台风引发的海水倒灌，把大量海洋中的垃圾冲入城市，许多地势低洼的地方，变成了垃圾王国，密密麻麻，塑料遍地，触目惊心。 Reasons 在广东省东莞市远丰村，自1995年起，村后有了座十多米高的垃圾山。剧毒的腐烂物和脏水渗透地下，污染了人们生活饮用的水源。从此，远丰村与全国数百个在忧虑中度日的村庄们有了一个共同的名字：“癌症村”。 Methods for garbage sorting “ ” 携手创建文明城市 Beijing began to carry out garbage sorting on May 1st, 2020. Now the city’s residents need to sort their household garbage before throwing it into the dustbin. Dealing with household garbage has long been an issue for big cities like Beijing. The experience of other countries shows waste sorting is an efficient way to reduce the amount of waste. In some developed countries, there are strict laws that require people to sort their waste into kitchen waste, recyclable waste, and so on. Data shows that sorting can help to cut the amount of waste by 30 to 50 percent. However, many people have not formed the habit of sorting their waste yet. Moreover, some people complain that they saw the sorted waste being mixed together by the waste collectors. Another reason why people are slow to take action is that some cities sort garbage into six kinds, which can be too complicated for some people. The new method used by Beijing this time is to divide the household garbage into four types, which are recyclables, kitchen waste, hazardous waste and other waste. To most residents, the most important job is to separate their kitchen waste from the rest. After being sorted, much garbage can be made useful. Recyclables will be classified again and reused by recycling companies. Kitchen waste will be treated by using biochemical (生物化学) methods to pro