— You can go there by subway.
假设你是李华,针对多个城市频繁出现的雾霾天气(haze),请你给某英文报社的热点话题专栏写一篇短文,分析造成雾霾的原因,并号召人们采取行动来保护环境。
造成雾霾的原因要点提示:
1)汽车排放的有毒气体(poisonous gas);
2)不遵守规则燃烧的垃圾;
3)来自化工厂(chemical plants)的烟和飞尘(flying dust)。
要求: 1)人们保护环境采取的行动至少列两条;
2)可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
3)词数90左右,文章首尾已给出,不计入总词数。
There has been frequent haze in the last few years in many cities. It's time for people to start paying attention to air pollution.
Let's take action now!
Bradford City Matters
Welcome to the winter edition(版) of City Matters.
"Don't Drop It; Stop It!"
Put rubbish in your wheelie bin(有轮大垃圾筒).
You must put your rubbish in your wheelie bin to keep your environment clean. Don't pile your rubbish up(堆放) in your house or garden-use a wheelie bin or one of our larger bins.
You can buy a wheelie bin from our Waste Management Section at 01943 874122.
You can tell us about mice or rubbish in your area by phoning our Public Health Unit at 01943 874146.
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Did you know that you can get a 50 fine(罚款) for dropping rubbish on the streets? Our Council officers are on the streets of Bradford looking for people who drop rubbish. They will fine people who drop litter. This is part of our "Don't Drop It; Stop it!" campaign(运动).
Don't fill your bin-recycle.
Just think how full your bin gets over the holidays.
To reduce your waste:
Say "no" to unwanted bags.
Take your own bags to the supermarket or reuse old ones.
Get your free shopping bag from our Advice Center.
Recycle your waste.
Take bottles to your local recycling center.
Buy recycled things.
Cards and paper are good examples.
Our competition winners
As part of our "Don't Drop It; Stop It!" campaign, community groups from the north, south, east and west of the city-500 volunteers-entered our competition to clean up their area. The goal was to make the city cleaner for those who live, work, shop or play there.
The four winners were: High Trees Parent Group, South Bradford Community Project, The Bridge Community Association and Forest Youth Group.
⑴垃圾n.
⑵残酷的adj.
⑶优点n.
⑷餐巾n.
⑸外卖食物n.
⑹交通运输n.
⑺木制的adj.
⑻工业adj.
The coffee shop Starbucks will give people a discount if they bring their own cups. It wants to cut down on the number of paper cups that are put in the rubbish bins. It is part of a two month experiment in cafes in England. Starbucks wants to reduce waste and recycle more, The president of Starbucks in the UK said, "We are very happy to increase recycling rates(比率),and reusable cups are a key part of our waste reduction plan." Bosses will decide later if they will continue the discounts. People who bring their own cups will not get a discount on the cafe's cheaper filter coffee.
The problem of paper cups has been in the news a lot. Around seven million cups are thrown away every day. Reporters say that some cafes lie about how many paper cups they recycle. The reporters say the cafes do not recycle as many cups as they say. Customers wrongly believe that a coffee shop is environmentally friendly. Less than one in 400 paper cups at coffee shops are recycled. A coffee drinker said she would bring her own cup. She said, "I am so sad that cafes recycle so little. I thought they were more responsible."
How much did you all these things?
Many people have cars in the city. But (污染) is a problem because of the cars. Nowadays some downtown(闹市区的) areas around the world don't have cars. These car-free zones(无车区) are areas for people, bicycles and (公共的) transportation only. Eight million people (居住) in the center of London and another two million people go to work there every day. The downtown area is very (吵闹的) with hundreds of cars, buses and taxis, but there are (也) a lot of beautiful parks with free music concerts. Many people go there for a rest (在……之后) they get off work. Parts of Tokyo are always crowded with hundreds of people- but no cars! These modern car-free zones are (真正地) popular and people like shopping there. In the past, Bogota was polluted (因为) there were lots of cars and traffic. Now the downtown area is a car-free zone and the air is (干净的)! Many people don't have a car and half a million people take the bus to work. There are lots of stores. It's not (昂贵的).
Each one of us shares this planet with seven billion others. And we all need1. People and products need to move from city to city and country to country. However, we all know2most cars, motorcycles, boats and planes cause air pollution. They are also3. This is a serious problem in many cities.4inventors are coming up with creative ideas to try to reduce the pollution and noise.
In many cities around the world, motorcycles are very5. Now Vietnam has many motorcycles. Motorcycles are a faster and cheaper way to get around a city than6. Yet air pollution is a growing problem. In large cities, people7it is difficult to breathe. To solve these problems, a US company designed an environmentally friendly motorcycle. It uses electricity as fuel (燃料) . As a result, there is8pollution. It's also quiet and fast. This makes9a good choice for getting around a city.
Venice is a city with only a few10. There are no cars in the city center.11cars, water taxis and buses carry people along the city's canals (运河) . However, they cause pollution, 12for the water. English engineers Dick and Jem designed a solar-powered (太阳能的) water taxi. The water taxi13run for a day after being charged (充电) .
Planes also cause air and noise pollution. Designing an environmentally friendly airplane is a real14. Some airplane companies have15to solve the problems. Swiss engineers have gone one step further. They developed a solar airplane. This plane holds the world record for the longest solar-powered flight—1,541 kilometers from Arizona to Texas in America.
—He (catch) by the police because he drove after drinking.