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嗨!朋友们,我们都知道房子环保与否和我们的健康息息相关,那你知道有哪些做法可以使房子更环保吗?跟我来一起了解一下吧。

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Five Tips for Making Your House Greener
使房子更环保的5个建议

There are plenty of ways to make your house greener. It doesn't matter how many people reside in your home. It doesn't even matter about the size of your home. What matters is how your house looks and how it affects you and others residing in it.

有许多方法使你的房子变得更环保,不管有多少人住在你的房子里,也不管你的房子有多大,要紧的是你的房子看起来如何以及它怎样影响你和住在房子里的其他人。

It is very important to make your house greener because it has a direct impact on your health. If you keep your house green, you avoid the risk of many dangerous diseases. Here are some ways to keep your house greener.

把房子变得更环保十分重要,因为这直接关系到你的健康。如果房子环保,你就避免了罹患许多危险疾病的风险。以下是使房子更环保的几种方法。

1. Good and reliable interior

1.室内建筑要优质环保

Indoor material must be of good quality for windows, doors, cupboards etc. These things play an important role in keeping the house green. Doors and cupboards must be of high quality wood. Aluminum windows should be used. You should use high-quality paints for walls, doors, windows and cupboards.

室内窗、门和橱柜等一定要用优质材料,这些对于保持房子环保起着重要的作用。门和橱柜必须是高质量的木材,要用铝质窗,要用高质量的涂料来刷墙、门、窗和橱柜。

2. Wide windows and doors for ventilation

2.常开门窗进行通风

Oxygen is a necessary element for life. For a healthy life, windows and doors should be wide and usually they should be kept open for at least 15 hours a day, as fresh air is good for your health.

氧气是生命中不可或缺的元素。若想健康,门窗每天至少应敞开15小时,因为新鲜空气对健康有益。

3. Plants and flowers around the house

3.屋里多养花草绿植

No one wants an empty house, and plants definitely play an air-freshening role. First, plants provide you with oxygen necessary for survival. Second, plants and especially flowers spread an attractive fragrance. All unhealthy odors are eradicated from your home and you feel fresh whenever you are inside it. Flowers also make your home interior look more appealing.

没有人想要一栋空房,植物显然起着着净化空气的作用。首先,植物提供了生存必需的氧气。其次,植物,尤其是花儿会散发出迷人的香味,所有不健康的气味都会被清除掉,无论何时你身处室内都能感到很清新。花儿也使家里看起来更令人心旷神怡。

4. Regular disposal of waste

4.定期处理垃圾

It's very important to dispose of waste far away from your home every day. When waste is kept untouched for many days, it attracts bacteria and viruses. Flies and mosquitoes are attracted to garbage and start multiplying in such places. As a result, diseases are caused.

每天将你家里的垃圾远远地处理掉也很重要。几天不处理,垃圾就会滋生细菌和病毒,引来苍蝇和蚊子并开始在这些地方繁殖,从而造成疾病。

5. Use of anti-bacterial cleaning materials

5.使用杀菌清洁物品

Usually unclean fans, floors and walls breed bacteria and viruses, which are then carried by flies and mosquitoes. These carriers then infect humans through contaminated food or by direct contact with the body. It's always recommended to use anti-bacterial or anti-viral cleaners to clean fans, walls, floors, laptops, and TVs.

通常,不干净的风扇、地板和墙壁滋生细菌和病毒,然后由苍蝇和蚊子携带,通过污染食物或与直接的身体接触使人类被感染。要使用抗菌或抗病毒清洁剂来清洁风扇、墙壁、地板、手提电脑和电视机。

impact /ˈɪmpækt/

n. 影响 /ɪmˈpækt/ vt. 撞击;对……产生影响

cupboard /ˈkʌbərd/

n. 橱柜

high-quality /ˈhaɪˈkwɑːləti/

adj. 高质量的

ventilation /ˌventɪˈleɪʃn/

n. 空气流通,通风方法

oxygen /ˈɑːksɪdʒən/

n. 氧气

definitely /ˈdefɪnətli/

adv. 确定地,明确地

provide sb. with sth.

给某人提供某物

eradicate /ɪˈrædɪkeɪt/

vt. 清除,完全根除

appealing /əˈpiːlɪŋ/

adj. 吸引人的,令人心动的;恳求的

bacteria /bækˈtɪəriə/

n. 细菌(bacterium的复数)

unclean /ˌʌnˈkliːn/

adj. 不清洁的,肮脏的

breed /briːd/

vt. 滋生(细菌),饲养,培育vi. 交配繁殖

carrier /ˈkæriər/

n. 病菌携带者,带菌者

contaminate /kənˈtæmɪneɪt/

vt. 弄脏,污染;损害

Five Tips for Making Your House Greener 五个小提示,让你的家更环保。

tip 提示,诀窍。例如:It shows how to prepare a CV, and gives tips on applying for jobs. 它说明了如何准备简历,并就如何申请职位给出了一些建议。greener 更加绿色环保的;green 绿色环保的。例如:

The power of the Green Movement in Germany has made that country a leader in the drive to recycle more waste materials. 德国环保运动的影响力使得该国率先发起了回收利用更多废料的运动。

What matters is how your house looks and how it affects you and others residing in it. 重要的是你的房子看起来如何,你的房子对你和其他住在里面的人会有什么影响。

What matters … 是一个主语从句,类似结构如:What we expect is the opportunity to meet her. 我们所期待的是有机会见到她。matter 在这里是动词,意为“要紧,有重要影响”。例如:Does it matter that people don't know about this? 人们不了解这件事,这个重要吗?

affect 是动词,意为“影响”。例如:More than seven million people have been affected by the two-month drought. 已有超过 700万的民众受到这次持续两个月的旱灾的影响。reside 居住。例如:He returned to Britain in 1939, having resided abroad for many years. 他在国外居住了很多年,于 1939 年回到英国。

Usually unclean fans, floors and walls breed bacteria and viruses, which are then carried by flies and mosquitoes. 通常,脏兮兮的风扇、地板和墙壁容易滋生细菌和病毒,然后又被苍蝇和蚊子携带。

breed 滋生。例如:Flies in food shops breed disease. 食品店里的苍蝇能引起疾病。carry 携带(疾病、病菌)。例如:The official number of people carrying the AIDS virus is low.艾滋病病毒携带者的官方数字并不高。

v


Check It Out
序数词

First, the plants provide you with oxygen necessary for survival. 首先,植物给你提供生存所必需的氧气。

• 上句句首的first是序数词。序数词(Ordinal Numbers)是表示顺序的数词,表示 “第几”。把基数词变为序数词,一般在词尾加上- th ,如:sixth 。 但也有例外,如:first(第一);second(第二);third(第三)。例如:

Second, plants especially flowers spread heart-attracting fragrance.

This is the third phone he has bought this year.

• 基数词和序数词可以结合起来表示分数,分子用基数词,分母用序数词。分子大于 1 时,分母要用序数词的复数形式。例如:

one-tenth(十分之一)a third(三分之一)

a quarter(四分之一)three quarters(四分之三)

Only one-fifth of air consists of oxygen.

About two thirds of the students attended the meeting.


Workplace Tip
Green Office Tips: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle(绿色办公室3R建议)

• Try to reduce the use of office equipment as much as possible. Do not switch on the computers if you don't have to. Make sure all lights, computers, printers, and other appliances are all switched off when you leave the office.

• Use reusable (可再用的) items rather than single-use. Some examples: rechargeable (可充电的) batteries, plastic bags (if you are the person doing the shopping for the office, take bags with you), paperclips instead of staples.

• Set up a recycling system (再循环系统) at work, and teach all employees how to recycle, hat to recycle, and the importance of why they need to recycle. Ink cartridges (墨盒), light ulbs, batteries, can all be recycled, as well as all e-waste (电子垃圾), including computers, entertainment electronics, mobile phones, household (家用的) appliances and battery-perated toys.

最后修改: 2020年03月10日 Tuesday 11:09