Food Waste in Hong Kong Causing Concern 厨余过量引发香港垃圾问题
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- 发布于 2013年4月20日
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Hong Kong is facing a serious, mounting problem: its landfills will likely be full within several years. The Tseung Kwan O (将军澳) landfill, one of the largest dumps in Hong Kong, could be full by 2015. Other landfills in the city are expected to max out by 2018.
香港正面临一个不断扩大的严重问题：当地的垃圾掩埋场将很可能在几年内被填满。香港最大的垃圾场将军澳会在2015年被填满；而其他掩埋场则估计在2018年会爆满。
The mountains of refuse are growing rapidly because of Hong Kong’s problem with throwing away food. It is estimated that the city wastes 3.6 million kilograms of food every day, which is about 40 percent of the food made daily.
这些垃圾山之所以如此快速堆高，是因为香港的食物丢弃问题。经估计，这座城市每天制造3,600吨的厨余，即每日食物制造量的40%。
Hong Kong is a city famous for its delicious cuisine. However, in response to the growing waste problem, the city is urging restaurants to better plan the amount of food they make. Private projects are joining the fight to curb the amount of food wasted. Carol Lin, an assistant professor at City University of Hong Kong, is creating her own biotechnology process that turns old bread into eco-friendly plastics and detergents. Whatever direction Hong Kong takes, it needs to proceed sooner rather than later to cope with the swelling piles of garbage.
香港以美食闻名，然而为了因应不断增长的厨余问题，这座城市强烈要求餐厅业者更妥善规划食材的份量；民间计划也加入这场遏止食物浪费之战。香港城市大学助理教授林凯萝正着手自己的生物科技工程，它能够将过期面包转变成环保塑料跟清洁剂。无论香港朝哪个方向走，都必须有快速的进展，否则之后就得处理成堆成山的垃圾。
－by Bryan Shettig
Vocabulary
mount [maʊnt] v. 上升
landfill [ˋlændfɪl] n. 垃圾填埋场
dump [dʌmp] n. 垃圾场
max out 到达最大值
refuse [rɪˋfjuz] n. 废物；垃圾
rapidly [ˋræpɪdlɪ] adv. 很快地，立即，迅速地
curb [kɝb] v. 控制，遏止
biotechnology [ˌbaɪotɛkˈnɑlədʒɪ] n.生物技术；生物工程
eco-friendly [ˋiko͵frɛndlɪ] adj. 不损坏生态环境的
detergent [dɪˋtɝdʒənt] n. 洗洁剂
cope with 巧妙处理; 设法解决
swell [swɛl] v. 增长；增大
Reading Comprehension
1. What is the article mainly about?
(A) A wonderful mountain near Hong Kong.
(B) How to reuse old food to make bread.
(C) Hong Kong's problems with garbage.
(D) A program to save food for the homeless.
2. What is Hong Kong's professor Lin doing?
(A) Eating at every local restaurant.
(B) Turning food into plastics.
(C) Creating a device to burn trash.
(D) Sending trash to a new dump.
3. Why is the trash problem becoming serious?
(A) City officials are eating too much.
(B) Nobody wants to save food.
(C) The city won't burn trash.
(D) The landfills will be full soon.
Answer
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1. ( C ) |
2. ( B ) |
3. ( D ) |
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