Freegans: One Person’s Trash is Another Person’s Treasure 免费族：你丢我捡，反制浪费
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- 最后更新于 2024年5月25日
- 发布于 2012年2月09日
- 作者：Mike Lee
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Outside a prestigious New York university, a crowd huddles around a trash bin. They are digging through the garbage, searching for anything ___1___ use. Is this a sign of poverty, even in America’s richest city? No, it’s a meeting of “freegans,” people who have decided to reject consumer culture.
在纽约的一所知名大学外头，一群人聚集在垃圾桶旁。他们正在挖掘里面的垃圾，寻找任何可用的东西。这是贫穷的现象吗？在美国最富有的城市？不，这是「免费族」的聚会，这些人决定拒绝消费文化。
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(A) in |
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(C) into |
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Originating in America in the 1990s, the freegan movement ___2___ to minimizing waste. The average American generates about four and a half pounds of garbage every single day. A lot of this waste is actually ___3___. When some people are tired of color of their towels, for example, they throw them out. That’s ___4___ the freegans come in. They reuse the goods that others would simply discard. They not only decrease the amount of garbage but also reduce the need to produce new things.
源起1990年代的美国，反消费运动致力于将浪费减到最少。每个美国人平均一天制造约4.5磅的垃圾。而有些被丢弃的物品根本是无谓的浪费。比如说，有些人厌倦家里毛巾的颜色，就把这些毛巾丢掉。这就是免费族可以有所作为的地方。他们重新利用别人随意丢弃的东西。如此不仅减少垃圾量，同时也降低生产新东西的需求。
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(A) devotes |
(B) is devoting |
(C) devoting itself |
(D) devotes itself |
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(A) unlawful |
(B) unnatural |
(C) unnecessary |
(D) unintelligible |
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(A) where |
(B) which |
(C) what |
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Freegans even live on “recycled” food. Supermarkets, bakeries and restaurants throw away a huge amount of food each day. ___5___ feeding themselves with this excess food, some freegans prepare meals for the homeless.
免费族甚至靠「回收的」食物过活。超级市场、面包店和餐厅每天都丢弃一大堆食物。除了自己食用之外，有些免费族也会用这些过剩的食物济助游民。
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(A) In step with |
(B) In keeping with |
(C) In addition to |
(D) In memory of |
___6___ this lifestyle isn’t easy to maintain, it attracts a wide range of people. Teachers, models, and even bankers have come to embrace the freegan way of life. It may not be comfortable, but it is a life of morality and ___7___ pleasures. All around the world, freegans are thriving. After all, one person’s trash is another person’s treasure!
虽然这种生活形态不易维持，却吸引了各行各业的人，包括老师、模特儿，甚至连银行主管都采取这种反消费的生活方式。纵然谈不上舒适，但却是一种富有道德感和充满简单乐趣的生活。世界各地，免费族的人数不断攀升。毕竟，一个人的垃圾是另一个人的宝藏。
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(A) Because |
(B) When |
(C) If |
(D) Although |
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(A) insane |
(B) simple |
(C) fleeting |
(D) divine |
−by Michael Karanicolas
Vocabulary
单词发音
originate [əˋrɪdʒə͵net] v. 发源；来自；产生[Q][（+in/from/with）]
generate [ˋdʒɛnə͵ret] v. 产生
discard [dɪsˋkɑrd] v. 丢弃
recycle [riˋsaɪk!] v. 使再循环；再利用
embrace [ɪmˋbres] v. 拥抱
thrive [θraɪv] v.【正式】兴旺﹐欣欣向荣
More Information
单词发音
freegan [ˋfrigən] n. 吃垃圾的人（由free和vegan缩合而成，指不购物、不开车、不买房，甚至不上班，尽可能不消耗资源，靠着极为有限的资源生活的人）
prestigious [prɛsˋtɪdʒɪəs] adj. 有名望的
huddle [ˋhʌd!] v. 聚在一起
minimize [ˋmɪnə͵maɪz] v. 使减到最少，使缩到最小
come in 在某事物中起作用; 时兴; 流行; 时髦
live on something 靠……生活 to depend on something for sustenance
morality [məˋrælətɪ] n. 道德; 道德观
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