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1、少電子垃圾，你我同行（人與社會）近年來，隨著時代的進步和科技的快速發(fā)展， 電子產(chǎn)品更新?lián)Q代的速度越來越 快， 山此產(chǎn)生的電子垃圾越來越多。 我國電子產(chǎn)品的生產(chǎn)量和消費量都居世界前 列，每年 會產(chǎn)生大量的電子垃圾,處理這些廢棄物的壓力與日俱增。面對如此巨大 的壓力，我 們能做點兒什么呢？III 2016, the worlds population cast aside 49 million tons of electronic waste, known as e-waste. It has bee n calculated that this nu mber will grow to more

2、 tha n 60 million tons by 2021.What is caus ing the upsurge （激增）in e-waste? Tech no logy is beco ming more and more widespread, covering almost every aspect of our lives? Meanwhile, the lifespan of devices is getting shorter many products will be thrown away once their batteries die, to be replaced

3、by new devices? Compa nies inten ti on ally pla n the obsolescence（過時）of their goods by updating the design or software and discontinuing support for older models, so that now it is usually cheaper and easier to buy a new product tha n to repair an old one. Since prices are falli ng, electr onic dev

4、ices are in dema nd around the world.As more people buy electr onic equipme nt, manu facturers 制造商）are beg inning to face shortages of the raw materials n eeded to make their products, so recycli ng and reusing materials from discarded products and waste makes economic and en vir onmen tal senseRecy

5、cli ng e-waste is practiced both formally and in formally? Proper or formal ewaste recycli ng usually in volves tak ing apart the electr oni cs, separat ing and sort ing through the materials and cleaning them. Companies must obey health and safety rules to reduce the health and en vir onmen taLhaza

6、rds of han dli ng e-waste by using polluti on-Informalcontrol technologies. All this makes formal recycling expensive?recycling is typically unlicensed and uncontrolled ? At informal recycling workshops, men and women recover valuable materials by burning devices to melt away nonvaluable materials.

7、Usually they do not wear protective equipment and lack any awareness that they are handling dangerous materials.With the amount of e-waste growing around the world, recycling alone will not be enough to solve the problem? In order to reduce e-waste, manufacturers need to design electronics that are

8、safer, and more durable, repairable and recyclab?le The best thing you can do is resist buying a new device until you really need it. Try to get your old product repaired if possible and. if it cant be fixed, resell or recycle it responsibly. Before you recycle your device, put any broken parts in s

9、eparate containers and close these tightly to prevent chemicals from leaking? Wear latex gloves and a mask if youre handling something that9s broken?What is paragraph 2 mainly about?A. Tlie reasons for e-wasters sharp increasing.B? The results of updatingdevices?C? The methods of recycling e-waste.D

10、? Tlie causes of devices,price diopping?What makes recycling waste meaningful according to the text?A. To improve the poor quality of e-devices?B? To lower the costs of technology innovation?C. To relie-e companies5 lacking raw materials.D? To increase the variety of electronic products.Which of the

11、 following best explains the underlined word “ hazards ”in paragraph 4?A. Influence. B. Haim. C. Limits. D. Costs.What can we know about informal recycling workshops from paragraph 4?A. Their ways of reusing waste are encouraged largely.B. They aim to discover raiAe matenals for new products.C? They

12、 are responsible for handling all the dangerous waste.D? Their workers are unaware of the danger fi om dealing with device?sWhat does the author want to convey in the last paragraph?A. Everyone should take action to reduce e-waste.B. Companies should be mainly responsible for reducing e-waste.C? Fix

13、ing a de*ice could cause more pollution than buying a new oiw.D? E-waste could be broken down by burying it undergiound for a long time.【參考答案】 ACBDA單詞學習lifespan . 使用期限Most boilers have a lifespan of 15 to 20 years大 部分鍋爐的使用期限是1520年。discardedadj. 丟棄的；廢棄的Almost 80% of the discarded electronics come fio

14、m overseas, including the UnitedStates.大約 80%的廢棄電子產(chǎn)品都來自海外，其中也包括美國。3? durable adj. 耐用的；持久的He bought liimself a pair of durable trousers.他給他自己買了條耐穿的褲子。4. latex gloves 孚 L膠手套長難句分析Companies intentionally plan the obsolescence of their goods by updating the design or software and discontiiiuiiig support

15、for older models, so that now it is usually cheaper and easier to buy a new product than to repair ail old one.【分析】 句子主干為Companies plan the obsolescenee of their goods “by updating the desig n or software and disc on ti nuing support 為方式狀語； so thatold one 為 結(jié)果狀語從句?！痉g】公司有意通過更新設計或軟件， 停止對舊型號的支持來規(guī)劃商品的過

16、 時， 因此現(xiàn)在購買新產(chǎn)品通常比修理舊產(chǎn)品更便宜、更容易。As more people buy electronic equipment, manufacturers are beginning to face shortages of the raw materials needed to make their products, so recycling and reusing materials from discarded products and waste makes economic and environmental sense?【分析】該句為so 連接的并列句。As more

17、 people buy. .their products5,的主干 八manufactures are beginning to face shortages As more people buy electionic equipme nW ill引A導的原因狀語從句；“ lweded to make theii products作后置定語修飾 “raw materials. ”【翻譯】隨著越來越多的人購買電子設備，制造商開始面臨制造其產(chǎn)品所需的原材料短缺的問題，因此回收和再利用廢棄產(chǎn)品和廢物中的材料具有經(jīng)濟和環(huán)境意義。知識拓展 電子廢棄物，俗稱“電子垃圾匕是指被廢棄不再使用的電器或電子設備， 主 要包括電冰箱、空調(diào)、洗衣機、電視機等家用電器和計算機等通訊電子產(chǎn)品的淘 汰品。電子廢棄物中含有很多有毒物質(zhì)，包括有毒重金屬（如鉛、汞、鎘和披）、 PVC 塑料以及有害化學品（如澳化阻燃劑），這些都有可能會危害人類健康和環(huán) 境。當電 腦廢物被填埋或焚燒掉時， 會產(chǎn)生很嚴重的污染問題。 填埋會使有毒物 滲漏到地