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Ethical Eater





Ethical Eater专指那些严格按照民族风俗习惯饮食的人,这些人尤其偏爱通过有机方式种植的食物和人工养殖的肉、家禽和鱼类。





Example:





In recent years I have become more thoughtful about my food. Now I avoid certain things - namely, chicken and beef from the average supermarket. I belong to a new demographic called ethical eaters.





最近几年我越来越注意自己的饮食了。现在我会有意避免吃一些食品--比如一般超市里卖的鸡肉和牛肉。我现在已经成为一个民族主义饮食者了。











Pay as You Throw





一种根据家庭或公司产生垃圾的数量进行收费的制度。





Example:





Known as "pay as you throw," the program has been around for more than a decade. Residents buy special garbage bags or stickers for their trash barrels so that the more they toss, the more they pay. Conversely, the more they recycle, the more they save.





这种被叫做"丢多少交多少"的制度已经实行十多年了。居民们购买特制的垃圾袋或者贴纸贴在他们的垃圾桶上。这样他们丢的越多,交的也就越多。相反,他们回收的越多,省下的就越多。











RDI





因为长时间驾车而造成的身体疼痛,尤其是因为坐姿不正确或者座椅位置不合适而引起的疼痛。(RDI是长时间驾车伤痛repetitive driving injury的缩写。)





Example:





What those officials rarely acknowledge is how much that four-wheeled love affair is actually costing us. Various research studies conducted over the last 20 years strongly suggest that commuting by car is not only expensive, but also takes a serious toll on our health and quality of life. A new term has even been coined to describe the deleterious effects of sitting behind the wheel for too long, "Repetitive Driving Injury," or RDI.





官员们很少承认他们对汽车的喜爱,其实也让他们付出了惨重的代价。过去20年里各种各样的研究都明确表明,驾车上下班不仅昂贵,而且还会给身体和生活质量带来严重的后果。人们因此创造了一个新的词汇--"长时间驾车伤痛"--来表述这种因长时间开车而给身体带来的不良影响。
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  • garbage [´gɑ:bidʒ] 移动到这儿单词发声 n.垃圾,废物 六级词汇