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1、少电子垃圾，你我同行（人与社会）近年来，随着时代的进步和科技的快速发展， 电子产品更新换代的速度越来越 快， 山此产生的电子垃圾越来越多。 我国电子产品的生产量和消费量都居世界前 列，每年 会产生大量的电子垃圾,处理这些废弃物的压力与日俱增。面对如此巨大 的压力，我 们能做点儿什么呢？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（过时）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.【参考答案】 ACBDA单词学习lifespan . 使用期限Most boilers have a lifespan of 15 to 20 years大 部分锅炉的使用期限是1520年。discardedadj. 丢弃的；废弃的Almost 80% of the discarded electronics come fio

14、m overseas, including the UnitedStates.大约 80%的废弃电子产品都来自海外，其中也包括美国。3? durable adj. 耐用的；持久的He bought liimself a pair of durable trousers.他给他自己买了条耐穿的裤子。4. latex gloves 孚 L胶手套长难句分析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】 句子主干为Companies plan the obsolescenee of their goods “by updating the desig n or software and disc on ti nuing support 为方式状语； so thatold one 为 结果状语从句。【翻译】公司有意通过更新设计或软件， 停止对旧型号的支持来规划商品的过

16、 时， 因此现在购买新产品通常比修理旧产品更便宜、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】该句为so 连接的并列句。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导的原因状语从句；“ lweded to make theii products作后置定语修饰 “raw materials. ”【翻译】随着越来越多的人购买电子设备，制造商开始面临制造其产品所需的原材料短缺的问题，因此回收和再利用废弃产品和废物中的材料具有经济和环境意义。知识拓展 电子废弃物，俗称“电子垃圾匕是指被废弃不再使用的电器或电子设备， 主 要包括电冰箱、空调、洗衣机、电视机等家用电器和计算机等通讯电子产品的淘 汰品。电子废弃物中含有很多有毒物质，包括有毒重金属（如铅、汞、镉和披）、 PVC 塑料以及有害化学品（如澳化阻燃剂），这些都有可能会危害人类健康和环 境。当电 脑废物被填埋或焚烧掉时， 会产生很严重的污染问题。 填埋会使有毒物 渗漏到地