東莞英凱教育（環(huán)球雅思分校）
雅思長難句分析
雅思長難句分析
01
原句
Rather than drink from clean streams, or from faucets that once brought us good municipal water, we buy single-use plastic that will take at least 400 years to break down in any significant way.
02
原文翻譯
我們不再飲用清澈的溪水，也不再從水龍頭里汲取優(yōu)質(zhì)的自來水，我們現(xiàn)在使用一次性塑料制品，這些塑料制品無論用什么方式都需要至少400年才會降解。
03
生詞+例句
Stream：noun [C] (SMALL RIVER) UK /stri?m/ US /stri?m/
water that flows naturally along a fixed route formed by a channel cut into rock or ground, usually at ground level 小河，溪流
a mountain stream
山澗
underground streams
地下溪流
例句:
There's a bubbling stream that flows through their property.
一條汩汩的小溪流過他家的土地。
04
生詞+例句
Faucet ：noun [ C ] US UK /?f??.s?t/ US /?fɑ?.s?t/
(UK tap)
a device that controls the flow of liquid, especially water, from a pipe （水）龍頭，閥門
the hot/cold faucet
熱水／冷水龍頭
例句:
Turn the faucet on/off.
打開／關(guān)掉水龍頭。
05
生詞+例句
Municipal：adjective UK /mju??n?s.?.p?l/ US /mju??n?s.?.p?l/
C1 of or belonging to a town or city 市政的；市立的
municipal authorities
市政當局
延伸用法：
Municipal water is what many people refer to as tap water. Municipal water即是自來水。
single-use adjective UK /?s??.ɡ?l?ju?s/ US /?s??.ɡ?l?ju?s/
used to refer to a product that can be used once and is then thrown away
?。óa(chǎn)品）一次性使用的
例句：
Awareness of environmental damage from single-use bags is growing.
人們越來越關(guān)注一次性袋子對環(huán)境的破壞。
同意詞：
Disposable adjective UK /d??sp??.z?.b?l/ US /d??spo?.z?.b?l/C2
A disposable product is intended to be thrown away after use.
一次性的，用后可扔掉的
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生詞+例句
Disposable：noun [ C usually plural ] UK /d??sp??.z?.b?l/ US /d??spo?.z?.b?l/
a disposable product 一次性產(chǎn)品
paper/plastic/medical disposables
一次性紙質(zhì)／塑料／醫(yī)用產(chǎn)品
例句：
Do you use disposables or washable nappies?
你用一次性尿布還是可洗滌尿布？
07
生詞+例句
Plastic：noun (SUBSTANCE) UK /?pl?s.t?k/ US /?pl?s.t?k/
A2 [ C or U ]
an artificial substance that can be shaped when soft into many different forms and has many different uses 塑料
例句：
Those flowers aren't real – they're made of plastic.
那些花不是真的——是塑料做的。
08
難點
本文選自《衛(wèi)報》- Plastic can take hundreds of years to break down – and we keep making more
細節(jié)-1：
rather than B1
instead of; used especially when you prefer one thing to another
寧愿，更喜歡；而不是
例句：
I think I'd like to stay at home this evening rather than go out.
我覺得我今晚更想呆在家里，而不是出去玩兒
細節(jié)-2：
drink from clean streams, or from faucets … 這里的or在連接兩個介詞短語時，若前后使用的是相同的介詞，那么后面一個介詞通?？梢允÷裕梢愿某?drink from clean streams, or faucets …
or 延伸用法:
當or連接兩個介詞短語時，如果前后使用的是不同的介詞，后面的介詞不能省略，因為省略后意思就不對了。
如：
Shall we go by car or on foot? 我們是坐車還是走路去?
Will you pay in cash or by credit card? 您是付現(xiàn)金還是刷卡？
但是，如果前后使用的是相同的介詞，那后面一個介詞可以省略嗎？比如下面句子中
細節(jié)-3：
break down 原意為（機器或車輛）出故障，或（系統(tǒng)或關(guān)系）崩潰，瓦解；（討論）失敗，但在這個語境的意思是降解，同樣的表達比較常見的還有degrade或biodegrade
Degrade：verb (CHANGE STRUCTURE)
[ I ] CHEMISTRY specialized
(of a substance) to change into a more simple chemical structure
降解，自然分解
例句：
These chemicals quickly degrade into harmless compounds.
這些化學(xué)制品能很快降解為無害化合物。
Biodegrade：verb [ I ] UK /?ba?.??.d??ɡre?d/ US /?ba?.o?.d??ɡre?d/
to decay naturally and in a way that is not harmful
生物降解，生物分解
例句：
Some plastics are designed to biodegrade when their useful life is over.
有些塑料被設(shè)計為過了有效使用期就可以生物降解。
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