對(duì)于英語寫作來說，最有效的提高方法莫過于是多閱讀。在閱讀過程中，讀者可以學(xué)會(huì)分析語句結(jié)構(gòu)、多樣性表達(dá)、好的詞匯句型。今天Lois就從<National Geography>的一篇專欄文章<Leading the Way: Meet the Next Generation of Explorers> 摘選了一段話供大家學(xué)習(xí)。

Arthur Huang’s dreams are made of garbage.?His latest? “A?piece of trash?that’s?going too?fly,”?he says.

Huang’s dream?tend to?become reality. This?one is parked in his company in Taiwan, and it’s called the EcoFighter-a?two-seated aircraft with wings made of the?material from recycled plastic bottles.

As a young architecture student, Huang?grew disillusioned?that despite all the talk?of “going green,”?it seemed no one was producing 100 percent sustainable materials.?He decided to invent them himself. It wasn’t?easy, He had to build his own manufacturing?machinery, because the recycled materials?broke existing equipment.?But now his firm,?Miniwiz,?which he founded in 2005, transforms discarded?plastic, clothing, and?rice?fiber into?useful?and beautiful things. Huang

has opened?“trash concept ‘stores for Nike,?built a nine-story pavilion in Taipei, and collaborated with?Italian furniture designers?to re-create their classic pieces using boards?made from?cigarette butts.?“We’re trying to?sell the trash?back?to people who produce?it”?he explains.

值得積累的語塊

a?piece of trash?一塊垃圾

dream?tend to?become reality 夢(mèng)想成真

recycled plastic bottles?回收的塑料瓶

grew disillusioned?醒悟

sustainable materials耐用的材料

existing equipment 現(xiàn)有的設(shè)備

discarded?plastic?丟棄的塑料

collaborated with 與…合作

cigarette butts?煙蒂

東莞環(huán)球雅思提供，作者：英凱名師–Lois ，轉(zhuǎn)載請(qǐng)注明來源。