雅思课外读物--can single-use plastic bag ban save the environment?

摘要：今天要跟大家分享的雅思阅读素材题目是“Plastic bag ban is no sure bet for the environment"禁止使用塑料袋不一定有利于环保。环保类话题也是雅思考试的常客，这篇文章非常值得一读哦~

Austin deserves to be commended(表扬，称赞) for its candid(率直的) assessment of what its plastic-bag ban has actually accomplished; it’s probably not the only city where a ban has produced unintended environmental consequences. That shouldn’t deter(阻止，威慑) the scores of other cities in the U.S. and elsewhere considering their own plastic-bag bans. But it should encourage a more thorough and realistic assessment of what such a ban can actually accomplish, and what damage it might inflict(造成，使遭受) along the way. When it comes to(当提到，当涉及到) environmental policy, good intentions often aren’t good enough.

Vocabulary

Single-use plastic shopping-bag 一次性塑料购物袋

Circulation 流通

Landfill 垃圾场

Assessment 评估

Heavy-duty 耐用的

Unprecedented 前所未有的

Vulnerable 易受伤害的

Implement 实施

Rally 召集，汇集

Consensus 一致意见

Rhetoric 言辞，修辞

Municipal 市政的

Generate 生产

Proponent 支持者

Outsized 大号的

Landscape 景观

Propensity 倾向

Be eligible for 有资格做……

Hazard 危害

Livestock 牲畜

Lament 哀叹，抱怨

Decompose 分解，腐烂

Mitigate 减轻，中和

Assuming 假设

To that end 为了那个目的

Get acquainted with 与……熟悉

Be equivalent to 与……相当

Ordinance 法令

Address 解决;地址

Prohibitive 价格过高的;禁止性的

Commend 表扬

Candid 率直的

Deter 阻止，威慑

Inflict 使遭受，造成

When it comes to… 当谈到……

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