Ted青少年演讲课 12-三个塑料瓶的故事

● 上节课回顾

上一期演讲中，Meek姐妹陈述了塑料污染的现状和后果，呼吁人们加入到更明智地使用塑料的行动中来，用自己的行为改善地球的环境。

那么，塑料从何而来，它们何去何从？欢迎你与我一起走进三个废弃塑料瓶的旅程。

注：解析中的音标采用的是英式音标；中文解释，一词多义的，采用该词汇文中含义。

Part 1 演 讲 视 频

Pre-watching 带着问题听演讲

Where do the three bottles end up?

这三个瓶子去向何方？

戳下方原声视频先睹为快吧！

Part 2  段  落  学  习

This is the story of three plastic bottles, empty and discarded. Their journeys are about to diverge with outcomes that impact nothing less than the fate of the planet. But they weren't always this way. To understand where these bottles end up, we must first explore their origins.

这是三个空废弃塑料瓶的故事。它们即将分道扬镳，踏上各自的旅程，而且最终都将影响地球的命运。但故事不一定总是这样。想要了解这些瓶子将去向何方，我们必须先探究它们的来源。

Part 3 重 点 解 析

This is the story of three plastic bottles, empty and discarded. 这是三个空废弃塑料瓶的故事。

• discard    /dɪˈskɑːd/

  (vt.) 抛弃，扔掉

  Discarded food containers and bottles littered the streets. 街上到处都是被丢弃的食品包装和瓶子。

• 句子分析

  这句话逗号后面是形容词短语作伴随状语，如：We reached the temple, tired and hungry.

Key Points 演讲重点

Their journeys are about to diverge with outcomes that impact nothing less than the fate of the planet.

它们即将分道扬镳，踏上各自的旅程，而且最终都将影响地球的命运。

• diverge /ˌdaɪˈvɜːdʒ/

  (vi.) （道路）分叉；出现差异；发生分歧

  They walked along the road together until they reached the village, but then their paths diverged. 他们一直沿着那条路走到那个村子，然后才分开。

• outcome /ˈaʊt.kʌm/

  (n.) 结果，后果；效果

  It's too early to predict the outcome of the epidemic. 现在预言这次疫情的结果还为时过早。

• impact  /ɪmˈpækt/

  (v.)（对…）产生影响

  Falling export rates have impacted (on) China's economy quite considerably. 出口率的下降对中国的经济造成了相当大的影响。

Key Points 演讲重点

To understand where these bottles end up, we must first explore their origins.

想要了解这些瓶子将去向何方，我们必须先探究它们的来源。

• end up /ɪnˈkʌr.ɪdʒ/

  to finally be in a particular place or situation最后处于；最后成为；以…告终

  end up as, end up doing sth

  Much of this meat will probably end up as dog food. 这块肉最后可能大部分得喂狗。

• explore  /ɪkˈsplɔːr/

  (v.) to search and discover (about something)探测；勘查；探索；研究

  The best way to explore the city is on foot. 探索这个城市，步行是最好的方法。

• origin  /ˈɒr.ɪ.dʒɪn/

  (n.) the beginning or cause of something 起源，源头；起因

  It's a book about the origin of the universe.这是一本关于宇宙起源的书。

  What's the origin of this saying? (= Where did it come from?)这一格言出自什么地方？

Part 4 句 子 演 练

Sentence Practice 句子演练

To understand where these bottles end up, we must first explore their origins. 想要了解这些瓶子将去向何方，我们必须先探究它们的来源。

试着翻译：

1. 如果她继续这样挥霍，最后会落个不名一文的。She'll end up penniless if she continues to spend like that.

2. 她不幸的童年导致了她后来生活中的诸多问题。Her unhappy childhood was the origin of her problems later in life.

留言写下你的答案吧！