Level 1 · Reading series
Lesson 38 · A Bottle’s Long Trip
Audio track 38
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A plastic bottle begins at a factory. A machine makes it and fills it with a drink. A vehicle then delivers it to a shop.
After the bottle is empty, someone puts it in the right bin. Workers collect and sort it. At a recycling center, it may become material for a new item.
Not every bottle completes this journey. We should use local rules to recycle correctly. Using a refillable bottle can also reduce the need for new plastic.
Sentence practice
Play any sentence in Dicvo’s Jenny English voice. Before playing all, choose how many times each sentence plays. A practice pause about as long as the sentence follows each play, including before the next sentence. The complete reading remains above.
Choose a sentence to begin.
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A plastic bottle begins at a factory.
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A machine makes it and fills it with a drink.
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A vehicle then delivers it to a shop.
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After the bottle is empty, someone puts it in the right bin.
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Workers collect and sort it.
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At a recycling center, it may become material for a new item.
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Not every bottle completes this journey.
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We should use local rules to recycle correctly.
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Using a refillable bottle can also reduce the need for new plastic.
Check your understanding
After reading, state the main idea in one sentence and find a line that supports it.
Chinese translation
塑料瓶的旅程从工厂开始。机器把它制出来，再灌入饮料。随后，车辆把它送到商店。
瓶子空了以后，有人把它放进正确的回收桶。工作人员收集、分类这些瓶子。在回收中心，它们可能成为制造新物品的材料。
并不是每个瓶子都能走完这段旅程。我们应按照当地规定正确回收；使用可重复灌装的水瓶，也能减少对新塑料瓶的需求。
Key words and expressions
Key terms have Chinese explanations. Hover over dotted words in the English passage for word help and pronunciation when available.
- plastic bottle
- 塑料瓶；常见的饮料瓶。
- factory
- 工厂。
- fill
- 装满；灌入。
- deliver
- 运送；交付。
- empty
- 空的。
- collect
- 收集。
- sort
- 分类；分拣。
- new item
- 新的物品或产品。
- journey
- 旅程；漫长的流转过程。
- recycle
- 回收再利用。
Background notes (Chinese)
回收方式因地区和材料而异。回收到的东西未必会再制成相同产品，脏污或混入的异物也可能增加回收难度。减少使用、重复使用，再正确分类回收，是更完整的做法。