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雜草自己割？這樣很可以！A BETTER WAY TO GET RID OF WEEDS

不用除草劑，就能擁有健康美麗的花園You can have a beautiful garden without damaging the environment

花園是世界上最美麗的地方之一。

然而，園藝工作的慘烈現實卻是，雜草會和你想照護的植物展開生存競爭，然後減損了那些植栽的美。

因此，「雜草防治」便成為維護花園美觀一個永無休止的重點課題。

大多數人試圖藉由使用被稱為「除草劑」的化學除草製品，期望能快速且簡便解決雜草問題。

但是有時候，「解決方案」卻可能造成更加嚴重的問題。

那麼，化學除草劑會造成什麼大問題呢？

事實上， 使用除草劑會產生很多你意想不到的後果。

誠如你應該能猜想到的一樣，這些有毒的化學物質會對環境造成嚴重汙染。

沒錯，除草劑是能有效除掉雜草，但它們也會殺死其他有益處的植物，以及像是蚯蚓、蝴蝶、青蛙，甚至鳥類等物種。

不僅如此，除草劑還會對人類健康構成重大風險，造成的危害從皮膚過敏到中毒都有。

由雨水或灌溉方式所形成的排放水，會含有足以殺死魚類以及其他水生生物的除草劑，而且能進而汙染我們的給水系統。

Have you ever had to weed a garden?

Gardens are some of the most beautiful places on earth. The sad reality of gardening is that weeds compete with the plants you want and take away from their beauty. As a result, weed control seems to be a never-ending part of sustaining the beauty of a garden. Most people try to find a quick and easy solution to the problem of weeds by using chemical weed killers, known as herbicides. Sometimes, though, a solution can cause even bigger problems.

So what big problems can chemical herbicides cause? Actually, using them can have quite a few unintended consequences.

As you might imagine, these toxic chemicals contaminate the environment. They effectively kill weeds, yes, but they can also kill other desirable plants and species such as earthworms, butterflies, frogs and even birds. Not only that, but herbicides pose significant health risks to humans, ranging from irritating your skin to even poisoning you. Water drainage, as a result of rain or watering methods, contains herbicides that can kill fish and other aquatic life and can poison our water supply. And did you know that repeated use of herbicides can make weeds resistant to their effects? But herbicide use isn't the only way to get rid of weeds.

take away from something 降低；減弱

The old car sitting in the yard takes away from the house’s beauty. 舊車讓美麗的房子大打折扣

The ugly sofa completely takes away from the loveliness of the room. 舊車讓美麗的

The little girl’s dirty face and clothes do not take away from how smart she is. 骯髒的臉孔無損他的聰明

sustain 維持；供養

Because it is not rich enough, this soil cannot sustain the people living in the area. 供養

The boring story did not sustain the children’s interest. 保持興趣

sustain 經歷、遭受破壞

The village sustained a lot of damage during the typhoon. 遭受嚴重災害

sad reality

It's something that, uh, you don't really want to talk about or maybe even acknowledge

never-ending

herbicide 除草劑 

So when they're talking about herbs... well, when we're talking about herbs, we don't have that H sound.

in the weed 陷入困難中【在野草堆中】

The project has been in the weeds for months. 困難重重的僵局當中

服務生要同時服務很多人，忙不過來

contaminate （v.）汙染

The factory contaminated the local drinking water by dumping chemicals into a nearby lake.  把含有化學物質的廢水排進到附近的湖裡    汙染了當地的飲用水

Japan’s Fukushima area was contaminated when its nuclear power plant was affected by flood waters. 福島地區  核電廠

contamination （n.）

The chemicals have caused serious contamination in the region’s lakes.

resistat （adj.）對····有抵抗力的；抗拒的

The virus is resistant to any medicine.

When Rob saw that his manager was resistant to any changes in the way things were done, he found a different job. 

water-resistat （adj.）防水的

My watch is water-resistant so it wasn’t harmed when I dropped it in the bathtub.

as you might imagine…

to post a risk /threat

invasive species pose a threat to the 

foliage葉子

maple trees 楓樹

tropical country 熱帶的

peak 

Have you ever done a detox before?

detox 排毒

a detox diet 節制性飲食

anti-inflammatory

If something is anti-inflammatory, it means that it reduces swelling in your body, or it doesn't let things that cause your body to retain water or swell up or your cells to multiply