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禁用塑膠袋 SHOULD PLASTIC BAGS BE BANNED?

Would the world be better off without plastic bags? 

YES or NO？

羅伊人在廚房；忙著整理一些食品雜貨。

凱西進來時，注意到一件事。

凱西：喔，羅伊，你又來了！

羅伊：怎麼了嗎？

凱西：你又用店家的塑膠袋。我以為我們已經討論過這件事了。

羅伊：又來了。

凱西：羅伊，這很重要。每個人都知道塑料汙染對環境有害。你知道世界上有很多國家已經禁用塑膠袋了嗎？

羅伊：真的嗎？禁用塑膠袋能大大改善塑料汙染嗎？

凱西：當然可以！少用塑膠製品是好事；塑料會導致海鳥、魚類等多種生物死亡。塑膠燃燒時還會產生有害化學物質。

羅伊：我知道塑膠製品對環境不友善。

凱西：更糟的是，每年塑膠袋的使用量高達數十億個。

羅伊：哇！那真的是很多塑料啊。

凱西：這就是為什麼大家必需多仰賴可重複使用的環保袋。

羅伊：我知道禁用塑膠袋的立意良善；我只是不確定成效如何而已。

凱西：什麼意思？

羅伊：就我所知，不用塑膠袋對於塑料汙染並不會有絲毫影響。

Would the world be better off without plastic bags?

Roy is in the kitchen.

He is putting away some groceries.

Casey walks in and notices something.

Casey: Oh, Roy, not again!

Roy: What's wrong? You used plastic bags from the store again.

Casey: I thought we talked about this.

Roy: Here we go again.

Casey: This is serious, Roy.Everyone knows that plastic pollution is bad for the

environment. Did you know that many countries around the world have

banned plastic bags?

Roy: Really?  Will banning plastic bags make a big difference in plastic

pollution?

Casey: Of course! Less plastic is a good thing. Plastic can kill seabirds, fish and more. It can also create harmful chemicals when burned.

Roy: I know plastic isn't good for the environment.

Casey: To make matters worse, billions of plastic bags are used each year.

Roy: Wow! That's a lot of plastic.

Casey: That's why people need to rely more on reusable bags.

Roy:  I think there are good intentions regarding banning plastic bags. I'm just not sure how effective it will be.

Casey: What do you mean?

Roy:  From what I've heard, just eliminating plastic bags won't make a dent in plastic pollution.

groceries （n.）食品雜貨

Groceries are a lot less expensive at the store down the street. 便宜多了

grocery （n.）雜貨店；超市

grocery store

Melanie decided to go grocery shopping because she couldn’t find anything to eat for breakfast.

Susan usually goes to the grocery store once a week.

pollution （n.）汙染

The pollution in some parts of the ocean is very serious.

The city has asked the factory to reduce its air pollution by ten percent during the next year.

Many people think electric cars will reduce air pollution.

to ban ＋ （n.）

better off …

if you’re better off with something, that means your situation will change for the better

Here we go again.

traditional market

supermarket

mart/ food mart

grocery store

Walmart

greengrocer

big box store 大賣場

harmful （adj.）有害的

The harmful words Sofia’s sister yelled at her made Sofia cry.大聲罵她的話很傷人

The sun’s rays are harmful to your skin.

Eating too much sugar is harmful to your health.

rely （v.）依賴；依靠

Humans have to rely on their parents for everything for several years after they are born.

Scott can’t rely on his wife to tell him how to get to the hotel because she has never been there before. 指望

Jonathan relied on his brother to take him to school.

to make matters worse…

good intentions…

air pollution

noise pollution

light pollution