「回收再造」免洗筷！？THE VALUE OF CHOPSTICS
讓我們一「筷」改變這個世界To change the world, we have to （chop）stick togetehr
你正享用著一碗美味麵食或是自己最愛的飯食，然後一邊跟朋友聊天。
作為一個負責任的人，在你吃完以後，你會清理桌面、把垃圾丟掉，當然也包括你的免洗筷。
這些筷子最後會跟著全球數十億枝免洗筷一起，進到垃圾掩埋場。
但是，要是我們可以回收免洗筷呢？
我們還真的可以。
對於那些吃亞洲食物的人而言，以筷子為餐具幾乎是天生習性。
據估計，全球百分之二十到三十三的人口每天都使用筷子。
這些筷子雖然不全都是可拋棄式的，不過毫無疑問很多都是。
估計顯示，全球每年使用近八百億枝免洗筷。
不是環保人士也能了解，這樣的做法一點也不永續。
就在這個時候，菲力克斯˙伯克登場了，他當時是加拿大卑詩大學林業學系的博士生。 伯克非常想找出從建築工程回收木材的方式，而他本人對竹子特別有興趣。 有一天，他在女友家發現一個塞滿拋棄式竹筷的抽屜，於是一個想法開始在他的心裡萌芽。
You're enjoying a delicious bowl of noodles or your favorite rice dish, chatting with your friends. Being the responsible person that you are, when you're finished you clean up your table and throw away your garbage, including your disposable chopsticks. These chopsticks wind up in a landfill along with billions of other chopsticks around the globe. But what if we could recycle them? Turns out we can.
For those consuming Asian food, using chopsticks as eating utensils is almost second nature. It has been estimated that 20 to 33 percent of the world's population uses chopsticks on a daily basis.
Not all of those are disposable, but no doubt many are. Estimates indicate that up to 80 billion disposable chopsticks are used worldwide every year. It doesn't take an environmentalist to realize that this practice is not sustainable. Enter Felix Böck, a doctoral student at the time in the forestry program at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Böck was eager to find a way to recycle wood from construction projects, and he had a particular interest in bamboo. One day he found a drawer in his girlfriend's house filled with disposable bamboo chopsticks, and an idea began to
germinate in his mind.
disposable （adj.）可任意使用的；用完即丟棄的
Do you use cloth or disposable diapers on your baby? 給寶寶用布紙尿褲還是拋棄式的
Frank is careful with his money because he doesn’t have a lot of disposable income.
可支配的收入
Everyone who is helping to clean up the beach needs to bring disposable masks and gloves.
wind up （ph v.）落入或陷入某種下場
If you don’t stop cleaning in this class, you are going to wind up in the principal's office. 被送到校長辦公室
wind up （ph v.）結束、結果
The party wound up sooner than we expected, so June and I went to a late movie. 比預期更早結束
I didn’t have time earlier, so I wound up going to the grocery store after dinner. 更早結束
to stick together
being the ＋（adj.）＋person that you are
For example, you could say, "Being the helpful person that you are, you're gonna (going to) help me do the dishes tonight.
What if …? = hypothetical question
second nature
means it is super easy for you to do. You don’t have to think about it. It comes really naturally to you
to know ＋e （n.）＋like the back of your hand
on a ＋（daily, weekly, yearly, etc. ）＋basis
use your noodle 用一下你的大腦，想一想再做
melon 甜瓜 代表頭部
You can solve this problem if you use your noodles.
sustainable （adj.）可持續的、長期保持的
Cycling is really the only sustainable form of transportation at present. 比預期更早結束
The government is hoping for sustainable economic growth this year. 經濟持續成長
Mason’s agricultural practices are not only sustainable but also profitable. 農業生意 不只可以持續還有營收
germinate （v.）發芽
Ideas for her project began to germinate in Brook’s mind as she was falling asleep. 腦海中的企劃案開始萌芽
The seeds that Carolyn planted two weeks ago finally began to germinate this week.
Francine planted her seeds and placed them under a light to help them germinate more quickly.
no doubt / undoubtedly
it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to … 顯而易見的；常見的.
forestry 林業
amusement park snacks
food trucks 美食餐車
popsicles 冰棒
mascot 吉祥物
caramel 焦糖
monkey-shaped bucket
