環境部呼籲民眾一起減塑
Matt and Nancy are friends. They are having a conversation.
邁特和南西是朋友。他們正在交談。
Matt: Hey Nancy, did you know that April 22 is World Earth Day? The Ministry of Environment wants people to learn how to use less plastic this year.
邁特：嘿南西，你知道4月22日是世界地球日嗎？今年環境部希望人們學會如何減少使用塑膠。
ministry(n.)部the Ministry of Defence國防部plastic(n.)塑膠plastic(adj.)塑膠的
Nancy: That sounds important. What are some ways we can do that?
南西：聽起來很重要。我們可以怎麼做？
Matt: Well, they suggest using our own bags instead of plastic ones when we go shopping. Also, we can carry our own water bottles instead of buying bottled water.
邁特：嗯，他們建議我們在購物時使用我們自己的袋子，而不是塑膠袋。此外，我們也可以攜帶自己的水壺，而不是買瓶裝水。
suggest(v.)建議suggest N.或V-ing建議～suggest (that) sb. VR.建議～A instead of B：A取代了Bbottle(n.)瓶子
Nancy: Those are good ideas. Anything else?
南西：那些都是好主意。還有別的嗎？
Matt: Yeah, they also encourage us to choose products with less plastic packaging and to avoid using plastic straws and utensils whenever possible.
邁特：有，他們還鼓勵我們選擇塑膠包裝較少的產品，盡量避免使用塑膠吸管和餐具。
encourage sb. to do sth.鼓勵某人去做某事packaging(n.)包裝package(v.)打包straw(n.)吸管utensil(n.)器具、用具whenever(adv.)每當、無論何時
Nancy: I see. Let’s try to remember those tips and do our part to use less plastic.
南西：我明白了。讓我們試著記住這些建議，為減少塑膠使用盡一份力。
do one’s part盡一己之力
Matt: They hope to stop using plastic completely by 2030.
邁特：環境部希望在2030年全面禁用塑膠。
by（後加時間可以表達no later than）不晚於
Nancy: That’s a big goal. We should help out.
南西：那是個很大的目標。我們應該出一份力。
goal(n.)目標reach one’s goal達到目標=achieve one’s goalset a goal設定目標help sb. out with sth.幫助某人某事
Matt: Right. Let’s do our part to help the Earth every day, not just on Earth Day!
邁特：對，讓我們每天都為幫助地球盡一份力，而不僅僅是在地球日！