回收廢棄電子
Susan and Peter are roommates. They are watching the Olympic medals ceremony for women’s singles badminton.
蘇珊和彼得是室友，他們在看奧運女單羽毛球頒獎典禮。
medal(n.)獎牌ceremony(n.)典禮single(n.)單打比賽badminton(n.)羽球運動
Susan: It’s a pity that Tai wasn’t the one who got the gold medal. But she already gave it her best shot.
蘇珊：很可惜小戴不是拿到金牌的人，但是她已經盡力了。
pity(n.)可惜的事情give sth. one’s best shot盡力做好某事
Peter: I agree. Hey, on a lighter note, do you know that the podiums for the ceremonies are made from recycled plastic that was donated by the public and recovered from the oceans?
彼得：我同意。說點輕鬆的，你知道頒獎典禮的講台是由民眾捐贈以及從海洋中回收的再生塑料做成的嗎？
on a lighter note說點輕鬆的podium(n.)講臺、領獎臺recycle(v.)回收、再利用plastic(n.)塑膠donate(v.)捐贈public(n.)民眾recover(v.)重新獲得
Susan: No, I had no idea. That’s pretty cool.
蘇珊：不，我不知道，那真酷呢！
I have no idea=I don’t know
Peter: What’s even cooler and greener about this year’s Olympics is that the gold, silver and bronze medals are made from precious metals which are recycled from discarded electronic devices that people across Japan donated.
彼得：今年奧運更酷、更環保的是，金、銀和銅牌都是由日本各地人們捐贈的廢棄電子設備中所回收的貴金屬所做成的。
bronze(n.)青銅metal(n.)金屬，precious metals貴金屬discard(v.)丟棄device(n.)設備，electronic device電子設備
Susan: Are you serious? There is gold and silver inside my cellphone? Then I’ll never throw it away as trash.
蘇珊：你是認真的？我的手機裡面有金和銀？那我絕不會把它當作垃圾丟掉了。
serious(adj.)認真的、不是開玩笑的
Peter: You need to recycle millions of cellphones and laptops to be rich.
彼得：你需要回收數百萬隻手機和筆電才能致富啦。
million(n.)百萬
Susan: Speaking of recycled material, I read from a newspaper that athletes this year slept on recyclable cardboard beds.
蘇珊：說到回收原料，我從報紙看到，今年的運動員是睡在可回收的硬紙板床上。
material(n.)原料athlete(n.)運動員recyclable(adj.)可回收利用的cardboard(n.)硬紙板
Peter: Isn’t it amazing? Some athletes wouldn’t dare sleep on it. But the cardboard beds are actually very strong.
彼得：很讚吧？有些運動員還不敢睡在上面，但是紙板床其實很堅固的。
dare(v.)敢
Susan: Well, the Olympics are far from being a good thing for the environment, but it`s nice to see that at least some effort is being made.
蘇珊：奧運對環境來說遠非是一件好事，但很高興看到至少正在做出一些努力。
at least至少effort(n.)努力