垃圾在英語中如何表達？rubbish側重于“無用”，trash常用于美國英語，garbage本義為 “廢物”，litter側重于 “亂扔”。分類可以使用的sort（動詞）。

老夏考研“每日一題”選自《赫芬頓郵報》，原文文章标題為“Recycling Tips”（回收建議）。

今天給的是一個詞義推測題。

鼓足勇氣，勇敢面對。 ......

【題目】The word “confounding” is closest in meaning to ______

[A] flexible.

[B]contradictory.

[C] effective.

[D] bewildering.

【試題】

①Sorting garbage can be confusing. ②Depending on where you live, the rules around recycling can differ wildly. ③In some places, people are allowed to throw all their recyclables into the same bin. ④In other towns, they must separate paper or cardboard from cans and bottles. ⑤Requirements for plastics are particularly confounding, which partly explains why only 9% of plastics get recycled. ⑥Just because you throw something in the bin doesn’t mean it will get turned into a new product automatically.⑦“People are well-intentioned,” said Pete Keller, vice president of recycling at Republic Services, one of the largest waste management companies in the United States. ⑧“They confuse re-use or donation with ‘recycle.’

【參考譯文】

①Sorting garbage can be confusing. 垃圾分類可能會令人困惑。

②Depending on where you live, the rules around recycling can differ wildly. 根據你居住的地方，關于回收的規則可能會有很大的不同。

③In some places, people are allowed to throw all their recyclables into the same bin. 在一些地方，人們被允許把他們所有的可回收物品扔進同一個垃圾箱。

④In other towns, they must separate paper or cardboard from cans and bottles. 在其他城鎮，他們必須把紙或紙闆與罐頭和瓶子分開。

⑤Requirements for plastics are particularly confounding, which partly explains why only 9% of plastics get recycled. 對塑料的要求尤其令人困惑，這就解釋了為什麼隻有9%的塑料被回收利用的部分原因。

⑥Just because you throw something in the bin doesn’t mean it will get turned into a new product automatically. 你把東西扔進垃圾桶并不意味着它會自動變成新産品。

⑦“People are well-intentioned,” said Pete Keller, vice president of recycling at Republic Services, one of the largest waste management companies in the United States. “人們都是出于好意的，”美國最大的垃圾管理公司之一Republic Services負責回收的副總裁皮特·凱勒(Pete Keller)說。

⑧“They confuse re-use or donation with ‘recycle.’：“他們把再利用或捐贈和‘循環利用’混為一談。

考研英語除了考查知識點之外，還注重考查考生的思辨能力,即概念理解能力，邏輯推測能力以及概括能力。鑒于此，“每日一題”以段落的形式出現（這樣為理解提供充分的語境），題目設計的目的主要幫助你既鞏固所學知識（knowledge）又提高思辨能力（critical skills）。相信能成為你達到“事半功倍”複習效果的助手。

我們選擇的外刊是考研命題的高頻題源外刊，而且都是近期的最新文章。老夏按照考試的要求對文章進行了改寫，以讓朋友們“輕裝上陣”。

你在學習時無需投入太多的時間和精力，更無需照抄文本。隻要做題，搞懂“大意”就可以了（當然，欲奪高分者多花一些精力也無妨）。注意帶“*”是超綱單詞。

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