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　　今天的句子：

　　The volume of waste produced has plummeted during the coronavirus lockdown—a trend that may have environmental benefits, but is devastating for many waste collection businesses. Although households have been producing about 20 per cent more rubbish than usual over the period because people are at home, the level of commercial waste has dropped by around 50 per cent because of closed businesses, said Mr Scanlon, echoing similar figures from other companies.

　　思考题：

　　During the coronavirus lockdown, ___.

　　A.volume of household waste has dropped substantially

　　B.better environment brings benefits to waste treatment

　　C.waste collection has witnessed distinct drop of revenue

　　D.commercial waste has been moved to residential areas

　　词汇突破：

　　volume 数量

　　plummet 下降

　　the coronavirus lockdown 新冠疫情封锁

　　devastating 毁灭性的

　　echo 相呼应，相一致

　　句子解析：

　　第一句：

　　The volume of waste produced has plummeted during the coronavirus lockdown—a trend (同位语)that may have environmental benefits, but is devastating(定语从句) for many waste collection businesses.

　　参考译文：在疫情封锁期间，产生的废物量急剧下降;这一趋势也许具有环境效益，但对许多垃圾收集企业来说则是毁灭性的。

　　第二句：

　　Although households have been producing about 20 per cent more rubbish(状从主干) than usual over the period because people are at home//,the level of commercial waste has dropped by around 50 per cent (主句主干)because of closed businesses, said Mr Scanlon, echoing similar figures from other companies.

　　参考译文：斯坎龙表示，尽管在此期间，人们待在家里，居家垃圾的量比往常多20%，但由于停工歇业，商业垃圾的数量下降了约50%。这与其他公司的类似数据相呼应。

　　思考题解析：

　　During the coronavirus lockdown, ___.

　　在新冠疫情封锁期间_______.

　　A. volume of household waste has dropped

　　(家庭垃圾的量显著地下降了)

　　第二句说到了家庭垃圾的数量增加了。

　　所以A选项错误。

　　B. better environment brings benefits to waste treatment

　　(更好的环境有利于废物处理)

　　文章中没有谈论到，所以B选项错误。

　　C. waste collection has witnessed distinct drop of revenue

　　(垃圾收集业经历了明显的收入下降)

　　C选项正确。

　　D. commercial waste has been moved to residential areas

　　(商业废物已转移到居民区)

　　文章只说了商业废物数量减少，没有说， 废物转移到了居民区。

　　所以D选项错误。

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