日批在线视频_内射毛片内射国产夫妻_亚洲三级小视频_在线观看亚洲大片短视频_女性向h片资源在线观看_亚洲最大网

您現在的位置: Language Tips> Audio & Video> China Daily Audio News  
 





 
Call to abandon use of wooden chopsticks
[ 2007-08-10 14:11 ]

Download

Restaurant owners and patrons should abandon the use of disposable chopsticks for the good of their health and the environment, an official with the China Cuisine Association (CCA), has said.

Bian Jiang, its secretary-general, recently called on restaurant operators to phase out one-use cutlery, especially wooden chopsticks, in preparation for next year's green Olympics. The country produces and discards more than 45 billion pairs of wooden chopsticks every year, at a cost to the environment of about 25 million trees, Bian said.

"That's a heavy blow to the country's dwindling forests," he told China Daily.

"On the run-up to the Olympics, the catering industry should not ignore the green call from the organizing committee for no disposable tableware to be used during the grand feast of national pride."

In a bid to discourage the use of wooden chopsticks and protect timber resources, the government imposed a 5 percent consumption tax on them in April.

"I think most restaurants will be willing to do their part," Bian said.

The use of disposable chopsticks has been debated for years.

Both restaurant owners and consumers prefer them, their supporters say, and an industry has grown up around their manufacture.

"I would be happy to stop using wooden chopsticks for environmental concerns, but some diners prefer them for hygiene reasons." Wang Yucheng, who runs a restaurant in Beijing, said.

To help restaurants become more environmentally friendly and energy efficient, the Ministry of Commerce recently issued a range of provisions relating to the catering industry, which discourage the use of wooden chopsticks.

Though not mandatory, the provisions, slated for implementation on December 1, are the first to include the strong suggestion to get rid of disposable chopsticks, Bian said.

Besides its domestic consumption, China is also a major exporter of chopsticks, with Japan its largest trading partner. Despite boasting the world's highest forest coverage at 69 percent, Japan imports all 25 billion pairs of disposable chopsticks it consumes every year.

(China Daily 08/10/2007 page 3)

Vocabulary:

disposable chopsticks:一次性筷子

Questions: 

1. How many trees are used to produce 45 billion pairs of chopsticks every year?

2. Why do diners prefer to use disposable chopsticks?

3. Which country does China export the most chopsticks to?

Answers:

1. About 25 million.

2. Because of hygiene.

3. Japan.

(英語點津 Linda 編輯)

About the broadcaster:

Bernice Chan is a foreign expert at China Daily Website. Originally from Vancouver, Canada, Bernice has written for newspapers and magazines in Hong Kong and most recently worked as a broadcaster for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, producing current affairs shows and documentaries.

 

 
 
相關文章 Related Stories
 
         
 
 
 
 
 
         

 

 

 
 

48小時內最熱門

     
  吵架英語三十句
  尼日利亞議長叫停銀行“美女營銷”
  英語和漢語之間的詞匯空缺
  全國開展“無車日”活動
  五個手指怎么說

本頻道最新推薦

     
  女孩的心思誰能猜:Suspended from class
  《說點什么吧》:Say something anyway
  Mountain and cowboy culture meet in Jackson Hole
  Livestock disease spreads in Britain
  Working magic in the garden with beans

論壇熱貼

     
   "電視選秀"怎么翻譯?
  how to translate "造星"
  how to translate "特供豬"?
  參加BBC在線競賽 獲免費倫敦游機會!
  how to say "代言"
  “試婚”怎么說






主站蜘蛛池模板: 欧美一区二区在线免费观看 | 一二三四在线观看视频 | 国产性自拍 | 日韩av成人网| 国产精品福利小视频 | 免费一级特黄特色大片 | 精品久久国产 | 在线国产一区二区 | 五月天伊人 | 一级老太bbbbbbbbb中国 | 欧美日韩三级视频 | 免费成人精品 | 国产日韩欧美激情 | 特淫毛片 | 日本黄色高清 | 欧美成人精品一级 | 五月天伊人 | 永久免费毛片 | 国产成人精品一区二区三区网站观看 | 免费黄色激情视频 | 人人插人人干 | 国产高潮呻吟久久久 | 亚洲国产影院 | 日韩在线视频一区二区三区 | 九色婷婷 | 亚洲免费福利视频 | 国产黄色视 | 天天干天天上 | 黄视频免费看在线 | 国产日韩精品一区二区三区 | 日韩一区二区三区中文字幕 | 91影视| www.黄色大片 | 超碰在线c | 中文字幕免费播放 | 欧美一卡二卡在线 | 免费观看黄一级视频 | 久久久91精品| 99精品热视频 | 黄色网址av| 免费黄色成人 |