Day515-告别塑料吸管

According to Business Insider, "Plastic straw bans are going into effect around the US.据“商业内幕”报道，塑料吸管禁令将很快在全美生效。California recently became the first state to ban plastic straws from restaurant tables."最近，加州成为了首个规定禁止在餐厅使用塑料吸管。In fact in 2019, if a customer wants a straw they will have to ask for one.事实上，在2019年，如果顾客想要吸管，他们就得要求才能获得。Seattle also became the first major US city to ban single-use utensils and plastic straws.西雅图也成为了美国第一个禁止一次性餐具和塑料吸管的大城市。Corporations like Starbucks, Aramark, and American Airlines are also making an effort to stop offering plastic straws.星巴克、爱玛客和美国航空等大型公司也在努力停止提供塑料吸管。Language focus 语言焦点：1.Straw 吸管 ,稻草,麦秆A thin tube of paper or plastic for sucking up liquid from a bottle or a cup 〔喝饮料用的〕吸管Eg.She sipped her lemonade through a straw.她用吸管吸着柠檬水。2.the last strawthe last problem in a series of problems that finally makes you give up, get angry etc 压垮骆驼的最后一根稻草，〔一系列问题中〕最终使人无法承受的事，终于使人不堪重负的因素the last straw on the camel back,翻译为：骆驼背上的最后一根稻草.再解释一下就是：骆驼背上已经放了很多东西了,已经到了极限了,这时候再放上去一根稻草,都可能把骆驼背压断.比喻在临界点附近的一个具有决定意义的小事件.Eg.Making me work late on Friday was the last straw.要我周五加班到很晚终于让我不堪忍受了。3.Go into effect 生效(come into force)Take effectEg.This agreement will go into effect next year 此项协议将明年起生效Utensil 烹饪用具4. a thing such as a knife, spoon etc that you use when you are cooking 器皿，用具〔指烹调用具〕Eg.kitchen utensils厨房用具5.disposable 可以处理的，一次性的disposable chopsticks 一次性筷子