2023年6月英语六级听力真题 卷二 短文2

Passage 2

短文2

The shiny gadgets of today will be waste tomorrow.

今天的闪闪发亮的小玩意明天就会浪费掉。

Manufacturers don't talk much about this when they announce the big new thing that will replace your mostly just as good old thing.

当制造商们宣布新的大产品将取代你最优秀的旧产品时，他们不会过多谈论这个问题。

In fact, technology firms often purposely design devices that will not last long and cannot be repaired so that consumers will have to spend their money on a new one.

事实上，科技公司往往故意设计的设备不会持续很长时间，无法修复，因此消费者将不得不花钱购买新设备。

This year, the French government began requiring tech manufacturers to list a repairability score.

今年，法国政府开始要求科技制造商列出可修复性评分。

If a device can be repaired, then its life can be extended, saving consumers money and the planet the burden of so many trashed gadgets.

如果一个设备能够被修复，那么它的寿命就可以被延长，从而为消费者节省了金钱，也为这个星球节省了这么多被毁的小玩意的负担

Equipped with this knowledge, consumers can make better choices about which products to buy.

有了这些知识，消费者就可以更好地选择购买哪些产品

Some 59 million tons of old TVs, computers, screens, smartphones, washers and other electronics are discarded every year. This waste is dangerous.

每年约有5900万吨旧电视、电脑、屏幕、智能手机、洗衣机和其他电子产品被丢弃。这种废物很危险。

Batteries explode in recycling facilities. Toxic substances like mercury leak into soil and groundwater and disperse in the air.

电池在回收设施中爆炸。汞等有毒物质泄漏到土壤和地下水中，并在空气中扩散。

Manufacturing flat screens adds greenhouse gases to the atmosphere.

制造平板显示器增加了大气中的温室气体。

We need tech companies to take the lead to solve this problem.

我们需要科技公司带头解决这个问题。

If they won't, governments must make them do so.

如果他们不愿意，政府就必须让他们这么做。

Although tech companies will often speak of environmental sustainability,

尽管科技公司经常谈论环境的可持续性，

many lobby against repair legislation, fearful it will eat into their profits.

但许多人游说反对修缮法，担心它会蚕食他们的利润

Sustainability matters, but marketable design appears to matter more to these companies.

可持续性很重要，但对这些公司来说，适销对路的设计似乎更重要。

Consumers should support right-to-repair legislation.

消费者应支持修缮权立法

In this world, damage is a certainty.

在这个世界上，损害是必然的。

But we cannot leave things broken: A problem of our creation is a problem that can be fixed.

但我们不能让事情破裂：我们创造的问题是一个可以解决的问题。

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.

问题12至15是基于你刚才听到的一段话。

12.Why did new products soon become waste?

12.为什么新产品很快就变成废物？

13.What did the French government require tech companies to do to help consumers make better choices?

13.法国政府要求科技公司做些什么来帮助消费者做出更好的选择？

14. What should tech companies do to help ensure environmental sustainability?

14.技术公司应如何帮助确保环境的可持续性？

15. What does the speaker think of the problem of waste?

15.发言者对浪费问题有何看法？

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