Verifone, the company that makes the store’s card reader would not confirm or deny that the plastic bag trick worked.

出自-2016年6月听力原文

Some, like Mr.Azar’s plastic bag, are open to argument as to how they work, or whether they really work at all.

出自-2016年6月听力原文

He wrapped one layer of the plastic around the card and tried again.

出自-2016年6月听力原文

Azar reached beneath the counter for a black plastic bag.

出自-2016年6月听力原文

Everything about the look and feel of a wallet—the way the fastenings and materials wear and tear and loosen with age, the plastic and paper and gold and silver, and handwritten phone numbers and printed cinema tickets—is the very opposite of what our world is becoming.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Everything about the look and feel of a wallet—the way the fastenings and materials wear and tear and loosen with age, the plastic and paper and gold and silver, and handwritten phone numbers and printed cinema tickets—is the very opposite of what our wor

2015年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

Regardless, the World Health Organisation has launched a review into the potential health risks of drinking water from plastic bottles.

2019年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

That’s the conclusion of a recently released study, which analysed 259 bottles from 11 brands sold in nine countries, revealing an average of 325 plastic particles per litre of water.

2019年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

That's the vision of a hotel chain that plans to send digital keys to guests' phones via an app instead of making them check in and get the traditional plastic swipe cards.

2015年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

When travelling overseas, do you buy water in plastic bottles or take your chances with tap water?

2019年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

The birds can easily eat pieces of plastic or rubber hands and they can die, said Flack.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Much of the waste is discarded rotten meat, mixed in with other human debris such as plastic bags and old toys.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

In Aisle 34 is precut plastic flooring, the glue already in place.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

"The birds can easily eat pieces of plastic or rubber hands and they can die, " said Flack.

2017年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

Americans use more than 100 billion thin film plastic bags every year.

2018年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

And while plastic bags may be ugly to look at, they represent a small percentage of all garbage on the ground today.

2018年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Bertocchini agrees and hopes her team's findings might one day help employ the enzyme to break down plastics in landfills.

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

But she expects using the chemical in some kind of industrial process-not simply "millions of worms thrown on top of the plastic".

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Companies produce thousands of different kinds of disposable products: paper plates, plastic cups, and cameras, to name a few.

2015年高考英语安徽卷 完形填空 原文

Cover the hole with the plastic sheet.

2017年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读D 选项

Eyeing these headwinds, plastic-bag makers are hiring scientists like stein to make the case that their products are not as bad for the planet as most people assume.

2018年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Humans produce more than 300 million tons of plastic every year.

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

It was kept in a plastic bag with a seal.

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读A 选项

Next, cover the hole with the plastic sheet, securing the edges of the plastic with dirt and weighting the sheet's center down with a rock.

2017年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

One study found that a cotton bag must be used at least 131 times to be better for the planet than plastic.

2018年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Peter examined the box and, sure enough, it was completely covered in factory-sealed plastic.

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Recycling plastics and aluminum, for instance, uses only 5% to 10% as much energy as producing new plastic or smelting aluminum.

2017年高考英语浙江卷（11月） 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Remove the skin and place them in plastic bags or containers and freeze.

2018年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Researchers in spain and england recently found that the worms of the greater wax moth can break down polyethylene, which accounts for 40% of plastics.

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Scientists have obtained more evidence that plastic is finding its way into the human body.

2019年高考英语江苏卷 单项填空 原文

The plastic should now form a cone with 45-degree-angled sides.

2017年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

The researchers say that the keyboard should be pretty straightforward to commercialize and is mostly made of inexpensive, plastic-like parts.

2019年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

The solar still works by creating a greenhouse under the plastic.

2017年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

The stronger a reusable bag is, the longer its life and the more plastic-bag use it cancels out.

2018年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

They are less strong than plastic bags.

2018年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项

They can also be made of plastic, animal bone or metal.

2016年高考英语全国卷3 语法填空 原文

They take plastics as their everyday food.

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

To confirm that the worms' chewing alone was not responsible for the polyethylene breakdown, the researchers made some worms into paste and applied it to plastic films.

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Two things changed my life: my mother and a white plastic bike basket.

2016年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

India has just announced it will "eliminate all single-use plastic in the country by 2022". There are also incentive-based ways of making better environmental choices easier, such as ensuring recycling is at least as easy as trash disposal.

2019年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

One their own, taking our own bags to the grocery store or quitting plastic straws, for example, will accomplish little and require very little of us.

2019年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

sixty toddlers were each introduced to an adult tester holding a plastic container.

2018年考研真题（英语一）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

The robot was the same size as a regular rat but resembled a simple plastic box on wheels.

2020年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

They're part of a bunch of celebrities starring in a new video for World Environment Day—encouraging you, the consumer, to swap out your single-use plastic staples like straws and cutlery to combat the plastics crisis.

2019年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

This might mean implementing policy such as a plastic tax that adds a cost to environmentally problematic action, or banning single-use plastics altogether.

2019年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ