Unit12 Life is full of the unexpecte单元话题阅读理解.pdf

Unit12Lifeisfulloftheunexpected.

单元话题阅读理解

一、阅读理解

Readthepassagesandfinishtheexercises.

AlizeeBuysschaert,thefounderofZeroWasteShanghai,hasreceivedmanymessagesabouttrash

sorting分（类）inthepastmonth.Shesaid,Almosteveryonetalkwithasksmeabouttrashsorting.Evenlast

nightwhenwasinabar,heardpeopletalkingabouthowtheyshouldsorttheirtrash.Whenfirstcameto

Shanghaiin2014,peoplewerenotfullyawareoftrashsorting,andeverythingwentinonebin,butthings

changesoquickly.

ShanghaibecamethefirstcityinChinatocarryoutitsstrictest-evertrashsortingrulesonJuly1st,

2019.Theyrequireeveryfamilyandofficetosorttheirtrashintofourkinds-recyclablewaste,harmful

waste,wetwasteanddrywaste.ndividuals个（人）whofailtosorttrashfacefines罚（款）ofupto

200yuana（bout$30）.Companiescanbefinedupto50,000yuan.

Therehasbeenaheateddiscussionabouttrashsortingonline.SomepeoplepraiseShanghaiforbeinga

rolemodelinsolvingthetrashproblem,whileothersthinkitbringsinconveniencetotheirdailylives,and

makejokesaboutsortingtheirtrash.

Oneofthemostpopularjokesgoes,Thinkaboutpigsbeforesortingyourtrash-thingspigscaneatgo

towetwaste,thingspigsdonteataredrywaste,thingspigsmightdiefromwhileeatingthemareharmful,

andthingsthatcanbesoldformoneytobuyapigbelongtorecyclablewaste.

XiaoGuiyu,deputydirectoroftheStandingCommitteeoftheShanghaiMunicipalPeoplesCongress,

said,Althoughitsajoke,itmakeseveryoneunderstandthekeyoftrashsortingeasily.Asforthe

inconvenience,thegovernmentrepliedthatthenewrulesarelaws,andjustliketrafficrules,peoplehaveto

learntokeepitaslongastheyliveinShanghai.

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