1. Dealing with waste. 废物处理。 deal with 处理；对付；和打交道；论述； e.g. There are many difficulties for us to deal with. 许多困难有待我们去解决。How shall we deal with the problem? 我们怎样处理这个问题呢？Such people are difficult to deal with. 这种人不好对付。A teacher should deal fairly with his students. 老师应当公正地对待学生。He wrote a book dealing with life in Japan. 他写了一本书，谈的是在日本的情况。deal with常与how连用。e.g. How to deal with waste is a big problem. 如何对废物进行处理是个大问题。do with常与what连用。e.g. What will you do with these used books? 你打算怎样处理这些旧书？
2. In many countries with sea coasts, human waste is piped directly into the sea without being treated. 在许多临海的国家中，人的粪便未经处理就直接排入大海。without being treated 介词短语做方式状语。e.g. He stole into the classroom without being seen. 他趁人不注意偷偷地溜进教室。She entered the meeting room without being allowed. 她未经允许就进了会议室。
3. Although the sea breaks up the waste, beaches may become polluted and fish may not be safe to eat. 虽然海洋可以把粪便分解，但是海滩仍可能受到污染，吃鱼也不安全。break up驱散；打碎；分解；解体；放假；e.g. Sentences can be broken up into phrases and phrases into words. 句子可以分解成词组，词组可以分解成单词。They called out the police to break up the meeting. 他们叫来警察驱散这次集会。When will your school break up? 你们学校什么时候放假？They friendship has broken up. 他们的友谊破裂了。
4. A better method is to take the waste far out to sea in ships where the wind and waves break it down. break down = break up 分解；拆散；e.g. Water can be broken down into hydrogen and oxygen. 水可以分解成氢和氧。After many years, rocks break down into dirt. 经过许多年以后，岩石就分解成尘埃了。坏掉；中断；垮下来；That computer has broken down again. 那台电脑又坏了。 The car I was in broke down on the way. 我乘坐的那辆小车在路上抛锚了。His health broke down because he had been working too hard. 他因劳累过度身体垮了。
5. The problem of dealing with waste has become so great that several organizations, such as “Friends of the Earth”, have been set up to protect the world and to fight against pollution. 处理垃圾这个问题已经变得非常紧迫，国际上已经成立了好几个组织，如“地球之友”来保护这个世界并与污染作斗争。protect保护；警戒；常与from连用。e.g. He raised his arm to protect his face from the blow. 他抬起手臂护住脸，以免被这一拳打中。The driver wears sunglasses to protect himself from the sunlight. 司机带着墨镜保护眼睛免受阳光刺激。protect还与against 连用。(against后面可以接动名词ing形式)。 e.g. The hen protected its
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young against being attacked by the cat. 老母鸡保护小鸡使其不受猫的袭击。Emperor Qin Shi Huang had all the walls joined up in order to protect his kingdom against foreign attack. 秦始皇把长城连接起来保护他的国家免遭外族侵略。***** protect … from … 与 protect … against … 都有“保护……免
遭损害”之意，前者往往用于较小的事情，后者用于较大的事情。
6. They seek to reduce waste, protect the earth, the oceans and all forms of life in them. 他们设法减少废物，保护地球和海洋以及海洋中的一切生命。seek vt.企图；试图；// 寻求；征求；谋求；探索；seek to do sth. = try to do sth. 试图做某事；e.g. We sought to change her mind. = We tried to change her mind. 我们试图改变她的想法。We have never sought to hide our views. 我们从来不想隐瞒自己的观点。The naughty boy always seeks to copy his partner’s English exercises. 这个顽皮的男孩总是想要抄他同桌的英语作业。seek after寻求；追击; seek for 寻找; 试图找到或得到；seek out 找到了; 找出了；e.g. He is seeking something to serve as a table. 他正在寻找可以当桌子用的东西。This is just what we have long sought for. 这正是很久以来我们一直要找的东西。They sought out a shady spot where might sit down and rest. 他们找到了一块可以坐下来休息的阴凉的地方。
7. So, multiply the total for Britain by 22. 因此，把英国的总量乘以22。 multiply A by B “把A乘以B”的意思；e.g. Three multiplied by four is twelve. 三乘四等于十二。If you multiply four by five, the answer is twenty. 四乘以五，答案是二十。
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