环保趣谈 AP Classroom reading

environmental protection (huánbǎo)

interesting talk; anecdotal story; (qù tán)

secondary school student

To crawl; to climb (pá)

the Great Wall (chángchéng)

interesting; fascinating; amusing
(yǒu qù)

subject [of a talk or conversation], topic (huàtí)

very early in the morning, crack of dawn (yí dà zǎo)

( zhī hòu ) afterwards, following, later, after

rubbish bin (lā jī xiāng)

fruit peel (shuǐ guǒ pí)

to throw, throw away (rēng)

to belong to, to be part of (shǔyú)

kitchen waste (chúyú)

garbage; trash (lājī)

empty (kōng)

bottle (píngzi)

recyclable (Kě huíshōu)

thing; item (wù)

to classify; classification; to categorize (fēnlèi)

to handle, to deal with (chǔlǐ)

knife and fork (dāochā)

to provide; to supply; to offer (tígōng)

disposable (one time use) (yī cì xìng)

to waste; to squander; wasteful (làngfèi)

eating utensils; tableware (cānjù)

way of doing things; course of action (zuòfǎ)

to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower (jiǎn shǎo)

pollution, to pollute (wūrǎn)

crowded; packed (yōngjǐ)

Los Angeles (luò shān jī)

Chicago (zhī jiā gē)

traffic congestion, traffic jam (jiāotōng dǔsè)

(v./n.) answer; reply (huídá)

actually; in fact (qíshí)

great majority; most (dàduōshù)

to be called (bèi jiào zuò)

to improve (gǎishàn)

air pollution (kōng qì wū rǎn)

to do physical exercise (duànliàn)

recall / recollect / think back (huí xiǎng)

to form a habit (yǎng chéng)

(v./n.) habit, to be accustomed to (xí guàn)