★ 單字
1. waste [west] n. 廢棄物 v. 浪費（國中挑戰800字）
2. ocean [ˋoʃən] n. 海洋（國中挑戰800字）
3. hurt [hɜt] v. 傷害
★ 實用字詞
1. millions of… 表「數百萬的…」，thousands/hundreds of…就是「數千／百的…」。
2. plastic（adj./n.）塑膠
3. billion十億（在圖表中簡化成bn）
4. take action採取行動
BBC uses one chart to show that plastic bottles are becoming a serious problem.
BBC廣播公司利用一張圖表來顯示塑膠瓶正逐漸變成嚴重的問題。
閱讀技巧：將長句分成短字詞，以利閱讀
Each year,／millions of tonnes of／plastic waste／are hurting sea animals.
每年，／數百萬噸的／塑膠廢棄物／正在傷害海洋生物。
動手做做看：將長句分成短字詞
Now, some countries are taking action to stop using more plastic bottles.
考題練習：多益普及測驗＋國中會考題型
1. What is the problem here?
(A) Too much garbage on land
(B) Lots of plastic bottles in the sea
(C) Not enough drinking water
2. What do we know from the chart?
(A) Coca Cola sold 480 billion bottles in 2016.
(B) More than half of the plastic bottles were recycled.
(C) Only 7% of old bottles were changed into new ones.
3. What is being done now?
(A) Using fewer plastic bottles
(B) Stopping drinking cola
(C) Saving sea animals
解答：
動手做做看：將長句分成短字詞
Now, some countries／are taking action／to stop using／more plastic bottles.
現在，一些國家／正採取行動／以阻止使用／更多的塑膠瓶。
考題練習：多益普及測驗＋國中會考題型
1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (A)
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