空中英語教室 2021 SEP. Lesson1: SAFETY 安全教育
Handle With Care: Tips for Using Household Pesticides
環境用藥4問─用藥安全- what & who
關鍵詞 mold, pesticide, nuisance, ensure, regardless, side effect
《練習本篇口語朗讀》
Handle With Care:
Tips for Using Household Pesticides
Certain chemicals can solve warm-weather problems - but how do you use them responsibly?
Regardless of the date on the calendar, the weather in parts of Asia typically doesn't turn cool and crisp right away in the autumn months. The warmth and humidity are doubly unpleasant because the combination draws out some unwanted creatures such as mosquitoes, cockroaches and other insects - and even worse, bacteria and mold. Household pesticides can deal with these pests, but helpful as they are, they may have potentially harmful side effects. So how should these chemicals be handled? When you're using these environmental chemicals, it is essential to ask yourself four questions.
What?
What sort of pests or problems would you like
to eliminate? Not until you identify the nuisance you are attempting to contain or get rid of will you be able to choose the appropriate agent.
Then be sure to read the label which shows which pests or problems an agent targets before purchasing the product.
Who?
Who has approved this chemical for use?
The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) approves household pesticides, each of which should have a registration permit number printed on its packaging. To ensure that you are using an EPA-approved agent, look for that number.
“環境用藥4問一用藥安全
環境衛生用藥難避免, 提升你我知識有保障, 不管日曆上日期為何,亞洲部分地區的天氣通常不會在秋季月分就馬上變涼爽。
溫暖潮濕令人倍感不適,因為這種天氣會引出一些不受歡迎的生物,像是蚊子、蟑螂以及其他昆蟲一一更糟糕的是,甚至會孳生細菌和黴菌。
居家殺蟲劑之類的環境衛生用藥可以用來防治這些害蟲,不過,儘管環境用藥確實有效,卻可能具有潜在有害的副作用。
那麼,應該如何妥善使用化學製劑?
使用環境衛生用藥時,務必問自己四個問題。
對「什麼」症?
你想消除哪種害蟲或問題?
直到你確定要遏止或消除的惱人難题為何時,才有辦法選擇出合適的藥劑。
另外在選購藥劑之前,務必閱讀標示上防治的標的害蟲或其他環境衛生問題。
經「誰」審核?
誰核准了這種化學藥劑的使用?
行政院環境保護署審查核准環境衛生用藥,每種化學製品的外包裝上均應印有登記許可證字號。
誰核准了這種化學藥劑的使用?
行政院環境保護署審查核准環境衛生用藥,每種化學製品的外包裝上均應印有登記許可證字號。
為確保你使用的是環保署所核准的藥劑,請務必查找該字號。
《練習本篇口語朗讀一中英對照》
◎Handle With Care: Tips for Using Household pesticide
“環境用藥4問一用藥安全
● pesticide (n) 殺蟲劑
· I sprayed a pesticide around the edge of the kitchen floors to kill the ants.
◎Certain chemicals can solve warm-weather problems - but how do you use them responsibly?
◎(雜誌翻譯：環境衛生用藥難避免, 提升你我知識有保障, )
(google翻譯：某些化學品可以解決溫暖天氣問題——但您如何負責任地使用它們？)
◎Regardless of the date on the calendar, the weather in parts of Asia typically doesn't turn cool and crisp right away in the autumn months.
◎不管日曆上日期為何,亞洲部分地區的天氣通常不會在秋季月分就馬上變涼爽。
● regardless (a) 無論如何
= no matter
● cool and crisp 乾冷 = cold and dry weather,
● crisp air 是 dry air 天清氣爽清新的空氣
◎The warmth and humidity are doubly unpleasant because the combination draws out some unwanted creatures such as mosquitoes, cockroaches and other insects - and even worse, bacteria and mold.
◎溫暖潮濕令人倍感不適,因為這種天氣會引出一些不受歡迎的生物,像是蚊子、蟑螂以及其他昆蟲一一更糟糕的是,甚至會孳生細菌和黴菌。
● doubly (ad)加倍雙重 ● doubly unpleasant 令人倍感不適
● combination (n)組合
● draw out (phr)引出,領款;暢談 / draw的過去式是 drew
◎Household pesticides can deal with these pests, but helpful as they are, they may have potentially harmful side effects.
◎居家殺蟲劑之類的環境衛生用藥可以用來防治這些害蟲,不過,儘管環境用藥確實有效,卻可能具有潜在有害的副作用。
● side effect (n) 副作用
◎So how should these chemicals be handled?
◎那麼, 應該如何妥善使用化學製劑?
◎When you're using these environmental chemicals, it is essential to ask yourself four questions.
◎使用環境衛生用藥時,務必問自己四個問題。
《練習本篇口語朗讀一單字＋片語》
● warmth and humidity 溫暖潮濕
● insect昆蟲 ● pest害蟲
● bacteria and mold 細菌和黴菌
● mold (n) ①黴菌 ②模具
· Our bathroom is so humid that it is hard to keep mold from growing in there.
● moldy (a)黴菌的（covered with or smelling of mold）· get moldy 發霉● humidity (n) 濕度 / ● humid (a)潮濕的
● humility (n) 謙遜
>>Oh, a centipede! That's the insect that has a hundred legs, right?
● centipede [ˈsɛntəˌpid] 蜈蚣
《練習本篇口語朗讀二單字＋片語》
◎What? ◎對「什麼」症?
◎What sort of pests or problems would you like to eliminate?
◎你想消除哪種害蟲或問題?
● sort = kind 種類
● eliminate ＝ exclude (v) 除去
◎Not until you identify the nuisance you are attempting to contain or get rid of will you be able to choose the appropriate agent.
◎直到你確定要遏止或消除的惱人難题為何時,才有辦法選擇出合適的藥劑。
● nuisance (n) 惱人的人事物,不速之客· It is hard to enjoy being outside in summer because the mosquitoes are such a nuisance.
· The mosquitoes are such a nuisance.
● Not until ～ will 直到 ， 才
·You will not understand this book until you get older.
= Not until you get older will you understand this book.
= It is not until you get older that you will understand this book.直到你年紀再大一點，你才會看的懂這本書。
Not until you finish your homework, you will eat ice cream.直到你完成作業，你才會吃冰淇淋。
● get rid of (phr) 擺脫
● agent (n)媒介,經紀人
◎Then be sure to read the label which shows which pests or problems an agent targets before purchasing the product.
◎另外在選購藥劑之前,務必閱讀標示上防治的標的害蟲或其他環境衛生問題。
● target (n)目標
● purchase (v)購買
● ammonia (n) 氨水
>> Don't mix ammonia with other chemicals! That could make it really toxic or dangerous.不要將氨與其他化學品混合！這可能會使其真正有毒或危險。
● toxic (n) 毒物
● toxic (a) 有毒的
《練習本篇口語朗讀三單字＋片語》
◎Who?
◎經「誰」審核?
◎Who has approved this chemical for use?
◎誰核准了這種化學藥劑的使用?
◎The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) approves household pesticides, each of which should have a registration permit number printed on its packaging.
◎行政院環境保護署審查核准環境衛生用藥,每種化學製品的外包裝上均應印有登記許可證字號。
◎To ensure that you are using an EPA-approved agent, look for that number.
◎為確保你使用的是環保署所核准的藥劑,請務必查找該字號。
● ensure (v) 確保
· Parents need to ensure that their children are properly cared for at whatever daycare they use.
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