A lunch break – it’s an important and often necessary part of our working or school day. And now we’re spoilt (惯坏) with a lot of places to buy our lunch from, all offering attractive dishes and sandwiches to eat on the go.
But our appetite for buying our lunchtime fare is not just costing us money, there might be a cost in terms of damaging our planet too. Just grabbing a sandwich, crisps and maybe a cake and coffee can produce at least four items of waste. Paper boxes, cups, wrappers and plastic knives and forks are all part of our disposable (一次性的) feast in addition to the food waste we create. Some experts say throwing away food, which produces methane (甲烷) as it rots, is a bigger cause of climate change than plastics.
But regardless of what causes the most damage, the solution, according to an environmental campaign group called Hubbub, is to eat packed lunches. Tessa Tricks from the group says “People are saying that they are buying food to take out because life has got busier.” And she says people think they are being more efficient; but she argues that it's usually healthier and cheaper to make your own lunch. It means you can eat the things you really want and make the quantity that you actually need.
Of course, preparing your lunch is another thing to fit into your morning scramble (忙乱) of getting ready for work, so if you haven’t got time and you are going to buy lunch, an alternative that Hubbub suggests is to take your own container to a shop and ask them to put your food in it. The idea of using reusable coffee cups for hot drinks and refilling water bottles has already proved successful, so this could be another step in the right direction.
【小题1】What’s the second paragraph mainly about?A.It costs a lot of money buying lunch. |
B.Eating fast food is no good to health. |
C.Buying lunch leads to great damage to environment. |
D.Experts give suggestions on eating. |
A.Stop eating packed lunches. |
B.Eating what you like. |
C.Trying to be more efficient in work. |
D.Making lunch by yourself. |
A.Buying lunch. |
B.Taking your own container. |
C.Using reusable coffee cup. |
D.Using refilling water bottles. |
A.Make a full use of lunch time. |
B.Eating properly to keep healthy. |
C.Doing what you can to reduce pollution. |
D.Giving lunch time eating habit a thought to reduce damage to environment. |