Not only does the use of plastic water bottles hurt your wallet, but it also causes pollution, wastes energy, and surprisingly wastes water. Only 23% of the plastic in America ends up in recycling bins, meaning over $1 billion worth of plastic is treated as rubbish a year. Recently, Skipping Rocks Lab has invented a kind of water bottle called Ooho.
It’s a kind of convenient, clear water bottle that can either be drunk or eaten. To drink it, you can either get rid of the membrane (膜) or tear a hole in the membrane with your teeth to pour the water into your mouth. To eat it, you simply put the whole bottle in your mouth. It’s completely insipid so you needn’t worry about any taste.
It aims for large outdoor events where tons of plastic bottles are used and frequently left behind as litter. Too much plastic is sure to do harm to the environment, which could account for the purpose of such a new invention.
The team has been working for the past two years to develop the technology and materials that are needed to produce Ooho. The price for an only bubble (泡状物) or a unit of bubbles hasn’t been decided yet, but it costs about two cents to create a unit, which is cheaper than plastic bottles. The team has also been selling Ooho water bottles in London for the past six months.
Ooho is catching many people’s attention and has raised over $1 million in only three days. It’s mostly being sold at events at the moment to interest the buyers while the production machine is getting up and running. It’s quickly making a rise, so keep an eye out for these bottles of the future.
【小题1】How is most plastic in America dealt with?| A．It is wasted by people. |
| B．It is reused as new energy. |
| C．It is buried under the ground. |
| D．It is applied to new technology. |
| A．Sweet. | B．Delicious. | C．Tasteless. | D．Interesting. |
| A．It plans to be sold at a very low price. |
| B．It has some advantages over plastic bottles. |
| C．It has taken the place of plastic bottles in London. |
| D．Proper materials of making Ooho are hard to find. |
| A．Doubtful. | B．Uninterested. | C．Worried. | D．Positive. |
| A．Scientists. | B．Experts. | C．Environmentalists. | D．The public. |
