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低碳生活Low-Carbon Life 当我们享受着高效率、高科技、高品质、快节奏的生活时，却忽略了自己正在消耗着大量的能源。日渐变暖的地球及旷世美景的消失迫切要求我们马上为保护环境行动起来，在许多“高”里坚持一种“低”，这就是“低碳生活”。 — By Peter Living a low-carbon life is a good way to reduce carbon emission1 and protect the earth. How can you live a low-carbon life? Here is some advice: 1. Turn off the TV when you aren’t watching it; 2. Walk or ride a bike as often as possible; 3. Don’t buy things with multi-layer packaging2; 4. Use your own chopsticks3 when you go to a restaurant; 5. Don’t use too much soap when you wash your clothes. Notes: 1. 意为：减少碳排放 2. 意为：有多层包装的商品 3. chopstick n. 筷子 像苹果派一样具有美国特色 As American as Apple Pie apple pie是苹果派的意思。苹果派是一种用烤箱制作的甜点，它的外面是一层面粉，里面是用苹果做的馅儿。美国人很喜欢吃苹果派。每个家庭主妇都经常做苹果派。为了说明苹果派是美国生活的一个特点，人们常说： “as American as apple pie”。这个俚语的意思是：就像苹果派一样具有美国特色。 Examples: 1. Baseball is as American as apple pie because it was invented in America and is played and watched everywhere in this country. 棒球是美式运动，因为它是在美国发明的，全国各地都有人打这种球或看这类球赛。 2. Most Americans think that ice cream is as American as apple pie. 大多数美国人认为，与苹果派一样，冰淇淋也是美式食品。 To land on ones feet Meaning: is to be lucky in finding oneself in a good situation, or in getting out of a difficult situation. Examples: 1. My brother Joe got fired for never coming to work on time, but he landed on his feet and found another job that paid twice as much as that old job. 2. Mr. Green is one of those people who is not afraid to put his money into some very risky investments. Even if he makes a loss to begin with, he usually manages to land on his feet afterwards and find money to put into something else that makes a profit. 坦白承认 Come Clean About It Coming clean is being honest and telling the truth about the thing you did wrong. Telling lies is like becoming dirty, so by telling the truth and telling other people that you are wrong, you come clean. People who have done wrong but come clean about it might get the understanding of other people. Examples: 1. You ate that piece of