爸爸,骑哈雷摩托潜在环保主义者.docVIP

爸爸,骑哈雷摩托潜在环保主义者 　　有这样一幅关于环保的公益漫画：一只木质的手的拇指、无名指和尾指被截去，剩下长着几片小叶的食指和中指摆出了“V”字型的胜利手势，旁白是“这不是胜利”！而今地球已伤痕累累，如何在寻求经济发展的同时保护好环境是每个地球人需要深思和时刻反省的问题。 　　1970年4月22日，由美国哈佛大学学生丹尼斯?海斯发起并组织的环境保护活动，全美共有2000多万人参加，约1万所中小学、2000所高等院校和各大团体参加了这次活动，从此每年的4月22日就成了世界地球日。保护地球是每个人不容推卸的责任和义务，让我们像文中的那个爸爸一样，从身边做起，从一点一滴做起，成长为一个爱家，爱地球的环保人！ 　　――Lavender 　　 　　My father is an unlikely environmentalist. To demonstrate his resistance to environmental consciousness, I could point out that for many years his vehicle of choice has been the anything-but-green 2)Chevy Suburban. To up his pollution 3)ante, he also occasionally pilots a Harley Soft Tail―4)kitted out, of course, with straight pipes that produce a deafening roar of exhaust. And yet, he and my mother live in what most would consider an environmentally sensitive house. 　　Their first experiment with green architecture began in the early 1980s as a means of saving mo-ney. Frustrated by the exorbitant heating and cooling bills in an older, traditional home that was an icebox in the winter and a sauna in the summer, my parents began to investigate more cost-effective possibilities. They were inspired by a new solar house built on the campus of 5)North Carolina State University, and after doing extensive research on their own and consulting with an architect, they decided to build their own 6)passive solar home in 1985. The design Mom and Dad chose has many features of a conventional house, primarily because they were interested in enjoying the benefits of solar energy without significant lifestyle alterations. 　　Viewed from the street, the house looks like an ivy-covered English cottage, but this traditional 　　7)facade conceals highly efficient internal features, namely thick, super-insulating concrete floors and walls, and a water-source heat pump that was 8)cutting edge in the mid-1980s. The 9)rear of the house is even more unexpected. Two-thirds of the south-facing wall is comprised of a bi-level brick and glass solar collection room. Each o