(单词翻译:单击)
听力文本
A developmental biologist and amateur beekeeper has come up with a new way to get rid of used plastic bags: Make waxworms eat them. The larvae of the greater wax moth, these caterpillars thrive on beeswax.
一名发展生物学家及业余养蜂人想出了一种摆脱废旧塑料袋的新方法：让腊虫吃了它们。大蜡螟的幼虫--这些毛毛虫依靠蜂蜡成长。
It turns out the caterpillars can actually break down the bag's polyethylene into ethylene glycol, which can be readily converted into useful substances such as antifreeze. Polyethylene is very hard to break down, making the 80 tons produced a year a big recycling challenge but it seems a solution may be in reach.
事实证明这些毛毛虫能把塑料袋里的聚乙烯分解成乙二醇，这样就能将其转变成防冻剂之类的有用物质。聚乙烯很难分解，每年会生产出80吨聚乙烯，这在循环上是个难题，不过看似就要有解决方法了。
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词语解释
1.thrive on 以...成长，靠
例句：Your employees will thrive on them, but they need to work out how to meet those challenges themselves.
你的员工会在挑战中茁壮成长，变得能干无比。 但他们需要自己解决如何应对这些挑战。
2.get rid of 摆脱，除去
例句：Sometimes when we get rid of things, people call us crazy...
有时当我们摆脱一些东西时，人们认为我们疯了。
3.break down 分解，发生故障
例句：It was also useful in helping the development team break down and assign the work.
它在帮助开发团队进行任务分解和分配工作时也显得十分有用。
4.convert into 使转变，折合
例句：The solidification happens when the quasi-citizens convert into citizens, it is the symbol of the form of ternary social structure.
农民市民化在准市民向市民转化这一阶段凝固下来，标志着三元社会结构的形成。
