First, people throw away used plastic bottles to a recycling bin, which will then be lifted by an arm of a truck. After being tossed in the back of the truck, the bottles make their way to recycling center, operated by workers. Next, they are hand-checked to remove any non-recyclable material like remnants of labels or their contents. Subsequently, compressed into blocks, plastic bottles are shredded by a machine, after which the shreds are soaked to eliminate any remaining impurities.
? 各個(gè)步驟間的銜接也是個(gè)難點(diǎn),本段中用到after which (兩個(gè)步驟順序發(fā)生時(shí)用),after being done (兩個(gè)步驟主語相同且順序發(fā)生時(shí)用),和分詞前置等都可以拿來表達(dá)動作的先后關(guān)系。當(dāng)然, “next” “subsequently” 也是。
? 同時(shí)要注意主語隨動作的變化 而變化
? Shred v. 切成碎片; n. 碎片
? Impurity n. 雜質(zhì)
? Remnant n. 殘余部分
03
Before the production starts, those shreds are processed into pellets in a machine with an opening at the top and an exit at the bottom. In the following step, the pellets are gathered in a pile to be heated to form raw materials. These materials will be reshaped into new products, from plastic bottles, bags and containers to clothes and pencils. If any of these products are disposed of, the cycle will begin again.