CNN news 2012-02-18 加文本

cut down减少, 降低
例句：We were for cutting down the cost of production.
我们赞成降低成本。

2. Officials there don`t just want to decrease the amount of trash, they want to do away with it entirely. Reynolds Wolf shows us how businesses are sorting it all out.

do away with废除, 消灭, 去掉
例句：That city has decided to do away with overhead wires.
那个城市决定取消架在空中的电线。
sort out分类, 整理
例句：Sort out things you want to keep and throw everything else away.
把你要保存的东西挑选出来, 其余的扔掉。

3. That means that cups, plates and eating utensils have to be compostable or made from recycled goods.

make from由…制成
例句：Paper is made from rags.
纸是由破布制成的。

4. Even trash cans are sealed, so customers can`t throw anything away.

throw away扔掉
例句：Don't throw your tickets away!
别把车票扔掉!

5. We take a soda bottle out.

take out把…带出去
例句：Please take the children out, their noise is making my head ache.
请把孩子们领出去, 他们吵得我头痛。

6. Every year, they turn more than 175 tons of food scraps and other compostable waste into 400 tons of fertile soil, which goes right back to the mountains of Steamboat Springs.

turn into (使)变成
例句：Her bitter experience has turned her into a stronger person.
痛苦的经历使她变得更坚强了。

7. We can bring it in.

bring in把…拿进来, 带进来,引进
例句：The policeman brought in two boys whom he had caught stealing.
警察把两个当场抓获的小偷带到警察局。

8. Those of you who don`t like them are just going to have to suffer through it.

suffer through遭受， 挨过去
例句：We suffered through a crisis.
我们挨过了一场危机。

9. Before we go, we`re going to check out some barnyard harmonizing.

check out检查, 核对, 核实
例句：They checked out all the goods in the store.
他们清点了仓库里的货物。

10. We definitely take note of that and be sure to tune in.

take note of注意, 留意
例句：The committee has taken note of objections.
委员会已注意到反对意见。
tune in调谐；收听(电台、节目)；收看(电视频道)
例句：I tune in to the film channel every night.
我每晚都收看电影频道。