VOA慢速英语:Could Waste Plastic Reduce Our Need for Oil?

1. Every hour, thousands of kilograms of milk jugs, water bottles, and grocery bags are fed into the machine.

thousands of 数以千计
例句：Thousands of frauds are committed every year.
每年有数以千计的诈骗案。

2. You could tap this right now and this is ready to go.

be ready to do 准备好做某事
例句：If he must, he is ready to fight. 
倘若万不得已，他也预备战斗。 
 
3. That’s a number six fuel, that’s what a lot of like US Steel uses, a lot of major companies, that’s what they pay the big bucks for, right there.

a lot of 很多
例句：I suppose you saw a lot of human nature as a solicitor. 
我想你当律师总阅过不少人情世故吧！

4. And some question whether turning plastic into oil can even be considered “recycling.”

turn into 变成
例句：How you turn into a bear.
你怎么变成熊的。