答案和出处：
1.
2.5
Catherine, tell me -
how old
is your TV?
Catherine
My TV has just had its fifth birthday.
Neil
And your
mobile phone
?
Catherine
It's about two and a half.
2.
advanced
Catherine
And of course I'm not alone in buying gadgets from time to time. They actually keep on getting more
advanced
– s
o people keep buying new one
s.
3.
cheaper, expensive
Neil
Technology also get
s cheap
er
and cheaper. In fact, many gadgets
are more
expensive
to fix than replace.
4.
replace
Tim Cooper, Professor of Sustainable Consumption and Production at Nottingham Trent University
The classic example of this is the mobile phone, where, for example, screens are
glued
into the product. Now they know that if there was a
screw
there, the consumer could easily, when that screen cracks, which is obviously a very common problem with mobile phones,
unscrew
it and put a new screen on. They don't. They know perfectly well that that would be a way in which mobile phones would last longer. They don't want that, they want you to
replace
your mobile phone
every year or two.
5.
quality
Neil
Obsolete
– no longer valid or useful. And also – he says we've become so used to
cheap products
that we don't want to spend more o
n good quality.
6. 2 million
An interesting idea. Cooper says that over
2m pounds
worth of
electrical goods
are thrown away each year in the UK. He calls it a "throwaway culture".
7
responsibly
Neil
Yes – another one looking ahead into the future – I'm pretty sure my computer will be
obsolete
in ten years. It will no longer be used – it will be
out of date.
Catherine
I just urge you, Neil, when you do get a new one – please recycle this one
responsibly.
We already live in a
throwaway culture
.
