F2F Class Notes (Lily) [R]

Vocabulary

1.priority= 优先
ex: the business class will get the priority to board first.
ex: what’s your first priority? Family.
ex: Work is my first priority because I need to provide for the family.

2.lottery= 彩票
ex: It’s hard to find a place that sells lottery in Shanghai.
ex: I wish I could win the lottery and buy an apartment in Shanghai.

3. monopoly= 垄断市场
ex: Lottery is a monopoly market in Canada, it’s government-owned.

4. victim= 受害者
ex: The victim of fast fashion is the landfill and the environment ( the earth).
ex: I always tell my dad that I’m the victim of second-hand smoke.

5. disposable= 可抛弃的 一次性的
ex: you should wear disposable gloves when you deal with dead bodies.
ex: Doctors wear disposable gloves and masks when they do an operation.

6. dye= 染
ex: how often do you dye your hair? 染发
ex: I just dyed my hair today, can you tell?

7. can you tell? = 你看得出来吗?
ex: can you tell that I gained 2kg?
ex: can you tell the difference between me and my sister?

8. retail= 零售
ex: do you prefer shopping online or at a retail store?

9. wholesale = 批发
ex: Costco is a wholesale store, it’s suitable for big families.

10. metabolism= 新陈代谢
ex: I think my metabolism slowed down after pregnancy.

Reading

https://www.enfamily.cn/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=967131

There’s nothing quite like new clothes, is there? The UK certainly loves them. According to a report by the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC), the UK consumes five times more clothes today than it did in the 1980s. That’s more than any other nation in Europe and amounts to around 26.7kgs per person. This results in 235 million garments going to landfill – victims of fast fashion.

Fast fashion is defined as “an accelerated fashion business model” involving “increased numbers of new fashion collections every year”, “quick turnarounds” and “lower prices”, according to the EAC. Globalisation means that attire is made in countries where labour is cheaper. This saving is passed on to consumers, who then consider the garb they own disposable – easily replaceable with something more on-trend. And that creates problems.

First, there’s the environmental cost. Manufacturing any kind of textile costs resources. For example, synthetic fibres, which are made from plastic, have a larger carbon footprint than natural ones. Natural fibres, although more carbon-efficient, still require more water to grow. And further resources are used as the cloth is dyed, made into clothing and transported to retail for sale.