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About eight million square metres of plastic grass is sold each year but opposition has now spread to the highest gardening circles.
每年约有800万平方米的塑料草坪售出,但反对之声现已蔓延到最高层的园艺界。
The Chelsea Flower Show has banned fake grass from this year’s event, declaring it to be not part of its ethos.
切尔西花展已禁止今年的展会使用假草坪,宣称它不符合花展的理念。
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), which runs the annual show in west London, says it has introduced the ban because of the damage plastic grass does to the environment and biodiversity.
在伦敦西部举办这一年度花展的英国皇家园艺学会(RHS)表示,之所以推出这项禁令,是因为塑料草坪会对环境和生物多样性造成破坏。
Ed Horne, of the RHS, said: “We launched our sustainability strategy last year and fake grass is just not in line with our ethos and views on plastic.
皇家园艺学会的埃德·霍恩说:“我们去年启动了可持续发展战略,而假草坪根本不符合我们的理念以及我们对塑料的看法。
We recommend using real grass because of its environmental benefits, which include supporting wildlife, alleviating flooding and cooling the environment.”
我们推荐使用真草,因为它有益于环境,包括供养野生动物、缓解洪涝以及为环境降温。”
The RHS’s decision comes as campaigners try to raise awareness of the problems fake grass causes.
皇家园艺学会作出这一决定之际,正值活动人士努力让人们认识到假草坪带来的问题。
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A Twitter account, which claims to “cut through the greenwash” of artificial grass, already has more than 20,000 followers.
一个声称要“揭穿”人造草坪“漂绿”行为的推特账号已经拥有超过2万名关注者。
It is trying to encourage people to sign two petitions, one calling for a ban on the sale of plastic grass and another calling for an “ecological damage” tax on such lawns.
它正在努力鼓励人们签署两份请愿书,一份呼吁禁止销售塑料草坪,另一份呼吁对这类草坪征收“生态破坏”税。
However, supporters of fake grass point out that there is also an environmental impact with natural lawns, which need mowing and therefore usually consume electricity or petrol.
然而,假草坪的支持者指出,天然草坪同样会对环境造成影响,因为它们需要修剪,因此通常要消耗电力或汽油。
The industry also points out that real grass requires considerable amounts of water, weed killer or other treatments and that people who lay fake grass tend to use their garden more.
该行业还指出,真草需要大量的水、除草剂或其他养护处理,而且铺设假草坪的人往往更多地使用自己的花园。
The industry also points out that real grass requires considerable amounts of water, weed killer or other treatments and that people who lay fake grass tend to use their garden more.
该行业还指出,真草需要大量的水、除草剂或其他养护处理,而且铺设假草坪的人往往更多地使用自己的花园。
The industry also claims that people who lay fake grass spend an average of £500 on trees or shrubs for their garden, which provides habitat for insects.
该行业还声称,铺设假草坪的人平均会花500英镑为花园购买树木或灌木,这为昆虫提供了栖息地。
In response to another petition last year about banning fake lawns, which gathered 30,000 signatures, the government responded that it has “no plans to ban the use of artificial grass.”
去年另一份要求禁止假草坪的请愿书征集到了3万个签名,对此政府回应称,它“没有禁止使用人造草坪的计划”。
However, the use of artificial grass must comply with the legal and policy safeguards in place to protect biodiversity and ensure sustainable drainage, while measures such as the strengthened biodiversity duty should serve to encourage public authorities to consider sustainable alternatives.”
不过,人造草坪的使用必须遵守现行的法律和政策保障措施,以保护生物多样性并确保可持续排水;同时,诸如强化的生物多样性义务之类的措施应当促使公共机构考虑可持续的替代方案。”
The RHS thinks that plastic grass ____
皇家园艺学会认为塑料草坪____
resistance to fake grass use.
对使用假草坪的抵制。
concern about real grass supply.
对真草供应的担忧。
In Paragraph 4, supporters of fake grass point out ____
在第4段中,假草坪的支持者指出了____
the necessity to lower the costs of fake grass.
降低假草坪成本的必要性。
the disadvantages of growing real grass.
种植真草的弊端。
What would the government do with regard to artificial grass?
关于人造草坪,政府会怎么做?
It can be learned from the text that fake grass ____
从文中可以得知,假草坪____