NPR 영어회화 팟캐스트 리스닝 스피킹 DAY 3

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I ditched plastic for a week. Here's what I learned

 

*go all in ~에 전념하다, 올인하다

You were going all in for the sake of this journalism experiment.

*a big lift 큰 짐, 어려운 일

It would feel like a big lift for someone trying to do this for the first time.

It was since this was all new to me, but it's not exactly a new concept.

*upcycle (재활용품을) 업사이클하다, 더 나은 것으로 만들다 (→recycle)

*upcycling 재활용품을 이용하여 기존의 제품보다 품질이나 가치가 더 높은 새 제품을 만드는 과정

My parents always reused, you know, containers and the butter jars and - upcycling glasses to put their plants in.

*it wasn't until ~이후에야 가능했다

it wasn't until I got older, and I got a full-time job and my income increased - that's when I realized that I had larger amounts of plastic waste that I was using.

*cut down on something ~을 줄이다, 자제하다

+) I'm trying to cut down on sweets.

    단 것을 끊으려고 노력하는 중이에요.

There are lots of ways you can cut down on plastics.

*pivot 전략방향을 전환하다, 회전시키다

Let's pivot now to talk about the health aspect of all of this.

*not necessarily 반드시 ~한 것은 아니다

Reusing single-use plastic containers is better for the environment but not necessarily for your health.

*come off 떨어지다

The microplastics are bits of plastic that come off, and you can eat them.

*lodge into ~에 꽂(히)다, 박(히)다

+) It's lodged right into my heart.

    그 말이 내 맘에 콕 박혔어요.

They can actually become lodged into your organs.

*splinter 가시, 조각

You have a splinter underneath your skin.

*downstream (먼저 일어난 일의) 후속의

*downstream effect 후속효과

There can be a lot of downstream effects from that.

*if at all 조금이라도 ~한다면

+) Any advice at all would be tremendously helpful, and I’d appreciate it if you could help me!

    어떤 조언이라도 큰 도움이 될 것이고, 도와주면 정말 고마울 거야.

*If it helps at all 조금이라도 도움된다면

I wonder if it helps at all - if it can reduce your exposure if you rinse off food that was packed in plastic.

It's really hard to be completely free of them.

*mess with ~에 얽혀들다, ~를 방해[간섭]하다

Plastic containers contain chemicals that can actually mess with your hormones.

She recommends just swapping your plastic food containers for ones that are glass, metal or wood.

*ingest 삼키다, 먹다

Takeaway two is to think about ways to cut down on the plastic you ingest.

I feel like you - once you start to be aware of it, you look around and plastics are in everything.

 

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