Once a turtle was found bleeding because a 12-centimeter-long plastic straw was pushed into its nose. How terrible!

人们曾经发现一只乌龟在流血，因为一根12厘米长的塑料吸管被塞进了它的鼻子。太可怕了！

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Lunch was spread out on a long plastic sheet.

午饭就摊在一个长塑料单上。

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He took a long plastic pipe and fitted something into one end.

他拿出一根长塑料管，把一些东西装进管子的一头。

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"The vuvuzelas were ever-present." "Those are these meter-long plastic horns that the South Africans love to bring to football games and blow them constantly throughout the games.

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That creates all sorts of social consequences that we'll talk about sustainability, with shipping water long distances, all the plastic involved, people's distrust of public water systems that's unfounded, and things like that are very interesting and have big public health consequences.

这就产生了很多社会问题,比如我们将要谈到的饮水污染问题,饮用水在长途运输的过程中,会受到各种塑料污染,还有人们对公用自来水系统,毫无理由地不信任,类似这些现象都很有趣,而且会导致重大的公共健康后果

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But modern drip irrigation uses underground computerized probes and long plastic tubes to slowly release water over long distances.

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Inside is a deep, two-foot long plastic bin full of blue tubing and packets of asthma medicines.

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TOHL, which stands for Tubing Operations for Humanitarian Logistics, has developed a simple method to deliver fresh water for emergency relief: install a really long plastic tube with a helicopter.

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