文章大意:本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了一位名叫Anna Sacks的女性的生活经历和她对可持续生活方式的独特贡献,她通过“垃圾漫步”来减少浪费,提高人们对可持续生活方式的认识。
Working at an investment bank in New York City in the mid-2010s. Anna Sacks was living the life—just not the life she wanted. Sure, she was happy. But she wanted to do something that felt important and was fulfilling on a deeper level.
Sacks packed up her life and moved to Connecticut for three months to participate in Adamah, a Jewish farming program that focuses on sustainable living and growing sustainable food. The Adamah program opened Sacks’s eyes to the damage consumer culture is doing on a local, national, and global level, and the need to find solutions. From then on, she began what she calls “trash (垃圾) walking.”
While walking around her neighborhood, Sacks, 31, picked through rubbish to look for reusable items. Soon, her trash walks expanded to include company rubbish along with residential trash. Surprisingly, she discovered a wide range of really great stuff—like clothing, dinnerware, and food—all of which she documents on Instagram and TikTok.
Under the name The Trash Walker, Sacks quickly gained popularity for her educational, funny, and surprising videos that highlight the problems with consumerism and share information about how to live a more sustainable life. “The root issue is overproduction, which leads to overconsumption, which leads to a large amount of waste,” she says. Sacks’s videos have gone viral many times, causing shockwaves through the industries she calls out.
Trash walking has given Sacks a nearly endless supply and she shares much of her “treasure” with others. She tries giving them informally to family, friends, or individuals she knows may need a specific item. Then she takes the remaining items to free stores so other New Yorkers can benefit from her treasure-hunting.
Sacks’s main focus is simply getting people to pay attention to how many unnecessary things they buy and then throw away. “Once you become aware of the way you consume, you can see ways you improve,” she says.
4. What inspired Sacks to begin her “trash walking”?
A.Her desire to live a richer life. | B.The great need for household stuff. |
C.Her involvement in a project. | D.The wish to be an Internet star. |
5. What do Sacks’ videos focus on?
A.Funny stories. | B.Views on consumption. |
C.Educational courses. | D.Solutions to problems. |
6. How does Sacks deal with her trash?
A.She donates all to the charity. | B.She keeps most for her family. |
C.She gives away much to others. | D.She sells some to individuals. |
7. What can be a suitable title for the text?
A.Trash Walker: Find Treasure in Trash. |
B.Trash Walking: A Tough Journey. |
C.Trash Walker: Live in the Moment. |
D.Trash Walking: A New Career. |