首页
登录
职称英语
Thoreau said education often made straight-cut ditches out of twisting small
Thoreau said education often made straight-cut ditches out of twisting small
游客
2023-07-01
56
管理
问题
Thoreau said education often made straight-cut ditches out of twisting small streams. But not at the EcoDorm, which houses 36 undergraduates and is the spiritual heart of Warren Wilson College, a liberal-arts school of fewer than 1,000 students in Swannanoa, N.C.
In recent years, colleges like Warren Wilson took a leading role in the sustainability movement, which seeks to develop a durable human relationship with the environment. More than 600 U.S. colleges and universities have signed up for a pledge to become carbon neutral. Ninety dorms are now LEED certified, the most widely accepted national standard for green design. The EcoDorm is one of only two student residences that have LEED’s highest rating.
Two Warren Wilson students first proposed the dorm a decade ago. Undergraduates on the planning committee initially suggested that it be built with corncobs or straw. The design, by Asheville-based Samsel Architects, required compromises—as well as a number of creative solutions..The wood used for building the walls was harvested from campus trees that were suffering from a certain disease. The kitchen cabinets were made from recycled fence posts. Rainwater is collected into a disused railway tanker car and pumped back into the house to clean the low-flow toilets. Two toilets, which convert decaying organic matter to fertilizer, are also available on the second floor, students shovel(铲)in wood chips after they use them. The EcoDorm consumes nearly two-thirds less electricity than would a conventional building of the same size.
Margo Flood, the executive director of Warren Wilson’s Environmental Leadership Center, says those who apply to live there "see an integration between their actions and their values." They pledge not to use hair dryers. Their music does not have its sound made louder electronically. The residents plant and harvest scores of fruits and vegetables in their garden.
The EcoDorm’s residents speak of the comfort of finding a home where their values are shared. "I didn’t have to worry about paper towels being wasted or feeling bad about drying my clothes outside," Jeremy Lekich, a senior who oversees the dorm’s garden, says. "Basically, it has made my life easier." [br] What do the EcoDorm’s residents have in common?
选项
A、Their desire for comfort.
B、Their ways of fulfilling their ideals.
C、Their belief in the importance of actions.
D、Their values on the environment.
答案
D
解析
该句句末的their values are shared表明居住在EcoDorm的学生有共同的价值观(values),而根据上下文,他们共同的价值观是关于环保方面的态度,因此,本题应选D。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/2799932.html
相关试题推荐
CreativeDestructionofHigherEducationA)Highereducation
CreativeDestructionofHigherEducationA)Highereducation
CreativeDestructionofHigherEducationA)Highereducation
CreativeDestructionofHigherEducationA)Highereducation
MostofthecollegesofeducationintheUnitedStatesaredoinganinadequa
MostofthecollegesofeducationintheUnitedStatesaredoinganinadequa
MostofthecollegesofeducationintheUnitedStatesaredoinganinadequa
MostofthecollegesofeducationintheUnitedStatesaredoinganinadequa
MostofthecollegesofeducationintheUnitedStatesaredoinganinadequa
MostofthecollegesofeducationintheUnitedStatesaredoinganinadequa
随机试题
Readthejobadvertisementbelow.Aresentencesontheoppositepage’Right’or
Althoughitseemedtotakeallherstrength,thepatient_______upasmiletohe
某套利者卖出3月份大豆期货合约的同时买入5月份大豆期货合约,成交价格分别为3880元/吨和3910元/吨,持有一段时间后,该套利者分别以3850元/吨和3
[originaltext]W:Oh,it’ssocold.Wehaven’thadsuchaseverewinterforsol
[originaltext]Mostschoolsoffermusicandartclassestogivestudentsaw
细菌形成荚膜主要在()。A.延迟期 B.对数期 C.稳定期 D.衰亡期
以下的维生素不足可引起高同型半胱氨酸血症的有( )。A.维生素B12 B.维
当工程施工的实际进度与计划进度不符时,需要对网络计划做出调整,调整的内容有()。
组成中含有茵陈、川楝子、生麦芽的方剂是A.越鞠丸 B.茵陈蒿汤 C.保和丸
背景资料:某办公楼工程,地下一层,地上十层,现浇钢筋混凝土框架结构,预应力管桩基
最新回复
(
0
)