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
2023-07-05
39
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 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 is allowed to do in the EcoDorm?
选项
A、Use hair dryers.
B、Dry clothes outdoors.
C、Play music loudly with electronic equipment.
D、Use electricity in the day time.
答案
B
解析
细节题。短文最后一段指出I didn’t have to worry a bout…or feeling badabout drying my clothes outside可知选项B正确。由第四段中They pledge not to use hair dryers.Their music does not have its sound made louder electronically.可排除选项A、C;选项D在文中没有提及。故选B。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/2809492.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]Duringthe19thcentury,women’seducationwasnotconsidered
[originaltext]Duringthe19thcentury,women’seducationwasnotconsidered
DoesElectronicEquipmentPromoteEducation?1.很多大学投入大量的财力为教室添置电子设备2.有人赞同使用电子设备
[originaltext]W:John,haveyouchosenaphysicaleducationclassyetforthis
[originaltext]W:John,haveyouchosenaphysicaleducationclassyetforthis
Musicinhighereducation:whatisitworth?A)Musichasfoundi
Musicinhighereducation:whatisitworth?A)Musichasfoundi
Musicinhighereducation:whatisitworth?A)Musichasfoundi
Musicinhighereducation:whatisitworth?A)Musichasfoundi
Musicinhighereducation:whatisitworth?A)Musichasfoundi
随机试题
下面你将听到一段有关中英关系的介绍。女士们,先生们:英国以其灿烂的文化、众多的发明创造为世界文明和进步作出了巨大的贡献,也对中国社会的发展产
某高度为k的完全二叉树中,所含叶子结点的个数最少为()。
A. B. C. D.
引起红细胞绝对性增多的因素不包括A.大面积烧伤 B.法洛四联症 C.新生儿
手捻试验主要测定细粒土的()。A.强度 B.塑性 C.粒度成分 D.密实度
下列描述正确的是:()A.变异系数是标准偏差与算术平均值的差值 B.变异系数
法洛四联症患儿急性脑缺氧发作时应采取的体位<P>A.平卧位<br>B.半卧位<b
德育工作的出发点是()。 A.德育意义B.德育内容 C.德育目标D.德
李某和丁某交换不等值的房屋,丁某支付给李某差价100万元,则针对这超出的100万
10kg患儿,腹泻后精神萎靡,皮肤弹性差,四肢稍凉,尿量明显减少,CO2CP为1
最新回复
(
0
)