These days a green building means more than just the color of the paint. Green buildings can also refer to environmentally friendly house, factories, and offices.
Buildings account for 65 percent of total U. S. electricity use. But green buildings can reduce energy and water use. Also, the buildings are often located near public transportation such as buses and subways, so that people can drive their cars less. That could be good for the environment, because cars use lots of natural resources such as gasoline, and give off pollution. Green buildings are often built on previously developed land, so that the buildings don’t destroy forests or other wild habitats(栖息地).
Marry Dettling is project manager for a building that puts these ideas into action. The Solaire has been called the country’ s first green residential high-rise building. According to Dettling, "We’ve reduced our energy consumption by one-third and our water by ,50 percen
A. draining wild habitats
B. developing new land
C. clearing the ground in a forest
D. making use of the developed land
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Eating better and more adventurously is becoming an obsession, especially among people with money to spend. Healthier eating and not-so healthy eating--as well as the number and variety of food choices and venues continue to increase at an ever-quick-ening pace.
Globalization is the master trend that will drive the world of food in the years a head. Consumers traveling the globe, both virtually and in reality, will be able to sweep up ingredients, packaged foods, recipes, and cooking techniques from every corner of the earth at an ever-intensifying and accelerating pace. Formerly remote ingredients and cooking styles are creating a whole new culinary mosaic as they are transplanted and reinterpreted all over the world.
Many factors are behind this, but none more so than the influence of the great international hotel chains. Virtually every chef who has worked for Hilton, Westin, Peninsula, or any other major chain gathers global experience in
A. adventurous.
B. more and more popular in the world.
C. a global phenomenon.
D. sweeping up every corner of the earth.
Text 3 Eating better and more adventurously is becoming an obsession, especially among people with money to spend. Healthier eating and not-so healthy eating--as well as the number and variety of food choices and venues continue to increase at an ever-quick-ening pace. Globalization is the master trend that will drive the world of food in the years a head. Consumers traveling the globe, both virtually and in reality, will be able to sweep up ingredients, packaged foods, recipes, and cooking techniques from every corner of the earth at an ever-intensifying and accelerating pace. Formerly remote ingredients and cooking styles are creating a whole new culinary mosaic as they are transplanted and reinterpreted all over the world. Many factors are behind this, but none more so than the influence of the great international hotel chains. Virtually every chef who has worked for Hilton, Westin, Peninsula, or any other major chain gathers global experience in locales as diverse as S
A. globalization.
B. remote ingredients and cooking styles.
C. great international hotel chains.
D. chefs of various nationalities.
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