塑料雜貨店

羅躍梅

一家雜貨店向公眾開放，店里擺放著數千種完全由廢棄塑料袋制成的人造食品，這些都是一位藝術家獨特的創作，其目的是引起人們對塑料垃圾危害的關注。

A plastic bag store

A grocery store featuring thousands of faux （人造的） food items made entirely from abandoned plastic bags has opened lately to the public， an artists non?edible creation calling attention to the dangers of plastic waste.

The Plastic Bag Store is a custom?built public art installation and film experience designed to encourage visitors to think more about the enduring impact of single?use plastics.

The store in Ann Arbor， Michigan， features shelves stocked with items such as meat， eggs and cakes， all made from single?use plastics taken from streets and garbage.

At times during the day， the store will be transformed into a stage for a series of short films in which handmade sets are used to tell a story of the dangers of plastic waste and the consequences for future generations.

Americans throw away about 100 billion plastic bags per year.

Theater and film director Robin Frohardt is the driving creative force behind the Plastic Bag Store.

“I got the idea many years ago after watching someone bag and double?bag my groceries，” Frohardt said. “I was just sort of struck by how ridiculous how much packaging is involved in our everyday life. And it just seemed so absurd. I just thought， ‘Maybe I could make a project thats even more absurd.”

The Plastic Bag Store， which ran through Feb. 5， was presented via a partnership between the University of Michigan Museum of Art， University Musical Society， University of Michigan Arts Initiative and Graham Sustainability Institute.

Tickets are $30 for general admission. Student tickets cost $12.

The show premiered （首次公演） in Times Square in 2020. It has since made stops in Los Angeles， Chicago， Austin， and Adelaide.

“I hope that we can continue to tour this project and bring it to different communities，” said Frohardt， who is based in New York. “My dream would be that this project becomes irrelevant. But it probably wont be. It seems to be necessary for everyone.”

1. Why was the Plastic Bag Store founded？

A. To advertise the stores goods.

B. To introduce different food items.

C. To appeal to young people to use their items.

D. To call on people to care about environmental protection.

2. What inspired Robin Frohardt to get the idea of the Plastic Bag Store？

A. Peoples awareness of lack of protecting the environment.

B. Watching someone buy his groceries with many bags.

C. A story of the dangers of plastic waste.

D. Seeing a series of short films on environmental protection.

3. Which word can replace the underlined word “irrelevant” in the last paragraph？

A. Necessary.

B. Adaptive.

C. Unimportant.

D. Changeable.

4. In which part of a newspaper would you most probably find the text？

A. Environment.

B. Technology.

C. Culture.

D. Health.

Ⅰ. Difficult sentence in the text

A grocery store featuring thousands of faux food items made entirely from abandoned plastic bags has opened lately to the public， an artists non?edible creation calling attention to the dangers of plastic waste. 最近，一家雜貨店向公眾開放，店里擺放著數千種完全由廢棄塑料袋制成的人造食品，這些是一位藝術家創作的不可食用作品，其目的是引起人們對塑料垃圾危害的關注。

【點石成金】本句是一個簡單句，featuring...items為現在分詞短語作后置定語，made...bags為過去分詞短語作后置定語，calling...waste為現在分詞短語作后置定語。

Ⅱ. Text?centered chunks

thousands of 數以千計的；成千上萬的

call attention to 喚起注意

at times 有時；間或

a series of 一系列；一連串

throw away 扔掉；丟棄；丟掉

be involved in 被卷入……中