영독능찬 2과 (우선순위문장, 단어)

Last year, he decided to try a personal experiment: for one year he would produce as little trash as possible, stop using fossil fuel, and buy nothing except food that had been grown within 400 kilometers of his home.

I just hope other people can learn from our mistakes and find their own ways to live more environmentally friendly lives!

I guess we're going to have to borrow a picnic cooler from my father and fill it up with ice from a neighbor's freezer.

This might not seem difficult in the countryside, but it's a real challenge when you live in the middle of a big city!

When we first started this experiment, we had lots of arguments about simple tasks that had suddenly become difficult.

We had to find another way to cool our home because we decided to cut off the electricity to reduce our energy use.

It's clear that by reducing your impact on the environment, you help yourself just as much as you help the world.

By always using the stairs and walking everywhere, we've gotten into shape without ever setting foot in a gym.

In order for me to drink my pineapple juice, the fruit had to be flown hundreds of kilometers in an airplane.

She was very supportive and said we could bring our own bottles rather than using the cafe's paper cups.

Originally, we thought that not having lights would be the hardest part of living without electricity.

We tried keeping the windows open, but our apartment was soon filled with hungry mosquitoes.

Then it occurred to me that most of the fruit at the cafe was grown in tropical countries.

My wife and I talk more often, and both of us are spending more quality time with our son.

We now know that it's possible to live a calm and peaceful life in the middle of the city.

For one year, we're going to attempt to stop having a negative impact on the environment.

Luckily, one of our neighbors came to our rescue and let us use her old window screens.

Sadly, I realized that I won't be drinking any pineapple juice for the next 12 months!

My name is Christopher, and I live in Chicago with my wife and our two-year-old son.

To solve this problem, I made my own food rule: I would buy only locally grown food.

It's a small pot placed inside a larger one, with a layer of wet sand between them.

We thought we had found the solution when we read about the "pot in a pot" device.

There's a cafe around the corner where my wife and I often go to get fresh juice.

The experiment has barely begun, and already I'm wondering if it's impossible.

Now it meant an extra 20 minutes on foot before making  the long walk to work.

Our family now spends more time together, and we're all happier because of it.

All you have to do is stop rushing around, eating junk food, and watching TV.

We've even become close friends with some neighbors we hardly knew before.

Our first step will be figuring out the best ways to stop creating trash.

Christopher York is a writer who often blogs about environmental issues.

I know it won't be easy, but I feel that this is a very important issue.

For example, who would take our son to his day care center each morning?

We quickly realized that we can't buy anything that comes in a package.

Before we started this experiment, both of us were slightly overweight.

Unfortunately, the "pot in a pot" didn't keep our milk from spoiling.

Being part of a community certainly makes low-impact living easier.

All of our milk and vegetables kept going bad in just a day or two.

In just a couple of days, our fresh milk turned into smelly cheese.

But we found that we actually enjoyed doing things by candlelight.

The summer heat has begun and we really miss our air conditioner.

My wife now says that her daily walk is the best part of her day.

After that, we're going to take a close look at the food we buy.

Before, this had just required spending a few minutes in a taxi.

Finally, we'll look for sustainable ways to reduce energy use.

Apparently, people use these to store food in parts of Africa.

As a busy working mother, she values having some time alone.

Our priority today was finding ways to stop creating trash.

I explained our experiment to the woman behind the counter.

Not having a TV has really strengthened our relationships.

I'm not an expert and I don't expect to be a role model.

Not having a refrigerator, however, was a real problem.

We can't even order a coffee to go in a paper cup.

Most of these things have worked out smoothly.

He kept a record of his efforts on his blog.

Airplanes, of course, use fossil fuel.

What did we learn from our experiment?

Even our health has improved.

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