【趣谈英语】用未售出的书来铺路-A Road Built From Unsold Books
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（单词翻译）
Pre-Listening Vocabulary
- toll1 road: a road that requires drivers to pay a fee to use it
- shred: to break up into very small pieces
- pulp2: soft, wet material
- congestion: high volume; crowdedness
- absorbent: holds a lot of water
- Tarmac: a road material made of crushed rock and tar3
A Road Built From Unsold Books-用未售出的书来铺路
In 2003, approximately 2.5 million unsold books from the UK romance book publisher Mills & Boon4 were used in the reconstruction5 of a toll road in the UK. The damaged or end-of-the-line books were shredded6 and turned to pulp at a recycling firm before being used by the construction company. The resulting paste from the books was mixed with Tarmac to create an absorbent surface for the road. The secret ingredient keeps the road from cracking.
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