What most people don't notice are the mountains of electronic trash that we've unwittingly created.
So far there are no nationwide laws that require manufacturers to break down obsolete products with an eye to recycling.
Controls were legislated and enforced in Europe because electronic gadgets contain toxins that don't disintegrate.
In the next couple of years, 250 million computers will be discarded in the United States alone.
That translates into several million tons of lead possibly leaking into groundwater.
■意味を考えてみよう。答えは以下で
unwittingly with an eye to toxin discard translate into be scared stiff seep has-been
────────────────────────────── unwittingly, 無意識に、はからずも、知らず知らず ────────────────────────────── If you describe a person or their actions as unwitting, you mean that the person does something or is involved in something without realizing it.
ex) He was unwittingly caught up in the confrontation.
今日昼休みに読んだBusiness Weekでunwittinglyに出くわしました。
────────────────────────────── with an eye to, …するために、…を考慮して ────────────────────────────── E-DICより。
with an eye to something [doing]
「…（の実現）のために，実現を目指して，～を計画して」
We've been collecting travel brochures with an eye to going to Europe next year.
私たちは来年ヨーロッパ旅行をしようと思ってパンフレットを集めている
────────────────────────────── toxin, 毒素、トキシン ────────────────────────────── A toxin is any poisonous substance produced by bacteria, animals, or plants.
ex) Tests showed increased levels of toxin in shellfish.
────────────────────────────── discard, 処分する、捨てる ────────────────────────────── If you discard something, you get rid of it because you no longer want it or need it.
ex) Read the manufacturer's guidelines before discarding the box.
────────────────────────────── translate into, （結果として）…になる ────────────────────────────── If one thing translates or is translated into another, the second happens or is done as a result of the first.
ex) Reforming Warsaw's stagnant economy requires harsh measures that would translate into job losses.
────────────────────────────── その他にも、次も押さえておきたい。[誌面の都合上省略] ★は重要表現 ────────────────────────────── be scared stiff,(Daily Quizより) ひどくおびえる = be terrified of seep, (Daily Quizより)=leak has-been,(Daily Quizより) 過去の人
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 Digital Age Casualties (4) 1/28-29 2008"
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