【跟着英剧练发音】Jimmys Food Factory S1E2- 2 Tomato

 The methane¹ gas is burnt to produce electricity, which is then used to heat all the glasshouses.

By burning the methane, John is producing a lot of carbon dioxide, and here's one of John’s really clever ideas.

Tomatoes ripen² much more quickly when there's extra carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

So he pumps the waste gas into theglasshouses.

The plants absorb the carbon dioxide andproduce a lot more tomatoes.

1 methane   

n.甲烷，沼气

参考例句：

• The blast was caused by pockets of methane gas that ignited.爆炸是由数袋甲烷气体着火引起的。
• Methane may have extraterrestrial significance.甲烷具有星际意义。

2 ripen   

vt.使成熟；vi.成熟

参考例句：

• I'm waiting for the apples to ripen.我正在等待苹果成熟。
• You can ripen the tomatoes on a sunny windowsill.把西红柿放在有阳光的窗台上可以让它们成熟。