【英语时差8,16】啤酒能源

Beer Power There’s nothing like a cold beer on a hot, sunny day. And in our energy conscious world, that brew¹ is even better if it were made using fuel recycled from brewery³ waste. That’s exactly what a team of German scientists is up to. The brewing⁴ process results in piles of used grain. Beer makers⁵ have to get rid of the waste somehow–either by selling it to farmers as feed or fertilizer, or in some cases paying a waste management company to do the job. And that can get expensive. So the German scientists thought of a third option–recycling the spent grain and wastewater as fuel. Using bacteria to break down the material, the scientists produced methane⁶ gas and an organic sludge. Gas and sludge are then burned to boil water and make steam, which spins a turbine to create electricity–electricity used to brew more beer. So would this recycling process work on a large industrial scale? The Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Chico, California thinks so. They’ve been converting waste into energy on a commercial scale with great success. And if one brewer² saves money by being more energy efficient, others may follow. Which means that, soon, the ice cold brew you enjoy after work wouldn’t just taste great–it could also be helping⁷ reduce our collective carbon footprint.

 

1 brew   

v.酿造，调制

参考例句：

• Let's brew up some more tea.咱们沏些茶吧。
• The policeman dispelled the crowd lest they should brew trouble.警察驱散人群，因恐他们酿祸。

2 brewer   

n. 啤酒制造者

参考例句：

• Brewer is a very interesting man. 布鲁尔是一个很有趣的人。
• I decided to quit my job to become a brewer. 我决定辞职，做一名酿酒人。

3 brewery   

n.啤酒厂

参考例句：

• The brewery had 25 heavy horses delivering beer in London.啤酒厂有25匹高头大马在伦敦城中运送啤酒。
• When business was good,the brewery employed 20 people.在生意好的时候，这家酿造厂曾经雇佣过20人。

4 brewing   

n. 酿造, 一次酿造的量 动词brew的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• It was obvious that a big storm was brewing up. 很显然，一场暴风雨正在酝酿中。
• She set about brewing some herb tea. 她动手泡一些药茶。

5 makers   

n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式）

参考例句：

• The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
• The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 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。

7 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。