185. Recycling refrigerators回收电冰箱 recur-regime
I like to recycle. It is quite refreshing to take items that have been thrown away and redeem them to usefulness. After I was made redundant from my job, I took it upon myself as a form of self-refinement and self-regeneration to redress and refute my idleness by engaging in recycling.
A few days ago, I was roaming the streets in my pick-up truck looking for items that could be recycled when a flash of light caught my eye. It was the reflection in my mirror of the refraction of light from the sun hitting the surface of a refrigerator that someone had thrown out on the street. I put it in my pick-up truck and took it back to my garage, where many an abandoned item find refuge. The refrigerator could no longer refrigerate, so I checked the refrigeration unit and added some refrigerant. I plugged it in and it worked. I celebrated by having a few refreshments like a pot of tea, a box of cookies, a six-pack of beer, and a jar of kimchee. Afterwards, I put the leftovers in the refrigerator. It was wonderful that I was able to refurbish and regenerate what someone had thrown away.
I have a recurring dream. That is that our present regime will reform and refine recycling policies to include refrigerators. Otherwise, the problem of old refrigerators lining our streets will recur again and again. This kind of reformism will be helpful to our society and make the members of our society more refined.
recur vi.重现,再来,复发
recurring adj.往复的,再次发生的
recycle vt.使再循环,再利用
redeem v.赎回,恢复
redress v.纠正n.赔偿
redundant adj.多余的,冗长的,(因人员过剩)被解雇的,失业的
refine vt.精炼,精制
refined adj.优雅的,精制的
refinement n.(言谈,举止等的)文雅,精巧,提纯,改良
reflection n.反映
reform n./v.改革,革新
reformism n.改革主义
refraction n.折光,折射
refreshing adj.使人精神爽快(振作)的;使人耳目一新的
refreshment n.茶点,提神之事物
refrigerant n.制冷剂
refrigerate vt.使冷却,冷藏
refrigeration n.冷藏,冷却
refuge n.庇护,避难,避难所
refurbish vt.刷新,再磨光
refute vt. 反驳
regenerate vt. 使再生,新生,革新
regeneration n. (灵魂的)重生,新生
regime n.政权,政体,政治制度 |