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Amsterdam Tests ‘Bubble Barrier’ to Clean River
Amsterdam is testing a "bubble barrier" to help remove plastic from the city's waterways.
The project is called the Great Bubble Barrier. The system aims to capture waste beneath the surface of the water. The city launched the effort in November. The non-profit group supporting the project hopes it can be used in other places if successful.
Francis Zoet is the technical director of the Great Bubble Barrier project. She told Reuters, "A bubble barrier is basically a tube that we place on the bottom of the river or canal, that has holes in it and we press air through it; that creates a bubble curtain."
The tube lies diagonally across the canal. The bubbles work with the flow of water in the canal to float the waste and then move it into a collector on the side.
The bubbles do not interfere with passing boats. They also do not cause a major problem for fish or birds.
Amsterdam already has four boats that collect about 42,000 kilograms of plastic a year. But the boats can only pick up the waste on the surface. They miss some smaller pieces altogether.
Roy Leysner is with Waternet, part of the local water authority that is paying for the project with the City of Amsterdam. He told Reuters, "Every piece of plastic which falls into the water in the canals is eventually flowing out to the North Sea. We want to prevent that."
The Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Germany estimates that rivers carry up to 4 million metric tons of plastic into the world's oceans each year.
Another Dutch group has also launched a system to collect surface-level river waste using floating barriers.
Zoet of the Amsterdam project said the two ideas work well together. She said, "We support basically every initiative that is focused on reducing the plastic soup."
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重点解析

1.pick up 捡起；获得

Where did you pick up your English?
你在哪儿学的英语？

2.move into 移入

I want you to move into my apartment. We've a spare room.
我想让你住进我的公寓，我们还有一个空房间usA&%Bb#Gsmx0HR|o。

3.pay for 支付

Using a credit card to pay for an order is simplicity itself.
用信用卡支付订单再简单不过了hGD8^q3].g。

4.aim to 计划；打算

They aim to clear every dealer from the street.
他们打算把街上所有的毒品贩子都清走p+-8k-)ebwyU4y]vews]。

5.She said, "We support basically every initiative that is focused on reducing the plastic soup."

focused on 集中于

Every eye at the conference was focused on the rostrum.
代表们的眼光都集注在大会主席台上GYs0HgSQXWZZJ-7e!A6。
Business managers are focused on increasing their personal wealth by any available means.
企业经理一心只想用尽办法增加个人财富xmR2V)y&fC^9-_Q;s。

6.Zoet of the Amsterdam project said the two ideas work well together.

work well together 配合良好

I had a hunch that Susan and I would work well together.
我有预感和苏珊共事会很融洽E7CYrQ2+~9rYijw;!y1。
Joe and I had our differences, but we work well together.
我和乔有分歧，但我们一起工作得很好I%sJQy5xEE1xGA(P|OR5。

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德国亥姆霍兹环境研究中心估计，全球每年有高达4百万吨塑料通过河流进入大海4TjaM[0=YI|DtSA5]。
另一家荷兰机构也启动了使用浮动屏障收集河道表面垃圾的项目kUKBC-WuAIu@Bx。
阿姆斯特丹项目的佐特表示，这两种创意很好地融合到了一起BAYI71]YTaR@FXArBtw(。她说：“我们支持各种旨在减少海洋塑料垃圾的举措ISB5M(boU2Ecb4.bj2。”
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