高考Since almost 3% of the metal is lost during reprocessing, we'd have to make an extra 10 cans each year.

由于在再加工过程中几乎有3%的金属流失，我们每年不得不多生产10罐。

2017年高考英语浙江卷（11月） 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

高考Skilled workers also combine various hardwoods and metal to create special designs.

熟练的工人还结合各种硬木和金属来创造特殊的设计。

2016年高考英语全国卷3 语法填空 原文

考研Archaeologists also may locate buried remains by using such technologies as ground radar, magnetic- field recording, and metal detector.

考古学家还可以利用地面雷达、磁场记录和金属探测器等技术来定位埋藏的遗迹。

2014年考研阅读原文

高考They can also be made of plastic, animal bone or metal.

它们也可以由塑料、动物骨或金属制成。

2016年高考英语全国卷3 语法填空 原文

六级The earliest printed book we know today appeared in China in the year 868, and metal type was in use in Korea at the beginning of the 1'th century, but it was in Germany around the year 1450 that a printing press using movable metal type was invented.

我们今天所知道的最早的印刷书籍出现在868年的中国，1世纪初韩国使用金属字体，但1450年左右在德国发明了使用移动金属字体的印刷机。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

四级This plant would recycle not only metal such as steel, lead and copper, but also paper and rubber as well.

这家工厂不仅可以回收钢铁、铅和铜等金属，还可以回收纸张和橡胶。

1993年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级When this project is complete, the rubbish will be processed like this: First, it will pass through sharp metal bas which will tear open the plastic bags in which rubbish is usually packed; then it will pass through a powerful fan to separate the lightest elements from the heavy solids; after that grounders and rollers will break up everything that can be broken.

当这个项目完成时，垃圾将被这样处理：首先，它将穿过锋利的金属基底，这些基底将撕开通常包装垃圾的塑料袋；然后它将通过一个强大的风扇，从重固体中分离出最轻的元素；在那之后，滚地球和压路机会打碎所有可以打碎的东西。

1993年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级We also know that a long time without change or challenge can lead to boredom, and physical and metal strain.

我们也知道，长时间没有改变或挑战会导致无聊、身体和金属紧张。

2002年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Since they rarely carried a meal, the few metal lunch buckets on the market were mainly for tradesmen and factory workers.

由于他们很少带饭，市场上为数不多的金属午餐桶主要供商人和工厂工人使用。

2020年12月大学英语四级真题（第3套）

四级The company already made square metal meal containers, the kind workers carried, and some had started to show up in the hands of school kids.

该公司已经生产了方形金属餐盒，这些餐盒是工人们携带的，其中一些已经开始出现在学童手中。

2020年12月大学英语四级真题（第3套）

四级The metal lunch box craze lasted until the mid-1980s,when plastic took over.

金属餐盒热一直持续到20世纪80年代中期，塑料占据了主导地位。

2020年12月大学英语四级真题（第3套）

四级The second theory—possibly an urban myth—is that concerned parents in several states proposed bans on metal lunch box-es,claiming kids were using them as “weapons” to hit one another.

第二种理论——可能是一个城市神话——是几个州忧心忡忡的家长提议禁止使用金属饭盒，声称孩子们把它们当作“武器”互相殴打。

2020年12月大学英语四级真题（第3套）

四级Either way,the metal lunch box was out.

不管怎样，金属饭盒都坏了。

2020年12月大学英语四级真题（第3套）

四级Even the old metal lunch boxes have regained popularity.

就连老式的金属饭盒也重新流行起来。

2020年12月大学英语四级真题（第3套）