Lego wants your old Legos back
If you have a box of old Lego bricks sitting unused in a garage, Lego now wants them back. In a new program, consumers in the U.S. can dump old bricks in a box, print a free shipping label, and send them off to Give Back Box, a social enterprise___11___ will clean the toys and repackage them for Teach for America and the Boys and Girls Club of Boston.
“The classic Lego brick is made from a tough material___12___ (call) ABS, and the toys can be played with for decades without breaking. It’s already fairly common, of course, that Legos ___13___ (hand) down from one child to another.” says Tim Brooks, vice president of corporate responsibility at Lego Group.
The company looked for a partner that could process the used toys while___14___ (maintain) Lego’s standard of quality. “We want to make sure that all kids are getting a great experience,” he says. “You shouldn’t get a really inferior experience ___15___ the bricks are donated. If the program goes well,” Brooks says, it ___16___ expand.
He sees it___17___ one version of the circular economy, a system of keeping materials in use-and argues that the toys themselves illustrate the idea of the circular economy. “You can build a rocket and then you can take ___18___ apart and build a ship, or a car, or a house, or ___19___ you like,” Brooks says. As toys are reused, that’s another circular system. We intend______20______ (show) that great quality toys like Lego can be used in lots of repeating circles-used, reused, donated, used, reused, donated.”
【答案】11. that/which
12. called 13. are handed
14. maintaining
15. although
16. may/might
17. as 18. it/that
If you have a box of old Lego bricks sitting unused in a garage, Lego now wants them back. In a new program, consumers in the U.S. can dump old bricks in a box, print a free shipping label, and send them off to Give Back Box, a social enterprise___11___ will clean the toys and repackage them for Teach for America and the Boys and Girls Club of Boston.
“The classic Lego brick is made from a tough material___12___ (call) ABS, and the toys can be played with for decades without breaking. It’s already fairly common, of course, that Legos ___13___ (hand) down from one child to another.” says Tim Brooks, vice president of corporate responsibility at Lego Group.
The company looked for a partner that could process the used toys while___14___ (maintain) Lego’s standard of quality. “We want to make sure that all kids are getting a great experience,” he says. “You shouldn’t get a really inferior experience ___15___ the bricks are donated. If the program goes well,” Brooks says, it ___16___ expand.
He sees it___17___ one version of the circular economy, a system of keeping materials in use-and argues that the toys themselves illustrate the idea of the circular economy. “You can build a rocket and then you can take ___18___ apart and build a ship, or a car, or a house, or ___19___ you like,” Brooks says. As toys are reused, that’s another circular system. We intend______20______ (show) that great quality toys like Lego can be used in lots of repeating circles-used, reused, donated, used, reused, donated.”
【答案】11. that/which
12. called 13. are handed
14. maintaining
15. although
16. may/might
17. as 18. it/that
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