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The benefits of straw, points out Professor Peter Walker, director of the University of Baths BRE Centre for Innovative Construction Materials, are that its cheap, widely available and a good insulator. Its been used in building houses for hundreds of years.;point out ：指出；指明，说明；使注意到 insulator ：绝缘物；绝缘体；绝缘子；绝热体 hundreds of：好几百；许许多多;Its been used in ：它被用在 Its also been widely used in law research and practice. 在法学研究实践中，对法律虚拟方法的应用十分广泛。;翻译： BRE中心创新建设材料大学主任彼得沃克.巴斯教授指出，秸秆带来的好处,“除了它很便宜，被普遍的接受并且是良好的绝缘体以外，它在建屋方面已经有数百年的使用历史。”; As a by-product of an industry that exists all over the world – the stalks that remain after grain has been harvested – straw also helpfully soaks up carbon from the atmosphere and locks it in, so long as it is not allowed to decompose. ; by-product ：n. 副产品；附带产生的结果；意外收获 stalk ：n. 茎秆；v. 悄悄接近；高视阔步；蔓延 harvest ：收割；收成 soak ：vt. 吸收；沉浸在； vi. 浸泡；渗透； n. 浸；湿透；大雨 decompose：分解，腐烂; 翻译： 作为一个存在于地球上所有谷物收获后留下的茎秆中的产业副产品，它只要不被分解就可以有效的吸收大气中的碳并保存碳在身体中。; For the building industry, which currently depends on materials with very high embedded energy costs – concrete and brick are expensive in carbon terms both to make and to transport – straw could therefore offer a welcome solution to housings greenhouse gas emissions.; embedded: adj.植入的；嵌入的;翻译： 当前的建筑行业依赖于材料和非常高的嵌入式能源成本——混凝土和砖在同时处理碳的制造和运输关系上是非常昂贵的——稻草毕竟提供了一个很好的解决住房的温室气体排放的方式。;;;go up 1、上升；向…上走(或爬、驶)去；攀登： Can you go up the stairs two steps at a time? 你上楼时一次能跨两级台阶吗? 2、走向前去，走到舞台正面： The crowd cheered as the movie star went up to receive his prize. 当影星上台领奖时，人群欢呼起来。 3、(物价)飞涨；(温度)升高；(质量)提高： Prices of fruit and vegetables have gone up. 水果和蔬菜的价格已经上涨了。 4、(建筑物等)盖起来，修建起来： There are supermarkets going up everywhere. 到处都在盖超市。 5、爆炸；被炸毁；被火烧光： The whole building went up in flames. 整幢建筑物在大火中烧毁。; knock over 1、撞倒，击倒；打翻，弄翻： The cat knocked over the vase on the table. 猫将桌上的花瓶弄翻了。 2、压倒，轻易地打败： She was knocked over by fever. 她由于发烧而病倒了。 We s