雅思阅读材料之可口可乐是英国产垃圾最多的品牌

Coca-cola is sold in more than 200 countries worldwide and is the biggest-selling soft drink in history.

可口可乐是行销全球的知名软饮料品牌，超过200个国家都可以买到它。

But not only has Coca-Cola become a byword for American world domination, it is now the most littered brand in the UK, according to figures released today.

然而，公布的数据显示，可口可乐不仅是美国占据世界的品牌，现如今也是英国产垃圾最多的品牌。

A survey of litter dropped across the country found the firm's bottles and cans accounted for a total of 4.9 per cent of discarded trash.

在英国的随地乱扔垃圾当中，可口可乐的空瓶空罐拥有4.9%的市场占有率。

Empty packets of Walkers Crisps made up for 4.1 per cent of litter whilst 3.4 per cent was McDonald's packaging.

Walkers薯片的空袋子占品牌垃圾的4.1%，麦当劳的包装盒占了3.4%。

The figures were compiled after an analysis of 7,796 items of litter picked up by 39 volunteers between September and October last year in mainly rural parts of England, Wales and Scotland.

去年9月至10月，39名志愿者在英格兰、苏格兰和威尔士等地的非都市地区一共捡起了7796件随地乱扔的垃圾，并根据这些垃圾出台了以上的统计数据。