Whenyourpenisbrokenyouthinkthat’stheendofitslife.Youthrowitaway.Itthenjoinstonsofothergarbageincities.1.Eachdayabout10000tonsoftrashisproducedinGuangzhou。Inothercountriesthecaseissi

Question

When your pen is broken you think that’s the end of its life. You throw it away. It then joins tons of other garbage in cities. 1. Each day about 10 000 tons of trash is produced in Guangzhou 。

In other countries the case is similar.“If you’re like most of us most Americans you’re making seven pounds (3.17kg) of trash a day ” US writer Edward Humes told CNN. 2. 所以一个美国人一生中会制造102吨垃圾。

If you simply throw away that broken pen it goes to a landfill and is buried(填埋) together with many other trash. To prevent polluting the water workers cover the trash with soil and keep it dry. 3. And your pen will stay there for a long time without being used again. But it could have a better destination: the recycling bin.

4. 你曾经注意过街道上垃圾箱的不同颜色吗? Many cities in China have been running a waste-sorting (垃圾分类) campaign. They divide trash into “recyclable(可回收) waste” and “unrecyclable waste”. Recycling waste can save energy reduce greenhouse gas and keep landfill space free for the unrecyclable trash.

Take your pen for an example. 5. At the recycling factory its metal parts could be used to make other things. But recycling is not enough. “The best thing to do is just keep using your stuff for as long as you can ” US writer Adam Minter told Time Out magazine.

 

Answer 1

1.每天广州会生产大约一万吨的垃圾。2.So an American makes/produces 102 tons of trash in a lifetime.3.然后你的钢笔将会在那儿呆很长时间，再也不会被使用。4.Have you ever noticed the different colors of trash bins in the street.5.在回收工厂，它的金属部分会被用来制造其他东西。

分 析：
短文大意：当你的钢笔坏了，你认为那是它生命的尽头。你把它扔了。这就增加了城市垃圾。美国作家爱德华休姆斯告诉美国有线电视新闻网一个美国人一生中会制造102吨垃圾。你曾经注意过街道上垃圾箱的不同颜色吗？在中国的许多城市已运行一个垃圾分类战役。他们把垃圾变成“可回收”和“不可回收”两类。1.Each day每天；about 10 000 tons of trash大约一万吨的垃圾； is produced 被生产。2.所以So ；一个美国人an American；一生中in a lifetime；制造make/produce；102吨垃圾102 tons of trash.3.stay there 呆在那儿；for a long time 很长时间；without 无，没有；be used被使用。4.街道上in the street ；垃圾箱的不同颜色the different colors of trash bins ；你曾经注意过吗?Have you ever noticed？5.At the recycling factory在回收工厂；its metal parts 它的金属部分； be used to make other things被用来制造其他东西。
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英汉互译。