陶艺丞

每年的6月5日是世界环境日。许多国家、团体和人民群众会在这一天开展各种活动来宣传环保，提高人们的环保意识。本期我们就一起来聊聊环保那些事。

一、Things we can do to protect the environment

保护环境我们可以做什么

Many people think that big things should be done to protect the environment， however， it can begin with small things. Now， lets think of some actions that we can take in our daily life to make a better earth.

1. Turn off the lights when you leave a room to save electricity.

2. Turn off the shower when you are washing your hair to save water.

3. Use 1）handkerchief instead of using 2）paper napkins to cut down waste pollution.

4. Taking reusable bags instead of plastic bags when shopping to 3）reduce plastic pollution.

5. Ride a bike or take a bus instead of driving to school or work to reduce air pollution.

6. Recycle books and paper so that we don't have to cut down too many trees.

7. Using your own chopsticks instead of taking wooden ones or plastic forks when you buy 4）takeaway food.

8. Remember to throw rubbish in the bin to keep the public places clean.

9. Reuse the things you don't need anymore instead of throwing them away.

10. Clean your plate when eating to avoid wasting.

二、Garbage classification垃圾分类

When it comes to environmental protection， we may easily think of 5）garbage 6）classification. As a student， we should start doing it in our daily life， which can make a difference to our environment. Apart from garbage classification， we can also call it “7）sort your trash/garbage”， “trash/garbage sorting”， and “garbage 8）separation”. How these gargabe are sorted？ It's well-known that they can be classified into 4 kinds. Now， let's have a look at them！

1. Hazardous garbage有害垃圾

Hazard means a thing that can be dangerous or cause damage，意为危险、危害，-ous是形容词后缀，因此hazardous为形容词，表示有危险的。类似的形容词还有dangerous、humerous等。

The garbage that can be harmful to the environment are hazardous garbage， such as pills（药片），batteries（电池），used needles（用过的针）and thermometer（水银体温计）.

2. Recyclable garbage可回收垃圾

cycle意味循环，re-表示“重新的”，是前缀，-able是形容词后缀，因此，recyclable表示可回收利用的，可再循环的。

Things that can be reused or recycled can be considered recyclable garbage， such as plastic bottles（塑料瓶），bottled water（瓶裝水），cardboard（硬纸板），tissue（纸巾），paper， etc.

3. Household food waste厨余垃圾/湿垃圾

Household means something generated from home， so trash that is related to food from your home belongs to household food waste， such as leftover（残羹剩饭），peels（蔬果皮），egg shell（蛋壳），fish bones.

4. Residual waste其他垃圾/干垃圾

Most of the time residual waste is considered to be the garbage that fall outside the above three kinds of garbage. For example， cigarette ends（烟头）and contaminated stuff（被污染了的东西）like contaminated paper or contaminated tissue are residual waste.

Today， we've got so many tips about protecting the environment， all these small things can add up and become big things that may improve the environment. Let's take action now！

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1）handkerchief /?h??k?t??f， ?h??k?t?i?f/ n.手帕;头巾，围巾

例句：He pressed a handkerchief to his nose.

他用手绢捂住鼻子。

He took out a handkerchief and blew his nose.

他掏出手帕擤鼻子。

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2） paper napkin/?n?pk?n/餐巾纸;纸餐巾

例句：Her father cleaned his glasses with a paper napkin.

她父亲用一张餐巾纸擦他的眼镜。

May I have a paper napkin？

我可以要张餐巾纸吗？

3） reduce /?r??dju?s/ vt.减少;降低

例句：The packets are measured to reduce waste.

测量包裹尺寸以减少浪费。

The skirt was reduced to ?10 in the sale.

在大减价期间，这条裙子减价到10英镑。

4） takeaway food外卖食品

5） garbage /?ɡɑ?b?d?/ n.垃圾;废物

例：garbage collection垃圾收集

例句：Don't forget to take out the garbage.

别忘了把垃圾拿出去。

Her wallet was found in a garbage truck.

她的錢包在一辆垃圾车里被发现了。

6）classification/?kl?s?f??ke??n/n.分类;类别，等级

例句：Chinese garbage classification policy has come into operation in several cities.

中国垃圾分类政策已经在多个城市生效。

7） sort/s??rt/vt.将……分类;将……排序;挑选出某物

例句：The computer sorts the words into alphabetical order.

计算机按字母顺序排列这些单词。

8） separation /?sep??re??n/n.分离，分开;间隔，距离

例句：Separation from his friends made him sad.

与朋友们分离使他伤心。