3分鐘學(xué)英語 [551]:如果在北京被問到你是什么垃圾?

We just have waste and recyclables. We have two bins. One for recyclable materials like plastic, paper, glass, and metal. And another bin for everything else.

我們只有廢物和可回收物品。我們有兩個垃圾桶。一個是用于塑料、紙張、玻璃和金屬等可回收材料。另一個是用于剩下的所有東西。

recyclable
可回收的
A lot of plastics aren't recyclable. They're single-use only.
很多塑料是不可回收的。他們只能用一次。
Glass is recyclable, but it takes a lot of energy to recycle it.
玻璃是可回收的，但回收它需要很多能源。

Oh, I think Beijing’s program might be more comprehensive than that. We’ll have four classifications: kitchen waste, other, recyclables, and hazardous waste.
哦，我覺得北京的這個計劃比那個更全面。我們有四種分類：廚余垃圾、其他垃圾、可回收物和有害垃圾。

classification
分類
There are four types of garbage classification in Beijing.
北京有四種垃圾分類。
We need a classification for our content. They're randomly organized.
我們需要對我們的內(nèi)容進行分類。它們現(xiàn)在是隨機組織的。

Back home, we composted our kitchen waste. We just threw all the food scraps in a big box of dirt under the sink and used it to fertilize our garden.
在我們國家，我們把廚余垃圾制成堆肥。我們就把所有的食物殘渣丟進水槽下面的裝著泥土的大盒子里，然后用來給我們的花園施肥。
 

 

 

back home
在家鄉(xiāng)，在家里
Back home, I always ate at home because my mom cooked. Now, I just order takeout all the time.
在家里，我總是在家吃飯，因為我媽媽做飯。現(xiàn)在，我總是點外賣。

compost
堆肥
You can compost all the fruit and vegetable that's gone bad.
你可以把所有壞掉的水果和蔬菜用來堆肥。
All food waste should be composted to cut down on the amount of garbage we send to the landfill.
所有的食物垃圾都應(yīng)該堆肥，這樣可以減少我們送到垃圾填埋場的垃圾量。

food scraps
廚余垃圾，食物殘渣
Don't give your food scraps to the dog. It'll make him fat.
不要把剩飯剩菜給狗吃。會讓他變胖的。
I throw all my food scraps into this bin. I empty it in the garden every other day.
所有的食物殘渣我都會扔進這個垃圾箱里。我每隔一天就把它倒在花園里。

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