3分钟学英语 [551]:如果在北京被问到你是什么垃圾?

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.

我们只有废物和可回收物品。我们有两个垃圾桶。一个是用于塑料、纸张、玻璃和金属等可回收材料。另一个是用于剩下的所有东西。

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。他们只能用一次。
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，我觉得北京的这个计划比那个更全面。我们有四种分类：厨余垃圾、其他垃圾、可回收物和有害垃圾。

classification
分类
There are four types of garbage classification in Beijing.
北京有四种垃圾分类。
We need a classification for our content. They're randomly organized.
我们需要对我们的内容进行分类。它们现在是随机组织的。

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.
在我们国家，我们把厨余垃圾制成堆肥。我们就把所有的食物残渣丢进水槽下面的装着泥土的大盒子里，然后用来给我们的花园施肥。
 

 

 

back home
在家乡，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，我总是在家吃饭，因为我妈妈做饭。现在，我总是点外卖。

compost
堆肥
You can compost all the fruit and vegetable that's gone bad.
你可以把所有坏掉的水果和蔬菜用来堆肥。
All food waste should be composted to cut down on the amount of garbage we send to the landfill.
所有的食物垃圾都应该堆肥，这样可以减少我们送到垃圾填埋场的垃圾量。

food scraps
厨余垃圾，食物残渣
Don't give your food scraps to the dog. It'll make him fat.
不要把剩饭剩菜给狗吃。会让他变胖的。
I throw all my food scraps into this bin. I empty it in the garden every other day.
所有的食物残渣我都会扔进这个垃圾箱里。我每隔一天就把它倒在花园里。

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