UNIT 8 Save Our World
第八單元 拯救地球
Lesson 63: Garbage Is Interesting!
第63課： 垃圾很有趣！
Date: June 7 Weather: Cloudy, but warm.
日期：六月七日 天氣：多云，暖和。
Maybe it will rain tomorrow!
或許明天有雨！
Dear Diary,
親愛的日記，
This week we learned about pollution.
這周我們學了許多關于污染的東西。
I never knew that garbage was so interesting!
我從不知道垃圾是這樣的有趣！
On Tuesday,
星期二，
Danny, Brian and I started a school yard clean-up.
我和丹尼，布賴恩清掃了校園。
Our classmates all helped.
我的同學都幫忙了。
We all took bags and worked together.
我們一起用袋子收拾。
We picked up all the rubbish.
我們收拾了所有的垃圾。
The next day,
第二天，
Brian, Danny and I took a walk through our neighbourhood.
我和丹尼，布賴恩走著去鄰居家。
We picked up any garbage we saw.
我們收拾了所有的垃圾。
Danny found a toy car with one broken wheel.
丹尼找到一個玩具車，壞了一個車輪。
He took it home, cleaned it, and repaired it.
它帶回家， 清理干凈，并且修好了。
The next day, we took our bags of garbage to school.
第二天， 我們把裝垃圾的袋子帶回學校。
We sorted all of it into paper, plastic, metal, glass and others.
我們把它們歸類，有紙類，塑料制品，金屬制品，玻璃制品和其它的。
Most of the garbage was paper.
大部分的垃圾是紙類。
People waste a lot of paper!
人們浪費了許多紙！
There was less plastic than paper,
塑料比紙少，
and more plastic than metal.
但它比金屬多。
Glass was the least.
玻璃制品最少。
Our teacher also taught us about how garbage is recycled.
老師給我們講了廢品是怎樣再生的。
Later this month, we will take a class trip.
這個月末，我們班級將去旅行。
We will see where the city workers sort all of our garbage for recycling.
我們將看到工作人員把所有的垃圾分類整理并再生。
Today, Danny made a car out of garbage!
今天，丹尼用垃圾做了一個小汽車。
He used a big box for the body and pieces of wood for the seats.
他用一個大盒子做車身，木頭當座位。
He used a bit of glue to put on the wheels.
用膠水粘上輪子。
The wheels were plastic lids.
輪子就是用塑料蓋做的。
It was great! Jenny
不錯！ 珍妮
When you write something,
當你寫字的時候，
don't forget to use both sides of the paper!
不要忘了把紙的兩面都用上！
LET'S DO IT!
做一做！
Send an e-mail back to Jenny.
給珍妮回一封電子郵件。
Tell her about what you do with your garbage at home or school.
告訴她你在家或在學校怎樣處理垃圾的。
Can you give Jenny more ideas about reducing waste?
你能給珍妮更多關于減少浪費的方法么？