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185.Recycling refrigerators
I like to recycle. It is quite refreshing to take items that have been thrown away and redeem them to usefulness. After I was made redundant from my job, I took it upon myself as a form of self-refinement and self-regeneration to redress and refute my idleness by engaging in recycling.
A few days ago, I was roaming the streets in my pick-up truck looking for items that could be recycled when a flash of light caught my eye. It was the reflection in my mirror of the refraction of light from the sun hitting the surface of a refrigerator that someone had thrown out on the street. I put it in my pick-up truck and took it back to my garage, where many an abandoned item find refuge. The refrigerator could no longer refrigerate, so I checked the refrigeration unit and added some refrigerant. I plugged it in and it worked. I celebrated by having a few refreshments like a pot of tea, a box of cookies, a six-pack of beer, and a jar of kimchee. Afterwards, I put the leftovers in the refrigerator. It was wonderful that I was able to refurbish and regenerate what someone had thrown away.
幾天前，我開著回收車在街上徘徊，尋覓一些可以被循環再利用的東西。突然，一道光線引起了我的注意。不知什么人扔了一臺電冰箱在街上，陽光照在冰箱表面上，折射出的光芒繼而映到了我汽車的后視鏡里。我把這臺冰箱撿到回收車里，再運回車庫。事實上，我的車庫已經成了很多被拋棄的東西的庇護所。這臺冰箱已無法制冷了，所以我仔細檢查了冷卻系統，加了一些制冷劑。插上插頭以后，冰箱就能重新工作了。我用了一些茶點以示慶祝，如一壺茶、一盒餅干、半打啤酒，以及一罐朝鮮泡菜。之后，我把吃剩的東西放入了冰箱。這太棒了，翻新一些別人扔掉的東西，使一些廢品再生。
