Unit 13
We’re trying to save the earth!
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This information comes from Yang Xuehui at Shili high school in Xihe, Gansu.
重新思考，重新使用，重新利用
Rethink, Reuse, Recycle!
你经常扔掉你不再需要的东西吗？
Do you often throw away things you don’t need anymore?
你曾否想过这些东西如何能很好地重新利用？
Have you ever thought about how these things can actually be put to good use?
如果你有一个充满创意的头脑，就没有任何东西是废品。
Nothing is a waste if you have a creative mind.
你可能从来没有听说过艾米
·
海斯，
You have probably never heard of Amy Hayes,
但她是一个极其不寻常的女性。
but she is a most unusual woman.
她住在英国的一栋房子里她自己用废弃物建造而成的，
She lives in a house in the UK that she built herself out of rubbish.
窗户和房门来自于小镇周围拆毁的房子。
The windows and doors come from old buildings around her town that were pulled down.
房子的顶部是一条翻倒过来的旧木船，
The top of the house is an old boat turned upside down.
房子前的大门是用岩石和旧玻璃瓶搭建的。
And the gate in front of her house is made of rocks and old glass bottles.
艾米最近获得了“救助我们的星球”协会颁发的奖项，
Amy recently won a prize from the
Help Save Our Planet
Society.
协会主席说：“艾米给了我们所有人一个启示！”
The president said, “Amy is an inspiration to us all.”
艾米并非唯一擅长重新利用的一个人。
Amy isn’t the only one who is good at recycling.
来自香港的杰西卡
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王常利用人们不再穿的旧衣服来制作背包，
Jessica Wong from Hong Kong uses old clothes that people don’t wear anymore to make bags.
她已经这么做了好几年了，
She has been doing this for a few years now.
她开了一间小店出售她制作的包，
She opened a small shop where she sells her bags,
还注册了网址以便在网上推销。
and she has also set up a website to sell them online.
她特别喜欢用旧牛仔裤制作手提包，
She especially likes to use old jeans to make handbags.
她制作的包既可爱又实用。
Her bags are cute and useful.
“
我计划写一本关于用新方法改造旧衣服的书”，她说，
“
I plan to write a book about new ways to use old clothes,” she said.
“
我希望人们能读我的书并喜欢。”
“
I hope people can read my book and enjoy it!”
四年前王涛开始在上海经营小生意，
Wang Tao set up a small business in Shanghai four years ago.
他因使用旧车的钢轨和其他材料制作艺术品而闻名。
He is known for using iron and other materials from old cars to make beautiful art pieces.
有些艺术品很大看起来像动物或人，
Some are large pieces that look like animals or humans,
有一些小块的可以摆放在家里。
and some are smaller pieces you can put at home.
在这个城市的艺术品商店里甚至能看到更受欢迎的作品，
The more popular works can even be seen in art shops around the city.
王涛希望能建立一个“金属艺术”主题公园以便向人们展示环境保护的重要性。
Wang Tao hopes to set up a “metal art” theme park to show people the importance of environmental protection.
艺术不但可以给人们带来快乐，
Not only can the art bring happiness to others,
而且也说明只需要一点创造力，
but it also shows that with a little creativity,
即便是冰冷、坚硬的铁也可以产生活力。
even cold, hard iron can be brought back to life.
Good habits achieve beautiful life.
Try to be your best
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