垃圾分类

随着人民生活水平和消费水平的提高，中国的垃圾问题日益严峻。很多城市被垃圾包围。面对日益增长的垃圾产量和环境状况的恶化，中国政府正在努力推行垃圾分类(garbage classification)的政策。垃圾分类是指将垃圾分为可回收利用和不可回收利用两类，要求人们将垃圾投放至不同的垃圾桶(trash can)，通过不同的清理、运输和回收方式，使之变成新的资源。它可以减少垃圾处理量，降低处理成本，减少土地资源的消耗，对社会、经济、生态三方面都有益。

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With the improvement of people's living standards and the increase in consumption level, the garbage problem in China becomes increasingly urgent. Many cities are surrounded by garbage.Confronted with the growing garbage output and deteriorating environment, the Chinese government is implementing the policy of garbage classification with great effort.Garbage classification means dividing garbage into recyclable and unrecyclable, and requires peopleto put garbage into different trash cans so that it can become new resources through different ways of cleaning, transporting and recycling.It can reduce not only the amount of garbage that needs to be disposed of, but also the deposing cost and the usage of the land, benefiting our society, economy, and environment.

光盘行动

据新华社(Xinhua News Agency)报道称，中国人每年浪费的食物约等同于5000万吨粮食。让人更为震惊的大学生浪费的食物数量是全国平均量的两倍。为了减少粮食浪费，许多高校食堂纷纷采取各种措施。通过提高饭菜的质量、提供小份菜等举措鼓励学生参与“光盘行动”(eat-up campaign)。这些措施极大地提高了学生们节约食物的意识。很多学生表示要为杜绝食物浪费尽一己之力。

参考翻译：According to Xinhua News Agency, the food wasted by Chinese people every year is equal to about 50 million tons of grain. Whatis more astonishing is that college students waste twice as much food as the national average. Toreduce food waste, many college canteens have taken various measures. Byadopting measures like improving the food quality and offering small portions, they encourage students to join in the eat-up campaign. Thesemeasures have greatly improved students' awareness of food conservation. Manystudents said they would do their bit to eliminate food waste.

低碳生活

低碳生活(low-carbon lif e)对于我们普通人来说是一种态度，我们应该积极提倡并去实践，从自己做起，从节约水电这些点滴做起。除了植树，有的人买运输里程很短的商品，还有人坚持爬楼梯，形形色色，非常有趣。“低碳生活”的理念逐渐被世界各国所接受。低碳生活的出现不仅告诉人们可以为减碳做些什么，还告诉人们可以怎么做。在这种生活方式逐渐兴起的时候，大家开始关心自己每天是否为减碳做了什么。

参考翻译：Low-carbon life is an attitude for o rdina r y pe ople, andwe should ac tive ly advoca te and pra ctice lo w-carbon lif e b y do ing it f ro m ourse lves and b y star ting b it b y bit f ro m sa ving wa ter and ele ctric ity. Bes idesplan ting tree s, so mepeop le purchase good s within a shor t de live r y d is tance and othe rs stick to c limbing s ta irs. P eopledo va riou s th ings to live a low-c arbon life , whichis really interesting. “Low-carbon life “concepthas gradually been accep ted world wid e. Thee mergen ce of low-carbon lifes tyle not only introduc es to peop le wh at the y can do fo r carbon reduction, butalso tells the m how the y can do it. As this lifestyle g radually beco mes popula r, peoplebegin to ask th e mselve s whe ther the y ha ve con tr ibutedso meth in g to carbon reduction e ver y da y.