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If You Don’t Want It, Freecycle It 环保概念：己所不欲施于人

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Most people think that the only way to get rid of unwanted household appliances, clothing or furniture is to haul them to the garbage dump. ___1___ This is the philosophy behind the Freecycle network.

多数人认为，处理不要的电器、衣物或家具的唯一方法，就是将它们拖到垃圾掩埋场。然而，只因为你不需要那个老旧的书架，或那件穿不到一年的衬衫，并不表示别人也用不到。这就是免费回收网背后的中心思想。

Deron Beal started Freecycle in Arizona in 2003 by emailing 30 or 40 friends. ___2___ Almost immediately, this small network expanded to include 800 members. ___3___

德隆．毕尔2003年于亚利桑纳州成立免费回收网，当时他寄发电子邮件给三、四十个朋友，询问他们是否想丢弃闲置家中的物品。这个小网络几乎立刻扩展到拥有800名会员，而如今几乎每年加倍扩张，号称在全球4,100个城市共有400多万名会员。

Since its establishment, many people in need have benefited from the Freecycle network. ___4___ A woman in Texas was able to collect items from Freecycle for orphans in Haiti. ___5___ Therefore, if you have any unwanted items collecting dust in your house, “freecycle” them and make a difference in someone else’s life.

从创立到今，免费回收网已造福许多穷困的人。因为免费回收网提供物品，卡翠纳飓风一名受害者的新家才有家具可摆。德州一名女子由免费回收网收集物品，提供给海地的孤儿。此一组织不仅帮助人，同时也减少废弃物，每天有三亿吨垃圾不用倒进掩埋场。因此，若有任何不要的物品放在家中积灰尘，请将它们「免费回收」，以改善别人的生活。

−by Joe Henley

A.      The organization is not only about helping people but also about reducing waste by keeping 300 million tons of trash out of landfills every day.

B.      He asked them if they had anything lying around the house that they wanted to get rid of.

C.      A victim of Hurricane Katrina was able to furnish a new home with items from Freecycle.

D.     However, just because you don’t want that old bookshelf or the shirts you haven’t worn for a year doesn’t mean that someone else can’t use them.

E.      Now the network is doubling in size almost every year, and boasts more than four million members in more than 4,100 cities around the world.

Vocabulary

单词发音

haul [hɔl] v. 拖，拉

philosophy [fəˋlɑsəfɪ] n. 哲理; 哲学

expand [ɪkˋspænd] v. 扩张；发展

establishment [ɪsˋtæblɪʃmənt] n. 创立

furnish [ˋfɝnɪʃ] v. 给（房间）配置（家具等）

boast [bost] v. （指物）以有……而自豪; 拥有

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单词发音

dump [dʌmp] n. 垃圾场

landfill [ˋlændfɪl] n. 垃圾填埋；垃圾填埋地

bookshelf [ˋbʊk͵ʃɛlf] n. 书架；书柜

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