Today we are going to be talking about a world-famous city that, according to some locals, is fast becoming a rubbish dump.

Staggering photos show Paris has become a rubbish dump, with streets, parks and lakes overflowing with all kinds of trash

A social media campaign that began as a one-man protest against a world-famous city’s drastically declining cleanliness and sanitation has now gone viral, shocking the world.

生词短语

staggering

[ˈstæɡərɪŋ]

令人震惊的

rubbish dump

[ˈrʌbɪʃ dʌmp]

垃圾堆

overflow

[ˌoʊvərˈfloʊ]

溢出；漫出

campaign

[kæmˈpeɪn]

活动

drastic

[ˈdræstɪk]

剧烈的；极端的

decline

[dɪˈklaɪn]

下滑

cleanliness

[ˈklenlinəs]

清洁（度）

sanitation

[ˌsænɪˈteɪʃn]

公共卫生

viral

[ˈvaɪrəl]

病毒性的；疯传的