UNIT 8 Save Our World
第八单元 拯救地球
Lesson 62: Take Short Showers!
第62课： 短时间淋浴
THINK ABOUT IT!
想一想！
How often do you take a bath or shower?
你多久洗一次澡或淋浴？
What can you do to save water and paper?
你可以怎样做来节水和纸张？
Where does Liu Yan live? Is it a clean city?
刘燕住在哪里？是一个干净的城市么？
My name is Liu Yan.
我叫刘艳。
Do you worry about pollution?
你担心污染的问题吗？
I don't worry about it too much.
我不是很担心。
I live in Dalian.
我住在大连。
Dalian is a city in Liaoning Province.
大连是辽宁省的一座城市。
It's a clean city.
这座城市很整洁。
People don't throw their garbage on the ground.
人们不随地乱扔垃圾。
The air and water are clean in Dalian, too.
在大连，空气很清新，水也很干净。
Dalian is clean, but sometimes I think people waste things.
大连很清洁，但有时人们也很浪费。
What do we waste the most?
我们浪费得最多的是什么呢？
I think we waste paper the most.
我想是纸。
People waste water, too.
人们也浪费水。
I try not to waste water.
我努力不浪费水。
I take short showers.
我洗浴用时很短。
I try many ways to use less water.
我用很多方法节约水。
Do we recycle at home?
我们在家回收废物吗？
Yes! We sort our pop cans, beer bottles and waste paper.
是的！我们整理易拉罐，啤酒瓶和废纸。
A truck picks up the cans, bottles and waste paper every week.
卡车每星期运走这些铁罐，瓶子和废纸。
Then those waste things get made into new things.
然后这些废品可以用来制造新的东西了。
We reuse our plastic bags, too.
我们也重新利用塑料袋。
We put other garbage in our plastic bags.
我们把其它的垃圾放进塑料袋。
I think cars and big factories make the most pollution.
我认为汽车和大工厂污染最大。
There are too many cars.
汽车太多了。
I think more people should ride bikes.
大部分人应该骑自行车。
I ride my bike to school every day.
我每天骑自行车上学。
A bike doesn't make any pollution.
自行车不会有污染。
It makes the least pollution of all types of transportation.
在所有的交通工具中，它产生的污染最少。
Buses make some pollution,
公交车会有一些污染，
but lots of people can travel on a bus.
但它可以装很多人。
Buses make less pollution than cars.
公交车比小汽车污染要少。
Learning Tips
学习贴士
What does make into mean?
是什么意思？
The cloth can be made into a shirt. make into
布可以做成衬衫。
Beans can be made into tofu.
豆子可以做成豆腐。
I think everybody should take care of the environment.
我认为人人都应该爱护环境。
Cars pollute the air.
车辆污染环境。
The air is clean.
空气是干净的。
LET'S DO IT!
做一做！
Discuss these questions with a partner:
和你的搭档讨论这些问题：
What good things has Liu Yan done for the environment?
刘艳做了哪些有益于环境的事情？
Do you feel the same or different about the environment as Liu Yan? Why?
你和刘艳对环境有相同还是不同的感觉？为什么？