楼下的垃圾分类站短文★★★★★
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Two years ago, four green boxes appeared at the corner of my building.
两年前,我们楼角上摆出来四个绿箱子。
A woman stood there every morning and told us which box to use.
有个女士每天早上站在那儿,告诉我们该用哪个箱子。
At first we made many mistakes. Paper in the food box, glass in the paper box.
一开始我们老弄错。纸扔进厨余箱,玻璃扔进纸箱。
She never laughed. She only took the wrong thing out and put it in the right place.
她从来不笑。她只把扔错的东西捡出来,放到对的地方。
Now most people in our building know the four boxes, and the trucks come twice a week.
现在我们楼里大多数人都认得这四个箱子,车一周来两回。
Last month the man upstairs said he had never thought about where our rubbish goes.
上个月楼上那位先生说,他从没想过我们的垃圾最后去了哪儿。
A city is clean not because people are good, but because the boxes stand in front of them.
一座城干净,不是因为人自觉,是因为那些箱子就摆在他们面前。