056 垃圾不要浪费

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There once was a boy named Thomas who lived just down the street in the house with the red bricks

从前有个叫托马斯的男孩，就住在街那头红砖砌成的房子里。

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Thomas didn't care about the environment, and he never recycled his garbage

托马斯不关心环境，也从不回收垃圾。

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One day an old wizard smelled an awful stench while he was working in his basement

一天，一位老巫师在地下室工作时，闻到一股难闻的臭味。

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He walked upstairs and outside and kept following the scent until he found himself in front of Thomas' house

他走上楼，来到外面，顺着气味一路找，最终来到了托马斯家门前。

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He stopped out front and looked at the garbage piled up on the curb

他在门前停下，看到路边堆满了垃圾。

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He shook his head with disgust and said," Look at all this trash!

他厌恶地摇摇头，说：“看看这些垃圾！

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Thomas must learn that he should not waste his garbage."

托马斯必须明白，他不该浪费垃圾。”

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The wizard pulled out his wand and put a spell on Thomas' house

巫师抽出魔杖，对托马斯的房子施了个咒语。

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Now, every time Thomas threw away good garbage, it would talk to him

现在，每当托马斯丢掉好的垃圾，它就会对他说话。

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The spell would not go away until Thomas stopped wasting his garbage

除非托马斯停止浪费垃圾，否则咒语不会消失。

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That night Thomas noticed a mistake after he printed his homework

那天晚上，托马斯打印完作业后发现了一个错误。

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Without thinking he threw the paper into the trash

他想都没想就把那张纸扔进了垃圾桶。

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" Hey! What are you doing?" said a voice

“嘿！你在干什么？”一个声音说。

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" Who said that?" Thomas asked

“谁在说话？”托马斯问。

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It was the paper!" You are wasting me! I am not garbage," it said

是那张纸！“你在浪费我！我不是垃圾，”它说。

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" Yes, you are!" Thomas pointed." There is a mistake printed on you."

“你就是！”托马斯指着纸说。“你上面有个地方印错了。”

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" Look at me. I still have one blank side," said the paper

“看看我。我还有一面是空白的，”纸说。

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" What can I do with that?"

“那我能用它做什么呢？”

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" You could draw a picture. You could write a note

你可以画幅画。你可以写张便条。

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You could play a game. You could do your math homework."

你可以玩游戏。你可以做你的数学作业。”

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" Wow! I never thought about it before," said Thomas

“哇！我以前从没想过这个，”托马斯说。

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" Well, you should start thinking about it more often

“嗯，你该多想想这件事。”

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I am precious," the paper explained." A tree had to die to make me

“我很珍贵，”纸解释说。“一棵树得死去才能制成我。”

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Don't waste a tree by throwing me away! You must learn to recycle."

“别把我扔掉，浪费一棵树！你必须学会回收利用。”

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The next day Thomas went to the kitchen to make his lunch

第二天，托马斯去厨房做午餐。

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He ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with a glass of milk

他吃了一个花生酱果酱三明治，喝了一杯牛奶。

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Then he put the empty peanut butter jar into the garbage

然后他把空花生酱罐子扔进了垃圾桶。

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" Excuse me! Take me out of here right now!" said the jar

“打扰一下！马上把我从这儿拿出去！”罐子说。

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" Why? You're garbage," said Thomas

“为什么？你是垃圾啊，”托马斯说。

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" No, I am not! You can use me for something else."

“不，我不是！你可以用我做别的事。”

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" Something else? Like what?"

“还能装别的？比如呢？”

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" I can hold your marbles. I can hold your pennies. I can hold your candy

“我可以装你的弹珠。我可以装你的硬币。我可以装你的糖果。

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I can hold many small treasures," the jar answered

我可以装好多小宝贝呢。”罐子回答说。

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Thomas' head was spinning with ideas

托马斯的脑海里冒出了各种想法。

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This was the strangest thing that had ever happened to him. Talking garbage!

这是他碰见过最离奇的事了。会说话的垃圾！

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But he agreed that the jar was very useful, so he put it in a safe place

但他承认这个罐子挺有用的，就把它放在了一个安全的地方。

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Later that day, Thomas ate some oranges and threw the orange peels into the trash can. It happened again

那天晚些时候，托马斯吃了几个橘子，把橘子皮扔进了垃圾桶。同样的事情又发生了。

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This time the peels started to talk." Stop! We do not belong in here."

这次橘子皮开口说话了。“住手！我们不该待在这里。”

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" Why not? You're definitely garbage!" said Thomas

“为什么不行？你们绝对是垃圾！”托马斯说。

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" There is no way I can reuse you. You would smell bad."

“我怎么可能重复用你们，你们会发臭的。”

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" No, we are very special garbage

“不，我们是很特别的垃圾。

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We go into the compost bin," said the peels

我们要进堆肥箱。”橘子皮们说。

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" What is a compost bin?" asked Thomas

“什么是堆肥箱？”托马斯问。

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" A compost bin is a special box where you put all your vegetable and fruit scraps

“堆肥箱是一个特殊的箱子，你把所有蔬菜水果残余放进去。

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In the spring, you put us into your garden, and we help your flowers grow."

春天的时候，你把我们放进花园里，我们帮助你的花朵生长。”

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Thomas did not understand why his garbage was talking all of a sudden, but he started to understand what it was saying

托马斯不明白为什么他的垃圾突然说起话来，但他开始理解它说的话了。

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He took the orange peels out of the trash can and put them into the compost bin

他把橘子皮从垃圾桶里拿出来，放进了堆肥箱。

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The next morning, while Thomas was getting dressed, he accidentally ripped his shirt as he pulled it over his head

第二天早上，托马斯穿衣服的时候，把衬衫套过头时不小心撕破了。

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Since it was an old shirt, he took it off and threw it into the garbage

因为这是件旧衬衫，他脱下来扔进了垃圾桶。

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" Where am I going?" asked the shirt

“我要去哪里？”衬衫问。

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" You are an old ripped shirt, so you are going into the garbage

“你是一件破旧的衬衫，所以你要进垃圾桶了。”

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I'm sorry, but there is nothing I can do with you," said Thomas

“对不起，但我拿你没办法了，”托马斯说。

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" You are wrong, Thomas! You can use me as a rag. I can wash the floor

“你错了，托马斯！你可以把我当抹布用。我能擦地板。

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I can clean your bike," explained the shirt

还能擦你的自行车，”衬衫解释道。

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Thomas was amazed. It seemed that everything that used to be garbage still had a job to do─even orange peels and ripped clothes!

托马斯很惊讶。似乎所有曾经是垃圾的东西都还有用——哪怕是橘子皮和破衣服！

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He had a whole new understanding of his trash

他对自己的垃圾有了全新的认识。

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Thomas learned a lot from the talking garbage

托马斯从会说话的垃圾那里学到了很多。

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He did not want to cause environmental problems anymore

他再也不想造成环境问题了。

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That afternoon he went around the house and looked in all of the garbage bins

那天下午，他在家里转了一圈，查看了所有的垃圾桶。

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He found everything that he could reuse and put it all in a special place with the rest of his treasures

他找出了所有可以重复使用的东西，把它们和他其他的宝贝一起放在了一个特别的地方。

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The next week Thomas' garbage bag was very small

接下来的一周，托马斯的垃圾袋非常小。

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Even the garbage man was impressed when he came to pick it up

连收垃圾的人来收的时候都留下了深刻印象。

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Thomas had saved all of the used paper, all of the empty bottles, and all of his old clothes

托马斯攒下了所有用过的纸、所有的空瓶子和所有的旧衣服。

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He had even made compost out of his fruits and vegetables!

他甚至用水果和蔬菜做了堆肥！

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There was hardly anything to throw away

几乎没什么东西要扔了。

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However, the garbage man was not the only person who was amazed by Thomas' new habit

然而，感到惊讶的不只是收垃圾的人。

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The old wizard had also seen the small bag of garbage on the curb that day

老巫师那天也看到了路边那一小袋垃圾。

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During the night, when everyone was asleep, he walked by Thomas' house enjoying the fresh air

夜里，当大家都睡着的时候，他路过托马斯的家，享受着清新的空气。

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He smiled and laughed as he looked toward the house

他望着房子，开心地笑了。

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" Ha-ha! Thomas, you have learned your lesson

“哈哈！托马斯，你学到教训了。

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You have learned to save your garbage, so I will remove the spell from your house."

你学会了节约垃圾，所以我要解除你家的咒语。”