英语翻译ThekidsatShuteCountryPrimarySchoolinDevonaresurprisinglyquietwhenit’stimetogohomeintheafternoon.Insteadoftheusualshoutingandrunningyoucanhearthemaskingeachother,“Arethelightsalloff?”,“Shallwe
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ThekidsatShuteCountryPrimarySchoolinDevonaresurprisinglyquietwhenit’stimetogohomeintheafternoon.Insteadoftheusualshoutingandrunningyoucanhearthemaskingeachother,“Arethelightsalloff?”,“Shallwecheckthetapsincasetheyaredripping?”,“Howmanypapertowelsdidweusetoday?”
Butit’snotunusualhere.Thekidshavedeclaredawaronwaste.
“We’venevermadethechildrendoanything,”explainsLizTemplar,theschool’sheadteacher.“Theycameupwithalltheideasthemselves.Theyredoingthisbecausetheywantto.”
Ifyoutakealookaroundtheschoolyouwon’tseeanythingthrownawayunnecessarily.Everythingiscollectedandreused,orsenttoberecycled.
ShuteSchoolstarteditsgreenrevolutiontwoyearsago.Theylookedcarefullyateverypartofschoollife—fromtheteachingtothecleaning.Theylookedatthewaystationery(文具)wasusedespeciallyphotocopying,thewaycleaningwascarriedout,andhowfoodwasusedandwasted!
Evenparentswerelookedat:howmanychildrencameineachcar?Didtheyuseunleaded(不含铅的)petrol?Couldtheybringmorechildreninfewercars?
Highonthelistwasthewasteofpaper.Nextcameunfriendlycleaningproducts.Papertowelswerereplacedwithrecycledpaper.Butthehardestthingforthekidswaswhentheyfoundouthowmuchrubbishwascreatedbythechocolate,crispsandothersnackseatenatlunchtime.Oftheirownaccord(自愿的),thechildrengavethemup.Nowtheybringapplesandhome-madesnacks.
Theschoolhasitsowngardenwheretheygrowvegetablesandflowerssothattheycanlearnabouttheenvironment.Theyalsousethisareafortheirrecyclingstore—largecontainerstocollectaluminum,bottles,paperandfabric(织物).
Eventheschool’splayareaismadefromrecycledthings.
Sincethechildrenstarted,theschool’sheatingandlightingbillshavefallenobviouslyandthenumberofrubbishbagshasgonedownfromsevenaweektotwoorthree.
EverywhereinShuteSchooltherearebrightpostersaskingeveryonetotaketheirrubbishhome,tosaveenergyandpaperandtokeepthegreenflagflying.