超级简单英语阅读:Don’t Pick Up the Trash

Each September volunteers¹ clean up the beach. Hundreds of volunteers clean up the beach. They carry empty trash² bags. They pick³ up trash. They fill⁴ up the trash bags. They fill up hundreds of trash bags. They put all the trash bags into trucks. The trucks take the trash bags to a landfill. The trash goes from the beach to the landfill. Every year there is more beach trash. Every year there is more landfill trash. Jill picked⁵ up trash for three years. Finally⁶ she said⁷, “People leave trash here every year. They know we will pick it up. We shouldn’t pick it up. In a few⁸ years, trash will cover⁹ this beach. People will stop coming here. They will stop leaving trash here.”

 

1 volunteers   

n.义务工作者( volunteer的名词复数 )；志愿者；自告奋勇者；主动做某事的人v.自动提供，自愿效劳( volunteer的第三人称单数 )；主动建议（或告诉）；（未经当事人同意）举荐；自愿参军，当志愿兵

参考例句：

• We were ably assisted by a team of volunteers. 我们得到一批志愿者的大力协助。
• Schools need volunteers to help children to read. 学校需要义务工作者帮助儿童阅读。

2 trash   

n.(美)垃圾，废物；碎屑

参考例句：

• Put out the trash.把垃圾拿出去。
• Don't forget to throw away your trash.不要忘记把垃圾丢掉。

3 pick   

n.精选，掘；鹤嘴锄；vt.摘，掘，凿，挑选，挖，挑剔；vi. 摘，掘，凿，挖，挑选

参考例句：

• Please don't pick the flowers.请勿攀折花木。
• We are going to pick apples.我们要去摘苹果。

4 fill   

vt.填充，弥漫，供给，满足，供应；vi. 充满，装满；n.满足，装满，充分，填方

参考例句：

• Fill the tank with water.把水槽灌满水。
• Many people find it difficult to fill in a form.许多人发现表格填写困难。

5 picked   

adj.精选的，摘下的v.采( pick的过去式和过去分词 )；摘；啄；叼

参考例句：

• I picked up a few good bargains in the sale. 我在减价期间买了几样挺不错的便宜货。
• She picked herself up, brushed herself down, and started walking again. 她爬起来，掸掸身上的灰尘，又往前走去。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 finally   

adv.最后地；最终

参考例句：

• We can finally take a rest.总算是可以休息了。
• Finally,they won the game.结果他们打赢了。

7 said   

v.动词say的过去式、过去分词

参考例句：

• He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
• He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。

8 few   

adj.很少的，不多的，少数的；int.少数的

参考例句：

• There are few woods in that area.那个地区几乎没有森林。
• I have a few questions.我有些问题要问你。

9 cover   

n.盖子，覆盖物；v.覆盖…，扩及，掩饰

参考例句：

• Under cover of the dark,the dog was stolen.在黑夜的掩护下，狗被偷走了。
• The book needs a new cover.这书需要装个新封面。