Hello, everyone, and welcome back.
大家好，欢迎收看。
This video is for the British Councils LearnEnglish Teens website and their YouTube channel.
本节视频是为英国文化委员会的《LearnEnglish Teens》网络杂志及其 YouTube 频道制作。
In todays video, I wanted to talk about a very important topic and that is cutting down on waste.
在今天的视频中，我想谈论一个非常重要的话题，那就是减少浪费。
As a species, we are very wasteful of materials and resources, and its not doing our planet any good at all.
我们人类这一个物种非常浪费材料和资源，这对我们的地球毫无益处。
Were actually destroying it.
我们实际上是在破坏地球。
Our decisions and consumption can affect our environment in a negative way.
我们的决策以及消耗会对环境产生负面的影响。
And no matter what scientists say about moving to Mars, this is our only planet that we get to call home, and we need to start respecting it and treating it correctly, so that we dont just completely destroy it and ruin ourselves in the process.
而无论科学家的移居火星的想法如何，地球是我们唯一的家园，我们需要开始尊重它并且正确对待它，这样我们才不会在居住的同时彻底破坏它，毁了自己。
So, with that said, here are some simple tips and some simple actions that you can add or incorporate into your lifestyle to help look after our planet.
所以说到这里，这里有一些简易的贴士和举措，你可以将其融入到生活中帮助一起照顾我们的地球。
Before I talk a little bit about some actions that you can take into changing your lifestyle to help the environment and to help cut down on waste, I just want to jog your memory about the three Rs, which are always important to remember and that is Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.
在我讲一些你能够改变生活方式帮助环境减少浪费的行为前，我想唤起你们关于三个 R 的回忆，那就是“减排”、“再利用”以及“回收”。
Reducing waste actually helps to prevent waste being produced in the first place, and its probably one of the best ways to start off with because if you dont have waste in the first place, then we dont have the problem of disposing of it.
减少浪费实际上有助于从一开始就防止浪费的产生，这可能是最好的开始方式了，因为如果你一开始就没有浪费，那我们就不会有处理浪费的问题。
An example of how you can do this is perhaps by choosing loose fruit and vegetables at the supermarket rather than fruit and veg which is packaged in plastic.
比如说，你可以在超市里选择散装的水果蔬菜，而不是塑封好的水果蔬菜。
Also, using a reusable plastic or metal bottle and reusable plastic containers are a great way to reduce the amount of plastic you accumulate.
另外，重复使用那些可重复使用的塑料制品、金属瓶能够减少塑料堆积量。
In my family, we use a lot of ice cream tubs, you know, the big ice cream tubs.
在我们家，我们重复使用了很多冰激凌桶。
We use them to keep our leftover food and it works perfectly fine.
我们用它们保存剩余的食物，效果非常好。
The second R is to reuse items.
第二个 R 是再利用。
Instead of throwing things straight into the rubbish bin, why dont you see if you can reuse them again?
与其把东西直接扔进垃圾桶，不如看看能不能再利用？
I like to do this a lot with gift bags, which I get when I receive a present for a special occasion.
我很喜欢反复使用礼物袋，在特殊的场合收到的礼物就会有礼物袋。
I usually keep the gift bags or the boxes and reuse them when Im giving a gift to someone else.
我一般会把礼物袋或礼盒保存好，当送别人礼物时重复利用。
You can also do the same thing with plastic bags.
塑料袋也可以这样重复利用。
Instead of getting a new bag every time you go food shopping, just bring your old ones along, and that way youre cutting down on the amount of plastic that you accumulate.
与其每次购物时买一个新袋子，不如把旧的袋子带在身边，这样就能减少你积累的塑料袋数量。
And finally, recycle.
最后一个就是回收。
Recycling turns waste products into a new item, or, as I like to say, it gives them a second life.
回收利用可以变废为新，我喜欢将其称之为第二次生命。
Ive recently been clearing out my wardrobe and throwing away some clothes that I no longer like or perhaps dont fit me any more, and the money from selling them goes towards helping a charity, so its a win-win for all.
最近，我清理了衣柜，收拾出去一些我不再喜欢或不适合我的衣服，卖衣服的钱捐给慈善机构，所以这是一个双赢。
Always remember to check the back of any type of packaging for details about whether the materials can be recycled, and make a conscious effort to make sure youre both buying products that are recyclable and youre actually recycling.
一定要记得检查任何类型包装的背面，了解该材料是否可以回收利用，并有意识地购买可回收利用的产品，这样你实际上就在回收了。
So, thats it for today.
今天就到这里了。
These are just a few starter tips on how you can make changes in your own, everyday life to help cut down on waste and to help out our planet.
这些只是一些关于改变日常生活帮助减少浪费，帮助我们的地球的初步建议。
Of course, feel free to go online because there are loads of great, fun, exciting ways that you can also cut down on your waste and energy consumption really.
当然，你也可以随时上网，因为有很多超棒的，有趣的，精彩的方法能够帮你减少浪费及能源消耗。
Also, comment below and let me know what youre already doing to cut down on waste and if you have any great recommendations on how other people can cut down on their waste as well.
此外，请在下方评论，告诉我你减少浪费的方法和好点子。
I hope you have a lovely day and Ill see you in the next video.
我希望你们今天愉快，下期视频再见。
Bye!
再见
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