P102 2b
Rethink, Reuse, Recycle!
Do you oft en throw away things you don’t need anymore? Have you ever thought about how these things can actually be put to good use? Nothing is a waste if you have a creative mind.
You have probably never heard of Amy Hayes, but she is a most unusual woman. She lives in a house in the UK that she built herself out of rubbish.
The windows and doors come from old buildings around her town that were pulled down. The top of the house is an old boat turned upside down. And the gate in front of her house is made of rocks and old glass bottles. Amy recently won a prize from the Help Save Our Planet Society. The president said, “Amy is an inspiration to us all.”
Amy isn’t the only one who is good at recycling. Jessica Wong from Hong Kong uses old clothes that people don’t wear anymore to make bags. She has been doing this for a few years now. She opened a small shop where she sells her bags, and she has also set up a website to sell them online. She especially likes to use old jeans to make handbags. Her bags are cute and useful. “I plan to write a book about new ways to use old clothes,” she said. “I hope people can read my book and enjoy it!”
Wang Tao set up a small business in Shanghai four years ago. He is known for using iron and other materials from old cars to make beautiful art pieces. Some are large pieces that look like animals or humans, and some are smaller pieces you can put at home. The more popular works can even been seen in art shops around the city. Wang Tao hopes to set up a “metal art” theme park to show people the importance of environmental protection. Not only can the art bring happiness to others, but it also shows that even cold, hard iron can be brought back to life with a little creativity.
Section B , 2b
重新思考 重新使用，重新利用
你經常扔掉你不在使用的東西嗎？你是否曾想過這些東西還能很好地重新利用？如果你有一個充滿創意的頭腦，沒有東西是廢品。
你可能從來沒聽說過艾米.海斯，但她是一個非常不尋常的女性。她住在英國，房子是她自己用廢棄物建造而成的。窗戶和房門來自小鎮周圍拆毀的房子。房子的頂部是一條翻轉過來的舊木船。房子的大門是岩石和舊玻璃瓶搭建的。艾米最近獲得了“救助我們的星球”協會頒發的獎項。協會主席說：“艾米給了我們所有人的一個啟示！”
艾米不是唯一一個善於廢物利用的人。來自香港的傑西卡.王常利用人們不再穿的舊衣服來製作揹包，她已經這麼做了好幾年了。她開了一家小店出售她製作的包，還在網上出售它們。她特別喜歡用舊牛仔來製作手提包。她製作的包即可愛又實用。“我計劃寫一本關於用新方法來改造舊衣服的書，”她說，“我希望人們能閱讀我的書並且喜歡它。”
四年前，王濤開始在上海經營小生意。他因使用舊車的鋼鐵和其他材料來製作藝術品而聞名。有些（藝術品）很龐大，看起來像動物或者人，有一些小塊的可以擺放在家裡。你甚至能在這個城市的藝術商店看到一些更受歡迎的作品。王濤希望能建立一個“金屬藝術”主題公園，向人們展示環境保護的重要性。藝術不但可以給人們帶來快樂，而且也說明只需要一點創造力，即便是冰冷、堅硬的鐵也可產生活力。
