Chat attack

white pollution/ 白色污染/ (báisè wūrǎn)  



A: Weren't you going to the supermarket to buy something? Why are you back after only three minutes? Did you forget your phone? 

你不是去超市买东西吗？怎么才三分钟就回来了？忘拿手机了？

(nǐbùshì qùchāoshì mǎidōnɡxīma? zěnme cáisānfēnzhōnɡ jiùhuíláile? wànɡnáshǒujīle?) 

B: Nope, I forgot my canvas shopping bag.

不是,我忘了拿布购物袋了。

(bùshì, wǒwànɡle nábù ɡòuwùdàile.)

A: You came back just to get it in such hot weather? It's not like the supermarket doesn't have plastic bags. 

这么热的天气,还专门回来取啊？超市又不是没有塑料袋。

(zhèmerèdetiānqì, háizhuānmén huíláiqǔa? chāoshì yòubúshì méiyǒu sùliàodài.)

B: I had to. I've already signed a petition against white pollution so I have to be proactive and refuse to use disposable plastic bags. 

那必须的。我既然签字支持拒绝白色污染倡议书, 就要积极行动, 坚决不使用一次性塑料袋。

(nàbìxūde. wǒjìrán qiānzì zhīchí jùjué báisè wūrǎn chànɡyìshū, jiùyào jījíxínɡdònɡ, jiānjué bùshǐyònɡ yīcìxìnɡ sùliàodài.)

A: You're doing the right thing. Each of us has to change unreasonable consumption and reduce plastic pollution. We have to start from small things and develop suitable and green consumption habits. 

你做得对, 我们每个人都需要改变不合理的消费方式, 减少塑料污染, 从身边小事做起, 逐渐养成适度消费、绿色消费新习惯。

(nǐzuòdéduì, wǒmen měiɡèrén dōuxūyào ɡǎibiàn bùhélǐde xiāofèi fānɡshì, jiǎnshǎo sùliào wūrǎn, cónɡshēnbiān xiǎoshìzuòqǐ, zhújiàn yǎnɡchénɡ shìdù xiāofèi, lǜsèxiāofèi xīnxíɡuàn.)

B: After all, starting next year, there will be more bans on disposable plastic straws. 

毕竟明年起,会进一步禁止使用一次性塑料吸管。

(bìjìnɡ mínɡniánqǐ, huìjìnyībù jìnzhǐ shǐyònɡ yícìxìnɡ sùliào xīɡuǎn.)

Illustration: Liu Xidan/GT