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第1段
1 .Listen to a conversation between a student and the Director of the Office of Environmental Sustainability.
请听一段学生和环境可持续发展办公室主任之间的对话。
第2段
1 .Now, what can I do for you?
现在，我能为你做些什么呢？
2 .Well, Ms. Anderson, I'm David Bryant. I'm a journalism major.
嗯，安德森女士，我是大卫・布莱恩特。我是新闻专业的学生。
3 .Oh, of course, David, I remember your phone call. You're on staff at the campus daily, right?
哦，当然，大卫，我记得你之前的电话。你在《校园日报》工作的，对吗？
4 .Exactly, and we're going to run a piece to highlight just what it is your office does. I don't think most of our readers really know.
没错，我们打算刊登一篇文章来重点介绍一下你们办公室的工作内容。我觉得我们的大多数读者其实并不了解。
5 .Oh, all right, but I've got to keep this short. I have an appointment in just few minutes. Sure.
主任：哦，好的，但我得长话短说。我几分钟后还有个预约。 学生：当然可以。
6 .Well, all of us in operations try to ensure that the day to day needs of the university are being met, but in this office, our particular focus is on figuring out how to do that without compromising resources for future generations.
嗯，我们所有负责运营的人都努力确保学校的日常需求得到满足，但在我们这个办公室，我们特别关注的是如何在不损害子孙后代资源的前提下做到这一点。
7 .Okay, but like, in what ways specifically.
好的，但是，具体是哪些方面呢？
8 .Well, like alternative transportation, we've converted our buses, the entire campus fleet, to biodiesel, so now they run on a mix of regular diesel fuel and vegetable oil from Dining Services.
嗯，比如在可替代交通方式方面，我们已经把整个校园的巴士车队都改装成使用生物柴油了，所以现在它们使用的是普通柴油和餐饮服务部门提供的植物油的混合燃料。
9 .Cool. I saw this television documentary a couple months ago about these college students who traveled across the country in a car they'd converted to run completely on vegetable oil, recycled cooking oil from restaurants. But I didn't know we've been doing almost the same thing with our busses here on campus.
太酷了。几个月前我看了一部电视纪录片，讲的是一些大学生开着一辆完全改装成使用餐馆回收的植物油的汽车穿越全国。但我不知道我们学校的巴士也在做几乎同样的事情。
10 .Yeah, and the program's already paid for itself in savings. Also, let's see, there's wind energy. We've installed miniature wind turbines on the roofs of several buildings on campus.
是的，而且这个项目已经通过节省成本回本了。还有，让我想想，还有风能方面。我们已经在校园里几栋建筑的屋顶上安装了微型风力涡轮机。
11 .Really? Where are they? I can't wait to check them out. Get some good photos.
真的吗？它们在哪里？我迫不及待地想去看看，拍一些好照片。
12 .Well, they're scattered along the edge of the university property, for example, you know where the College of Engineering is?
嗯，它们分布在学校场地的边缘，比如说，你知道工程学院在哪里吗？
13 .Oh, okay, so way out there, no wonder.
哦，好的，原来在那么远的地方，难怪。
14 .Right. And these wind turbines are being used for two purposes, actually, to help meet the needs of the campus dormitories for electrical power and also to generate data for a government research project. Now, large scale efforts like these may seem the most newsworthy, but it's important to emphasize the small stuff.
对的。实际上，这些风力涡轮机有两个用途，一是帮助满足校园宿舍的电力需求，二是为一个政府研究项目生成数据。现在，像这样的大规模举措可能看起来最具新闻价值，但强调一些小事情也很重要。
15 .It's generally the little things that have the biggest impact. For instance, Dining Services has just implemented a reusable drinking mug program, so when students choose to bring in their own ceramic mugs and drink from those instead of from plastic cups, well, they're rewarded by getting 20% off the price of the beverage. That's because when lots of students do that, the savings to the university are considerable. But even more important, we expect this year alone will prevent over 10,000 plastic cups from getting thrown away and ending up in landfills.
通常来说，正是这些小事情产生了最大的影响。例如，餐饮服务部门刚刚推行了一项水杯复用计划，所以当学生选择自带陶瓷杯而不是使用塑料杯喝水时，他们会得到饮料价格八折的优惠。这是因为当很多学生都这样做时，学校节省下来的费用相当可观。但更重要的是，我们预计仅今年一年就能防止超过一万个塑料杯被扔掉并最终进入垃圾填埋场。
16 .Yeah, you rush through a meal and don't really think about that. And this office got that project going?
是啊，你匆匆吃完一顿饭，真的不会想到这些。是你们这个办公室推动了那个项目吗？
17 .Yes, we did. Oh, and I've got to get going myself. There's a ribbon cutting ceremony to open the new library. Say, why don't you come along? We've made sure this library is designed with an eye toward environmental sustainability. It's even set up to collect rainfall for use in its washrooms, and the facilities manager will be there also. I could introduce you.
是的，是我们做的。哦，我得走了。有一个新图书馆的剪彩仪式。我说，你为什么不一起去呢？我们确保了这个图书馆的设计考虑到了环境可持续性。它甚至还设置了收集雨水用于洗手间的设施，设施管理员也会在那里。我可以把你介绍给他。