Make everyday Earth day
极简生活

Dialogue 1

Jingjing: What's happening, Mark? Did you do anything special for Earth Day?
京晶：你怎么样，马克？有为世界地球日做点什么特别的事吗？
Mark: You mean like give presents or eat cake?
马克：你是指送礼物，或者吃蛋糕？
Jingjing: No, of course it's not that kind of holiday.
京晶：不是，当然不是那种意义的节假日了。
Mark: Well, I usually make one change each year to reduce my carbon footprint. Last year, I stopped buying bottled water and started carrying around this metal one.
马克：我通常每一年做一个改变来减少我的碳足迹。去年，我已经停止了购买瓶装水，开始带着这个金属瓶。
Jingjing: Yeah, I've seen you carrying that same blue bottle. What else do you do?
京晶：是呢，一直看见你拿着同一个蓝瓶。还做了别的什么？
Mark: Um, I also try to use fewer plastic bags. At home I have some cloth bags I bring with me for shopping.
马克：我也尽量少用塑料袋。我家里有一些布袋我就带着它们购物。
Jingjing: I do that also. And you'll hardly ever see me with a plastic bottle.
京晶：我也这样做。你几乎看不见我用塑料瓶。
Mark: That's good. But I really don't have any ideas what I could change this year.
马克：这很好。但是我今年要做点什么改变我还真没想好。
Jingjing: Do you take taxis often?
京晶：你经常打车吗？
Mark: Naw, I cut that out a long time ago, not just because it was bad for the environment but also because it was eating up my money every month.
马克：不，很久以前就不再打了，不仅因为对环境不太好，还因为花了我不少钱呢。
Jingjing: Well, you're not very wasteful. Let me try to think of something. I'll have more ideas next time I see you.
京晶：你也不是很浪费啊。让我试着想出点什么，下次见面的时候我会有些想法的。
Mark: You've got work to do, I see. Let's talk after you're finished with it.
马克：你有工作要忙了，了解。你忙完我们再聊。
Jingjing: Great. See you soon.
京晶：好。一会儿见。

New words: 习语短语

carbon footprint 碳足迹
the amount of resources consumed and pollution caused by one person (or company)
cut that out 在生活中戒掉
quit it, remove it from your lifestyle
eating up 消费过多
using, consuming too much

Dialogue 2

Mark: Jingjing, are you all done with work for the day?
马克：京晶，今天的工作都做完了吗？
Jingjing: I've finished what I need to do in the office. I'll do a bit more once I get home.
京晶：我已经完成了办公室里需要完成的部分。回到家后还要再做一点。
Mark: I'm heading out now too. Let's ride the subway together.
马克：我也要出发了。我们一起坐地铁吧。
Jingjing: Sure. Hey, I gave some thought to your Earth Day question.
京晶：好啊。对了，我想了想你地球日的那个问题。
Mark: Yeah, don't hold back.
马克：那你不妨直说
Jingjing: Well, do you get together with friends often?
京晶：你经常和朋友聚吗？
Mark: I know where you're going with that. I used to be more of a social butterfly. Now I just see friends once a week or so, and put them together instead of running around town to meet different people.
马克：我知道你想说什么。我过去更善于交际，现在我差不多一周就见一次朋友，都约在一起见而不是跑来跑去见不同的人。
Jingjing: That's what I was gonna suggest.
京晶：这就是我正想建议的。
Mark: My cell phone was broken for a few weeks, and I realized how nice it was not to have to answer calls and messages all the time.
马克：我手机坏了好几周了，我这才意识到不用随时随地接电话回信息是多好的事。
Jingjing: I'm glad my cell phone worked last week. A friend of mine broke up with her boyfriend and needed someone to talk to for a few hours at a coffee shop. I'm glad I saw the message.
京晶：我很庆幸我的电话上周是好的。我的一个朋友和她男友分手了，需要有人在咖啡店陪她聊上几小时，还好我看到了这条信息。
Mark: Yeah, you never know when your friends are really gonna need you.
马克：是啊，你永远不知道你的朋友什么时候真的需要你。
Jingjing: Right. On the other hand, someone I hardly know invited me to a big party. I wanted to lie and tell them I was broke, but ended up spending a lot of money to go there.
京晶：是的，另一方面，我不熟的人邀我去个大派对，我本想撒个慌说我没钱去，结果不但去了还花了好多钱。
Mark: Well, hopefully you had a good time. It's hit or miss with social stuff like that.
马克：好吧，希望你玩得开心了。那样的社交活动都是去了以后才知道。
Jingjing: I agree. I guess it's not wasteful.
京晶：同意。我想也还行吧，不算浪费。

New words: 习语短语

don't hold back 别犹豫，别介意，尽管做
don't hesitate to tell me something, even if it might upset me
where you're going 接下来可能要说的
what you are likely to say next
a social butterfly 善于交际的人
someone who has many friends and is always shifting their attention from one to another
hit or miss 尝试后才知值不值得
not always likely to succeed (or be worthwhile), so that one doesn't know until after they've tried each time