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Lucy: Dad, what's that thick black foam on the river?
露西：爸爸，河上那层厚厚的黑色泡沫是什么？
Father: That's the waste from some factories.
父亲：那是工厂排出来的废料。
Lucy: I thought it was against the law to dump directly into the river.
露西：我原以为直接排放到河里是违法的呢。
Father: It is. But a lot of companies just ignore the law.
父亲：是违法的。可是许多公司简直就无视法律。
Lucy: Why do they run such a risk?
露西：他们为什么要冒这个险呢？
Father: They can save a lot of money by doing this.
父亲：这样做可以省很多钱。
Lucy: But they make the river polluted and it smells bad too.
露西：可是他们污染了河流，气味也变得难闻了。
Father: Not just the river, they also pollute the air and the soil.
父亲：不仅仅是河流，还污染了空气和土壤呢。
Lucy: The air is also polluted? They should stop contaminating the air.
露西：空气也受到污染了吗？他们应该停止污染空气。
Father: You've seen many people coughing all the time, and even your own eyes start to sting and get all watery just by going too near a factory.
父亲：你看到好多人老是咳嗽，就因为太接近工厂，你自己的眼睛也开始刺痛、流泪。
Lucy: Yeah. I've noticed those things, but l never really thought about why it happens.
露西：是啊。我已经注意到这些事情了，可我从来没想过是为什么。
Father: It's because there's too much sulfur dioxide in the air.
父亲：这是因为空气中含有大量的二氧化硫。
Lucy: What should we do?
露西：我们该怎么办呢？
Father: Maybe if we ever come to the river again, we'll have to wear masks. We'd better call the police and report what's happening.
父亲：也许下次再来这个小河边我们得戴上口罩了。我们最好打电话给警察，告诉他们这里发生的一切吧。
