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参考译文 New Experiencing English Book4 Unit1 绿化，永无止境 【1】环保主义思想已经深深地扎根于校园。从加利福尼亚大学戴维斯分校的“零浪费”运动场到纽约州瓦瑟学院2007级学生献给学校的价值10 000美元的太阳能电池板，你可以看到环保运动已经蔓延到了全国。环保意识已经深入学生们的内心，他们通过开展一些竞赛活动来推进回收再利用，并且大幅减少学生宿舍能源的使用。学校里还开设了一些与环境相关的课程与专业，甚至还设立了一些奖学金。这些新的举措是很有意义的。高等教育明确定位，不仅要为社会培养有环保意识的公民，还要培养环保工程师、环保建筑师和环保政策的制定者。康奈尔大学的校长戴维·斯科顿说得好：“可持续发展势在必行。” Environmentalism is taking serious root on campuses. You can see it across the nation, from the zero-waste stadium at the University of California, Davis, to a $10,000 gift of solar panels to Vassar from the class of 2007. Students have gotten into the spirit, waging competitions to boost recycling and slash energy use in dorms. There are courses and entire majors built around environmental issues. There are even a few scholarships. The newfound attention makes sense. Higher education is well positioned to shape not only eco-aware citizens, but green engineers, architects and policymakers. Cornell president David Skorton puts it best: “Sustainability is no longer an elective.” 【2】想要探寻环保运动已经广泛开展的证据，只需关注全国各大学都热衷参与的“回收狂”（RecycleMania）竞赛便能找到答案。2008年的冠军不是像哈佛大学和斯坦福大学这些以环保著称的著名学府，而是密歇根州的一所微不足道的学院——卡拉马祖学院。在历时十周的比赛中，卡拉马祖学院的同学们共回收利用了59%的废物。（哈佛是27%，斯坦福是30%）。回收俱乐部的成员们开展了名为“宿舍风暴”的活动，在每个寝室埋伏了同学来专门观察和宣传那些减少浪费的行为和美德。他们还从校内垃圾桶里收集可回收材料——甚至运送泡沫塑料和废旧电脑到公司，以便加工后再利用。他们把废弃的书拆开来使得纸张可以再利用。一些旧的椅子、杯子、扬声器，甚至一台钢琴也在校园的二手货交易地重获新生，这里满屋子都是一些二手货，当然还是免费的。 For evidence of how the movement has spread, consider the nationwide RecycleMania competition among colleges. The 2008 champion wasn’t a powerhouse university like Harvard or Stanford with an established reputation for environmentalism. It was tiny Kalamazoo College in Michigan. During the 10-week contest, K’zoo students recycled 59 percent of their trash. (Harvard and Stanford totaled 27 percent and 30 percent, respectively.) Members of the recycling club launched a “dorm storm,” ambushing students in their rooms and preaching the virtues of waste reduction. They collected recyclables from public bins around campus — even ca