社交生活篇：垃圾处理(1)

A: Where are the dumpsters located in this building?

B: Right now they are in the front of the building for pickup¹.

A: When do the dumpsters get emptied?

B: They usually get emptied Wednesday, unless there is a holiday in there somewhere.

A: Are there separate containers for recyclables?

B: We don’t mix our recyclables with regular trash.

A: What does the container for recyclables look like?

B: All of your recyclables go into the blue bin².

A: How about composting materials?

B: We have a great composting program that uses the bin with the green lid.

1 pickup   

n.拾起，获得

参考例句：

• I would love to trade this car for a pickup truck.我愿意用这辆汽车换一辆小型轻便卡车。||The luck guy is a choice pickup for the girls.那位幸运的男孩是女孩子们想勾搭上的人。

2 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。