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You see it all the time in city streams and rivers: all kinds of trash, much of it plastic, bobbing along the edge of the water. You know it's not right. You wonder how it got there. And you wonder what can be done about it. One group of volunteers has stopped asking questions and started doing something.

The sky is gray and the wind is a little more than chilly¹ as a Tom Nardone steers² his motorboat toward deeper water.

“We're in the Detroit River. We're at the Delray boat launch and we are trash fishing,” Nardone said.

Basically, instead of fishing for fish, Trash Fishing volunteers are fishing out trash. They use nets and trash pickers to get what they can reach.

Tom Nardone put together this event, but this was not his idea. It was his 11-year-old son Mark's.

"My dad runs the group where he picked up trash on land in parks," said Mark. "But I wanted a boat, and also there was lots of trash on the river that wash up on the side."

We head toward a channel that goes around Zug Island. About the only thing on Zug Island is a big steel mill. If you look at a satellite photo on Google Maps, it mostly looks like a blackened piece of earth. Surprisingly, there are a lot of birds. Maybe not so surprising, there's a lot of trash around the island.

"Want to just make a run into the weeds and see how we do?" Tom Nardone asked his son.

There are a lot of bottles and jugs³ and pieces of Styrofoam in those weeds. It looks as though there's no way the three boats out trash fishing today can clean up all of it.

Nardone says it can be overwhelming. So make a game out of it.

“You know, you get the biggest ones first: the antifreeze bottles and the oil cans. And then you're doing the water bottles and the booze bottles, but then it gets down to, like, the forks and the straws. But 100 feet down the river, you know, there are more antifreeze bottles and oil cans and things. So ... I just write it up as entertainment. So when I'm done being entertained by that spot I move on to the next one as long as I keep doing good work. I don't feel bad," he explained.

Nardone notes that a lot of this trash is high up on the bank, next to some parking lots. He does not think this stuff floated here. He thinks it's litter from the people using those parking lots.

He also thinks with a little thought, a lot of this stuff could be made from other materials.

“You can see ... some bait boxes, you know the things you buy worms in, those styrofoam ones. You know, that would be pretty easy to replace with a piece of cardboard or something and then they would just biodegrade. The other thing is, all this trash, all we see is the stuff that floats. We don't see the stuff that you throw away that sinks. You know that's somewhere on the bottom of the river, you know, just hurting the environment,” Nardone said.

After a couple of hours, the 55 gallon drum on the boat is full, as well as a couple of plastic boxes on the floor of the boat. In another boat, Charlie Spiess has several bags of trash. Kevin Reini and Don King have filled up their dinghy. It's time to head back.

After we pulled up to the Delray ramp⁴, awards are bestowed⁵.

Kevin Reini wins the "most unusual" award for what looked to be an old golf cart wheel.

Tom Nardone says there are six more Trash Fishing events of this year.

"All you need is a little boat. I mean look at some of the boats that are out here. They're about as small as they come. A motor is really a plus. And then you can come out here and have a good time and clean up the environment. The next one is June 1st and 9 a.m. at St. Jean boat launch. So that's up near Belle⁶ Isle⁷,” he noted⁸.

As you might know, Belle Isle is a lot more pretty than Zug Island. But, there's always trash. Plenty of it.

1 chilly   

adj.凉快的，寒冷的

参考例句：

• I feel chilly without a coat.我由于没有穿大衣而感到凉飕飕的。
• I grew chilly when the fire went out.炉火熄灭后，寒气逼人。

2 steers   

n.阉公牛，肉用公牛( steer的名词复数 )v.驾驶( steer的第三人称单数 )；操纵；控制；引导

参考例句：

• This car steers easily. 这部车子易于驾驶。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Good fodder fleshed the steers up. 优质饲料使菜牛长肉。 来自辞典例句

3 jugs   

（有柄及小口的）水壶( jug的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Two china jugs held steaming gravy. 两个瓷罐子装着热气腾腾的肉卤。
• Jugs-Big wall lingo for Jumars or any other type of ascenders. 大岩壁术语，祝玛式上升器或其它种类的上升器。

4 ramp   

n.暴怒，斜坡，坡道；vi.作恐吓姿势，暴怒，加速；vt.加速

参考例句：

• That driver drove the car up the ramp.那司机将车开上了斜坡。
• The factory don't have that capacity to ramp up.这家工厂没有能力加速生产。

5 bestowed   

赠给，授予( bestow的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• It was a title bestowed upon him by the king. 那是国王赐给他的头衔。
• He considered himself unworthy of the honour they had bestowed on him. 他认为自己不配得到大家赋予他的荣誉。

6 belle   

n.靓女

参考例句：

• She was the belle of her Sunday School class.在主日学校她是她们班的班花。
• She was the belle of the ball.她是那个舞会中的美女。

7 isle   

n.小岛，岛

参考例句：

• He is from the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea.他来自爱尔兰海的马恩岛。
• The boat left for the paradise isle of Bali.小船驶向天堂一般的巴厘岛。

8 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。