Buy Nothing

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第1个回答  2022-06-13
Inside the world of Buy Nothing

揭秘“什么都不买”的世界

David Stahl did not need leftover pickle juice. But a few months ago, he decided to ask for some just to see if it was possible, posting a request to a New York chapter of Buy Nothing, a hyperlocal Facebook group.

大卫·斯塔尔不需要别人剩的腌黄瓜汁。但几个月前,他决定向别人寻求一些,看看这样做是否可行,并在超本地化的 Facebook 群组“什么都不买”的纽约分组发布了一个请求。

It turns out, people are willing to give away just about anything, if you ask. A week later, Stahl walked 10 blocks to a stranger's apartment lobby and retrieved a 1-gallon Mt. Olive jar of the pale green liquid.

事实证明,只要你开口要求,人们就愿意送出几乎任何东西。一周后,斯塔尔走了 10 个街区,来到一个陌生人的公寓大堂,取回了一罐 1 加仑的 Mt. Olive 牌淡绿色液体。

Welcome to the wild world of Buy Nothing, a network of social media groups, mostly on Facebook, where people give and receive things, treating the stuff taking up space in their homes as gifts meant to be shared and treasured. Created in 2013 by two women in Bainbridge Island, Washington, it has grown to 6,700 independent Buy Nothing Facebook groups in 44 countries.

欢迎来到“什么都不买”的疯狂世界。这是一个社交媒体群组网络,主要集中在 Facebook 上。人们在这里给予和接受东西,把占据家中空间的东西当作礼物,用来分享和珍藏。2013 年,来自华盛顿班布里奇岛的两名女性创建了该组织,现已在 44 个国家发展出 6700 个独立的“什么都不买”Facebook 群组。

Giving away the stuff that you no longer want is nothing new. But Buy Nothing turns the act of decluttering into a way to meet and befriend your neighbors. Because each group is geographically limited, sometimes encompassing only a few city blocks, an active group can become a tightknit trading post.

把你不再想要的东西送人并不是什么新鲜事。但是“什么都不买”会把清理杂物的行为变成一种与邻居见面和交友的方式。由于每个群组都局限在一定的地理范围内,有时仅包括几个城市街区,因此活跃的群组可以成为联系紧密的交易站。

"We have plenty right here within each of our local communities to sustain us," said Liesl B. Clark, one of the founders of the Buy Nothing Project. "If we can reuse and refurbish and fix and repair and just keep recycling these items, nothing needs to be discarded."

“我们每个当地社区都有足够的资源来支持我们。”“什么都不买”项目的创始人之一丽莎·B·克拉克说,“如果我们能够重复使用、翻新、修理和修复这些物品,并继续回收利用,那么就不需要丢弃任何东西。”

主编:Jojo、Dobby、啾笛

品控:Jojo、迎迎

审核:Jessie

重点词汇

leftover

/ˈlefˌt̬oʊ.vɚ/

adj. 剩下的,留下的

词性拓展:leftover(n. 剩余物(尤指食品))

搭配短语:to pack up leftovers(打包剩饭菜)

pickle

/ˈpɪk.əl/

n. 腌黄瓜;腌菜

chapter

/ˈtʃæp.tɚ/

n.(俱乐部等大型组织的)地方分会;章

give away

赠送,送掉;泄露(秘密)

例句:They gave away as little information as possible.(他们尽可能不透露信息。)

例句:I gave most of my books away when I left college.(我大学毕业时把大部分书都送掉了。)

just about

几乎,差不多

英文释义:almost exactly; nearly

例句:He can do just about anything.

lobby

/ˈlɑː.bi/

n. 大堂,大厅;游说团体

搭配短语:an anti-abortion lobby(一个反对堕胎的游说团体)

retrieve

/rɪˈtriːv/

v. 找回,取回;挽回

英文释义:to find and bring back something

例句:We taught our dog to retrieve a ball.(我们教狗学习捡球。)

搭配短语:to retrieve a situation(挽回局面)

pale

/peɪl/

adj. 浅的,淡的;苍白的

反义词:deep(adj. 深色的)

搭配短语:pale blue curtains(淡蓝色的窗帘)

(be) meant to

意在,旨在

例句:It was meant to be a secret.(这件事本来是要保密的。)

treasure

/ˈtreʒ.ɚ/

v. 珍惜,珍藏

词性拓展:treasure(n. 宝藏)

例句:His library was his most treasured possession.

declutter

/ˌdiːˈklʌt̬.ɚ/

v. 清除,清理(多余物品)

相关词汇:clutter(n. 杂物;v. 乱堆,塞满)

例句:Could you get rid of some of that clutter in your bedroom?

例句:Piles of books and papers cluttered his desk.

词根词缀:de-(表示“除去”)

英文释义:to remove mess or clutter from (a place)

例句:There's no better time to declutter your home.

befriend

/bɪˈfrend/

v. 和……交朋友,以朋友相待

相关词汇:friend(n. 朋友)

词根词缀:be-(表示“使……变成,把……当作”)

相关词汇:belittle(v. 轻视,贬低)

例句:He was longing for someone to befriend.(他渴望着交个朋友。)

encompass

/ɪnˈkʌm.pəs/

v. 包含,包括

近义词:include(v. 包含,包括)

例句:The Liao River valley is an area encompassing parts of the Chinese provinces of Liaoning and Jilin and the region of Inner Mongolia.(辽河流域包括了中国辽宁省、吉林省和内蒙古的部分地区。)

tightknit

/ˈtaɪtˈnɪt/

adj. 紧密团结的

相关词汇:tight(adj. 紧的;关系密切的)

搭配短语:tight bonds between humans and pets(人宠之间的紧密联系)

相关词汇:knit(v. 编织;使紧密结合)

搭配短语:a tightly knit team(= a tightknit team)

同义词:tight-knit, tight

post

/poʊst/

n. 贸易站;哨所

搭配短语:police post(警察岗亭)

搭配短语:customs post(海关关卡)

sustain

/səˈsteɪn/

v. 维持……的生命,供养;维持,使持续

搭配短语:to sustain economic growth(维持经济增长)

相关词汇:sustainable(adj. 可持续的,不破坏环境的)

例句:In order for a planet to sustain life, it needs energy, carbon, liquid water and an atmosphere.(一个星球要想维系生命的存在,就需要有能量、碳、液态水和大气。)

refurbish

/ˌriːˈfɝː.bɪʃ/

v. 整修,把……翻新

相关词汇:furbish(v. 翻新,将……整修一新;更新)

搭配短语:a freshly furbished dining room(一个刚刚整修一新的餐厅)

例句:I wish to furbish up the Japanese I learned at collage.(我想重温一下在大学里学过的日语。)

例句:The hotel has been completely refurbished.

discard

/dɪˈskɑːrd/

v. 抛弃,扔掉;打出(不想要的牌)

词根词缀:dis-(表示“除去”)

搭配短语:to discard stuff that's past its sell-by date(丢掉过期的东西)

相关词汇:sell-by date(n. 保质期)
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