HSK 3 · Dialogue

Protecting the environment

环保

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10 speaker turns · 35 unique words · editorial HSK 3 grouping

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nǐ fā xiàn le ma？zuì jìn xiǎo qū lǐ duō le jǐ ge lā jī fēn lèi de tǒng。

Have you noticed? There are a few more garbage-sorting bins in our neighborhood lately.

fā xiàn le。wǒ jué de zhè shì hǎo shì。

I have. I think that's a good thing.

shì a。wèi le bǎo hù huán jìng，wǒ men dōu yīng gāi zuò diǎnr shén me。

Yeah. To protect the environment, we should all do something.

wǒ yī bān huì bǎ sù liào píng hé zhǐ fēn kāi。

I usually separate plastic bottles and paper.

wǒ yě shì。bù guò yǒu shí hou hái shi bú tài qīng chu zěn me fēn。

Me too. But sometimes I'm still not sure how to sort things.

nǐ kě yǐ kàn kan tǒng shàng de shuō míng。

You can look at the instructions on the bins.

hǎo zhǔ yi。chú le lā jī fēn lèi，wǒ men hái néng zuò shén me？

Good idea. Besides garbage sorting, what else can we do?

shǎo yòng sù liào dài，duō zǒu lù，shǎo kāi chē。

Use fewer plastic bags, walk more, and drive less.

zhè xiē dōu bù nán，guān jiàn shì jiān chí。

None of these are hard. The key is to stick with them.

duì，cóng xiǎo shì zuò qǐ。

Right, start with small things.

Grammar focus

发现为了应该一般会把字句不过怎么分除了……还……关键是从小事做起

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