中英文本

Did you get a new tablet or computer this holiday season?
这个假期你是否又添置新的平板电脑或者台式机了？
A new smartphone?
抑或是一部新的智能手机？
Maybe a new TV?
还是一台新的电视？
Here's a question to tell if you're naughty or nice:
无论你老实回答还是淘气的卖萌，这里有个问题请教：
what will you do with the old one?
新的来了，旧的怎么处理？

Most people just throw old gadgets away.
绝大多数人只是将旧货扔了0T19^AsEYPxgKn5aY。
That's how nearly 50 million metric tons of so-called e-waste were produced in 2012—the weight of 150 Empire State Buildings.
而就是这种废弃方式导致2012年产出近5亿吨电子废料—堪比150座帝国大厦之重Puev42uUIi|。
By 2017, that flood of e-waste will grow to more than 65 million metric tons—or 11 Great Pyramids worth.
而预计到2017年，电子废料堆将超6.5亿吨—等于11座宏伟的金字塔EVW=C~fX.cXH2V。
That's according to a study from researchers at the UN, EPA and elsewhere.
这就是根据联合国、美国环境保保署以及其他机构进行的一项调查研究得出的结果tXb;)L;BVm(。
Improper disposal of e-waste has led to some of the world's most toxic pollution hotspots.
电子垃圾的随意丢弃已经使得世界上的某些地区成为了重毒污染点6FuE[0Jn9#i|xOq*_Krx。
It's also a waste of resources, like valuable rare earth metals.
其实它们也有废物利用的价值，比如说含有珍贵的稀有金属Y7z&=]hqyHA1!SopzBq-。
China produces the most total e-waste.
中国制造最多的电子垃圾cv.._Uk&3(==W6FQKwO。
But we Americans hold the title for biggest individual gadget lovers—and wasters.
但我们美国人却被授予个人电子产品最多的称号—当然电子垃圾也最多|kaVo6_7WgISY0YK。
We produced an average of roughly 30 kilograms of e-waste per person in 2012.
我们在2012年平均每人制造大约30公斤的电子垃圾ZqZiw(%*XK!=v~I4(s%。
Impressive, given how light our gizmos are.
可见我们非常轻视这些小玩意儿)SvPjlwXiU。
Reuse and recycling is the obvious answer.
回收再利用是解决之道3yex-n8Dqb4OH-。
Good options exist, including some offered by gadget makers themselves, like Apple.
有很好的方法可以处理电子垃圾，比如苹果公司等制造商们提供了一些回收机制W@O(~3isoKPYusfUv。
But be careful.
但要小心3c4Rk@Y.;gIri9g。
Some unscrupulous recyclers here in the U.S. simply dump the trashed gadgets overseas. And that's no gift.
在美国还有一些无良回收人士只是简单的把这些垃圾废料倒入大海#bub2EC[D_7。这可不是给谁送礼]s@i~(6zv]5~@O。
词语解释

1.throw away 扔掉；浪费，错过

I never throw anything away.
我什么东西都不舍得扔-&HXgJ=PTKy。

I'm not advising you to throw away your makeup or forget about your appearance.
我不是建议你扔掉化妆品，或者不修边幅2^|ekN5XmYh。

2.according to 根据，按照

Again this is according to recently declassified information.
这也还是根据最近解密的信息得知的(g9HI590w!。

It did not go according to plan.
这个妥协方案并没有按计划执行V;|qSBKjovJu。

3.gadget 小玩意；小配件

Do you have an expensive shoe or gadget habit?
你有买很贵的鞋子或者小玩意的习惯吗？

Yet the fire is not just a rival gadget, but something essentially different.
然而，筋斗火不仅仅只是个瓜分市场的小玩意儿而已，它从本质上独树一格U3.-W.uQ4P--pc。