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[00:00.01]17.On Saving 
谈节约
[00:00.47]As we know, when senior students graduate from school, 
大家都知道，当高中生毕业的时候，
[00:42.05]most of their reference books as well as their text books which are still in good condition are thrown away. 
他们的学习资料，还有课本大部分都扔掉了，其中好多都还可以用。
[01:01.27]What a great waste it is! I suggest that we should recycle these books.
这是多大的浪费呀！我建议我们应该回收这些书。
[01:07.54]On the one hand, recycling them can save a lot of natural resources which can be reused to make textbooks. 
一方面，回收这些书可以节约很多自然资源，这些资源可以被用来制做新的课本。
[01:16.53]On the other hand, senior students may have made plenty of useful notes on the pages, they are very useful to the following users. 
另一方面，高中生很可能在书页上做了很多笔记，这些笔记对后面的使用者会很有帮助的。
[01:26.45]At present, the whole nation is hold on to build an energy saving society.
目前，我们都在号召建立节约型社会。
[01:33.16]I think it is certaining meaningful to uur long term interests. 
我认为这对我们国家长远的利益具有相当的意义。
[01:38.03]In fact in Australia and some other countries, recycling textbooks is popular which gives us a good example.
事实上，在澳大利亚和一些其他的国家，回收课本已经是相当受大家欢迎的，这给我们树立了一个很好的榜样。