Teen turns clothes headed for landfill into reusable bags

西安外国语大学 程佳雯

我们可以不把旧衣物扔进垃圾桶，而是做成有用的手提包。 变废为宝是对地球资源的一种节约与保护，也是一种有创意的行为。

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难词探意

1. textile /΄tekstaɪl/ n. 纺织品

2. fabric /΄fæbrɪk/ n. 织物；布料

3. sew /səʊ/ v. 缝；做针线活；缝制

Have you ever heard the phrase “one man's trash is another man's treasure”?

Nabeel Alam, 17, has taken that idea to a whole new level. He and 26 other high school students from Durham, Ontario, east of Toronto, started a company that turns unused clothes into practical and fashionable reusable bags. Nabeel said the clothing they use is in 1._____condition, but is being thrown away because it's out of style.

By repurposing clothes headed for the garbage dump, Nabeel can work toward accomplishing his original goal: reducingtextilewaste in Canada. “We give it a new 2._____(dream/purpose) ,”Nabeel, the company's president, told CBC Kids News.

How it works:

The students take old or donated clothes and immediately wash them to get rid of germs. Then a team member cuts thefabricto match a pre-drawn traced outline. After that, the bags aresewntogether by a professional sewer who volunteers to help the company. The team put pictures of them on their website and Instagram so people can buy them for between $8 and $12.

Nabeel said the goal of the company, named Vivlio Amet, is to spread awareness of how much textile 3._____(product/waste) contributes to climate change. But Vivlio Amet will only exist for a short time. That's 4._____Vivlio Amet originally started in October as an 18-week Junior Achievement Program project.Through the program, which is separate from school, volunteer advisers team up with students to help them start a temporary business from the ground up.

There's no commitment to having a long-term, real-world company. Once the 18 weeks are up,the students will calculate how much money they made and distribute it to the people and businesses that helped the company get on its feet. So far, the students have sold 50 bags (mostly to friends and classmates) and they hope to sell an additional 100 before the company's time is up at the end of April. Since the program is completely separate from 5._____, that means Nabeel should keep a balance between classes and the company. But Nabeel said it didn't feel like extra work.

“I don't treat it like a task. It's something I'm passionate about,” Nabeel said. “If you want to be successful, you need to work really hard at it.”

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Through the program, which is separate from school, volunteer advisers team up with students to help them start a temporary business from the ground up.

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【点石成金】本句中，which引导非限制性定语从句，team up with...固定短语，意为“与……合作；与……协作”。