英语翻译ThekidsatShuteCountryPrimarySchoolinDevonaresurprisinglyquietwhenit’stimetogohomeintheafternoon.Insteadoftheusualshoutingandrunningyoucanhearthemaskingeachother,“Arethelightsalloff?”,“Shallwe

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　　ThekidsatShuteCountryPrimarySchoolinDevonaresurprisinglyquietwhenit’stimetogohomeintheafternoon.Insteadoftheusualshoutingandrunningyoucanhearthemaskingeachother,“Arethelightsalloff?”,“Shallwecheckthetapsincasetheyaredripping?”,“Howmanypapertowelsdidweusetoday?”

　　Butit’snotunusualhere.Thekidshavedeclaredawaronwaste.

　　“We’venevermadethechildrendoanything,”explainsLizTemplar,theschool’sheadteacher.“Theycameupwithalltheideasthemselves.Theyredoingthisbecausetheywantto.”

　　Ifyoutakealookaroundtheschoolyouwon’tseeanythingthrownawayunnecessarily.Everythingiscollectedandreused,orsenttoberecycled.

　　ShuteSchoolstarteditsgreenrevolutiontwoyearsago.Theylookedcarefullyateverypartofschoollife—fromtheteachingtothecleaning.Theylookedatthewaystationery(文具)wasusedespeciallyphotocopying,thewaycleaningwascarriedout,andhowfoodwasusedandwasted!

　　Evenparentswerelookedat:howmanychildrencameineachcar?Didtheyuseunleaded(不含铅的)petrol?Couldtheybringmorechildreninfewercars?

　　Highonthelistwasthewasteofpaper.Nextcameunfriendlycleaningproducts.Papertowelswerereplacedwithrecycledpaper.Butthehardestthingforthekidswaswhentheyfoundouthowmuchrubbishwascreatedbythechocolate,crispsandothersnackseatenatlunchtime.Oftheirownaccord（自愿的）,thechildrengavethemup.Nowtheybringapplesandhome-madesnacks.

　　Theschoolhasitsowngardenwheretheygrowvegetablesandflowerssothattheycanlearnabouttheenvironment.Theyalsousethisareafortheirrecyclingstore—largecontainerstocollectaluminum,bottles,paperandfabric（织物）.

　　Eventheschool’splayareaismadefromrecycledthings.

　　Sincethechildrenstarted,theschool’sheatingandlightingbillshavefallenobviouslyandthenumberofrubbishbagshasgonedownfromsevenaweektotwoorthree.

　　EverywhereinShuteSchooltherearebrightpostersaskingeveryonetotaketheirrubbishhome,tosaveenergyandpaperandtokeepthegreenflagflying.