简单飞机:求助翻译（7）

24、Put your gum in the bin
Here’s something to chew on.
In the UK, we spend about £150m every year cleaning chewing gum off the streets.
(If we didn’t do this, our streets would be clogged up with people whose shoes were stuck to the pavement, cursing and swearing at each other like a bunch of swaying punch bags.)
What could we do with that £150m ?
Not much.
Build 3 hospitals, maybe. Employ 8 and a half thousand teachers.
Want to do something about it in your area?
Start by telling people the startling facts. Then you may want to apply your energies to making a difference in your local area. Starting with schools perhaps?
25、Use a mug not a plastic cup
Every year, vending machines in the UK dispense 3 billion polystyrene cups. Another 3 billion originate from other sources.
Where? Where do they all come from? Is there some mad genius breeding them in underground bunkers?
Do they sneak out at night and eat our leftovers?
I could have sworn I just saw two of them whispering to each other.
But why not put your coffee into a mug, not a plastic cup. It’ll taste better, and you’ll be doing your bit for the planet.
It’s such a no-brainer - let’s make it like wearing fur.
Why not introduce a fun mug design at your company? You can design one online at www.yourdesign.co.uk
Suggest that your office or school stop ordering plastic cups for their vending machines with such regularity. Or introduce the save a cup scheme which collects 3.5 million used vending cups every week in the UK.
26、Give blood
Fancy a pint?
It might seem scary.
But that’s what makes it cool.
Next time you’re late for a meeting with someone you want to impress, just say “Sorry I’m late, I was giving blood.”
It’s like a Get Out Of Jail Free card
(only to be used if you genuinely do turn your pint of blood into a cup of tea and some nice biscuits).
There are likely to be side effects; slight euphoria, puffed up chest and a broad smile for example.