A: I really don’t like newspapers and marketing leaflets.
B: Why not?
A: They’re only used once and then thrown away. It’s a waste of paper.
B: Electronic versions are often quite enough. You can delete it when you’ve read it, and it doesn’t produce any waste.
A: 我好討厭報紙跟廣告傳單。
B: 為什麼?
A: 因為只看一次就丟了的東西,幹嘛浪費紙張?
B: 嗯,其實很多東西看電子版的就好了。看完直接刪除,也不會製造一堆垃圾。
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