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People who litter in Thai national parks may get a surprise in their mail3—their litter may be send back to them. Thailand decided to act on the more and more wrappers4， plastic5 bottles and paper thrown away in national parks. It asked park workers to send litter back to tourists who littered. They get a letter saying：“We collected6 your litter and sent it to your home. This should be a lesson to never again throw away waste.” They can also get a $16，000 fine7.

在泰國國家公園亂丟垃圾的人可能會(huì)收到一個(gè)驚喜郵件——他們?nèi)拥睦鴷?huì)被寄回給他們。泰國決定對(duì)國家公園里丟棄得越來越多的包裝紙、塑料瓶和紙采取行動(dòng)，要求公園管理員把垃圾寄回給丟了垃圾的游客。他們會(huì)收到一封信，寫道：“我們收集了你扔的垃圾，然后寄回你家。這是一個(gè)教訓(xùn)——永遠(yuǎn)不要再亂扔垃圾。”他們可能還會(huì)被罰款16000美元。

Litter is terrible in many of Thailands beauty spots. It is easy to find people who litter because visitors to parks must write down their address8. Anyone who leaves litter near their camping place will get their waste back. The head of a park said， “It can be dangerous for animals like deer if they eat the litter and try to digest9 plastic waste that people leave behind.” The government said people should only leave footprints behind.

在泰國的許多景點(diǎn)，垃圾都是件糟糕的事。找到丟垃圾的人很容易，因?yàn)楣珗@的游客必須登記他們的地址。任何在露營地附近亂扔垃圾的人都會(huì)收到寄回的垃圾。一個(gè)公園的負(fù)責(zé)人說：“如果像鹿這樣的動(dòng)物吃了垃圾，并試圖消化人們留下的塑料垃圾，可能會(huì)很危險(xiǎn)。”泰國政府說，人們應(yīng)該只留下腳印。

（英語原文選自：breakingnewsenglish.com）

【Notes】

1. litter n. 垃圾 v. 亂丟;亂扔廢棄物

2. tourist? n. 旅行者，觀光客

3. mail n. 郵件 v. 郵寄;寄出

4. wrapper n. 包裝材料;[包裝] 包裝紙

5. plasticn. 塑料 adj. 塑料制的;人造的，不自然的

6. collectvt. 收集

7. fine? n. 罰款

8. address n. 地址;所在地

9. digest?vt. 消化;吸收

▲Questions：

[1]Do you think whether Thailand should send back the litter to the tourists？ 你認(rèn)為泰國應(yīng)不應(yīng)該把垃圾給那些游客寄回去呢？

[2]Please think about what is wrong with littering and what can be done to stop it. 請(qǐng)思考亂丟垃圾的壞處以及制止這種行為的措施。