柏林的垃圾桶會説話英語美文
A bin that says‘thank you’or‘mm, tasty’when you throw in rubbish—in Germany, a land that loves hi-tech gadgets, it was only a matter of time before the solar-powered, talking trash can came along.
Berlin city officials have tested a street bin for paper which, powered by solar energy, talks to its users.
Next year, some 20 of them will be installed at strategic locations around the capital.
Each can be individually programmed to speak in a different language, give off a throaty rumble or administer a short lesson on tidiness.
“It looks just like any other orange bin, except it’s equipped with a solar panel on its lid and has a sound mechanism,”said Bernd Mueller of the city’s refuse collection department.
The panel, which can work even in bad weather, powers the sound. At night, the bin is lit up by a neon light pointing the way to the opening, but there’s no message so people aren’t frightened by a noise in the dark, he added.
The prototype talking trash can was tested using a hidden camera to record people’s reaction.“It really surprised them,”Mueller said.
“Some people repeated the experience a second time, many of them smiled. On the whole the reaction was very positive.”
在德國柏林街頭，人們將發現扔垃圾會是一種樂趣，因為當你把垃圾扔到垃圾桶裏時，它會跟你説：“謝謝”、“嗯，味道好極了”之類的.話。
柏林市的有關官員近日已經在街上對這種太陽能垃圾桶進行測試，預計明年，柏林就會裝上20個這種垃圾桶了。每一個智能垃圾桶都能説幾種語言。據當地官員稱，到目前為止，還沒有人因為這個垃圾桶會説話而嚇着。在試驗期間，工作人員還在垃圾桶後安裝了攝像頭，拍下途人的反應，結果發現，人們確實嚇了一跳，不少人還多扔一次垃圾，微笑着聽它的説話。
