A Library Creates Literacy from Litter 圖書館推出垃圾換書服務

A librarian in Indonesia is lending books to children in exchange for trash they collect in a novel way to clean up the environment and get the kids to read more.

印度尼西亞的一名圖書館館長讓孩子們用收集的垃圾來換取圖書借閱資格，這一新招既能清潔環境，又能讓孩子們多讀書。

Each weekday Raden Roro Hendarti rides her three wheeler with books stacked up at the back for children in Muntang village to exchange for plastic cups， bags and other waste that she carries back.

每個工作日，拉登·柔柔·亨達爾蒂都會騎著載滿兒童圖書的三輪車到滿堂村換取塑料杯、塑料袋和其他垃圾，然后再把一車垃圾帶回。

She told Reuters she is helping inculcate reading in the kids as well make them aware of the environment. As soon as she shows up， little children， many accompanied by their mothers， surround her “Trash Library” and clamour for the books.

她告訴路透社，她在主張幫助培養孩子們的閱讀習慣和環保意識。她一出現，孩子們就把她的“垃圾圖書館”團團圍住，嚷嚷著要書。許多孩子都是在母親的陪同下來的。

They are all carrying trash bags and Radens three-wheeler quickly fills up with them as the books fly out. Shes happy the kids are going to spend less time on online games as a result.

孩子們都帶來了成袋的垃圾。拉登的三輪車上的書被一搶而空后，很快就裝滿了垃圾。她很高興此舉可以讓孩子們少玩點電子游戲。

“Let us build a culture of literacy from young age to mitigate the harm of the online world，”? Raden said. “We should also take care of our waste in order to fight climate change and to save the earth from trash，”? ?Raden said.

拉登說：“讓孩子們從小培養文化素養，可以減輕網絡世界帶來的危害。為了抗擊氣候變化，拯救地球，我們也應該處理好垃圾。”

She collects about 100 kg of waste each week， which is then sorted out by her colleagues and sent for recycling or sold. She has a stock of 6，000 books to lend and wants to take the mobile service to neighbouring areas as well.

她每周能收集約100千克垃圾，由她的同事對垃圾進行分類后將其回收或賣掉。她的館藏圖書共有6000本，她也愿意為鄰近地區提供移動借閱服務。

Kevin Alamsyah， an avid 11-year-old reader， scours for waste lying in the village.

酷愛閱讀、11歲的凱文·阿蘭夏在村子里到處搜尋垃圾。

“When there is too much trash， our environment will become dirty and its not healthy. Thats why I look for trash to borrow a book，”he says.

他說：“如果垃圾太多，我們的環境就會變臟，這樣是不健康的。這也是我撿垃圾換書的原因。”

Word Bank

inculcate /'?nk?lke?t/ v. 極力主張，反復灌輸

We have tried to inculcate a feeling of citizenship in youngsters.

clamour /'kl?m?（r）/ v. 大聲（或吵鬧）地要求

The whole army begins to clamour for the fosse to be filled up.