西部落：要你管！我偏要晾衣服！

Hung Out To Dry

As some line-dry their laundry to conserve¹, others say it's an eyesore.

There is some New Hampshire residents who want to do their part to help the environment, and this ABC’s David Curley reports their efforts to go green are being complicated by the neighbors down the block.

Remember these days,

“What a wonderful sight when your wash is done!”

Hang on! Clothes lines are making a comeback.

And it smells good, smells better than anything that would come out of the drier. It’s a green comeback. Steven M. White hoped to cut their carbon footprint by hanging out their socks.

“One of the things you can do easily is you can hang your laundry out.” American families spend at least 100 dollars a year drying cloth. Electric driers account for 6% of home electricity use. So save money, save the planet, what’s not to like?

“I don’t wanna see any other. I hope, I want to see nature. Um, sheets are not nature”. Richard Jacques Homeowners’ Association and thousands like it ban clothes lines as unattractive all that underwear, and a threat to property values.

I states in a very clear way that outside clothes lines are not permitted.

So down the street, Mary Lucier hangs her wash inside on doors and from light fixtures².

Is this decoration?

No, haha, it is not decoration, it is serious.

Others had figured out /the/ ways around the rules. So essence, you are hiding hanging your laundry.

I am/ discreet³.

And unlikely, activist⁴ is trying to line up support to change the rules on clothes lines, hoping states will force associations to allow their residents the right to dry. Laundry has totally taken all over my life. 33-year-old bachelor lawyer, Alexander Lee/s/ is trying to empower those who want to hand and believe it or not, 3 states have enacted⁵ right to dry laws, 7 others are considering it.

I mean these are several power plants that we can shut down if everybody would make a switch. That’s if he can convince Americans there is art in hanging out laundry, a beautiful way to help save the planet. David Curley, ABC news, right, New Hampshire

参考中文翻译：

有的人说用晾衣绳晒衣服的传统应该保存，另外一些人却说这非常刺眼。

New Hampshire的一些居民想为当地的环保出一份力。但是他们为绿化所做的努力被这个街区上的邻居弄得复杂了。ABC记者David Curley报道。

想起这些天，“当你洗完衣服晾晒的时候，是多么美丽的风景啊！”

挂出去晾着！晾衣绳正在卷土重来。

晾衣服的味道闻上去很好，比用烘干机哄出来的味道好多了。这是绿色的回归。Steven M. White 希望不要再有炭黑脚印，而是把我们的短袜晾出去。

“其实洗完衣服之后晾出去是很简单的事情。”美国家庭每年要花费至少100美元来烘干衣服。烘干机的用电量占家庭用电的6%。既省钱，又环保，何乐而不为呢？

“我不想看到其他任何东西。我希望我能看到大自然。而被褥不是大自然。”Richard Jacques业主联合会和千千万万类似的协会都禁止用晾衣绳晾衣服，因为到处晾晒的衣服影响美观，对财产价值造成威胁。

我明确表态，禁止户外晾衣服。

所以在整条街上，都像Mary Lucier 一样，把衣服晾在室内一些小店装置上面。

是做装饰之用吗？

不，不是装饰，这是很严肃的事情。

其他人想出来应对这个规定的办法。本质上来说，你是在藏起来晾衣服。

我非常谨慎的。

一下积极分子正在徒劳的试图改变关于晾衣绳的规定，希望政府给业主联合会施压，给予居民晾衣服的权利。晾衣服贯穿了我的整个生命过程。33岁的单身汉律师Alexander Lees正为了居民的这一权利而努力。信不信由你，已经有3个州颁布了关于晾衣服方面的法律，其余7个州正在考虑。

如果他能说服所有美国人，晾衣服是一项艺术，是拯救地球的美丽的途径。我的意思是，如果我们每个人都做一点点改变的话，我们就可以关闭几个发电厂。

1 conserve   

vt.保存，保护，节约，节省，守恒，不灭

参考例句：

• He writes on both sides of the sheet to conserve paper.他在纸张的两面都写字以节省用纸。
• Conserve your energy,you'll need it!保存你的精力，你会用得着的！

2 fixtures   

（房屋等的）固定装置( fixture的名词复数 )； 如（浴盆、抽水马桶）； 固定在某位置的人或物； （定期定点举行的）体育活动

参考例句：

• The insurance policy covers the building and any fixtures contained therein. 保险单为这座大楼及其中所有的设施保了险。
• The fixtures had already been sold and the sum divided. 固定设备已经卖了，钱也分了。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

3 discreet   

adj.(言行)谨慎的；慎重的；有判断力的

参考例句：

• He is very discreet in giving his opinions.发表意见他十分慎重。
• It wasn't discreet of you to ring me up at the office.你打电话到我办公室真是太鲁莽了。

4 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

5 enacted   

制定（法律），通过（法案）( enact的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• legislation enacted by parliament 由议会通过的法律
• Outside in the little lobby another scene was begin enacted. 外面的小休息室里又是另一番景象。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹