文明只差一步

是呀，文明在我们的生活里只差一步，如果每个人向文明走一小步，那么整个社会就向文明迈进了一大步。

Yes, civilization is only one step away in our life. If everyone takes a small step towards civilization, then the whole society will take a big step towards civilization.

早上，天气晴朗，万里无云，微风吹拂着大地，小鸟在枝头上高声歌唱，花儿在草丛里跳舞，多么美丽的风景，多么美好的一天呀！刘海和王刚正高高兴兴地走在上学的路上。

In the morning, the weather is clear and cloudless, the breeze is blowing the earth, the birds are singing loudly on the branches, the flowers are dancing in the grass, what a beautiful scenery, what a beautiful day! Liu Hai and Wang Gang are happily on their way to school.

当刘海和王刚看见路边的垃圾筒时，两人的心情顿时沉了下来，因为他们同时看见了一堆只离垃圾筒一步远的垃圾。刘海立刻皱起眉头对王刚说：“这些人真不讲文明，我们来把这些垃圾丢进去吧！”说着，便立刻去捡那些垃圾。

When Liu Hai and Wang Gang saw the garbage can on the side of the road, their mood suddenly sank down, because they saw a pile of garbage one step away from the garbage can at the same time. Liu Hai frowned at once and said to Wang Gang, "these people are really uncivilized. Let's throw these rubbish in!" Say, immediately go to pick up those rubbish.

清理完垃圾，王刚想：这里的垃圾虽然被捡干净了，但是其他人还会乱丢的，我要设法让人们不再乱丢垃圾了。聪明的王刚眼珠一转，便有了一个好主意。

After cleaning up the garbage, Wang Gang thought: Although the garbage here has been picked up, others will litter it. I will try to make people stop littering. As soon as the smart Wang Gang's eyes turned, he had a good idea.

他从书包里取出了笔和纸，并在纸上写下几个大字：文明只差一步。王刚把字条给刘海看，刘海立刻拍手叫好，于是他们俩齐心协力地把纸条贴在了垃圾筒上，他们俩开心地笑了。

He took pen and paper out of his schoolbag and wrote down a few big words on it: civilization is only a step away. Wang Gang showed the note to Liu Hai, and Liu Hai clapped at once. Then they put the note on the garbage can together, and they both laughed happily.

是呀，文明在我们的生活里只差一步，如果每个人向文明走一小步，那么整个社会就向文明迈进了一大步。我们要从身边做起，从身边的小事做起，社会将变得多美好呀！

Yes, civilization is only one step away in our life. If everyone takes a small step towards civilization, then the whole society will take a big step towards civilization. We should start from the side, from the small things around us, how beautiful the society will become!