文明只差一步

一天下午，小明和小红两人，正高高兴兴地走在放学的路上。

One afternoon, Xiao Ming and Xiao Hong were walking happily on their way to school.

走着走着，两个小玩伴儿突然发现前方不远处，有一大堆黑乎乎的东西。好奇心强的小明摸着脑瓜儿，问道：“那是啥呀？堆在那儿多难看呀！”“走，我们去看看吧！”小红干脆地说。跑过去一看原来是一个垃圾箱，旁边积满了垃圾。小红惊奇地问：“这是怎么回事，垃圾怎么都跑出来了？”“肯定是人们随手一扔，懒得再往前走一步把垃圾扔到垃圾箱。让我们来把它清理干净吧！”小明不假思索的答道。小红盯着那一堆垃圾，说：“好！”他俩说干就干。小红用手把垃圾弄到垃圾箱里，她说：“小明，你怎么不干呀，在一旁发什么呆呀？”小明在一旁想：干这些还不够，我要让人们知道乱扔垃圾是不文明的。小明立刻从书包里拿出纸和毛笔，在纸上写了“只差一步文明”。然后拿来胶水把纸贴在了垃圾箱上。小红看到了，伸出大拇指直夸他聪明。

Walking, the two little playmates suddenly found a lot of black things not far in front of them. The curious Xiao Ming felt his head and asked, "what is that? How ugly the pile is! " "Let's go and have a look!" Xiao Hong said simply. I ran to see that it was a garbage can, and there was a lot of garbage beside it. Xiaohong asked in surprise, "what's the matter? How did all the rubbish come out?" "It must be that people are too lazy to go further and throw the garbage into the dustbin. Let's clean it up! " Xiaoming replied without hesitation. Xiaohong stares at the rubbish and says, "OK!" They can do as they say. Xiaohong takes the garbage into the dustbin with her hands. She says, "Xiaoming, why don't you do it? What are you doing there?" Xiaoming thought to one side: This is not enough. I want to let people know that littering is uncivilized. Xiaoming immediately took out the paper and brush from his schoolbag and wrote on the paper "only one step away from civilization". Then glue the paper to the dustbin. Xiaohong saw it and held out her thumb to boast of his cleverness.

小明说：“嗯这个办法有没有用呢？”小红说：“那我们躲到对面的树丛里，看看效果吧！”小明利索地回答：“OK！”他们躲到了树丛里，目不转睛地盯着垃圾桶。不一会儿，就有一位大叔走了过来。他观察了四周无人，正准备随手一丢，可是看到了小明的标语后，便自觉地把垃圾扔进了垃圾箱。

Xiaoming said, "well, does this method work?" Xiaohong said, "let's hide in the opposite trees and see the effect!" Xiaoming replied quickly, "OK!" They hid in the trees and stared at the garbage can. Soon, an uncle came. He observed that there was no one around him and was about to throw it away. But when he saw Xiaoming's slogan, he consciously threw the garbage into the dustbin.

小红和小明都为环保出了一份力，所以，为了我们美好的家园，拥有更美好的明天，让我们共同来呵护她吧！

Xiaohong and Xiaoming both contribute to environmental protection, so let's take care of her for our beautiful home and better tomorrow!