攒zhòngyīngguànyònglìgōu:
  • zài yī gè céng yòng lái shèng fān qié jiàng de dà guàn zǐ lǐ， jī cuán zài nà 'ér de yòng guò de yá gāo pí zhèng zài màn màn biàn duō。
    In a brown cardboard box that one time held catsup bottles, our little pile of used toothpaste tubes began to grow.
  • zài jiē xià lái de jǐ xīng qī lǐ， mài kè hé wǒ páo biàn liǎo lín jìn gè jiā， qiāo kāi tā men de mén wèn tā men shì fǒu yuàn yì bǎ yòng guò de yá gāo pí cuán xià lái gěi wǒ men。
    For the next several weeks, Mike and I ran around our neighborhood, knocking on doors and asking our neighbors if they would save their toothpaste tubes for us.
  • mài kè hé wǒ kǔ kǔ 'āi qiú， shuō wǒ men yǐ jīng kuài cuán gòu liǎo， zhǐ děng yī duì lín jū fū fù yòng wán tā men de yá gāo hòu， wǒ men jiù kě yǐ mǎ shàng kāi shǐ shēng chǎn liǎo。
    Mike and I pleaded and begged, explaining that we would soon have enough and then we would begin production. We informed her that we were waiting on a couple of neighbors to finish using up their toothpaste so we could have their tubes.
  • nǐ bù jué dé zài dōng jīng néng cuán gèng duō de qián má？
    Don't you think you can save more money in Tokyo?