For your information, I have better, higher-calling things to do than collect cans off the roadside.

告诉你吧，我可是从事比回收路边罐子更好更高调的事情。

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Many people living in tent cities like Taco Flats, in Fresno, Calif., collect cans and bottles they trade for cash.

很多人们生活在帐篷城市里。比如Taco Flats，生活在加利福尼亚州州的弗雷斯诺市，靠捡一些罐头和瓶子来换取生活费用。

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We should collect soft drink cans.

我们应该收集饮料罐。

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He says,for children in that era, Pewex stores were like unattainable dreams and it was fun to collect Western things like empty beer cans and matchboxes.

VOA: standard.2009.12.16

First a lorry came to collect glass and cans.

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