So you can imagine the reaction when a recent USA Today investigation of air quality around the nation's schools singled out those in the smugly green village of Berkeley, Calif.

最近《今日美国》对全国学校附近的空气质量进行调查，挑出了那些在加州伯克利绿色小镇沾沾自喜的学校，人们的反应可想而知。

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Children were playing on the village green.

孩子们在村中心的草地上玩耍。

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One perfect Amazonian evening, with monkeys calling from beyond the village green, we played soccer.

在一个完美的亚马逊夜晚，村外绿地上传来猴子的叫声，我们踢起了足球。

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Hanwell swooned round the bends and rolled into town, stopping at the village green, which was all the village there was.

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Perched above the village green, this inn in Elterwater makes a fine place for a post-hike pint.

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Council chairwoman Sarah Dawson said parking on the village green was "against the law".

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