1. What is the article mainly about?
(A)Art is everywhere in our lives and everyone can be a unique artist in some way.
(B)People with lower social status can make a fortune and earn respect through education.
(C)Seemingly untidy, worthless things can turn into something valuable and positive.
(D)Helping others is more gratifying and meaningful than personal achievements.

Beginning in 2007, artist Vik Muniz worked on a two-year project at one of the largest landfills in the world.
從2007年開始，藝術家維克·穆尼斯（Vik Muniz）在世界上最大的垃圾掩埋場之一，進行了一項為期兩年的計畫。

The landfill, called Jardim Gramacho, receives about 70 percent of the garbage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
這座名為格拉馬舒花園（Jardim Gramacho）的垃圾掩埋場，接收了巴西里約熱內盧約70%的垃圾。

About 3,000 garbage pickers, known as catadores, work at the landfill.
大約有3,000名被稱為「catadores」的拾荒者在這座掩埋場工作。

Their job is to hunt through the garbage for recyclable cans, bottles, and other materials.
他們的工作是在垃圾堆中翻找可回收的罐子、瓶子和其他材料。

They then make money by selling the objects to recycling companies.
接著，他們透過將這些物品賣給回收公司來賺錢。

The catadores' work is dirty and dangerous, and most of them only receive between $20 and $25 a day.
這些拾荒者的工作既骯髒又危險，而且他們大多數人一天只能賺取20到25美元。

However, many catadores are proud of their work despite the hard conditions.
然而，儘管環境艱苦，許多拾荒者仍對自己的工作感到自豪。

Valter dos Santos, a worker at Jardim Gramacho for more than 25 years, told Muniz: "I am proud to be a picker.
在格拉馬舒花園工作了超過25年的工人瓦爾特·多斯·桑托斯（Valter dos Santos）告訴穆尼斯：「我為身為一名拾荒者感到驕傲。

I try to explain to people that recycling prevents great harm to nature and the environment.
我試著向人們解釋，回收可以避免對大自然和環境造成巨大的傷害。

People sometimes say, 'But one single soda can?'
人們有時會說：『不過就一個汽水罐而已嗎？』

One single can is of great importance! That single can will make the difference."
單單一個罐子就非常重要！就是那一個罐子能帶來改變。」

Muniz became friends with dos Santos and other catadores.
穆尼斯與多斯·桑托斯以及其他拾荒者成為了朋友。

They allowed him to take their photographs at the landfill.
他們允許穆尼斯在垃圾掩埋場為他們拍照。

The workers then helped Muniz create huge images of these photos on the floor of Muniz's studio.
隨後，這些工人協助穆尼斯在他工作室的地板上，創作出這些照片的巨幅圖像。

They used materials from the landfill to add color and depth to the images.
他們利用來自垃圾掩埋場的材料，為這些圖像增添色彩與立體感（深度）。

As Muniz explained, "I wanted to be able to … change the lives of people with the same materials they deal with every day."
正如穆尼斯所解釋的：「我希望能夠……用他們每天接觸的相同材料，來改變這些人的生活。」

His images did change the catadores' lives in many ways.
他的圖像確實從許多方面改變了拾荒者們的生活。

One of the pictures sold for £28,000 ($50,000) at a London art auction.
其中一幅作品在倫敦的一場藝術拍賣會上，以28,000英鎊（50,000美元）的價格售出。

Muniz gave the money to the catadores' workers organization.
穆尼斯將這筆錢捐給了拾荒者的工會組織。

And because other people saw the pictures as works of art, the catadores began to see themselves differently.
而且因為其他人將這些照片視為藝術品，拾荒者們也開始以不同的眼光看待自己。

"Sometimes we see ourselves as so small," says Irma, a worker at Gramacho, "but people out there see us as so big, so beautiful."
在格拉馬舒工作的工人伊爾瑪（Irma）說：「有時候我們覺得自己如此渺小，但外面的人卻看到我們如此偉大、如此美麗。」