About 70 women “married” some trees in a ceremony against the building plans for 166 apartments, 【小题1】 could see the trees’ removal in Bristol, UK.

The “brides” participating wore wedding dresses from different cultures and symbolically (象征性地) married 74 trees in a ceremony 【小题2】 (hold) by a celebrant. Event organizers said their 【小题3】 (inspire) came from the Chipko women in India in the 1970s, who threw their arms around trees in the Himalayas to protect forests from 【小题4】 (destroy) by logging. 

“Wedding ceremony” initiator Siobhan Kierans expressed the hope 【小题5】 the “marriage” ceremony showed trees are human’s partners for life.

A “bride”, Suzan Hackett said: “Marrying a tree is an absolute privilege, not just an emotional gesture, 【小题6】 highly significant and symbolic. Trees are pure examples of unconditional love, and it fits in so 【小题7】 (beautiful) with the whole idea of marriage. Marriage is for life; breathing is for life.”

The application, which remains 【小题8】 (approve), acknowledges that some of the trees need removing for the 166 apartments. Owners of the Baltic Wharf Caravan Site, where the 74 trees 【小题9】 (locate), have been informed by the city council to leave.

Prof John Tarlton said: “We cannot afford to lose these 74 trees. It is an enormous number of mature trees and in a part of Bristol that needs them most. So we must do something 【小题10】 advance.”

Eco­warrior Emily Addison is encouraging people to go green this summer with the initiation of a citywide campaign that features eight 【小题1】(week) of picking up simple green habits and winning exciting prizes.

Change doesn’t happen overnight — and Emily Addison knows that 【小题2】(complete). Her journey from starting a business 【小题3】sustainability was a slow evolution (演变), which finally took firm hold when she 【小题4】(become) a new mother. Emily since then has been a leading voice in living green and championing sustainability. She established a sustainability organization that aims 【小题5】(make) going green easy for the inexperienced, and a community 【小题6】 will be there for you no matter whether you’re taking baby steps or huge leaps into sustainability.

Emily first broke the news of the sustainability organization back in December, but this month is really the initiation of the organization’s 【小题7】(big) campaign to date. The campaign is 【小题8】(it) first­ever citywide challenge with the purpose of 【小题9】(encourage) all of us to take purposeful steps towards a greener future.

The campaign starts this week with the simple challenge — go for 【小题10】walk. Each weekly challenge will be revealed on the organization’s website, along with an article that explains the benefits of taking that first green step.

China on October 12 【小题1】 (official) announced the first group of national parks. Home to nearly 30 percent of the key wildlife species found in China, they cover 【小题2】 protected land area of 230,000 square kilometers.

The 【小题3】 (establish) of the first group of national parks is a practical move by China 【小题4】 (strengthen) its effort to promote natural ecological protection.

The Three-River-Source National Park 【小题5】 (locate) on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau — known as the world’s “third pole”. The Giant Panda National Park protects the major habitats of 70 percent of the country’s wild giant pandas. The Hainan Rainforest National Park is home to China’s largest rainforest and the Hainan gibbon. The Wuyi Mountain National Park experimental area is the only park in China 【小题6】 is listed as a UNESCO cultural and 【小题7】 (nature) heritage site. It emphasizes sustainable development between 【小题8】 (human) and nature, 【小题9】 (reflect) China’s environmental protection principle.

Commercial activities are banned in the national parks and are all put 【小题10】 the control of the national rules for ecological protection.