Some of you may play Ant Forest, 【小题1】 game on Alipay. Users collect “energy” to make their “trees” grow. When the “energy” 【小题2】(reach) a certain level, some 【小题3】(organize) and companies will plant a real tree in a desert area of China. And now it seems that the nation’s efforts to make a greener world have paid 【小题4】.

According to a study 【小题5】(publish) in the journal Nature Sustainability, China and India are 【小题6】(main) responsible for making the Earth greener over the past two decades. The study has found that since 2000 the Earth’s green leaf area has increased by 5 percent, or over 5 million square kilometers, 【小题7】 is an area equal to the total area of the Amazon rainforest. China and India account for one 【小题8】(three) of the increased greening, but contain only 9 percent of the planet’s land area covered in vegetation(植被). China was the major contributor, adding 25 percent to this increase, while India added 6.8 percent. There is no 【小题9】(deny) that China is one of the most successful countries in 【小题10】(green) the desert.

Every Wednesday at 7 pm, a group of running enthusiasts from different countries gather at a bar in Shanghai before setting 【小题1】 on their 5-kilometer run. But this is no ordinary run. These people 【小题2】 (arm) with trash (垃圾) bags. The members of this group don’t simply run for the sake of good health. They do it for the sake of the Earth 【小题3】well.

Called “plogging”, this new fitness activity originated in Sweden in 2016 and was introduced to Shanghai in 2018. The term is a combination of the words “jogging” and “plocka upp”, 【小题4】 means “pick up” in Swedish.

By the summer of 2018, just a few months after Trash Running China was founded, 【小题5】 (it) WeChat group had grown to include more than 400 runners. To make the activity more fun for both 【小题6】 (newcomer) and regular ploggers, Trash Running China also 【小题7】 (frequent) organizes longer weekend runs in the suburban areas. “We want more people to hold small ‘plogging’ groups and have a 【小题8】 (responsible) to organize trash running activities in their own neighborhoods,” says Eisenring, who founded Trash Running China. “ ‘Plogging’ is a way 【小题9】 (know) the people and the city a bit more,” says Robbin Trebbe, one of the 【小题10】 (late) runners to join the group.

The protection of the Yellow River is one of the top concerns for Chinese leadership. In the past two decades, the Chinese government 【小题1】 (strengthen) the protection of wetlands along the Yellow River, 【小题2】 (make) various wild birds gather in this area. The rising number of wild birds has brought a benefit for birdwatchers, who are very thankful for 【小题3】 the government has done for the people. Further efforts will be made to bring more beautiful environment to the Yellow River.