More than 200,000 members of Beijing’s driving associations (协会) are being asked to leave their cars at home at least one day a month in the hope of improving air quality in the capital. Their aim is to reduce traffic jams and noise, and improve air-quality as well.
“I love driving, but I’m ready to make more blue-sky days in Beijing,” said Lu Chuan, a film director and a former environmental ambassador (大使). Lu plans to ride his bicycle and walk more often in the future to protect the environment.
“Motor vehicle emissions (排放) are the main cause of Beijing’s air pollution,” said Du Shaozhong, from the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau (环保局). According to the city’s environment department research, Beijing’s vehicles give out 3,600 tons of pollution each day.
The “no-car day” activity comes as Beijing tries to achieve 238 “blue-sky days”, or days with good air quality this year, five days more than last year.
The “no-car day” was first introduced by 34 French cities that started the world’s first “no-car day” on September 22, 1998.
【小题1】How often are members of Beijing’s driving associations asked to leave their cars at home?【小题2】Lu Chuan agrees to help make more blue-sky days in Beijing, doesn’t he?
【小题3】What’s Lu’s plan to protect the environment?
【小题4】What are the main cause of Beijing’s air pollution?
【小题5】How many “blue-sky days” did Beijing achieve last year?
【小题6】What do you think the writer of this passage tries to tell us?
Think twice before you make decisions(决定)
The decisions you make may go a long way toward stopping the killing of animals. Consider(考虑) eating a vegetarian(素食的) diet. If you aren’t ready to make this change, there are still things you can do. Do not buy animal products(产品) from companies that have illegal(违法的) practices.
Help speak the word out
Speaking the word out about the problems faced by animals can be as easy as putting up a notice on your car. Also, talk to your friends and family members about important problems of animals. Give some simple advice to a friend with a new pet. Turn to some books on the subject if you are not so clear about the advice.
Write a letter
If a company has practices or rules that are harmful(伤害的) to animals, write them a letter to let them know you are angry about them, and that you won’t buy their products until they make some changes. Write letters to state and local legislators(立法者) to let them know how important it is to protect animals.
Be more loving
If you’re considering adding a dog or a cat to your family, think about getting one from a homeless-animal house. There are many wonderful animals just waiting for a home.
Act as an example to others
It may sound simple, but one of the best ways to help animals is to let your actions speak to the world. You should do the following things first by yourself: Treat all living animals with love. Look after your pets well. Avoid (避免) some places that use animals to perform(表演). Support legislation (立法) that helps animals. Let your actions be an example to others.
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Think carefully before you | ●Don’ t eat animal products. ● It’s not right for some companies to with people. We shouldn’t buy them. |
Help speak the word out | ●Put up an animal-protection notice on your car. ●Talk to your animal problems. ● Get help from books if necessary(必要的). |
Write letters | ● Let those companies that are doing harm to animals know about your anger. ● Let legislators know the legislation that protects animals. |
Be more loving | ● |
Let your example to others | ● Treat all living animals with love. ● ● Do not go to ● Support legislation because it is |
Today, the world has become too crowded. We are using up our natural resources too quickly, and at the same time we are polluting our environment with dangerous chemicals. If we continue doing like this, human life on the earth will not survive.
Everyone realizes today that if too many fish are taken from the sea, there will soon be none left. Yet, with modern fishing methods, more and more fish are caught. We know that if too many trees are cut down, forests will disappear and nothing will grow on the land. Yet, we continue to use bigger and more powerful machines to cut down more and more trees.
We realize that if rivers are polluted with waste products from factories, we will die. However, in most countries waste products are still put into rivers or into the sea, and there are few laws to stop this.
We also know that if the population of the world continues to rise at the present rate, in a few years, there will not be enough food.
What can we do to solve these problems?
If we eat more vegetables and less meat, we will easily get more food. Land that is used to grow crops can feed five times more people than land where animals are kept.
The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth control.
Finally, if we teach people to think about the problems, we shall have a better and cleaner living place in the future.
| The importance of protecting the environment | |
| Problems | More fish are being caught. More trees are being cut down. More waste products are being put into rivers. More |
| Causes | The world has become too crowded. Modern methods make the situation |
| Results | We human beings will not |
| Solutions | Eat more vegetables and less meat so that food will be Use modern methods of birth control so that the population will not grow too fast. Educate(教育) people so that the |
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