【小题1】.

There are forests and rivers, mountains and fields. 【小题2】.

There are many different plants. Some are large. Some are small. 【小题3】. There are different animals on Earth too. Some live on the land. Some fly in the sky. Some live under the water.

There are also many people like you and me on Earth. The Earth provides us with air, water and food. It is our home.

Today, there is a lot of pollution. 【小题4】. This pollutes the air. We put our rubbish into the sea and under the ground. This pollutes the Earth and kills animals and plants.

We must stop doing these things. 【小题5】.

It’s the first time I write to you, my children. I used to send you many messages. But you always overlooked them. So I decide to write you a letter.

First, let me tell you more about our family. Dear humans, besides you, I have many other children. Some of them fly in the sky; some of them swim in water; some of them live in ice-covered places; some of them run in the grasslands. Some of them are as small as your fingernails, such as bugs; some of them are as big as cars, such as elephants.

They might be very close to you, or even live in your house. But there are others that you may never have the chance to meet.

You bring them home to be your pets, friends, and helpers. You put them in zoos. You kill them for their meat and fur. And you even hunt them for fun. They bring you money and happiness. But they also bring you disease and death.

I hope you can remember that wild animals are not your food, clothes or furniture. They are not killers, either. They are, in fact, your brothers and sisters. You are equal (平等的). You should grow up together.

Humans, you are smart and hard-working. You created colorful cultures and advanced technologies. You can decide where you go, as well as where I go.

But you don’t respect me. You change my climate, my lands, my forests, my rivers... You ask so much of me, more than what I can give you. I’m worried that one day you will be lonely.

So, grow up, humans. Grow up to be more responsible(有责任的): I hope you and all the wildlife can live happily in my arms.

Yours,

Mother Earth

Japan started putting nuclear-contaminated water (核污染水) into the ocean on August 24. History will never forget this day.

A tsunami (海啸) hit the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (福岛第一核电站) in Japan in 2011. It broke the nuclear reactors (核反应堆), so the reactors became very hot. 【小题1】 The water touches the reactors, so it has a lot of radioactive materials (放射性物质).

Nuclear wastewater (核废水) is different. It’s the waste from a normal power plant. The rules on whether or not the wastewater can be put into the ocean are clear. So processed nuclear wastewater is often seen as safe. But nuclear-contaminated water is not.

【小题2】 The country says that the contaminated water goes through a special purifying process (过滤程序), and that it doesn’t hurt people’s health.

【小题3】 Many of them are still unprocessed. “The materials will in the end hurt people’s health,” Wang You, a Chinese ocean scientist, told CCTV News. China started to stop buying seafood from Japan on August 24. Restaurants must not buy or use such seafood. As of August 28, both Russia and Thailand said that they were testing the seafood from Japan. 【小题4】

There are some of the strongest ocean currents (洋流) near Fukushima. After the discharge, the radioactive materials will go to: