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高一英语辅导:The History of Earth Day
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  In 1963, former Senator Gaylord Nelson began to worry about our planet. (A senator is a person that the people of the United States have chosen to help make the laws.) Senator Nelson knew that our world was getting dirty and that many of our plants and animals were dying. He wondered why more people weren't trying to solve these problems. He talked to other lawmakers and to the President. They decided that the President would go around the country and tell people about these worries. He did, but still not enough people were working on the problem.

  Then, in 1969, Senator Nelson had another idea. He decided to have a special day to teach everyone about the things that needed changing in our environment. He wrote letters to all of the colleges and put a special article in Scholastic Magazine to tell them about the special day he had planned. (Most of the schools got this magazine and he knew that kids would help him.)

  On April 22, 1970, the first Earth Day was held. People all over the country made promises to help the environment. Everyone got involved and since then, Earth Day has spread all over the planet. People all over the world know that there are problems we need to work on and this is our special day to look at the planet and see what needs changing. Isn't it great? One person had an idea and kept working until everyone began working together to solve it. See what happens when people care about our world?

  地球日

  在1963年,前议员Gaylord Nelson开始为地球而忧虑。(议员就是美国人民选出的立法人。) Nelson 知道世界正变得越来越脏,许多动物和植物都死掉了。他想了解为什么很多人不愿解决这些问题。他与其他立法人以及总统讨论,他们决定由总统到四处访问并宣传这些忧虑。但这件事的效果并不明显。

  后来,在1969年,Nelson 又想到了一个主意。他决定专门用一天来宣传告诉人们我们的环境中哪些东西需要改变。于是,他给所有的大学写信并在Scholastic杂志上发表专文以说明他的计划。(他知道大多数学校订阅这份杂志,那里的学生会帮助他的。)

  在1970年4月22日,第一届地球日诞生了,全国的人民都宣誓要保护环境。自那以后,人人都来参与,地球日开始传遍世界。全世界的人们都知道有一些问题我们需要解决,在地球日这天我们应放眼全球,看看什么需要改变。伟大吧?一个人有了想法就付之于行动直到人人共同努力去解决。当人们都来关心我们的地球时,它会变成什么样呢?

  (文/孙淑敏; 英语辅导报冀教高一版 04~05学年度第17期;版权归英语辅导报社所有,独家网络合作伙伴新浪教育,未经许可,不得以任何形式进行转载。)




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