National Tree-Planting Day

March 12th is China’s annual National Tree-Planting Day. On this day, millions of Chinese, from all     1     (walk) of life, will put their work at hand aside for a moment, take shovels and buckets as well as saplings, and go out     2     (green) up their hometowns.

First     3     (create) by the US agriculturist Sterling Morton in 1872, Tree-Planting Day was

set in order to inspire people’s passions     4     planting and protecting trees, and to protect and improve the natural environment on     5     people depend for their living.

China’s Tree-Planting Day could date back to a     6     (propose) made by Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), a great China revolution leader, to Beiyang Government (1915-1927) in 1915 and then a regulation was publicized that Tomb-Sweeping Festival (April 5th)     7     (adopt) as Tree-Planting Day. However, April 5th was a late time for tree-planting in Southern China and so it was     8     (formal) changed to March 12th by the Nanjing National Government(1927-1949) in order to memorize Sun Yat-sen, who passed away on March 12th.

In February 1979, the 5th National People’s Congress of People’s Republic of China made     9     resolution that March 12th would be taken as Chinese Tree-Planting Day,     10     (require) the whole country to carry out tree-planting activities on this day and support the construction of forestry.

Environment-friendly ideas have been created to supply people with helpful     1     (tip) on how they can help the environment     2     well as save money. I honestly believe that everyone wants to help the environment, even if they do or do not believe in     3    （globe）warming.

With power bills, water bills and all other expenses     4     (continue) to rise, it’s very hard for the average worker. No matter what your financial position is, there is always something everyone can do     5     (help) save our environment. We are not the only ones that live on this     6     (amaze) planet. We also share it     7     a wide range of strange and wonderful animals. It would be a great tragedy if they     8     (be) not around for our future generations to enjoy. Every little bit helps, so please do all     9     you can to protect our environment and the environment of these surprising animals.

I hope these environment-friendly ideas can help everyone to do     10     (they) bit for the environment and to make this world a better place.

Traditionally, livestreamers sell delicious snacks or local goodies. But     1     recent livestream event in Tibet autonomous region did something different. Waste plastic bottles,     2     are regarded as a great damage to the local environment, were sold for 0.5 yuan each, with the purpose of raising peopled     3     (aware) of Tibet’s pollution issue.

According to the Sohu website, in 2019, about 40 million tourists visited Tibet, which in consequence left about 360 million plastic bottles     4     (throw) in branches, on cliffs and in rivers. Not only does the white pollution cause serious threat to the delicate ecosystem     5     the death of local animals.

Over the past few years, more than 5,000 volunteers of different ages and from all walks of life     6     (participate) in the anti-white pollution campaign. They carry out over 2,000 clean-ups to collect 200,000 bottles left by tourists each year. Then the bottles are sorted by color and shipped inland     7     (make) raw materials. Roughly, each bottle costs about 0.5 yuan.

The livestream has successfully involved more people     8     the anti-white pollution campaign. People can scan QR code and donate money to encourage more people to collect bottles. It’s really a meaningful event and helps to make     9     possible for us human beings to coexist with nature     10     (harmonious).