【推荐2】In hot summer, many people like wearing flip-flops (人字拖), especially people in Kenya and other warm countries on the east coast of Africa. Each year, lots of plastic flip-flops _______ into the Indian Ocean (印度洋) as rubbish. These _______ cause a lot of plastic pollution. The environment there is getting _______ than before.

Plastic pollution is _______ to animals. A survey shows that one fifth of seabirds _______ eating plastic each year. Luckily, a company in Kenya has found a way _______ plastic pollution. Several years ago, a scientist called Julie Church noticed some children _______ toy boats out of the old flip-flops. That gave her _______. In 2017, she_______ a company called Ocean Sole. It recycles old flip-flops and then turns ________ into colourful works of art. Now those works of art ________ well all over the world.

“I’m so happy that the plastic shoes ________ wisely. If everyone makes a change, rich resources in Indian Ocean ________ . What we are doing is good for the ________, and it also provides new jobs ________   local people,” says Julie Church.