2 . Many poor children in Africa struggle on tuition for an education. However, a new school has been asking their pupils to pay for classes with _________.

Every week, students _________ the Akshar School are required to line up and “pay” for their classes using grocery bags _________ at least 25 pieces of plastic waste they _________ from around their homes and communities.

Parmita and Mazin, the couple _________ for the new school, were _________ to launch the campaign after witnessing their students being forced to _________ the acrid smell of burning plastic. That’s _________ before the school was opened in 2016, local families and communities _________ burned plastic waste as a means of keeping warm and fueling fires.

Now, the plastic is being collected and recycled at the school’s own recycling center. The school __________ the trash into Ecobricks by compressing (压缩) about 40 pieces of garbage into a(n) __________ plastic bottle.

Furthermore, the school’s older students can work part-time at the center as an additional source of __________.

Now the school owns over 100 students __________ the ages of 4 and 15. Since the school’s __________ curriculum has attracted more and more __________ to enroll, the couple plan on opening another 100 schools over the next five years.

4 . These days, kids seem to spend most of their time on the smart phones or the video games. It’s _________ to be a bit pessimistic (悲观的) about their future. But if you look closely, there are some young minds that are trying to solve_________ world problems.

Jackson _________ away “Blessing Bags” for the homeless in Chicago: snacks, socks and other things. Jackson started his _________ at 9 years old.

In Bali, Melati and Isabel began a campaign to _________ the beaches and keep their country far from plastic pollution in 2008. Bali is now plastic-free. But they don’t _________. They are focusing on the rest of Indonesia.

Ryan was 7 years old when he _________ Ryan’s Recycling. He collected over 200, 000 bottles and cans a year from 50 customers.

In Sierra, Kelvin started bringing _________ and a community radio station to villages by making batteries (电池). He was 13 years old. Most importantly, Kelvin _________ other children that they could make a __________.

So far, teenager Slat has __________ over $ 13 million for his project Ocean Cleanup that uses the ocean’s waves to collect plastic __________.

At age 15, Ann __________ a flashlight that uses body heat for power to keep batteries __________ landfills (填埋).

Kids around the world are raising much money for cancer research and environmental problems __________ by running juice shops, sewing dresses and selling flowers.

5 . The first time ever I realized that plastic was a serious matter for our planet was during a road trip in Western Australia, almost 12 years ago.

We ________ at a supermarket along the Coral Bay coast to buy some groceries and the lady at the counter told us they didn’t sell any shopping bags in order to prevent plastic in the ________ and to help preserving the endangered turtles living in that area. After a first reaction of surprise, we ________ all our shopping in our arms and left.

This was just one of the many experiences I’ve lived that made me more ________ about my impact and pushed me to adopt different habits to live and ________ more sustainably.

Our trip to Borneo was another life-changing ________ that has strengthened my resolution to a zero-waste lifestyle. While traveling in some countries, we came to know that ________ drinking water was always a challenge. So we had to travel with our water bottle, and we ________ to avoid using plastic during our trip.

Besides, we were also ________ impressed by our stay on Libaran Island. A sustainable turtle conservation ________ and the community had made big efforts to ________ the beaches and creatively reuse plastic for ten years. Despite that, the shore is ________ daily with tons of plastic coming from the tides.

Facing this global issue ________, raised in me a feeling of sadness and anger that soon turned into ________: to do as much as possible to reduce plastic in our life. Small changes can ________ a difference!

7 . It was a turtle that changed Victoria Cairns, a headteacher from Derbyshire. She was ________ in Bali underwater when she saw one of the island’s famous ________. It approached towards her in the crystal clear water, and she was ________ at first-until she saw the plastic bag in its mouth. She just thought the human was having a destroying ________ on the environment.

She set up anti-litter social media account to ________ awareness of the damage caused by ________ pollution. She regularly picks litter around her neighbourhood. “She’s done amazing work keeping the area clean, tidy and beautiful,” says her friend.

Cairns keeps a litter-picker in her car, and will frequently ________ on the way back from work to clean something up. When running, Cairns carries a ________ litter-picker in her backpack, and picks up rubbish on her cool-down walk.

“Some people don’t ________ things. There’s no value in a plastic bag, so they ________ it away, not into the bin but on the earth somewhere. It means they are doing it when people aren’t ________, as they know it’s unacceptable.”

When she collects plastic bottles and carrier bags, it feels like a small act of care: this bag will not end up ________ a turtle’s mouth. It is a(an)________ small act in the scheme of things, but it’s something.

Cairns makes a ________ to her surroundings. She has been litter-picking in the ________ near her house. “It’s so beautiful. You get a different perspective being on the water.” she says.

8 . Leila Taheri used to go to the Welsh Harp wetland as a schoolgirl. At that time, the 160-hectare nature ______ was home to various birds, also Taheri’s perfect playground. She ______ played baseball there, forgetting to go home.

In August, 2020, 37-year-old Taheri ______ the wetland and the kind of dump-like (垃圾场般的) surroundings ______ Taheri. Because of pollution, birds populations had been ______. To make things worse, the nearby residents paid little attention to the wetland.

A strong ______ to do something controlled her. Taheri decided to begin with a litter pick. She ______ her neighbors to join in. In one month, they ______ 70 bags of rubbish. Then, Taheri expanded the work into more general environmental activism. ______ monthly litter picks, they also worked with some bird protection organizations. Currently, they are trying to ______ a planned bridge across the wetland, for it will destroy birds’ habitat despite the advantage of ______ the locals a few minutes’ walk.

Taheri’s efforts ______. More and more locals are now more environmentally ______, more involved, and have come to see the value of her work. She makes a real ______ not only to the Welsh Harp, and but for the wider community. Just as Taheri says,“Don’t stand______, do something about it.”

10 . Most people suffer from what is known as “just-me-ism”. What is that? Well, say you leave the tap ______ while you brush your teeth, or you drop a piece of litter and can’t be bothered to pick it up. You know that all those things are ______, but so what? “What ______ can it possibly make?” you say to yourself. “And anyway, no one will ______.” You are not ______. But this kind of thought would be very ______.

To ______ young people to take action for the environment, Roots&Shoots (根与芽) was established in the early 1990s by Dr. Jane Goodall. The organisation is called Roots&Shoots because roots move slowly under the ground to make a ______ foundation, and shoots seem small and ______, but they can ______ brick walls to reach the light. The roots and shoots are you, your friends and young people all around the world. Dr. Jane Goodall believes that every individual ______.

You get to choose: Do you want to use your life to make the world a ______ place for people, animals and the environment? Do you want to make Roots&Shoots ______ in everyone’s heart? Do you want to be a part of a community for a shared ______? You cannot be ______.