Not too long ago, our teacher, being a “tree-hugger” (as the kids call her), had us write an essay on an environmental issue . I was eager to start, but something made me stop.
“What is an environmental issue ?” one kid asked . “What if we don’t care about the environment ?” another complained. “ It’s not like it affects me .”
These comments astounded me .I have always cared about the environment and assumed that others did too. From the surprised look on my teacher’s face, I could tell she felt the same way.
In no time, I finished my essay . In my essay I wrote about logging(伐木), which is an important industry, but if we continue to cut down trees without replacing them, it will damage the environment.
There are so many things that we can do to save our world. Recycling, of course, is always a good thing, but not everyone has a recycling plant nearby ( I don’t ) . There are other ways to help the environment . Plant a tree. Don’t waste water.
I can’t stand it when a person’s excuse for not caring is “Nothing’s going to happen in my lifetime, so why should I care ?” Sure, the chances of something terrible happening are slim, but I want people to realize that if we don’t deal with it, someone will have to eventually. Do you want that to be your children ?
When my teacher told me to read my essay to my class, I was a little embarrassment because I didn’t want everyone to call me “tree- hugger”. I realize now that if being a tree-hugger means you cares about the environment, I’m a tree-hugger 100 percent. I just wish more people were too.
小题1:Why do the students call her teacher “tree-hugger” ?
A．She likes hugging trees.
B．She knows a lot about trees.
C．She grew up in the country.
D．She cares a lot about the environment.小题2:The underlined word in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by ____.
A．helped
B．changed
C．shocked
D．interested小题3:Paragraph 5 is mainly about ____.
A．what we can recycle
B．how we can save the earth
C．why we should protect the earth
D．what damage we are doing to the earth小题4:We can infer from the text that _____
A．the students don’t like the teacher
B．the teacher liked the author’s essay
C．the author is ashamed of being a tree-hugger
D．the author should have written a better essay
