Activity 3 Listen and read.

听录音并阅读。

Lingling:After our lesson on the environment, I'm worried about the future. Pollution is'our great enemy,and we have to fight it. If the rivers are polluted, farmers can't use the water for their crops.

玲玲：上了我们关于环境的课后，我担心将来。污染是我们强大的敌人，我们必须与之作斗争。如果河流被污染了，农民就不能用河水灌溉庄稼。

Tony: And in some places, pollution from factories spreads over cities and villages. It makes peolole ill, and may even kill them. Pollution is a danger to our health.

托尼：而且在一些地方，来自工厂的污染传遍城市和乡村。它使得人们生病，甚至可能杀死他们。污染危及我们的健康。

Betty： And there are so many cars on the roads. They use so much oil and cause pollution as well.

贝蒂：路上有那么多小汽车。它们用那么多油，也造成污染。

Daming: But we're only students. We can't do anything about factories and cars.

大明：但我们只是学生。对工厂和小汽车我们什么也不能做。

Betty:It's no use talking about things we can't do. We've'got to think of things we can do!

贝蒂：讨论我们不能做的事情是没有用的。我们必须考虑我们能做的事情！

Daming:Such as...?

大明：比如说……？

Lingling:Do you think we can make our school a green school?

玲玲：你认为我们能使我们学校成为一所绿色学校吗？

Daming:What's a green school?

大明：什么是绿色学校？

Lingling:At a green school,every class collects waste which can be recycled or used again. Then the school sells the waste and uses the money to help students in poor areas.

玲玲：在绿色学校里，每个班收集能回收利用或再次使用的废品。然后学校卖掉这些废品，用这些钱去帮助贫困地区的学生。

Daming:Nice idea !

大明：好主意！

Betty:Students at a green school also learn ways to save energy and recycle at home. That means less waste.

贝蒂：绿色学校的学生还学习在家节约能源和回收利用的方法。那意味着更少的浪费。

Tony:That's a good idea. Though pollution is heavy now, I don't think it's hopeless. If everyone starts to do something,the world will be saved.

托尼：这是个好主意。虽然现在污染很严重，但我认为那也不是没有希望的。如果大家都开始做点什么，世界将会被拯救。