我们正在努力拯救地球！
Unit13 We’re trying to save the earth !
Section A 2d
Interviewer: Jason and Susan, what do you think about solving these problems?
采访者：贾森和苏珊，对于解决这些问题，你们有什么想法？
Jason: in order to reduce air pollution, we should take the bus or subway, rather than drive.
贾森：为了减少空气污染，我们应该乘坐公共汽车或者地铁，而不是开车。
Susan: Yes, or riding a bicycle. There are other advantages of riding a bicycle. It is good for health and no money.
苏珊：是的，或者骑自行车。骑自行车还有别的好处，它对健康有益而且不用花钱。
Interviewer: good idea! So, garbage pollution?
采访者：好主意！那么，垃圾污染呢？
Susan: Well, I think some little things will help reduce the pollution, such as bringing a bag to go shopping. I did it last year.
苏珊：嗯，我认为一些生活小事有助于减少垃圾污染，比如自带袋子去购物。我去年就这样做了。
Jason: me too. And I buy takeaway food, never take the disposable chopsticks and plastic forks. I use home tableware.
贾森：我也是。还有，我买外卖食品的时候，从来不拿一次性木筷或者塑料叉子。我用家里的餐具。
Susan: but also put the garbage into the trash can, keep the public places clean and beautiful, (this is) for everyone.
苏珊：还要把垃圾扔进垃圾桶，保持公共场所的整洁和美丽，（这是）为了每个人。
Interviewer: so, we act together, you can affect others, to create a better future.
采访者：所以，我们一起行动，就能影响他人，创造一个更美好的未来。
Section A ,3a
Shark Rescue
拯救鲨鱼
Many people have heard of shark fin soup. This expensive and famous dish is especially popular in the south of China. But when you have a piece of shark's fin soup, do you realize that you have killed a shark?
很多人都听说过鱼翅羹。这道昂贵又著名的菜在中国南方特别流行。但是每次当你喝鱼翅羹的时候，你是否意识到你杀了一整只鲨鱼？
When people catch the shark, they cut off the shark's fins, then the them Renghui the sea, without a shark's fin can no longer swim in water, will die a slow death. This approach not only cruel, and harmful to the environment. A shark in the top of the food chain in the marine ecosystem, if their number decreased too much, will to all marine biological harm. A lot of people think sharks never on the verge of extinction, because they are the strongest food chain. But in fact each year 7 million sharks are killed and trading. In the past 20 years to 30 years, some species of shark populations fell more than 90%.
当人们捕捉到鲨鱼的时候，他们切掉鲨鱼的鱼鳍，然后把它们扔回大海。失去鱼鳍的鲨鱼再也不能再水里游，会慢慢死去。这种做法不仅残忍，而且对环境有害。鲨鱼处于海洋生态系统食物链的顶端，如果他们的数量下降得太多，将会给所有的海洋生物带来危害。很多人认为鲨鱼永远不会濒临灭绝，因为他们是食物链的最强者。但事实上，每年有七百万的鲨鱼被捕杀和交易。在过去的20年到30年，某些品种的鲨鱼数量下降了超过90%。
Environmental organizations around the world, such as wildlife rescue association and the World Wide Fund for nature, to the public preaching "finning (cruel) behavior. They have even called for legislation to stop shark fin sales. So far, there is no any scientific study showed that shark's fin are good for your health, then why do you want to eat them? Help save the sharks!
世界各地的环保组织，如野生救援协会和世界自然基金会，都在向公众宣讲“猎翅的（残忍）行为。他们甚至已经呼吁政府立法停止鱼翅的销售。到目前为止，没有任何科学研究表明，鱼翅对健康有好处，那么为什么要吃他们呢？帮助拯救鲨鱼吧！