We have only one earth. It is the only environment for humans, animals and plants to live or grow in. However, we are polluting our earth every day. Good news is that the whole world has realized the serious problems and has taken action to fight against it.

World No Tobacco Day (May 31)

The first World No Tobacco Day is April 7, 1988. Since 1989, it was changed to be May 31st every year. The purpose of the World No Tobacco Day is to encourage people not to smoke.

World Water Day (March 22, 1993)

United Nations named 22 March as the first World Water Day in 1993. It’s a day to celebrate water. It’s a day to prepare for how we manage water in the future. It is celebrated around the world every year.

Earth Hour (2007)

Earth Hour started for the first time on March 31, 2007 in Sydney, Australia. Since then, the last Saturday of every March was named as Earth hour day that year. On March 19, 2016, more than 350 famous buildings in 178 countries around the world turned off the lights for one hour to remind people to save electrical power.

Actions in China to save our environment

Smoking is not allowed in all indoor public places from 2014. This is the first time for China to care about personal health in public places.

Ban(禁令) on free plastic bags. Since June 1, 2008, free plastic shopping bags are not allowed to provide in all supermarkets, shopping malls, and other places. It is to encourage people to use cloth bags or baskets for their shopping things.

Theme:The only environment for all the 1. things has serious problems, but the whole world has done 2. to prevent pollution.

Actions around the world

No Tobacco Day

Started on April 7, 1988, then changed to May 31st every year. Encourage people to 3. up smoking.

World 4. Day

Started on March 22nd 1993, celebrated around the world every year.

Earth Hour

Started for the 5. time on March 31st 2007, turned off lights for an hour to 6. electrical power.

Actions in 7.

Public places

Smoking is allowed in 8. public places to care about personal health.

Supermarket & Shopping malls

Encourage people to 9. cloth bags or baskets for shopping things. You need to 10. if you use plastic bags provided by the supermarket.

Choose the words or expressions to complete the passage(选择最恰当的单词或词语,完成短文):

Good news for angry birds fans. Are you__________ watching Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh and The Simpsons all the time? Now, the popular smartphone game Angry Birds is going to become a weekly cartoon television series , and a __________ of the game is also in the works.

Rovio aninmation head Nick Dorra said, “Angry birds will, in the future, be less and less about the slingshot.(弹弓)”

He promised that the new series and film will explore, “Deeper thoughts, deeper feelings of the characters, such as why are these birds always getting __________?”

Angry Birds has been download more than a billion times, and its parent company Rovio is now worth 5.6billion , just two years after the game first __________.

Peter Vesterbacka, marketing chief of the game , said that Rovio, the makers of Angry Birds, sees itself as an entertainment brand, not__________ a games company.

'We want to make Angry Birds a permanent part of pop culture,' he said, comparing the brand to Nintendo's Mario(任天堂的马里奥) and Sanrio's Hello Kitty(三丽鸥的凯蒂猫). 'We're just getting started.'

The Angry Birds TV series will come out this year, and its movie version will be released in 2016. It is going to be 3D animated film and will be ___________ by John Cohen, who has worked on lots of hit movies, such as Iron Man, Despicable Me (卑鄙的我)and Ice Age.

1.A.getting tired of B.looking forward to C.interested in D.taking charge of

2.A.adventure B.story C.magazine D.film

3.A.excited B.strong C.upset D.angry

4.A.took off B.came out C.turned on D.got on

5.A.especially B.really C.just D.exactly

6.A.produced B.published C.prepared D.provided

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