青少年項目幫助清潔海洋

江蘇海安中學 景蘇華

由于環境不斷被人類破壞，海洋逐漸失去昔日的風采；而一些青少年正在用他們的方式清除海洋里的垃圾。閱讀下面的短文，讓我們來了解一下他們是如何清潔海洋的吧。

題材文章詞數清潔海洋計劃296 難度 ★★★體裁建議用時記敘文5′

海詞積累

tangledadj.糾纏的

A teenager's dream of cleaning up the world's oceans may soon come true.Boyan Slat lives in Holland， Europe.Seven years ago，when he was a teenager，he was swimming in the ocean.He saw more trash in the water than fish.So for a school project，he made a plan to clean up the ocean.

In 2013，Slat formed a group called The Ocean Cleanup.It raised money to put Slat's water clean-up plan into action.On September 8，Slat's plan began.In the ocean between California and Hawaii there is a lot of floating garbage.Itisknown astheGreatPacific Garbage Patch （GPGP）.

Slat's group will clean it up using a floating plastictube.Thetubewillgoaround the garbage andtrapit.The plastic tube is hollow（空心的）.It is 600 metres long.A big screenhangs downfrom it，about three metres into the water.Wind，waves and ocean currents（洋流）will push the trash toward the tube.（Fish can swim under the screen.）A ship willpick upthe trash and take it back to the shore to sort and recycle it.The GPGP contains about 1.8 trillion（萬億） pieces of trash.Most of it is plastic，like bottles，bags and packaging.

Plastic trash is very bad for birds and fish.They try to eat it and may become sick.They may also gettangledup in it.The Ocean Cleanup says it will be able to clean up half of the trash in the GPGP within five years.If this first project works well，The Ocean Cleanup hopes tolaunchas many as 60 more.About 8 million tonnes of plasticend up inthe ocean every year.That's like having a garbage truckfull ofplastic dumped（傾倒）in every minute.

Reading Check

1.What do we know about The Ocean Cleanup?

A.It is known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

B.It has cleaned up half of the trash in the GPGP.

C.It is firstly set up on September 8，2013.

D.It covers 60 more projects.

2.What's the function of a floating plastic tube?

A.Picking up the trash and take it back to the shore.

B.Carrying the rubbish as it is hollow.

C.Sorting and recycle rubbish.

D.Protecting birds and fishes.

Language Study

Ⅰ.Important vocabulary in the text

1.trapv.誘捕

2.launchv.發起

3.hang down掛下來；下垂

4.pick up撿起

5.end up in最后到了……；結果是

6.be full of充滿……

Ⅱ.Complete the following sentences.

1.如果第一個項目進展順利，海洋清理計劃有望啟動60多個這樣的項目。

If this first project_______，The Ocean Cleanup hopes to launch _______.

2.這就像每分鐘都有一輛裝滿塑料的垃圾車。

That's like having a garbage truck _______plastic _______in every minute.