北师大初中英语八年级上--Unit10 les40-1

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[00:00.00]Unit 10 Jobs and Chores
[00:06.81]Lesson 40
[00:08.23]1.2 Last month in Green Magazine,
[00:14.82]we asked readers to tell us
[00:17.17]about the environmental¹ projects
[00:19.64]in their schools.
[00:21.91]Here are some of their letters.
[00:25.79]RECYCLING
[00:27.73]In my school,we decided² to collect old newspaper
[00:31.90]to recycle them.
[00:33.88]So far we have collected nearly a ton!
[00:37.72]We sell the newspapers to a paper recycling
[00:40.99]company and we use the money
[00:43.86]to buy sports equipment for the school.
[00:47.44]The program has been very successful
[00:50.68]and so we have decided
[00:52.55]to start collecting plastic
[00:54.49]and glass bottles as well.
[00:58.26]TREE PLANTING
[01:00.22]Trees are very important in a city
[01:02.40]because they give us clean air.
[01:05.44]We have just started a new program.
[01:08.16]We are planting trees around our school.
[01:11.30]So far we have planted about thirty trees
[01:14.53]around the school buildings
[01:16.26]and near the school gates.
[01:18.72]We are making the school look more attractive³
[01:21.98]and helping⁴ the environment at the same time.
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