“停课不停学”:2020 高考英语时事热点拓展阅读(六)Passagel百万森林计划:播种绿色希望,让沙地变成绿洲。词数 369 建议阅读时间 6 分钟BeatingbackdesertsFouryearsaftergraduationfromcollege,LuoJiajiaansweredaninner(内在的)callingtoleadamoremeaningfullife.Atthattime,Luonoticedthatenvironmentalissueswerebecomingmoreserious,butfewactionswerebeingtakentoaddressthesituation.Shedecidedtojoinenvironmentalprotectionefforts,sothatfuturegenerationsmayalsoenjoynature.Now,Luo,36,worksatChinaGreenFoundation(CGF)-anNGOthatraisesmoneytopromotereforestation(再造林)andmobilizes(动员)participantsinenvironmentalprotection.It'salsoactivebeyondChina'sborders.WhileworkingatCGF,LuoservedaschairoftheCivilSocietyOrganizationPaneloftheUnitedNationsConventiontoCombatDesertification(《联合国防治沙漠化公约》).ThisallowedhertoattendUNmeetings.Luo'smainworkfocusesontheMillionForestproject.Started10yearsago,thegoaloftheprojectwastoplant1milliontreestofightagainstdesertificationaroundChina'sfourth-largestdesert,theTenggerDesertofInnerMongolia.Theongoingprojecthasexceeded(超过)itsoriginalgoal.Ithasseenmorethan100milliontreesplanted!Luohelpssupporttheprojectbybrainstormingdifferentfundraising(募款)activitiesandorganizingevents.Theprojecthasbroughtaboutmanybenefitstothelocalcommunities.WithouttheeffortsofCGFandtheMillionForestproject,manylocalswouldhavebeenforcedtoleavetheirhomesaseco-refugees ( 生 态难民).Luo'sprojecthasalsoprovidedjobstolocalresidents.Inadditiontobeingpaidforplantingtrees,localscanalsoprofitfromsellingfruittheyproduce.Eco-tourismhasalsoflourished(兴盛)becauseofthesegreenspaces.ReflectingonMillionForest,Luohadalottosay.Shesaidshelearnedalotfromtheproject.“Naturehasitsownrhythmandwisdom,"shesaid.“Weshouldrespectit."Althoughherprojecthelpswithreforestationefforts,theteamdiscoveredthatitwasjustasimportanttochangepeople'sattitudes.MillionForestchangeditsslogan(口号 )to,“Plantatreeinyourheart."Commentingonthechange,Luosaid,“It'snotpossibleforyoutoplantatreeeve...