“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...
