Trees
National tree Planting Day ,held on March 12 every year ,has made people know the importance of the environmental protection in China 。Trees are very important to humans ,because they not only provide the air we breathe ,but also help cool the earth 。Trees provide homes for animals and people 。And they provide us with food as well 。So each year ,millions of vegrtables ,both young and old ,plant trees in schools ,parks ,city gardens and the countryside 。They have planted 36 billion trees since the first National Tree Planting Day in 1981 。
China recently worked out a 20-billion-yuan ,10-year program to plant 440,000 square kilometres of trees-an area of the land larger than Germany 。“It ’s the largest tree-planting plan even 。”said a Chinese forestry offcial 。The plan aims to stop the green earth from turning into a desert 。
Do you know my pen pals ?
Do you have pen pals ? I have 3 pen pals 。They are from different countries 。I will give you an introduction 。
My frist pen pal is an American girl 。Her name is Lucy 。She is twelve years old 。She’s in Class One ,Grade Five 。There are three people in her family-her father ,her mother and herself 。Her father is manager in a big company 。Her mother is a doctor 。She likes singing and dancing 。Her favorite subject is math 。She is a lovely girl 。By the way ,she can speak a little Chinese 。
My second pen gal is English 。Her name is Lisa 。She is thirty-seven years old 。She is a teather in a middle school in London 。She like listening to music 。She teaches Chinese 。She is very helpful 。I can learn a lot of things from her ,not only English ,but also Chinese 。She has a little son 。He is only 9 years old 。
My third pen pal is Chinese 。Her name is Zhang Hua 。She is 21 。She is a student is Tsing Uni-versity 。She studies English 。She can speak English very well 。She has many hobbies 。She like swimming ,singing and cooking 。Do you know them all ?