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Here are 5 actions you can take to make a difference to our environment
1. Use fewer napkins.
The next time you’re eating, don’t take a bunch of napkins when you need only one. If every American used an average of one less napkin every day, it would prevent the use of more than a billion pounds of napkins — enough to fill the Empire State Building — from ending up in landfills. Use fewer napkins, and you’ll cut down on waste.
2. Think before flushing.
Don’t flush wastefully. By avoiding just one flush a day, you could save about 4.5 gallons of water. That’s as much water as the average person in Africa uses to bathe, drink, clean, and cook for an entire day.
3. Avoid wasting food.
Eat Thanksgiving Leftover-Don’t let them spoil. If every US household reduced food waste by the weight of.one slice of bread, the money saved would be enough to pay for three meals a day for a year for every homeless child in the U.S.
4. Kick off the shoes
Leave your shoes at the door when you come into your home. Unwanted fertilizers, lead, and poisonous cleaners found on outdoor surfaces can hitch a ride on your shoes and track through your house.
5. Save energy
When you go out, try to use public transport. If you close the bathroom door when you take a bath, you will keep the room warmer, your bath water’s heat stays trapped in the bathroom. The water also stays hotter and longer, so you don’t need to add more hot water. Save energy: Close the door.
1. Suppose you and your parents all reduce one flush a day, how much water will be saved?
A. About 9 gallons of water. B. About 14 gallons of water.
C. About 16 gallons of water. D. About 11 gallons of water.
2. What do the underlined words “hitch a ride” mean in the passage?
A. Be stuck. B. Ride on you. C. Follow you. D. Visit you.
3. What’s the main idea of this passage?
A. Save energy can help to save money.
B. Wasting is shameful.
C. One can use some ways to protect the environment.
D. You may make a bigger difference than others.
