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Greenpeace Finds Plastics in Animal Poop

Greenpeace Finds Plastics in Animal Poop

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2022/09/15 | 00:05:33 | SoundOn #education




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Nature is so beautiful. I love hiking through the mountains of Taiwan.

Ew! But it is not nice when I see garbage in nature.
在大自然中看到垃圾好噁心。

According to Greenpeace, who are a very large environmental organization, all this plastic is ending up inside animals' bodies!
綠色和平組織說,有很多塑膠到最後進了動物身體裡!

Greenpeace knows this because they are finding microplastics in animal poop!
他們在動物的便便裡面找到微塑膠!

Microplastics are very, very, very tiny pieces of plastic. When experts from Greenpeace studied some wild animals in Taiwan, they found a lot of microplastics in their poop!

This means animals are eating the plastic, or they are eating other animals that ate the plastic.
微塑膠是超級超級小的塑膠。動物吃掉塑膠後,便便裡面就會有微塑膠。

This is not healthy for the animals. Plastic in their bodies can cause all sorts of health problems. It can even kill them!
這個對動物的健康不好,牠們可能會死掉!

So we really need to stop throwing plastic garbage into the environment. And everyone can help cut down on plastic.
大家都要一起減少使用塑膠。

Just remember to use as little plastic as possible, reuse as much as you can, and of course, recycle!


Vocabulary
動物會吃下塑膠製品,對牠們造成傷害。

  1. eat 吃
    Don't eat so much ice cream, Jane. 別吃那麼多冰淇淋。
    But I only eat two ice creams a day! 但是我一天只吃兩個!

  2. body 身體
    Look, when ice cream goes into your body… 聽著,當冰淇淋進入體內之後…
    It becomes sugar and fat, I know. 它就變成了糖分跟脂肪,我知道。
    Too much sugar is not good for your body. 太多糖對妳身體不好。

  3. find 發現,找到
    Did you find your glasses? 你找到眼鏡了嗎?
    Yeah, I did. 找到了。
    Where did you find them? 哪裡找到的?
    On my head. 在我頭上。

  4. very 非常。
    Hang the glasses on your neck.把眼鏡掛在脖子上。
    They'll be very easy to find. 要找到它就容易了。
    That's very smart of you. 你真聰明!

今天的單字很好用喔。
eat 吃
body 身體
find 發現,找到
very 非常


Quiz

  1. What is Greenpeace?
    A: A very large environmental organization
    B: A very large park
    C: A very green piece of space

  2. What are microplastics?
    A: Very large pieces of plastic
    B: Very tiny pieces of plastic
    C: Brand new pieces of plastic

  3. Where did Greenpeace find microplastics?
    A: Inside trees
    B: Inside birds' nests
    C: In animal poop

Answers

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C