Rebecca is a wildlife camera-woman from the UK. She felt a {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (深深的) sadness when she was filming a documentary for the BBC in the Pacific Ocean. The {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (沙滩) should have been lively. But she sadly found that they were covered with plastic bags, toys, and {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(瓶子) and dead animals.

    Plastic bags have many advantages, so they are {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(广泛地) used in people's daily life. Britain uses nearly 17 billion plastic bags each year. The numbers are amazing.

    Rebecca {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (决定) she had to do something. In her own {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (家乡), Modbury, she made a suggestion that local shopkeepers should {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(避免) using plastic bags. To her surprise, they {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (接受) her suggestion and Modbury became the first plastic bag-free place in Britain.

    Now the "bag for life" is part of the national {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (文化), and the task of cutting down the use of plastic bags has become the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (法律): Since October 2015, all shops in the UK must pay five pence for each plastic bag. It's not enough, but it's a start.

    Last Tuesday, Jane's father bought a book for her from the new bookshop in the town {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (中心). Jane really {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (享受) reading it. The book was about a girl. She sailed (航行) around the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (世界) in a very small boat. Her {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (名字) was Mary Banks and she was only 22. It was a very {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (令人激动的) story. Mary often {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (遇见) sharks in the sea. But she was never {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (惊慌的). When Mary came back home, lots of people wanted to know about her.

    There is a {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (电影) about Mary's trip. Jane loves watching it. One day she asked her dad, "Can we buy a boat? I want to sail around the world, too!" Jane's father said, "I think that's {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (相当) a great idea, Jane. But first you must learn to {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (游泳)."