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.