Environmental protection is one of the hottest topics nowadays. It was also something that ancient Chinese paid great attention to. In fact, the world's earliest environmental protection idea, ministry （部门） and law were all born in China. How did the ancient Chinese protect the environment?

The world's earliest idea of "managing state affairs（政事）through environmental protection"

Xunzi, a famous thinker in the Warring States Period, came up with the idea of "managing state affairs through environmental protection". He wrote in his book that vegetation（植被）should be protected well by humans.

Guan Zhong, a government officer 400 years ahead of Xunzi, was also an environmental protection expert. He said "a king who cannot protect his vegetation is not doing a good job".

The world's earliest environmental protection ministry"

Nine ministries set up by Shim, an ancient Chinese emperor, included "Yu"（虞） , an environmental protection ministry. Hie first " Yu'' leader was Boyi, an environmental protection expert. He invented wells so people could drink clean water. He knew a lot about animals and also called for animal protection.

The world's earliest "environmental protection law"

Over 4, 000 years ago, Dayu, an ancient Chinese water-control expert and also an emperor, made a rule, not allowing people to cut down trees in March or catch fish in June, because it was the time when they grew quickly.

Almost 3,000 years ago, Tianlv, the first environmental protection law, appeared in Qin. It recorded many ancient environmental protection rules. Two of them were interesting: firstly, rivers should not be blocked（堵塞）; secondly, grass and trees should not be burned to be fertilizer （肥料）except for summer. The second one is inspiring even for today. It can help to keep air clean and fresh.

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Saturday is Library Day for Tina's family. On this day, Mom always takes Tina to the library in the morning. First, Tina1 her favorite book. Next, she sits (坐) on her favorite yellow2 to read (阅读) the book.

Now Tina is in the3 with her favorite books. She wants to sit on the yellow chair,4 a girl is on it now. "You can sit on the chair next to it," Mom says to Tina. Tina isn't5 because that's a blue chair. "I must sit on the yellow chair on Library Day. I6 love it," Tina says to Mom.

"I know you like the yellow chair," Mom says. "But it's not7 ."

Then Tina8 the blue chair and sits on it to read books. The books are so9 and Tina reads them there all the morning. When it's 11:50 a. m, Tina says to Mom, "Now I10 Library Day is about reading good books, not about the chair. I like Library Day!"

Nüwa is an ancient goddess in traditional Chinese stories. She is best known for creating human beings and repairing the pillars (柱子) of heaven. 

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参考词汇： play basketball 打篮球： interesting 有趣； 

on the weekend 在周末； have milk喝牛奶

Myself

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参考词汇: confident自信的

Since I entered middle school, I've become more independent both in study and in life. I'd like to share how I've changed. 

A doctor, a lawyer（律师）, a little boy and an old man were out for a Sunday afternoon flight on a small plane. Suddenly, the plane had engine（发动机） trouble. At last, the pilot took a parachute（降落伞） and shouted to the four people that they had better jump, and then he himself jumped out. Unluckily, there were only three parachutes left.

The doctor took one and said, "I'm a doctor. I save lives, so I must live." Then he jumped out. The lawyer then said, "I'm a lawyer, and lawyers are smart people in the world. I must live." He also took a parachute and jumped out.

The old man looked at the little boy and said, "My boy, I live a long and full life. You are still young. Take the last parachute and live in peace." The little boy handed the parachute back to the old man and said, "Don't worry, grandpa. The smart man in the world just jumped out with my schoolbag."