奇速英语

Dear editor (编辑),

Fashion (时尚) is the second most polluting industry. People just keep on buying new clothes and throwing them away or giving them away to charity shops ___1___ they are worn only a few times.

I don’t think people know ___2___ clothing pollution is destroying our planet. I know I can’t request people to think in the ___3___ way as I do, but it is important for people to know the fact. I decide to write the ___4___ because I hope more people around my age will read it and together we can make an effort.

___5___, the beaches of an African country—Ghana, are badly polluted now. The beaches are covered with clothing waste. Every week, millions of clothes from all over the world are ___6___ to secondhand clothing markets. But about 40% of them leave the markets as waste. However, the city is ___7___ the sea, so there’s not enough space for landfills (垃圾填埋场). This is ___8___ a lot of clothing waste ends up on the beach.

The Citarum River in Indonesia ___9___ water for millions of people. Lots of people use it for almost ___10___, including drinking water, as it is the only water they can use. However, there are many clothing factories pouring __11___ waste into it. This greatly does harm to the people who ___12___the river.

As well as this, the water in the Aral Sea was used to grow cotton for years. Now the sea has almost disappeared. It takes 2,700 liters (升) water to grow enough cotton to make one ___13___. To satisfy our hope for more new clothes, we are polluting their water and people are getting ___14___. This is not right. Without your help, my voice ___15___ be heard. Please bring it to more people’s attention.