附件5-8地球日

美商吉的堡教育集团KidCastleEducationalCorporation上海吉的堡教育软件开发有限公司附件5-8EarthDayEarthDayiscelebratedonApril22.Thisisobviouslyatopicforanytime.BegoodtotheEarth.一、TheHistoryofEarthDayIn1963,formerSenatorGaylordNelsonbegantoworryaboutourplanet.(AsenatorisapersonthatthepeopleoftheUnitedStateshavechosentohelpmakethelaws.)SenatorNelsonknewthatourworldwasgettingdirtyandthatmanyofourplantsandanimalsweredying.Hewonderedwhymorepeoplewerenttryingtosolvetheseproblems.HetalkedtootherlawmakersandtothePresident.TheydecidedthatthePresidentwouldgoaroundthecountryandtellpeopleabouttheseconcerns.Hedid,butstillnotenoughpeoplewereworkingontheproblem.Then,in1969,SenatorNelsonhadanotheridea.Hedecidedtohaveaspecialdaytoteacheveryoneaboutthethingsthatneededchanginginourenvironment.HewroteletterstoallofthecollegesandputaspecialarticleinS