Earth Day is on April 22nd. It was started by an American
senator named Gaylord Nelson. Nelson was worried because
many fish and animals were sick from dirty air and water. He
wrote an article to tell people about this problem. In 1970, about
20 million Americans celebrated the first Earth Day.
Every day, we take important things from the earth, like
trees, water and oil. We also hurt the earth. Our factories, cars

and garbage make the air, water, and land dirty. If we’re not
careful, soon we will have no trees, no clean water and air, and
no food. Animals and people can’t live in a dirty world.
Earth Day reminds us to be kind to the earth. If you see
some garbage, pick it up. Use less water and electricity. You
can also plant a tree. Trees can help clean the air.
The earth is ours, so we should help the earth every day,
not just on Earth day!

    地球日
4月22日是地球日，是由美国参议员杰劳德·尼尔森发起的。尼尔森对许
多鱼类和动物由于污染的空气和水而得病感到非常忧虑。他写了一篇文章，
告诉人们真实的情况。在1970年，大约两千万美国人庆祝了第一个地球日。
每一天，我们从地球获取重要的资源，如树木、水和石油。同时我们也
会毁坏了地球。工厂、汽车和垃圾污染了空气、水和土壤。如果我们再不注
意，很快就会失去树木，失去清洁的水、空气以及食物。动物和人类不能生
活在受到污染的世界里。
地球日提醒我们要善待地球。如果你看到垃圾，要把它们捡起来。节约
用水用电。我们还可以种树，因为树木能帮助清洁空气。
地球是我们的，所以我们应该每天保护地球，而不仅仅是在地球日这一
天！