I love the ocean. I live far away from the ocean. It makes the ocean just like a
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to me and I try to visit it at least once a year. I've been visiting the ocean for almost 20 years.
When I was young, I would
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shells and rocks, and bring them back home. So I had tons of them in my room.
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, as I visited the ocean more and more, I started picking up the
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left by people instead of picking up ocean treasures.
I made such a
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after I questioned myself about my old habit. It made me aware that a
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you find in the ocean has a wonderful colour that makes you pick it up. But then,
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7 it dries, you don't find it lovely any more, so
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8 do you pick it up in the first place? Anyway, I came to understand that natural things are
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9 in their natural environment. If everybody picked every shell from the ocean and
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the rubbish out there, the beach would become something not so nice very shortly. A clean and lively beach is a gift all of us should
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11. To treat the ocean kindly is to treat humans kindly.
So I made a
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12 that day—I would just "borrow" things from the ocean and bring them back after a while, since the
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13 of shells does so much good for me. I will take photos to keep their charm in my heart so I don't
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14 so many shells and rocks and just keep them to a minimum(最少量).
So if you've seen a lady picking up rubbish and
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15 shells back into the ocean, from a box or a bag, don't be surprised! It is probably me.
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) 1. A. home B. dreamland C. reserve D. memory
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) 2. A. pick up B. take up C. set up D. put up
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) 4. A. gifts B. rubbish C. money D. rocks
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) 5. A. programme B. speech C. change D. chance
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) 6. A. brick B. plastic C. fish D. shell
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) 7. A. before B. until C. when D. though
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) 8. A. how B. why C. where D. when
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) 9. A. nice B. quiet C. strange D. right
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)10. A. searched B. collected C. left D. cleared
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)11. A. predict B. fight C. protect D. prevent
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)12. A. mistake B. difference C. report D. decision
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)13. A. beauty B. price C. size D. weight
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)14. A. offer B. need C. accept D. suggest
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)15. A. throwing B. breaking C. falling D. holding