Givewater,savelivesAbottleofwatermaynotseemlikemuchtoyou,butthousandsofbottleswillbeofgreathelpforpeoplewholiveindrought-hit(遭受旱灾)areasinChina.Sincelastautumn,therehasbeenverylittlera
Givewater,savelives
Abottleofwatermaynotseemlikemuchtoyou,butthousandsofbottleswillbeofgreathelpforpeoplewholiveindrought-hit(遭受旱灾) areasinChina.
Sincelastautumn,therehasbeenverylittleraininSouthwestChina.Someplaces,especiallyinYunnan.Guangxi,Sichuan,Guizhou,haveexperiencedaseriousdrought.Crops (庄稼) died,thelandcracked,andwells (井) andriversdriedup.Morethan20millionpeoplearehavingdifficultyinfindingsafedrinkingwater.
Afterlearningaboutthedrought,manypeoplearoundthecountryhelpedbygivingwater,moneyandotherthings.
Lastweek,everymemberoftheCommunistYouthLeague (共青团员) andYoungPioneers(少先队员) wereencouragedtogiveonebottleofwatertothedrought-hitareas.Studentsinprimaryschoolsandmiddleschoolsquicklyjoinedtheactivity.InYuhuaPrimarySchoolinXi'an,900studentsboughtover1,000bottlesofwaterwiththeirpocketmoney.Theyalsowrotetheirwishesonthebottles.
Theseriousdroughthasalsomadestudentsrealizetheimportanceofsavingwater.
StudentsfromNanshanMiddleSchoolinHuizhouinGuangdongwentonthestreettotellpeopletotakepartinwater-savingactivities.
"I'veheardthatsomechildrenindrought-hitareasdon'thaveenoughdrinkingwater.Theyhavetodrinkmuddy ( 含有泥土的 ) water.Ifeelreallysadaboutthat,"saidonestudent."Idecidetotakeashowertwiceaweekinsteadofeverydaytosavewater."hesaid.
64.WhydidaseriousdroughthappeninSouthwestChina?___
65.Whatdoestheunderlined (划线的) word"cracked"probablymeaninChinese?___
66.Whatdidpeopledoafterlearningaboutthedrought?___
67.Isabottleofwaterhelpfulforthepeopleindrought-hitareas?___
68.Whatcanyoulearnfromthepassage?___.