Everest clean-up campaign aims to airlift waste

江蘇海安市實驗中學 吉擁軍

珠穆朗瑪峰是世界第一高峰，雪山環繞、景色優美，每年吸引了大量游客和登山愛好者。越來越多的人登上了珠峰頂，然而美麗的珠峰卻變成了世界上最高的垃圾場，面臨著嚴重的環境問題。為了保護珠峰的環境，很多組織和個人都發起了珠峰的垃圾清理活動。

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難詞掃障

1.dumpn.垃圾場

2.cylindern.圓筒；氣缸

3.descentn.下降

4.coordinatev.調整；整合

5.fecesn.排泄物；糞便

Mount Everest is the world's highest peak.It was a mountain that countless climbers wanted toconquerall their lives.Many adventurers even paid the price of their lives.However，with the progress of technology，climbing Mount Everest becomes easier and easier，and even develops into an industrial chain.As long as you have good physical fitness or you pay money，there will be professionals to accompany you up.

But because of this， thepureland， which should be far away from the human world，has become a garbagedump.Every year，tourists who climb Mount Everest leave a lot of rubbish on the mountain， such as plastic bags， abandoned tents，all kinds of mountaineering equipment， exhausted oxygencylinders，and even the bodies of the victims and so on.Everest has become one of the highest garbage dumps in the world.

Therefore，a clean-up campaign has begun at Mount Everest，aiming to airlift 100 tonnes of rubbish left behind by tourists and climbers of the world's highest mountain.The Eco Everest Expedition has hit the mountain each year since 2008 totacklethe problem，and they've collected over 13 tons of waste so far.

Mountaineers are required to bring back whatever waste they generate on their climb.But every year，local guides still gather hundreds of kilograms of rubbish.Hence，the Nepalese government enforced a new rule starting in 2014 that each climber of Everest must bring down 8 kilograms of waste on theirdescent，otherwise they will lose their$4，000deposit.

This year's clean-up campaign is focused on the items that could be recycled in the capital city，with privately-owned Yeti airlines helping to transport.They will continue toshippiles of recyclable rubbish throughout the year.

Clean-up programmes have been run by local guides， known as Sherpas， for decades， but are nowcoordinatedby the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee （SPCC）， named after the Nepalese name of the mountain.

As well as managing the industrial waste，the SPCC and local guides have to deal with the biological waste left by so many visitors.In 2015，the country's mountaineering association warned that humanfeceswere becoming a health hazard.Since then，the SPCC has builtportabletoilets around the key mountain camps.

Reading Check

1.What makes the Mount Everest become a garbage dump？

A.The progress of technology.

B.Tourists'throwing too much rubbish.

C.An industrial chain of climbing Everest.

D.More professionals to accompany adventurers.

2.What's the purpose of the new rule in 2014？

A.To recycle the rubbish.

B.To get the$4，000 deposit.

C.To airlift 100 tonnes of rubbish.

D.To reduce waste through every climber.

Language Study

Ⅰ.Important vocabulary in the text

1.conquerv.戰勝；征服

2.pureadj.純潔的；純粹的

3.tacklev.處理（問題）

4.depositn.定金；押金

5.shipv.運送；運輸

6.portableadj.輕便的；便攜式的

Ⅱ.Difficult sentences

1.但正因為如此，這片純潔的土地，本應該遠離人類，現在卻變成了一個垃圾場。

But because of this， the pure land，________should be far away from the human world，has become a garbage dump.

2.一項清理行動已經在珠穆朗瑪峰開展，目的是將這個世界最高峰的游客和登山者遺留下來的100噸垃圾空運走。

A clean-up campaign has begun at Mount Everest， ________to airlift 100 tonnes of rubbish left behind by tourists and climbers of the world's highest mountain.

3.登山者被要求帶回攀登時所產生的任何廢物。

Mountaineers _______to bring back whatever waste they generate on their climb.