对塑料玩具说“不”

河南 秦子唐

英国两名小女孩通过网络将成千上万的人聚集在一起，签署请愿书，希望汉堡王和麦当劳考虑环境问题，停止在儿童餐中附赠塑料玩具。

难词探意

1. petition /pə'tɪʃn/ n. 请愿书

2. giant /'dʒaɪənt/ n. 伟人；大公司

Two little girls who are lovely in Britain are bringing thousands of people together to sign a petition demanding that Burger King and Mc-Donald's stop giving away free plastic toys.

With the help of their mother, nine-year-old Ella and seven-year-old Caitlin started an online petition in order to persuade the fast food giants to do away with the wasteful toys that come with Happy Meals and Junior Meals.

Since starting the petition, the youngsters have got over 350,000 signatures of their 500,000 goal, and the call to action has already received further support from adults and children.

“We've been learning all about the environment at school and the problem of plastic. It made us very sad to see how plastic harms wildlife and pollutes the ocean, and we want to change this,” reads the petition. “That's why we want Burger King and McDonald's to think of the environment and stop giving away plastic toys with their kids meals.”

“We like to go to eat at Burger King and McDonald's, but children only play with the plastic toys for a few minutes before they get thrown away and harm animals and pollute the sea. We want anything they give us to be environmentally friendly so we can protect the planet for ourselves and for future generations,” they continued.

In addition to the girls making a convincing argument, the number of signatures on the petition almost doubled after reporters with the BBC's War on Plastic followed the young activists to the McDonald's headquarters in order to present the petition.

Since the little girls' story started being picked up by international news outlets, Burger King and McDonald's have emailed statements to CNBC detailing their plans for making their free toys more environmentally friendly.

1. How did the two girls begin their petition?

A. By BBC.

B. By CNBC.

C. By Internet.

D. By newspapers.

2. Why are the two little girls gathering many people together?

A. To gain people's attention.

B. To get over 350,000 signatures.

C. To eat at Burger King and McDonald's.

D. To stop two giants presenting free plastic toys.

3. What will Burger King and McDonald's plan to do after the petition?

A.To give away more environmentally friendly toys.

B. To sell more environmentally friendly toys.

C. To make a convincing argument.

D. To email statements to BBC.

4. Which of the following best describes the two little girls' story?

A. It's about product promotion.

B. It's about company introduction.

C. It's about commercial advertising.

D. It's about environmental protection.

Difficult sentence

That's why we want Burger King and Mc-Donald's to think of the environment and stop giving away plastic toys with their kids meals.

【翻译】_______________________________

【点石成金】这是一个主从复合句，why引导的是表语从句，并在从句中作原因状语。