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Jill, Ellen, Bob, and Edward lived near a lake/They could go for a swim every day.
A man named Mr. Black lived near the lake, too./Sometimes Mr. Black went
swimming with the children.
One day they asked him to go for a swim with them./Mr. Black said "We can't go for
a swim. We may never swim in the lake again."
"Why not?" asked Edward.
"Because the lake is polluted," said Mr. Black. "There's a new sign at the lake. It
says No Swimming, Polluted."
"What is polluting the lake?" asked Jill.
"Let's go down to the lake and look at it," said Mr. Black.
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Mr. Black and the children went to the lake on a sunny Sunday. They looked into
the water. It wasn't clean/They walked around the lake and they saw why it wasn't
clean.
“Look at that *garbage in the water," said Jill. "That's what's polluting the lake.”
Edward saw oil floating on the water./"That oil pollutes the water, too,” said
Edward. "It comes from boats on the lake."
"Come here," said Ellen. "Take a look at this. There are tires in the lake !"
"Why would people throw tires into a lake ?" asked Bob.
"They just don't stop to think," said Mr. Black. "But they are not the only ones who
pollute the lake. The people who run that factory pollute the water, too."
Bob looked at Mr. Black/"What can we do? How can we stop the pollution ? he asked.
"Well, we must get help from other people. We can't do it alone," said Mr. Black.
Mr. Black had a friend who worked for a newspaper company. He asked him to help.
The next day the story about the pollution was reported in the newspaper. Many people
read about the story. They talked of the pollution. They talked of ways to clean it up.
people met at the lake./They came to clean it up./ They cleaned out the
garbage. Then they cleaned out the tires./They set up big cans. Then they put signs on
the cans. The signs read, "Put Your Garbage Here." /People who lived near the lake
came to help./People who had boats came to help./And, people from the factory also
One day
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came to help. They knew that it would take a long time to get the lake clean again.
But they did not give up. They all hoped that someday the "No Swimming” sign would
come down and the people could swim in the lake again.
注) 〒garbage=ごみ
