Mussoorie's Wall of Hope

山東滕州市東郭中學(xué) 高秋艷

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海詞積累

4. segregate /?seɡr?ɡe?t/ v. 使隔離；使分開(kāi)

5. mammoth /?m?m?θ/ adj. 龐大的

6. graffiti /ɡr??fi?ti/ n. 涂鴉

Located in the foothills of the Garhwal Himalayan range， Mussoorie has been a popular destination. The Queen of Hills， known for its fascinating landscape， is home to 30，000 people and attracts more than three million tourists annually.

The tourists have left the scenic town choking with plastic waste. But the hill station and its people are fighting back. An unusualinstallation， titled the Wall of Hope， has been constructed using 15，000 plastic bottles near Mussoorie.

The 150-foot-long and 12-foot-high wall wasunveiledin mid-June. The structure aims to increase awareness of plastic waste management and the importance of creating a plastic-free environment.

The Hilldaari team aims to take art to the masses for this project. Over 50 volunteers from schools and colleges across the hill station contributed to building this wall over two months.

Mayank Tandon， a member of Hilldaari movement， says， “Most of the time went into collecting plastic water bottles. Everyone who saw the wall was quite surprised to see that something so beautiful can be made from plastic.”

The idea for the Hilldaari movement wall was seeded six months ago. A mobile van named Plastic Express travels across the towns，collecting plastic waste.

However， most of us ignore the efforts of waste workers andragpickers. These people tirelessly clean up the mess we create andsegregateit so that it doesn’t end up in open spaces or near our houses.

To give these workers the respect they deserve， an artist has been drawingmammoth graffition walls across the city under a project called “Deewaron Par Dastak”.

Mayank says， “Different types of workers are involved in this entire cleaning process， from sanitation workers to municipality workers. We are now looking at how their life can be made better by introducing a few new provisions for them.”

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Sentences for writing

1. 穆索里位于加瓦爾喜馬拉雅山區(qū)的山脈上，是一個(gè)很受歡迎的旅游目的地。

________ ________the foothills of the Garhwal Himalayan range， Mussoorie has been a popular destination.

2. 這個(gè)建筑物旨在提高人們對(duì)塑料垃圾處理的意識(shí)，讓人們知道創(chuàng)造一個(gè)無(wú)塑料環(huán)境的重要性。

The structure ________________increase awareness of plastic waste management and the importance of creating a plastic-free environment.