新大与学英语综合教程4第一单元课文译文.docVIP

Book 4 unit 1 P6 Hello, I’m Lisa Jackson, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. At the fi rst Earth Day 39 years ago, 20 million Americans stood up to protect human health and the environment. It was a time when many American cities were blanketed with dangerous pollution and smog ... A time when in many communities, local waterways were too polluted to swim in, to fi sh from, or to drink ... That first Earth Day grew into a movement that reached millions more, and built a better future for all of us. We’ve helped clear harmful toxins from our air, our water, and land. And what