Water and its importance to human life were the centre of the world’s attention last week. March 22 was World Water Day and36the theme “Water for Life”.
There are more than one billion people in the world who live without37drinking water. The United Nations38to cut this number in half by 2015.
Solving such a big problem seems like a(n)39challenge. But everyone,40agers, can do something to help. A age girl in the US has set an example to the41of her age around the world.
Rene Haggerty, 13, was awarded the 2004 Gloria Barron Prize for her work—42discarded(废弃的) batteries（电池）which pollute water.
In 2003, Haggerty went on a field trip to the Great Lakes Science Centre in Ohio. There she saw an exhibit about how43in old batteries harm the water of Lake Erie.
Haggerty learnt that44the batteries was an easy solution. “I think everybody can do it, because everyone45batteries, and it can make a big difference.” With these words, she began to46awareness in her area.
She47her county government and school board. She got permission to start a recycling programme in schools48the public library, hospital, and churches. With the help from her family, friends and local waste-management49, she gathered containers, arranged transportation, and made a(n)50video.
Over the past two years, she collected four tons of batteries and drew the attention of officials, who were in charge of a battery recycling programme but had made51progress.
When asked52she feels like a hero, Haggerty is quite __53. “Not really. Well, maybe for the fish I saved!”
Every year the Gloria Barron Prize is54to young Americans aged 8 to 18 who have shown leadership and courage in55the public and the planet. Each year ten winners receive US $ 2,000 each, to help with their education costs or their public service work.
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