I want to do the right thing by the environment, and so do you. But, let's face it: it isn't always 1.
The moment one thinks about the seriousness of the 2 we face, it is difficult not to feel profoundly hopeless. For example, in order to 3 this article, I visit The World Counts (www.theworldcounts.com), which offers all the latest 4 statistics (统计数据), and it was 5 to send me to bed for the day.
There's one thing I find 6 about trying to be 7. It is choosing between all the countless 8 on offer. Are bamboo toothbrushes better than electric ones? Do trains always cause less pollution than planes? Should one replace old but perfectly usable smart phones with 9 and high-tech versions? There is so much 10 out there to analyse. When I find myself in despair (绝望), I 11 an article by Loren Eiseley in which two men are walking along a beach covered by thousands of 12, dying starfish. One of the men 13 throwing individual starfish back into the water. The other man 14 that as there are so many starfish in trouble, his companion's actions will make no 15. But the first man 16 that it will make a difference to each starfish he manages to 17.
It is an oft-repeated story, but that doesn't make it any less 18. Someone has put it in a nutshell when he said, "it is the greatest of all 19 to do nothing because you can only do a little — do what you 20."
