My Earth Day Birthday

My Earth Day Birthday, written by Rose Brooker, illustrated by Kathy Kelleher.

《我的地球日生日》，作者：罗斯·布鲁克，绘者：凯西·凯莱赫

Tara's story. My name is Tara and this year I had the best birthday ever. My birthday is on April 22nd, Earth Day. I call it my Earth Day birthday. Every year I do something special on my birthday to help the environment. Last year my mom and I helped clean up a beach. I had a great time and learned a lot about ocean animals. But this year's celebration was even better.

塔拉的故事 我叫塔拉，今年我过了有史以来最棒的生日 我的生日在4月22日，也就是地球日 我把它叫做我的地球日生日 每年生日我都会做特别的事来保护环境 去年我和妈妈一起帮忙清理海滩 我玩得很开心，还学到了很多海洋动物的知识 不过今年的庆祝活动更棒

Back in January, my teacher, Ms. Gonzalez, told our class that the school would hold a special Earth Day celebration this year. Each class had a project, and Ms. Gonzalez volunteered our class to organize a fair for the school. Because of my birthday, my classmates put me in charge of the whole thing.

早在一月份，我们的冈萨雷斯老师就告诉全班，学校今年要举办一场特别的地球日庆祝活动 每个班都要完成一个项目，冈萨雷斯老师主动报名我们班承办学校的游园会 因为我的生日正好是地球日，同学们推选我负责整场活动

I wasn't always interested in the environment, but two years ago my family went on a vacation to Mexico. We went for a walk on the beach and saw a dead sea turtle that had choked on a plastic grocery bag. I was shocked to see how something as simple as a grocery bag could kill a wild animal. I felt sad that the sea turtle's life was wasted. That day, I decided I would find a way to help the environment.

我以前并不是一直关注环境，两年前我和家人去墨西哥度假 我们在海滩散步时，看到一只被塑料购物袋噎死的海龟 我非常震惊，区区一个购物袋居然能害死一只野生动物 我难过极了，这只海龟就这么失去了生命 那天，我下定决心要想办法保护环境

Organizing the Fair. After Ms. Gonzalez told us about our class project, we had a brainstorming meeting. Some kids came up with ideas right away. Other kids needed help. So I gave them a few ideas, like teaching people about recycling at home, selling reusable bags to cut down on waste, selling things made from renewable materials such as bamboo, putting on a skit about something happening to the environment. By the end of our meeting, we had a great plan. We were all really excited about the fair. One of my jobs was to keep a chart of everyone's ideas. Ms. Gonzalez put up a whiteboard in the classroom. I listed each idea on the board. I also wrote down who would work on it and what materials and help they'd need. I checked in with my classmates over the next few months to see if they needed There was a lot to do, but working together made it fun.

筹备游园会 冈萨雷斯老师告诉我们班级项目后，我们开了头脑风暴会议 有些小朋友一下子就想出了点子 还有些小朋友还没思路 于是我给了他们几个点子：比如教大家在家做分类回收，售卖可重复使用的袋子减少垃圾，售卖竹子这类可再生材料做的物品，演一出关于环境问题的短剧 会议结束时，我们已经制定出了很棒的计划 我们所有人都对这场游园会兴奋不已 我的工作之一就是把大家的想法整理记录下来 冈萨雷斯老师在教室里挂了一块白板 我把每个想法都列在了白板上 我还写下了谁负责哪个项目，以及他们需要什么材料和帮助 接下来几个月我一直跟进同学们的进度，虽然有很多事要做，但大家一起干活就很开心

Sometimes family members even helped us with our projects. We were surprised at how fast the time flew. Before we knew it, Earth Day had arrived.

有时候家长们也会过来帮我们做项目 我们都惊讶时间过得飞快 不知不觉，地球日就到了