Unit 8 Oral Communication and Composition in Grade Five of Primary School

Let me tell you a story. The story happened in a dense forest. One morning, a man came to the forest with a cigarette in his mouth and an axe in his hand. Obviously, he is a woodcutter. I saw him waving an axe and constantly talking to himself: "There must be bugs in this piece of wood." On his shoulder stood a woodpecker. It pointed its curved and sharp mouth at the woodcutter's trunk-like head and thought angrily: There must be insects in this piece of wood. . . . . .

This is a cartoon drawn by Mr Yuequan Zhou. After reading it, you may feel strange, absurd and even ridiculous: will people let woodpeckers cure diseases? Why do people say that trees have worms, but birds say that people have worms in their brains? Is there really such a ridiculous thing in the world?

But when you think about it, the woodpecker may not be wrong. In this woodcutter's mind, there is not even a shadow of "caring for the environment and cherishing resources"! He only knows that there are insects in trees, and he can use this as an excuse to cut down trees at will, without considering the consequences or worrying. Actually, the real patient is not a tree, but himself. The terminal disease of "destroying the environment at will" is already in his mind, and the longer his brain is, the deeper it is. Now he is terminally ill and hopeless. He is worse than that piece of wood full of bugs! However, a person with an incurable disease insists on "treating" others with worms. How can he not let a woodpecker laugh and get angry? !

Since ancient times, human beings have been regarded as intelligent advanced animals, and we all have different solutions to different problems. For example, in the face of darkness, we can light a lamp; Without lights, we can light candles; Without candles, we can sit there quietly waiting to leave in the dark, but what can we do in the face of wood shortage?

Trees are good friends of human beings and play an important role in human life and the whole society. For example, trees can adjust the climate so that the air is not polluted; Trees can keep water and soil resources from losing, thus reducing the number of natural disasters such as mudslides and landslides; Trees can provide protection for animals, so that birds have homes and vegetarian animals have food; Trees are the beginning of human civilization: drilling wood for fire, making paper, etc. , are inseparable from the tree; Therefore, trees are indispensable and important resources for human survival.

Some people may think: I didn't cut down trees, so I cherish natural resources. However, people ask themselves: How many pairs of disposable wooden chopsticks have you used? How many sheets of paper did you waste? These are the "incarnations" of trees! A piece of paper and a wooden chopstick may seem trivial, but what about a hundred or even thousands of pairs after ten pairs? This is much more than a tree!

Friends, cutting down trees is actually cutting our own lives. In our own future, "there must be bugs in this wood" and "there must be bugs in this wood!" What clever words! The woodcutter doesn't care, and the woodpecker is full of anger, which really makes people think. Humans claim to be highly intelligent, why don't they even understand this superficial truth? Disposable chopsticks can still be seen everywhere, and unused printing paper can be seen everywhere. How do you explain this?

There must be bugs in this piece of wood. . . . . .