I've always loved the ocean. In the_＿36_＿ (seven) grade,I started volunteering at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California. I was upset to learn that many sea animals eat plastic garbage,＿37＿(think)it is food.

I decided to do something ＿38＿ (educate) people about this problem. I held presentations at schools to teach kids about plastic waste. I wanted to reach businesses too. I decided that if I learned of a company_39＿ used a lot of plastic, I'd send it an email urging it to cut back.

One day, I saw a commercial for a health-care company. People in the ad were using plastic straws （吸管）． I found the contact information of the company＿ 40＿ emailed its president. I told him how ＿ 41＿ (harm) plastic could be to the environment and asked him to consider using more eco-friendly options. I was so＿ 42_ (excite) when he wrote back to me.He said he would make sure that the company cut its use of plastic straws in half.

I kept going. Whenever I heard of businesses using plastic, I'd send an email. One of the biggest companies I wrote to ＿43＿ (be) Alaska Airlines Paris. A company ＿44_ (represent). wrote back and told me the airline was switching over ＿45＿ plastic to paper cups on all of its 1,200 daily flights.