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My sister keeps stones in a box and calls each a crystal.我妹妹把石头收在一个盒子里，管每一块都叫「水晶」。 She told me where the stone came from.她告诉我，这块石头是从哪里来的。 She bought one crystal online and read the page.她在网上买了一块「水晶」，把那个页面读了很久。 The page had a diagram of the mine.页面上有一张矿井的「图表」。

The mine used power, and it gave off carbon dioxide.那座矿要用掉很多电，而它排出了「二氧化碳」。 A consumer like her chooses a stone after one consultation.像她这样的「消费者」会在一次短短的「咨询商量」之后挑一块石头。 That was a dilemma, because she loves beauty.这对她来说是个「两难」，因为她喜欢美的东西。 She put the stone back and did not consume her money that day.她把石头放了回去，那天没有「花费」这笔钱。

The shop was large and diverse, with people from everywhere.那家店很大、货品「多样」，店里的人来自四面八方。 Diversity sounds good, but our consumption has a cost.「多样性」听起来很好，可我们的「消费」是有代价的。 The city around us never stands still.我们周围的这座城市从不静止。 New buildings rise, old trees fall, and birds lose homes.新楼盖起来，老树倒下去，鸟儿失去一个家。 I write down the plants and birds I see.我写下自己看见的植物和鸟。

The nature group at my school reads my notebook.学校里那个自然小组会读我的本子。 They draw a picture of what lives near us.他们画出一张图，画出谁住在我们附近。 My sister still looks at her box every evening.妹妹每天傍晚还是会看她的盒子。 She says a crystal is a lesson about the earth.她说，一块「水晶」是关于「地球」的功课。