All Aboard [ lesson 9 and lesson 10 ]

Lesson 9

Today, we can find plastic everywhere in our lives. It is convenient and easy for us to use.
However, it is causing a serious problem. In our environment. About 8,000,000 tons of plastic waste
flows into the ocean every year. Many sea animals like whales and sea turtles die because of
swallowing the waste. In order to fight plastic pollution, Melati and Isabel, two teenage sisters in Bali,
Indonesia, started a campaign in 2013.

Lesson 10 [ part 1 ]

During World War II, the terrible battles in Okinawa changed the lives of the people on the
islands. Not only the soldiers but also many ordinary people were killed, and their houses and farms
were lost. Okinawa also lost a lot of pigs which were raised there. They were an important source of
food for the local people. As a result, many of them suffered from hunger after the war.

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Lesson 10 [ part 2 ]

In Hawaii, there were a large number of Japanese-Americans who worked on farms. Many of
them were Uchinanchu, or people from Okinawa. They heard of the terrible situation in their homeland
from a soldier who came back from Okinawa. Then, they decided to buy and send 550 pigs there.
With great effort, the Uchinanchu in Hawaii collected money for the special project and took the pigs
to their homeland by ship. The pigs saved many lives of the people who survived the war.

Lesson 10 [ part 3 ]

About sixty years after the war, the members of the music band BEGIN, from Okinawa, were
impressed by this episode in history. To show their gratitude, they decided to start sending musical
instruments to Uchinanch in Hawaii. They expect the total number. Will be 550, the same as the
number of pigs. Music is essential for the daily lives of the Uchinanchu. The band hopes their
presents will deepen the relationship. Between Hawaii and OKinawa for many more years.

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