Week 5. Task -1.
http://video.nytimes.com/video/playlist/environment/1194821066219/index.html

Choking on Growth.
Chinese environmentalist was warking to save the polluted Lake Tai's was jailed.
Lake Tai's located about 100 miles west to Shanghai. The simbol of China is beauty. The sellsmen who was turned to environmentalist because of the witnessed around his village. In August, 2007 Wu Lihong was put on trail. He was charged with blackmail relating to the sale of pollution-control equipment. Wu Lihong took the pollution issue to the top. He would ride his motocicle to observe pollution. He found the poluttered factory; the factory wa s shut down in 1999. Wu Lihong was a good for people. A lot of people were angry about pollution near the village. Local goverment were dishonest about this, they said that it's 100% clear.
A lot of chinese feel pity about what happening. Every year its getting worth. The local river offen black or another color; the water much more polluted. He went to Benjing to the enviromental agency . Aftere that the Lihong's family strated receive a strange calls. Someone throw the rocks to the window. He was bitten by the chemical workers. Then, they arrsted him without procced; they took him illegal. He was charged for two counts:1) blackmail, and the 2) a payment was made to him by local agency. They using him influence as enviromentalist activist to extore money. They did not deal with evidence. this procceding should be public trail, but they did not let go in the relatives or anybody. His verdit is, he was found guilty. He has to stay in prizon 3 years.
I chose this topic because i was wondering about what is going on aroun the world, in my case in China. I know that many factories on the China, and it was interesting how they solve the pollution problems. I was not suprise that the local goverment takes the money from the factorie's owners. The same problem with corruptions i have in my country.
Vocabulary:
Procced (v)- to continue to do smt. that has already been planed or started : they arrested him without procced.
Enviromentalist(n)-s.o.who is concerned about protecting the environment : Chinese environmentalist was working to save the polluted Lake Tai's.
Influence(n)- the power to have an effect on the way s.o. or smt. develops, behaves, or thinks : they using his influence as enviromental activist.