Did you know the importance of your 5 yuan?
你知道你的五元钱的重要性吗？
For a start, it can buy you a tree, which will help make soil stay on the land.
首先，你可以买一棵树，而这棵树可以使水土不流失。
On land with rich soil, local farmers can grow crops to make a living.
在肥沃的土地上，当地农民可以种庄稼谋生。
With the money they earn from their crops, farmers buy goods or services.
用种庄稼赚的钱，农民可以购买所需物品或服务。
This helps to develop local economies.
这有助于发展地方经济。
Still puzzled how your 5 yuan can have so much effect?
还是不理解为什么你的五元钱会有如此大的作用吧？
Well, just take a look at the fact below.
那么，看看下面的事实吧。
Since 1997, a tree-planting progamme has changed the Jiuchengong Valley in Inner Mongolia into a green homeland.
自1997年起，一项植树计划已使内蒙古九成功流域变成了绿色家园。
Visitors from all over the world now come to admire this great achievement.
世界各地的人前来这里观赏这一伟大成就。
What is more, the success of the programme has greatly improved the lives of the local people.
另外，这项计划的成功大大改善了当地人民的生活。
Just think: all this started with 5 yuan!
试想一下：这一切就始于五元钱！
So when you have 5 yuan in your pocket next time, think twice about how to use the money.
所以，下次当你口袋里再有五元钱时，仔细想想该怎么花。
Remember you can use it to buy a tree and create a green future for our motherland, our people and yourself.
请记住，你可以用它买树，为我们的祖国、人民以及你自己创造绿色的未来。
