About Wetlands in the U.S.A. People enjoy a famous soup (SHE-CRAB SOUP) in North Carolina because the days of the regional soup may be getting fewer and fewer: "no wetlands, no seafood". Ⅰ. The current situation of wetlands: 1) California has lost (1) of wetlands--91 percent, (1) ______ and the rate of loss of wetlands is an acre per minute. 2) 21 other states have losted at least half of their (2) . (2) ______ Ⅱ. The key value of wetlands: 1) Each acre of wetland is worth (3) more money than (3) ______ an acre of ocean in the benefits; 2) Wetlands act like sponges and (4) like our kidney: (4) ______ A. filtering out hazardous materials like dirt, chemicals, pesticides and fertilizers; B. serving as large (5) areas. (5) ______ 3) More important than ocean (6) in the diversity of species supported. (6) ______ Ⅲ. The possible measures to protect wetlands: 1) Convince people to stop (7) or doing business in former wetlands; (7) ______ 2) Encourage developers and businesses to stay in (8) cities; (8) ______ 3) Get the government to stop developers from building in wetlands; 4) Raise (9) of this serious issue; (9) ______ 5) Protest the destruction of wetlands when we see it. Ⅳ. The only solution: An increase in (10) in favor of protecting wetlands, (10) ______ which both the builders and the government will listen.