[40]If I ruled the world.

Readers Digest UK January 2018 If I Ruled the World Twiggy['twɪgɪ] Twiggy, 68, is a model, singer, writer, presenter, designer and award-winning actress, whose extraordinary career has spanned more than five decades. I’d wave a magic wand[wɒnd]魔杖 and make sure no child anywhere ever went hungry. This is the most fundamentally important thing in the world. Glass bottles would replace plastic ones. Glass is easily recyclable and it breaks down. But the statistics around plastic waste are horrific[həˈrɪfɪk]: each year over 8 million tons of plastic end up in our oceans. At this rate, by 2050 the amount of plastic will outweigh the amount of fish. How did we get to this?Plastic use has increased 20-fold in the last 50 years and our sea life mistake it for food.I’d ask people to think hard before buying plastic bottles or anything in excessive packaging. At least one pet in each household would be a rescue animal. I’d outlaw剥夺…的法律保护 puppy farms, give much harder sentences to people who inflict把…强加给 cruelty to animals and encourage people to give a home to an abandoned or unwanted pet. I do a lot for animal charities—they do such important work. Home economics would go back on the school curriculum[kəˈrɪkjələm]全部课程. I was taught to sew做针线活 by my mum—she made our clothes—and now I’m a good seamstress女裁缝. Every child should at least be able to sew on a button or turn up a hem（布等的）褶边. Just like knowing how to change a fuse保险丝 or cook, these are vital life lessons that make you a better equipped person and more helpful partner in later life.We’d wear clothes that make us feel good. I love designing for M&S because they make clothes that are fun, stylish and affordable. We’re really lucky in the UK to have such great high-street商业街 shops, which allow us to dress well without spending a fortune. You can always spot认出，发现 people who are wearing something they love—they have a different attitude and confidence about them, which will make their day that little bit easier. Elderly people living alone would have a visitor every day. Loneliness is a chronic慢性的; 长期的 problem in our society. I’m as guilty as anyone else in feeling I’m too busy to make a difference, but we should all be aware that the elderly need the hand of friendship extended to them. I watched a wonderful documentary recently about a nursery school幼儿园 moving into an old people’s home. It was marvellous to see the older people rolling around on the floor with the children and having a laugh together. We’d be brave and follow our dreams. If you don’t try when you’re young you might live to regret it. I’ve known people in my life who were really passionate about something— such as playing the guitar, singing orpainting—but ended up in business to make money. There comes a point in their lives when they wonder, What might have happened if I’d had the courage to follow my dreams? I’d ban big lorries on roads during the day. They terrify me on the motorways高速公路 and in the cities they clog up堵塞 the traffic and are dangerous to other drivers, pedestrians [pɪ'destrɪəns]步行者 and cyclists. I’d make better use of our amazing and underused canal[kəˈnæl]管道 system for goods that don’t need to be delivered immediately. I’d make my granddaughter happy by holding a National Tutu Day. Joni is two and a half and she’s my joy. She likes to wear a tutu芭蕾舞用短裙 every day, so imagine her delight if one day every person she met was wearing a tutu as well—a pink one, of course. As told to Caroline Hutton song：Any other world——Mika