A few years ago, my husband and I were on an island for a long holiday with our two daughters. As we talked about what to do1our girls jumped in and told us2what they wanted to do. "We want to go to the butterfly museum," said Ariella and Eliana.
As soon as we 3 into the main area of the museum, we saw thousands of beautiful butterflies, all flapping (拍打) their4wings.
My girls were5up and down, and I knew we made the right6to come to the museum. They were having so much7.
"How long do butterflies live?" I asked.
The guide said, "About ten days."
"What can butterflies do in ten days?" I asked.
The guide stopped, looked at me, and said, "They make the world a more beautiful place.
"Wow," I said, "I8, thought about butterflies like that. Thank you. "
The guide was right. We all have9 to offer the world with the time we have. When we are ready to take care of each other every day, we can make a10 to the world.
Like a butterfly, we should have our own way of making the world a little better for everyone.
Do you enjoy wearing Levi's blue jeans? Blue jeans have become popular all over the world, but do you know how they got started?
Levi Strauss & Co. started in 1853. At that time, Levi Strauss went to San Francisco from Germany. He went there to help with his brothers' dry goods business.
The company began producing clothes in the 1870s, but it did not start making jeans until the 1920s.
Levi Strauss and his partner Jacob Davis patented (取得专利) the copper rivet to make their clothing strong and hard in 1873. It was to become a key part of their jeans design.
During World War II, their jeans sold very well. Before the war, they only had 15 salesmen (推销员). After the war, they had 22, 000 salesmen in 35 countries.
Levi's jeans became popular with young people in the 1950s and 1960s. Levi's 501 jeans were then, and are today , their biggest-selling products (产品). The company is still leading the fashion industry in different countries.
Zephyr is an 8-month-old yellow dog. She walks in the halls of campus (校园) and even goes to class with students at Hutto High School in Texas, US.
This school has a guide dog training program. It started two years ago. Zephyr is one of the many dogs that the program trains to help the
blind (盲人). Many other schools in Texas have the same program. In this program, students first work as dogsitters that take care of dogs. They receive training in Guide Dogs for the Blind, the largest guide dog school in North America. They help to take care of the dogs for a while before getting a dog of their own. Then, they start to teach the dogs and train them in different environments. The student trainers will work with the dogs for one year.
Izabelle Harris, 15, joined the program about a year ago, first as a dogsitter, and now as one of the trainers. Zephyr is her dog. One morning, she and other students trained their dogs to walk across the street, as well as to avoid (避免) food on the ground or other people trying to play with them. When the school bell rang, the dogs followed their trainers to the next class, sitting or lying quietly between their trainers' feet.
"Hopefully someday, Zephyr will be the eyes for someone," Harris said.
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Dear Chairperson,
I would like to join the DIY Club.
I hope I can be a member of the DIY Club.
Yours Sincerely,
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