Costa Rica Animal Rescue Service
Would you like to bottle-feed a baby monkey? Do you want to stand guard over baby sloths（树懒）as they learn to climb? Come and spend the summer in Costa Rica volunteering at a wildlife rescue center!
You will help out at the shelter in the mornings， preparing breakfast for the animals and helping them heal on their road to recovery. You'll also help with a variety of tasks such as cleaning the animals' cages，preparing medicine，or any other work that is needed. In the afternoons，you'll have the choice to take Spanish lessons at our school in the village，or head to the beach to relax. We will also go white-water rafting（漂流）and biking，and visit the local BriBri tribe （部落）.
Plus，you can even cross another country off your bucket list with a day trip to Panama! Evenings are spent dancing to the beat of local village music，enjoying delicious dinners，and walking along the streets of the village.
Price：$ 4，880 + Airfare
Departures：Jun 29—Jul 20；Jul 21—Aug 11
Trip routes：
Day 1：Depart from Miami
Days 1—21：Puerto Viejo > Turrialba > Cahuita > Panama > The BriBri tribe
Day 22：Return flight to the USA
On this trip you will also：
Earn up to 80 hours of community service credit（学分）；
Fly through the thick jungle on a zipline adventure；
Learn about the inner operations of an animal rescue center；
Sail along the coast for a day trip to Bocas del Toro，Panama；
Take a guided night walk through the jungle to see wild animals come alive.
Olivia Ries was just seven years old when she and her eight-year-old brother Carter adopted a cheetah（猎豹） in South Africa.
"When my sister and I first learned back in 2009 that species like the cheetah may be extinct in the wild by the time we have kids，it scared us. We knew we had to do something to help them，"says Carter. "There are so many people （young and old alike）who just don't know what is happening to so many species，just like we didn't. Olivia and I want to make sure we reach as many people around the world as possible and help them to understand how serious the situation really is."
To do that ， the kids started One More Generation（OMG），an organization with the motto："Preserving endangered species for one more generation and beyond."
Now，many years later，Olivia and Carter have traveled all over the world spreading their message. They've been interviewed on national television，participated in marches and fundraisers and won awards for their work. In 2015，they were invited to Vietnam by the United States Embassy to participate in a programme to save rhinos. All that they've accomplished for animals and the environment is much too long to list!
"Our number one message to everyone we meet is‘Remember，anyone can make a difference...if we can，you can too'，"says Olivia."We want all people to understand that what Carter and I are doing is not necessarily something special；it is something that we all should be doing. You can start small by simply adopting an animal. Do some research on the species you are interested in，and find a good organization offering adoptions. My brother and I take our birthday money and allowance money and adopt animals all the time. "
Kids aged 6 to 13 in Cape Town，South Africa，really do dig learning at school! With the help of the Earthchild Project，which is offered in schools in two townships，students make worm（蠕虫）farms. The worms break down food waste and make the soil richer. Kids grow seedlings（幼苗）in containers and learn about the importance of good nutrition.
The school programme also offers yoga（瑜 伽）. Teachers find that the exercises help students focus better. The students enjoy Earthchild activities."The children get so excited，"says teacher Vuyelwa Rola.
"The society we are in has a lot of noise. When students are taking part in the Earthchild Project，they feel calm."
Director Janna Kretzmar came up with the idea for the project in 2005. She read about schools in India that involved kids in yoga and learning outside the classroom. She developed the Earthchild Project to offer similar activities in Cape Town schools.
"We hope the Earthchild Project can help students find solutions to all the challenges they are facing in the world today，"Kretzmar said."The best place to create change is with the youth，through education."
The Earthchild Project combines schoolwork with hiking，gardening，healthy living，and yoga."We need more than just math and science to become happy，healthy，inspired，and active citizens of our communities，"says Kretzmar.
In some communities in Cape Town，children live in poverty. They must walk long distances to get clean drinking water. Life is hard. But according to the Earthchild Project's Carly Appleby，the project works to give hope to every child. "Students who have hope，"she says，"aim for bigger goals."
Chris just found some good information on the Web for his science report about sharks. He marks a paragraph in red which explains that most sharks can't hurt people. Chris copies it and pastes it into his report before continuing his research. Uh-oh. Chris just made a big mistake. Do you know what he did? He committed plagiarism （剽窃）which is not allowed in school，college.
The word plagiarism comes from a Latin word for kidnapping（绑架）. You know that kidnapping is stealing a person. Well，plagiarism is stealing a person's ideas or writing. You wouldn't take someone's lunch money or bike，right? Well，someone's words and thoughts are personal property，too.
Chris should have given credit to the author and the website for the information. Why? Because Chris didn't know the information before he came to the website. These aren't his thoughts or ideas. He should have written down the author，the title，and the date it was published. Then he could have added it to the end of his report.
Plagiarism is a form of cheating. However，it's not always easy to tell what is plagiarism and what is not. Sometimes，it's done by accident—you really intended to do your own work，but ended up with some sentences that sound just like something you've read. If you don't tell readers where they come from，you're risking a lot of trouble. But it's sometimes done on purpose and that's just being lazy. By copying whole paragraphs from different places，a kid doesn't have to spend the time thinking about the subject，gathering his or her own thoughts about it.
So even if you put the information into your own words，you still should list the source. Ask yourself，"would I know this if I hadn't read it on that website or in that book?" If the answer is no，list the source.
3 Life Lessons I Learned From My Father
·Prepare for each moment to be a learning moment.
Growing up，Dad taught my sister and me that，to be adaptable and successful，we had to be prepared for learning moments，which might not always be comfortable. ， and there will always be surprises along the way. Dad taught me to use every experience in my life as a foundational moment—not to be stopped by adversity（逆境），to look for and learn from the lessons from any situation and build from there. . Whether inside or outside of class，I'm always looking for learning moments，and I welcome new experiences.
·Stick to your goals.
From my early teenage years，Dad encouraged me to set goals，whether it was something as simple as picking up a hobby，trying a new sport or learning a new skill. Setting measurable goals didn't have to be rigorous（严格的），. To this day，I still keep a list of goals. Although I'm not quite as organized as I would like to be——I still make it a priority（优先） to outline the steps necessary to reach my goals and watch how I'm progressing.
·Preparation is the key to lower stress.
When I showed up to college for my freshman year，I saw frantic（紧张忙乱的） students everywhere，trying to manage all of their new-found responsibility. I must have stood out，because I wasn't really sweating the small stuff. . I'm almost through my first year，and I still feel prepared，because I had all the goal-setting，money and time-management skills established before I left home. And，yes，I will admit to Dad that it's due in part to the skills I learned growing up.
A. Success never comes without taking risks
B. College is the perfect place to practice this
C. classes and social plans often bump me slightly off track
D. I felt mentally prepared，and that made a huge difference
E. he had the skills and experience to back up what he was telling us
F. they just had to be things that were important to us and could be achieved
G. Of all the lessons I've learned from him，this is the one I remember each day
Amanda，a newly married wife，suffered a bad cough and visited a doctor at a friend's urging. The doctor informed her of the 1 diagnosis（诊断）of Stage 2 lung cancer. During this time，she was 2 to a college and was currently not insured（给……买保险）due to the 3 . She planned to save money and then seek medical treatment for the cancer.
Her friends and family didn't want her to 4 her treatment. They took 5 into their own hands and started a GoFundMe campaign. A friend of the family was cofounder of a group named Praynksters，known for flash mob-style（快闪类型的）random acts of 6 . The friend decided to use their own group to help the young family. The group 7 the creative idea to spread the word and invite families，friends，and strangers who wanted to help to 8 in a donation flash mob. The event started an outpouring of enormous 9 from the local community.
Amanda and her husband Clint burst into 10 as the crowd passed by and the donations poured in. The 11 brought the family over $13，000 in donations for her medical treatments. The generous act gave the family a 12 and optimistic feeling when all hope seemed lost.
Since then，Amanda has joined an insurance plan and has 13 chemotherapy（化疗）. Life for the family has started getting back to their 14 routine. Once Amanda got her strength back，she returned to school and 15 her bachelor's degree.
A wonderful experience happened to me this Saturday on my way to a mall. Two children ran towards mebottles in their hands，asking if I wanted to have bottled water. It was so （surprise）that I was unsure whether this was for real. I wondered if they （do）fund-raising. I asked them where（they）parents were and how much a bottle of water was. Then two adult women came to me and explained what the children were doing，"We are teaching the children （give）without getting anything in return."What a great idea!
exchange of ideas opened up between me，the mothers and the children. We were no longer strangers to each other. We were having such a great time chatting. I felt very pleased，（end）up helping them give away the rest of the bottled water.
One young lady was so （thank） that she said it was the best thing happened to her all day since she had a"bad"day at work. A couple accepted the water （happy）and kept on thanking us. After all was done，the children and I gave each other a high five. I really had great fun that day.
Nothing has come easy for Chris who has faced many obstacles（障碍）in his childhood. His father，Nick，said that his son suffered from illnesses most of his life. Chris was born with Down's syndrome（唐氏综合征）and a heart failure and underwent many major surgeries. All through his illnesses，the little boy always had a strong will.
"When you have a child with Down's syndrome，they don't fit in，they are different and they don't get invited to parties. They don't get invited to anything. Everything you do is a challenge，it is a fight. It is a battle to just get them to be included，"his father said.
Despite his life challenges，Chris tries hard to stay positive and work hard to overcome his obstacles."Don't tell me that I'll fail，"the young man defiantly（反抗地）replies to those who tell him he can't do anything.
Chris has always been athletic，so his father found a special Olympics Marathon programme for him to participate in. His father viewed the programme as a fun thing they could do together. He encouraged Chris to do something that no one had ever done before. He knew accomplishing a challenging event such as the Ironman Triathlon would make an incredibly powerful impact，not only on his son but on many others with disabilities. He asked Chris if he would be interested in participating in the most challenging race. "Yes，let's do it!"Chris enthusiastically replied.
Individuals with Down's syndrome，like Chris，often struggle with poor balance and delayed reaction time. Therefore，it took him a little longer to complete training routines in the beginning. However，Chris is no quitter，he kept on practicing. With his courage，willpower and his family's encouragement，every day he grew better，faster and stronger.
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Chris and his father encountered many doubters at the beginning of his training.
……
The day of the Marathon finally arrived and excitement was building.
