Mark would turn ten in three days. His mom asked him what he wanted as a1 . He thought maybe a bicycle . a2 or a telescope(望远镜). He told his mom his choices and said any of these gifts would be great. In fact, he hoped for the telescope. He 3 learning about the planets.
Mark's parents4 the gifts one night after Mary went to sleep.
" Mark will just get5 of the basketball. He already has two,'said Dad.
" We 6 bought him a bicycle last year. It's new," said Mom.
" We should 7 Mark a telescope," said Dad." He's so interested in space and the planets; he will like 8 ."
" Sounds good," said Mom.
Dad stopped by the 9 the next day after work and bought a telescope. He put it in his car.He 10 until Mark was asleep and brought it into the house.
" This is 11 ." said Mark's nom after she saw it." He would love it."
Dad put it in the attic(阁楼).
Mark's birthday came and he was excited. He ran into tbo 12 . His gift was usually there.13 he couldn't find anything. Dad came into the kitchen and saw Mark was looking for a gift.He asked Mark to14 him to the attic.
" This is fantastic!" said Mark." Thanks so much."
That night, Mark saw many beautiful 15 and planets. How happy he was!
ORBISORBIS is a charity(慈善机构). It helps the people who can't see. The doctors and nurses in the charity fly to the poor places all over the world to help blind people. But they need lots of money to do this, so the doctors at ORBIS hope that more and more people can raise money for them to support their work.
Detroit Public Radio One way you can help Detroit Public Radio is by volunteering your time during one of the station's fundraising(筹款的) events, such as WDET's Pledge Drive. We are always looking for volunteers to help the station.
UNICEF United Nations International Children's Emergence Fund(UNICEF) was set up on December 11. 1946 to help children in poor countries, It helps make the world a better place for children. People can help UNICEF by doing the volunteer work.
Taichung PAWS Anyone with an interest in helping animals out is welcome to join us.whether you want to volunteer for a short time or a long time. If you love animals, please join us!
I asked my dad if I'd ever made him cry before because I couldn't remember ever seeing him cry.
" There was once," he said.
He told me that when I was 1 year old, he put a pen, a piece of paper money, and a toy in front of me. He wanted to see which one I would pick. It's a tradition that a lot of Chinese people do when their kids are 1 year old. According to this tradition, it shows what the kid will value(重视) most when they grow up. For example. if the kid takes the pen, it means he or she will be a smart person in the future. If the kid takes the money, it means he or she will value money more than others and will become rich. If the kid takes the toy, it means he or she will like fun things and play a lot.
My father was just doing it for fun. It was interesting for him to see which one l'd pick anyway. He said that I just sat there and stared at the three things. He sat across from me and waited to see the result. According to him, I moved toward him and he held his breath. Then I pushed (推开) everything aside and went right into his arms. He had never thought that I would choose him. And that was the first and only. time I made him cry.
Some people work a job all their lives and for them、it is only a way to make a living. But Carole and Russ Cassidy are lucky. They-worked as special education teachers with interest and got lots of satisfaction. Now they are retired(已退休的) and luck is still with them.
" We just didn't want to be sitting and not doing anything ," Carolc said." We tried several things, but they were not meant for us 、" Soon, they found the Princeton Public Library's Children's Storytime program and wanted to get involved." We were lucky. They came and found us and asked to volunteer." Rebecca Marrs. Children's Librarian at the Princeton Public Library said. Marrs said the kids loved the retired special education teachers.
Mars. began the Children's Storytime program-at the-Princeton Public Library about eight Preschool program takes place(举行) on Friday.
The Cassidys and Marrs said that they didn't expect the children to sit still during the storytime. They understand that children can listen while playing." I love being with kids. I enjoy watching kids playing together and using their imagination most," Carole said." For example, I asked them why they made a robot with bricks(积木) and they explained it to me. Their imagination is so good."
Keeping Earth healthy is an important job. That's what the environmental protection is all about. One of the hardest jobs is solving the problem of rubbish. The trouble with rubbish is that more and more rubbish is produced and there will be no place to put it.
A lot of our rubbish comes from plastic. Juice, water, shampoo(洗发水)—these all come in plastic bottles. Too much plastic is one of our worst rubbish problems. When a plastic bottle becomes rubbish, it remains rubbish for hundreds of years. That's because plastic is hard to decompose(分解) in the earth.
Is there a better way to deal with plastic? Yes! We can recycle it. When we recycle, we take something that's been used and turn it into something new. Here is how it works. People save their plastic bottles. A special recycling truck picks the bottles up and takes them to the recycling center.Here, the bottles are melted down. The melted plastic is sent to a factory. At the factory, the old plastic is made into something new. It may become a new bottle, a backpack or maybe even a slide(滑梯) at playground!
Sometimes there are not many things that kids can do to help solve our planet's problems.But kids can do a lot about rubbish. Recycling is one way that all people can make a big difference!
a. people save their plastic bottles
b. the melted plastic is sent to a factory
c, the bottles are melted down
d. a special truck takes them to the recycling center
My parents have a friend who always helps out homeless people. His name is Richard and he is very successful.
Last Sunday, he called our house and asked me if I would like to help those homeless people.3' We spent most of the day serving food to homeless people.
After the meal, those people listened to Richard talk about how to go back to school and how to get a job. It was a great talk.
On the way home, Richard told me that it made him feel good to help others. I told him that it made me feel good, too. I also told him I thought they really needed help
Richard said some people thought homeless people were lazy, but he didn't agree. In his opinion, people lived on the street for many complicated reasons. .
He said that he knew one kid who got off the street, went back to school and became successful. He asked me." Would you like to meet him?"
I said," Sure."
He shook my hand and said," Nice to meet you !"
. I asked," You mean you...?"
He smiled and nodded(点头).
" Wow, cool! There must be a fantastic story !" I shouted.
A. And once they started living on the street, it was difficult for them to get off it. B. Those people thanked Richard a lot when he finished talking. C. I was a little scared but I said OK. D He's one of my good friends. E. I could hardly believe my ears. |
Can you think about one way to help homeless people?(Less than 20 words)
Dale is a player. When he was a little boy, he had a great interestplaying basketball.
As he grew up, he became a player. He practiced playing basketball every day. You could imagine happy he was! But all this (change) because of an accident.
One day, he hurt himself before finishing (train). In the hospital, he had (difficult) moving his'body . The man had to spend all his time lying on his back. It seemed that he was （able）! He felt sad and （alone）. In the same room in the hospital, there was a little boy. He hurt his left hand with a (break) bottle. Over time, they became friends. They (understand) each other and helped each other. The boy sang songs to the man and the man started (tell ) his stories about playing basketball. They had strong feelings that they could be better soon.
As we had had a long walk through one of the markets of Old Delhi, we at a square to have a rest. After a time, we a snake-charmer with two large baskets at the square, so we went to have a look at him. he saw us, he picked up a long pipe which was with coins and opened one of the baskets. When he began to , we had our first of the snake. It rose out of the basket and began to follow the of the pipe. We were very much surprised when the snake charmer suddenly began to and modern pop songs. The snake, however, to dance' slowly. It obviously could not tell the between Indian music and jazz!
