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A: Turn off the lights, Robert. Don't waste electricity.
B: OK. I usually do that. But why do you start to care about such things?
A: I read some bad news about the environment. And we should begin to protect our environment now.
B: I agree with you. For example, we should turn the tap(水龙头)off when we are brushing our teeth.
A: OK. I will remember that. What else does it say?
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A: Oh, that's easy. I have done that already. Plastic bags are bad for the environment.
B: Good for you.
A: No way! It would take me one hour to get to my company by bike.
B: Then you can take a bus.
A: OK.
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A. And we should ride bikes instead of driving cars to work. B. I was just in a hurry. C. That is acceptable. D. The river used to be clean，but now it is dirty. E. We should take our own bags when shopping F. I saw some useful information about environmental protection in a magazine. |
Helen Keller was a very bright, beautiful girl. 1 the age of six months, she could already say a few words. But when she was two years old, she got badly ill. She could not see or hear, and soon she could not even talk. Since then Helen had to fight for 2 she wanted. When she was six, her parents invited a teacher for her. 3 the help of the teacher, she began to see and hear the world around her through her 4. She learned to read books for the blind. The teacher took Helen for long walks, and 5 her about all the beautiful sights(风景). Helen 6 flowers, climbed the trees and smelled a rain storm(暴风雨) before it came. She also learned how to swim and 7 a horse. After she 8, she became a famous writer in America. Her first and most famous 9 is The Story of My Life. Her story has 10 new hope to many blind and deaf(聋的) people. It has given light to those in darkness and encouraged (鼓舞) them to live and work.
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It's important to learn things about protecting environment. Here's a 4Rs rule for us.
·Reduce
If you want to reduce waste, you should use things wisely (明智的). A large number of trees are being cut down to make paper. If everyone uses paper carelessly and then throws it away, soon we would not have any trees left. Some other things are also being wasted, and people don't know what to do with waste in big cities, so it's necessary to reduce waste.
·Reuse
You should always think of reusing the usable (可用的) things before throwing them away. Give your clothes or things you don't use to the poor. In a family, you may pass such clothes on to your younger brothers or sisters.
·Recycle
Bottles, cans and paper can easily be recycled. By doing so we save lots of time and money, for example, cola cans are sent to a factory, where they're smashed flat（压平）and smelted (熔化), and the metal things are made into new cola cans.
·Repair
If one of the legs of your table is broken, you can repair it. If you want to change for better ones, it's better for you to sell the old ones or give them to other people who can use them after doing some repair.
a. smash them flat b. collect the used cans
c. smelt them d. send them to a factory
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Enjoy creative inventions Every November, Time magazine picks out "The 25 Best Inventions" of the year. These are the things that have made our lives different. TEENS has chosen three of the most interesting ones on the list. If you want to know more, please click Here. |
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Ember Mug | It's hard to always keep coffee at the right temperature, especially in winter. It's too hat to drink at first, but before we know it, it gets too cold and loses all its taste. According to Time, the perfect level of warmth for a cup of coffee only lasts for 37 seconds, which makes the Ember Mug a great invention. It keeps your coffee or tea at a certain temperature, anywhere between 48℃ and 62℃, once you set it through a smartphone app. |
| Tasty One Top | TV cooking shows make it look so easy, but it's almost impossible to get the recipes to look the same as how the professionals make them. However, the Tasty One Top DIY cooking helps. Developed by Buzzfeed, the cooker can be connected to a smartphone app, which has more than 1,700 recipes and videos. You choose a recipe and the app will let the cooker know what to do. For example, it'll tell you when to turn your steak or when to add certain ingredients. |
| Jibo | Smart speakers from companies like Amazon and Xiaomi have added a lot of fun to our lives. Though they're still faceless speakers. However, Jibo, developed by MIT professor Cynthia Breazeal, has brought smart technology to life. Said to be "the world's first social robot for the home", Jibo looks like a cartoon character, a round head and a voice that sounds like a 10-year-old boy. Inside its "head", there are different sensors and cameras, which allow it to recognize (辨认) faces and speech. Jibo will move to face you whenever you talk to it. It can also set alarms, remind you of important things, tell you the weather and read news or messages from your friends and family. |
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All over the world in the twenty-first century, people can get new energy in many ways.
Energy from the wind. People use the power of the wind．It is a clean source(来源) of energy, and there is lots of it. However, if the wind does not blow, there is no wind energy.
Energy from the water. When water moves from a high place to a lower place, it has the power to make electricity. Waterpower produces enough energy for 40, 000 people in a town. Waterpower gives energy without pollution. However, people have to build dams(大坝) to use this energy, and building dams is very expensive.
Energy from the earth. There is heat in the rocks under the earth. Scientists use the heat to make geothermal(地热的) energy. San Francisco gets half of the energy from geothermal power. This kind of energy is cheap, but it is only possible in a few places in the world.
Energy from the sun. Solar panels(太阳能电池板) on the roofs of houses and buildings can turn energy from the sun into electricity. These panels can create enough energy to heat the whole house during winter. Solar power is clean and plentiful(丰富的), but when the weather is bad, it can't produce power．
What would you do if you felt anxious(焦虑的)? Would you feel better if someone else could share his or her experiences with you? In the United States, two teenage girls set up a mental health camp called "Healing(治愈)Hearts" to help people deal with anxiety.
The idea of creating the camp came from Dinah Martinez, 17, and her schoolmate Janet Martinez, 18. Both girls suffered from anxiety.
Dinah Martinez always did well in school. "But then I just started to collapse(崩溃)," DinahMartinez said.
She stopped talking to her friends, stopped going to school for three weeks and stayed at home.
Janet Martinez was anxious in elementary school. Things got even worse in junior high. "It was a lot of pressure I put on myself. I would wake up in the morning and it was like my heart was racing," she said.
The girls' camp idea got support from Girls Leading Our World (GLOW) in the US. The organization awarded them $ 5,000 to put on the camp for other teenage girls.
The "Healing Hearts" camp was created to "help deal with anxiety, especially with girls in high school because that's when they are the most vulnerable(脆弱的)", Janet Martinez said.
On the first day of the camp, 10 girls were there. Experts at the camp talked about anxiety. They helped girls who were experiencing anxiety. The girls learned how to calm themselves when they are anxious. They learned about calming methods like deep breathing.
"It's good to know that someone else is going through the same thing as me and we can both help each other out," Dinah Martinez said.
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Title: The "Healing Hearts" Camp |
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Background |
Two girls suffered from anxiety, so theyup with the idea of setting up a mental health camp. |
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Girls Leading Our World gave them an award of $5,000 to put on the camp for other teenage girls. |
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To help deal with anxiety, especially with girls in high school when they are the most vulnerable. |
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Experts talked about anxiety and helped girls with anxiety. The girls learned how to keep calm when they are anxious, likebreathing. |
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It's good to give a hand to those whose experiences are to Dinah Martinez's. |
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