Meet Caitlin. A student at the Blake School in Hopkins, 13-year-old Caitlin, is one of MATTER's young volunteers with an inspiring volunteer story.
Back in 2020, Caitlin began to take part in a service program through her school that encourages students to volunteer during their free time. This inspired her whole family to volunteer. They bought a couple of Volunteer Kits (装备箱) and packcd healthy snack packs in their home for people suffering during the pandemic (疫情). Over the course of a year, Caitlin took the challenge to raise enough money to buy snack packs for the comniunity! But Caitlin didn't stop there. Now her mom, Leigh, joined her at MATTER.
Caitlin explained why she was so devoted lo helping people. "I think it's really important to volunteer and give back lo your community, especially you're offering people food, which is such an important need." And what do Caitlin's friends think of her passion for helping others? "My friends think it's really cool that I have such a big commitment (奉献) to this. A couple of them are interested in volunteering next year because they're inspired by what I'm doing at MATTER. It makes me feel good to know that others want to volunteer because I'm doing it."
During this National Volunteer Month, we want to thank Caitlin and all of our devoted volunteers who selflessly give their time and energy to support MATTER'S mission. We know each of you has an inspiring volunteer story to tell and because of your efforts, we arE able to help people launch projects that improve communities here at home and around the world. Thank you! You matter!
When I was a junior doctor in surgery (外科), I was told that a group of researchers found the music played in operating theatres isn't just a way for the doctors and nurses to pass the time—it can actually have very positive benefits for the patients too. Obviously there's good evidence for its benefits in patients having surgery under both local and general anesthetic (麻醉).
The study has shown that playing certain types of music with a rhythm like the heartbeat was as effective as midazolam—an anesthetic given to patients going through a variety of procedures (程序). Studies have also shown that music can help reduce post-operative pain so much that patients are less dependent on medicine to reduce their pain.
The operating room is a rigid place tightly governed by procedures that make sure operations run smoothly. Among all the rules and regulations though, I suppose the one thing that there is choice over is the type of music played. The most senior surgeon (外科一生) in the room gets to choose the music.
Although it tends to be classical music, it obviously opens up all sorts of possibilities—suitable songs that could be played. "Staying Alive" by the Bee Gees is one I hope surgeons consider, for example. My mum is about to have her eyes operated, so she should, I think, ask her surgeon to play "I Can See Clearly Now" by Johnny Nash. But some should perhaps be avoided, for the sake of the patient. I think I'd rather have that anesthetic when having a surgery, than listen to "Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash, for example.
Australia officially listed koalas across its eastern coast as "endangered" on Friday. Conservationists (自然环境保护者）said koala populations had crashed in much of eastern Australia over the past two decades, warning that they were now sliding towards extinction.
The koala, a globally recognized symbol of Australia's unique wildlife, had been listed as "vulnerable" (易危) on the eastern coast just a decade earlier." We are taking unprecedented (史无前例的) action to protect the koala," the Minister of Environment, Sussan Ley said，highlighting a recent government promise of Aus$50 million to protect and recover koala habitats.
Environmentalists welcomed the koalas，new status (地位) but blamed Australia's failure to protect tlie species so far. "Koalas have gone from no-listing to vulnerable to endangered within a decade. That is a shockingly fast decline," said WWF-Australia conservation scientist Stuart Blanch. "Today's decision is welcome, but it won't stop koalas from sliding towards extinction unless it's accompanied by stronger laws to protect their forest homes."
Alexia Wellbelove of the Humane Society International said east coast koalas could be extinct by 2050 if no action was taken. "We can't afford anv more clearing," she said. "The extinction of koalas does not have to happen," she added, "we must stop allowing their homes to be cleared for mines, new houses, agricultural projects and industrial logging (伐木)."
Australia's koalas had been living on a" knife edge" even before the" Black Summer" bush fires of 2019-2020 because of land-clearing, drought, disease, car strikes and dog attacks, said Josey Sharrad, wildlife campaign manager at the International Fund for Animal Welfare. "We should never have allowed things to get to the point where we are at risk of losing a national icon (象征)," Sharrad said. "The bushfires were the final straw. This must be a wake-up call to Australia and the government to move much faster to protect critical habitat from development and land-clearing, and seriously deal with the impacts of climate change."
You learn, connect with friends and play games online. Just as you look both ways before crossing the street, be sure you are using the Internet more safely. These tips, based on the latest research, will help you stay fun and safe online.
Be your own person. Don't let friends or strangers pressure you to be someone you aren't. You may be Internet smart, but people and relationships change，and unexpected stuff can happen on the Internet.
Be nice online. People who are annoying and aggressive online are at greater risk of being bullied (欺凌) themselves. If someone is mean to you, try not to react. Talk to a trusted adult or a friend who can help. Use privacy tools to block the meanies.
Passwords are private. Don't share your password even with friends. One trick: Create a sentence like "I graduated from King School in 15" for the password "IgfKSi15".
. lt may be fun to check out new people for friendship or romance. But be aware that, while some people are nice, others act nice because they're trying to get something. Praising or supportive messages may be more about controlling than friendship or romance.
Avoid in-person meetings. The only way someone can physically harm you is if you're hoih in the same location, so—to be 100% safe—don't meet them in person. If you really must get together with someone you "met" online, don't go alone. Have the meeting in a public place.
A. And know your limits.
B. Read between the "lines".
C. Think about what you post.
D. And bring some friends along.
E. Don't think that others have better lives than you do.
F. Pick one you can remember but no one else can guess.
G. Or at least treat people the way you'd want to be treated.
My daughter, Cassidy, was 12 yeans old. She'd been1from headaches and fevers for over two years. Doctors had ruled out (抹除）everything scary. So, we weren't 2 when a family friend—also a neurologist (脑科医生)—scheduled Cassidy for an MRl (磁共振).
I waited, 3 Cassidy to come out soon. 4 passed. An hour later, a nurse 5 me and said: "We would like you to go in." I knew something was 6. I followed the nurse into my family friend's office. My heart sank. His eyes were 7. "Well," he said, "it's not 8."He told me my daughter had a brain tumor (肿瘤) and she'd need brain surgery (手术) as 9 as possible. I had experienced something really bad in life but 10 ever hurt like this.
On the way to her room, I must have said "My phone is almost dead", 11 a wonderful, teary-eyed nurse 12 me her charger (充电器) and said I could keep it. I 13 her help. Then, I accepted mail, presents for children, and books. 14, our burden became easier to bear because we were not 15 our grief (悲痛）alone. And in this comfort, something 16happened. My daughter found her purpose. She 17 a YouTube channel called "Cundid with Cassidy" to help other children 18 cancer. She thought that if she documented her 19, cancer would become less 20 for someone else.
The beginning of the 19th century witnessed a new focus on mothers' love, warmth and tenderness in America. Mothers began to be heavily celebrated for (they) virtues and praised lovingly in songs and stories.
Fritzemeier, a child development specialist, has two adult daughters will likely honor her with cards and small gifts, as well as a get-together and dinner. She believes that a child's future (depend) on developing secure relationships. "Attachment is an (emotion) relationship between a baby and a caring adult. It means somebody is responding the baby consistently," Fritzemeier said. Cries attract someone to figure out what's wrong, whether it's hunger，a need to be changed, just a familiar and loving voice. Moms are often that early primary caregiver, she noted.
At home, Fritzemeier (surround) by pictures that her children have made for her. "You don't have to spend a lot of money. A lot of (family) don't have it. Mother's Day can be breakfast in bed, a meal together or perhaps some flowers (pick) from your yard," she said. Mother-child relationships are important to each person, (include) those who don't have their mothers.
I frowned as I watched the movers (搬运工) packing things into our space vehicle. It was bad enough we had to move, but to Mars. I was hoping to get a puppy (小狗）this summer, not a one-way ticket to a planet of red rocks.
"I know you're disappointed, Cassie." Mom said. "But I've been offered my dream job. And the rocket is first-class. We can travel Co Mars in eight days instead of eight months. We'll come back—finally."
As Mom went to answer a worker's question, I sat and pulled grass from the ground. There was no grass on Mars, I thought. Or flowers. Or animals. There's almost nothing alive on that red wasteland! If only Mom wasn't an aeronautical (航空）engineer and Dad wasn't a climatologist (气象学家). If they were roologisls, we could stay on Earth and hang out wilh animals!
Mom called, saying the vehicle was ready for launch. I walked slowly behind my parents. If only I had a puppy, then maybe moving to Mars wouldn't feel so awful.
The flight was fast! Soon we reached the red planet. Several of my parents' scientist friends welcomed us to space. We took a quick tour of the laboratories and everyone talked about things I didn't understand. Then, we paused at a door. Everyone stopped speaking and looked at me. Mom touched a button on the wall.
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"We thought you might like to help out in here," Mom said to me.
