The people who make a difference in your life come in all types. For me, that person wore a tie with a Pizza Hut logo on it. I found my first and best mentor (良师益友)at a job in fast food.
I started working at Pizza Hut when I was a freshman in high school. All new workers started by washing dishes and clearing tables. On the first night, there were so many dishes I needed to wash after I cleared the tables. My job was ended at 9:00 pm, but when I asked to leave, the manager Jeff refused, allowing me to go home after the work was done. I tried my best and stayed on dish duty for weeks. I asked Jeff when I could do something different. He promised if I did well in my job and didn't complain, the next week he would let me make table. And he did so.
My relationships with those stepfathers were terrible, so Pizza Hut became not only my escape from home, but also a special home. In my real home, I felt changeable and out of control. At work, a path seemed clear: Work hard and do things correctly, and you will succeed. This model had not seemed possible before.
Senior year arrived. I knew I would go to college though I loved the job. I told Jeff I wanted to apply to Boston University. He told me to leave work, and send application (申请)at once. I ended up with getting into Boston University, but I had never visited Boston. However, Jeff surprised me with a graduation present: a trip to Boston. While I was away, he was promoted (升职)and a different person was put in charge of the store. I went back to work anyway over winter vacation, but the magic was gone.
Washing dishes for Jeff was busy and dirty work. But any of other jobs are not always enjoyable in themselves, either. The most I learned from that man in the Pizza Hut is that any job can be the best if you have the right boss.
a. The writer got into Boston University.
b. The writer started working at Pizza Hut.
c. The writer was allowed to make table.
d. The writer went back to work at Pizza Hut.
A zero-waste life is a lifestyle that hardly creates any rubbish.
"Zero waste" was first suggested by a French woman called Bea Johnson. Her idea is: live a life and try not to create any rubbish; use different kinds of ways to save the environment, such as stopping the use of one-off objects; giving unwanted things to others or donating these things to organizations like the Red Cross.
A zero-waste life follows the 6R rule—Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Recycle and Rot. Chen Yuan, 27, is deeply interested in this idea. She and her boyfriend Joe have lived in Beijing for many years. Over August-October when Chen followed the rule of zero waste 6R, she and her boyfriend both produced only two cans of rubbish. Now the couple have opened a small shop in Beijing, where they use wood products to take the place of plastic ones and cloth bags printed with environmental logos. The store also has second-hand books and CDs to make the best of the used things.
"The zero-waste lifestyle is not for ascetics(苦行僧). It is just around us." Chen expects some of her friends to join her on the road to zero waste.
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TECH& LIFE MEMORY HELPER A talented young team from Ireland, the creators of Memory Helper, developed this support app (应用软件) for people with dementia (痴呆). And they won the final at the 2020 competition, standing out among 5,400 students from 62 countries, Mars Times reported. Last year, Laura, Aaron and Vicky put their heads together for Technovation Kids(TK), an international competition that encourages teenagers to create an app that solves a community problem. The inspiration for their project came from their teacher's mother, who had dementia and died earlier this year. To complete their project, the three designed an app to support both people with dementia and their caregivers. The app solves some common problems connected with dementia like loss(失去) of memory. "We hope that our app can reach millions of people who have dementia and just make their lives kind of easier," Laura said. |
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Ten-year-old Orion Jean has always known that kindness is important. He often practiced it by volunteering with his family. Last year, after entering the National Kindness.
Speech Competition, he became crazy about it. Now he works to spread kindness everywhere through projects that help others. He calls his campaign (活动) the Race to Kindness.
When a teacher told him about the competition, Orion had only 24 hours to write, memorize, and record his speech. In it, he talked about the importance of kindness.
"Kindness is like spreading hugs around the world. "Orion said. He encouraged listeners to join him in doing small, kind acts for others.
Orion's speech won the competition. He used his $500 prize to support his first Race to Kindness project, a to drive for a local children's hospital. He collected 619toys. After that, Orion wanted to make an even bigger impact (影响). Working with others, he packed meal bags for people in need with a kind message in each bag. Orion also organized several events in his community. In all, he collected more than 100, 000 meals!
Orion believes that everyone wins this race. He says, "If you're kind to someone else, it can make their day brighter and inspire them to pass on kindness. And then it just grows and grows, and it can make the world a better place. "
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