【推荐1】Wildlife has been greatly threatened in the modern age. There are species(物种) that are _______ every day. The white-naped crane is a typical example. So scientists are trying their best to _______ the species from going out of existence.

Chris and Tim work at a zoo, helping endangered cranes with their _______. Emma, a female crane, has been in their _______ since she arrived in 2004.

Born at an international crane foundation, Emma was _______ by human caretakers. This led to an unexpected _______, though she had a wonderful time there. Emma had _______ taken herself as a crane and become deeply attached to humans. She _______ to live with male cranes, and even had a _______ for killing some of them, which made it ________ for her to become a mother.

________, the two zookeepers didn’t want to see the extinction(灭绝) of this precious species. With their patience and efforts, they successfully developed a ________ of artificial breeding(人工繁殖) and natural reproduction. This ________ Emma to give birth to five baby cranes.

The two keepers are proud of their productive work. But before they can be ________, more efforts must be made, because the population of the crane in the wild is on the ________, and many other species appear headed toward extinction. ________, not everyone has realized that wildlife has thoughts, feelings, and most importantly, equal rights to survive.

How can we ________ the ever-widening gap that separates us from other animals? Chris and Tim offered us the ________: human beings took it for granted that their ________ held all the solutions, but maybe their hearts can be a better ________.

【推荐2】Carol-Anne O’Callaghan, a retired teacher, has spent more than half of her lifetime teaching. This time, she wanted to do something much more ________

One day in 2021, O’Callaghan was walking her dogs when she ________       yellow dots on all the oak trees along Leather Lane. The dots, she learned, indicated the trees’ ________drew near. The marked trees would make way for a new rail line, which was really a piece of ________news for her. Planted in the 19th century, they were ________parts of her childhood. “My family used to picnic under them,” she recalled,   “and they meant much.”

Unfortunately, they were to be cut down as part of the HS2 high-speed railway projects. O’Callaghan ________ the HS2 helpline, only to be told the ________couldn’t be changed.

As a teacher, O’Callaghan often told students, “If something is wrong, you can’t ________and let it happen.” So she started a(n) ________to save the trees. O’Callaghan went from door to door in the neighborhood, ________local people to fight for the trees.

The locals ________O’Callaghan. “It’s amazing to see someone who shows great ________for giving a voice to those trees,” said her neighbor Victoria. ________, her efforts paid off. HS2 ________an alternative overhead design. And O’Callaghan was nominated (提名) for “Guardian Angel” in recognition of her attempts to ________nature in the county.

【推荐3】On an island in Indonesia, one librarian has started a mobile library, lending books to children in exchange for trash. This is a new way to ________ the environment and get the kids to read more.

The________of the “Trash Library” is Raden Roro Hendarti. Every weekday, Raden________her tricycle with books and rides to the village of Muntang. She________books for plastic cups, bags, and other waste from the children living there. ________ she shows up, little children, many accompanied by their mothers, ________ her “Trash Library” and cry for the books. They are all carrying trash bags and Raden’s three-wheeler quickly fills up with them as the books________out. She’s________the kids are going to spend more time reading instead of________on online games as a result. Raden collects about 100 kilograms of________each week, which is then sorted out by her colleagues and sent for________or sold. Raden weighs the collected trash daily to________how much has accumulated (积累) over the months. She has a stock of 6,000 books to lend and wants to take the mobile________to neighboring areas as well. The idea behind the small mobile library is well________by the children. Kevin is an 11-year-old reader in the village. “When there is too much trash, our environment will become dirty and it’s not________. That’s why I look for trash to borrow books,” he says.