【推荐1】Come to the Sanctuary, Australia and gain the satisfaction that comes from working in a great environment with an amazing team. Work along with the staff and other volunteers from all walks of life to take care of Australia’s native wildlife in their natural habitat.

The Sanctuary is quite popular with many of the local schools, and is recognized as an Advanced Ecotourism Attraction, winning lots of tourism awards. This volunteer project is looking for people who enjoy wildlife and want to work in an amazing environment. The work is rewarding but can be physically demanding and by no means an “easy holiday option”.

Typical day

You will join in the volunteer training program where training will be done in various activities. Your responsibilities include but are not limited to:

● Preparing food and treats for our animals

● Assisting the staff with their duties, such as weighing our animals and doing health checks

● Helping our visitors get the most out of their time at the Sanctuary

● Assisting the staff with tour groups

● Other specialised activities, such as preparing educational materials, gardening, construction and visitor assistance

Free-time activities

On days off, you can go to nearby museums and parks. Lots of activities such as diving, water sports, boat tours, helicopter tours and more are also available. These, however, will be paid by yourselves.

Requirements

● Age

18 years and above

● Language Skills

You need to speak English (basic level).

● Nationality

Helping hands from all over the world are welcome.

● Working hours

Your helping hand will be required on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 08:00 — 16:00.

【推荐3】Do you love eating candies and chocolates? Are you passionate about sugary treats and exploring unreleased and existing products? If so, this is the PERFECT position for you! Canada’s Candy Funhouse is employing a chief candy officer. You might be able to eat candy for a living and make thousands in the process.

*Brief introduction of the position

•Annual Salary: 100,000 dollars.

•Working Location: The job can be remote or based in its Canada or New Jersey offices.

•Job: Serving as head taste tester, trying over 3,500 products each month, leading the company’s candy strategy, running candy board meetings, having a say in which products Candy Funhouse will carry, approving candy products and offering spotlight treats with an official stamp of approval.

*Requirements

•Applicants can be as young as 5 years old and must reside in North America.

•All you need is a passion for candy, pop culture, and a sweet tooth.

•Applicants will also undergo extensive training of their sense of taste.

•Applicants’ inquiries on the job are so high that the company’s usual response time is delayed, because nearly 6,500 people have applied to the job.

•The deadline is December 31. No previous experience is necessary.

Warning

Applicants should think twice and consult to some doctors for advice before applying. The position would involve excessive consumption of sugar, and too much sugar can increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

【推荐1】Making it to the Scripps National Spelling Bee (a spelling competition) is an amazing achievement for any kid, but for 11-year-old Neil Maes, being born deaf made his journey especially unlikely.

After receiving cochlear implants (人工耳蜗) in both ears as a baby, he had to train his brain to understand spoken words. It took countless hours of speech therapy (疗法).

“We didn’t even know that he’d be able to talk,” said his mother, Christy Maes.

Now the soft-spoken kid from Belton, South Carolina is officially one of the nation’s top young spellers. He earned the right to take the stage in the final rounds of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Neil’s parents have always given him a tip, coaching him to always ask the pronouncer for the meaning of a word, so that he can be sure he heard it correctly. Most contestants do this anyway.

“He’s able to spell very difficult words. You tell him, ‘Spell this word,’ and he’s able to actually imagine what that sounds like in his head and spell the word. It’s actually quite impressive,” said Dr. Michael Hoa, who performed Neil’s cochlear implantation. “There’s a lot that goes into training your brain to do that.”

Neil’s parents didn’t know he was taking part in a spelling bee with his third-grade class until he came home and told them he had won. He made it all the way to his regional (地区的) bee that year, finishing second. Now a naturally shy fifth-grader, Neil is already worn out from the busy bee-week schedule, but he seems happy.

“Our main hope out of all of this was to encourage people that are going to be facing what we had to face,” Christy said.

But Neil said coming to the bee has motivated (激发) him to study even harder, so he can return next year.

“It’s just fun and I want to do it again,” Neil said.

【推荐2】The morning that Devanshi Mavani reached the top of Kilimanjaro, the conditions were bitter. She had set off, like most hikers, the night before to time her arrival at the summit (山顶) with the sunrise. Immediately, heavy snow began to fall. “Normally people see Kenya on the other side. When we got to the summit, we saw nothing,” she says. “It was like a ski slope (斜坡). But I was crying with happiness.”

Just 17 months earlier, this trip had seemed impossible. In May 2017, Mavani was diagnosed with type I diabetes (糖尿病). She says, “I felt so low, thinking, ‘What am I going to do now in life, stuck with this?’”

The news put in jeopardy all Mavani’s hopes of travelling. She retired the year before and her son eventually flew the nest. “I felt free. It was my chance. I thought, ‘Hooray, I can enjoy life.’” But her diagnosis made Mavani scared to leave the house. Her elder sister came to help, but Mavani “couldn’t walk to the local park” without feeling unwell. Very slowly, Mavani built herself up from walking around the block to taking gentle gym classes. It was there that she met Hazel, who invited her to a talk about climbing Kilimanjaro.

When Mavani returned home that evening, she told her husband that it was something she really wanted to do. “The hike was the following year, when I was turning 60. He said, ‘You’ve got time.’ It was the best thing I did. It took my focus away from worrying about my disease to something completely different. How am I going to get fit again? How am I going to cope with this huge hike so far outside my comfort zone?”

During the seven-day trek, Mavani had to inject (注射) herself five to eight times a day. “It was -16℃ outside; I had to take off all my clothes, lying on a snowy rock. I overcame all that,” she says. “I thought, I don’t fear the diabetes. If I can do this, I can do anything.”

Mavani recently completed the West Highland Way and the Cotswolds Way, and has booked a trip to Machu Picchu in Peru.

When Yi Xiaoyang was two, he fell in love with skiing (滑雪). His first time on snow, however, wasn’t successful. He slept on the ski lift until the coach found him. He started to learn how to ski from then on. Yi was a fast learner, and at the age of six, he began to ski in other parts of the world.

In 2015, Beijing got the chance to hold the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. Yi felt it hopeful to take part in the Olympics. He decided to take training courses like a professional athlete (职业运动员).

As a student, Yi has to take classes like others. At the same time, he has to train full day on weekends and half day on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. In summer, the training goes on.

At the beginning, that was a big challenge (挑战). “When I started to train like an athlete, everything seemed to change, ” said Yi, “I lost my interest. I even got angry with my coaches. They talked to my parents and decided to give me a one-week break from training.”

Luckily, during that break, he picked up his joy in skiing. “I found that skiing had already become one important part of me, ” said Yi. After that, he moved back on his fight for his dreams.

“I might have dreamed of becoming an Olympic champion (冠军) before, but now it comes much clearer. I want to take part in the Olympics, and that will be my goal.”