Your morning coffee could be used to make a pair of sneakers, a Finnish company reveals(透露). Rens makes new things from coffee grounds(渣滓),     1    (cut) back on waste and methane(甲烷) emissions.

5,000 backers donated over $500,000 to see the sneakers come to life, each pair of     2     uses up 21 cups of coffee and 6 recycled plastic bottles.

Jesse Tran, the founder of Rens, wanted to do something to help reduce people’s carbon footprint while offering an everyday shoe that is     3    (function) and fashion-forward. “As environmental awareness increases,     4     does the knowledge of the circular economy. Shoes made from recycled coffee grounds may seem novel to some, but we     5    (wholehearted) believe that this is just the beginning     6     a revolution in clothing technology,” said Tran.

Surprisingly, 250,000 water bottles and 750,000 cups of coffee     7    (turn) into these shoes so far. The coffee grounds are combined in a low-heat environment with recycled plastic     8    (create) a coffee yarn(纱线) to spin into the shoes’ upper section, while recycled plastic accounts for other     9    (component).

While the price of the shoes is pretty steep at $119 on Amazon,     10     offers free shipping everywhere, a one-year guarantee on their waterproofing technology, and a 30-day money back guarantee as well.

A video of a girl wearing a big smile and a red coat recently went viral on Chinese social media.

Tie Jiaxin, 7,     1     first grade student at Daping Primary School,     2     (wait) for the bus to go home when her teacher, Ma Rui, shot the video on March 4.

Ma, who became a volunteer teacher at Daping Primary School more than one year ago, said it has been a habit of     3    (she) to record what she sees by camera on her phone as well as sharing the recordings with a wider audience.

Daping Primary School serves     4    a vivid example of the outcomes of poverty alleviation（扶贫）. Students there     5    (use) to have classes in adobe schoolhouses and suffered from a     6     (short) of exercise books. Today, they     7     (provide) with free meals and better equipment, such as new school buildings and playgrounds. In addition, more advanced teaching methods, including the use of multimedia teaching and Internet-assisted teaching     8    (facility), have also made students’ horizons     9    (broad) and have made them more confident in their studies.

After the story of the school went viral online, the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation, one of China’s largest non-governmental organizations    10    (work) in poverty reduction, donated kitchen equipment worth 50, 000 yuan（about $ 7, 685) to support the school.