What will you do when you want to have something but without money?

Jack was a 16-year-old boy, ________ wanted to have a nice bike. Last summer holiday, he asked his parents ________ the money and they said he must get it by ________. But how could he get it?

On his way home one day, he think about this. Not many people wanted to ask children to work for them. Maybe he could sweep away snow for the neighbors. ________, it was not winter. He had to wait a long time for that. Grass couldn’t be cut for their gardens, because he was not ________ to do such work.

Just at the moment, he saw Tom, one of his classmates, selling books in a bookshop.

“I could do that,” he thought. He asked Tom ________ questions. He learned that ________ took Tom about three hours a day to do the job and he could get twenty dollars each week. And Tom gave him the telephone number of the bookshop manager.

Jack almost flew home. “Mum, I have ________ good news to tell you,” Jack said. After he told his mother ________ he thought, she said, “I think it’s a good idea.”

“I ________ the manager tomorrow,” said Jack. “After all, I’m going to be a businessman.” Jack’s mother looked happily at him and smiled.

It's important to learn things about protecting environment. Here's a 4Rs rule for us.

·Reduce

If you want to reduce waste, you should use things wisely (明智的). A large number of trees are being cut down to make paper. If everyone uses paper carelessly and then throws it away, soon we would not have any trees left. Some other things are also being wasted, and people don't know what to do with waste in big cities, so it's necessary to reduce waste.

·Reuse

You should always think of reusing the usable (可用的) things before throwing them away. Give your clothes or things you don't use to the poor. In a family, you may pass such clothes on to your younger brothers or sisters.

·Recycle

Bottles, cans and paper can easily be recycled. By doing so we save lots of time and money, for example, cola cans are sent to a factory, where they're smashed flat（压平）and smelted (熔化), and the metal things are made into new cola cans.

·Repair

If one of the legs of your table is broken, you can repair it. If you want to change for better ones, it's better for you to sell the old ones or give them to other people who can use them after doing some repair.