School volunteers don’t get paid, but sometimes we get special gifts.

One morning, I was selling tickets to our school’s evening performance. “I think it’s ___ that I have to pay to see my own child perform,” a parent said unhappily.

“The school needs a voluntary donation (捐赠) to help ___ the scenery and costurnes (服装),” I explained. “But ___ has to pay for the tickets. Of course you can have them for free.”

“Oh, I ___ pay,” she grumbled (嘟囔), “Two adults and a child.” She handed me a ten-dollar bill, and then I gave her the change and her tickets. That’s the boy waiting behind ___ emptied a pocketful of coins onto the table. “ ___?” I asked.

“I don’t need tickets,” the boy said, “I’ve ___ seen the show. I arrived late last night and couldn’t find anyone to buy tickets from, ___ I just walked in. I’m paying now, for last night.”

I pushed the coins back and said, “If the ticket table was ___, you didn’t need to pay. Nobody knows the difference.” However, the boy ____ to take back the coins. “I know the ____,” he said before leaving.

“Excuse me...” I looked up, ____ to see the woman who had bought her tickets moments earlier. She was still there, with change and tickets in hand. “Why don’t you ____ the change?” she said. “The scenery must be beautiful, and those costurnes couldn’t have been ____.” She handed me a few dollars and left.

Little did the boy know that he had given us both a special ____ that has more meaning than money.

Amazon Cafe

Located in the town center, this hotel is an exciting place to celebrate birthdays or other special events. It is decorated(装饰) to look like a rain forest. Busy and fun, it is popular with young people who like Brazilian food and loud music.

Narborough Manor

In the historic town center, this beautiful hotel is the perfect place for a birthday party. We can organize activities such as magic shows or concerts. Our dining room seats up to 80.

Hillcourt House

This family-run hotel is known for its beautiful gardens. It can host small business events. The dinning room holds 100 and meeting rooms hold 10 to 20. The hotel is in the country side but close to two motorways(高速公路) and has a large parking lot.

Sunbury Park

This countryside hotel has space for 200 people at events such as birthday parties and business meetings. In our beautiful park, we offer exciting sports and team-building games. We have a large dining room and parking lot.

When things aren’t going so great, there’s a saying to encourage us: when life gives you lemons, make lemonade (柠檬饮料).

That’s what 15-year-old Zack Francom has been doing in the past nine years. He does that to improve the lives of people in developing countries. They need wheelchairs but don’t have money for them.

It all started in 2010. His school held a fundraiser (募捐会) to raise $86 to buy a wheel-chair for a charity. Although Zack was only 6 years old then, he wanted to keep the fundraising going.

“I thought, ‘What if I couldn’t walk or run or ride my bike? What would that be like?” I wanted to help make life easier for those who couldn’t walk or run and didn’t have money for a wheelchair to help them get around,” he said.

Now hundreds of people line up in April to buy lemonade from Zack’s store. In 2014, he sold a lot of lemonade; raising $5,300. With that money he was able to buy 37 wheelchairs at a cost of $143 each and ship them to places like Guam and Guatemala, where a wheelchair can cost more than a person would make in one year!

Lots of people in poor countries have to pull themselves around with their hands and crawl (爬行) to get around, because wheelchairs are too expensive for them.

“We helped one lady in Guatemala who crawled for 10 miles with her baby on her back,” said Zack’s mom. “What a difference it has made in her life! Stories like this are what keeps Zack going.”

Zack has no plan to slow down any time soon. In fact, he hopes other kids will follow him.

We hear a lot about how we should change our lives to help save our planet. Jim Barnes, 15, from Oxford, talks about what his family does every day to save the planet.

A common UK family produces more than one ton of rubbish a year. Some of this waste takes hundreds of years to decay. We also spend lots of money buying new things to replace the things we throw away.

So to help save the planet and save money, our family has decided to recycle everything. We collect used things, such as paper and bottles, and put them into different bins. After they are treated in the recycling place they can be used again. This will help reduce (减少) a lot of waste. We’re also going to grow our own vegetables and we already keep hens. Soon, we can eat our own eggs for breakfast.

In a year, a family like ours uses about 4,800 kWh (4,800度电) for watching television, taking showers, using the dishwasher and the washing machine, and more. This is a lot. To produce this much energy, a lot of pollution is created. This pollution can cause health problems and global warming.

Because of all this, ▲ . We stopped using the dishwasher. We watch less TV and use low energy light bulbs now. Mom also tries to save energy while cooking.

What’s more, we try to use our car less to cut down on air pollution. My dad organizes a car pool (拼车) with our neighbors and they take turns driving to work. And I ride my bicycle to school. How cool is that?!