【推荐1】When Drew Mascotti graduated from high school, he got a job delivering（送）pizzas. But soon he realized that it wasn’t what he wanted to do for the rest of his life. So he took a night class at a local tech school to see if welding（焊接）—which joins two metals together with heat—was a skill that “was going to stick.”

It did. Mascotti wanted to learn everything about welding and decided he’d make welding his career.

But one night class wouldn’t be enough. Mascotti went to Hobart Welding School in Ohio for real, technical training. Besides welding courses, Mascotti also took classes in subjects like metallurgy-the study of metal—and reading blueprints. He became more certain that he would stick to the job.

For the past 18 years, Mascotti has been a welder. He now works for the EEW Group. The company has a big project to carry out. It’s in the process of opening a factory that will produce monopiles for offshore wind turbines（涡轮机）. Wind turbines produce eco-friendly electricity.

A typical day for Mascotti includes a number of tasks and skills. One minute, he’s driving a forklift. The next, he’s reading blueprints, or cutting materials. “There are a lot to deal with,” he told Time for Kids. “It’s not just welding.”

Mascotti’s favorite part of being a welder is “making an honest living”. He also takes pride in helping the environment. “I’m glad to stick to what I really want to do,” he says. “I’m working for a company that is helping the country to go green, and it’s satisfying to be a part of that process.”

【推荐3】I have played football all my life. I have lived in Vienna for two years and I have met some wonderful people and had some great time through football. The two main teams here are Rapid Vienna and Austria Vienna. The whole city seems to be full of fans of the teams. When I meet new people here, they often ask me, “Are you green (Rapid) or purple (Austria)?”

I have played a lot of football games with friends I have met in Vienna. I don’t have a regular (有规律的) team yet but I hope to have one the next month! I also teach football here. It’s really fantastic. I have to do everything in German such as trying shouting orders at children in German for an hour! Seeing how my time and effort make children of 4-6 have a great time is the best part of the job. The parents are also always friendly and can’t wait to see where my accent (口音) is from and what I’m doing in Vienna!

I have played football since my dad taught me to play it when I was 4 years old, and it is the thing that helps me get out and meet new people in a great city. So no matter what your hobby is, go out and do it! You’ll be surprised at what it can bring you.

Playing video games from breakfast to bedtime might sound lazy. But some students did this to help fight the novel coronavirus (新冠病毒).

In early June, three 18-year old students from The Shipley School in Pennsylvania, US, hosted a 24-hour livestreaming (直播) event during which they played the popular video game Fortnite. They didn’t play for fun, but for a good cause—to raise money for nurses batting the coronavirus. The cash came from viewers who would donate to them. They livestreamed the games they played with competitor from around the planet.

Jack Robinson came up with the idea, as he has “seen nurses sacrificing (牺牲) their lives for their communities”. “We want to make a difference from the confines (范围) of our homes,” he said.

Robinson was joined by Luke Grayum and James Heckscher. Their school encourages its students to give hack to their communities. Students are required to perform charitable (慈善的) work. Robinson has built houses in Costa Rica and cleaned Los Angeles beaches. Heckscher tutors (辅导) students and collects toiletries (洗漱用品) for the homeless. Grayum ran 70 miles to raise funds to help low-income people and volunteers at a food pantry (食品储藏室).

This year, because of the COVID 19 pandemic, they had to do something from home. They turned to livestreaming video games. They chose Fortnite because it is free and has a big audience. The three competed as a team, but also allowed other players to join them. Their school headmaster, Michael Turner, even partnered with them.

They hoped to bring in (赚得) as much as 2,000 dollars (about 13,400 yuan). But in the end they raised more than 3,500 dollars. All of the money was donated to the American Nurses Association.

【推荐1】My grandma was getting older and she had a hard time walking. One day,a doctor advised her to try Tai Chi.

“Tai Chi?” asked my grandma. “Is that a kind of medicine?”

The doctor laughed and replied, “No, it isn’t. Tai Chi is a kind of exercise. It is very slow and not difficult to learn. Most importantly, it’s very good for your health.”

At first, my grandma didn’t want to try it. She said, “I don’t feel like exercising.” To help my grandma, our whole family decided to give it a try. We went with my grandma to a Tai Chi class.

Well, it seemed very easy. However, after I tried it, I found it was not easy at all. Even my elder brother Jimmy, the best football player in his school, fell a few times when he was trying to do the action. But my grandma fell in love with Tai Chi at once.

Guess what! Now she goes to the classes three times a week. Although she is almost eighty years old, she doesn’t have difficulty walking anymore.

【推荐3】Now schools in England are preparing to welcome back pupils after nearly six months out of the classroom.

The education secretary Gavin Williamson insisted that students were returning to a safe environment, and said the reopening of schools was a massive milestone. Teachers have been returning today with most children due back from tomorrow to the end of the week, as our education reporter Branwen Jefferys tells us: Kirsty’s getting ready for the new term to welcome her class back to lessons and sending her own son back to his school.

“As a teacher, as a parent, I’m really happy for my son to return. He’s really excited to see his friends and just getting stuck back in with the leaning. ”

From morning drop off onwards, it’s all changing. You can see signs, warning parents they can’t come beyond the gates.

For their head, an extra cost to making the school safe. “Things like sanitizer, soap, paper towels, tissues. We have to have an awful lot of that if you think that we’re going to have 400 plus children washing their hands at least six times a day. ”

Ava is getting ready to start secondary school. Her mum is a bit worried but trying to stay positive: “She’s not actually worried about starting school. She’s worried about the COVID preparations and if she’ll be behind in her work at all, and not the actual start of school. ”

So what happens if a case is confirmed(确定)?

Schools will have to ask close contacts(接触) of the person who’s tested positive(阳性) toself-isolate(自我隔离). Close contact means face-to-face contact within a meter of the infected(感染的) person for more than 15 minutes, or direct skin-to-skin contact, proximity contact, that’s spending more than 15 minutes under two meters from the infected person and traveling in a small vehicle like a car with an infected person.

Getting schools open, pupils back, is one social challenge. Dealing with next year’s exams is another. Delay is on the cards with answers expected soon.

Brandwen Jeffreys, BBC News.