文章大意:本文主要讲了平民英雄Robert Lee从小就知道避免浪费粮食的重要性。大学毕业后,和他的朋友一起建立了一个组织来把餐厅剩余的粮食免费送给无家可归的人,既避免了食物浪费,又帮助了有需要的人。
【推荐1】The world heroes like Mahatma Gandhi or Nelson Mandela are well-known to people. There are also “everyday” heroes—they may not be well-known to the public, but they do a lot to help improve people’s lives as well. ______ them is Robert Lee.
Lee grew up in New York City. ______ his family was not rich, he learned from a young age the importance of not wasting food. When in college, he was part of a student group that gave out left over(剩余的) food to homeless people. This experience made ______ know how serious the problem of wasting food was.
After he ______university, Lee and his friend started a group called Rescuing Leftover Cuisine(RLC). Its purpose is ______ unsold food from restaurants and send it to shelters(收容所) for free.
RLC works simply. Using an app developed by Lee’s team, restaurants report how much left over food they have each day. Then volunteers ______ to take it away. The distance is usually short ______ volunteers can send the food by walking from the restaurants to the shelters.
So far, Lee and his team have ______ saved over 150,000 kilograms of food. They provide meals for thousands of people ______ need them. Lee has shown that ______ small action can help people around us greatly.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. A.collected | B.to collect | C.collecting |
6. A.are sent | B.were sent | C.is sent |
7. 8. A.success | B.successful | C.successfully |
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