【推荐1】Peter Tabichi is 37 years old. He is from Kenya, Africa. He is a math and science teacher. His school is in a poor area. It’s small, but the classes are very big-there are about 58 students for every teacher. The school has only one computer. But Mr. Tabichi always makes his classes interesting and helps his students study well. He is kind and friendly to his students. His students say he is like a father to them.

Mr. Tabichi comes from a family of teachers. He doesn’t just work on school days. He also works after school and on weekends to give students extra（额外的）help. He goes to the students’ homes and gives them more help. He really likes his job.

In 2019, Mr. Tabichi got the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher（瓦尔基基金会全球教师奖）. He gives lots of his money to help his students and other people.

I'm Carlo. I'm from Italy, but I live in London and I'm looking for a full-time job in a restaurant. I worked in a café for six months, and then in a Spanish bar (酒吧). I speak good English, I'm hard-working and I like to work with people. Please call me at 0772-6543792.       Date posted: Wednesday 9 Jan.

I'm Nick. I'm 17 and I live in east London. I left school six months ago and I'm looking for work in a supermarket. I can work in the day or in the evening. I'm honest and hard-working. Please call me at 0771-624630.       Date posted: Wednesday 9 Jan.

My name is Agi, from Poland. I'm a professional cleaner, very good at my job. I cleaned offices for one year in Poland and now I'm living in London. My rate (价格) is £8-10 an hour. I speak some English. Please send me an e-mail to agi38@wp.pl.       Date posted: Wednesday 9 Jan.

I'm Marta. I'm a Mexican student. I came to London last year to learn English and worked with a family for six months. Now I'm looking for a new job. I can cook and look after children. I speak good English. Please contact (联系) me by e-mail at mj30@wp.net.

I was shocked to read your article about the ski resort（滑雪胜地）in Bolivia, South America. Temperature have risen so much in the past 100 years that soon, there may be no snow left at this resort.

In Ningbo, we may think that problems such as this have nothing to do with us. Or, perhaps, we are so busy working and enjoying ourselves that we do not have time to think about the world around us.

Yet the problem is real: the earth has warmed up by more than 0.5℃ over the past few years. Sea levels have risen, and glaciers（冰川） have melted（融化）. In the future, droughts（干旱） could cause hunger, and floods（洪水）could completely make low-lying countries disappear.

Scientists make sure that humans are responsible for much of the temperature rise. Too many cars give off bad air, people cut down and burn trees to turn forests into cities, and heavy industry burns coal for power. We have turned a blind eye for too long. We must act now.

We should all ask ourselves, "What can we do to help protect the environment?   What have we done to help? What can we start doing now?”

Let's cut down the number of the things we buy. Let's recycle. Let's reuse the useful things before we throw them away. Let's take action now before it is too late.

Yours faithfully,

Franky

【推荐2】Big Ben is not the name of a man. It is the name of a big clock in London. London is the capital of England. This clock has four faces. So, no matter where you stand, you can read the time on the face of Big Ben. Each face is the size of a bus. The hands are about four meters long. It is about the size of two people standing on top of each other. If you go to London, you may want to visit the Houses of Parliament（国会大厦）. In that place you will find Big Ben sits at the top of the clock tower in the Houses of Parliament. You will probably hear it and see it. The big clock makes such a loud noise. "Ding dong, ding dong." It goes every quarter of an hour. The name of Big Ben comes from a big builder.

【推荐3】College kids love to get packages（包裹）from their parents. But what will happen when they open a box to discover that it has been sent from someone else’s mom? Forty kids were treated to a surprise this week by moms who got together for a college care package party.

The mothers picked names out of a hat, packed a box of treats, and put in a personal note of encouragement to a freshman（大一新生）who was not their own kid. Angele Ekert, the organizer, invited a group of mothers. Her invitation read “My Kid Left for College and I Need a Drink”. She asked the mothers to bring 40 small gifts—something inexpensive like snacks.

Some mothers invited were close friends but many were getting along with moms whom they had never met. Her plan was to invite people who would enjoy getting together to surprise the kids, prepare a box of good things. have a glass of wine and enjoy a few laughs.

Angele Ekert had bought note cards where each person could write down a few words. Before leaving, Ekert took a picture of the group and made copies so they could include the photo, too, in each box.

The moms loved the idea and were so happy that they were meeting other moms, though their kids had finished high school and moved away.

One college girl texted her mom, “The package really made my day. I was already having a good day but now it’s even better.” She included a picture of all the gifts she’d received, the note and photo.