【推荐1】Uncle Wang works in a bookshop in the middle of the city. The shop is not far from his home. It is about one kilometer away. So Uncle Wang never goes to work by bus. He usually goes there by bike, sometimes on foot. It takes him twenty minutes to get there by bike or forty minutes on foot. Today his bike is broken. He wants to walk there .He leaves home at ten to eight and walks to work twenty minutes earlier. His work starts at half past eight in the morning and finishes at a quarter to five in the afternoon.

【推荐2】According to a research, more than 130 billion pounds of uneaten food go to waste in Laura’s country each year. That is about 30% of the yearly food supply (供应). It is a sad fact.

When Laura saw her school dining hall throw away food that was not eaten at all every day, she came up with an idea. She started a project to help her school dining hall to give away uneaten food to homeless shelters (庇护所) in her community. In the past three years, it has already fed thousands of people in her city.

How does it work? Through an app, Feed & Find matches local homeless shelters with school dining halls and restaurants that have uneaten food to provide. When dining halls or restaurants have uneaten food left, they can use the app to share the information about the food. A truck driver working for the project is then sent to pick it up and take it to a shelter.

Pretty cool, right? It’s not surprising that people in other cities have got in touch with Laura, hoping that she could help develop similar projects for their communities.

Some people, however, have concerns about the safety of the uneaten food. They think such food may not be clean enough. Still, this project is a clever way to help solve the problem of food waste and it helps those in need.

【推荐2】Mary is bored (无聊的). It is winter holiday, and she is out of ideas of things to do.

“I wish it would snow.” she says. When Mary waits for snow, she draws pictures. She plays games. She reads books. One book she reads gives her a big idea.

She calls three friends and says, “Come to my house today at 2:00!”

Mary gets colour pencils and some pieces of paper. She also gets her CD player. Then she makes her game. She gets ten cards and writes a direction (指示) on each one.

DING DONG.

Mary puts the cards in a box just as her friends ring the doorbell. “Ready to play Talent Show?”

Marcus pulls the first card from the box. “Dance to a song,” he reads. The friends laugh and cheer as Marcus dances.

All the afternoon the friends play the game. They dance, sing, draw pictures and tell stories.

The friends are having so much fun. They don’t see that it is snowing outside.

【推荐3】We all have friends. Friends are just people you like to be with. It’s lucky to have friends to talk and do things with. They don’t need to be the same as you, but they know you well. Sometimes, they even know what you think.

Friends are important in our life. They can make your life interesting, give you advice and help you in difficult times. If you don’t have any friends, your life will be boring.

In different times and places, you need different kinds of friends. When you want to play sports, you may need a friend to play with. When you’re not happy, you may need a friend to comfort you.

Someone says that people having friends live longer. Why? It may be because they’re happier. Being happy helps them to have a healthy life.

A good way to make new friends is to go outside to do some activities with others. You can join some clubs. There you can learn new things, meet new people and then make new friends. But don’t forget your old friends! You can ask them to your birthday party every year.