Wendy Sherlock is interested in mountain climbing. She started climbing mountains with her father at the age of seven, and has fallen three times without any injuries(伤害). But after her latest accident last Saturday, she is lucky to be alive.

Wendy has stayed in the hospital for two days after an eight-meter fall from a rock in the Sanderson National Park. She doesn’t remember much about the accident.

“I’ve got quite a serious head injury—that’s the worst thing,” Wendy said. “But I’ve also broken my arms and there is a problem with my left leg.” She doesn’t know how long she will have to stay in the hospital, as the doctors haven’t told her yet. “Maybe I’ll be here for a long time because I hit my head when I fell on the ground(地面). That’s why I can’t remember much about the accident,” she said.

Wendy’s doctor advised her to give up climbing mountains. However, Wendy said she wouldn’t. “I enjoy climbing mountains, and I will continue(继续) doing it,” “I will be more careful in the future. I’ve started to feel better already, and I can’t wait to start climbing again.”

【推荐2】Traffic safety is everybody’s business. Records show that every year a lot of people die in traffic accidents.

Some of the accidents are caused because of mechanical (机械的) problems. However, most of them are the results of careless driving and could be avoided. A lot of people pay no attention to traffic signals and rules. For example, they drive at a very high speed, run through red lights, drive in the wrong direction, talk and laugh while driving, and turn as they wish without giving signals. They don’t slow down while approaching (接近) cross roads. Here are the results of the survey of traffic accidents.

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【推荐1】School is a good place for us to study. Yet sometimes, it’s easy for us to have accidents there. Experts (专家) suggest that right safety training could avoid 80% of these accidents. Here are parts of safety rules in some countries.

【推荐2】Every year, thousands of people get hurt or die when they are crossing the road.     1    

Old people often get hurt or die because they can’t see or hear very well. Children usually meet with accidents (事故) because of their carelessness (粗心).     2    

How can we lessen (减少) traffic accidents?

All of us must follow the traffic rules.     3     If they drive too fast, it will be very difficult to stop the cars in a very short time. For the walkers, it’s very important to be careful when they are walking on the road. So when we walk across the road, we must try to walk along the pavements (人行道).     4     Look left first, next look right, and then look left again. When we are sure that the road is clear, we can cross it. The right way to cross the road is to walk quickly.     5     If people run across the road, they may fall down.

Teens should try to help children, old people or blind people to cross the road, and never play in the street.

【推荐1】How would you feel if someone decided to take away your park? Well that’s what’s happening in my community (社区). There’s a park in my community, but some people want to turn it into a golf course (高尔夫球场). Let me tell you why I think it’s a bad idea.

First, a park is meant to be for the whole community. Not everyone likes golf, so not everyone will get to use the park. This isn’t fair. A community park should have open spaces for everyone to use.

Second, to make way for the golf course, lots of playground equipment (设施) will have to be moved or knocked down (拆卸). This is a waste of time and money. It’s also a waste of perfectly good equipment. The swines (秋千), for example, will probably just end up as litter (废弃物).

Third, what about giving young people something to do? Not all kids are crazy about golf. At the moment, the park has a skating place and a playground. These attract (吸引) lots of kids from the community. If you turn the park into a golf course, these kids won’t have anywhere to go and they won’t have anything to do. This means they will stay at home and turn on a video game rather than (而不是) get some exercise. It also means that they might be out on the street causing trouble. Wouldn’t it be better to give them something to do at the park?

Finally, golf is expensive. Building a golf course and maintaining (维护) it costs a lot of money. Who is going to pay to maintain the golf course? What about those people who can’t afford (负担得起) to join a golf club? That means the golf course will only be available to people with lots of money.

Turning our park into a golf course is a bad idea. I suggest (建议) we have a community meeting before plans go any further.

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【推荐2】Would you like to volunteer? Here is something that will help you to be ready for volunteering.

Reasons

    1     That is because volunteering not only helps people in need but also is good for volunteers themselves. First you can make friends with both your workmates and the people in need. Second, volunteering makes you more confident. Also, volunteering is good for your mind and body.     2     And when you volunteer, you’re exercising, too.

Choices

There are many volunteering choices. But it is hard for us to find the right one. To make the right choice, you should first think about your goals and interests. Think about why you want to volunteer and what you enjoy doing. For example, you might want to learn or try something new.     3     Don’t limit (限定) yourself to just one job.

Place&Time

You can volunteer at any place and at any time. You can do volunteer work in museums, libraries, parks, or even online. Again, it depends on your goals and interests.     4     It is OK to spend two to three hours every week or about 100 hours a year volunteering. Volunteering should feel like a fun and meaningful hobby instead of a to-do list for you.

    5     So, let’s move.

Want to be happier? Well, you can do something about it. Some experts believe that 40% of your happiness is the result of your own choices and personal attitude. So you have a lot of control over how happy you feel.     1    

Spend time with the persons who will encourage, support and cheer you up when you’re down.     2     That helps you see the best in yourself. That’s also true for the people that we work with. You can’t choose your family, but you can choose your friends.     3    

Your schoolwork doesn’t have to be perfect before you can be happy. Your relationship with your parents, your friends, your bicycle, your clothes...nothing has to be perfect.     4     If you want perfection all the time, you will never be satisfied or happy. Think of where you are today as a step towards tomorrow. Don’t try to be perfect, just try to do things well.

    5     There will always be someone smarter, or better looking or more successful than you. What you should do is to work towards being a better yourself than you were last month or last year. That way you will be pleased with the progress that you are making. And you will feel a lot happier with, and about yourself.