Two years ago, Miriam’s aunt gave money to a group that cares for elephants to celebrate her 9th birthday. Later, Miriam and her aunt were invited to visit Africa and there they learned how the group was helping elephants. 1. Miriam 喜爱这些动物并且想为它们做点什么。
After watching a film called How I Became an Elephant, Miriam decided to raise money to save elephants. 2. 去年 Miriam 尽最大努力做这件事。She created a plan to sell clay(陶土) elephants to raise money for Elephant Nature Park in Thailand. And 3. she asked her friends to give money to the park and not to give her birthday gifts.
Kate is Miriam’s art teacher. On weekends, 4. she opened her art room to Miriam and her friends so that they could make model elephants. She even offered them the clay for free. “5. 当大象陷入困境的时候，我有着一股十分强烈的悲伤感。 Luckily, things get better and better. This is what we should all work towards,” Kate said.
Miriam says she has sold 180 clay elephants so far and all of that money has been sent to Elephant Nature Park in Thailand.
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One day, a little girl found a cocoon（茧）. She could tell that a butterfly was going to be born. ①所以她决定等待这只蝴蝶。 She watched it for hours, but then the butterfly stopped moving — it got stuck（卡住了）.
The girl wanted to help the butterfly get out. She went home and got a pair of scissors（剪刀）. She cut open the cocoon, ②so it was easier for the butterfly to get out of the cocoon. However, its body was swollen（肿大的）and its wings（翅膀）were very small.
The girl still thought that she helped the butterfly. She sat there for another few hours and waited for its wings to grow. However, it didn’t happen. ③这只蝴蝶几乎不能飞。 And for the rest of its life, it could only move around with a large body and little wings.
The girl thought she was helping, but actually she was hurting（伤害）it ④because she didn’t know the butterfly needed enough time. When the butterfly broke free of its cocoon by itself, ⑤this could make its body smaller and its wings stronger. So it could fly soon. It’s true — struggling（挣扎）will make you stronger.
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The coldest and most difficult place in the world to live is Antarctica(南极洲). It is the land of snow and ice near the South Pole(南极). Most people do not think there is much life in the icy waters around it. They are wrong. Actually, there are more than one hundred different kinds of animals there. The most famous animal of Antarctica is the penguin(企鹅). 1. Halley Bay(哈雷湾) was the world’s second largest home for penguins.
However, 2. 企鹅现在处于极大危险中。 Recently, scientists found that the number of penguins has dropped quickly. One of the main reasons is that many storms hit Halley Bay. 3. Thousands of baby penguins died from the terrible weather.
Scientists feel worried about this. Halley Bay used to be a safe place for penguins but now it isn’t. Luckily, another home of penguins has gotten much bigger. 4. 为了保持安全，许多企鹅已经搬到那里了。 Although penguins may have greater chance to keep alive, they are still facing the danger of dying out. 5. Unless we do something, they won’t have anywhere to go one day.
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1.When people say Disney, we think of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. But this year we have a new star from Disney. She is Linabell-a pink fox (狐狸) with two long ears.2. She is the most famous cartoon charater in Disney this year. She finds joy and excitement in helping others.
Some people may ask how this cartoon animal became so popular. One of the main reasons is that 3. 她像一个普通人, but she always tries her best to solve problems and help friends in trouble. 4.Who doesn’t like this pink fox with two long ears?
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When a whale dies, its big body will fall to the bottom(底部) of the sea and a special deep-sea ecosystem(生态系统) will be formed in a long time. Scientists give a name to this: the whale fall (鲸落).
Recently, some scientists on a Chinese research ship called Tansuo-1 found a whale fall at the depth of 1,600 meters in the South China Sea. 1. As far as we know, this is the first time for China to find this kind of special ecosystem. So far, less than 50 modern natural whale falls have been found by humans around the world.
2. The whale fall is really important to deep-sea animals, as it provides food for them. Usually, the whale fall goes through three stages (阶段). The first stage comes just after the whale’s death. As well as the whale dies, many marine animals will come to eat its body. This stage can last for months. At the second stage, smaller animals come for the whale’s bones and leftovers (残留物). This stage can last one or two years. Bacteria (细菌) play an important role in the third stage, 3. because they are able to turn the rest of the whale into useful things to the sea. 4. 但是这个阶段能持续长达100年。
The whale fall found in the South China Sea is 3 meters long. It is still in the first stage. The scientists will spend a long time in studying the whale fall to understand the deep-sea ecosystem better.
People always say that one whale falls, everything lives. 5. 这提醒我们要保护鲸鱼而不是杀害它们。Don’t forget that whales are in great danger, and they need our help.
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As we all know, China is the Kingdom of Bamboo, because it has the most bamboo in the world. There are about 2100 kinds of bamboo in the world and about 400 kinds are in China.
1.Bamboo had much to do with the daily lives of people in ancient China. One of the main reasons is that people can make lots of things from bamboo, like beds, chairs and spoons. 2.在纸张出现之前，人们在竹子上写字。 People also used bamboo to make weapons for catching animals or fighting in ancient(古代的) China. Besides, bamboo shoots(笋)were a popular dish, because they were crisp and delicious. 3. It was easy to find bamboo in Chinese medicine.
Today we can still find bamboo all over the land(土地) of China.
Bamboo is tall with thick leaves. People like bamboo very much. They often plant it in the yards and in the parks. It can stand the high temperature of the summer and the cold of the winter. 4. It is a plant that is able to grow on poor land.
Bamboo is always a subject of many poems and paintings. For example, Su Dongpo, said that people could not live without bamboo. People love it for its purity(纯洁) and elegance(优雅). They compare the qualities of bamboo to those of man. 5.所以竹子在中国传统文化中起到了重要作用。
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7 . China is famous for the panda. 1.熊猫是世界上最爱欢迎的动物之一。A giant panda can grow up to 1.5 meters long and weigh up to 160 kg. People think the panda is very lovely. So it is not surprising that the WWF(世界自然基金会)chose the giant panda as its symbol.2.The WWF teaches people something about pandas and raises money to save them.
The panda once lived in a few parts of Asia, but now they live only in some parts of China. 3.In the early 1980s, there were only 1000 left in the wild . A giant panda do not
have many babies , and baby pandas often die. 4.The main reason why pandas are endangered is that the area where pandas can live has become smaller. The government is trying its best to help
pandas in the wild in many ways. On the one hand, the government has built more natural parks which are big enough for pandas to live in. 5. 在另一方面，政府应该让更多的人意识到保护熊猫的重要性。
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Dogs like living with people. A dog can be a very good friend. He can do a lot of things for people ① Some dogs help people to look after sheep, other dogs help them to find lost children. And some of the dogs can help the blind(盲人)do things.
Many years ago there was a very good dog. His name was Seeing Eye dog.②现在我们能在世界各地看到这种狗。They are working for the blind. The Seeing Eye dog is strong, good and easy to train(训练). He helps the blind to walk from place to place.
Before a dog becomes a Seeing Eye dog, he must go to a training school for about three months. First the dog has to learn to sit or stay when he hears the trainers call. In his next lesson the dog learns to make his trainer across busy streets. The dog has many things to learn. ③And in every lesson he must learn to do one thing over and over again for many times.
④在训练学校的末期他必须参加测试。When he passes the tests, the Seeing Eye dog will do the things by himself.
Now he can help blind people. The new master(主人) may be a man, a woman, or even a child. ⑤ It takes the dog and his blind master about a month to learn to work and live together.
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