3 . Last night was the last game for my eight-year-old son’s soccer team. It was the final quarter, and the score was two to one, my son’s team taking the________. Parents ________the field, offering encouragement.

With less than ten seconds remaining, the ball________in front of my son’s team mate, Mikey O’Donnel. With shouts of “Kick it!”________across the field, Mikey stepped back and gave it everything he had. All round me the crowd ________—O’Donnel scored!

Then, all of a sudden, there was________. Mikey had scored all right, but in the________goal, leaving both teams finishing with the same points. You see, Mikey has Down’s syndrome (唐氏综合征) and for him there is no such thing as a mistaken goal, since he had hugged the________players when they scored.

The quietness was finally broken when Mikey________grabbed my son, hugged him and yelled, “I scored! I scored! For a moment I held my________, not sure how my son would________However, it turned out that I should not have_________

I watched, in tears, as my son________his hand in the classic high-five and started chanting (不停地重复), “Way to go Mikey! Way to go Mikey!” Within moments both teams approached Mikey, joining in the chant and congratulating him on his________.

Later that night, when my daughter asked who had won, I smiled as I replied, “It was a________. Everybody won.’

5 . Eight years ago, Nancy Alguire gave birth to a little girl with Down syndrome (唐氏综合征) named Ruby. The love Alguire felt for her daughter ________her to create a scholarship of $2,000 to________another child with Down syndrome but wanting to go to college.

“I really just wanted the world to see what I saw in her, which was that she was extraordinary”, Alguire________with CBS News.

The initial ________ of sending one child to college didn’t quite go as planned. The family actually________to raise funds for l1 kids with Down syndrome in that year. From there, Ruby’s Rainbow was________. It is a non profit organization aimed at securing higher education for those with Down syndrome and giving them the________not only to learn, but also to become more independent and able to________society.

Eight years later this scholarship program has snowballed into something much ________. Through the charity, $1.2 million has been raised, allowing many people with Down syndrome to ________their dreams of a higher education and show the________just how amazing they are.

However, although the scholarship program is a wonderful educational opportunity, what matters most is the ________message this sends to parents of children with Down syndrome, or parents expecting a child with that extra chromosome.

Alguire wants parents to feel_________. She wants parents not to be afraid of a Down syndrome diagnosis. As she shares, “When the parents find our website, they will see all of these amazing, beautiful, capable faces, and people who are out there with Down syndrome________happy lives. And suddenly, they’re crying tears of________ for the future.”

6 . The first time ever I realized that plastic was a serious matter for our planet was during a road trip in Western Australia, almost 12 years ago.

We________at a supermarket along the Coral Bay coast to buy some groceries and the lady at the counter told us they didn’t sell any shopping bags in order to prevent plastic in the________and to help preserving the endangered turtles living in that area. After a first reaction of surprise, we________all our shopping in our arms and left.

This was just one of the many experiences I’ve lived that made me more________about my impact and pushed me to adopt different habits to live and________more sustainably.

Our trip to Borneo was another life-changing________that has strengthened my resolution to a zero-waste lifestyle. While traveling in some Asian countries, we came to know that________drinkable water was always a challenge. So we had to travel with our water bottle, and we________to avoid using plastic during our trip.

Besides, we were also________impressed by our stay on Libaran Island. A sustainable turtle conservation________and the community had made big efforts to________ the beaches and creatively re-use plastic for ten years. Despite that, the shore is________daily with tons of plastic coming from the tides.

Facing this global issue________, raised in me a feeling of sadness and anger that soon turned into________: to do as much as possible to reduce plastic in our life. Small changes can________a difference!

8 . Humans spend about one third of their lives sleeping. But some mammals (哺乳动物), like the northern elephant seal, survive with much less sleep.

Researchers in a new study described the unusual sleep pattern of these ocean animals. They found that when these mammals go to feed on trips that can last seven months, they sleep just two hours each day. Those two hours of sleep are made up of short moments of rest lasting only 10 minutes each as they dive deep to avoid predators (捕食者). The only other mammals known to get so little sleep are African elephants.

The researchers placed a head covered with sensors on the heads of the seals that they studied. The sensors recorded sleep signals created by the seals’ brains and heart rate. The sensors also recorded the animals’ location and depth beneath the sea.

The researchers studied female seals because they go out on long open-ocean trips while males feed in coastal waters.

During dives lasting about 30 minutes, the seals went into a deep sleep called slow-wave sleep while keeping a controlled downward movement. When they then experienced rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep, the seals fell into a turning pattern. Then, at the deepest point of their sleeping dive — up to 377 meters deep — they wake up and swim back to the surface.

Terrie Williams is a scientist at the University of California at Santa Cruz who helped write the study. She said, “It is remarkable that a wild animal will fall into deep, paralytic REM sleep when there are predators on the hunt.” She added that the seals solve this problem by going into deep sleep in the deep parts of the oceans where predators usually do not hunt them.

Williams said the brain’s ability to control awakening the sleeping seals at a depth before they drown is also a discovery about how mammalian brains work. She commented on this saying that it shows the survival control of the seals’ brains.

9 . You have probably heard of the Mozart effect. It’s the idea that if children or even babies listen to music composed by Mozart, they will become more intelligent. A quick Internet search reveals (透露) plenty of products to help you in the task. Whatever your age there are CDs and books to help you taste the power of Mozart’s music, but when it comes to scientific evidence that it can make you more clever, the picture is more mixed.

The phrase “the Mozart effect” was made up in 1991, but it was a study described two years later in the journal Nature that sparked (引发) real media and public interest about the idea that listening to classical music somehow improves the brain. It is one of those ideas that sound reasonable. Mozart was undoubtedly a genius himself; his music is complex and there is a hope that if we listen to enough of it, we’ll become more intelligent.

The idea took off, with thousands of parents playing Mozart to their children, and in 1998 Zell Miller, the Governor of the state of Georgia in the US, even asked for money to be set aside in the state budget so that every newborn baby could be sent a CD of classical music. It was not just babies and children who were exposed to Mozart’s music on purpose, even an Italian farmer proudly explained that the cows were played Mozart three times a day to help them to produce better milk.

I’ll leave the debate on the effect on milk yield to farmers, but what about the evidence that listening to Mozart makes people more intelligent? More research was carried out but an analysis of sixteen different studies proved that listening to music does lead to a temporary improvement in the ability to handle shapes mentally, but the benefits are short-lived and it doesn’t make us more intelligent.

10 . STA Travel, the world’s largest students and youth travel agency, beats any price! Every day we’re working with our partners around the globe to get you (students, teachers and anyone under 26 ) the cheapest and most comfortable flights and top-rated accommodations. This part of www.statravel.com provides great tips for green travel - how to pack, how to leave your house or apartment, and how to plan for your trips. You’ll also find a great selection of green travel adventure trips to all corners of the world.

Green travel means responsible travel! Leave as little influence as possible on the places you visit and protect the environment both at home and during your trip. Think “Green” when you pack and when you travel. You’ll help prevent long-term effects on the communities you leave and visit! Here’s some advice on how to do that.

Before you leave

 Turn your water heater to its lowest setting.

 Turn off your water from the outside.

 Unplug (拔去……的插头) electronics and appliances.

While you travel

 Pack eco-friendly clothes in your eco-friendly luggage.

 Don’t buy souvenirs produced from endangered species: shells, feathers, or animal skins.

 Carry a reusable bottle for water and refill it as you go.