Eco­warrior Emily Addison is encouraging people to go green this summer with the initiation of a citywide campaign that features eight     1    (week) of picking up simple green habits and winning exciting prizes.

Change doesn’t happen overnight — and Emily Addison knows that     2    (complete). Her journey from starting a business     3    sustainability was a slow evolution (演变), which finally took firm hold when she     4    (become) a new mother. Emily since then has been a leading voice in living green and championing sustainability. She established a sustainability organization that aims     5    (make) going green easy for the inexperienced, and a community     6     will be there for you no matter whether you’re taking baby steps or huge leaps into sustainability.

Emily first broke the news of the sustainability organization back in December, but this month is really the initiation of the organization’s     7    (big) campaign to date. The campaign is     8    (it) first­ever citywide challenge with the purpose of     9    (encourage) all of us to take purposeful steps towards a greener future.

The campaign starts this week with the simple challenge — go for     10    walk. Each weekly challenge will be revealed on the organization’s website, along with an article that explains the benefits of taking that first green step.

4 . Our planet is losing species at an alarming rate. As the world has become increasingly industrialized, natural habitats have been destroyed to build cities that are unlivable for wildlife. However, a pair of European designers, architect Rene Hougaard and product designer Alexander Qual, believe there are ways to encourage cities to coexist with nature. Inspired by everyday people who build “insect hotels“ in their backyards, they’ve created outdoor furniture that would be beautiful to look at, but also allow bugs, birds and wildflowers to thrive (繁殖).

The natural world tends to appear messy and chaotic to the human eye, but there is often method in the madness. Qual and Hougaard kept this in mind as in all the structures, they played with the concepts of order and messiness.

Qual created a large, yellow, leaf-shaped insect hotel, that’s designed to be placed on a flower bed in a park. The structure contains wooden blocks with holes that are 6, 7 and 8 millimeters in diameter (直径), since different insect species prefer holes of different sizes.

Hougaard created a metal log bench with an empty space in the middle specifically designed to hold a decaying (腐烂的) log that can provide a habitat for insects and plants, along with birds and bats. While humans often shun decay, Hougaard imagines a place where people can sit down and observe the slow process in which bacteria break down the wood, creating food for insects, birds and other animals.

As for the question of whether people actually want to be so close to bugs, snakes and nesting birds, the designers acknowledge that modern humans have been trained to stay away from such creatures. But Hougaard says these structures keep animals contained, while allowing people to observe and appreciate them safely. And eventually, if we want to maintain biodiversity, humans need to become much more comfortable living alongside wildlife, rather than feeling the need to destroy it. After all, we humans need nature to survive.

5 . In 2004,the 410,000 residential (住宅的)fires in America caused more than 14,000 injuries and 3,000 deaths.You can prevent fire-related deaths and injuries,and even most residential fires by knowing about fire safety.    1    

Fire safety escape plan

A fire safety escape plan tells everyone what to do if your home catches fire.Your family need to design an escape plan for your home.    2     When you discuss with your family,it is a good idea to talk about each person’s responsibilities in case of a fire such as who helps whom out of the house. 

Fire safety and kids

    3     Children cause thousands of residential fires each year most of which are caused by children playing with matches.You need to teach your children to obey the following fire safety rules:    4     Always have an adult’s help when cooking.Always STOP,DROP,and ROLL,if you or your clothes catch fire. 

Fire safety and your home

Electrical fires are the most common type of residential fires in America.Electric heaters,and clothes dryers are responsible for most of residential electrical fires.If a fire happens,shut off the electricity,and put out small fires with your home fire extinguisher (灭火器).Do not put water on electrical fires.    5     Call 911 and report the fire.

6 . Traditionally, profiting from forests often meant capitalizing on timber (木材)——choosing commercial timber. Yet increasingly, there is an understanding that it’s of greater significance to keep trees standing than cut them down for financial profit. Money is not everything. We have to recognize real and lasting value is from natural resources. But money is a fact of life.

Good news is that we can expect entire natural woodland is left undamaged and still provides a revenue (收益) stream. Leaving woodland complete does not necessarily mean that we do not touch it at all. Conservation work may involve building back biodiversity or the removal of foreign plant species.

A healthy woodland system can provide a range of yields (产物). Besides eatable yields——top fruit, berries, and food crops, it produces substances for chemical use. The non-timber forest products provided by natural ecosystems will vary significantly depending on where they are. But there’re almost always ways to explore to acquire revenue.

A project in the U.K. shows woodland is also a draw for visitors. It engages a community who creates a sustainable area of woodland. The sale of handmade wooden items and non-timber forest products is involved. But the community largely obtains revenue by opening up parts of the natural woodland to the public with an adventure playground and outdoor recreational activities on the site. It also offers courses on nest building, special wildlife events and more. The project is thought to have great uniqueness. In terms of revenue, it centers round the existing natural land; the yields woodland can provide become side products.

Recreational activities, tours, and classes are just the commencement. A rich and biodiverse woodland can be an ecosystem that draws in people looking for a beautiful place to stay. Woodland has great value in ecological and social terms. And when you nurse it, it could also add to the income from your land.

8 . The day had started out as usual for Mrs. Ito until the late afternoon when the news of destructive tsunami came over the radio.

Mrs. Ito felt ______ in her house. Her small home was built on the property that ______ escaped the terrible 1946 wave that destroyed Hilo. Many lost their lives, then. But the waves did not reach her home.

At last, 12:30a.m. came as the radio warning had said but ______ happened. Passers-by said that the tsunami must have ______the islands. Mrs. Ito went into her room and looked down the street. It was ______. Suddenly, a flash- like lighting lit the sky. The first wave of the tsunami burst Hilo’s electric power plant, and all the lights______.

______she knew it, the wave roared into her house. She was ______to the floor as her house begun to spin and finally tore apart.______, Mrs. Ito grasped for anything to stay above water when the floorboards opened up and she became______in what used to be her home. She struggled out of the boards and______to squeeze free. Then she blacked out.

When she woke up, she______herself floating on something in the water. There she was, a 62- year- old widow who couldn’t swim, hung on______to her tiny makeshift raft. At sunrise, she______two boats on the horizon. But it was too far away. She thought that ______was just a matter of time. But anyhow, Mrs. Ito was finally seen and saved.

Christine Figgener could never have predicted that     1     eight-minute video would change the course of her career. But in August 2015, the 34-year-old marine(海洋的)conservation biologist discovered a sea turtle in Costa Rica with a plastic straw(吸管)    2     (stick) in its nose .Shocked and angry at the extreme     3     ( comfort ) to the creature , Figgener filmed her research crew removing the straw     4     the turtle’ s nose , blood coming from it .

The heart-breaking video has been viewed more than 32 million    5     (time) on YouTube. “ I thought I can really show what kind of harm one object can do ,” Figgener says .

Americans alone use as many as 390 million plastic straws a day---just a small proportion (比例) of the 8 million metric tons of plastic    6     ends up in the ocean annually . Though Figgener’s video was filmed in 2015, it continues to make waves. In July it    7     (credit) with helping encourage major companies like Starbucks and American Airlines to stop     8     (use) plastic straws . “We can all do something,” Figgener says.

Figgener also spends her time visiting schools    9     (educate) younger generations about the ocean,     10     (sincere) hoping to show children that they can be a scientist too , no matter who they are.