Protecting the Wild Animals

2 . While computers are incredibly useful tools, they can also be addictive. Many kids have the problem of spending too much time on the computer. Help your child overcome their own computer addiction by using the following methods.

    1     If you are not at home, you can change the password (密码) daily and send it to your child remotely once you’re ready to give them access (机会).

    2     Limit your child to using the computer for a maximum of two hours per day if they are over two years old. Children under two should not have access to any screen time.

Talk with your child about their excessive computer use. Find out if there are any specific reasons why they spend so much time on the computer.     3     If your child is facing problems that are causing a desire to escape, address those with them through discussions, providing advice, or getting them help when necessary.

Be a good role model.     4     Instead, be present when you are with them and work on spending more time together.

Encourage them to join clubs or organizations. Find out from them what clubs or organizations are offered at their school.     5    

4 . One summer night, my friends and I stole into the Jordans’ backyard and started harvesting their sweet, juicy raspberries (树莓). We were enjoying every bite of the tasty berries _________ Mr Jordan came charging outside all of a sudden.

“What are you boys doing out here?” he yelled as my friends ran off _________ all directions. He attempted to catch one or two as they rushed past him, but they were too _________ for the older gentleman to catch. Within seconds, the boys _________ into the dark of the summer night, all except me. Speed was never my _________. I took the tongue-lashing (痛骂) that Mr. Jordan gave me as he marched me down the block to my house, where my mother took over and scolded me _________. My friends said they could hear every colorful word she spoke from the darkness of our backyard, where they had gathered to _________ their escape and to observe my capture.

They _________ me about it for days afterwards, while all I could do was complain about how _________ it was that I was the only one who had to pay the price. After about a week of this, I complained to my father about the inequality of the situation. Dad said, “You took raspberries without __________, and you get exactly the punishment you deserved.”

“But what about the other guys?” I asked. “They didn’t get punished at all!”

“That’s not my concern nor should it be yours,” Dad said. “You can’t __________ what happens to others. You can only __________ what happens to you. You made a bad choice that night, and you were punished for it.”

For the duration of the following years, I come to realize there is no __________ that life will treat us fairly. That’s why we can’t __________ comparing our lives with the lives of others. Like Dad said, that isn’t our __________.

Pioneering underwater photographer David Doubilet is a master craftsman,     1    combines technology and capture (捕捉) life underwater,         2    (bring) images back to the surface for those who might never see those sights with their own eyes. Entering the sea as a journalist, artist, and         3     (explore), Doubilet documents both the beauty and the   devastation (破坏) in our oceans.

He believes that the photography has the power         4     (educate), and influence change. Doubilet is deeply concerned about the future of the oceans. When he     5       (ask) what sort of powerful stories he’d like to tell through his work, he says, “Right now, we’re   telling the most     6    (meaning) story in the world. Doubilet and his wife, Jennifer Hayes, are working on a National Geographic project     7     (name) “Coral Status, the Science and the Future”.

They are looking at coral worldwide to see how it’s changed, and changing. “A lot of climatologists are thinking coral may be one of     8     greatest indicators (指示者), the thermometer of the health of this planet. We’re looking at reefs that are thousands     9    years old, and in the last four and five years they have     10    (complete) died. That’s what happens when you have a warming ocean.