Virginia Key is a barrier island {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(contain) a variety of upland and wetland plant communities. It {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(locate) in Biscayne Bay, south of Fisher Island and bordering {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Atlantic Ocean. The city of Miami is the present landowner of the north point of Virginia Key.

    Since the 1970s, the island {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(be) the site of the deposition(淤积) of sand from the Port of Miami, which destroyed its beaches as a turtle habitat. Due to historical clearing of native vegetation(植被) followed by carelessness, non-native plants {#blank#}5{#/blank#} threatened the ecology of Virginia Key grew rapidly.

    {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(fortunate), 11,000 young mangrove(红树) representing over eight acres of habitat have been replanted in Virginia Key {#blank#}7{#/blank#} volunteers over the past five years. Volunteers are now working hard {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (monitor) the habitat. Each month, they survey birds, check the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (grow) of new vegetation, collect water quality data, and observe changes in the landscape. Please sign up {#blank#}10{#/blank#} you'd also like to participate.

    A free program {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (help) Milwaukee Public High School students realize their theater dreams at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts.

    "My mom put me in acting classes {#blank#}2{#/blank#} I was seven because I was {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (extreme) shy," says 17-year-old Beatrice Low.

    "And I just {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (take) to it like a duck to water, I guess."

    Today, she's having the chance {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (work) one-on-one with a professional, touring actress through program at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts.

    "I can't describe it, it's amazing, I love it," Low says.

    It {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (call) "Arts Connect" and pairs a class of young actors with theater professionals for a weeklong workshop.

    During one session, Beatrice works with actress Teri Hansen. She was in Milwaukee for the Marcus Center's recent touring {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (produce) of "An American in Paris."

    "It's the favorite thing that I do, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (work) with aspiring artists," Hansen says.

    Together they work {#blank#}9{#/blank#} a song from the Andrew Loyd Weber musical "Tell Me on a Sunday," with an audience of Beatrice's young peers. No pressure.

    The Marcus Center makes the Arts Connect program free for students from three Milwaukee public high schools. It's has been {#blank#}10{#/blank#} invaluable—even life-changing—experience, Beatrice says.

    As the effects of global warming, rising seas and natural disasters become more serious {#blank#}1{#/blank#} before, some local communities are taking action. Among them is one community in Florida {#blank#}2{#/blank#} local people and government officials are proving successful in protecting {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (coast) cities from the dangers of rising sea levels.

    The community has studied how much sea levels will rise and has suggested {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (way) to address the problem. It has persuaded the state government {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (ban) new developments on land near the coastline and recommended building sand dunes (沙丘) along beaches. Kristin Jacobs, one of the group's founders, decided to take action in 2008 after it became {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (gradual) clear that her state's 27 water authorities couldn't agree on joint (联合的) action.

    While some Florida government officials doubt whether the climate will become hotter or {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (cold), the people {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (live) in these locations are certain of the need to protect their communities.

    At present, coming up with ways to fight against the effects of climate change under an limited budget {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (be) a pressing concern. Only time will tell whether these coastal communities will succeed in {#blank#}10{#/blank#} end.

    According to a new survey, people who have owned pets may be more professionally {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(success), and this is absolutely good news for ambitious pet parents. The survey{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(conduct) by Kelton Global Research for Banfield Pet Hospital. The researchers surveyed 857 adults in the United States with a {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(vary) of careers. Among the C-suite executives surveyed, 93 percent grew with a pet in their home, with 78 percent {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(hold) that growing up with a pet helped cause their career success as an adult. So, how exactly does pet ownership cause career success? According to Banfield's research, executives reported that their pet helped teach them lessons like {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(responsible), creativity, sympathy and organization, {#blank#}6{#/blank#}have all been invaluable in the business world." At Banfield Pet Hospital, we've long recognized the special bond between people and their pets, as well as the positive impact pets have {#blank#}7{#/blank#}our society," Brian Garish said in a statement on Banfield's website. " {#blank#}8{#/blank#}the pet ownership lessons we learned as children, to the ways our four-legged friends currently help us progress, connect with others, and stay grounded, our latest research supports the idea --we've had all along-- {#blank#}9{#/blank#}there may be a link between pets and their ability {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(help) shape us as people.

    Across the world people prepare and drink tea in many {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(difference) ways. The handmade purple clay teapot (紫砂壶) is one of the most popular{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(item)among tea lovers in Asia. But the skill of making that particular teapot faces a lot of challenges in modern times.

    Chinese people {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(drink)tea for thousands of years. And {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(recent), these handmade teapots have become popular. As an old saying goes, "A thing is valued if it is rare."

    Tea sets (茶具) have been a key part of Chinese culture. Gao Dezhi, 99, has been making purple clay teapots since he was 13 years old. Usually, this kind of skill {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(pass) down from generation to generation or taught to those {#blank#}6{#/blank#} are crazy about the craft. Gao says that his son and daughter are not {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(interest) in learning such skills. They already earn a lot of money by {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (work) in other jobs. People cannot make such things {#blank#}9{#/blank#} they have no interest in learning the skill, he says.

    In order to protect skills {#blank#}10{#/blank#} disappearing, local people have built a special museum where masters can show their craft.