The pupils and teachers at Fairfield School think it's necessary to protect the environment! This is what they've been doing.

Growing vegetables

Fairfield School pupils started their own vegetable garden. Both children and teachers grow vegetables, then they pick them. In this way, school dinners are more delicious than ever before.

Recycling

The Fairfield pupils don't just bring their books to school — they bring their rubbish too! There are recycling bins(回收箱) in the playground for cans, plastic bottles and paper. The teachers give a prize every month to the pupil who's tried the hardest to recycle.

Finding cleaner ways to get around

Everyone walks or rides a bike to Fairfield School! “It's faster to ride bikes than to drive anyway, even the teachers don't use their cars.” says one pupil.

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    Lingling and her friends are talking about what they have done on some special days. Choose the right day they are taking about.

    {#blank#}1{#/blank#}⑴Lingling: My mother really loves me and cares about me. And so do I. So I bought some flowers and a cake for my mother on that day. She was really happy and kissed me.

    {#blank#}2{#/blank#}⑵Jason: We played a joke on Alex on that day. But he found the truth. Anyway, we really have fun that day.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#}⑶Edison: We went to the city center to eat, sing, and count down together. When the new year came, all of us were really excited and made a new year's wish.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#}⑷Lucy: We gave our teachers flowers and best wishes that day. They said we were naughty sometimes, but still love us.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#}⑸Bruce: My family ate mooncakes and watched some TV programs that day. Of course the moon in the sky was really round and bright.

{#blank#}1{#/blank#}Keep your food safe. At night put it in bags. Hang the bags from the trees. Eat food before it goes bad(变质). Keep food and water in closed boxes or bottles.

{#blank#}2{#/blank#}Find a place for your camp an hour before it gets dark. Look for a dry place. Don't make your camp under trees or very near a river. Look for firewood before it gets dark.

{#blank#}3{#/blank#}In very hot countries, don't walk in the middle of the day. Walk in the early morning before the sun conies up.

{#blank#}4{#/blank#}There are dangerous animals in some countries. Before you put on your shoes in the morning, hit them on the ground. There may be animals inside them. Do the same with your sleeping bag before you go to sleep.

{#blank#}5{#/blank#}If you are walking, you need to drink lots of water. In very hot countries you may need 5~8 litres(升)of water a day. If you are thirsty, stop and drink.

    Most of us probably dreamed about becoming an astronaut when we were little. But how many of us have actually become one, or are at least working toward it? It's true that the advice" Always follow your dreams" is something that is typically easier said than done.

    But still, this is the one piece of advice that Alyssa Carson wants to share with her peers. This 17-year-old girl from the US has become one of the candidates (候选人) for NASA's 2033 project to go to Mars. If everything goes well, Carson will be one of the first human beings to ever set foot on the red planet.

    Carson began to dream of going to Mars when she was only three years old. After watching an astronaut-themed cartoon and hearing from her father that humans had only been to the moon but not Mars, Carson decided that she wanted to be the first one to do so.

    To realize her dream, she has worked hard toward it. At the age of 12, Carson became the first person to attend all three NASA space camps, and she sat with real astronauts to discuss the future of Mars missions. Now 17, Carson is continuing with her space training while still taking on her high school work like a "normal " teenager, except that she studies all her subjects in four languages - English, French, Spanish and Chinese.

    "I don't think there's anything specific that makes it easier for me or makes it something that others can't do," Carson said in an interview," I've just really focused myself on what I want to accomplish."

    Besides, Carson is willing to make sacrifices (牺性) for her dream, She's fully aware of the danger of the mission and the possibility that she might never be able to come back. She also accepts the fact that she can't get married and start a family because any loved ones left on Earth may be a distraction for her and for the mission, But Carson believes that it's all worth it, summarizing her view with this ancient Greek proverb she once quoted," A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they'll never sit in."

    While some people's dreams may sound out of this world, Carson is on her way.

    One day a mother camel and her son walked through a desert. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}

    The son asked, "What do water and grass look like, Mum?" His mother answered, "Water looks like the sky, blue and clear and grass is green, fresh and nice."

    After they walked for a day and a night, the son suddenly cried, "Look! Mum, there is water and grass over there!"

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    The water and grass were on the left, while the desert was on the right. But because the mother camel was blind in her left eye, she could only see a sea of yellow sand with her right eye.{#blank#}3{#/blank#}

    The next day they went on walking, the young camel found a second oasis(绿洲) ,but his mother still did not believe him. She said angrily, "No, that's not an oasis. But a desert. I have more knowledge and experience than you. You are wrong again. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}

    This time the young camel was angry with his mother too. So when he saw an oasis for the third time. He left his mother without telling her. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}But his poor mother was still walking on and she was still hungry and thirsty.