Hello, everyone! Tomorrow we'll go for a trip in the mountains. Before we start, there are some {#blank#}1{#/blank#} and suggestions for you. First, everyone should {#blank#}2{#/blank#} sports shoes. Second, when you walk in the mountains, you mustn't walk too {#blank#}3{#/blank#} "to the edge of the path. Third, you must keep {#blank#}4{#/blank#} or you'll get lost. Fourth, bring some water with you, or you'll be {#blank#}5{#/blank#}.

    We need to put up a tent to stay at night in the mountains. Be careful of the {#blank#}6{#/blank#} when you are in the forest. Although some animals look {#blank#}7{#/blank#} they are really dangerous. If you meet animals, don't move suddenly. Just keep still until they {#blank#}8{#/blank#}. Remember to hang your food in the tree before you go to sleep Hope everyone can have a good trip.

    Gap year is often a time young people travel or work to make more money for school before going to college. Nowadays the idea of taking a gap year is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (广泛地) spread in America, especially among children {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (出生) to wealthy families. Each year between 30,000 and 40,000 young people in US make a {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (选择) to take a gap year.

    Malia Obama, daughter of then-president Barack Obama, received a lot of media {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (注意) when she decided to put off her studies by a year, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (虽然) she had already been accepted by her university. In fact, US colleges and universities are now {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (鼓励) students to put off their studies to make use of a gap year.

    Malia said she felt at ease when she {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (回归) to begin her studies at the university. She knew more about herself. Also, when talking with friends who went straight to college from high school, she found many had a difficult time in their {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (第一) year of college. Some students said they felt lost at the college, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (其他) questioned the field of study they had chosen.

    These feelings are common among freshmen. Young people today have to do more than ever before to be seen as {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (成功的). Taking a gap year may help reduce some of the pressure, and they can have more time to learn about themselves and think about their decisions!

    Children grow quickly, especially their feet. But many families cannot a{#blank#}1{#/blank#}new shoes when a child needs them. As a result, about 300 million children around the world go barefoot, Those children risk picking up diseases and parasites(寄生虫) from the soil.

    An American finally has a s{#blank#}2{#/blank#}for those barefoot children a shoe that grows with the child. Kenton Lee is the creator of The Shoe That Grows. He explains how the shoe works and how it is able to last so long. "It grows in three places; the front, the side, and the back. It can last up to five years. The b{#blank#}3{#/blank#}is compressed(压缩的) rubber like tire rubber. The top is just high-quality leather. "

    The shoe comes in two sizes; small that fits children ages 4 to 9 and large for children aged g to 14. Lee says he got the idea for the shoe while working as a v{#blank#}4{#/blank#}in an orphanage in Kenya. "… and there was a little girl in a white dress walking next to me. And I just remember looking down and seeing how small her shoes were. And she had to c{#blank#}5{#/blank#}open the front of her shoes to let her toes(脚趾) stick out. At that time I just remember thinking, wouldn't it be nice if there were a pair of shoes that could grow with her feet. "However, Lee says it was i{#blank#}6{#/blank#}to turn his idea into a reality at that time. "Yet I kept writing down I should do this because of this or because of that. All these reasons why it really was important for me to try to make the shoes grow are to try to help them. "

    Finally, in 2009 Lee founded a non-profit organization called Because International. Together, they have sent over 50, 000 pairs of shoes to 70 countries. Lee says a pair of shoes gives a child much protection b{#blank#}7{#/blank#}self-worth and more chances to succeed.