{#blank#}1{#/blank#}John's mobile phone didn't work this morning because it was short of electricity. After checking it, he found something wrong with the battery. He had to buy a new one and throw the old one away.

{#blank#}2{#/blank#}Tim will graduate from university. He has some useful books which helped him to pass the exams. But now they are not valuable to him. He wants to give them away to others.

{#blank#}3{#/blank#}Betty was born in a rich family. She can buy any clothes she likes from shops. But she never wears them more than three times. She thinks it is a kind of waste. So she wants to give them away to the people who need them.

{#blank#}4{#/blank#}Jacky is fond of drinking a bottle of beer each meal. Now he has collected many beer bottles. He hopes to make more money by selling them.

{#blank#}5{#/blank#}Lucy's sofa was broken last week. Today she bought a new set of sofa. She has no room for the old sofa and she would like to find a place to put it.

A. Don't throw your old bottles here and there. You should put them into the dustbins around you. Remember not to break the bottles, or they may hurt you or the cleaners who collect them.

B. This is the school library. You are allowed to do some reading here. If you have some books which you don't need, you can give them away to us. We'll be thankful for your kindness.

C. If you have old furniture you don't need, you can give it away to the charity. Maybe someone else needs it. Don't throw it into the rubbish station.

D. In our waste collecting shop, you can sell all the things you don't need, such as old newspapers, paper bags and bottles. We will offer you some money for your old things.

E. The batteries can do great harm to the earth where you throw them. They will pollute the earth for a long time. So, don't throw your old batteries everywhere. Just put them into a certain dustbin so that cleaners can deal with them easily.

F. This dustbin is set here for the visitors to throw their rubbish, especially something that can be recycled. Batteries and something like them are not allowed to throw here.

G. We are a public service organization. Now it is cold winter. We don't have enough clothes to keep warm. If you have any clothes you don't need, please send them to us. We will be very thankful for your help.

I'm visiting my uncle in Beijing. He works here. It's sunny in Beijing now. And it's warm. My two cousins are playing soccer in the yard. My uncle is reading a book at home.

From Sally

I live in New York City. It's hot now. Today is my birthday. My mother is cooking and my father is helping her. My brother is making a birthday cake.  I am helping him.

From Eric

I'm in Florida. It's cool and sunny, too. I'm reading a book in the library. Lots of students are in the library. Some are reading and some are writing. They all work very hard.

From Jane

Mary

Sally

Eric

Jane

Place

Chengdu

{#blank#}1{#/blank#}

New York

Florida

Weather

sunny, cool

sunny, warm

{#blank#}2{#/blank#}

cool, sunny

Activities

{#blank#}3{#/blank#} 

visiting her uncle

making a cake

{#blank#}4{#/blank#}

Other persons

her parents

her uncle, her cousins

his mother, his father,{#blank#}5{#/blank#}     

other students

Posted by Gina at 8:32 a.m.on 11^th February 2021

New Uses for Old Clothing

Nowadays, we're more wasteful than ever—buying, using and throwing things away without thinking about the costs. We need to start living more responsibly—but how? One answer is to upcycle(升级利用). 

If you're like me, you might already make soil for gardening from food waste and use empty paper boxes as storage space. Did you know you can apply the same way to old clothing? You just need imagination!

I started upcycling clothing. Making new things out of old clothes is the best way to mix my talent and my interest. 

Do you upcycle? If so, what new things have you made? If not, why not give it a try?

TerryB  Posted at 9:08 a.m.on 11th February 2021 Reply

Why don't you give your old clothes to people in need? I even give away the most expensive things I don't wear anymore. So I can help the environment while giving something useful to people in need. 

Gina Posted at 9:28 a.m.on 11th February 2021Reply

Good point! I'm talking about only the oldest clothing in your room—the clothes that are too old to be worn by others. The same idea goes for food waste at restaurants and supermarkets. Before upcycling food that can still be eaten, for example, using it to make soil, we should give it to those in need. 

Betty99 Posted at 10:18 a.m,on 1lth February 2021Reply

I've made shopping bags out of T-shirts and dog toys out of socks. Upcycling clothing is a fun hobby, but the most important thing is that it makes me feel like I'm living less wastefully.