ClothesDonation (捐赠) Box

    Have youever put your old clothes into the donation box in your neighborhood? If not,you can do it right now because the clothes donation is becoming a trend (趋势) in Urumqi.

    "Fromtime to time, my mother clears out the clothes which I no longer wear. Youknow, we teenagers are growing fast. I think it's a good way to helpothers." Lin Tao, a junior student says.

    "Ioften pick out some of my clothes which are out of style after going shopping.Then I put them into the donation box." Miss Li, a pretty young lady says.

    "Thatseems like a good idea. Some clothes in the box are quite new. People caneither wear them or usethem to make things such as handbags and pencilcases," Mrs Wang, an old woman says, "sometimes I also look throughthe box for some nice clothes."

    However,there are some problems along with the popularity of clothes donation.Recently, a UTV reporter from Focus on the City has made a survey. Here are theresults:

    Some boxesare full of clothes in a short time. There is no more room for people to giveaway clothes.

    Somepeople sell the clothes in the donation box for making money instead of wearingthem.

    Somecommunities set the boxes in unsuitable places. So there are few clothes in it.

    Manyclothes are too old and shabby (破烂的).

   "What's worse," one of the staff in a community added,"we quite often see people throw rubbish into the box when they pass by.We've tried to stop them several times but failed. It has been the most seriousproblem since we set the box."

    In orderto make the donation box work in an efficient (有效的) way, our government is taking action. Clothesdonation will be better-organized and it'll be more convenient for people inneed to take the clothes away.

As Ginni Bazlinton reached Antarctica, she was greeted by a group of little Gentoo penguins (企鹅) who seemed happy to say hello. These lovely penguins welcomed and started a trip that Ginni would never forget. 

Ginni, now 71, has had a deep love for travel when she was young. As a professional dancer she travelled around the UK, but always hoped to find more. When she retired from dancing,  ★ 

After taking a degree at Chichester University in Related Arts, Ginni began to travel around the world and found a job teaching English in Japan and Chile. It was in Chile she discovered she could get a cheap ticket going to Antarctica from the islands off Tierra del Fuego, "I just decided I wanted to go." she says. "I had no idea about what I'd find there and I wasn't nervous. I just wanted to do it. And I wanted to do it alone as I always love it that way."

In March 2008, Ginni boarded a ship to begin the journey to Antarctica with 48 passengers. "From seeing the wildlife to enjoying sunrises, the whole experience was wonderful. Antarctica is better than any other place," Ginni says. "I remember the first time I saw a humpback whale (座头鲸): it just rose out of the water like some prehistoric creature (生物) and I thought it was smiling at us. You could still hear the beautiful sound it was making underwater."

The realization that Antarctica is a valuable and important land which needs to be respected (尊敬) by humans is the biggest thing for Ginni.

Romain Rolland once said, "There is only one kind of heroism (英雄主义) in the world, and that is to still love life after recognizing the truth of life." Cai Lei, a patient with ALS (渐冻症), perfectly 1 this sentence.

Cai Lei was once the vice president of Jingdong Group, 2 a good job, and a happy family.

But who would have thought that at the 3 of 41, he was diagnosed with ALS and could only watch his body "frozen" 4 he could not breathe.

The illness gave him a fatal (致命) wound, but he didn't 5 to bow to fate. He began to think about 6 he could do for people with ALS in the remaining days.

After much thought, Cai Lei 7 an idea: he wants to produce medicines that are 8 for the treatment of ALS.

When Cai Lei told others about this idea, everyone thought he was 9 . You know, medicine development takes at least 10 years. 10 , the period from diagnosis to death of patients with ALS is no more than 5 years. Allowing patients at the moment to use medicines is 11 !

What's worse, many people in society still 12 him. Everyone's misunderstanding is like a 13 burning Cai Lei's heart.

Although he is heartbroken, he never defends (辩解) 14 . He devotes himself to the research and development of 15 . He believes: "Even if we can't use this medicine, we should let our future generations use it."

 Hello, everyone! My name is Michael. Today is my twelfth birthday. I get many presents(礼物) from my family. Do you want to have a look?

I like playing basketball very much. I have many basketballs. Look at this new(新的) one. It is from my cousin. He is thirteen years old. The basketball is very nice. Can you guess(猜) how many basketballs I have. The number(数量) of my basketballs is the same as my age(年龄) now.

 My uncle gives me a new schoolbag. It's really a big one. I can put many things in it. My uncle buys it in Beijing.

 My sister buys a red water cup for me. It's hot in summer now. I really need a water cup to drink water.

 The computer is from my parents. I like it very much. I want to be a computer programmer(编程人员) when I grow up(长大).

Liu Mei has some e-friends. The table below(下面的表格) is some information(信息) of her e-friends.