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新目标（Go for it）版2018-2019学年初中英语八年级下册Unit 2 I'll help to clean up the city parks单元过关卷（含听力音频）
If you have no special plans for your holidays, why not spend your time helping others? More and more people in the USA volunteer (自愿) to spend their school holidays working for others. And they don't do it for money. Here are some of their stories.
Alice Hamilton, 17
I'm going to help the Forest Centre build new hiking paths in the mountains. It's going to be terrific—I'll spend the whole summer living in the tent and breathing the clean mountain air. I'm going to sleep under the stars. It'll be a nice sport, and I'll be able to do something good at the same time.
Jason Moore, 18
This summer, I'm going to volunteer with Special House Program. They build good, low cost houses and sell them to families that are not very rich. They'll teach me what to do, so I'll help people and also have a chance to learn how to build houses.
Trish Anderson, 16
I'm going to teach kids who have trouble reading. I'll work for a program called “Reading for Life”. Every day, I'm going to help kids choose and read books that they like. I want to be a teacher and I love children and reading, so this is going to be a great experience for me.
| Locals Care for Natural World Grasslands and lakes in Sanjiangyuan have taken on a new look and many wild animals have come back. On January 24, 2003, China set up Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve to protect the area and the wildlife. Local people joined in the project, picking up waste and protecting the animals. |
China Successfully Grows Rice in Space How to grow food in space if humans live there one day? For nearly 40 years, China has developed over 260 new types of seeds (种子) in space. Recently growing rice at Tiangong Space Station make a big step forward. It can also solve food problems on Earth. |
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| Doctors Sent to West Africa Doctors are flying to an island of the coast of West Africa after a new flu broke out. They will test different medicines to find a way to deal with it. To get things better, they will also offer medical care and help train local nurses there. |
A strong earthquake hit Turkey on February 6. More than 8,000 international rescuers (救援人员) around the world went to help, including the Blue Sky Rescue Team from China. They helped save lives and rebuild homes. |
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| Scientists Fight against Plastic Pollution A natural material, fungi (真曲), used to break down a type of plastic called polypropylene (聚丙烯) turned out to be useful. Scientists at the University of Sydney found that after 90 days, between 25% and 27, 9% of polypropylene broke down and after 140 days, polypropylene became completely safe. |
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