Children often ask for money from their parents. But in the US, some students work as babysitters(临时保姆) to get money. Noa Mintz, a 15-year-old girl in the US, has her babysitting shop.

    About three years ago, Mintz, worked for some time as a babysitter. She found that there was no good way for families to find babysitters. So she wanted to do something about it. Mintz started Nannies by Noa in her summer vacation. It helps families and babysitters to find each other quickly.

    At first, Mintz helped write down the names of her friends and classmates who wanted to babysit(当保姆). Later, Nannies by Noa became a big shop. It now has 25 full-time nannies(全职保姆) and 50 babysitters.

    When talking about her work, she feels proud(自豪的). She knows it's just a start. “It's good to see that I give people jobs. It's great to see what I can do.” said Mintz.

    I felt very sad not to be able to get the ticket to the film Titanic last Friday. I learned in the newspaper that tickets could be bought at the cinema box office in Richland Hills every day between 10：00 a.m. and 4：00 p.m. Because I work from 9：00 a.m.to 5：30 p.m., the only time I could go to the cinema was during my 45-minute lunch time. It is a pity that the cinema is on the other side of the town, and the bus service between my office and Richland Hills is not very good. But if you are lucky, you can make the round(往返)trip in 45 minutes.

    Last Monday I stood at the bus stop for fifteen minutes, waiting for a bus. By the time I saw one coming around the corner, there was not enough time left to make the trip-so I had to go back to the office. The same thing happened on Wednesday. On Thursday my luck changed, I got on a bus right away and arrived at the cinema in twenty minutes. But when I got there, I found a long line of people at the box office. I heard one man say he had been waiting in line for fifty-five minutes. I found that I would not have enough time to wait in line. I caught the next bus and went back across the town.

    Then on Friday I understood my only hope was to make the trip by car. It was not cheap, but I felt it would be worthwhile to see the film. The trip by car only took 10 minutes, but it felt like one hour to me. When I reached the cinema, I was delighted to see that nobody was waiting in line. But I quickly found out that it was because they had already sold out all the tickets.

Many people are warned by the worsening climate crisis (气候危机). But not everyone would like to make lifestyle changes to further protect the Earth. A survey by Kantar Public, a global consulting (全球咨询) and research business, invited 1,000 people in 10 countries including the US, UK and Spain to give their opinions on actions for environmental protection.

New-Look Clothes Store

Final week!

Spring Sale

Welcome to New-Look Clothes Store. We have shirts in red, blue, pink and black. People of all ages can buy a suitable(合适的)one for themselves. And if you like, you can also buy clothes like trousers, coats and skirts.

You can buy suits(套装)at very good prices. A man's suit costs 300 yuan, and a woman's suit costs 20 yuan more than a man's suit. But if you buy two suits, you can buy a second suit for only 200 yuan!

Our store is on High Street.

Hours: Monday-Friday 10:00 am-7:00 pm;

Saturday 10:00 am-6:00 pm; 

Closed on Sunday

Mickey was really good at basketball at a very young age. Everyone 1 he would be a star player like Yao Ming in NBA until a bad day came to him. He got a(n)

2 . At first, it didn't seem serious. All people around him simply thought he caught a cold. Yet, after Mickey took some medicine, he got 3 . Finally, the doctors found that they had to take away Mickey's two hands and two legs to save his life. There was a hard time in Mickey's life when he had to leave his teammates. To everyone's surprise, Mickey never said something 4 . He never thought about giving up 5 he was in a bad situation. Instead, he worked hard with the artificial (人造的) hands and 6 . He even won prizes in the world-famous competitions. 

On a beautiful morning, Mickey decided to start a(n) 7 —mickeys run. com—to help people with similar (相似的) experiences like him. Since then, many disabled (残疾的) people have shared 8 experiences on it, which encourages more people to be active. One day, he was 9 by a TV program about his story. He said, "Life may be hard for us sometimes, but believe that we are able to make our life meaningful. Keep smiling! Sunshine will 10 after the hard time is gone."

 Betty and Carl wanted to go on a holiday. They chose a place called Maldives(马尔代夫). And they decided to 1 there for two weeks in spring, because they heard that the weather there was 2 at that time. They worked very hard for several3 . At last, they made enough money for their 4 trip. But their trip was more like a nightmare(噩梦)!

 The problem 5 when the flight (航班) was put off because of the bad weather. They couldn't 6 until night. They got on the 7 twelve hours later! But they couldn't fly to Maldives because there was a storm(暴风雨). They had to fly to another city first. There they stayed in a small hotel near the airport. 

 The hotel was next to the sea, but the sea was so8 that they couldn't swim in it. And the hotel swimming pool was 9 of leaves! The food was terrible, too. For breakfast there was 10 bread and milk! The worst part was when the storm came. They felt really11 . Because of the bad 12 , they had to stay for another night in the small hotel. And they had 13 to do. It was so boring. In the end, they 14 in Maldives three days later. And someone told them the weather was15 all the time there!