Protecting (保护) wild animals is our duty. Because wild animals are important to us. They live with us on the earth together. If there are no animals on the earth, we will not live on, 1. So we should 2 them to help us live a healthy life.

    3 some people still don't realize the importance(重要性) of protecting wild animals. They often 4 wild animals for food or for money. Every day there are many wild animals being killed. So lots of wild animals are 5. We can't see them any more. Today the number of wild animals 6 becoming smaller and smaller. If we don't protect them, they will all die out. If this goes on, there will be no animals  7 on the earth.

     8, more and more people began to do many things to help protect wild animals. They ask people 9 wild animals. They get people to know that protecting wild animals is one of the most important things. Now many 10  have made some laws to protect wild animals. Now that (既然) wild animals are so important to man, we should do our best to protect them.

    In 2045, I will live in a smart house. It won't be very1, because the earth will be more crowded in thirty years, and there won't be much room for me to2my house. But it will be comfortable and full3smart furniture (家具). In the morning, my bed will “stand up” and wake me up.4I don't need an alarm clock. After I take a shower and then go into the5, my breakfast is already ready.6cooks it? My smart table does.

    I will spend the daytime in my office. But I can still know what is 7in my house. Is there8visiting me? Does my dog do well alone at home? I can watch all of these on my phone.

    When I arrive home in the evening, the lights will “know” I'm back and they will9themselves. I10I will have such a cool house. Do you think so?

    It was a fine spring day for a walk down the street. A mother and her two little girls walked along the sidewalk, happily laughing. 1 , hundred small alien ships appeared on the horizon. It started 2off some electric rays. People screamed. Children cried. There was 3 everywhere.

    There came the tingling sound of glasses, breaking everywhere. People fled in every 4. The mother was jostled(推) and lost hold of her5. She raced around shouting and crying for her kids. She thought they were lost to her forever.

    The sky cleared up. The aliens were 6. But there was no sight of the children. Heart-broken, the mother reached her house, crying her eyes out.

    She heard someone 7 "Mamma". Was it her kids? She frantically(发狂似地)8 around. There they were! Hand in hand they came running towards her. She ran towards them too. Her arms stretched out 9 to hug them. She opened her eyes. The pillow was wet. It was a dream!

    She raced to the kids' bedroom. Her lovely girls were sleeping peacefully. She kissed both their foreheads and 10"love you".

    Hello, human friends. My name is Nick. I am a turtle (海龟). I have lived in the 1 for over half a century. In general, turtles can 2 to be more than 100 years old. 3many of my friends are now dying from one thing: plastic(塑料).

    Human beings use too 4 plastic. When you throw plastic away, it doesn't just disappear. Over 90 percent of the world's plastic doesn't get recycled(回收). A lot of plastic 5in the ocean. Most of my friends do not know the danger of plastic. They think it is 6. But in fact, plastic is 7. Around 30 percent of my friends have plastic in their body. I have plastic in my body, too. Plastic is also 8 other sea animals. Last month, one of my friends died after eating 80 plastic bags. I feel so 9 about it.

    My human friends, please 10 using too much plastic. Maybe one plastic bag or one coffee cup won't make a difference. But when seven billion people all start to use less plastic, it will make a big difference.

Orchids and the environment

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