On a rainy day, about 150 volunteers worked for eight hours to clean up Carson Creek that is near a river. About nine tons of trash (垃圾) was taken out from there.

         "We did a good job," said Alan Specter, the organizer of the event. "We've planned to come back here one more time, three years from now. Of course, we hope that there won't be so much trash next time."

         The trash came in all shapes, sizes and colors: bottles, bicycles, batteries, furniture, clothing, plastic bags, dolls and even a golf bag with a full set of golf clubs (高尔夫球杆).  

         The dirty and tiring work was done by two volunteering groups - Save the Bay and Watch the Whales. Most of the volunteers came from a local police station and a fire station. And some of them were old people who had already got retired.

         That day, it rained a little. All of them wore boots and raincoats. The work took place along a two-mile river with over 500 big yellow trash bags everywhere.

         No one found anything that cost much. A five-year-old boy found an earring which he thought might be worth a million dollars. He said he'd sell it. Then he'd donate half of the money to Watch the Whales, and use the other half to buy his favourite ice cream every day.

         Many people laughed at the boy's story. However, it was easily found that the environment there did become better.

    On the first day of school our teacher introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn't already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder.

    I turned around to find a little old lady with a warm smile. She said, “Hi, handsome. My name is Rose. I'm eighty-seven years old.”

    “Why are you in university at such a YOUNG age?” I asked. She replied, “I'm here to meet a rich husband, get married, have a couple of kids, and then retire and travel.”

    I knew she was joking. I was curious what might have encouraged her to be taking on this challenge at her age.

    “I always dreamed of having a university education and now I'm getting one!” she told me. We became friends. Every day we would talk nonstop after class. I always enjoyed listening to this “time machine” as she shared her wisdom and experience with me. And Rose easily made friends wherever she went.

    At the end of the term we invited Rose to make a little speech. She cleared her throat(喉咙) and began, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. I've learned a few secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You've got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die.”

    “There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. Anybody can grow older. That doesn't take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding the opportunity(机会) in change...”

    Mr Jones, the owner of a farm, was one day driven out of the farm by all the animals he kept．The animals were excited to be masters of their farm．Animals made seven rules of their own and Snowball painted them on the wall．

    ⒈Whatever walks on two legs is an enemy;

    ⒉Whatever walks on four legs, or has wings, is a friend;

    ⒊No animal shall wear clothes;

    ⒋No animal shall sleep in bed;

    ⒌No animal shall drink alcohol(酒);

    ⒍No animal shall kill any other animal;

    ⒎All animals are equal．

    They were nicely written, except that "friend" was written "friend"．Snowball read them out, and all the animals agreed．

    "Now, let's go to the field．Let's get in the harvest more quickly than Jones and his men could do．"

    But at this moment the three cows, who had seemed uneasy for some time, shouted because they hadn't been milked for 24 hours．Then the pigs began to help milk the cows successfully．Soon there were five buckets (桶) of creamy milk at which many animals

    looked with great interest．"What's going to happen to all the milk?" asked one animal．"Jones used to mix some of it in our food," said one of the hens．"Never mind the milk," cried Napoleon, standing in front of the buckets, "the harvest is more important．Mr Snowball will lead the way, and I'll follow in a few minutes．"

    So the animals ran down to the field to begin the harvest, and when they came back in the evening, it was noticed that the milk had disappeared．

    Last year I had lots of fun in France and it was a great class trip. We left on October 15th and stayed for 3 nights.

    In the morning, my mother drove me to my school. After I said goodbye to her, I jumped on the bus excitedly. The trip on the bus to the ferry（渡船）was about 3 hours! The ferry ride was only about one hour. When we finally arrived, we got on another bus. It took us to the hotel.

    The next day was Wednesday and a big day-we went to Disneyland Paris! My favorite ride was Space Mountain. We spent about 5 hours at Disneyland Paris. I had a lot of fun!

    On Thursday, we went into a forest（森林）. We had a picnic（野餐）there. After the picnic, We walked out of the forest and across the road to a small museum.

    This was the last day of our trip. We had some breakfast and then got on the bus. On the bus, we talked about how fun the trip was. When we got on the ferry, we all said goodbye to France happily.

1. 他叫 Alan Smith, 是一名中学生;

2. 他的家庭成员： 父母和一个姐姐；

3. 他的卧室： 整洁， 有一张棕色的床……

4. 他的邮件地址：alan2011@gfimail.com .

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More than Just a Scientist

What would life be like if you were a rocker, a soccer player, a teacher at Stanford University, and a Nobel Prize winner? Carolyn Bertozzi from the US lives such a cool life!

Bertozzi shared the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry(化学) with Barry Sharpless(US) and Morten Meldal(Denmark). She became that year's only woman winner in science and the eighth woman to receive the chemistry prize in history. 

Bertozzi won the prize for studying the sugar coats of cells(细胞). She has found a smart way to connect cells by connecting their sugar coats. The cells then have a green colour so that scientists can see clearly where they are and how they move. According to the University of California, Berkeley, this finding made lots of research possible and easier, such as developing better tests for infectious diseases(传染病) and new treatments for cancer(癌症治疗). 

Although she is successful now, Bertozzi said she was not very interested in chemistry until her second year at Harvard University. "The professors made the class very difficult on purpose, "she told Chemistry World magazine. "My classmates felt really hard and have words with them, but it matched my brain. "Apart from doing science studies, Bertozzi has lived a colourful life. She was a keyboarder(键盘手) in a rock band. "I even used to think about studying music, "she said. She also played soccer, and won an athletic scholarship(体育奖学金) from Harvard. 

As a woman scientist, Bertozzi tries to improve gender equality(性别平等). "In the late 1980s, maybe 10 percent of the students were girls, "she told news magazine Chemical & Engineering News. "There were maybe one or two women in a lab, so we tried to support each other by starting a monthly get-together for all the women students in the department. "And Bertozzi won a prize from the American Association for the Advancement of Science for her work to increase diversity(多样化) in science.