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Artist for the Animals
Twelve-year-old Bria Neff loves art and animals. So she puts the two together by painting pictures of animals that are endangered. With her mom's help, she sells the paintings to raise money for groups that protect animals and their living places. We asked Bria about her work.
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When I was eight, I joined in an art competition run by the International Fund for Animal Welfare. I found out that there are thousands of endangered animals, and I wanted to help. Since I love to draw, I thought I could use my talents to introduce endangered animals.
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I paint animals that really touch me. I research them and read about them and study their living habits. Sometimes, after researching them, I put their names into a box and just pick one to paint.
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I complete a painting in one to two weeks. I start by looking up lots of pictures of the animal in its living places. That gives me great ideas.
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Knowing that I'm making a difference for animals and their living places and that I have encouraged others to do the same.
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I want to tell them that it doesn't matter how old you are. Do something you love, and you can make a difference. We just need to work together and believe we can do great things.
A. How did you get started? B. How long does a painting take? C. What will you say to other kids? D. When will your book come out? E. How do you decide what to paint? F. What's the most meaningful about what you do? |
Skyscrapers are very tall buildings in a city. Looking up at them might make you dizzy (眩晕的). {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Skyscrapers are a .wonder, whether (不管) you are looking up or down.
How can the buildings be so tall? Something that happened during the 1880s made it possible. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} First, a man named William Jenney got the idea of using a steel frame to hold up the walls and floors (钢架支撑墙壁和地面) of a building Jenney s idea made it possible to build taller buildings so he is called the "Father of the American skyscraper" Second, the elevators (电梯)improved. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}That helped people go up and down the tall buildings more easily."
Back in the 1880s, Jenney s first tall building was 10 stories (楼层) high. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}In 2004, Taipei 101, at 101 stories high, became the tallest building in the world. But soon the Burj Khalifa in Dubai overtook it in 2010. The 828-meter building has 163 stories.
{#blank#}5{#/blank#} For example, Shanghai Tower in China, One World Trade Center in the USA, Abraj Ai-Bait Clock Tower in Saudi Arabia, etc. All of them are really wonderful, aren't they?
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A. But today, some buildings have 100 stories or more. B. They got much faster and safer. C. Looking down from them might make you dizzy, too. D. Now there are many very tall buildings all over the world. E. There were two important things at that time. |
Tornadoes(龙卷风) are whirlwinds(旋风) with speeds of up to 400 km per hour. In Britain, there were very few tornadoes in the past. Now, there are more than 50 tornadoes a year. Tornadoes are only one sign of the world's climate changes. There are many others. The number of thunderstorms is increasing, and there are more floods in some parts of the world, and there's much less rain in others. Scientists still do not know enough about the reasons for these climate changes. Most scientists think human activities are the problem.
Cutting down trees, burning too much oil, and the increase in the number of cars are some of the things that cause the problems. Global(全球的) temperatures are rising because of these things. Scientists believe that if the temperatures continue to rise, the ice at the poles will melt(融化) .
If the ice melts, sea levels will rise. Some islands might disappear completely. All this means that unless we do something to stop global warming now, there may be many other dramatic changes in the future.
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Signs of climate changes |
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Human activities |
*Cut down trees {#blank#}4{#/blank#} *The increasing number of cars |
What will happen if we don't take action |
*Global warming *The ice will melt {#blank#}5{#/blank#} *Some islands will disappear completely |
A. Close your books. B. Listen to the conversation. C. Look at the picture. D. Open your books, and turn to Page 9. E. Read the questions aloud. F. Answer the questions. Write the answers in your notebook. |
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