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广东省深圳市龙城初级中学2019-2020八年级下学期英语4月份第一次月考试卷(含听力音频)
Old people can now buy "grandkids" online if they feel lonely. Using a new app named Papa, old people can call on young people to visit them. Papa allows them to find "grandchildren" who will spend time with them and carry out small tasks.
Now Papa isavailable as a mobile app and a telephone line for those without smartphones in Miami, Florida. To use the service, old people first need to contact (联 系) Papa through either of these ways. Then Papa's workers provide free talks with them to see how they can find proper college students to visit the old people.
The app needs the old to pay $15 an hour and the young visitors get at least $10 per visit. According to different types of trips, the young visitors get different pay.
According to its founder, Andrew Parker, most young visitors can make $20~$30 per visit. Every visit lasts for around three hours.
Mr Parker, from the United States, founded the app because he couldn't spend time with his grandfather. He named the app after his grandfather and is now hoping more people from America, the UK and Japan can use it in the future. Besides, he believes it can also provide other groups with services in the future, such as taking care of children and caring for adults with autism (孤独症).
Papa also provides an online education, helping the old have video chat with their grandchildren.
Remember we used to see many fireflies(萤火虫) shining in the grass on summer evenings? Now we are lucky if we see one. Fireflies have become fewer and fewer all over the world because the lights at night keep them away and because there is too little land for them to live on. To bring these little flying friends back into our lives, we can: 1. Keep the grass taller and grow more plants. Fireflies like to live over tall grass or near the high points of plants. 2. Leave dry leaves or dead plants in the garden. Small animals like slugs, snails, and worms live under them. They are fireflies' favorite food. 3. Turn off lights in the garden or by the window. When it is too bright, fireflies don't know if the light is from other fireflies or from lamps. So it is difficult for them to find each other. 4. Build a pond in the yard and keep the water clean. Fireflies like to live around clean water. Let us know if you have any questions. The National Science Center: 123-4567. |
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