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【名师面对面】英语B本八年级下学期Unit 2 I’ll help to clean up the city parks 周末作业
Sue Coppard grew up in the countryside. As a child, her dream was to go to the outside world. In fact, she achieved her dream. In 1971, Sue Coppard worked as a secretary(秘书) in London. When she enjoyed the city life, Sue also missed the countryside where she spent most of her time as a child. She thought the countryside was a great place to play and grow. So she offered to help out on an organic (有机的)farming program organized (组织) by a college.
Sue put a small ad(广告) in a magazine, offering people the chance (机会) to volunteer at the organic farm. The volunteer program grew quickly. Soon other organic farmers participated, asking for people to help out.
With so many people and farms joining, Sue started World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF) to help volunteers and farmers find one another. In order to interest more volunteers, Sue made WWOOF not only a weekend activity, but also a place for travelers and people who hoped to live and work on farms for a longer time. She worked very hard there, but she felt happy. She said, "The work can be tiring, but volunteers think it's enjoyable."
By working on farms, the volunteers communicate(交流) with the farmers and begin to love the outdoors and organic farming.
Volunteering is something that anyone can do in their free time, So the next time you want to be busy on the weekend or on vacation, why not look for a good reason to spend your energy on it? I think it is a fantastic way to enjoy your free time.
By 2050. nearly (将近) 70% of the world's population (人口) will live in cities. Many of them will become large cues with a population of more than 10 million. Moving people around each large city will be difficult. The traffic speed (速度) in London will fall to about 7 miles (英里) per (每) hour. Around the same speed (速度) it was 150 years ago, in the days of the horse and cart. But city planners are working on ways to solve (解决) the problem.
Self-driving cars Robot taxis | Self-driving cars (无人驾驶汽车) or robot taxis will play a part. There'll be more than 30 million self-driving cars on the road by 2040. People don't need to drive by themselves. By 2050, there will be robot taxis in the city streets. We can call the taxis very quickly. |
Buses | Public transport (公共交通工具) like buses will be highly personalized (个性化). People don't need to look through the bus timetable. Buses will be connected on the Internet and make the way by themselves according to (根据) where the people need to go. |
Bikes | Bikes will be helpful and safe, too. Cities could build special roads for them high above city streets. Xiamen in southeast China already has an 8-kilometer bicycle way to protect riders like that. That may be another kind of transport in 2050. It will be wonderful. |
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