Jenny is excited to go to school these days. The 13-year-old girl from South Gate Middle School in Los Angeles, US, is taking care of three green abalones(鲍鱼) at school.

The students of Violeta Llamas' science class, including Jenny, have cared for the sea animals since January. The science class has eight teams. Each team takes turns to care for the abalones. Team Five—Jenny, Alexis, Jennifer and Ricardo—have now got their turn.

The abalones are kept in a box of seawater. Every day, Alexis checks if the water has too much salt. Too much salt is bad for the health of the abalones. Jenny makes fresh seawater. Then the four students work together to clean up the waste in the box and give some food to the abalones.

    "Sea life is like a baby. You have to clean them and care for them. " Jennifer said.

Nancy Cruso, a scientist, leads the project. She said the number of green abalones is going down because people have caught too many of them. She said protecting the sea lives now depends on the young students.

"The students love taking care of the abalones. " said Llamas.

"Taking care of the abalones could open the door for those who want to be a sea life scientist or an environment protector," she said.

The students' time with the abalones will end this school year. Cruso and a team of volunteers will record the abalones and then let them return to the sea.

    My name is Philippe and my wife's name is Sophie. We're from1. Recently we were faced with a 2situation while traveling by car in the mountains with our hired driver. Just as we began to doze(打盹), the car made a strange, loud noise and then3working.

    We tried communicating with the driver but with little4because he couldn't speak French. He tried to tell us with body language that he was going to get help and then he left.

    We were in a poor area, with 5houses in sight. We started to bear the cries of wild animals Sophie was very afraid. We didn't have much food and it was getting 6and darker I began to lose7. Should we leave the car? Would our driver ever8? Was he a trustworthy man? We were very worried.

A couple of hours passed. 9, the headlights from another car appeared in the dark. A man got out of the car. Finding us cold and hungry, he kindly asked us to10his car.

11we left, he put a note on the windshield of the car with his phone number on it. Then he drove us to a nearby village, and we met his family. His cousin spoke French and he 12us tea and local foods. 13asked us questions and they were excited to have unexpected guests.

    Later that evening, the phone rang. It was our14. He had kept his word and fixed the car.

    I will15forget the warmth we received on that day because we depended on a complete stranger for help.

A lot of primary schools in China are doing something to improve naptime conditions (午休条件)for students.

Recently, Dongxing Experimental Primary School in Quanzhou, Fujian, is popular on the Internet. Why? Because the school uses adjustable(可调整的) sleep desks to help students have a better nap. With a simple turn of a knob(旋钮), desks become comfortable beds. In this way, students can rest in a proper way.

Longteng Primary School in Zhengzhou, Henan, is another example. At school, there are some unused classrooms. These classrooms are now naptime rooms with beds and pillows.

For classroom usage, Tianqi Primary School in Wuhan, Hubei, is planning to make unused indoor sports fields and activity rooms future nap spaces. Teachers in Tianqi said, "Students are excited to hear this news. They are looking forward to having a comfortable place to rest."

In the town of Chashan, Liling, Hunan, Meixia Wanquan Primary School plays an important role for a great number of left-behind children who live too far away to return home for a nap. An organization gave them 130 folding beds to make sure every child could have a proper nap.

The new way of napping at school is not only comfortable but also good for health. Medical experts warn, "If students take naps with their face down, it will increase(增加)their eye pressure and finally lead to some eye problems. The lying-down way of napping addresses these worries, and protects the children's health."

There is a tree near a river. A lot of bees (蜜蜂) are making their house here. They 1 around flowers and get their food. They keep doing their work all the day. One fine day, a bee wants to go to the 2 to drink some water. When the bee tries to drink, the 3 blows it away. The bee fell (掉) into the river.

 Luckily, a kind bird, who is watching the bee far away, flies 4 to help the little bee. She 5  a flower from the tree and flies to the bee. The bird 6 the flower near the bee. The bee gets on the flower and makes its wings(翅膀) 7 . After some time, the bee feels well 8 flies away to its home.

 Some weeks later, the bird is 9 great danger. As she is sitting on a tree, a bad man tries to 10 her. The bird wants to 11 but sees a large hawk (鹰) flying around her.

 That's 12 her kindness comes back to her. The bee comes to help13 by stinging (咬) the bad man's face hard. At that time, the bad man shot the arrow (射箭), which 14 the bird but scares away the hawk. The 15 bird flies away to its home.

Two days before Christmas I went out for shopping in town. It was pretty late 1 I walked out of the supermarket. I quickly put all the shopping bags 2 my car and started to drive home. 

When I was waiting for the 3 , looked out of the window and saw many homeless people on the empty pavement (人行道). Some of them 4 on the pavement and sleeping. They had very little 5 themselves on the cold night. I had pity on them. Suddenly, I had 6 idea. 

The next day I went to shops and bought as 7 blankets (毛毯) as possible. In the evening, I drove to the place where I had seen the homeless people the night before. I walked up to them and 8 each a blanket. They all looked at me in surprise. One lady kept hugging the warm blanket and saying over and over again 9 soft and warm the blanket was. I also brought some food for them. I felt really happy when I saw the smiles on 10 faces. And I thought the smiles were the best Christmas presents l had ever received. I have done this every Christmas Eve since then. 

It seems that students have different ways to spend their free time. Let's have a look.

Kate and Julie are good students at school and they spend a lot of time 1 . They spend most of their free time doing their homework and taking lessons. But every weekend, they go to the 2 " I like action movies (动作片). They're so exciting," says Kate."I 3 I will miss something great if I don't see a movie on the weekend," says Julie.

Simon has 5 brothers and 15 cousins. He spends most of his free time with his 4 . They do different things together." There are so many of us coming and going from each other's house all the time. It seems that we're5 having a party. We' re all really close(亲密的) to each other," says Simon.

Judy likes to have some time to herself every day." I see my friends often enough, and I really need to 6 alone(独自地) sometimes," she says. When no one is around, Judy likes to read or listen to music. She finds being alone very 7 and she enjoys it.

Sean and his cousin Roger are 8 lovers and soccer is their favorite. When they're free, they play soccer or9 soccer games on TV." Playing soccer is good for our10 and our mind. We love it a lot," says Sean.