The cold wind blew strongly outside. Amaya was warm in her house, thinking about an article she'd read at school. The article was about kids who helped out their communities, and she thought it would be really cool to help her own town, Harvard.

   The only problem was that she wasn't sure how to help. In the article, the kids had grown food for people who needed food, but it was winter. She couldn't start a garden. Amaya was deep in thought when her mom said it was time to go shopping.

   As they drove along the road, Amaya saw a family walking on the sidewalk(人行道), wearing only light jackets. How could they must be! That gave her an idea! She could collect winter coats, hats and gloves for people who needed them.

   She shared her idea with her mom, who thought it was great. But how would they spread the idea to get plenty of winter clothing? Amaya decided to talk to her teacher, because then she could share her idea with her classmates at least.

   Ms. Monroe agreed when Amaya talked about her idea. They decided to call the project Hats in Harvard. Then they wrote a letter explaining the project. Ms. Monroe even said she could help Amaya talk to the headmaster aboutit, so they could get the whole school to join in it. They met with the headmaster during lunch time. He was excited about the idea, and said he would make sure copies(复印件) of the letter went home with all the students.

   They collected enough winter clothing in only one week. Then they left the clothes around two parks, so families who needed clothes could get them there. Three days later, Amaya and her mom went shopping again. She saw the same family that had given her the idea for Hats in Harvard. This time, though, the family looked nice and warm in some new coats, hats and gloves. Amaya felt warm in her heart, and was very glad she could help others.

Several years ago, I spent most of my time at a mental hospital (精神病院) in our town. I found much joy there. At first it was a little scary to be there, but I stayed on, because I had a reason for doing this.

I volunteered in a locked-up (封闭的) environment. To my surprise, I found that a friend of my parents' was a patient in this hospital. I knew, when I was a baby, this woman wanted to keep me because she had no children. I looked after this woman and showed my old photos to her. Finally, she was able to remember some old things, and she said to me one day, "Dear, you should not come here." But I wanted to bring something happy into this woman's life. I learned that because she had no family, she couldn't leave here and go home. So I brought her to my home twice and I still remembered the happy smile on her face.

I have never forgotten this volunteering experience. This woman later passed    away. I can't see her anymore, but I'm happy that I have done something to make a difference in another person's life.

Zhi Nong was born in a small town in Yunnan Province. When he was young, he moved to Kunming with his mother. Feeling like a caged (笼中的) bird in a big city, he was bored with the busy and noisy city life and looked forward to nature. 

His chance soon came. In 1983, he helped shoot (拍摄) a documentary about birds. That experience led him to learn photography and take photos of flying birds. 

In the 1980s, the Internet was not that popular in China and cameras were expensive. He managed to borrow a camera and threw himself into studying how to use it. During that time, the library became his favorite place where he first read some magazines about nature. It opened a door for him to connect with nature. 

In 1992, a research program was set up to protect a type of unusual monkeys which only live in China. Usually, the home of these monkeys has half-a-year-long winters. It created great challenges for Zhi Nong's work, but he never drew back. "I didn't see the monkeys in the wild until I went into the mountains the third time," said Zhi Nong. He went into the snow mountains six times just to get valuable photographs of monkeys. 

Three years later, his works won international prizes. People around the world began to pay attention to the protection of wild animals in China. And he is the first Chinese winner of the world Wildlife Photographer of the Year. 

In order to call up tons of people to protect wildlife with cameras, he started "China Wildlife Photography Training. Camp". He hopes that more young people will join in for the nature protection. 

①Franz Schubert was a music giant (巨匠). He wrote several symphonies (交响乐) and operas, about600 songs, and had many other musical works.

②Schubert was born in a musical family in Vienna on January 31, 1797. His father was a teacher, and he taught young Schubert to play the violin. One of Schubert's brothers also gave him piano lessons. Schubert was really good at writing all kinds of music. Schubert started working at his father's school in1814, but he didn't like teaching. So he spent most of his free time writing music. During that time, he wrote his first full symphony and opera. He also wrote many famous songs.

③In 1818, Schubert gave up teaching to make music full time. It was a good change. People liked his music, and they even paid him to write music for them. Schubert finally made money from his musical works, but they didn't make him rich.

④Schubert died at the age of 31 on November 19, 1828. Schubert and his music were popular during his time. And people still listen to his music today.

Do you like reading books? Some people may say yes. Reading is a good habit(习惯). They think reading is interesting. In Beijing, you can see some sharing(共享) bookstores. You can read and borrow(借) books there. But you can only get two books once(一次).

Readers can use their mobile phones to borrow some books. Then they can take these books home. But they must give a deposit(押金) of 99 yuan. There are many books in the sharing bookstores. People can keep these books for 10 days and they don't need to give the sharing bookstores money(钱). After they read books, they must return them to the bookstores. Then they can get one yuan as a reward(奖励). 

Now there are many sharing bookstores in Beijing. The bookstores want people to read more books and give people lots of fun. More and more people are interested in reading now.

 Jack is a 14-year-old boy. He has a big family, but he doesn't think his family life is happy.

 Jack and his brother and sister often fight( 争吵 ) with each other for many reasons. Those fights really influence his daily life. However, he doesn't know what to do.

 Tom is Jack's classmate. He also has a big family. Tom never fights with his two brothers. They always have big smiles on their faces. Jack thinks that is strange.

 One day, Jack asked Tom why he and his brothers could get on well with each other. Tom smiled and asked Jack to go home with him. As they entered the house, Tom's elder brother saw them. "Hi, Jack and Tom," he said, "why not come here and share some ice cream with me?" At that time, Tom's younger brother came out of his room. When he saw Tom , he looked very excited and said, Oh, Tom! I have a story to tell you. It's very interesting!"

 Tom's happy life was quite impressive ( 令人印象深刻的 ) for Jack. After thinking for a while, he understood that Tom's secret of having a good relationship with his brothers was to share. Sharing all their food and stories with each other made their life happy.