The Earth gives us a lot of things, 【小题1】

In nature, when something dies, other animals and plants get food from it. Every animal or plant gives food for other animals or plants, 【小题2】 Animals and plants can't eat metal (金属), plastic or glass. 【小题3】

Some rubbish is very dangerous for plants and animals. In some places, many animals live together. One animal makes food for many more animals. If we put rubbish and chemicals (化学品) in the water，the Torqued (浮游生物) will die.【小题4】

So what can we do? 【小题5】 Don't leave any rubbish in the countryside!

   On television, talk shows (脱口秀) are very popular. American host (主持人) Oprah Winfrey is very smart and she is really good at talking to people. She asked people interesting questions on her show. She laughed and cried with them. She got them to open up and to tell the true stories about themselves.

Oprah is not only a talk show host! She is also an actress and has her own magazine (杂志). She does all she can to help children. She gets people to read more. to help others, and to work hard for a better life. In her eyes, all these things are worthwhile.

Oprah's life isn't always so happy. When she was a little kid, her mother was poor and young and could not take care of her. Oprah lived on her grandmother's farm and she had no friends and no toys there Luckily, she went to live with her father later. Oprah said her father

Oprah Winfrey was on her way!

   My name is Sara Green. I’m from Wales. I live in Cardiff and I’m 14 years old. My birthday is on 1 March. I live with my family: my mum, my dad and my sister Estelle. My dad is 40 and he is a biologist (生物学家). He studies big marine mammals (海洋哺乳动物). His job is very interesting! My mum is 39 and she is a musician. She plays the violin.

We live in a house with a big front garden. On Sunday morning I usually help my mum in the garden. There are small trees and flowers in of the garden! I like gardening! I also like studying. I want to be a biologist to work with my dad, so my favourite school subjects are Science and Biology. But in my free time, reading is my favourite. I read all kinds of books. There are about 200 books in my bedroom. After school I always go to the library to study or do my homework. I love staying there.

   “Mum, I’m going to the park! ” Tyler said.

“Be careful!” said his mum. Tyler rode his bike to the park. It was one of his favourite places to go. The park looked pretty crowded. Some kids were playing. But the other kids took rubbish bags. They were picking up the rubbish.

Tyler stopped his bike. One of the kids was Lauren, a girl from his school.

“We’re cleaning up the park today,” she said. “Want to help?”

“No, I would rather not!” said Tyler.

Today was Saturday. He came to the park to have fun, not to work! Tyler rode his bike around the park. As he rode, he saw things he never saw before. There was lots of rubbish.

Tyler rode back to Lauren.

“I’ll help,” he said

Lauren smiled.

“Here,” she said. She gave him a bag. Tyler and the other kids cleaned for about an hour. When they finished, the park looked different.

Before Tyler left the park, he rode around it again. The tired boy looked here and there and didn’t see any rubbish. He rode back home with a big smile on his face.

He would always remember this Saturday.

For Better Bradford City

“Don’t Drop It; Stop It!”

   We throw away garbage almost every day. _________ does it go? Most of it _________ into the sea. There _________ five large garbage patches (垃圾带) in the sea. The largest one is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Scientists are saying that the patch is getting bigger and bigger.

The patch is in the Pacific Ocean between California _________ Hawaii. It is quite large. According to Livescience, _________ has an area of 1.6 million k㎡. That is about 100 times (倍) _________ than Beijing.

Most of the garbage is plastic (塑料), including bottles, bags and fishing nets. According to Fox News, there are about 79,000 tons (吨) of plastic in the patch. That’s about 250 pieces of plastic for every person _________ Earth. Is one of those pieces from you?

The plastic can harm (伤害) sea animals and _________ the water. Scientists are trying _________ ways to clean up garbage in the sea. But the most important thing is __________ garbage from going into the sea.

   Today, we’ll learn about four kinds of satellite (人造卫星).

The first kind of satellite studies the_________ of the Earth. People use it to help make maps. It also helps countries see where they may_________ oil or gold (石油或黄金).

People use the second kind of satellite to show_________ to ships and planes. A ship or a plane can send a message to the satellite. Then it can_________ where the ship or the plane is

The third kind studies the _________. People use these satellites to_________ clouds and strong winds moving across the Earth. They help countries make preparations (准备工作) when very _________ weather is coming.

What about the _________ kind of satellite? People use it for communication (通讯). These satellites can send telephone calls between _________. People from one country send the call to the satellite, and then the __________ sends it to a station in another country. Some can carry hundreds of calls at the same time. Also these satellites can carry pictures.

I’m from Westtown School in the US

I hope the environment in your city gets better and better.

Yours sincerely,

Alex