Trees play an important role in our environment.For a start，they make air（1） （更干净的）for us to breathe.The older a tree is，the more important it is to us.Why not look at ancient trees（2） （仔 细地）around you and find out more？
For the past （3） （十五）years，a charity called the Woodland Trust has been recording ancient trees in the country.It has created a database （数据库）about these tree.
Since the database was set up，the Woodland Trust has（4） （添加）over 180，000 trees，but it believes there are many more to be found.It's hoped that all（5） （成员）of the public will help to locate them ﹣ including you.
You can take an（6） （积极 的）part in the Woodland Trust's project.Perhaps when you next go for a walk with your family，you can examine the trees you pass to see
（7） （它的）age.If you find one that you think could be very old，record（8） （确切地）where it is using an online map.If you want to record the tree，you should take a photo.Don't（9） （忘记）to make sure you are allowed to examine it closely if the tree isn't on public land.
"Ancient trees are as much a part of our heritage （遗产）as works of（10） （艺术），"explains Jeremy Evans of the Woodland Trust. "But they don't get the same protection.The good news is，you don't have to be a tree expert to take part".
Of the three cities，Ningbo，our hometown，is the （生机勃勃的）.
If we don't protect the environment well，we'll be （惩罚）sooner or later.
Thailand Literacy Program
Omkoi is one of the mountainous areas in Thailand.It is an area of （1） （北 方的）Thailand.There are neither schools（2） （也没有）libraries there and people cannot read or write.The government of Thailand hopes to change that with a program.It
（3） （包括）bringing books to the villages.
A number of these villages can be reached only on foot，and there is always a very long rainy （4） （季节）in Thailand.So how do the villagers get books that they need most，especially （5） （ 在...期间）the rainy days？Of course，teams of （6） （大象） !
Now there are several teams carrying books in Omkoi.They spend almost a month covering （7） （ 七）or eight villages.These special teams make it possible to provide education for almost two thousand people in Omkoi.
In Bangkok，the capital of Thailand，there's a program called "Train Library for Young People"，The train serves the homeless children on the （8） （街道）.Years ago，the railway police of Bangkok realized that those children（9） （真正地）needed a good place for learning and they began to act immediately.Now they have cleaned up and
（10） （修理）some old railway cars.These cars are turned into libraries for the children.
In different countries and cultures around the world，free time is spent in different ways.
Several years（1） （以前），researchers made a couple of surveys on how people spent their free time.The results（2） （显示）that reading was the most popular activity in the United States，followed by watching TV.In UK，watching TV and videos was the most popular，and listening to the（3） （收音机）came second.For Japanese，eating out was their favourite activity in their free time.And they also like（4） （驾驶）around.
There were also differences in what people liked to do outdoors（5） （在……之中）the three countries.The most popular outdoor activity for（6） （美国人）was gardening while in Japan it only came（7） （第九）.For British people，going to the pub was their first choice，followed by visiting the cinema.
（8） （虽然）people around the world may enjoy doing some similar things in their free time，their interests are changing.In the US，for example，the interest in（9） （电脑）activities is increasing.More people are spending their free time going online，or playing video games.As reading becomes much（10） （更容易的）on the Internet，online reading will be as popular as other online activities.
A large store had a big sale day.Ads had been placed in the （1） （当地的）newspapers several days before.The sales were so good that people rushed to the store that day.The opening time was 9 a.m.，but people had got together at the store as （2） （早地）as 7 a.m，waiting for the door to open.
A small man looked at the long line and tried to make his way to the （3） （前面）.The crowd became angry and people started shouting at him.They （4） （推）him in order to force him back to the end of the line.（5） （尽管）the people in the crowd were angry，still the man tried walking to the door a second time.Many people near the door were （6） （更强壮的）than him but he still made it.
"Hey!"someone shouted in the crowd. "Is that you （7） （又，再）？When will you learn to wait in line？""They got him to the back of the line and three big （8） （女士）said they would watch him and stop him going forward. "That will make him think twice!"they thought.
The small man（9） （摇动）his head. "This is too much for me to deal with!"he said.He wanted to open the store，but he thought that it would serve these rude（10） （顾客）right if he went home and didn't open the store at all that day!
Things Spotter
If you often lose things，you'll be happy with a new（1） （发明）called Things Spotter.It'll look like a small key tag that can be put on your objects.The tag will（2） （连接）to your mobile phone through BlueTooth technology.When you find something missing，don't（3） （担心）!Just press a button on your mobile phone and a map on your screen will tell you where to look.
Fire Recharger
It's really fun to（4） （扎营）in the wild!But what can you do if the batteries（电池）on your mobile phone are empty？Some（5） （工程师）are working on a Fire Recharger.It（6） （生产）electricity from the heat of fire.This means you can use a small fire to charge（充电）your mobile phone.It is very useful and will be（7） （广泛地）used in the future.
DigGoggles
Those lively underwater photos are so beautiful，but not easy to take.Besides，underwater cameras are not（8） （便宜的）enough.But soon you will have the（9） （机会）to buy a pair of DigGoggles.That's the name of a（10） （特殊的）diving mask that can take photos.Open and close your eyes twice and your camera will go 'click'!
After hearing the exciting news，she got so excited that her eyes tears. （充满，填满）
中国的祝融号火星探测器（Zhurong rover）已经成功登陆火星（Mars）。（land on）
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