I was eleven years old when I spotted my neighbour, Julie, working in her garden. “There’s a hedge(树篱)growing over the pathway near here,” Julie said. “It’s become so overgrown. I was planning to cut it back myself. Would you like to help out?” The following Sunday, we wheeled Julie’s garden bin down to the hedge and reduced it.
We posted photos of our handiwork on Our Malmesbury, our local Facebook Group. One person, a wheelchair user, was so grateful that they didn’t have to go on the road anymore to pass the hedge. The comments and reactions just kept on coming. The whole town of Malmesbury in Wilts hire seemed to welcome our team spirit and felt inspired to follow our lead. Many people raised their hands to volunteer and do more to keep our town tidy. This was the beginning of many community projects completed by volunteers in our community.
With many willing hands, our town has transformed. Before, the town looked a bit run-down, but now, the place looks cleaner and tidier.
When we first started, everything was done out of my parents’ garage. But as time went on, donations came in from the local community. Our garage got filled up so quickly with brushes, gardening tools, and even donated power tools like leaf blowers. It got so big that we had to move this all to Julie’s spare garage.
I created a Facebook page and website to support our projects. Our Facebook page ‘Helping the Community of Malmesbury’ currently sits at 669 members and is a place for all the locals to share what litter picking and cleaning up they have been up to. When community members plan a clean-up, they can contact us via the website to access any tools and equipment they need to complete a project.
【小题1】What does paragraph 2 mainly talk about?A.Handiwork photos. | B.Amazing reactions. |
C.Increasing volunteers. | D.Community projects. |
A.Messy. | B.Ordinary. | C.Deserted. | D.Dynamic. |
A.Pushy. | B.Loyal. | C.Competent. | D.Careful. |
A.Justice has long arms. | B.One’s meat is an other’s poison. |
C.God help those who help themselves. | D.Small efforts make a big difference. |