After finishing online classes at home during the covid-19 pandemic. Hong Nanjia,16, from Zhixin High School in Guangzhou, puts on her apron (围裙) and begins her one hour of chores. Then she needs to share her feelings in a diary 【小题1】 will be handed in to her teacher.

Most students【小题2】 (require) to take part in the labor class once per week. Since September, labor class has been listed as【小题3】 official course in the school lives of primary and middle school students. Qian Chenyi supports this policy. He said that he started the labor class during, middle school. All the students would gather weed in the school garden【小题4】 water the plants.

According to Qian, his school would invite professionals to provide them【小题5】 practical skills for their daily lives. “ When shared bikes- became【小题6】 ( gradual) popular in 2020, students were taken to the parking spots and/helped/put them into the right place. Professionals also【小题7】 (show) us how to fix the bikes.” Qian said. “After【小题8】 (learn) first aid, students volunteer to help people who have had accidents in the water. He added that if students found a specific topic【小题9】 (attract), they would focus on it and only take part in the labor class【小题10】 (relate) to that topic. “Through the labor classes, we not only find our interests but also become more well- rounded.” said Qian.

Bird-watching has been included in a public benefit program “Park Classes” in Wuhan schools. 【小题1】(bury) in books and having little access to the outside world, many students don’t have the 【小题2】(little) idea of what nature really is.

This program is designed 【小题3】(raise) the awareness of environmental protection among school kids, 【小题4】 often feel greatly refreshed by appreciating the grace of the adorable creatures through cameras.

Among the selective courses 【小题5】(be) the restoration of small and micro wetlands. As for this course, what 【小题6】(need) is a lot of hands-on practice. Under the 【小题7】(guide) of their teachers, students are required to conduct research on a 500-square-meter wetland in the city parks. Focusing their attention 【小题8】 the wetland’s physical condition, they have recorded the number of plant and animal species to create a restoration plan. Thanks to their efforts, the biodiversity of the wetland has been 【小题9】(significant) improved.

“It’s very meaningful,” said Li Chenliang, 【小题10】 eighth grader from this project. “I have gained a lot of knowledge that cannot be directly got from books. I should make full use of the city’s ecological advantages and get more chances to get closer to nature.”