Chicago winters are famous for their bitter cold. It is a ________ time to earn a living for the city’s street vendors (商贩). They have been hit hard by the pandemic (疫情) as the population of street shoppers has ________ by as much as half in the city. One Chicago based restaurant owner,Robert Magret,came up with a brilliant and quite ________ idea to help these vendors. He purchases their entire day’s food ________ as a clever way to get them out of the ________. Robert then distributes the food to the ________ for free,turning one good deed into a chain of ________.

Robert has been purchasing truckloads of ________ from Chicago vendors for weeks as the temperature began to fall into the single digits. After he ________ the vendors from the cold weather,he then ________ the delicious bread to the homeless. Robert also uses his purchases to ________ Love Fridges,which are fridges around his city where people can either donate or ________ fresh vegetables and cooked meals.

Robert’s creative idea won great ________ on social media and he immediately began receiving donations from the community. Robert plans to ________ buying out street vendors all winter with the help of donations from kind ________ who have joined him on his merciful mission.

Austria is often mistaken for Australia. Some tourist shops in Austria even have souvenirs that have a sign, saying “No kangaroos in Austria”.

However, recently, a kangaroo has been seen jumping around in the European country.

Police in the small town of Kirchschlag bei Linz, Upper Austria, have ________ many sightings (目击) of what looked like a kangaroo jumping through the grasslands and forests around the town over the weekend. Now they are actively ________ the animal in the whole town. They have also ________ all the zoos and breeders (饲养员) in the area. But so far, no one has ________ to be responsible for the ________ animal.

“It sounds ________ but it's true,” a police officer told Agence France Press. “We have called all the zoos and kangaroo breeders around us, but no one is ________ a kangaroo. We really hope the owner will come forward.”

Police cannot tell what type the kangaroo is, but they have ________ the locals that they have nothing to worry about, as kangaroos are herbivores (食草动物). It is unlikely that this particular one can cause any ________. Regarding their chances of ________ in the Austrian wild, Austria can be a perfect habitat for them because there are many grasslands in the country.

If you're thinking that people simply ________ a giant rabbit for a kangaroo, the video posted on Instagram can ________ your doubt. The video was ________ by Thomas Kaufmann, who lives near Kirchschlag bei Linz, over the weekend. “I am not an animal expert, but that ________ looks like a kangaroo.” he said.

It is interesting that this isn't the first time a kangaroo has been ________ in Upper Austria. In 2015, another one appeared near a field of corn, in St. Oswald bei Haslach.

A group of people in Xiangtan, in Hunan province, has long been devoted to protecting the Xiang River, which runs through the city. Song Wei, who ______ near the city's Zhubu Port, is an important member of the group.

One day, in 2011, when Song and his friends were fishing, they noticed industrial wastewater, which was red and ______ , was pouring into the river, through an underground pipe, from the sewage outlet(污水出口).

Song was ______ , and he was determined to protect the river. Since an individual’s ______ is limited, Song joined Xiangtan Environmental Protection Association in 2012. That was the beginning of his ______ to environmental protection. He often says, “An environmental-protection volunteer should insist on ______ pollution with courage. Although I feel wronged sometimes, I will never give up.” Over the years, Song has also been active on social-media ______ , including Tik Tok, Weibo and WeChat, where he has ______ results of his investigations into environmental problems.

Song married Liu Yuan in 2013. Song had a ______ idea—to take their wedding photos near the sewage outlet. Liu agreed with her husband. “To help raise people’s awareness of environmental protection, it was quite ______ for us to do so, meanwhile, the river has witnessed our love, and we have also witnessed the ______ of this place,” she says. Song says he couldn't have ______ so much without the support of his eco-friendly family. “I hope the green lifestyle will take ______ in everyone's heart, and our small family can influence more families,” he says.

Protectors of Xiang River were ______ as the Legal Figure of the Year in 2013 by the CCTV for their achievements in protecting the river. Song accepted the award ______ the group.