On April 22nd, World Earth Day, our family held an activity called “Bottle of Rubbish Challenge”. That means we only have a bottle to put in the rubbish. And if we have more rubbish, we’ll fail the challenge. Every one of us decided to rise to the challenge and produce as little rubbish as possible.

My father worked online all day, so he didn’t produce any waste except(除了)paper napkins(纸巾). He made the least rubbish in our family.

My mother cooked and produced plenty of kitchen waste, such as vegetable leaves or food bags. What’s worse, we couldn’t eat up all the food of the dinner that day. So leftovers(剩饭菜)couldn’t be avoided. It was not easy for mom to put all the rubbish into the bottle. But she did it! How amazing!

My sister, a 16-year-old student, was busy preparing for her examinations. She had to use paper to work out math or physics problems. She used to write on one side of the paper. But that day, she tried to use both sides of the paper. She did a good job!

For me, snacks(零食)and drinks are my favorites. So I usually have a lot of packages(包装盒). But I knew I must produce less waste, so I stopped having any snacks or drinks that day. It was difficult, but I tried my best!

The activity makes me realize that we are able to produce less rubbish if we want. So everyone, let’s try to produce less rubbish so that the environment of the earth will be much better!

Last week’s meeting didn’t go as well as Anna had thought. She didn’t get the team she wanted for the project. Anna didn’t want to hand over any important work to a group of freshers with little or no experience. “How will I get this done on my own?” she panicked because all the stress was now getting to her.

By the time Anna reached home, her body had burnt up with a fever. Anna went straight to bed. When she woke up the next morning, she was behind schedule.

Ray, knocked at the door and went in. “Good morning, mum!” said the 10-year-old.

“Are you not feeling well?” Ray asked.

“Not too bad,” Anna replied.

“You look sick, mum. Wait! I know what you need to feel better. I will be back,” Ray said.

“Hey....” Anna tried to stop him but Ray was already gone. She didn’t have the strength to get up and see what he was doing. She lay there for a while and finally fell asleep.

When Anna opened her eyes again, Ray was standing by the bed, watching her every move.

“Mum, do you think you can come to the kitchen with me?” be asked.

“What have you been up to? I hope you didn’t go into the kitchen all alone.” Anna cried.

“Please come, mum! I promise that you will feel better,” Ray said with confidence.

Anna pulled herself out of bed slowly and walked to the kitchen with her son.

“Were you cooking? I’ve told you so many times to stay away from the kitchen. You are only 10. What if you get burnt?” Anna was dead worried. She couldn’t believe Ray would do such a thing without any experience.

“Don’t worry, mum. I had called grandma and she was able to help me. I made your favourite soup.” Ray replied.

Anna was surprised, but quickly she began to eat the soup.

“This is very tasty. I am so proud of you!” she said as she hugged her little boy.

“Thanks, mum. After all, how will I learn something if I never try doing it?” he said in a happy voice.

Ray’s words made Anna understand something-both with her son and her workmates. She realized that ________ and decided to ________.

Nancy is seven years old. Last week, her parents gave her a guitar. She played it all the time because she liked playing the guitar very much. Her parents told her not to play it any more because it was too noisy. Her neighbours all complained（抱怨）about it. Nancy promised, “I will be a good girl. I will do it more quietly.” But it didn’t help much. No one could work, no one could rest, and no one could sleep.

One day, Nancy came home and found her parents and her sisters were waiting for her. She saw a violin and a piano in the living room. Nancy was very surprised. “Wow! What are these?” “Well,” her father answered, “we see that we can’t beat you, so we decide to join you.”