Wang Tao set up a small business in Shanghai four years ago. He is known for using iron and other materials from old cars to make beautiful art pieces. Some are large pieces that look like animals or humans, 【小题5】. The more popular works can even be seen in art shops around the city. Wang Tao hopes to set up a “metal art” theme park to show people the importance of environmental protection. Not only can the art bring happiness to others, but it also shows that even cold, hard iron can be brought back to life with a little creativity.

COMMUNITY CLEAN-UP

Who: West End Residents(居民)

Where: Corner of Oceanview & Maryland Avenue

When: 10 am on Saturday May 17th

Please join your neighbours. We’ll be painting and planting the flower boxes on Oceanview, cleaning up our parks and picking up the rubbish along the beach entrances.

What You’ll Need:

We’ll be offering the paint, soil, plants, bags and gloves. You’re also encouraged to bring along whatever you might have. And of course, wear some protective clothes!

Not Good at Working in Groups.

That’s fine. We know not everyone likes to work in groups. If this is you, you’re encouraged to simply pick up around your block or plant flowers in front of your house.

But I’m a West End Business. How Can I Help?

That’s awesome(很好的)! You can play along too. Wash your sidewalk. Plant some flowers. Dress up your windows. Do as much as what you can. We’ll all be better off because of our common efforts(努力).

We’ll see you on Saturday! Any questions, email mcnallyjohn@gmail.com

Elephants in Danger

Elephants are the largest land animals alive today. They are very important in Asian cultures. But Asian elephants are now in danger. Dr. Alan Matheson answers our questions about elephants.

Yes, they are. African elephants have big ears. The three kinds of Asian elephants (Indian, Sumatran, and Sri Lankan) all have small ears and they don’t always have ivory.

They eat plants in the forests, but they sometimes eat food from farmland, too--fruit, rice, etc. They also drink a lot of water, so we often see them next to rivers and lakes.

They need a lot of food--about 150 kg every day. An elephant’s life isn’t easy. They sometimes walk 20 km in one day to find food, and they don’t sleep much.

In 2013, there were about 40,000 wild Asian elephants.That isn’t many. We think there are also 15,000 Asian elephants in zoos, including about 140 in the U.S. and Canada.

Elephants usually live in forests. Unluckily, people are cutting down the forests and using the trees to make paper. Some people also kill elephants for their ivory. So Asian elephants now are in danger.