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Plastic bags are not costly to produce. They are also strong and easy to carry. This is why they are a popular container in most parts of the world. But they are also a major source of pollution. It can take hundreds of years for plastic bags to break down. As they do, tiny pieces can poison soil, lakes, rivers and oceans. Therefore, environmental experts urge people to reuse and recycle plastic bags.

Maryland artist Allita Irby does just that. It starts with the morning newspaper. What is more important is getting that plastic bag the paper comes in. The mixed media artist recognized its rich possibilities about three year ago. "As I was taking the newspaper out, I felt the texture of these bags. They were soft. I just looked down and realized it would take three to make a braid (辫子)." Since then, Irby has been using plastic bags to create abstract lines in her art works.

Before incorporating plastic bags in her works, Irby used natural materials like feathers, leather and dried plants. All those elements represent her Native American ancestry (血统) and identity, like one of her works called "Navaho Bundles".

Ms. Irby's neighbors praised her ability to turn waste into treasure. Some, like Charlotte Hogan, asked the artist to teach them how to create art using the used plastic bags. "I think it is fascinating, and it is wonderful. I do plan to share it with my seniors at my church." One of Irby's neighbors Aleta Meyer expressed her surprise, "I have never given any more thought to what to do with a plastic bag. This is definitely different."

Shirley Watts also lives in the neighborhood. She plans to show others her art. "I want to make a masterpiece that I can put in a frame and put it up on my wall and then I know that I did it."

"Making art with found materials is not a new idea. Anyone can do it. Recycled paper, cloth and metal goods can become beautiful pictures and sculptures," Allita Irby said, "I think we are all artists really, and there is beauty all around us." The artist also said that all you had to do was open your eyes and bring the outside in.

Active Challenge

Weight loss camp for girls aged 13-18 in Canada

Location:

Beautiful Bear Creek Outdoor Centre near Ottawa Ontario

Season: July 2-August 28th

Capacity: 40 

Activities include

hiking, rafting, canoeing, yoga (瑜伽), cooking, camp skills, mountain biking, nutrition classes, swimming, fitness classes, etc

Choose what you like

Active Challenge is a weight loss program specially for young women. The burden of being overweight is heavier than just the extra pounds. We use outdoor adventures to challenge the girls, to give them something to draw strength from.

Because you'll be losing weight alongside young women just like you, you'll find no one laughing at you and you'll help each other. At Active Challenge you'll make lifelong friends with young women of your own age and learn to love new adventurous activities.

Unlike any other weight loss program, Active Challenge is designed so you'll lose weight and have the strategies (策略) and skills to keep the weight off forever. Active Challenge does not put you on a diet. We follow the Canada Food Guide to healthy eating and exercise appropriate portion (一份) control. We help you develop healthy habits.

The staff at Active Challenge combine experienced outdoor adventure professionals with highly qualified clinicians. All of us are absolutely devoted to helping you achieve lasting behavioral change and weight loss. Most of all, we are devoted to having a great time doing it.

Pre-Camp: Upon registration (注册) in Active Challenge, a registration package will be sent out to you with forms to be completed before camping as well as program preparation materials, an introduction to Active Challenge and pre-program personal challenging assignments to get you on your way toward a healthier self.

Post-Camp: Our post program is designed to keep you focused and remind you of the goals that you set during the camp. After the camp ends we will send you home with your personal meal and exercise plan and keep in touch with you for a full three months through letters, emails and phone calls, tracking your progress and giving you strategies and support.

When I was a child, my mother didn't force me to eat everything in my dish. She said I had to1 every food three times. Her2 was the first time to try it, the second time to get over the fact that you had just tried it, and the third to3 that you don't like it. After that, if I still4 the taste, she would5 make me eat it again. Her reasonable approach

6 almost every time—except with bananas, which I still don't eat now.

As I grew older, I brought that simple7 into my life. I had been8 the diving(跳水) board at the pool, but I had9 to make the first jump off the board. When I breathed in water, my mother jumped in to10 me. Before she could even reach me, I was up and out of the pool, heading back to that diving board. I jumped off11 ．More coughing followed, but I was determined to get over the fear. When I12 the pool the second time, my mom tried to cover me with a towel.13 , I threw off the towel and14 trying. The third time there was no15 and no water in my nose. In fact, there were16 from the others at the pool. At that point, I fell in love with the pool.

In my mid-thirties, I17 a successful job that didn't satisfy me in order to achieve my dream of being a writer. Having been18 twice, I tried for a third time. I have been happily living the life of a writer ever since. We are all afraid of something19 . But how can we be sure that something won't be20 — unless we give it a try.

—____. Let's chat about it over there.

包括:1.主要活动;2.个人感想。

注意：1.写作词数应为80个左右;2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Those who have a go-getter mentality(心态) are seen as the high achievers of this world. Let's learn ways on how to achieve a go-getter attitude.

Bite sized goals are important. They allow you to experience achievement and therefore allow you to reward yourself, finally contributing to the improvement of your motivation and driving you to achieve more.

Have a clear idea and be intentional(有心的)

having detailed goals in mind, writing therm down, and describing them are some of the first steps to be successful,Being intentional is to be willing to try new things and look for for solutions.There is no point in doing something if you're not intentional about what you do, ,even a small stone in your path will stop you.

Look at your mistakes as opportunities

It's also important to look at your mistakes as chances to improve yourself. .If, for example,you work on a project that receives unpleasant comments,use those comments to improve your project and present it again.

Find the courage to push yourself towards goals

Allow yourself to be around by active people who believe in and support you,including those who have pushed through challenges and achieved their goals.Take encouragement from them.Also,you can look back and remind yourself of what you've already achieved,and don't undervalue any of them. .

A.Follow your interests

B.Setup bite-sized goals

C.They prove you can do it

D.Knowing where you want to go

E.If you don't want to achieve something

F.When you come across people who are successful

G.Learn from them and quickly put the learning into action

Dry lightning(雷电) can sill be harmful even when conditions aren't so dry,said a study published in Geophysical Research Letters last month. Dry lightning rainfall was previously thought to cause wildfire danger only with less than 2.5 mm of rain in a day.A Washington State University-led study of wildfires in the US West found dry lightning caused wildfires despite up to 7. 7 mm of rain.

"The rainfall amounts we recorded should help provide a better understanding of just how much rain can cause a fire risk,"said Dmitri Kalashnikov,lead author of the study.

The researchers analyzed(分析)cases on more than 4,600 naturally caused fires from 2015 to 2020.They matched 3,726 of those to the lightning strikes that likely started them with the help of National Lightning Detection Network.

The study found that 15.3%of those were holdover fires which burn without smoke, bringing about over a hundred fires each year.Analyzing the rainfall amounts around the time of the lightning strikes showed greater rainfall than previously thought among the earlier found fires ranging from1.7 mm to 4.6 mm.

While humans still cause most fires either by accident or on purpose,lightning-caused wildfires burn the most areas.Nearly 70%of the wildfire-burned land in the West was from lightning-caused fires according to the study.For example,the largest wildfire burn area in California history took place in August 2020 after dry lightning caused many wildfires at once.

Dry lightning can also start wildfires in places that are hard for firefighters to reach.This study found the places where holdover fires happened repeatedly were in the forested mountains of the Southwest as well as the middle and southern Rocky Mountains.Holdover fires cause the problem because they are so hard to notice.