Q and A Today: the Internet

    We asked two teenagers from the US about what they think of the Internet. Here are their answers.

题目①

你的学校一定组织过很多有意义的外出参观活动，让你和同学们开阔了眼界，体验了快乐，增进了友谊。《英语学习报》现正举办“My School Trip”征文活动，请你根据下面的提示问题，向大家介绍一次你所参加的外出参观活动，说一说大家去了哪儿，做了什么，以及你的感受。

提示词语：learn from, fantastic, experience, enjoy, exciting

提示问题：·Where did you go on the school trip?

·What did you do on the trip?

·How did you feel about the trip?

My School Trip

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学校英语校刊“人生目标”栏目正在征稿，请你以“My Dream Job”为题写一篇短文，内容包括你的理想职业是什么，你为什么会有这样的想法以及你打算如何实现它。

提示词语：important, helpful, study, practice, try my best

提示问题：·What do you want to be when you grow up?

·Why do you have this dream?

·What are you going to do?

    In 2013 alone at least 20,000 African elephants were killed for their teeth. In South Africa over the last two years more than 2,200 rhinos were killed for their horns. These numbers are alarming, because current rates of illegal hunting are faster than birth rates, which could lead to extinction for these ecologically important creatures in their environment. Indeed, some elephant and rhino populations are on track to be locally extinct within the next decade.

    If you are reading this, you may already be aware of these facts. But you might not know that wildlife trafficking(走私)not only threatens the existence of elephants and rhinos but is also leading to extinction of other species, such as tigers, tortoises, sea turtles-and the world's' most trafficked mammal(哺乳动物)-pangolins.

    Pangolins are the only mammals that are entirely covered in tough scales(鳞), which makes them look very strong. But actually they are endangered mammals. There are eight different kinds of pangolins, four in Asia and four in Africa, and all are threatened with extinction. Although pangolins are protected throughout most of the countries where they live, high demand in East Asia, where the delicious pangolin meat is considered a delicacy and where their scales are used in traditional medicines, is driving an illegal trade in both live animals and pangolin parts. The number of pangolin trafficking is shocking. Experts believe that over the last 10 years more than 1 million pangolins were taken from the wild. It is estimated that be- tween 40,000 and 81,250 pangolins were killed for the illegal trade in 2013 alone.

    In February, the United States plan to deal with wildlife trafficking, which lays out the steps we will take to fight the illegal trade in wildlife, including pangolins. We are strengthening the carrying out of the plan, building international cooperation and contribution to protect wildlife, raising awareness to drive down the demand that is fuelling the illegal trade.

    Get involved and remember World Wildlife Day（March 3）by spreading the plan. Use social media and tell everyone that now is the time to get serious about wildlife crime and end the demand that threatens species, big and small, from the huge elephant to the shy pangolin.

    Email helps workers to communicate at any time, from any place. Email is an important tool, but it can also lead to a waste of time. How can workers make sure that email is tool and not time-waster-? Here are some simple tips to follow. They can help you use email more efficiently(高效地)at work.

    First of all, turn off the sound in your computer that tells you that you have a new email message. That "You've got mail!" sound is like a telephone or a doorbell. It interrupts your work. When you hear it, you will want to check your messages. And it will take you at least a few minutes to get back to work after that. Can you imagine how much time you waste because of that little sound?

    Second, limit how often you check your email. Try checking it only three times a day, for example, at 9:00, 12:00 and 16:00.Also, limit the time you spend reading and answering email each time. Fifteen minutes is usually long enough.

    Third, use a separate email account for work and personal life. Do not give your work address to friends or family, and do not give your personal address to people at work. If you are working on several projects at one time, use a separate email account for each one. So you can focus on the most important project.

    Fourth, you won't have to read all the email messages every time you open your email. You can look quickly at the subject lines and then decide which messages to answer right away. You can read the others later.

    Finally, do not always use "reply to all" to answer email. Only send the message to people who need to read your answer. That way you won't fill your workmates' inboxes with messages that they don't need. And they won't waste time reading them.

    If you follow these simple steps, you will be a more efficient worker. Best of all, you will be able to leave the office earlier.