Bill Gates is one of the richest people in the world and becomes the most generous person as well. It all began when Bill and his wife, Melinda, made a b1. decision. They set up a charity, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The Gates feel that with success comes responsibility(责任). They want to use their money to help others. That is why they s2. the charity.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation spends billions of dollars. It gives money to s3. so they can go to school. The foundation also gives money to libraries for computers and other materials.
The Gates are also providing money for m4. research. Their foundation has given over $1 billion to improve the health of people in poor countries. The money is used to fight disease such as malaria(疟疾). Malaria is s5. widely by a bite from a mosquito(蚊子). The disease kills 2000 kids in Africa each day. In 2008, the Gates Foundation gave $168.7 million to work on the problem of malaria. This money was used to s6. the work of developing a malaria vaccine(疫苗).
A vaccine is given to people before they get a disease. It protects them a7. that disease in the future.
A8. worry of Bill and Melinda Gates is hunger. In many parts of the world people are short of food. They don’t have enough tools and training to i9. farming. The Gates Foundation is working in these areas.
The Gates Foundation is helping people in the United States too. It works on e10.. The foundation gives money for school programmes and libraries. It also helps kids pay for school.
The world should give Bill and Melina Gates big thanks for lending a helping hand to those who need it most.
You could win £1, 000 in this year's Fiction(小说) Prize and have your story printed in Keep Writing magazine. Ten other lucky people will win £100. The judges (评委) are looking for interesting and original(原创的) stories. Here' s some advice for you:
●Write about whatever you know
Love, family, problems with friends—these are the common main subjects of the stories. However, you need to turn ordinary (普通的) situations into something interesting that people will want to read about. Make the reader want to continue reading by writing about ordinary things in a new and surprising way.
●Get your facts right
It's no good giving a description of a town or explaining how a machine works if you get it wrong. So don't write what you’re not certain about.
●Hold the reader's attention
Make the ending a surprise. There is nothing worse than a poor ending. Develop the story carefully and try to think of something unusual happening in the end.
●Think about the characters
Try to bring the people in your story alive for the reader by using well-chosen words to make them seem real.
Here are some other things you need to pay attention to. First, your story must be your own work, between 2,000 and 2, 500 words and typed on one side only of each sheet of paper. We don’t accept stories by email. Second, you should not have your fiction printed in any magazine or book or recorded on any radio or TV. Third, the closing date is 30 July and we will inform (通知) the winner within one month of this date. Please note that if you win, you must agree to have your story printed in our magazine.
Write a winning story | |
Prize | The1.can get £1, 000 and have the story published. |
2. | Write about3.that you know. Write in a new and surprising way to make the reader 4.in reading. Make sure you get the facts right. 5.writing what you're not certain about. Think of an6.ending to hold the reader's attention. 7.your words carefully to make your characters seem real. |
Requirements(要求) | You should write the story by8., with less than 2, 500 words. Your story shouldn't have been printed or9.. Your story should be sent to us10.30 July. |
Luo Jing, is the first Chinese woman to ________(成功地) reach the top of all fourteen 8,000-metre-plus mountains in the world.
________( 参观者) to the Former Residence of Gan Xi can enjoy Nanjing Baiju on Sunday afternoons.
There are different kinds of restaurants in Nanjing enough to________(满足) everyone!
— You’ve been in our school for two months. What do you think of your classmates?
—Oh, they are really good, ________(诚实的) and hard-working.
