Martha's blog玛莎的博客

宋明珠

每天，15岁的玛莎都会在博客上记录她在学校的用餐情况，还给她的食物拍了照片。这一简单的习惯，却带来深远的影响……

主题语境：生活与学习 篇幅：315词 建议用时：6分钟

1 Every day， 15⁃year⁃old Martha wrote on the Internet about meals she ate at school.She also took pictures of the food. However， Martha was very honest about the food. She didnot just describe the food. She judged the taste and health of the food.

2 Martha also began to use her blog for an important reason. She began to raise moneyfor the organization Mary's Meals in the East African country of Malawi. It provides food forchildren in schools for free. Martha encouraged her readers to send money to Mary's Mealsto help build a kitchen.

3 But then， Martha began to have a problem. Many people read her blog. She becamebig news. The news stories showed that the food at Martha's school was not always healthy.And that made some people angry. So the school officials decided to stop Martha's blog.They said that she could not take her camera to school.

4 But an amazing thing happened. Many people began sending messages of supportacross the Internet. Martha's story was even bigger than before. Now the officials had tochange their minds. A few days later， Martha was again writing her blog. But more thanthat， people sent a lot of money to Malawi school children. Martha had hoped to raise about10，000 dollars. But the total reached 100，000 dollars and still kept on growing！

5 Martha's blog also helped to improve meals at her school. One day she wrote： As wewaited for dinner we were told that we were allowed to eat as much fruit and bread as wewanted.

6 No one knows what will happen to Marthas blog in future. But this little girl has al?ready helped to change the eating experience of many children just by sharing on the Inter⁃net pictures of her school meals.

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1. Why did Martha write about her school meals on her blog？

A. To invite students to judge the food.

B. To show the terrible taste of the food.

C. To express her opinion about the food.

D. To ask the school to improve the food.

2. What can be learned about Marys Meals？

A. It was set up by Martha.

B. It provides free school meals.

C. It is an international organization.

D. It helps poor families build kitchens.

3. Why did the school officials prevent Martha from writing her blog？

A. It had a bad influence on her study.

B. Some people were upset about its content.

C. Taking pictures needs a lot of time.

D. Many other students started to copy her.

4. What can be inferred about Martha？

A. She got a lot of support around the world.

B. She helped improve childrens eating habits.

C. She raised $10，000 for Malawi school children.

D. She has no idea what to write on her blog in future.

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Useful expressions

raise money for 为……筹集资金

provide food for children 为孩子提供食物

for free 免费

change ones mind 改变主意

keep on doing 继续保持做……