“What would you do if you were the mayor(市长)of your city?”We asked some students from different cities．Here’s what they said：

　　Deng Chuan,15, from Dazhou

　　With the development of modern industry(工业), more and more waste water is being poured into the Zhouhe River, It has caused serious pollution．The river is becoming so dirty that few living things can live in it．So, if I were the mayor, I would order all the factories that pour the waste water into the river to close down．As we all know, water is the source(根源)of our lives．It is very important to protect water．

　　Zhang Yan,14,from Chengdu

　　Our city is more and more beautiful．But sometimes it’s not convenient for the blind．There are not enough pavements(人行道)in our city．Some of the old ones are broken．They may not be safe to walk on!If I were the mayor of our city, I would build more pavements for the blind．

　　Wang Lili, 16,from Chongqing

　　There are more and more old people in our city．And there are not enough places for them to relax and enjoy themselves．So, if I were the mayor, I would build an activity center in each residential(住宅)area for the old．So old people can play cards or chess．This will make old people not feel lonely any more and spend remaining years comfortably．

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　　What would you do if a stranger gave you some medicine and said it would keep you thin or help you do well in exams? Would you take it?

　　This happens sometimes to students in Shenzhen．What those strangers want to give them is drugs．A drug can be anything that changes the way mind or body works．

　　Students at Shenzhen Luohu Foreign Language Middle School learn to keep themselves safe by saying “no．” Starting this month, other Shenzhen students are also learning important lessons about drugs．

　　“Because teens don’t know much about drugs, they might want to try them, ” Zhang Dongsheng, the director of Shenzhen’s Drug Control Office, said．

　　Liang, 16, was a good student before he tried drugs．One day, some old friends told him it would be fun．After taking drugs only one time, he found it very hard to stop．Liang began to spend all his time and money on drugs．In the end, he stopped going to school and started stealing．

　　In China, drugs are becoming a big problem for teens．According to China’s national police, one million people in China were using illegal drugs last year, and 72 percent of them were young people．There were 10, 000 drug users under 16．Students now take trips to rehabilitation centers(戒毒中心)to meet kids who have had problems．

　　Junior One student Li Mengnan was shocked when she visited a center in Dongguan, Guangdong last September．

　　“I couldn’t help crying when I heard all the sad stories about drug users, ” she said．Zhang has some good advice on staying clean：“Never try them, even if you’re curious”

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　　What would you do if you found a snake in your house? Many people might be afraid or try to kill it．However, if you live in North Carolina in the USA, one thing you can do is to call the Snake Catchers．

　　The Snake Catchers are four men who love snakes, even poisonous ones．Their newspaper advertisement says, “Snake Catchers：free snake removal(除去)－Please do not kill them－Call us．”

　　The Snake Catchers, who started their service in 1998, don't charge anything for helping people．“We do this as a hobby, ”explained Fred Johnson, one of the Snake Catchers．

　　Because of their love of snakes, the Snake Catchers try to keep them alive．“One man asked us to kill a python(蟒蛇),so he could make a pair of boots from the skin．We refused, because we like snakes, and we don't want to see them killed,” said Fred．

　　Some of the snakes that they catch are kept as pets; some are given to the North Carolina State University．Most, including the poisonous snakes, are set free in the wild, usually in a national park．

　　Fred suggests that people should treat snakes with care．“Actually snakes are very shy and gentle creatures．They only attack if they are frightened．However, you have to know how to treat a snake properly!”

　　According to one happy family, the Snake Catchers are good．One day, the Greenwood family found a snake skin in the kitchen．They looked very carefully and saw a snake sleeping behind a cupboard．They thought about what to do．Then Steve Greenwood remembered the advertisement for the Snake Catchers．He called them．

　　“The Snake Catchers arrived within an hour and they finished the job quickly too,”said Steve Greenwood．“One of them went into the kitchen, found the snake and took it out alive．The Snake Catchers did a very good job．”

　　Last year, the Snake Catchers removed more than seventy snakes from houses in North Carolina．

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