学进去

It’s 5:00 a.m.! A morming call wakes up Marco. He doesn’t get up so e1． at home in Los Angeles. Well, maybe to eat breakfast once in a while but never to herd (放牧) cows and sheep! But Marco isn’t at home. He is in Africa, on the grasslands of Kenya (肯尼亚). He is living with the herdsmen.

“Life is very different in Kenya. People live a p2． life here on the grasslands. They can’t afford TVs, cars or mobile phones. They make a living mainly by herding cows and sheep,” Marco says.

Marco’s trip to Africa isn’t a h3．. It’s part of the school project for biology course at Sunshine School. The school hopes the students will have more life experiences. They have never been to Africa. Kenya is a country which is c4． new to the students from Los Angeles. When the students get there, they put on local clothing. Boys herd cows. Girls collect firewood and water. Families depend on their cows. As a result, the herdsmen and the students have to m5． from one area to another so that the cows have more grass to eat.

Now in Los Angeles, Kenya is on the minds of the students at Sunshine School all year. Disasters have killed many cows in Kenya, so the students decide to raise money to b6． cows for the local people. Each cow costs about $100. “One cow means more to the health of a family than money,” says Marco. “Here we are really giving life. A cow will give a kid milk every day.”

The school wants to give the students a different way of thinking. Helping the herdsmen in Kenya is just the first s7．. Next, the students will try to discover ways to give a hand to those in Los Angeles who need help.