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　　On Christmas Eve, the Woods, an English couple, received a very unusual telephone call．Although it 　　1　　 only twenty seconds, it was from their fifteen-year-old daughter who disappeared six months before．

　　“I'm phoning to 　　2　　 you a happy Christmas,”she said．“I love you．”

　　The Woods were so happy that they started a 　　3　　 telephone service called“Alive and Well”．

　　The service 　　4　　 parents to keep in touch with children who have run away from home．

　　Young people can phone“Alive and Well”and leave a 　　5　　 for their parents．The 　　6　　 are answered by answering machines．　　7　　 no one spoke to the child or make them 　　8　　 home．Parents of runaway children who are under eighteen can ask the 　　9　　 to bring their children home．So children do not want to tell their parents 　　10　　 they are．Through“Alive and Well”they can telephone their parents without 　　11　　 about letting their parents know their address．

　　The Woods and their helpers 　　12　　 the telephone messages which are recorded by the tape and get in touch with the 　　13　　．Many of the 30,000 British children who have left home are 　　14　　 in London．For only two pence they can go into a telephone box and 　　15　　 their parents．They can dial 756－7556 and stop their parents' worry．Is he dead or alive?

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　　The morning was a bit cold, but Li Yanbo quickly got out of his warm bed when it was 7∶30．He picked up two plastic buckets(塑料桶)and rushed to the center of the village, where a fire truck arrives once a day to provide water for them．

　　Li, a 24-year-old farmer, lives in Liguan village, Songming－about 60km away from Kunming．For the last three months, he has risen early to meet the fire truck because the village's only reservoir(水庫)has dried up．Rain hasn't fallen for six months．

　　The queue is very long by the time Li arrives．About 4,000 thirsty villagers come with their empty buckets and stand behind the truck．

　　“My family gets two or three buckets of water every day．We use them for drinking, washing and cooking,”said Li．“If we save a little every day, then once a week we can have a short bath．”

　　Li planted two mu of broad beans(蠶豆)last autumn, but he has earned nothing because of the drought(干旱)．As usual, he would plant rice after getting in the beans．But the field is so dry that he can't even plough(耕田)it．

　　“The rice is food for my family－my parents and younger brother．We have no more money to buy rice from the market,”said Li．

　　Like most people in his village, growing tobacco(煙草)provides the family's meal ticket．Usually, Li's three mu of tobacco earns him near 10,000 yuan．But now…Luckily, local governments are trying to help families like Li's by hunting for new water resources(資源)．

　　How important it is to save water!Li says“It has taught me that, if we use water correctly, two buckets a day should be enough for four family members．We can recycle(循環(huán)利用)the water for many different uses,”said Li．“Every drop of water is worth a lot of money．I hope people realize this．”