Problem: Not everyone can sit around and daydream while twirling hair or worrying about how they are going to style it for school pictures or a special event. Some kids have no hair at all due to illness. Locks of Love is an organization that helps kids deal with their hair loss by providing real hair wigs from donors.

Jessica Moon, a photo editor, donates her hair whenever she cuts it, waiting each time for it to grow the necessary 10 inches.

"I don't miss my hair at all," Moon said. "And it grows really quickly."

At Locks of Love, the focus is on helping kids who have gone bald and feel embarrassed to go out in public to go on with the activities they normally enjoy. Lauren Kukkamaa, who works for the organization, believes that it is important for kids to live out their lives as normally as possible.

"Many times, a lot of children feel embarrassed by their baldness, " she said. "They have low self-confidence, so they may want to stop playing sports or going to summer camps. When they get the hair wigs, they feel confident to start doing these things again."

"For a donor, I think it's a very personal donation," said Kukkamaa. "You're giving of yourself. If you're looking for a way to get involved and give back, I think it's a great opportunity for someone."

Moon, who first donated her hair when she was 15 after she found out her father had cancer, said donating is a good way to make a difference.

"The best part is that it's helpful for someone and it does make a difference for patients who need the hair," she said.
1. Who says she doesn't miss her hair?
2. What does she do?
3. How long does it have to get for her to cut her hair?
4. Which organization focuses on helping kids who've gone bald?
5. What does Locks of Love provide to these kids?
6. Which employee there says it's important for kids to live normally?
7. When did Moon first donate her hair?
8. Who did she find out had cancer?
9. What do some of the kids want to stop doing because of their baldness?
10. Did Moon's father survive?
11. When do kids start feeling confident again?
12. What does Moon say is the best part?
13. Why do some kids not have hair?
14. What does Moon say grows quickly?
Answer: 1. Jessica Moon
2. edits photos
3. 10 inches
4. Locks of Love
5. real hair wigs
6. Lauren Kukkamaa
7. when she was 15
8. her father
9. stop playing sports or going to summer camps
10. unknown
11. When they get the hair wigs
12. it's helpful for someone and it does make a difference
13. cancer
14. hair

Q: Daylight saving time (DST) or summer time is the practice of advancing clocks during summer months by one hour so that in the evening daylight is experienced an hour longer, while sacrificing normal sunrise times. Typically, regions with summer time adjust clocks forward one hour close to the start of spring and adjust them backward in the autumn to standard time.

New Zealander George Hudson proposed the modern idea of daylight saving in 1895. Germany and Austria-Hungary organized the first nationwide implementation, starting on 30 April 1916. Many countries have used it at various times since then, particularly since the energy crisis of the 1970s.

The practice has received both advocacy and criticism. Putting clocks forward benefits retailing, sports, and other activities that exploit sunlight after working hours, but can cause problems for evening entertainment and for other activities tied to sunlight, such as farming. Although some early proponents of DST aimed to reduce evening use of incandescent lighting, which used to be a primary use of electricity, modern heating and cooling usage patterns differ greatly and research about how DST affects energy use is limited or contradictory.

Answer the following questions:
1. Whose idea was daylight saving time?
2. What's another name for it?
3. Is it agreed that it's an electricity saving method.
4. What's one industry it causes real problems for?
5. Which countries used it first?
6. Is there a common abbreviation for it?
7. What is that?
8. Do you set the clock forward or back in the fall?
9. Where was George Hudson from?
10. And when did Germany start using DST?
A: 1. George Hudson
2. summer time
3. no
4. evening entertainment
5. Germany and Austria-Hungary
6. yes
7. DST
8. back
9. New Zealand
10. on 30 April 1916

Problem: CHAPTER II

MABEL'S PEARLS

Four months after Marston reached England, Wyndham came home. He had got thin and, when he was quiet, looked worn, but he had returned in triumph and soon persuaded Marston that his efforts had earned a rich reward. Things had gone better than his letters indicated.

On the evening of his arrival, he waited in Flora's drawing-room for Chisholm, who had not yet got back from his office at the port. Electric lights burned above the mantel and Wyndham sat by the cheerful fire, with Flora in a low chair opposite. For a time she had listened while he talked, and now her eyes rested on him with keen but tranquil satisfaction. Harry had come back, as she had known he would come, like a conqueror. She was proud that he had justified her trust, and although it had been hard to let him go, this did not matter.

She was ashamed of her hesitation when he first declared himself her lover, but the suspicion that she was rash had not lasted long. Flora was loyal and when she had accepted him looked steadily forward. It was not her habit to doubt and look back. One thing rather disturbed her; Harry was obviously tired. Before he went away his talk and laugh were marked by a curious sparkle that Flora thought like the sparkle of wine. This had gone, but, in a way, she liked him better, although his sober mood was new.

By-and-by he glanced about the room, which was rather plainly furnished, but with a hint of artistic taste. Chisholm was not rich and the taste was Flora's. Then he moved his chair and leaned forward to the fire with a languid smile.
1. Does Wyndham look fat?
2. Where did he arrive?
3. Did Marston reach England at the same time?
4. Then when he did?
5. Have Marston become successful in his efforts?
6. Did his correspondence imply otherwise?
7. On arrival where he waited?
8. For whom?
9. Where Chisholm was at that time?
10. Where he works?
Answer:
1. No
2. home
3. No
4. Four months earlier?
5. Yes
6. Yes
7. in Flora's drawing-room
8. Chisholm,
9. He had not yet got back from his office
10. at the port.