Located(位于) in northwest Uganda, Murchison Falls National Park is one of the most popular national parks in the country. Lots of animals live there. However, for animals, this national park is not only a natural paradise(天堂), but also a place that is full of d.

The villages to the north of the park are a the poorest villages in the country.

Local people live a hard life and don't have money to buy food. So, they set snares(陷阱) to catch animals for meat. The snares are mostly made from wires(金属丝) because they are easy to get and use. They often catch small animals, and sometimes even the big ones like e and lions. As a result, the number of animals in the park has dropped g. Luckily an initiative(倡议) named Snares to Wares(商品) is helping change the s. It teaches local people how to make animal sculptures(雕塑) with the wire snares.

The initiative was started by Tutilo Mudumba and Robert Montgomery in 2015.They describe it as a way to solve the problem once and for all. In their opinion, it is not the snares, but the people who set the snares that matter. If the locals can make money by t , they will not catch the animals any more.

To teach them how to make animal sculptures, the initiative started by organizing (组织)trips into the park. In this way, the local people can s the animals. They used to have no idea of how the animals live and behave(举动) in the park. They only saw the animals after they were caught o the park.

Now, over 600 people are working for the initiative and they sell about 800 sculptures a month. Thanks to it the workers can meet their basic needs and p enough money for their families. And more locals want to take part in it. Hopefully, the local people and the animals in the park can live in p.

Jack was a great novelist with a younger brother, who was famous for his cooking skills. Few people know about their family(背景). When they were young, they lived in a community, where noises were heard all day long. Their family was so poor that sometimes they even could  not (买得起) to buy daily necessities(日常用品). They did not dare to go (到处), as they had to go without showers for a long time. "It was (令人尴尬的)," Jack said, "to go around with bad smells."

Later, the war(反对，对抗) their neighbouring country happened. They had to move from place to place with their parents. However,( 两者都不) of them failed to teach themselves. Jack liked reading novels, which helped him to get through the hard times. While he was reading, he would(想象) what life would be like in the future. That's probably why he had published a lot of fairy tales, where people enjoy peace and freedom. But his writing style began to change.(最近), he wrote about the suffering that wars brought about to common people.

After the war, both of the brothers settled in the capital. His brother, Peter, became a chef and opened a restaurant there. "As a boy who often went hungry in his childhood", he said (幽默地), "I never thought I would be a chef." Peter had his own secret ingredients of his food. So his restaurant was a great success. On weekends, parents would take their kids there to enjoy a delicious meal. But Jack, who liked to live a(简单的) life, would go to his restaurant and enjoy a freshly cooked pancake.

By the end of the 19th century, Alexander Ⅲ, the Russian Tsar（沙皇） decided to build a railway line from the west, where Moscow is, to the eastern area of Russia known as Siberia. Work began in 1891 and after Alexander's （死亡），his son, Nicholas II, took over.

There are a number of routes to （选择） from. The most popular route is the Trans-Siberian Line which runs from the （首都）, Moscow, to Vladivostock, a seaport on the Pacific Ocean. The second route is the Trans-Manchurian Line （from Moscow to Beijing）. The third route, the Trans-Mongolian, goes from Moscow to Beijing through Mongolia. And the （第四） route, the Baikal Amur Mainline, runs （更远的） to the north and reaches the Pacific.

It takes about a week to （完成） the Trans-Siberian journey. There are many stops, which last from a few minutes to half an hour. Travelers can stay in many of the Russian cities and towns （沿着） the way. One of the most interesting sights is Lake Baikal--the （最深的） and oldest freshwater lake on Earth.

Some Trans-Siberian trains are actually hotels on （轮子）. For those who have money to （花钱），there's the Trans-Siberian Express with its comfortable, air-conditioned, first-class sleeping cars, a restaurant car which serves three meals a day and a shower car. In each sleeping car, there are two waiters who serve tea and coffee free of charge throughout the journey and make the beds.