When I was in middle school, I felt I was always letting people down. Once I brought my 1 Daisy to my home. I noticed that all my family members seemed to 2 Daisy better than me.
I felt very 3. I even thought they didn't love me. I wondered whether they would miss me if I died some day. 4 I told my mum, "Daisy is more patient than I have ever been. You must want her to be your daughter instead of me."
My mum explained that Daisy was a lovely girl, but 5 could replace (代替) me in the family. She said I was the only person who could fill my role. She made me realize that even if I made 6, I was a beloved member of the family who could never be replaced.
From then on, I tried to 7 out who I was and what made me special. I look at 8 in a new way. Then I started to be positive (积极的) towards my life, and I was happy about who I 9 was. I came to feel much better as I knew that no one could ever replace me.
Each of us holds a special place in the world. You are special, no matter what others say or what you may think. So 10 that you will be replaced. You can't be.
Zak's grandfather, Stan was very famous. Why? Because he had a very, very, very long white beard (胡子).
One day, Zak asked his grandfather, "When you sleep, do you put your beard over or under the quilt (被子)?" "I'm not sure. I never care about that," said his grandfather, "I'll look tonight."
Stan got into bed that night and pulled up the quilt. Then he remembered his grandson's question. Aha! His beard was under the quilt. But wait. Did that feel right?
He lift his beard from under the quilt and put it above it. This also didn't feel right. Si he put the beard under the quilt again. But he soon felt it would be better if it were out. The beard went in and out—first under the quilt, then over it, under, over, all night long.
Stan spent a sleepless night. In the morning, he was so tired and unhappy that he cut his long beard right off!
Stan's wife was so happy. She advised Stan to cut that beard off many times, but he never did it. Now a simple question made him do that.
AI (人工智能) makes our lives easier and better. Let's see the amazing AI.
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Cool driverless bus A bus door opens and you get on. Wait, where is the driver? Here is a new kind of driverless bus called Apolong. It can seat 14 people and doesn't need a driver. The bus follows traffic rules. It stops every time it sees a stop light. |
Your close friend Hi, everyone. I'm Xiaoice, a chatbot (聊天机器人). I speak like a 17-year-old-girl. If you feel lonely, you can talk with me. I'm good at singing, writing poems and telling stories. I want to be your friend! |
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World's first AI anchor Hey, look! The famous Chinese anchor (主播) Qiu Hao is reporting the news for us. But, is "he" really Qiu Hao? The answer is "no". This is the world's first AI anchor. It looks and speaks just like a real person. It speaks both Chinese and English. It can work 24 hours without any mistakes. The AI anchor joins Inhuman reporting team. You might see it on TV soon. |
Popular AI artist This beautiful painting was at an auction (拍卖) in 2018. It sold for about 3, 000, 000 yuan! But it is not a work by a famous painter, such as Vincent van Gogh. It was painted by an AI artist. Three Frenchmen created the AI. The AI artist studied over 15, 000 paintings. In this way, it learned to paint. Now it is among the most popular artists in the world. |
One day, a man saw an old lady sitting inside her car at the side of the road. Though it was dark, he could see she needed help. So he stopped his car and walked towards her. The old lady was worried, even though she noticed the smile on his face. Was he going to hurt her? "I'll help you start your car, madam. By the way, my name is Bryan Anderson, " he said.
While Anderson was fitting a spare tired (备胎) to her car, the lady began to talk to him. She thanked him much for coming to help.
Anderson just smiled as he put his tools away. The lady asked how much she should pay him. He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time she saw someone who needed help, she could give them the help they needed. He waited until she started her car and drove off.
A few miles down the road, the lady saw a small restaurant. She went in and a waitress came over with a sweet smile. The old lady noticed the waitress was nearly eight months pregnant (怀孕的), but she never let the pains and aches change her smile when she served her.
The lady finished her meal and paid with a hundred-dollar bill. The waitress quickly went to get change, but the old lady was gone when the waitress came back. The waitress wondered where the lady could be. Then she found there was a note on the napkin (餐巾), "You don't need to give me anything back. Somebody once helped me out the way I'm helping you. If you really want to pay me back, here is what you do—do not let this chain (链子) of love end with you."
Under the napkin were four more $100 bills.
①Thankful
②Happy
③Worried
④Helpless
⑤Willing and ready to help
Are you afraid of going to the dentist (牙医)? If so, you're not alone.
These fears could just be in our heads, however. According to a recent survey by Martin Tickle, a professor at Manchester University in the UK, the pain isn't felt most of the time in dental surgeries (牙科手术). In fact. among the 451 interviewed patients, 75％ reported no pain at all during their visits, including situations when they had their teeth pulled out.
Could it be the sound of the drill (钻头)then?
"I found that the sound of drilling can evoke deep worry in dental patients. Actually they don't have any pain." Hiroyuki Karibe, a scientist at Nippon Dental University in Tokyo, told the Guardian.
To find the reason why a drill might bring on a racing heart, Karibe divided the volunteers into low-fear and high-fear groups based on how much they feared a trip to the dentist. Volunteers were played the sound of a drill while their brain activities were watched by a machine.
What Karibe found in the low-fear group was increased activity in the areas of the brain relative to auditory processing (听觉处理), which means, for these people, the sound of dental drills is no different from other sounds
In the high-fear group, however, the brain area that was activated (激活) was different. It was the area that carries out a number of duties, including learning, feelings and, most importantly, memory. This means that these volunteers not only heard the sound, but they remembered it-they made connections between the sound of a drill and the worry it produced in the past, causing their worry to return.
Understanding how brains reply to the sounds of dentists ' drills could help scientists find ways to make patients more relaxed, according to Karibe, because patients who worry about going to the dentist might keep putting off their visits. But the best way is to keep your teeth healthy.
A. What are you doing? B. May I speak to Lucy? C. Yes, I'd love to. D. Oh, I'm afraid I can't. E. You are really good at cooking. |
A: Hello! This is Sam.
B: This is Lucy speaking.
A: Lucy, shall we go for a walk along the beach?
B: I'm busy now.
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B: I am making apple pies.
A: Sounds nice!
B: Thank you. The pies will be ready in 20 minutes. Would you like to try some?
A: Apple pies are my favourite, you know, I can't wait to eat them!
B: Come now! It will be the right time when you arrive.
A: Great! See you soon!
B: See you!
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As you may know, coral (珊瑚) Is not a plant, but an animal. However, coral reefs (珊瑚礁) around the world are in . Here is a piece of bad news. Thailand will close one of its beaches to protect its coral business activities for tourists. The beach is so famous that of tourists put it on their wish lists. More than 5, 000 visitors visit it a day. They arrive by boat. This does harm to the coral reefs. Most of the coral has died. The beach will be closed between June and September to let the coral come to life.
Experts (专家) say that 80% of Thailand's coral reefs have been . Too many tourists a lot of pollution to these beaches. An expert said the biggest problems were hotels by the beaches, boats, and plastic waste in the sea. He believed the choice was to close the beaches forever. He said, "I hope the can take steps to protect the coral reefs. At the same time, I also hope all of us should our best to protect the environment around us."
