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Must-reads for teenagers Hatchet
Author: Gray Paulsen Price: ¥32 Published in 2016 For kids aged 12-14 HATCHET The book tells a survival (生存) story. Brain, the main character is alone in a jungle with only a hatchet because of a plane crash. There are tons of dangers hidden in jungle, such as wild animals, poisonous plants and terrible weather. He has to try his best to survive before being saved. |
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Bud, Not Buddy
Author: Christopher Paul Curtis Price: ¥38 Published in 2001 For teenagers Bud lost his mother when he was only 4 and had never seen his father. He brings the things that his mother left him and tries to find Colloway, a man who he thinks might be his father. He meets with many difficulties, such as hunger, fear, bad behaviors from others, but nothing can stop him finding his father and also a warm family. |
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Turtle in Paradise |
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Author: Jennifer L. Holm Price: ¥31 Published in 2010 For kids aged 8-12 It tells a story about family love. The story lakes place during t e G w t Depression (经济大萧条), a time of great hardships for many Americans. Turtle, an 11-year-old girl, has to leave her parents and starts a new life with her relatives who she has never met before. Life is full of the unexpected there. After experiencing happiness and sadness, she realized what she really wanted is a warm and loving family. |
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Tuck Everlasting
Author: Natalie Babbitt Price: ¥30 Published in 2007 For Kids aged 10-15 If there is a magic spring, whose water prevents people from growing older, will you drink it at once? The main character, ten-year-old Winnie Foster thinks her life is meaningless and boring. The thought of living forever is exciting to her. As she gets to know the Tucks, who stay what they look like for many years , she comes to understand living forever might not be as good as it seems |
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Happy Rain on a Spring Night Good rain knows its time right; lt will fall when comes spring. With wind it steals in night; Mute, it moistens each thing.
O'er wild lanes dark c: loud spreads; In boat a lantern looms. Dawn sees saturated reds; The town's heavy with blooms. - Translated by Xu Yuanchong |
When Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu (712-770) wrote this poem, he was living in Chengdu. Sometimes he went to farm in the field. The poem shows his care for farmers.
The very first word, "good", shows the poet's joy and love for the spring rain. The rain is good indeed, as it "knows＂ the proper time to come. Here the poet uses personification (拟人), as if the rain were smart enough to know that it should come in time for the farmer's busy plowing (农耕) season.
When the rain comes, it appears during the night without making any noise. Unlike the thunder(雷) and lightning of summer storms, the quiet spring rain makes its contributions without seeking (寻求) to be known.
In the night sky, the clouds look dark and heavy, indicating (暗示) that there will be enough rain during the night. Then the poet imagines: tomorrow morning, all of the flowers in the city will bloom (盛开) after the rain.
①wind ②snowstorm ③cloud ④rainbow ⑤thunder
Facial recognition technology(人脸识别技术) is widely used today. For example，police use it to search for bad guys (家伙). It's also used to unlock phones or doors. Now, a similar technology, known as facial detection (探测), is entering a new field: the business of advertising.
Such systems are going through tests in a small number of stores. One facial detection system can tell a person's "happiness" or "fear" level. That helps businesses see how people feel as they look at products or advertisements in the store. Another system can detect whether someone is wearing eyeglasses. If so, stores can send advertisements for new glasses to him.
Facial detection technology is also placed inside some large advertising boards. Cameras in those boards can detect information like people's ages and five levels of feelings-from "very happy" to "very unhappy".
Supporters of the technology say it could improve buyers' experience by showing products they might like or by offering them products at lower prices.
Some are against the idea of using such systems. Pam Dixon， the head of a privacy (隐私) group, is one of them. She thinks the strange actions may cause something unfair. For example, a business could raise the price of a product according to a person's age and feelings.
However, one store testing the technology explained they wouldn't store people's information like names or ages. And the advertising board system maker said it didn't keep any personal information or record any videos.
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There are certain foods which should never be stored (储存) in the fridge. Some of them may surprise you.
The cold temperature will make it hard. If you have made sandwiches with the bread, then you can store them in it.
We all love to have tomatoes.The cold air in the fridge stops the ripening (成熟) process. And as we all know, ripening is what gives every tomato more taste. For best results, keep them out.
It needs no help from us. Putting it in your fridge will in fact increase the speed of the crystallization (结晶). This will make honey harder or nearly impossible to use.
If you haven't opened your watermelons, then there's no need to put them in your fridge. Research has shown that watermelons can be stored in room temperature. Watermelons that have been cut open should be put in the fridge. What's more, they should be covered.
Cucumber (黄瓜) enjoys room temperatureCool temperature can make cucumber's skin (表皮) go bad faster, so find a dry and cool place at room temperature for your cucumber.
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A. Do remember that they must be whole. B. There's no reason to keep honey in a fridge. C. The fridge is not a good place for storing it. D. Nothing makes bread dry faster than your fridge. E. But storing them in the fridge will cause them to lose the taste. |
Zhang Guimei is the headmaster of Huaping High School for Girls in Lijiang, Southwest China's Yunnan province. She has been granted (授予) the title "Role Model of the Times" as her devotion (奉献) to the1for girls from poor families.
The school, which was2by Zhang in 2008 was the first senior high school in the country to provide3education for girls who have been unable to4their studies after completing their compulsory (义务的) education.
Anybody who knows Zhang's own conditions would be5moved by her situation. She has6most of her money she received on her students. Although having serious7problems, she never stayed in hospital. For 12 years, she has covered 110,000 kilometers 8her student's families. Zhang loves the children like they were her own. She says, "Love is the key for heart-to-heart9between teachers and students." She also has a10job as head of the local Children's Home，caring11more than 130 orphans (孤儿).
Thanks to her12, 1, 645 girls from the huge mountains have13universities. Zhang has been helping to14the area as a whole. Influenced by her, many of her students have chosen to teach in poor areas,15some even went back to teach in her high school. What she has done will be long remembered and encourage more to follow her example.
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Dear Tessa,
Hello! Welcome to China! I'm the volunteer appearing in your video. I your video today and I'm reallythat you still remember me. At that time when you came to me I heard "ni hao", so I said "welcome to China" from the bottom of my heart. In fact, I also want to thank youthrough your camera, you helped me to record the mostmoment of my life, I will never forget this dream moment and your! I wish you all the best results in Beijing, and I will watch all your competitions and cheer for you! Good luck!
is a very nice song in Beijing Olympic Games, 2008 called Welcome to Beijing, I want to bless (祝福) youthe lyrics," Let's set your new records on this yellow soil！"
And, when the COVID-19 isover, I will invite you to come here again, no virus, you may find ainteresting and more beautiful China! I can be your guide, and tell you "Welcome to China "againfacial mask.
I wish you a beautiful journey in Beijing Winter Olympics, 2022.
Together for a Shared Future!
Sun Zeyu
How do you feel about your looks? Is it importanthave a beautiful face? Are there other things that can make a person special? The way you look is special.
Sometimes, we might fell bad about looking different. We might feel like we look ugly or strange. But our differences are what make us special.
I recently watched a speech by a man named Robert Hoge. He was born withstrange-looking face. His mother always worriedhe would face many difficulties in life. But what Hoge did changed his mother's mind little by little. He sometimesmade fun of by strangers. But he didn't care about itall. He decided to accept his face and feel confident.
I's hard when you feel you don't look "normal" or "perfect". But the truth is, no one is perfect. The important thing to remember is that you are special, no matter what you look like.
A: Hi, Li Hua. ?
B: I'm watching a dance show named Zhi Ci Qing Lu.
A: Wow! I heard of this show, but I haven't seen it yet.
B: Of course. The show produced by CCTV1 is considered a highlight during the 2022 Spring Festival. It's really amazing!
A: ?
B：It's about a poetic drama (舞蹈诗剧) from Thousands Miles of Mountains and Rivers in Song Dynasty.
A: I see. ?
B: It also shows the emotional (情感的) ties between treasured national cultural relics and modern people.
A: Sounds so great! I'm so proud of our own culture. And where can I see these cultural relics (文物)？
B: . I'm planning to go there this weekend. Would you like to go together?
A: Sure!
