A little girl created a perfect gift for her mother's birthday. It was a drawing of a 1 on white paper with the words "For mom: love, love, love" decorated with hearts. She folded(折叠) her letter, but then she2it.
For most people, that would be the3of this story, but this story had a different result. James Carrell found the letter. He had just4 his mother, wishing her a happy birthday. After he hung up, Carrell saw the 5 on the ground outside of a hardware store in Manvel. "I 6 it was a gift," said Carrell. "I opened it up and saw the flower and hearts. It really7 me." Carrell thought the letter would 8 someone's day and that maybe he could find the owner, so he posted it on the Internet. The message moved a lot of people, 9 one man.
"I was sitting at my friend's house and saw a man's 10," said Carrell. The comments(评论) included one from Robert Alvarado. He wrote, "I can't 11you found my baby's letter." Carrell reached Alvarado to 12 the letter. It took a few days, but the men finally met on Thursday night.
"Eventually the letter made it home," said Alvarado. "We are 13 for what James Carrell did. We often forget the power of 14 things, but for this family from Alvin, Carrell's small act left a(n) 15 impression."
Country Boom
July 7-9 at Bayfront Park ∣ Ages 16＋ Only
3-Day GA (General Admission) Ticket includes access to the concert grounds throughout the entire weekend (Thursday, Friday, & Saturday). It also allows access to public food, drink, and game. General Admission wristband does not allow access to the following campsites: VIP Areas and Party Pit.
Welcome To Rockville
July 19-22 at Daytona International Speedway ∣ Ages 14＋ Only
It is a four-day hard rock and heavy metal music festival. In November 2021, this festival returned on a new week, November 11-14, at its new home at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Its 10th year brought in a record attendance of 161,000 people, making it the biggest rock festival in America that year.
Tidal Wave Festival
August 12-14 at Hollywood Palladium ∣ Ages 8＋ Only
The 3-Day GA Ticket allows admittance for the three days of the Festival and includes: 3 Days of music and beach. It offers unlimited access to all the 30 performances and activities. Low-priced souvenirs, free water refill stations, shaded areas and cell phone charging stations are also available. Free General Admission is offered to children aged 8 but must be accompanied by a ticketed adult.
Boots and Hearts Music Festival
Sept 4-6 at Burl's Creek Event Grounds ∣ Ages 18＋ Only
It is a multi-day country music and camping festival produced by Republic Live Inc. The festival is held annually at the custom-designed festival grounds, Buffs Creek Event Grounds in Ontario, Canada.
A nickname is a shortened form of a person's name. A nickname can also be a descriptive name for a person, place or thing. Many American cities have nicknames.
Los Angeles has several nicknames. One is simply the city's initials, L.A. It is also called the City of Angels because Los Angeles means "the angels" in Spanish.
Los Angeles often has warm, sunny weather. So another nickname is City of Flowers and Sunshine. New York is called The Big Apple. So Los Angeles is sometimes called The Big Orange because of the fruit that grows in that city's warm climate.
The American motion picture and television industries are based in Los Angeles. So it is not surprising that it is called The Entertainment Capital of the World. Many films are made in the area of Los Angeles called Hollywood. Millions of people visit the area every year.
Many movie stars live in Los Angeles. The city is sometimes called Tinseltown. This nickname comes from the shiny, bright and often unreal nature of Hollywood and the movie industry.
Another nickname for Los Angeles is La-La Land, using the first letters of Los and Angeles. This means a place that is fun and not serious, and maybe even out of touch with reality.
Many people love Los Angeles for its warm sunny weather, beautiful mountains and beaches, and movie stars. That includes Randy Newman, who sings about his hometown.
The winter solstice(冬至) is an important solar term in the traditional Chinese calendar, and means the coming of winter. It generally occurs between December 21st and 23rd. According to the traditional Chinese calendar, one year is divided into twenty-four solar terms. On this day, in the northern hemisphere(半球) the period of daytime is the shortest of the year and the period of night is the longest.
In northern China there is a custom of eating dumplings during the winter solstice. It is said that dumplings were invented by Zhang Zhongjing, a well-known doctor in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
One winter, he noticed that many people's ears were frostbitten(冻伤的), which made him sad. In order to prevent and cure the freezing injury caused by cold, he asked his followers to boil mutton, chilies and other ingredients in a pot for fending off cold. After these were boiled, they cut them into pieces and then wrapped them in dough skins in the shape of ears. Afterwards, they put these into the pot to boil again.
On the day of the winter solstice, people whose ears were frostbitten were sent to eat the dumplings. People who ate dumplings felt warm from head to toe and had their cold injury healed. Thereafter, people ate dumplings every winter solstice.
Afterwards, Zhang Zhongjing died on the day of the winter solstice. In order to honour him, every year on the day of the winter solstice every household makes dumplings.
Self-esteem means you mostly feel good about yourself. It gives you the courage to try new things or make new friends. With self-esteem, you believe in yourself. You know that good things can happen when you try. Self-esteem helps you when things don't go your way. It helps you accept mistakes.
Make a list of the stuff you're good at. Can you draw or sing? Are you a good reader? Are you good at a sport? Do you tell a good joke? If you're having trouble with your list, ask a parent or friend to help you with it.
Think of ways you can do some of the things you're good at every day. You can draw pictures, sing songs and play basketballs etc., which make you have a sense of achievement.
Turn "I can't" into "I can!" Does the little voice in your head tell you "I'm not good at this" or "I can't do it"? Or "It's too hard for me"? That's you thinking badly of yourself. Think, "I can give it a try," "I can handle this." Think, "I'll give it my best." Think, "I'll ask someone to help me do this."
Try your best. You can feel good about yourself when you give something a good try.
Try again. If you miss the soccer goal or lose a library book, you don't get too mad at yourself. You find a way to do better.
Do something meaningful. Do nice things for parents. Help with meals, clean up, or feed the pet. You get to see that what you do means a lot.
Spend time with people who love you. Do things you enjoy with your parents or family. It helps you know yourself better. And that builds self-esteem.
A. Practice the things you do well.
B. Why not decide to change your mind?
C. Here are some steps beneficial to you.
D. When it happens, you will lack self-esteem.
E. When you try hard, your self-esteem will grow.
F. Doing worthwhile things, you feel good about yourself.
G. There are other approaches to helping develop your self-esteem.
Lin Qiaozhi, (know) as the "mother of ten thousand babies", had delivered over 50, 000 babies in her lifetime.
When she was 18 years old, she chose (study) medicine instead of following the (tradition) path of marriage like the majority of girls. After graduating Peking Union Medical College, she immediately became the first woman to be hired as 46. resident physician in the OB-GYN department of the PUMC Hospital. A few years later, she (send) to study in Europe and then in the US. Her American colleagues wanted her to stay in the US, she refused because she wanted to work for her motherland.
Then during the war, she (open) her own clinic to help the patients. After the foundation of the new People's Republic of China, she held many important (position), but she was more interested in tending patients. Dr Lin didn't retire until the day she died, 22 April 1983, (leave) all her savings to a kindergarten and a fund for new doctors.
Imagine having the opportunity to sing together with hundreds of other people while you are at home alone. You can do this in a virtual choir. Virtual choir members record themselves while they p alone on video. These videos are uploaded onto the I, and then they are put together into one video that you can see o—a virtual choir. Anyone can take part in a virtual choir from anywhere—all you need is a video camera and an Internet c. You do not even need a s. A virtual choir helps connect ordinary people together. Many people do not have close friends or contacts w have the same interest in music. Many others do not have the chance to join a l choir. A virtual choir e them to add their voices to those of other individuals and become part of the global community. It has p to be a positive influence on the lives of many people. As one virtual choir member said, "Music helps me to... f my problems. With music, I become someone else."
