These days, many people have pets. They regard their pet as a family member and are willing to buy lots of things for their pets. People spend more time1their pets at home. But2eighth-grade girl used this time to set up her own business-selling dog treats（零食）.
Jasminc Thomas-Gainey, 12, lives in Marin County, US. On her3birthday, his mother brought the dog home as a gift. She4up with the idea in 2020. Her pet Chihuahua helps test the treats before they5. In an interview with the Marin Independent Joumnal, Thomas-Gainey said that her dog, Buddy, loves the home-baked treats she makes. "Whencver we bake them, he stands by the kitchen and seems6and happier. Whenever we are packing them up, he is right under us, "she said.
"After I figured out the things dogs can cat, I decided7my own dog recipes," said Thomas-Gainey, "I have learned more about8dogs can and can't eat. It was9to do the research." "I like seeing the revicws that peoplc leave, or if they post something on their Instagram of their dogs happy about the treats. " said Thomas-Gainey.
One of the things Thomas-Gainey enjoys most is having her own business at a young age. She was very proud of herself. "You can never be too young, " she said10. "When you start so young, it opens a lot more possibilities, and there's more time for you to grow."
"It looks so good on you," said my friend. I was trying on a dress. Then the topic of the conversation turned to going on a diet.
I wanted to become beautiful and1So I made up my mind togo on a diet. I didn't eat my lunch. Some people asked me where my lunch was. I made up excuses. I did the same with breakfast. I2to my dad that I had eaten my bread, but I fed it to the cat. My3dropped fast, but when I looked at myself in the mirror, I still thought I was not thin enough.
Finally, dark circles formed under my eyes. I wore thick clothing in hot weather, but I was still4. That didn't matter. I still needed to be thinner. About a month after I bought the5I tried it on again, and it became too large for me. My mother told me to look in the mirror. I could see my eye sockets（眼窝）. That was the day I realized how6I was.
I went to see a doctor, the doctor gave me some advice. It took me one year to become7. Sometimes I want to go back to being thin, but I will never do what I did again. It will8influence my health. Please don't go on a diet when you're young. You will9a lot if you are too thin. Don't compare yourself with others. Try to10yourself for who you are, not for what you look like.
Sophie, a 14-year-old British girl, suddenly changed her behaviour in class. She lost interest in studies and would sit in the corner with her head mostly down.
Ethan Miler, one of Sophic's teachers, discovered the reason:She had been bullied online. She was receiving abusive（辱骂的）messages on Facebook. Sophie was not alone. One in threc young people in 30 countries said they had expcrienced online bullying.
The growth of social media has left many young people to be hurt by online bullying, including unfriendly and abusive messages, comments and pictures. A study surveyed more than 170, 000 young people aged 13-24 from countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. According to the results of the study, 75% of them said social media were the most common places for online bullying.
The Internet world makes it casier for people to communicate with each other, but there is more danger for young people as well. It is surprising that online bullying troubles many young pcople more than anything else. It can lead to serious results for young people. According to a 2018 study by the University of Oxford, such bulling made young people more than twice as likely to hurt themselves or even kill themselves as others.
To deal with the problem，NPC deputy（全国人大代表）Li Dongsheng suggested that an anti-cyberbully（反网络暴力）law should be rolled out. We should fight against cyberbully through more technological ways.
Developed by US company OpenAI, ChatGPT has taken the internet by storm. winning 100 million users since it came out in November 2022. People can ask the robot to write stories and emails， create recipes（食谱），translate languages， and answer all kinds of questions. In its own words, it is "a language model trained in [a large amount of] internet text to help users get human-like text. "
Compared with Siri or other chatbots（聊天机器人），ChatGPT uses a much bigger database（数据库）for training. It also uses stronger software and hardware to learn things by itself. For example, if it provides a wrong answer to your question, you can tell it the right one and it will make corrections.
OpenAl has now introduced a powerful new language model: GPT-4. On March 14 2023, GPT-4 showed the world how smarter it is than GPT-3. 5. One of its best new features is that it can understand pictures.
But GPT-4＇s developments don＇t stop there． The new language model can code（用代码编写）classic games in a matter of minutes， It can also change the tone（语气）and style based on what you ask it to do. GPT-4 is much better than the older GPT at passing tests, which may worry teachers. According to CNN, GPT-4 did really well on a lawschool test, with a score in the top 10 percent of test takers. But GPT-3. 5 only got a score in the bottom 10 percent.
a. It can learn things by itself.
b. It won't give people wrong answers.
c. It has a big database for training.
d. It is smarter than human.
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Brook is thinking about how to hold his birthday party. Though nobody cares about him, he dreams of a big party. Edwin is making a poster about the car with electricity. He wants to help people know more about elcctricity cars. Joseph will be an exchange student in Japan. He wants to behave well in a strange country. So he wants to know about body language in Japan. Cathy is a junior high school student. She always worries about her study. She is trying to get out of the stress from her studies. Sarah's mum can't have a good sleep at night, she always wakes up at 5 in the morning. Sarah hopes to help her mom solve the slcep problem. |
A. Body language communicates a lot. Even the same gesture has different meanings in different countries. You will learn about body language in Asian countries in this article. B. Everybody can suffer from stress, no matter what your age is. This article will share some methods of relaxing yourself. C. Sweet smile is the best way to show your kindness and confidence. When you are in a hard time, try to show your smile to life. you should believe all efforts will pay off. This article tells something about smiles. D. Many people have sleep problems. They often stay awake all night. This article will tell you how to fall asleep quickly and have a good sleep. E. Arc you going to hold a party? How will you invite your friends? This article will teach you how to write an invitation and invite more friends to your party. F. Dogs are our friends. Police dogs help policemen solve plenty of problems. This article tells a story about a policeman and his police dog. G. Would you prefer a car with petrol（汽油） or a car with clectricity? This article is mainly about the advantages of a car with clectricity. |
Yang Fei, thirty-five, works in Yunnan. He has drawn over thirty different cartoons anti-poverty（扶贫）stories. These stories happened in a small village which is "the Dream Village" by local people.
Yang first went to poor village in 2017. He stayed there for about a month to explain anti-poverty policies（政策）to the villagers. He was sorry for people's poor lives there and he tried his to do his work well. August. , 2020, Yang came here again to inspect（检查） the anti-poverty work．
"After staying for more than twenty days. I was surprised by the in the village because of the anti-poverty work. Everything was different. I wants to draw cartoons to remember it, "said Yang. As soon as he left the village, he started working on the cartoons in the evenings after work. About two weeks later, he finally finished his creations. Then he putonline. And the cartoons soon became popular.
cartoons is a way Yang tries to keep and remember his experiences as an anti-poverty worker, and he will draw more such cartoons in the , He wants to let more people know what the anti-poverty work is like, and let more people know the exciting true stories. "the anti-poverty work is challenging, I will keep going." Yang said" To see people getting out of poverty is the happiest thing to me. "
SAVING the world might not be a big deal for Superman, but how about a normal person?
Yuan Longping, born in Beijing on Sept 7, 1930, has saved people without any magic power. His success on hybrid （杂交） rice fed millions of people in hunger.
After graduating from the Southwest Agriculture Institute, he worked as a teacher at an agriculture school in Hunan. A series of natural disasters hit China in the 1960s. Yuan saw many people die of hunger every day. Since then, he has researched how to grow more effective crops.
In 1964, he happened to find a natural hybrid rice plant that had great advantages over others. Yuan was excited about his discovery. He then began to study the elements of this particular plant.
In 1973，he started to cultivate（培养）a type of hybrid rice species（种类）．lt produced 20 percent more rice per unit than common ones. The next year they had a great success in seeding. This progress made China the world's leader in rice production. More than 50 percent of China's total rice fields grow Yuan's hybrid species. People call him the "Father of Hybrid Rice".
Yuan had a dream that one day hybrid rice would grow as tall as Chinese sorghum （高粱）！
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周六上午9点到12点 |
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学校大门 |
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校车 |
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1．帮助老人整理房间 2．李奶奶向大家介绍中国传统文化--剪纸，和老人一起完成一幅剪纸作品 3. . . . . . . |
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1．穿校服，运动鞋 2．携带剪纸需要的工具 3．不在敬老院大卢喧哗 |
参考词汇：剪刀 scissors
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Dear Billy,
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Yours,
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