M & LMall Location: On the Main Street In front of a police station Shops: ★ 1st floor: an amusement park ★ 2nd floor: an ice-cream shop ★ 3rd floor: a toy shop . Opening hours: 9 am—9pm (Monday to Saturday) Popularity: ★★★ | Jimmy's Mall Location: On the Smith Street Across from the City Park Shops: ★ Underground: a parking lot ★ 1st floor: a video shop ★ 2nd floor: a shoe shop Opening hours: 9:30 am—11:30 pm (Tuesday to Sunday) Popularity: ★ |
THE 16-YEAR-OLD confidently walked to the edge or the diving platform (跳台) and turned around. Seconds later. she jumped from the water after a flawless(没有取疵的) 407C-the dive she is good at. Because of her excellent performance. all seven judges awarded her a perfect score of 10 points. China's Olympic champion Quan Hongchan won the women's 10m platform gold medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games.
Nine years ago, the young girl was playing hopscotch (跳房子) with her classmates on the playground when a coach, Chen Huaming, noticed her. He found her talent on jump and thought that she could jump higher and further. His judgment turned out to be correct. Before the Hangzhou Asian Games, Quan was already an Olympic champion.
In some ways. Quan is like any normal teenager. She loves snacks. amusement parks and grabbing dolls from claw machines (抓娃娃机) like most girls her age. Her favorite doll is a blue one - the color of a swimming pool - her elder brother gave her as a gift. She keeps it on her bed, a quiet friend that is always there to relieve her stress.
Unlike her peers (同龄人).the young diver needs to train extremely hard and has lo improve her family's living conditions. Her family live in Maihe Village of Zhanjiang. and her parents have five children to feed with the little money from an orchard (果园). To make matters worse. her mother was disabled in a traffic accident in 2017.
As a result. Quan has grown up to be brave and hardworking. She couldn't even swim before she went to the sports school, but she was the first among all the new students to step onto the 3m springboard and the 10m platform. When asked if she was scared at the time, she answered, "I didn't think about it that much. I just Closed my eyes and jumped." Soon, she fell in love with diving. Quan shot lo fame after winning the gold medal in the women's 10m platform al the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Dong Yuhui was a teacher at New Oriental, an English-language training organization. On June 9th 2022, he became a big hit online by selling agricultural (农业的) products through live-streaming (直播). Agricultural products, like fruits and beef, are from plants or animals.
Unlike other live-streamers, Dong talked about what he would usually talk about in a classroom, both in Chinese as well as in English, before coming to the point. But his viewers just loved it.
"It's very good," someone said. "I feel like being in a classroom." That very evening, sales from his live-streaming reached 15 million yuan ($ 2.23 million), while his video was put on the daily. hot list on popular short-video platform Douyin.
New Oriental is finally seeing hope after a year of struggle. It faced its biggest challenge after the Ministry of Education introduced a national policy banning (禁 止) after-school training.
New Oriental finally found a way to overcome its difficulty: Selling agricultural products through live-streaming.
Its struggle should serve as an inspiration for other organizations that have been badly hit because of the new policy. In fact, several video-sharing apps are already planning to attract live-streamers for agricultural sales. By October 2021, at least one app had got 126 ,000 "new farmers" born after 1995, who could clearly tell their viewers how they were growing fruits and vegetables and attracting more people to buy their products.
There are yoga and boxing teachers, as well as carpenters (木匠),who share their knowledge or skills online and make money. It's. a new way to express themselves better.
The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the Chinese Spring Festival. For the Chinese, it is a day for family togetherness.
* Lighting colorful lanterns Lighting lanterns is probably the most widely known tradition for celebrating the Lantern Festival. Every year, lantern exhibitions are held in parks and other public places. The entire area is decorated with beautiful lighting.
* Eating Tang Yuan
Shaped like a round ball, Tang Yuan symbolizes the full moon and people's wishes for happiness and family reunions (团圆).
* Guessing lantern riddles
In ancient times, single people could attract the attention of their crush (迷恋对象) through this guessing game. Right up until today, Chinese people have delightful riddle competitions to celebrate the Lantern Festival.
* Enjoying time with family
As the Lantern Festival is a part of the Spring Festival, gathering with family and eating Tang Yuan, the Lantern Festival has an important meaning of reunion. It was once customary (习俗的) for single people to carry lit lanterns on the streets in the hope of finding their true love.
As time passed, however, the festival no longer had such a special meaning on romance (浪漫).
A. When darkness falls, people place candles inside lanterns and carry them outside. B. That's why children and some people still wait to go to school or return to work after the festival. C. In ancient China, young ladies were not allowed to go out freely except at the time of the Lantern Festival. D. Lantern riddles are popular with people of all ages. E. Tang Yuan, or Yuan Xiao, is a must-eat food for the Lantern Festival. |
A global survey has asked 6,204 children in 47 countries around the world about their hopes, dreams and fears. The worldwide "Small Voices, Big Dreams" report is from the children's charity (慈善组织) ChildFund. It asked students aged from 10 to 12 six questions about the world and their future. It discovered that education, food and the environment were their biggest worries. A ChildFund spokesman said: "We're always surprised to see how much importance. children put. on education." He added that he was pleased that children saw the connection between education and a better future: "It shows the depth of maturity (思想成熟) of children's."
The children were asked the question: "If you were president or leader of your country, what would you do to improve the lives of children in your country?" Most said they would focus on education. The children also answered the question "What are you most afraid of?" Over 25 percent of kids in developing countries said their greatest fear was dangerous animals and insects. Many children in developing countries were often bitten by dangerous animals and insects. The environment was also a big concern (担忧) for the children. The report says: "Across the world, nearly half of children said they would either plant more trees, build additional green spaces or decrease littering to help improve the planet." Regarding future careers (职业),almost 20 percent of children want to be a sportsman when they grow up.
When I was 14, I was always the best of all the students in my class. It was much 1 for me to get good scores, so I always showed off and laughed at 2 .
I didn't realize that it was 3 . I also didn't realize that my arrogance (傲慢) kept me away from others. And I became a trouble -maker in Miss Li's class. One day. I played 4 on her in front of crowds. Then she had a conversation with me after class. She told me, "Knowledge gives us 5 , not pride. 6 you don't change yourself, you will 7 many things and 8 doing that one day." Her words 9 touched me. Then I knew the importance of being humble (谦逊的). I realized that being humble is one of the most helpful ways to improve myself. I 10 up my mind to do something different. And day by day, I had a better relationship with my classmates.
China is now making airplanes. The first Chinese. made airplane with (passenger) took off from Shanghai on Sunday and landed al Beijing, The C919 plane (make) by the Commercial Aircraft Corporation or China Lid. This is shortened to "COMAC". China's president called the C919 aircraft a "triumph (巨大成功) of Chinese innovation (革新)". Newspapers in China called it "a symbol of industrial skill and (nation) pride". A passenger said; "The light was extremely smooth, . (comfort) and memorable. I'll remember it for some time to come."
COMAC hopes to compete airline industry giant (大公司). like Boeing and Airbus. It started developing the C919 in 2008. Production began in 2011. It was not passed to fly commercially (商业化的) in China September 2022.
COMAC's (one) customer was China Eastern Airlines. COMAC plans (build) 150 planes each year for the next five years. It has orders for more than 1,000 C919s from different Chinese airlines. It hopes to get international orders. COMAC(say) is airplanc was "important milestone" for China's aircraft industry.
A human-like robot named Apollo (阿波罗) has taken a job working alongside (与.....一起) humans at a factory for the first time.
Apollo has two arms, two legs and two eyes. And it is 1.72 meters tall. The robot's present job is to lift boxes and move them around the factory, but its creator, Apptronik, says that in the future,阿波罗能在家中被用于做家务。
While robotic machines have already been used to help doctors and police officers in training. Apollo is the first human-like robot to be put to work in a human job. According to Apptronik, "the robot is given human features (特 征), such as arms and legs. to help people feel more comfortable working with it." The robot only does basic tasks at the moment, but it will offer more and more features as the technology is developed.
Recently, Apollo's battery only lasts four hours, which means it has to do half day shifts (轮班) compared to its human co - workers, who usually work eight hours a day.
Apptronik has built two Apollo robots so far. The company plans to produce less than 100 lest versions (版本) that producing the final one in 2024.
一些专家认为机器人可以被引进到市场中。 They can be used to fill jobs in areas like aged care.
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Dear Wang Ming, I am glad to tell you that I have changed a lot in such a short time. …… Yours, Li Hua |