Dear friends, Welcome to shop at Changsha Friendship Department Store. Here are some tips on using the escalator safely. | |
Dos | Don'ts |
1. Always stand and face the front. 2. Hold the handrail （扶手）. 3. Parents should hold children's hands. 4. Take care of your long dresses. They can easily get caught in the moving steps. | A. Never play on the escalator（电梯）. This is dangerous. B. Never walk up the escalator when it is moving down. C. Don't use the escalator when you are carrying heavy bags. D. Don't use the escalator when you can't walk well. |
We wish you a happy shopping. Thank you very much. Changsha Friendship Department Store 25th July, 2023 | |
Wei Dongyi usually holds a big bottle of water and a bag of steamed bread （馒头）. He is a little shy of speaking, Wei is an assistant professor （助教） at Peking University. He is popular on line. He looks different from other teachers.
In a video, a reporter asked Wei to say something to high school students who were taking the gaokao. He simply said, "Welcome to Peking University. I don't know whatelse to say."
Wei said he was a teacher at the university and went to Peking University in 2010. He didn't take the gaokao because he did well in math competition （竞赛） when he was in high school. Wei twice won gold medals at the International Mathematical Olympiad while he was a high school student.
Wei finished Peking University in 2014. Zhang Yonghua, a math teacher at Wei's old high school, believes Wei as a math genius. "He is good at math and works hard. He often found better ways to work out math problems than his teachers", Zhang said.
Yang Jiacheng is a popular English teacher. Thousands of young people joined his online lessons. He shows how to learn English vocabulary and then you can use the right words in your speaking and writing.
The meaning of vocabulary is "all the words a person knows or uses, or all of the words of a language". A 15-year-old Chinese student is asked to know about 1,800 English words, and an 18-year-old student should know at least 3,500 words.
Reading is the No. 1 way to learn more words. Reading teaches you new words and different ways to use words. If you find a new word, you can look up is meaning in a dictionary.
Talking is a great way to learn more words. You can use the new words you have found when you have a talk. It's useful to practice what you've learned, and really put it into your everyday vocabulary.
When you hear someone use a word you don't know, don't forget to ask them what it means. It takes just a few seconds. And it not only shows that you are listening to them but also that you are paying attention to developing your own vocabulary.
You can also learn English from some apps, such as "Shanbei", "Baicizhan", "Hujiang". Vocabulary learning helped by these apps has been a trend （趋势） in China.
In the past 40 years, a lot of Chinese people have joined in the tree-planting activities. They planted about 78.1 billion（十亿） trees. In the 1980s, the forest coverage（覆盖率） in China was 12% Now it is 24.02%..
Greening is not only good for the country's environment, but also good for is people.. There are many greening ways in China.. It is an online activity popular with young people. Cloud Planting lets people adopt （认领）a real tree through Internet.. And they can visit the tree later. Another one is Ant Forest started by Ant Group, Alibaba. It wants to help people have greener lifestyles in their everyday life.
. 441 cities will build national forest cities through lots of greening ways.
A. In the next five years, China will do something more for is greening plan. B. People get an adoption card. C. And in cities, the number goes up from 10.1% to 41.1%. D. It can help build China into a beautiful country. E. One is called Cloud Planting （云种植）. |
Jim's mom has a clothes shop. Jim goes there to help his mom at the weekend. On a Sunday morning, Jim doesn't go to school and he feels bored at the store. He likes drawing pictures in his free time. Suddenly he has an idea. "Why not draw some pictures on the T-shirts? They will look beautiful and many people will like the T-shirts with pictures." So he draws a dog on a T-shirt. It's a small brown dog. He draws well but his mom isn't happy. She says, "Jim, no drawing." A girl comes to the store. She loves the T-shirt with the dog and she buys it.
After that Jim draws lots of pictures on many T-shirts. Sometimes Jim draws a basketball. Sometimes he draws a plane. Sometimes he draws a bird. Many boys and girls come to the store to buy the T-shirts with the pictures. They like the T-shirts with bird's best, so Jim draws birds most.
Jim and his mom are very happy. Jim says he likes drawing and it's interesting for him. But he doesn't want to be an artist He wants to have a clothes store like his mom.
What do you see, Watson?
Holmes and Watson are on a 1 trip. At night, they sleep in 2 tent. In the middle of the night, Holmes 3 and gives Dr. Watson a slight push （轻推）.
"Watson," he says, "look 4 and tell me what you see."
"I see many many 5 . Holmes," says Watson.
"And what do you conclude （得出结论） from that, Watson?"
Watson 6 for a moment. "Well," he says, "I see many things. Firstly, it tells me that there are a lot of galaxies （银河） and probably billions of （数十亿） of stars out there.
7 it shows that the time is now a quarter past three. Thirdly, I see that we are very 8 and insignificant （微不足道的） in this world. So, what does it tell you, Holmes?"
"Well, Watson. I see one simple 9 ; someone has stolen （偷）our 10 !"
What do you often do during your holiday? Have you tried to do something to help your parents?
The holidays are a great time to get into the kitchen. Cooking is fun to do, and it can(make) you feel good too. We asked Tan Songqin and Li Yinghan from the club (talk) about some of the joys and good of cooking. The following （以下） (be) what they said.
When you use a recipe （食谱）, you might learn new words. You will also do some math with counting, weighing （称重），and (work) out the cooking time. Cooking can be very different too. If you know how a recipe works, you can make delicious (dish) with something different at home.
Being in a warm kitchen, cooking with (you) family or friends is a special time when you can find time to have talk together. Finally, of course, there's time when you enjoy delicious meals your family and everyone smile. It is great to see everyone enjoy the meals you cook.
So, just try something meaningful, you will feel much (happy) than before, you can bring happiness to your family.
Sergio Peralta was a 15-year-old boy.今年他开始去上一所新学校。He was feeling afraid like most new students. But he also had a secret. He had a hand that was not fully formed （形成）. In the beginning. he wanted to hide （藏） his hand because he didn't want anyone to see it.
One of Peralta's teachers, Jeff Wilkins, found out about his hand. 他想帮助这名新生。He asked his engineering （工程） class to make a new hand for Peralta. The students were excited to help.They spent four weeks making a new robot hand for Peralta by using 3D printer （打印机）.
When they showed the robot hand to Peralta. he was surprised.Now he could catch a baseball with his new hand.
Peralta was thankful that his classmates helped him."I never thought I could do this, he said, "They made a big difference in my life."
Mr. Wilkins was proud of his students. The class showed that engineering was about coming up with new ideas and making life better.
