The Rose Festival Is Coming! Time: July 16th-August 20th; 8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Place: In the Water Park Activities: Fashion shows, concerts, rose picking & delicious food. How to get there: Take Bus No.2,6 or 14 and get off at the station of the Water Park. The price of the ticket: People aged over 60: free. People aged 16-60; 100 yuan. People aged 7-15: yuan. Children under7: free. Notice: ★ The opening ceremony is at eight o'clock on the morning of July 16th. ★ After the opening ceremony, you can walk slowly in the park and enjoy the beautiful flowers. If you are tired, we have special tour buses for you. ★ The first two days and the last two days: half price. ★ Don't throw rubbish while you're visiting the park. ★ Only pick the roses in special areas, or you'll be punished. ★ Come to visit with your ID card. |
Tough Mudder is one of the most difficult obstacle course races （障碍赛） in the world. Runners need to pass through lots of obstacles and run in the mud （泥）. It could be a challenge for anyone to get past the finish line, but 83-year-old Mildred Wilson from Missouri, the USA, surprised us.
In fact, Mildred just finished her third Tough Mudder race this May, becoming the oldest person to ever complete （完成） the race. "A lot of people think as they get older, they have to sit down and give up. It's not so," Mildred said.
Mildred has always been active and played sports with her son since he was old enough. She even played for her company's volleyball, softball, tug-of-war and tennis teams. So she wanted to give it a go at Tough Mudder when she watched her son Danny Wilson take on the World's Toughest Mudder challenge in Las Vegas.
Mildred joined Danny's youth group to prepare for the event. But first, she went to her doctor. The doctor checked her over and was sure she was strong enough to run the race. Then after months of exercising, Mildred's first Tough Mudder race arrived in May, 2019. Finally, with the help of her son, she made it.
Setting up GoFundMe, Mildred hopes to raise money to help people in need. She used her second and third races to raise money to build a fresh water well in Africa, "I will get muddy soothers can drink clean water," wrote Mildred on GoFundMe.
As for her future, Mildred plans to take part in the races for as long as she can. "If I'm still alive and healthny, I wil!" she said.
Walking around the city, you will see girls wearing hanfu on the subway or people wearing T-shirts with characters in the streets. A new trend （潮流） is getting popular in China. It's guochao. Guochao adds traditional culture into products （产品），and it shows the rise of China's native fashion （本土时尚）.
Guochao got people's attention in 2018. Before that, the market was controlled by foreign companies （公司）. To win the market share, many Chinese brands （品牌） followed the footsteps of these western brands. In 2018, Chinese sportswear brand Li-Ning made changes to the situation. It introduced its Wu Dao collection to the world. The collection not only looked fashionable, but also included elements （元素） of traditional Chinese culture. It quickly caught people's attention at home and abroad.
Later, many Chinese brands started to add Chinese culture into their products. Even the film and music industries （行业） tried their best to create Chinese styles. We want our products to be the ones that young people would like to share", they said.
These brands got what they wanted. Young people started to convert their attention from Western culture to guochao. They accepted it with pleasure. Now they wear traditional clothes and play Chinese music. Some of them are working together to spread Chinese culture to people around the world.
At the same time, people of different ages start to choose products "made in China". According to a study, 68% Chinese people like Chinese brands better.
No matter how guochao develops, there is one thing that won't change- people's confidence （自信） in our country's development and culture is growing.
When you study, the first thing to consider is whether you understand the information, and the second is how you will remember it. Some of you perhaps think you know all about that, right? After all （毕竟）, you've been studying for years.The advice is for all of you.
First of all, have a plan. You can make a plan for a week or for a longer time. If you're studying for an important exam, you should make a long-term plan. If it doesn't, change your plan in time.
Next, think about your environment. Make sure the place for studying is comfortable with enough light and fresh air, not too hot or too cold. If you think you do it better with music, you can put some music on and see if it's true. But for other people, it can make it harder to concentrate （集中注意力）.
Third, take breaks while studying. You can plan your study time in periods （时间段） with breaks in between. Some experts advise you to take a 10-minute break after 30 minutes of studying. During your short break, you can treat yourself to something like green tea, but I wouldn't suggest chocolate because sugar can make it harder to concentrate.
Finally, think about what you do when you're studying. If that works for you, then great! However, I suggest writing notes while studying because it helps your mind process （处理） the information better!
A. But there's always room for improvement. B. Some people work better with music playing. C. And you need to check if it works from time to time. D. Some people just read through their books and mark important parts with a pencil. E. If you study for too long without a break, your mind won't work as well as before. |
A video of a 17-year-old blind girl playing Betthoven's Pathetique Sonata (《悲怆奏鸣曲》） in an intemational youth piano competition in Shanghai went viral （走红） online.
Xiong Linghao started learning the piano at the age of 6. Her favorite star is Beethoven, who began to have hearing problems in his 20s and later went completely deaf. Their physical problems led both of them to build a connection with the world through music.
Xiong Linghao started learning the piano at the age of 6. Her favorite star is Beethoven, who began to have hearing problems in his 20s and later went completely deaf. Their physical problems led both of them to build a connection with the world through music.
Xiong lost her eyesight because of a medial accident when she was a baby. Her mother discovered her daughter had a talent for music early in her childhood. When she was three, she could play children's songs on a small electric （电子的） piano at home. "The piano is my best friend," said Xiong. "The piano has always been with me. Also, it brings pleasure into my life and gives me courage （勇气）."
Learning to play the piano is not easy for blind people. At first, her teacher helped her place her hands and fingers correctly. "Repeated practice is key because I need muscle （肌肉） memory to find the right keys." she explained.
Her dream is to get into a university in Beijing and give a music performance or music production. "If I had vision （视力） for three days," Xiong said, "I would wee how I look, prepare a big meal for my parents and get around in the places I've been to hundreds of times. Also, I'd like to see with my eyes what the piano that has been with me for more than ten years looks like." she said.
That May, I decided to plan something special for my third-grade children on Mother's Day. I asked the students to talk about how to 1 our mothers. We practiced singing songs and giving gifts before Mother's Day. I felt very excited when I learned that every mother would come. I 2 invited my own mother.
The big day finally arrived. Each child lined up at our classroom door, 3 the arrival （到达） of his or her mom. As it got closer to the starting time, Jimmy looked so 4 because his mother hadn't arrived yet.
I walked over to him. "Jimmy" I said, "Could you keep my mother company （陪伴）? You know, I'm a little busy."
Jimmy said "Yes". He sent her the 5 I'd made just like we'd practiced the day before. They were having a good 6 when I looked over. I was very happy the activity 7 with a big success.
Three years later, I took my six-grade students out for a field trip, 8 them was Jimmy. The day before, I'd asked all of them to write down what they planned to do in in their notebooks. After we returned to school, I collected their notebooks and checked if 9 finished it.
When I came to Jimmy's page, he'd written, "Do you remember our Mother's Day in the 10 grade, Mrs. Mara? I do! Thanks for all you did for me, and thank your mother, too."
Later when Jimmy came to get his notebook, I told him. "In fact, I want to say thanks because you made my mother's day."
With a habit of drinking coffee on weekends while doing schoolwork, Wu Zibo, 18 year-old student from Beijing No.4 High School, wanted to order a cup of Moutai-flavored latte （茅台味拿铁）. He wondered how ins father's favorite Chinese liquor （白酒） (taste) with his favorite coffee.
The collaboration （合作） between Kweichow Moutai Luckin Coffee has interested many people. It sold 5.42 million （百万） cups and made 100 million yuan just the first day it came out, China Daily reported.
To be more popular, Moutai many ways in the past few years, such as by bringing out Moutai ice cream and canvas （帆布） bags. "This (create) collaboration lets Moutai make its brand （品牌） younger," Li Honghui, a marketing director （市场总监） for drinks, shared with Teens. Through collaborations, brands can share what they need, create better , and bring more innovative （创新 的） things to buyers, added Li.
In 2023, China's collaboration market will increase to over 100 billion （十亿） yuan and may reach 300 billion yuan by 2025, according to China Quality Daily. However, wrong collaboration (probable) have undesirable （不想要的） results and even hurt brands.
"The secret to （make) a collaboration work is about how good the products are. The brands should not just focus on getting people excited," said Li. A few months ago, Manner Coffee termed up with Louis Vuitton (LV) in Shanghai, people could get an LV canvas bag by buying at least two books in the coffee shop. But the two books would cost (they) 580 yuan altogether. People were not happy with itm and the collaboration stopped early.
As China grow stronger and stronger, more and more foreign people have started to learn Chinese. However,他们中大多数发现学中文很难。 The problem has caught the attention of a famous AI company （人工智能公司） in China. To help foreigners learn Chinese, it has developed a smartphone app （应用程序） called iFlyChinese.
With the help of Al-based voice technologies, the app users can learn Chinese wisely and quickly. When users speak into the app in their own languages, the app can tum the voice messages into Chinese. When they read sentences in Chinese, it will give them feedback （反馈）. It can also correct （更正） their mistakes in their pronunciation and grammar. Finally, it will provide word cards for them to practice and review.
With the help of the app. many people have the ability to speak and use Chinese. Henry is one of them. He was born in Australia. He started to learn Chinese two years ago. He has made great progress since he started to use the app.现在他能够用中文和他的朋友交谈。
The app has been very popular in foreign counties since it was developed. Now hundreds of thousands of people in more than one hundred countries are using the app. How quickly the number of its users has increased!
