A month before my first marathon (马拉松赛)，one of my feet was hurt and this meant not running for half a month, leaving me only two 1 to train. Although my foot was hurting, I had a strong feeling to 2 .
I remember back to my 7th grade in school. In my first P.E. class, the teacher required us to run and then hit a ball. He told me that I was not good at sports, because I did both 3 . The idea stuck with me for years.
When I started running in my 30s, I realized running was a 4 against myself, not about competition or whether or not I was good at sport. It was all about the challenge for my own body and mind. A test of 5 !
The 6 before my marathon, I dreamt that I couldn't even find the finish line. It made me kind of 7 , but ready to prove something to myself.
Shortly after crossing the start line, my shoelaces became untied. So I stopped to tie. Not the 8 I wanted!
At mile 3, I 9 a sign: "GO FOR IT, RUNNERS!" At mile 17, out of breath and in terrible pain, I kept going by 10 between walking and running.
As I came close to mile 23, I could see my mom waving a sign. If there is anyone who has believed in me during this journey, it's always been her. She 11 minded waking me up at 5 a.m. or questioned 12 cost like running shoes, hats and so on. No doubt she is my biggest fan!
I was one of the final runners to finish. 13 I finished! And I got a medal.
Did I win? Of course I did! I only had myself to 14 ! Strong willed to be myself, move forward, 15 of shame, I can now call myself a "marathon winner".
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Have you ever watched a show about the wild? A shark eats a seal! Lions run down a gazelle! Is all nature like that? All about eating and blood? Or is that just what keeps our eyes glued to the TV screen? Let's look at sonic living things who work with each other instead of ripping each other apart. When a lion kills a gazelle, it wants to eat as much as it can and maybe share the rest with its family. There are some living things that will take small pieces of another living thing's body.
Parasitism is when one living thing gets its energy from another living thing, does not give anything back, and hurts the thing it's taking things from.
Now let's get a little nicer. Sometimes a living thing will live off the body of another living thing without hurting it. They do not steal anything. They do not bite. Commensalism is when two living things live together and one gets good things out of it while the other is not hurt by it. Have you seen a picture of a whale (鲸) with rocky white things stuck to its skin? Those are barnacles (藤壶) . They attach (贴) themselves to the whale, so nothing will try to eat them and they can eat things that float by.
Now let's get really nice. While sharks are biting and lions are fighting, are there any animals that just get along? Yes! Actually, there are many. Mutualism is when two living things work together and both get good things out of it. Bees and flowers are the most common example. Without flowers, bees could not make honey. Without bees, flowers could not make new seeds. It's win-win for these two. There are lots of animals that get along. Birds will live on the backs of zebras and eat the ticks that are drinking the zebra's blood. The bird gets food. The zebra gets its ticks taken away. In some of these cases, one animal could not live without the other.
We use the word "Symbiotic (共生的) " for all of these kinds of relationships. Sometimes it's good for one and bad for the other. Sometimes it's just good for one. Sometimes it's even good for both. So, it is nice to know that there are some living things out there that are finding ways to live together. We could pay attention to the animals that do not always make it on TV.
When you think about a factory，what do you imagine first？ DO you picture lots of workers doing the same thing over and over again without stopping ？Well，things are changing？
Nowadays, because of super cool technologies like artificial intelligence(AI 人工智能），the internet of things, cloud computing and big data（大数据）, factories are becoming smarter.They need fewer workers than you might think.
Teway Food Group. a company in Chengdu, Sichuan makes tasty seasonings （调料）.There robots do most of the work in their clever factory .First the robots get and mix the ingredients （材料）in line with their recipes （食谱）.After that， the ingredients go into a smart cooking system that carefully watches and controls the tempeatures to make sure the seasonings taste really good .During the whole process ，you hardly see many workers and this makes everything cost much less.
The vice president of the company. Yu Zhiyong, told The Paper,"Thanks to the smart factory, we have been able to make things 40 percent cheaper."
Beside helping companies save money, smart factories are also looking out for the safety of workers. Baidu created a smart safety assistant called Du An' an to make sure workers are safer in factories. It gives fast answers to safety questions from workers and also looks safety problems， helping managers work with dangers and risks quickly. Thanks to Du An'an，a big chemical company called Daxie Petrochemical can now deal with accidents 50 percent faster than before.
Faster. better and safer at a lower cost，smart factories are changing our production landscape (生产格局) on all fronts. In line with the "Made in China 2025" plan, China is ready to grow from a major manufacturer (制造国) to a manufacturing powerhouse (强国). smart devices increase safely and reduce waste
At Ford's electric vehicle (电动汽车，EV) factory in the UK, smart devices (设备) watch over the welding (焊接) process, which is important for EV motors and batteries that require thousands of welds. If a weld does not meet the standard, it is redone before the part progresses to the next step of production. This not only saves time but also reduces waste by making sure that every part is usable. In Singapore, they have special cameras and systems that keep an eye on how clean public spaces are. They also use technology to watch over how much energy is used and control water usage.
Traditionally, we take the subway with our subway cards or by scanning QR codes（扫描二维码）on our smartphones. But now, people traveling on the Beijing Daxing Airport Express subway have a new way to take a ride: They can scan their palms.
To enjoy the service, people need to register their palm prints on machines in subway stations along the Daxing Airport Express subway line. Then they have to activate（激活）the palm﹣scanning function on their smartphones. Once they do this, they can scan their palms at ticket gates to pass through. After they finish the travel, the payment service on their smartphones will pay the money for their ride.
Many people welcome the new technology. They think it helps them to travel faster and more easily. They don't have to take out their subway cards or smartphones when they want to pass through the ticket gates. And they no longer have to worry when they forget to take their subway cards or when their smartphones run out of battery. What's more, the palm﹣scanning technology is very friendly to old people and those who have special needs. Those people may not use smartphones well. This technology makes it possible for them to take the subway without using smartphones.
In addition to Beijing, the palm﹣scanning technology is also in service in the subway station of Shenzhen.
And there are hopes that it can be used in more places like stores and restaurants in the future. （1）How can a passenger take the subway with the new system？
A. By swiping a subway card. B. By scanning a QR code.
C. By showing his ID card. D. By scanning his palm.
① register his palm prints ②scan his palm at the ticket gate
③activate the palm﹣scanning function
The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, was officially listed as a UN floating holiday in its calendar of conferences(会议) and meetings on December 22th, 2023. About one-fifth of humanity(人类) celebrates this festival in different ways.
The first day of the first lunar month is Spring Festival, the beginning of a new year for China.It is China's biggest day for family reunion. It is usually a fifteen-day celebration. The clean-ing of the home is thought to sweep away bad luck from the previous(先前的) year and bring good luck for the coming year. The color red is everywhere during the Spring Festival. They decorate(装饰) their homes with pieces of red paper. People wear red, too.
On New Year's Eve, the family members get together and have a big meal. We often eat dumplings. At midnight, fireworks(烟花) are let off to welcome the New Year. The whole country bursts with the thundering(雷鸣般的) joyful noise of fire crackers(鞭炮) as every family joins. Gifts are exchanged and older people give younger ones hongbao, often called "lucky money". They think it brings good luck.
It's the Lantern Festival. A popular activity at the Lantern Festival is the guessing of riddles(谜语), which are written on paper and placed on the lantern. Families will also light lanterns, which symbolize the brightness of spring.
A. They think red will bring them a bright future.
B. Lanterns in different shapes and sizes are seen everywhere.
C. Many countries list the Spring Festival as a national holiday.
D. The end of the Spring Festival is marked on the fifteenth day.
E. Days before the Spring Festival, families will clean their houses.
F. Don't borrow or lend money on Spring Festival.
G. The first days of the Spring Festival are spent visiting family and friends.
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At the end of the 15th century, the route was long and hard. It was nearly impossible to r Asia from Europe by land. Portuguese people solved this problem by taking themselves to the sea: They s south along the West African coast and around the Cape of Good Hope.
But Columbus had a different idea: Why not sail west across the Atlantic i of along the large African continent? The young navigator's logic was right, but his math was wrong. He thought (incorrectly) that the length of the Earth was much smaller than it was believed. So he believed that the j by boat from Europe to Asia should be not only possible but easier.
Was Christopher Columbus a hero? That d on who you ask. He was a brave and skilled sailor and leader.
Traffic School
Have you ever driven through a red traffic light? Have you ever parked in the wrong place or driven (fast) than the speed limit(限制)?The answers are probably "yes". Every year (thousand) of drivers become "offenders"—they break the rules of the road. But are the punishments for this offence?
In most countries drivers have to pay a fine(罚款), (usual) $100—$300. But in the USA, Australia and some (Europe) countries offenders also get points on their driving license. After they get certain number of points, they can't drive.
Life is difficult when you can't drive. So far some states in the USA (introduce) a new way to avoid this—Traffic School. Offenders have a choice: They can get points on their license they can do a course at Traffic School.
Traffic Schools run "driver improvement courses". They cost about $100 and take from four twelve hours. Most people do the course in a classroom, but in some states drivers can do the course online. Drivers learn the rules of the road and they learn how (be) better drivers. They don't have to take a driving test, but at the end of the course they have to pass a written examination.
