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It was a cold winter's night when I stopped for gas on my way homefrom work. I was tired and had a slight(轻微的)1.

I worked in a busy doctor's office. This was one of those days whenthe office was often2peoplewho had a cold, which made me3busierthan before. It seemed I was going to be late4home and my husband would be ready topronounce me late once again. Maybe5I hurried,I could still make it home.

I was heading inside to pay for my gas when I noticed an old coupleat the counter. I heard them asking the6to the local hospital. It was exactly thesame hospital that I had just left a few7ago. The young man at the counter wastrying to be8inexplaining how to get there, but the fact was that it was a whole wrong routeback. It was then that I walked over to the couple and said, "Would youlike to follow me to the9?"

A look of10crossedthe woman's face. She stared at me, seeming to be in relief(如释重负)but still trying to figure out why I, a stranger, offered them helpat such a late time.

"I'm going right there," I explained, which wasn't a(an)11because T had just made up my12to do that.

I got in my car and began to drive13. I was trying to watch to be sure theywere right14me.It took only fifteen minutes to get there as rush hour traffic was beginning to15. I felt better than I had all day and myheadache was nearly gone.

When most people think of "beautiful", they think of moviestars. I used to be one of them. But now my view of beauty has completelychanged.

I was with my parents and little brothers at the McDonald's. Sincethere are only tables with four chairs, I'm always the one to sit at a nearbytable by myself. Usually, I'm a little unhappy, but not this time.

A woman was sitting at a table, two tables away. She was young andpretty, not the traditional beauty, but a warm one. She had thick dark-brownhair and wore common clothes, but none of those was why she was so beautiful tome.

Her children spread the ice-cream all over their clothes, and shejust kissed them and that's all. She didn't get angry. The love and warmth thiswoman generated(产生)completely changed my view ofbeauty. She generated warmth like the sun, and her children were little planetsaround her.

She made a difference to her children's lives. Instead of makingthem feel bad about themselves, she made them feel great about everything. Thatis true beauty: to make a positive difference to another's live through warmthand caring.

In 1972, Richard Sears, a young American began learning Chinesebecause of his interest in traditional Chinese culture.Drawn to the ancientlanguage, he went to China to study Chinese in the 1990s.

In 1994, Richard Sears decided to put the ancient Chinese charactersonline. Then, in 2002, he did it. That is the beginning of the ChineseEtymology(汉字源)website." My website did not get muchattention for the next few years. Until one day in 2011, it suddenly got a lotof attention. I got a few thousand emails, and a few million visitors andpeople started calling me 'Uncle Hanzi ',"Sears said with a smile. Hanzimeans Chinese characters. He has put more than 96,000 ancient Chinesecharacters onto the website. "When I study each character, I wonder whatthe ancient Chinese thought," said Sears.

After visiting many Chinese cities, Sears learned more about Chinaand ancient Chinese culture, He said when he came to China in the last century,few Chinese could speak good English "However, you can hear English inmany places in China now. Chinese language and culture were mysterious and notknown by people in most countries then, but now, more and more people in theworld are learning Chinese, even Chinese history, traditional Chinese medicineand so on, "Sears added.

At present, the 70-year-old American has made his home in China. "WhenI die, I hope my website will live on, and I'm planning to write a book aboutmy research. This will be my gift to China," he said.

Now, it seems that artificial intelligence(人工智能) is becoming more and more popular in our life, and it has broughtgreat effects on the ways we live, work and play.

Recently, a scientist has invented a special robot that can be atable tennis coach. That means people can learn how to play table tennis notonly with humans but also with a robot.

Named Forpheus, the smart table tennis robot is quite special.Itcan study the movements of human players and the speeds of the ball. In thisway, it can exactly judge the players' skill levels(水平).Then it uses the information to change the ways to play. If the players arejust beginners, Forpheus will play in a slow and easy way. But if the players arebetter ones, the robot will play in a faster and more difficult way. What'smore, while playing, it encourages players to try their best with words like: "Goodjob." "Come on!" and so on. At the same time, it gives some goodadvice to improve their skills. So, it is both a good partner and a clevercoach.

Science and technology is developing quickly these days and no oneknows what will happen in the future. "In the next 20 years, it will bepossible that one robot teaches another to play table tennis or even inventsanother one!" Takurya, the inventor of the robot, said.

As the saying goes, "A hero is known in the time of misfortune". Zhong Nanshan is a hero like this. He is a doctor who has made a great (影响) in China.

In 2003,SARS broke out and spread (横穿)China and other parts of the world. Hundreds of patients died from the disease. Even many doctors and (护士) got SARS when they treated patients, so everyone was afraid of it. But Zhong was (勇敢的) enough to fight the disease. Zhong spent days and nights to find the cause of the disease. And with his way of treating，many patients began to get better. Zhong finally won people's (信任). Most people in China knew him. After that, he (成为)a hero in China.

In the early 2020, a disease called coVID-19 (袭击)Wuhan. It spread (快速地), and around tens of thousands of Chinese people were infected. Zhong (领导) his team to Wuhan to fight illness. Zhong's team took many measures to cure the patients. Now he is one of the most (著名的) doctors around the world. He is a true hero in our hearts.

The greatest problem for teenagers is that they are too stressed. Gina， fifteen-year-old girl. (worry) about her exams very often. she has studied English for six years and is good at it, she is still afraid of English exams. Last night, after (come) back home, she began to prepare for the English exam. While she (read) English books, her mother said to her, "Come on, dear! It's time (have) supper!" But Gina heard nothing. (she) mother went on and said, "Gina, I believe that you will pass the test tomorrow." This time Gina answered, "Oh, Mum, I am memorizing words now. I'll have it later." But at 11:30 pm the light in Gina's bedroom was still . Her mother said to her, "I don't think it's good teenagers to stay up late before exams." Gina agreed, but she couldn't fall (sleep). She was too nervous. Maybe teenagers like her are in need of help.

No matter where you are, humans are always checking time. Some of us are good at it—planning and doing things way ahead of time(提前), while others are always in a hurry. And that's only if you're on time. What if you are late?

So, how late is late? Many cultures take timekeeping very seriously, while others seem to accept lateness as just a common way of things. In different countries, people's opinions are different. In Latin America, things may happen five minutes, twenty minutes，an hour or even two after they were planned. In Sri Lanka, lateness is a part of the daily habit. In Rwanda, this is a place where it is not unusual to arrive at 11 a.m. for a meeting which started at nine.

On the other hand, German and Japanese people have a stricter view about time. In Japan, it is common to arrive ahead of time to attend a meeting. Those who arrived at nine to a meeting starting at nine a.m. would be late in other people's view. In Germany, however, if a dinner party were to begin at eight, a person who arrived five minutes earlier may walk around the block to make sure that they get there at eight on time, without being too early or late.

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