A 70-year-old Chinese woman has been called "Super Grannie" after it was reported that she is 1 about running and has completed over 100 marathons (马拉松) so far.
Most people 2 to take it easy after they retire (退休) , but Wang Guilan, from Liaoning, is 3 not one of them. She only started running at the age of 50, as a 4 to keep in shape, but soon realized it was her passion (酷爱) . She ran her first marathon in 2004 and hasn't 5 since. From 2005 to 2017, she completed the Beijing Marathon thirteen times, and this year she set a new record, becoming the 6 person to ever complete the 168-kilometer Liaoning marathon.
"This lady is as old as my grandmother, how can she run so fast? That's 7 , "a runner in his twenties said after seeing Wang compete8the Liaoning marathon in April. Last year, she ran for the 110 km version of the marathon with her 9. It was reported that she waited for her friend to catch up for about 5-6 hours 10 they could cross the finishing line together, but this year she took part in the marathon by 11, and chose the longest distance.
So 12can a 70-year-old stay in good condition to complete a marathon, while most people half her 13 couldn't finish? One reason, according to Sina, is that Wang Guilan runs at least 20 kilometers every day. And she14 running on mountain roads in her native Liaoning, but in winter she runs on asphalt (沥青) roads.
Wang Guilan 15 believes that age is just a number, and plans to continue running and enjoying the sunset of her life for as long as her health allows it.
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SHARE Y0UR TECH PR0JECT MITH THE W/0RLDT Create something with technology and see it showcased online
Do you love technology? Are you always making new things and thinking up creative inventions? Now you can bring your latest tech idea to life and share it with Coolest Projects online, the world's leading technology showcase for young people. It's an amazing chance to get creative, have fun, and celebrate what you have made. You can send any project you've created using technology and see it showcased in the Coolest Projects online, for people all over the world to see. Coolest Projects online is free, it is open to anyone from age 7 up to age 18, and you can take part in wherever you are in the world. You can send any new tech creation, using any programming language — perhaps a project coded (编码) in a website, a game, an app or even a robot. It can be something simple or difficult, and your project doesn't even need to be completed for you to take part. Projects must be sent by 3 May. There will be a live celebration event on 8 June. Get started and register your project at colestprojects.org. |
It's been 100 years since the actor and filmmaker Charlie Chaplin produced the film The Kid, which many consider to be his greatest one.
Like all films at the time, The Kid was made in black and white and was silent(made without any sound, not even the characters talking). The story is about the relationship between" the Tramp", played by Chaplin, and his adopted (领养的) child, played by Jackie Coogan. The pair develop a partnership where the six-year-old boy breaks windows and runs away, so that Chaplin's character can offer his services as a window fixer.
Although the film is a comedy, it also has some tragedy, reflecting Chaplin's own life. He started testing actors for the role of The Kid just a few days after his baby son had died. Chaplin was known for being hard to please, and it is said that if he could, he would have played every role in every one of his films. When Chaplin visited a theatre, a dancer brought his son, Jackie Coogan, on stage, and Chaplin knew he had his co-star（联袂主演者）. Chaplin later wrote, "All children in some form have talents; the trick is to bring it out in them. With Jackie it was easy. "
Like the Kid in the film, Chaplin and his brother Sydney grew up very poor. They lived in London and were raised by their mother. When Chaplin was 10 years old, his mum became too ill to look after her sons, so they had to take care of themselves. He later wrote that the film sets in The Kid were based (基于) on the places where he and Sydney had lived with their mother as children. "Perhaps that's why the film had some truth, "he said.
Dmitry Doronin, a doctoral student from Russia, is keen (热衷的) to share his experience in rural villages in Zhejiang with his 1.4 million followers online.
Since Dmitry started to live in the countryside last August, the 32-year-old has created hundreds of video clips that record the relaxing lifestyle in Hengzhang village, Lishui city. "The rice is grown in the fields together with fish, which helps to increase local agricultural (农业的) products, "said Dmitry, while introducing products from Hengzhang village on the popular Chinese short-video platform Douyin. Besides filming videos, Dmitry also enjoys working with farmers in the fields, doing activities such as planting vegetables and feeding chickens.
Living in a village provides him with unique experiences, he says, quite different from busy life in big cities, such as Shanghai, where he studies. And he has been a pleasant surprise to the villagers as well. Villager Bao Mingyue, 76, says, "To our surprise, the young Russian not only knows how to cook Chinese food but is interested in working in the fields."
Because of the outbreak of COVID-19, the sales of local agricultural products had dropped rapidly, so Dmitry volunteered to help sell the products in his videos. In a few months, 10,000 kilograms of oranges, 4, 000 kilograms of dried sweet potatoes and 300 kilograms of honey had been sold.
"Thanks to his videos, it seems that more tourists have come to visit our village, "says 72-year-old Pan Xianyu, who is very pleased to see the great changes in her hometown. Dmitry loves his country life. "In the countryside, you can immerse (沉浸) yourself in the traditional way of life and understand this country better, "he says.
According to Dmitry, some Russians' opinions about China are still out of date, although China has progressed greatly. "I would like to become a people-to-people envoy (使者) of friendship between the two countries by using the Internet, "he says.
Visiting outer space is still a far dream for anyone who isn't an astronaut, but a day trip to the stars is already open for people to order!
A new company (公司), Space Perspective, is planning tests with passengers. It has big plans to run up to 500 flights from different places across the USA by 2024. If successful, reaching the outer side of space could be as easy as flying abroad in a few years' time. The plan will be for spacemen and up to eight passengers to travel in Neptune, a capsule (太空舱) tied to a balloon the size of a football field.
They will move slowly upwards right to the side of space, 30 km away from the Earth. There, space tourists will be able to look back at the Earth and out to dark space and the sight of millions of stars. Although the price is yet to be fixed, the expensive flight, which will take six hours, is likely to cost over ￡100, 000. Because the capsule remains within the Earth's atmosphere (大气层), no special clothing or training are needed. It means that older people or those with health problems will be included.
One problem may be the method of landing back on the Earth. The balloon moves back down from space until it falls down in the sea. Passengers, spacemen, capsule and balloon are then gotten back by ship.
Now Neptune faces competition from the Stratollite, a balloon being developed by a company called World View Enterprises, while the super-rich Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are all pouring money into developing business space flying machines. The advantage of the balloon is that it will be cheaper than a space plane or rocket.
Space travel may soon be a reality (现实), but how visitors get there is still a very open question.
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Trees play an important role in our environment. For a start, they make air (更干净的) for us to breathe. The older a tree is, the more important it is to us. Why not look at ancient trees (仔细地) around you and find out more?
For the past (十五) years, a charity called the Woodland Trust has been recording ancient trees in the country. It has created a database (数据库) about these trees.
Since the database was set up, the Woodland Trust has (添加) over 180, 000 trees, but it believes there are many more to be found. It's hoped that all (成员) of the public will help to locate them-including you.
You can take an (积极的) part in the Woodland Trust's project. Perhaps when you next go for a walk with your family, you can examine the trees you pass to see (它的) age. If you find one that you think could be very old, record (确切地) where it is using an online map. If you want to record the tree, you should take a photo. Don't (忘记) to make sure you are allowed to examine it closely if the tree isn't on public land.
"Ancient trees are as much a part of our heritage (遗产) as works of (艺术) , " explains Jeremy Evans of the Woodland Trust. "But they don't get the same protection. The good news is, you don't have to be a tree expert to take part".
A bookstore in Kaohsiung got international attention after CNN reported on the unusual decoration (装饰) in it. The store, Wuguan Books, is known as "experimental bookstore" because of the dark lighting used to show the books on sale. Wuguan Books (lie) at Pier-2 Culture Center, which is full special cafés and exhibits. The bookstore is almost(complete) dark, except for the shelves (书架) of books. There are over 400 shelves of books in the store, with many (light)placed around books. It appears as if books themselves are lighting up the darkness.
The bookstore (create)by Chu Chih-kung not long ago, with the purpose of increasing people's senses when read books. Su Yu-shan, the (manage)of the store, says the environment can help people learn to do "soul (灵魂) reading" by (provide) a private experience with each book that draws one's attention. it might not be for everyone, Wuguan Books creates a very different kind of environment from most bookstores.
Getting English Language Learners to Put Down the Books and Have Some Fun Even if there's so much about English that can be learned from a book or even in a traditional classroom setting, a lot of the language can still be learned best in more relaxing situations where students are having fun. Here are some suggestions.
★ Communicate with strangers. If you live in an area filled with English speakers, get students out of the classroom. Students may not speak to strangers, but they'll hear conversations taking place and may begin to understand how the words learnt in the classroom are actually used in everyday speech.
★Let their guard down. One difficult thing for learners is confidence（自信）when they speak English. Fun activities, especially those outside of the classroom, give students a chance to feel relaxed. It may take a bit of time at the beginning, but once students get into it, they'll start to get confidence.
★ Make use of English media (媒体). Most recorded language instruction is pretty boring and it can get tiring hearing the same voice repeat the same phrases. They will hear common expressions and more everyday conversations in the movie. If they're not sure about something they hear, it can turn into a more formal lesson once back in the classroom.
★ Casual (随意的) conversations give learners the chance to hear or use English in situations. They can talk all they want about expressions to use while dining out or informal words to use with friends, but it takes a trip to McDonald's or a picnic in the park for many of those expressions to truly set in.
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注意∶
1）短文必须包括上表所有信息，可适当增加细节；
2）你的体会至少两条；
3）词数∶80—100；
4）短文首句仅供选择使用，不计入总词数。
参考词汇∶义卖活动 charity sale
短文首句∶Last month, our class had a charity sale.
