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How to Look After Your Cat

Introduction

The first step to becoming a good cat owner is to choose the right kind of cat. It is how a cat behaves that is the most important, not what she looks like or how old she is. She is going to be your best friend. You will spend a lot of time playing together. But remember you need to look after her every day. Not just to start with, but for all her life.

Understanding your pet

By watching your cat closely, you will learn her special way of talking. From the movement of her tail or ears, you will see if she is happy or sad. And you will soon understand what she is saying when she miaows.

Caring for your pet

You will only be your cat's best friend if you care for her properly. You will need to make sure that she eats the right foods, always has water, and can get plenty of exercise every day. You will also have to bathe her often and spend some time training her.

If you fancy a fun and free activities at the weekend, then a Parkrun event is great for you, your family and friends. More than 2. 5 million people in about 750 places around the world have run, jogged, walked or used a wheelchair to complete a Parkrun since it started 18 years ago.

Some people treat it like a race but most enjoy just being outside, getting exercise and having a nice time with others. Parkruns and Junior Parkruns are set up in safe open places such as beaches, fields, forests and parks.

Parkruns happen on a Saturday, and there are often special Parkruns on Christmas and New Year's Day. A Parkrun covers a distance of 5 km and runners must register (注册) once online before going for a run. Registering gives you a barcode (special printed numbers readable by a computer), which means your time is recorded when you do a Parkrun. Parkrun is fun for all ages, but if you're under 11, you must run with an adult.

Junior Parkruns happen on Sundays over a distance of 2 km and you need a registration and a barcode for those too. You must be aged between 4 and 14 and you don't have to run with a adult. Although adults can run and support you, they are asked not to run across the finish line. After completing 11, 21, 50 and then 100 Junior Parkruns, you can get a different colored wristband to mark your achievement.

A teen runner Ralph says, "Junior Parkrun at the park in my neighborhood is a weekly highlight. I love all sports, but I find doing Parkrun every week builds up my fitness and energy. Run, jog or walk——Parkrun is a free, fun and friendly activity. It's great meeting up with my friends and running the 2 km every week together. "

With the help of an adult, head to tinurl. com/TWJ-parkrun for information and to find a Parkrun that takes place near you.

Smartphones are getting boring. The new models are either a bit faster or have better cameras, but they are basically no different from the ones already in our pockets. This is why scientists are hoping, and working for something new, something that will change our lives just as greatly as smartphones do. At the moment, the next invention might be smart glasses.

Just imagine. Instead of having to pick up your phone and look at the screen, all of the information you need simply appears just in front of you, in your glasses. Satellite navigation (导航) directions would appear right there on the road. And your smart glasses could guide you to the right shelf in the supermarket!

Smart glasses could also be used in industry. They could show engineers the instructions they need to fix things more quickly. A doctor could carry out a difficult operation, guided in real time by someone on the other side of the world.

This may sound impossible. But most of the technologies to invent them are already there. For example, one key technology is called AR, which can make digital 3D objects appear as if they are part of the real world. We've used it a lot on our video calls. Similarly, huge progress has been made in spatial audio. This is when a sound is made to give it a sense of place, like what you hear in an empty room. Some high-end earphones can already do that. Future glasses will of course need to recognize your voice to do tasks. This technology has been widely used in our daily life.

So, why aren't we all wearing smart glasses yet? So far, no one has invented a good way to send images (映像) of our world onto glasses. However, with the rapid development of technology, smart glasses could arrive much sooner than we think.

When she was 14 years old, Remya Jose's life was turned upside down by a family crisis (危机).

Remya, who lived in a small village in India, learned that her mother was ill and her father would have to spend his time caring for her. As a result, she and her twin sister had to do most of the housework-including washing clothes. To make things even more difficult, the Jose family couldn't afford an electric washing machine. Instead, the two girls would have to do the washing all by hand in the local river, and then carefully carry everything back to their home-a task that took several hours.

Being a good student interested in engineering, Remya wanted to make a washing machine which could be used without electricity. She started studying electric washers to learn how they worked. Remya then designed a machine that used bicycle pedals (踏板) and chain. To find those items, she and her father went to a local auto shop. Workers there were not only gave her the parts, they helped her make the machine.

Here's how the machine works: Remya used a cylinder (圆简) to hold the clothes and put it in a cube (立方体). Next, she connected the bicycle pedals and the chain to the cylinder. As Remya pushed the pedals with her legs, the cylinder cleaned the clothes just like a regular washing machine.

Remya's invention worked! She had created her own human-powered washing machine-and now a task that used to take several hours took only 30 minutes. Remya's washing machine was chosen from among 25, 000 entries as India's best innovation! She was given India's National Award and honored by the nation's former present.

The story of this young woman's creative invention spread around the world.

"Remya Jose made a difference, " said Jeanine Thomas of The Borden Project. "Her invention saves time and money for the world's poor. Her story shows that with creativity, one individual can improve the life of many. "

Weihai, facing the sea with mountains around its back, has very long golden coastlines. You can enjoy a sunbath on the beaches or swim in the sea. Hot springs here are good for your health.

The capital city Chengdu, with a long history, offers a very relaxing and green environment as well as fresh air. You can talk in teahouses and taste Sichuan food in restaurant, and you can also watch Sichuan Opera, climb famous mountains and visit the panda research center.

As one of the most wonderful places in the world, Guilin is a good choice for tourists. With the beautiful scenery, you can also enjoy the famous Guilin rice noodles in most restaurants.

The waterway along the Lijiang River, between Zhujiang Pier and Yangshuo, is a golden trip. Quiet hills, beautiful bamboo and the Lijiang River will make you feel like walking in a beautiful dream.

It is the oldest street in Yangshuo with a history of more than 1, 400 years. Over the last 23 years, West Street has become a meeting place for Eastern culture and Western culture. Visitors come here to enjoy the different culture.

It was the first time Moham went to a restaurant in his new neighborhood. He looked up at the menu board, and 1 how he could understand what all of these strange names meant. Moham decided that be would 2 ask the waitress for ice cream in a cup. She smiled brightly, wrote down his 3 and disappeared behind the big glass display case (陈列柜).

A moment later, she came back with a tall paper cup, 4 it was a long straw (吸管) and some kind of drink. Moham, quite 5 took the cup and thanked her, thinking about the possibility that be had used wrong words.

"It's the soda you ordered, " 6 said, "an ice cream drink in a cup. "

He smiled at the waitress, pointed at one of the 7 in the display case, and said, "That one, please, " which seemed to 8 better.

Moham took the cake and his unexpected soda to a table and sat down to eat. Why was it that English had been so 9 for him in his classes in Tunisia, but when it came to 10 speaking, he couldn't even get what he wanted to eat?

Just then, a girl, who sat at the next table and had watched the whole 11, smiled at him and said, "Hey, welcome to our beautiful city! Don't feel 12 about your English-you'll get better at it 13 you've lived here for a while. I'm from Spain, and the first time I tried to order a salad here, I 14 with a plate of pig's feet. At least you got a soda!"

Hearing this, Moham felt much better. He wasn't the only one 15 to communicate, and his new city began to feel just a little more like he could call it home.

Once upon a time there lived a poor farmer called Smith. He didn't like to share things others. Smith had a friend was famous for the wonderful apples he grew.

One day, his friend gave Smith a young apple tree and told him to take it home and plant it. The farmer was (please) with the gift, but when he got home, he did not know to plant it.

He thought and thought. Finally at night he planted the tree in his wood where no one could see it. But (with) sunlight and good soil (土壤)，the tree soon died.

Later the friend asked the farmer why he had planted the tree in such poor place. "What's the difference?" the farmer said (angry). "If I had planted it near the road, strangers would have stolen the fruit. "

If I had planted it in one of my (field), my neighbors would have come at night and stolen some of the apples. If I had planted it near my house, my own children would (take) the fruit. "

"Yes, " said the friend. "but at (little) someone could have enjoyed the fruit. Now you not only have got nothing, but also you have destroyed a good apple tree. "