Early in the morning, I saw my six year-old son fighting with my azalea (杜鹃花) bush. By the time I got outside, he'd broken it. "Can I take this to school today?" he asked. With a wave of my hand, 1 sent him off. I turned my back so he wouldn't see the tears gathering in my eyes. I loved that azalea bush.
I spent most of the day washing and drying clothes. As I finished hanging up the last of my husband's shirts, I hurriedly drove to the school to pick up Jonathan.
By the time I arrived, the teacher took me aside. "I want to talk to you about Jonathan" she said. I prepared myself for the worst. Nothing would have surprised me. "Did you know Jonathan brought flowers to school today?" she asked. I nodded， thinking about my favorite bush and trying to hide the hurt in my eyes.
"Let me tell you about yesterday" the teacher insisted,"See that little girl?" I watched the bright-eyed child laugh and point to a colorful picture on the wall. I nodded.
"Well, yesterday she was almost crazy. Her mother and father are going through a divorce. I watched that little girl bury her face in her hands and say loud enough for the class to hear, ‘Nobody loves me.'I did all I could to comfort her, but it only seemed to make matters worse.
"Today your son walked straight over to that child. I watched him hand her some pretty pink flowers and whisper, ‘I love you.'"
I felt my heart swell with pride for what my son had done. I smiled at the teacher.
"Thank you," I said, reaching for Jonathan's hand," you've made my day"
When a person in the United States gets the COVID- 19 vaccine (疫苗）,the person receives a small piece of paper called a "COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card"
It is a piece of paper with the logo of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, and the name and date of the vaccine. Because it is so simple, it could be easy to fake.
Many people in the U.S. are still unsure about getting the vaccine .As universities, workplaces and other places are requiring proof of vaccination, some people are now buying fake vaccination cards without getting a shot.
The Associated Press reports that students and teachers at universities around the U.S. are worried about fake cards. Sellers are using social media apps like Instagram to advertise fake vaccination cards. The prices range from $25 to $200. The AP notes that many college students seem interested in buying the cards. On the site Reddit, one person wrote, "I need one, too, for college. I refuse to be a guinea pig."
It is reported that more than 700 universities and colleges require proof of vaccination. Most schools simply ask their students to take a photo of their card and send it to a school website. Benjamin Mason Meier is a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, UNC. He studies international health policy. He said, unlike some countries, the U.S. is not using a digital system to record vaccine status. He said the U.S. is depending on "a flimsy paper card", and students have told him they knew of others who had used fake vaccination cards. Rebecca Williams also works at UNC. She is a researcher at the school's Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. She said she was not surprised that people were worried about fake vaccination cards. "This is why I think the development of a reliable national digital vaccine passport app is very important" she said.
There is a law that should prevent people from making false vaccination cards. If someone uses the CDC logo without permission, they can be lined and punished by up to five years in prison. The U.S. Department of Justice recently charged a person in California with making fake vaccination cards.
College students who already have the vaccine are criticizing those who would rather spend money to buy a fake than get a free shot. Maliha Reza is an electrical engineering student at Pennsylvania State University, She called those students "dumb". "I' m angry about that，" she said. "Like, there is more anger than I could describe now."
Have you ever made eye contact with a robot? It can be a very strange experience. Scientists even have a name for the feeling: the "uncanny valley"
Now, researchers at the Istituto Italiano di Tccnologia (IIT) in Italy have found that it is more than just a feeling. They ran an experiment that showed how a robot's gaze (注视）can make people think they are socially interactive with a human being.
That experience can slow a person's ability to make decisions. The team asked 40 people to play a video game of "thicken". In the game, each player has to decide whether to allow a car to drive straight toward another car or to turn to avoid a crash. The people were playing against a human-like robot sitting across from them.
During breaks in the game, players had to look at the robot. Sometimes the robot would look back and other times it would look away. As the interactions happened, the scientists collected data on behavior and brain activity.
"Our results show that, actually, the human brain treats the robot gaze as a social signal, and that signal influences the way we're making decisions, on the way we use in the game and also on our reactions." Wykowska said.
The findings could be useful in helping to decide where and how human-like robots might be placed in the future.
My school appeared on the news last week because we had made an important change in our local area. Our class had planted a large garden where there was once only a vacant lot. It was a lot of work, but it was all worth it. I got blisters (水疱）from digging, and we all got insect bites, too.
I learned a lot about gardening and teamwork, and then I learned about the media. Our teacher telephoned the TV station and informed them of what we had done. She spoke with the producer .The producer cheeked with the directors, but they said there were plenty of stories similar to ours. They wanted to know what was special about our garden, because many schools planted gardens.
The teacher explained that, after going on the Internet to learn about the prairie (大草原）,we had made a prairie garden. We had been to a prairie and gotten seeds from the plants, and then we planted them. We did not water the garden, but we did weed it. We decided to let nature water it with rain, because that was how prairies grew in the past. We sent a picture of the garden to the news station .In the picture, the grass was so high that it stood taller than the fourth grade students.
As a result, the producer sent a reporter to our school. The reporter interviewed the headmaster and asked him many questions about the garden. After that, the headmaster interviewed us, and explained to him what we had learned through this project.
That night, we watched the news, and there we were. The news reporter told our story .It was only two minutes long, but it was us. We were famous. All that work, all those blisters, it was worth it. We knew that when we saw the garden every day, but now we knew that the whole city thought so, too.
How to make up riddles (谜语）
Riddles are fun to ask and solve. It is a pride to ask a riddle that no one has ever heard before. If you are looking to find such a riddle, it is better to create a riddle yourself.
Decide on your subject.
While sitting to write a riddle, you have to think of the subject first. .It is just the concept where your answer lies. For example, if your answer is onion, your subject is an object or a vegetable.
You would have seen riddles of three to four words along with those that are long sentences. So, you have to decide the length of your riddle beforehand. Only after this, you can form a riddle that fits in your imagination. You can keep your riddles short or long. However, the listeners should be able to follow the context without any difficulties.
Start with the answer.
. For example, let us consider that you are about to ask a riddle whose answer is an onion. Once you know this answer, you can think of the possible ways of forming a puzzle on your own.
Analyse your answer.
Once you have chosen your answer, you have to brainstorm the possible characteristics (特征）of it..So you can collect the facts like the ability of ice to melt during heating and its freezing chillness. Once you know these facts about your answer, you can add them to your question of the riddle.
A. Read some existing riddles.
B. Find the length of your riddle.
C. The subject does not mean anything complicated(复杂的).
D. You can find these riddles online and through apps or movies.
E. For example, let us imagine that your answer for the riddle is ice.
F. In this article, let us discuss the process of creating one yourself in brief.
G. Knowing the answer before forming the question is important in riddle creation.
The other day a big, ugly, black bat found its way to my bathroom. I am what is known as "the man of the house", so it was my 1 , in fact my manly duty, to rid the house of the2 creature.
Being a man does not3 the fact that I am extremely 4 of bats. All men, I think, sometimes have had that feeling of being5 in some male role. Sometimes it is something as simple as having to6 that you know something about car engines when the car won't start. But sometimes the trap is a(n)7 one. Many men prefer to be something different from what society8 men should be. What these men want is the9 to be what they want to be.
As I came toward the frightening bat, I10 what would happen if I had simply told my wife that I wouldn't do it. But I couldn't do that! I 11 opened the window， carefully lifted a broom and swept the bat out of the 12 .
My wife was13 and my son thought I was14 . They rid of the bat, I started to tell them — but then15 . A man doesn't talk of such things.
I've always been really loving travelling and sharing those pictures others, ''said Namita. But as a yoga (瑜伽）teacher, it was (extreme) difficult for her to travel on her own money. She decided(join) in a travel race called "realize your dream''.
"They asked us to show our love for travel. I sent them a picture of me jumping off a waterfall in Mauritius,"she said. The (amaze) picture won her a spot and after a round of interviews, she became one of the winners entered the finals. Her prize was a 12-day dream vacation to Bolivia. "_I (attract) by Bolivia's beauty at that time," she said, " All too often, I do believe seeing springs, salt flats and lakes of different colors is unforgettable experience."
This chance encouraged her to start her blog to record some of her exciting （trip ) .Now she is living her dream life, travelling throughout the world and teaching yoga "Winning the travel race made me feel(confidence) about following what I love most," she said.
注意：1.写作词数应为80左右。2.不要泄露个人真实信息。
The Voice of Rigo
Rigo had a loud voice. People were always telling Rigo to be quiet. His mother would tell him to use his quiet voice inside the house because the baby was asleep. His father would ask him to speak quietly in the car so that he could concentrate on his driving. His teacher would tell him to talk quietly so he would not bother others who were studying.
Not only did he have a loud voice, but Rigo liked to talk a lot. Whenever he had time, he would talk with his classmates, sharing everything he considered fun. He liked to yell and shout. Sometimes he just yelled. "Hey!" for no reason. He liked the sound of his very loud voice for he thought it had more penetrating (穿透的）power than that of an actor. But not everyone felt the same way.
When Rigo shouted goodbye as he left for school, his mother shook her head, "Rigo! Be quiet!" When his father drove him to school. Rigo said, "Hey! There's Chris ! " He pointed at his friend, who was walking to school. His father shook his head."Rigo, use a quiet voice in the car." At school, his teacher talked to him three times about using his quiet voice. His classmates shook their heads, throwing an upset look at him when he talked aloud.
Later, Rigo had to sit by himself for a while. His teacher wanted him to practice being quiet. Rigo had to sit quietly for five minutes. It felt like five hours or five days. When the five minutes was up, Rigo went to his desk and sat quietly. It was not easy.
After school, Rigo was waiting for his father when he saw Chris again "Hey!'' he yelled. "Chris! Hey! The headmaster was walking by. Rigo was sure he was going to get in trouble for his loud voice. He looked quickly at the ground. Maybe the headmaster would keep walking.
注意：1.续写词数应为150左右；2.请按如下格式作答。
The headmaster stopped and looked at Rigo. He said goodbye to the headmaster and ran to get in his father's car cheerfully.
