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Labor education is required in China with the purpose of developing students' independence. Since this fall term, students in primary and middle schools have been taking at least one class every week to learn basic household skills like cooking and cleaning. What should you learn in labor education?
First and second graders in primary schools
*Do basic cleaning.
*Wash vegetables and peel fruit.
*Learn to raise one or two kinds of plants or small animals.
Third and fourth graders in primary schools
*Wash underwear, socks and shoes.
*Clean classrooms.
*Learn how to make cold dishes and use simple home appliances(家用电器).
*Try planting vegetables or keeping animals.
Fifth and sixth graders in primary schools
*Cook two or three common dishes, like fried eggs.
*Learn to make a nutritional(有营养的) recipe.
*Raise one or two kinds of common local vegetables or animals.
Middle school students
*Cook three or four dishes independently.
*Take part in local productive labor like potting plants.
*Learn to repair some home appliances.
*Learn how to make one or two kinds of traditional things by hand.
*Get firsthand experience in farming, industrial production or the modern service industry.
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Recently, an elderly woman touched many people's hearts. She was honored (给与奖励) as a role model in China's fight against poverty (贫穷). Her name is Xia Sen.
Over the past years, 98-year-old Xia Sen has given away most of her personal savings to help students from poor families in Danfeng, Shaanxi, and Shangyou, Jiangxi get an education. Born in 1923, Xia was only 15 years old when she became a teacher in Yan'an. While teaching she kept learning. Years later, she went to work as a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
In 2006, Xia visited Xijie Primary School in Danfeng. The school was old and in bad condition. That made her very sad. She spent 20,000 yuan buying desks and books for the students.
In 2008, she took out 200,000 yuan and helped Zhaogou Primary School in Danfeng build a classroom building. It is a building with eight bright and clean classrooms, which is a complete change from what their old classrooms looked like.
Five years later, Xia used 1 million yuan of her savings to set up the "Xia Sen Scholarship ( 夏森助学金)" to help high school and college students from poor families in Danfeng and Shangyou. So far, at least 182 students have gotten help from the scholarship to pay for their education.
Some students who got Xia's scholarship went to Xia's home to visit her in 2018. To their surprise, Xia and her husband led a very simple life. "I was moved by Granny Xia and her husband," one student said.
Though Xia and her husband have given away most of their savings to help the poor students, they always say that what they have done is far from enough. Xia often says her life is much better than her life in Yan'an. Now her only hope is that she can help more students.
Transplant(移植）is the process of planting seeds （种子）inside and then moving the new growth outside. It is easy and often costs less. If you are new to this type of gardening, don't worry. A garden expert, Lee Reich, can give you his advice.
Reich suggests starting with flowers or vegetables that are easy to grow from seeds. However,Reich warns that some vegetables should not be grown as transplants. Root vegetables(根类蔬菜）like carrots, can't be transplanted easily. The process can hurt the roots.
To get started with transplants, you will need a container and soil. The container should have one or more holes in the bottom. In this way, some water can drain (排出）out. Garden soil, even good garden soil, says Reich, will not work. It does not drain water quickly enough in a container. Our expert suggests using a special mix called potting soil.
Then plant three or four seeds in each container. Cover the seed with the soil and press gently.Seeds need warmth to grow. How much warmth needed is different from plant to plant.
A good average temperature for just about all seeds is about 24℃. Most seeds do not need light to grow. So, you can place them anywhere in your home. Cover the seeds with clear plastic to prevent them from drying up.
Now for the exciting part—waiting to see little, green sprouts(新芽)! Remove all but the strongest sprout from each container. Just be careful not to hurt the roots of the sprout that remains. Your goal now is to grow sprouts strong enough to survive a move to the outside garden.In a month, they will be ready to go into the garden!
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ChatGPT, a smart AI chatbot (聊天机器人) tool, has swept the education world in the past months. According to a US survey of more than 1,000 students, over 89 percent of them have used ChatGPT to help with a homework assignment (任务).
You can ask it to write stories and emails, translate languages, and answer all kinds of questions.
Some schools in the US, Australia and France have banned (禁止) the use of ChatGPT. In the US, for example, New York City public schools banned students and teachers from using ChatGPT on the district's networks and devices (设备), CNN reported. The move comes out of worries that the tool could make it easier for students to cheat on assignments.
Apart from bans, teachers are making changes to their classes to block the use of ChatGPT.
However, not all educators say "no" to ChatGPT. Some Canadian universities are drafting (起草) policies on its use, for both students and teachers.
Bhaskar Vira, pro-vice-chancellor (副校长) for education at the University of Cambridge in the UK, said that bans on AI software like ChatGPT are not sensible ( 明 智 的 ). "What we need to do is "adapt our learning, teaching and examinations". That way, we can "have integrity (诚信) while recognizing the use of the tool". he told Varsity, the school newspaper of the university.
A. They have no plans to completely ban the tool so far.
B. ChatGPT is a useful tool.
C. Some college teachers in the US try to include more speaking exams and handwritten papers instead of typed ones.
D. He thinks that AI is a tool people will use.
E. Some also worry that ChatGPT could be used to spread inaccurate (不准确的) information.
Today, while I was shopping at Woolworths, a kind employee surprised me with a beautiful bouquet ( 束 ) of flowers. It was a (an)1 act of kindness that reminded me of the power of simple words and gestures.
Three years earlier, I was2 chemo and radiation treatment ( 放 化 疗 ) and felt exhausted and down. My husband and children were also3 a lot. One thing I could do to help was to4 our groceries（ 食品杂货） online through click-and-collect services. Before checking out, I would leave little5 for the person who packed our order – things like "Hope you're having a good day!" or "Thank you for your hard work."
Fast forward to today, and I found6 face-to-face with one of the employees who had packed our orders in the past. I walked up to her and said, "Thank you so much for 7 you did! You usually did our groceries. You guys are 8 !" She paused （ 暂 停 ） for a(an)9 and then asked my name.10 I told her, she said, "Oh, you are the lady who wrote notes for us!" She told me that they11 made their day, especially during the hard times of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was12 to hear that such small kindness could make such a big difference.
After finishing my shopping, she came running up to me13 a bouquet of flowers, thanking me for brightening their day with my kind words. I never thought that my small14 could make a world of difference in someone's day. Even something as simple as saying thank you or leaving a kind note can15 someone's spirits and make them feel valued and appreciated.
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Xie Hongxing, 40, was born and raised around Wuyi Mountain. an inheritor( 传承 人 )of the intangible heritage of bamboo weaving art, he has been weaving bamboo for 22 years. Recently, he has an online celebrity(网红) by building a miniature(微型的) Tiangong space station made of bamboo.
On Douyin, a popular short-video platform, Xie surprised many internet users by using a knife to cut bamboo into pieces of the same width. He said it 46 days to finish his miniature space station.He used more than a dozen species of local bamboo to show the beauty of the space station. It took him seven hours to figure out to weave a small national flag of China.
However, like other inheritors of intangible culture heritage, Xie finds that it's not easy to pass on the craft, but he's trying his . He set up a museum of bamboo weaving in which visitors can watch and take photos of his .
Xie has more than 27,000 followers on Douyin and most of were born after 1990 or 2000. Xie said he hopes that by making of his ancient bamboo weaving skills and combining(结合) the development of the times, more young people will fall in love with the art and discover the charm and beauty of culture.
Every year, the Touching China Award recognizes people have made significant contributions( 贡 献 ) to society through their work and actions. This year, group of retired( 退休的) professionals in China won the award for their efforts in sharing knowledge through short videos.
There former teachers, scientists and engineers in the group. They created videos on a range of topics, such as literature and science.
AccordingCCTV, their videos are like " classrooms without walls and universities without barriers ( 障 碍 )". In the words of the Touching China Award jury, "The popularity created by gray-haired peoplecreated energy. "
A:Hi,Jane! Where are you going?
B:. You see I'm so out of shape now. A:Doing sports is the best way to lose weight. You've chosen the most effective way.
B: But I'm still putting on some weight. I just don't know what to do next.?
A:Sure. I think you should pay more attention to your diet..
B: I couldn't agree with you more. I eat too much meat every day. A balanced diet is very important.
A: By the way, why do you take the bus to the gym? ? Riding itself is a good sport.
B: Yeah. . But now my bike is broken. So I had no choice but to take the bus.
A: I have two bikes. I can lend you one if you need.
B: Thank you so much. May I go to your home and get it tomorrow? A: OK. See you then.
要点： 1）使用 iPad 对学习的好处； 对学习可能产生的负面影响； 关于 iPad 使用你有什么建议。
要求：1）文中不得出现真实姓名和学校名称；2）词数 100 左右（开头已给出，不计入总词数）。
Is iPad good or bad for middle school students?
With the development of science and technology, now many students have iPads and they think it's a fashion to use them.
