As a child, I spent every Thanksgiving with my large family at my grandparents' house in Maryland, US. It's a wooden cabin (小屋) on the side of a hill, deep in the forest. For me, that cabin meant "1 ".
Our first greeting was from Grandma's dog, Jesse. He 2 us at our car. My grandparents, aunts, and uncles were waiting 3 the door. Aunt Sue touched my face and told me how big I'd gotten. Grandpa gave 4 a strong handshake and shouted, "Hello, Calvin!"
The next day, by the time I 5 , Grandma and Mom had already begun cooking. The cabin was 6 , so we had to move away the furniture to make room for everyone to sit at the long table together.
7 was finally ready at about 6 pm. 8 we ate, Grandma asked each person to say something he or she was thankful for. I said, "I'm thankful for my parents, my grandma, and the turkey!" I was too hungry to think of 9 better. Once everyone was finished speaking, we began to eat.
After dinner, we took a long walk through the woods around the cabin. Under the late-autumn stars, we made a campfire in the field and told stories 10 . I looked back up the hill at the cabin in the moonlight, and one word appeared in my mind: "Thanks".
Old poems, English words… you must have a lot to remember at school. What if you could remember things like a photo? Scientists have tried to find out how to make us remember better. Here are some tips they found.
Sleeping in a rocking (摇摆) bed
Remember how you slept so well when you were little and your mom rocked you to sleep? Scientists have found that if we sleep in a rocking bed, we can have a deeper sleep, which is good for our memory. So maybe you should buy a rocking bed.
Get emotional
Emotions (情绪) play a big role in remembering things. When you feel strong emotions, you can remember things really well. This is because a part of your brain deals with both emotions and memories. The brain wants us to remember what makes us so sad or happy. So next time you want to remember some knowledge, try to get yourself excited or angry. Then, just take out your book to learn new things!
Exercise hard
Scientists asked people to either ride a bike slowly for 90 minutes or do it really fast for 6 minutes. It showed that short but hard exercises can help remember things quickly. After doing six minutes of hard exercise, you should get down to remembering things!
Are you troubled by hangnails (倒刺) near your fingers? If you ever try to pull them, they really hurt. Why do we have more hangnails in winter?
Well, it turns out that our hands are drier during the season. The skin near our fingers isn't so oily (油的) as the rest areas of our skin. Winter weather is usually dry, which takes away the little oil we have. When the skin is really dry, it becomes harder, giving us those painful hangnails.
Not having enough vitamins can play a part in having hangnails, ▲ . Still, it's good to have foods rich in vitamins A and B, such as carrots, eggs, and fish, as Beijing Youth Daily suggests.
Don't pull hangnails—it hurts, and it can make things worse by doing harm to your skin and causing more hangnails. Instead, you can put your hand in warm water for a few minutes and then cut the hangnails with nail scissors. You can also try using hand cream more often.
In Finland (芬兰)，a family came up with a special idea to protect their forest: they let people come and hug the trees. Next summer, the fifth World Tree Hugging Games will happen in Finland. In this game, people do three things: first, hug as many trees as possible in one minute, with each hug lasting at least five seconds. Second, give a whole-hearted hug to one tree for one minute, showing care, love, and respect. Third, people must creatively hug a tree for one minute. Then, the judges will decide the winner.
It might sound strange, but the game has a serious meaning: to help people connect with nature and save the forest from being cut down. "At first, people thought it was silly, " Riitta, the owner of a forest said, "but not in a bad way. Finns like to do unusual things and not be too serious, especially in the countryside and forest. "
In a recent survey, over 80% said the forest is important to them. Finland is heavily covered in forests, with over 70% of its land being forested.
What makes the tree-hugging program work well is that it's not just about saving the forest; it also gives a good feeling to the visitors, like a hug does. "I enjoy taking people into the forest and seeing the change in them. The trees don't judge them -they can be who they are, " said Ritta.
Travel is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you are going to get when using a mystery (神秘) box plane ticket.
Earlier this year, many young people in China have become interested in mystery box travel. Usually, people plan their journeys well ahead. But with a mystery box, travelers pay a low price, usually 100 or 200 yuan. Then, they will choose their leaving airport and have a list of destinations (目的地) to choose from. Once the destination is decided, their trip begins.
A young man called Cheng dreams of going on a mystery box trip, saying that going out alone usually costs too much and that too many people don't know where to go. But the mystery box directly shows a few destinations, making it both exciting and affordable.
Unlike Cheng, Liao Liangyu, 16, has made his dream to go on a mystery box trip come true. He and his friends bought mystery box tickets months ago, and they all got the mystery box ticket to Changsha, the capital city of Hunan province.
Since the destinations include many less popular cities, travel mystery boxes also bring many advantages to these destinations. For example, Dehong City in Yunnan province wasn't well-known, but after being in mystery box choices, it got attention and became a popular tourist place.
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China's 15-year-old Chen Ye had a great day at the Hangzhou Asian Games. He surprised everyone by winning the men's skateboarding (滑板) park event, making himself China's (最年轻) Asian Games champion.
With a s of 84. 41 points, Chen narrowly beat Japan's Yuro Nagahara by 0. 41. He said, "I didn't think I could win the game. Japanese boarders have a lot of (经验) and I have learned a great deal from them. "
Chen's skateboarding journey began at the age of eight. He kept p almost every day and joined the Guangdong team at eleven. In 2021, at just 13, he won the second prize in the National Games, catching people's (注意力) to this young boy.
Today, I want (share) something about customs around the world. As you may already know, people in different (country) have their own way of life. What is polite in one country may not be in another.
For example, in Britain, you mustn't lift your bowl your mouth when you are having some soup. Besides, you should have the soup (quiet). But in Japan, you needn't worry about (make) a noise when you drink something. It means you are enjoying .
Once, when I (eat) at a restaurant in Tokyo with the British way of dining, the waiter came up asked if everything was OK. This made me understand I should be (careful) than I had thought.
In short, it's interesting to learn about these differences and it's also important to remember "When in Rome (罗马)，do as Romans do. "
Monkeys live all around the world. They love living in trees in warm rainforests. Monkeys are clever and lovely.
Sadly, the world of monkeys is in danger. They're losing their homes because people are cutting down the trees in the forest where they live. The warmer and warmer weather also causes lots of trouble for them.
Another thing to note is that monkeys are used in scientific research. Monkeys share a lot of genes (基因) with humans and scientists study them to learn about our bodies and diseases. But this raises questions: Are they being taken care of well? What's right or wrong in the name of science? Keeping a balance is really important.
Facing so many problems, there is still hope. Governments are working together to protect them by planting trees to create new homes, making rules to reduce carbon emissions (碳排放)，and looking for other ways to do research without using animals.
You can help too! Saving monkeys means we're making a better future for everyone!
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Dear Alex,
Glad to hear from you. I'm happy that you're interested in visiting Yiwu.
I'm looking forward to showing you around when you are here!
Yours,
Li Hua
