Is Zhu Hui also watching the races and eating zongzi? Well, it's 9: 00 p. m. in New York, and it's the night before the festival. But there isn't 1 Dragon Boat Festival in the US, 2 it's like any other night for Zhu Hui and his host family. The mother is reading a story 3 her young children. The father is watching a soccer game on TV. And what's Zhu Hui doing? He is 4 on the phone to his cousin in Shenzhen. He misses his family and 5 to have his mom's delicious zongzi. Zhu Hui likes New York and his host family a lot, but there is still "no place like home".
Moms are moms. When you are growing up, you don't always know 1 they do for you. And sometimes they do things that you remember all your life.
My mom was like that. When I was six years old, one of my front teeth was very loose (松动的). When I touched it, I could wiggle it back and forth. I was 2 . I didn't know what was going on, so l asked Mom to look at it.
Mom said, "In the 3 few years, all of your teeth will fall out (脱落)."
"I'll lose all of my teeth?" I cried. "How will I 4 ?"
Mom laughed. "Don't worry," she said. "Each of us gets two 5 of teeth. Your baby teeth fall out just to make a place for your permanent teeth (恒牙) to come in."
6 , I was worried. "It will hurt (疼) so much," I said.
Mom said that she could help me. She asked me to sit in a chair and close my eyes.
Mom reached into my mouth and took hold of (抓住) the loose tooth. " 7 something funny. I will just check (检查) this tooth." she said.
Then, Mom said, "Open your 8 ." Do you know what? She was holding the tooth in her hand. I could not believe it. While she was talking, she pulled (拔) the tooth out and I did not 9 a thing!
That's just the 10 it is with moms. They know what to do and how to make it not hurt.
Caring about fish
A three-minute film made by Andrew Older, a 13-year-old student from the US, recently won an award at the One Earth Young Filmmakers Asian Contest. He used maps to show how invasive (入侵的) goby fish came to the local river and how they are making the water too crowded (拥挤的) for other fish "Through this film festival, I hope to share my worry for fish. I also want to learn more about how it affects the environment (环境)." he told the local newspaper. ▲
People throw trash (垃圾) on the beach and even into the ocean. The trash has become the "home" of hermit crabs (寄居蟹). These "trash shells" can bring danger to hermit crabs. It usually has bright colors, so predators (捕食者) can find hermit crabs more easily. The crabs could also find it difficult to get out of the bottles or the tires and starve to death (饿死). Would you wear your hair?
People wear wool sweaters in winter. But did you ever think of making a sweater with your own hair? A Dutch company did it. It also makes coats and other clothing with human hair. The company makes these clothes to save the environment. According to the company, European landfills (垃圾填埋场) receive 72 million kilograms of human hair waste every year. Making it into clothes is more friendly to our Earth. |
After serving in the army for a few years, Zhang Yu joined the SF Express in Wuhan in 2019 and became a deliveryman (快递员) . Since then, he has worked hard every day and always tries to help others. When Zhang sends packages to people, he often takes note of their daily habits. He knows which houses have babies, and when clerks are free.
But what made him famous was his brave act. He won the China Youth May Fourth Medal in 2022 because of it.
In December 2021, Zhang saw a fire while he was delivering packages. He climbed up to the second floor of a building and saved a family from a balcony (阳台) on the third floor. He brought each person down safely.
People have since called him a hero (英雄). However, Zhang simply said, "I'm just an ordinary man who did what a kind man would do."
Zhang Yu is now a deputy (代表) to the Hubei Provincial People's Congress-He-wants to speak for his coworkers to improve things for them. Zhang is working to make electric scooters (电动车) safer on the roads in Wuhan. This is important because there are a lot of electric scooters and sometimes they cause traffic problems. He wants to help protect the riders.
①which houses have old people ②where the house owners work
③how the children get to school ④when clerks start to work
Now in China many restaurants are known for their pets rather than food. In these pet-themed restaurants, people can play with cats, dogs, ducks, rabbits or other animals while eating or having drinks. With so many pet lovers today, it isn't surprising that such restaurants are now everywhere in Chinese cities. ★ .
In most of the pet-themed restaurants, many cats or dogs are allowed to walk freely in their living areas and even in the dining space. Even worse, animal hairs are everywhere, and there's often bad smell in the restaurants. In one of the dog-themed restaurants, the dogs fight, jump onto the dining table or even poop in the dining area.
In October, there was a hearing (听证会) about the food safety of the pet-themed restaurants in Guangzhou. Some people at the meeting talked about their concerns. They thought the animals in the pet-themed restaurants might carry parasites (寄生虫) and spread (传播) diseases, which wero bad for people. Besides, although the animals are kept by the restaurants as pets, they may attack (袭击) people.
As more pets are entering Chinese families, they have become an important part of people's daily lives. The growing pet-themed restaurants have made people's lives interesting and colorful. However, without rules and regulations, the restaurants can't be good choices for people.
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A man was sitting on an elephant in the sea at Koh Chang island in Thailand on Feb 24. He was having while the elephant was having a bath. In the past, many people rode elephants for fun, now they know it can make elephants sad. That's why some people riding them They choose (选择) to just wash elephants and with them. This change is making elephant-washing places in Thailand. There are now three times more places like this tian there were five years ago.
Baduanjin, a form of Qigong, has a history of over 800 years. Originating from the Song Dynasty (960-1276) , Baduanjin is one of the oldest health and fitness (健身) (exercise) in China.
Compared to (相较于) sports like ball games or swimming, Baduanjin is slow and usually played with soft music, so it's often seen as a good way for the old people (relax), but young people are now also (get) interested in it. More than 1, 000 videos about Baduanjin can be (find) on Bilibili, and one of the teaching videos is played for more than 10 million times.
But does Baduanjin become so popular? In fact, it's a perfect sport for office (work) and students, as they often sit at the desk. It helps kill (they) neck and back pain (疼痛) after long working hours and it doesn't need much effort (努力), time space. "I do Baduanjin about half an hour every day." A young man said, "It gives me a healthy lifestyle and （help) me sleep better and get stronger." Chinese traditional fitness is more and more popular among young people around the world.
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Dear Dave,
How's everything going? My friends and I are on a vacation in Wuhan.
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See you then.
Yours
Li Hua
