— You didn't tell her the truth, did you?
Can you imagine going to university at age 14 This year, Jia Zijun, from Henan, did just that. He became the 1 freshman （大一新生）at Beihang University and plans to study aircraft design.
"I didn't know I was the youngest 2 I got here, and it feels quite cool!" Jia told The Paper.
Jia took part in the college entrance exam in.June and got a total score of 642. People often think students like him must be geniuses （天才）.But Jia owes（归功于）his 3 mainly to curiosity and good study habits.
" When I was in Grade 1, I was 4 about what we were going to learn next. So I borrowed Grade-2 5 and learned the lessons during my summer holidays. I enjoyed exploring new information, " he said. Because of this, Jia skipped （跳过） Grade 2, and then Grade 4.
As he went to high school, he found things were getting 6 to learn. So he started to make plans every day and 7 goals for himself. "I would 8 follow the plan, and gradually（逐渐地）I'd see my 9 . "
Jia would also 10 what he learned each day before going to bed. If there was something he couldn't remember well, he'd take a look at it the next morning.
"I was not good at English in high school, so I printed the vocabulary list and 11 it onto my bed. Every moming when I woke up, I 12 them, and it's a good way to remember things."
When Jia felt stressful, he had a 13 way to relax: working on math problems. "I'd find difficult problems to 14 myself, and when I worked it out, I felt really happy."
As he told The Paper, he hopes he can 15 his curiosity and study habits in university, and keep challenging himself to become a better person.
MAGIC WORLD TEENS
Small bug has big power The next time you feel a bug crawl （爬行）across your skin, don't be frightened. It might just be a tiny robot crab （螃蟹）！ Engineers from Northwestern University in Illinois, US, have developed the smallest ever remote-controlled walking robot, and it comes in the shape of a tiny, lovely crab. Just half a millimeter wide, the crab can bend, crawl, walk, turn and even jump, reported Science Daily. The team of Northwestern University believes that their technology is a big step closer to bringing about robots that can do remote-controlled work in tiny spaces. For example, the tiny robots can help clear people's clogged arteries （堵塞的动脉）in surgeries （手术）, said John A. Rogers, who led the team. |
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____ Who's riding these camels? Little robots! They are having a race in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates （阿布扎比, 阿联酋）. Camel racing is popular in the country. But for human riders, it can be dangerous. Robots are here to help. The robots are small and light. They won't affect the camels5 speed during the race. The robots use whips to make the camels run faster. People control the robots by using speakers （扬声器）placed on the robots. |
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Newspaper 'bires robot writer' What would you think if this story were written by a robot? Of course, this one was not. But a recent story in the Los Angeles Times was. It's a newspaper in the US. The story is about an earthquake in the US on March 17. The newspaper was using a system that can automatically （自动地）"write" a short story when an earthquake hits. It took about three minutes for the 102-word story to appear online. |
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Washington is home to lots of trees—it is the Evergreen State, after all——and lots of fireplaces and wood-burning stoves（炉子）too. But what if you lived there and couldn't chop wood or couldn't afford to pay someone to do it? Luckily, Shane McDaniel and his twin sons, Harrison and Henry McDaniel, are happy to lend an ax. The three men chop lots of wood—then donate it to those in need.
The idea started as a father-son bonding project, he told msn. com. "I had to cut wood with my dad. He just loved doing it, " says Shane, 48, a divorced father of six. He wanted to pass along that feeling. The result was a great wall of wood piled up around their house. To buy that much wood would cost about $10, 000.
It was too much for the McDaniels to use themselves, and when the weather turned cold, Shane started thinking of others. He posted on Facebook: "IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF FIREWOOD AND CANNOT AFFORD IT, PLEASE PM [personal message] ME! . . . If you know someone who BURNS WOOD, and they're looking at a cold house this holiday season, please help us help them. Please help me and my boys make sure NO ONE GOES COLD IN OUR HOOD?'
The response was immediate. One man offered to donate a wood-burning stove. Others raced over to the store Shane owns, with more wood for the pile.
Not every recipient is as effusive（溢于言表的）. "Some aren't even friendly. It's just not in them, " Shane says. "They are mad at the world and mad that they had to ask for help. They just have no other option than freezing. " But Shane is OK with that "Giving is the reward."he says. "It has nothing to do with how well it's received; it's about how much it's needed. "
While the pandemic has prevented people from traveling afar, there's a silver lining to that dark cloud: micro-tourism, or mini-vacations.
Micro-tourism refers to short-distance travel in which people drive two or three hours to a nearby destination and spend two or three days. With the pandemic prevention and control measures making long and distant trips less convenient, more and more Chinese people choose to take short trips instead.
Mark Hou from Beijing is one of them. Before the pandemic, the 28-year-old preferred taking long trips abroad or leaving Beijing to see places of interests in other Chinese provinces. But the pandemic meant he had to adapt_to a new travel style.
"Traveling a long distance means you should take public transportation. But that would be likely to increase the chances of infection, Hou said. "To stay healthy, short-distance travel is the better choice. "
After a long and tiring week at work, Hou likes to invite three or four friends and drive to Beijing's suburbs on weekends. In the peach blossom season, we go to the mountains with many peach trees. Walking in the mountains, we not only get the fresh air and have exercise, but also enjoy the beauty of flowers, Hou explained. "When we feel tired, we can put up a tent to rest and have a picnic. That can ease tensions of daily life. "
To adapt to the new trend, many cities also create more opportunities for tourists. For example, in 2020, Shanghai launched a number of micro-tourism products for half-day and one-day tours, including exploring cultural heritage sites in the city, experiencing rural life and going hiking. Destinations around cities, parks, campsites and resorts are offering new specialized facilities and services for RV（房车）camping, jubensha pities, barbecues and picnics.
" With these programs, young tourists no longer look to get distance', but are willing to find new ways to experience their cities, " Feng Rao, head of Mafengwo Tourism Research Center, told People's Daily.
Travel doesn't mean you need to go far away to find a resting place for your heart. That's also the mission of the micro-tourism.
relatives / direct / rush / send for / send out / suggest / polite |
When Dong Yuhui, a former English tutor at New Oriental, first started to host livestreams（直播）selling products on the company's Douyin channel, there were only five viewers, which included his parents and the parents of another host.
"For a period of time, I felt quite down because I couldn't s the point of making the effort. Those were the darkest hours and now the dawn has come. I am glad that I didn't give up selling vegetables o, " said Dong.
The clips（片段）of Dong introducing steaks in b Chinese and English went viral on social media as people began to notice that the channel was very d from others that typically feature（以……为特色）hosts screaming about how low the prices of the products are. While talking about the quality of the steak, Dong also t the viewers how to order steak in English at a restaurant.
After the "double reduction" policy was introduced, he started his new job at Dongfang Zhenxuan as a host. "I was sad knowing that I can no longer teach. It took a while for me to adjust to the new r , " he said. "Former teacher, current salesman" is how he d himself on his personal Douyin account.
But people have realized that Dong is no ordinary salesman. On Monday, while selling died Antarctic krill, Dong told viewers that "krill" is just one of several English nouns used to refer to shrimps and related sea creatures. Comments started to flood in from viewers saying that they never e to learn something from a channel that sells things. Some even said they didn't know whether they should buy things or take n .
The viewers were also impressed with his views on different literary works i those of William Shakespeare. "I am in my comfort zone when talking about books. I can air my views about them non-stop for three days, " Dong said.
内容要点如下：
1. 早睡早起, 保证充足睡眠；
2. 课上认真听讲, 课下不懂就问；
3. 多与他人交流, 改进学习方法；
4. 合理安排时间, 学会自我放松；
5. 补充一两点个人想法。
注意：
1. 文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称：
2. 词数：60-80；
3. 内容连贯, 不要逐条翻译；
4. 开头结尾已给出, 不计入总词数。
参考词汇：communicate v, 交流 improve v. 改进 manage v. 管理；安排
Dear Linda,
How is everything going? How are you getting along with your study?
Yours,
Li Ming
