Good Moments of Your Life
Bruce Kelly, a reporter interviewed some people and asked, "What are some of the good moments of your life?" Here are some of the answers.
"I always failed my English exams. But thanks to my teacher, Ms. Green, she helped me find the learning methods. I was taught to review what I learned every day. I was asked to finish grammar exercises as many as possible. Now I can always get high scores in English tests."
-Jack,12 years old, from No.2 Middle School
"My parents always helped me decide everything. For example, they asked me to focus on my study instead of practicing my hobby - - - running. But I'm 14 years old! I should be allowed to make my OWN decisions! So last Friday I had a long talk with them. In the end,I won! Now I'm allowed to run and remain in the school team."
-Liu Yu, from Shandon
"I have lots of great moments. For one thing,I' ve traveled a lot. I lived in Italy a few years ago. Then after Italy,I went to America and worked with a team of volunteers. We were rebuilding homes after a major earthquake for two months. It was hard work but so worth doing. Life has been interesting so far."
-Alice,35,a high school teacher
A marathon is a long running race of 42.195kilometres. The first Olympic Marathon was held in Athens. Now, many cities host their own marathons every year. Some of the well-known marathons around the world are the New York City Marathon, the Boston Marathon and the Tokyo Marathon. Among them. the Boston Marathon is the oldest yearly Marathon in the world. As time goes by, the sport has become more than just a race.
Themes(主 题 ) make marathons fun and meaning. Runners run for helping sick kids, memorizing important events, or just enjoying nature. A famous marathon in Gisborne, New Zealand, is known for being the first city in the world to welcome the sunlight every day. Runners can greet the sunrise as they run along the golden sandy beaches.
Marathon routes(线路) let people know more about this old sport. Some routes are very challenging for runners. Runners of all skill levels can sweat(流汗) freely and push their limits(极限). Some routes are well planned for runners to explore the many sides of a city. For example, the route of the Great Wall Marathon takes the runners along the great wonder of the world. In fact, it's also a chance to get to know Beijing, its people and local culture.
A marathon is quite a journey for runners to enjoy the run, challenge themselves and experience the culture. There is so much more behind the race for us to explore.
When you look into the mirror, you may wonder whether it is possible for us to have a twin self who can do lots of challenging things for us, like the difficult project to be finished ahead. Now with the invention of digital twins, it seems possible.
A digital twin is a copy of things like the products or persons in the online forms. Like humans, a digital twin can also develop itself as long as they are fed with enough data(数据).
In 1970, when Apollo 13 was carrying out its task in space, something went wrong with the spaceship, leaving astronauts stranded(困住)200,000 miles from Earth, NASA engineers used spacecraft data to recreate the conditions of the broken part of the spacecraft. This method allowed them to develop solutions that finally brought the astronauts safely home. This event is widely thought as the birth of digital twins. Since then, this technology has been used in many fields, including business, medicine, and more recently, human modelling.
One of the most fantastic uses of digital twins is in health care. Professor Declan O' Regan, an AI expert, shows the new method can help doctors treat certain illness easily and quickly, and it can even help doctors to find ways to stop some kind of illness before it is too late.
Another successful example is to use the digital twin to change the sports science to some degree. Compared with the past when the coaches needed to set up a program to help train the sportspersons, they now use the data to build the digital twin to help the athletes to improve their skills and avoid accidents in sports.
Not everything about the digital twin is good. It is clear that the new technology will influence us a lot, but what direction it will take in the future remains to be seen. There are some doubts over it, as it will result in problems related to ethical(道德的) consideration.
Maybe you' ve experienced it before: You' re nervous, you find it difficult to sleep or eat, everything seems to be so worrying. And if you haven't experienced it yourself, maybe you' ve heardLeBron James says that even 20 more years into his NBA life he still gets nervous— even before the common season games. Why? Because he loves what he does and he loves that he's still getting to do it. He welcomes the nerves: the nerves, he says, give him a sense of being present, of feeling alive.
So if you' re looking forward to a point in your work when you don't get so nervous anymore. maybe it's time to stop. Because the nerves don't go away when you' re excited about what it is you get to do. And the nerves can even help you to perform at your best. However, the trickiest things about nerves may be that they help or harm us so much as we believe that they help or harm us. Our understanding of our nervousness— as it usually does— becomes the truth. So how can we deal with it properly?
____ . One thing that we can do is to believe that stress can even be good. In fact, according to the science research, there is a kind of"good stress," the one that we have to have for learning and growth. Without it, we' re either bored or refusing to get out of our comfort zone, and therefore not getting any better at what it is we'd like to do. The next important step is to notice when they start to fall from proper challenges into tiredness, even become sickness, or pain. When such a moment happens, you need to remind yourself that it is natural and try to calm yourself down, trying to come back to what you can control.
Breathing is the only thing that we can control. This is not to say"just breathe," because that's hardly helpful advice. But that is what you can hold on to in that case. Practice breathing, you can become calm again bit by bit. What comes next will also become matter of the course.
Anyway, if you love what you do and you want to keep getting better at doing it, allow yourself to find out what you need to make friends with your nerves, it is such a frightening word as it sounds.
Smart Cities around the World Smart cities use technology to make things better for people and improve the lives of people. Now let's explore some smart cities around the world and learn about their slogans.
London has many new ways to use data(数据). One of its creative examples is an app showing a way with clean air on the map of the city. If people have to go out on a day with bad air quality,31
In New York, . With the data, people can get the information they need through apps. For example, they can find out where they can ride bikes in the city.
Singapore, the"Garden City" has smart ways to make the city children-friendly. In some libraries, . For example, when a teacher tells a story about a tiger,a picture of a tiger will be shown. This makes the stories more lively.
In Berlin, passive housing(被动式住宅) is a popular way to help save energy. A passive house usually has thick walls and windows. Also, . This way, more sunlight can go into the house. No matter how cold it is, people inside the house can still keep warm.
In Wenzhou, people can live a smart life with a smart phone, no need for cash or a wallet. For example, they can take a bus simply by scanning a QR code. They can also use smartphones to pay the bills when in hospital. |
A. kids can listen to stories in cool ways B. kids will also hear the sound of a tiger C. the biggest windows usually face south D. they can find out the way with the cleanest air E. the government makes its data open to all local people |
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Last summer, I got a new job. When I was happily waiting for the bus, I found a(n)1 silk umbrella in the corner of the bus stop. I had never seen such a special 2 . Its ribs(骨架) were made of bamboo, which is cool to touch. The umbrella was made of beautiful silk, very light and3 , with wonderful pictures on it. It must be of great importance to someone. I decided to 4 the owner. About 40 minutes later, a lady came in a hurry and looked for something.
"Are you looking for the umbrella?" I asked. "Yes!" she said excitedly and thankfully. She 5 a smile and took the umbrella. Her eyes were filled with tears. She said that her grandmother,6 had passed away, had given her the umbrella as a birthday present. It meant a lot to 7 . We talked for a while, and I gave her my address and contact information. The reason was that we had a really good 8 .
Over the next several months . I felt sad. I 9 my job, and I could only do some part-time jobs. The New Year was coming. Windows were lit and everyone was running and laughing,10 there should be no New Year for me. I had no 11 for rent(房租) and no gifts for myself or my daughter. Just when I 12 things couldn't get any worse, a deliveryman(送货员) arrived with several parcels(包裹) addressed to me. Inside were gifts from the13 to whom I had returned the umbrella. They were 14 and unexpected, and they brought joy and hope to me and my daughter,
I 15 thought that someone whom I had only met once would give me a gift on such a special day as the New Year. This also makes me more confident that kindness can always flower in the dark.
Paper was created by Cai Lun about AD 105. Before the (发明) of paper, people wrote words on leaves, animal skins or rocks. In ancient China, people used bamboo strips(竹简) to (记录) important events but they were very heavy and took up a lot of space. Later. Chinese people created a kind of paper which was made of silk. This kind of paper was too expensive to be widely used. After years of hard work, Cai Lun (设法做成) to make paper by using pieces of old cloth, fishing nets and other materials. After he made it, paper started to(传播) from China to other places. With paper, people could write down more things and share ideas more easily. It made learning and teaching much (有影响力的).
Nowadays, with the rapid development of the Internet, many people think the Internet (取代) paper in the near future. That's because many people (主要地) get information from the Internet. However, paper is still very (有用的). We can write our (感觉) and thoughts on paper. So we should continue to take (自豪) in paper making.
What Jobs Are We Going to Need?
People have to work. They need jobs. What fields have jobs? The most important thing is that we need to know what jobs (need) in the future?
The medical field is going to need (work). In 2010, there were 524 million people over the age of 65 in the world. In 2050, the number of older people will be three times(big) than before. We need nurses and other medical workers to care for them. We also need family doctors. Family doctors have to work for many (hour). Because of this, not very many medical students study to be family doctors. In addition, there are jobs for medical researchers. They do research and develop new medicine and technology (help) people. Businesses want to sell this medicine and technology to people need them.
Another popular field is the computer field. It is a field with different kinds of jobs. Some people, like IT managers, help people in schools, hospitals, and companies they have computer problems. Other people design and create new technology. For example, 20 percent of people in the world have smartphone. This is a phone that can do the same things computers do. More and more people (use) technology, so businesses are always designing newer computers and phones (quick).
What do these jobs have in common? People need the help of these workers. This is why these fields are growing. When there is a need, there is a job.
1. What is it about? 2. Why do you choose it? 3. How has it influenced our life?
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Journey to the West, the monk(和尚), disciple(徒弟), monster(妖怪), Tang Sanzang, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Sha Wujing, buddhist scriptures(佛经)
shared bikes(共享单车), unlock, scan(扫码),QR codes(二维码)
Breathe freely with smart maps!