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It's March 12th. Li Li and Lin Tao are digging on a hill not far from their school. In China, people across the country plant trees1on this day.
The idea of planting trees was first put forward in 1911 by Sun Zhongshan, the great 2 in China's history. He said more trees were needed as a 3 against flood and drought. In 1915, April 5th was named as Tree Planting Day. Then, in 1979, the day was4to March 12th, to5 the date on which Sun Zhongshan died.
"Everyone has heard of the Great Wall of China," says Li Li. "But have you heard of the Green Wall of China? That's the biggest tree planting 6 of all." The Gobi Desert in the north of China was7every year. So in 1978, a tree planting project was started to 8 the Gobi spreading. The government and local farmers have been planting millions of trees to build a great green "wall" along the edge of the desert.
"Tree planting has become a tradition in China now," says Lin Tao. "Almost everyone does it on March 12th. Many people also plant a tree on a 9 day. My parents planted a tree when I started school. And my cousin planted10 on his wedding day. We do it for the environment and for ourselves."
Dereck and Beverly are wildlife animal filmmakers. They have made lots of films about animals and plants. Their jobs are to keep and protect the big cats of Africa from damage(伤害). Beverly also takes photos of the lions, and her pictures have appeared in National Geographic magazine.
When they were kids, Dereck was quiet and health, he was good at math and science. Beverly had a twin brother. At that time, her brother and she often got their mother into trouble! Beverly was a dancer, an athlete, played the piano(not very well), and was a class leader. Her favorite subject was science and she always got excellent grades in her science exams.
When in the field, their work starts at around 4 a.m. After drinking a cup of tea, they drive out into the bush(灌木从) to find their subjects. Sometimes that is a lion pride(群). Lions are family animals, they usually live in groups of 15 or more. Sometimes that is a single leopard(花豹). They follow the animals for the day, filming, researching, and collecting facts, information or pictures. They don't stop working even when they have lunch. They are often back in camp by 8 p.m.
When talking about the favourite places to explore, Dereck says, "We live in it!" Beverly thinks being in nature is her favorite. Dereck thinks running or taking a swim in the Okavange swamp(沼泽)—especially swimming close to crocodiles(鳄鱼) is great fun, but Beverly says, "Swimming is fun but crazy in these waters!"
① drink a cup of tea; ② follow the animals; ③ drive out ④ find their subjects
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ORBIS ORBIS is a charity. It helps the people who can't see. The doctors and nurses in the charity fly to the poor places all over the world to help blind people. But they need lots of money to do this, so the doctors at ORBIS hope that more people can raise money for them to support their work. |
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Detroit Public Radio One way you can help Detroit Public Radio is by volunteering your time during one of the station's fundraising（筹款的） events such as WDET's Pledge Drive. We're always looking for volunteers to help the station. |
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UNICEF United Nations International Children's Emergence Fund(UNICEF) was set up on December 11, 1946 to help children in poor countries. It helps make the world a better place for children. People can help UNINEF by doing the volunteer work. |
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Taichung PAWS Anyone with an interest in helping animals out is welcome to join in us, whether you want to volunteer for a short or a long time. If you love animals, please join us! |
Sometimes it seems that time is flying. Perhaps it doesn't need to feel this way. Our experience of time can be possibly changed. By understanding the psychological(心理学的) processes behind our different experiences of time, we might be able to slow down time a little.
One basic law of psychological time is that time seems to slow down when we're exposed(接触) to new environments and experiences. The law is caused by the relationship between our experience of time and the amount of information our minds process. The more information our minds take in, the slower time seems to pass.
It follows, then, that we have different experiences of time in different situations. In some situations, our life is full of new experiences. Our minds process a lot of information and time seems to slow down. In other situations, we have fewer new experiences and the world around us becomes more and more familiar(熟悉的). We become insensitive to our experience, which means we process less information, and time seems to speed up.
How can we slow down time? Here are two suggestions.
Firstly, since we know that familiarity makes time pass faster, we can expose ourselves to as many new experiences as possible. We can give ourselves new challenges, meet new people, and expose our minds to new information, hobbies and skills. This will increase the amount of information our minds process and expand(增加) our experience of time.
Secondly, and perhaps most effectively, we can give our whole attention to an experience to what we are seeing, feeling, tasting, smelling or hearing. This means living through our sense rather than through our thoughts. For example, on the way home, focus your attention outside of yourself, instead of thinking about the problems you have to deal with. Look at the sky, or at the buildings you pass, traveling among them. This open attitude to your experiences helps take in more information and also has a time-expanding effect.
To a certain degree, we can understand and control our experience of time passing. It's possible for us to slow down time by expanding our experience to time.
Louis Cha Leung-yung, one of the most influential(有影响力的) Chinese novelists and better known by his pen name Jin Yong, passed away on Oct.30th, 2018, in Hong Kong. Cha was most famous for his wuxia novels.
During his lifetime, Jin Yong wrote 15 martial arts novels. Over 300 million copies of his works have been sold in the Chinese-speaking world. He also created some of the most well-known characters in the history of Chinese literature, including Guo Jing, Wei Xiaobao and Linghu Chong.
Jin Yong was not the first person to write about the martial arts world known as jianghu, but no one can deny(否认) that he has written some of its best stories. His works were not only a joy for people to read, but also helped to shape Chinese people's spirit and values in recent decades(十年). Jin Yong once said, "Wuxia (martial arts novels) is not so much about wu (kung fu), but mainly about xia, a combination(结合体，联合体) of courage, justice(公正) and self-sacrifice(自我牺牲)."
These values have been passed on to generation of Chinese through his books, as well as a large number of movies and TV shows that have been adapted from his novels.
"Jin Yong turns novels into an encyclopedia(百科全书) of Chinese history, medicine, geography, mathematics…" Boston University professor Petrus Liu told NPR.
Jin Yong once said that he hoped people would still read his books even 100 or 200 years after his death. We can say as long as the noble(高尚的) qualities that are mentioned in his stories never die out, neither will his great works themselves.
Have you ever noticed the black and white bars on a book？Do you know what they are used for?
They are bar-codes（条形码）used in most products. If you go to a supermarket, you can see almost every product with a bar-code on it. Bar-codes have information about the product, such as name and production date. It's an easy and convenient way to know about the products. Just scan the bar-code and everything is clear.
The first use of a bar-code in a supermarket checkout system was on a pack of American Wrigley Company chewing gum in 1974.Beyond supermarkets, bar-codes are needed everywhere: for renting cars, for luggage checks on a plane, for parcels(包裹) you send. Life would be rather difficult without bar-codes. Most of our things would get lost in the post.
Bar-codes change as well. Bar-codes in the past were 1-D(one-dimensional空间), but now there are 2-D bar-codes, such as QR code. Since 2009, QR has been used on Chinese train tickets. People can enter stadiums, cinemas and theaters by holding certain types of bar-codes.
With these small codes, life is getting much easier for us.
If you find these bar-code things boring, a bar-code building might be more up your street. In St Petersburg, Russia, there is a building designed like a bar-code. It looks strange, but it's actually a shopping mall. There are games too. Bar-code Monsters is a mobile phone game. You have to scan bar-codes and find the monsters!
Halfway through middle school, almost everyone has developed their own learning method. Yes, a recent conversation with my deskmate gave me a new thought on how to study wisely.
She was a typical procrastinator(拖拉的人) in our teachers' eyes. However, I wonder how she tried to make gradual progress. Once, I asked her, "How do you improve your grades even without handing in homework on time?" She answered, "Handing in homework late doesn't mean that I don't study. I just review and learn first, then do my homework."
So I suddenly realized that she wasn't procrastinating, but taking her time to think. When reviewing, she was looking for her weakness and then strengthening them.
When we learn a new thing, we remember it best. Then we gradually forget it. A few days later, we may only be able to recall only a bit of it, or even nothing at all. Reviewing helps us better learn new knowledge. It helps us turn short-term memories into long-term memories.
On normal school days, when students don't have to prepare for big exams, they should review their work and learn from their mistakes. Once it gets close to exams, it's always wise to start preparing for them.
Therefore, we need to know how to study wisely. Otherwise, even if we spend a lot of time studying, there won't be any improvement.
I always felt bored with learning knowledge after I went to school. A a small girl, I just wanted food and hung out to play for fun. Study seemed to be the (much) difficult thing for me. Later, I found out the reason w I refused to study. That was because I didn't have any interest in language study. Surprisingly, my teacher invited me her office one day. She told me to watch TV show with her. During the show, both of (we) laughed out happily. When the show was over, she asked my opinion about all the (actor), and then I gave her my own idea. My teacher (say) the things I learned from the show were just like those the book describe. At that moment, I found the interesting way to learn knowledge for the (one) time. It is "Interest is the best teacher" and I am (luck) to have it.
If you want to know which social app Chinese young people use a lot now, you had better not miss "short videos". Some users use apps like TikTok (抖音) and Kuaishou because they think is fun to share short videos about their lives, while others have different (目的) as well.
A 12-year-old user Elsa has up to 2.7 million followers on TikTok. The girl (分享) videos about her dancing studies since last July. One of the videos won her about one million fans. "I feel really happy to go on sharing (happy) with other people by short videos," said Elsa.
As some videos are about the (late) news, a group of users depend on them to get information. To some other users, they have a different purpose. "Because I can't s many hours watching a complete video and I am a very impatient person. I don't like waiting for a program to end. I prefer to watch short videos of wonderful parts in a (['kɒnsət]) or a TV series," said Wang Zhihao.
However, some young Chinese feel bored with some short videos. "(kill) time is the main reason for me to watch the short videos, but many are almost the same, so I think it is a of time. Moreover, I really don't like the videos which show strange even dangerous things," said Wen Nan, another college student.
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⒈学到了很多知识，提高了学习技能 ⒉学会做人；在校…在家…遇到困难时… |
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在….方面感到有压力(feel stressed in…)，（至少举两个例子） |
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⒈感谢… ⒉打算…. |
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Dear Dad and Mum,
I will leave junior school and meet a new challenge of my life. Now, I would like to tell you what I have learned in the past three years.
Yours,
Jim
