Youth Stories is a magazine popular with young people in China. We share the best stories of the youth, and provide an opportunity for publication. The magazine is published twice yearly in Spring and Autumn.
New Competition in 2021: My China Story
As China is well on its way to achieving its 14th Five-Year Plan goals, the country is more open than ever and more appealing to every member of society. Wouldn't it be wonderful to share your memorable moments of China? Thanks to the Bank of China's generosity, the New Competition in
2021: My China Story is on! School students between the age of 12 and 16 are welcome to share your stories!
Requirements:
●Your submission(提交) must be made via this online form by June 30th.
●Your stories should be limited to 500 words.
●Entries with pictures are preferred.
●The entry fee is 3 yuan per person.
Prizes:
Winners will be honored at a special ceremony on Friday, July 30th. Guest speakers will present prizes to the students. Winning entries will be published in our magazine, about two months after the ceremony date of July 30th. All the winners will receive two copies of the magazine with your articles in it.
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Miss Lucy taught physics in a New York school. Last month she explained to one of her classes about sound, and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her explanation. She said to them, "Now I have a brother in Los Angeles. If I was calling him on the phone and at the same time you were 10 meters away, listening to me from across the street, which of you would hear what I said earlier, my brother or you, and for what reason?"
Tom at once answered, "Your brother. Because electricity travels faster than sound waves. "
"That's very good," Miss Lucy answered; but then one of the girls raised her hand, and Miss Lucy said, "Yes, Kate."
"I disagree," Kate said. "Your brother would hear you earlier because when it's 11 o'clock here it's only 8 o'clock in Los Angeles."
As prices and house costs keep rising, the "do-it-yourself"(DIY) is popular in the U. S. "We needed furniture (家具) for our living room, " says John Ross, "and we just didn't have enough money to buy it. So we decided to make a few table s and chairs by ourselves." John got married six months ago, and the same as many young people these days, they are competing to make a home when the cost of living is very high. So he and his wife took a 2-week class for $280 at a night school. Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house.
Jim has three boys and his wife died. So he has a full-time job at home. He also has a full-time in a shoe making factory. Last month, he received a car repair bill for ＄420. "I was deeply upset about it. Now I've finished a car repair course, I should be able to fix the car by myself. "
John and Jim are usual people. Most families in the country are doing everything they can to save money so that they can fight the high cost of living. If you want to become a "do-it-yourselfer", you can go to DIY classes. And for those who don't have time to take a course, there are books that tell you how you can do things yourself.
The climate of any place is the kind of weather it usually has over a long period of time. The houses we live in, the clothes we wear, and the food we eat depend on the climate of the place where we live.
Climate is a pattern(模式) that is not nearly as simple as we think, and it is affected by many factors. For example, the distance to the North or South Pole or to the equator really matters a lot. If you live near either of the poles, you live in a cold climate, for the place where you live does not get as much or as direct sunshine as a place farther away from the poles. In places close to the equator, the climate is very hot, for they are the parts where the sun shines almost straight down.
Whether rain or snow falls makes a great difference to the climate. In hot, dry deserts, little rain falls, but in a hot rainforest, the amount of rainfall is far larger than that in a desert, for there is a heavy rain almost every day, even several times per day. Though a rainforest and a desert may be the same distance from the equator, their climates are rather different from each other. How much rain or snow falls is considered by some to be determined by the winds, the surrounding mountains and the currents(水流) in nearby seas and so on. In short, it is a very complex natural phenomenon(现象).
Rock music consists of many different styles. Even though there is a common spirit among all music groups, they make very different music.
At that time the Beatles entered the world of music from Liverpool.
After they were given an invitation to appear live on BBC, the Beatles quickly became famous in Britain with nationwide tours. By mid1963, the Beatles had been extremely popular in England. 
They held large concerts and performed at clubs. They became the hottest thing on the pop music scene in England. They began as a modestly successful musician group and ended the year as show business legends (传说). John Lennon and Paul McCartney were named composers of the year.
They were not sure how the Americans would react to the new type of music. Beatlemania hit New York on February 7, 1964. Hundreds of fans jammed the airport to greet themThe concert was broadcast live and attracted the largest one night audience in the history of television up to that time. The Beatles were described as a British invasion (入侵) by local and nationwide newspapers at that time. Their victory in America was still remembered as a major turning point in the history of rock and roll. Thanks to the Beatles, a lot of opportunities were opened up to new faces on the market. .
A. They decided on a tour to the United States in 1964.
B. Even their hairstyles became major trends at that time.
C. Rock music developed in the 1950s and the early 1960s.
D. However, their songs changed the lives of generations to come.
E. Many rock bands were able to follow in the footsteps of the Beatles.
F. They appeared in the films A Hard Day's Night (1964) and Help (1965).
G. They performed the first concert in America at CBS television's 53rd street studio.
Culture and tradition are the soul of a country. When a country1it's difficult for it to make2Chinese culture can be seen everywhere,3I didn't really understand it at first. Then I realized I had to4something in order to understand it.
Last winter I decided to5all the activities organized for foreign students to celebrate the Spring Festival.
The6began a month ago with the decorating of our rooms with Spring Festival couplets(对联). On February10, we7an activity to write Spring Festival couplets. When I Saw the brush pen, I became8. Why is there such a pen? How do we use it?
After understanding the tools, we started our creative9. I tried to hold the brush and start writing10but the tip of the brush pen was too11and I couldn't grasp it at all. I was12, but I didn't give up. After several13, I wrote a line of words. At this time, I found that my sleeves were dirtied with ink as I was too focused on practising14, I was very happy, because I had learned the essence of writing calligraphy.
Through this activity, I came to15the amazing Chinese culture more.
Yuan Longping, as an(agriculture) scientist, is known for developing the first hybrid rice varieties in1970s. Since then, hybrid rice(grow) in over 20 countries, (attract) attention from the whole world, especially areas at risk of hunger.
In 2008, Yuan Longping(success) developed rice growing in saltwater and desert. Though his rice could reduce food shortage, the new strain had a long way(go) before it could be widely spread.
Yuan Longping's(achieve) has brought him many awards and honors both home and abroad. He said, “What lifetime award means is to achieve your dream with all your life.", fame and wealth mean much less to himhis research. He said he would focus on developing better rice.
An 80-year-old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his 45-year-old son. Suddenly a crow (乌鸦) landed on their window.
The father asked his son, “What is this?" The son replied, “This is a crow."
After a few minutes, the father asked his son for the second time, “What is this?" The son said, “Father, I told you just now. It's a crow. "
After a little while, the father asked his son the same question for third time, “What is this?" This time, the son was irritated (生气) and said to his father in a low and cold tone, “It's a crow, a crow."
After a moment, the father yet again asked his son for the fourth time, “What is this?" This time his son shouted in his father, “Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again? I have told you already, ‘It's a crow'. Are you not able to understand this?"
A minute later the father went to his room and came back with an old tattered (破旧的) diary, which he had kept since his son was born. On opening a page, he asked his son to read that page. When the read it, the following words were written in the diary:
“Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa when a crow suddenly landed on the window edge. My son asked me 23 times what it was, and I replied him 23 times that it was a crow. I hugged him lovingly each time he asked me the same question. I didn't at all feel annoyed, but instead felt a deep affection for my innocent son. "
注意：
1）所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2）续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
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After reading the diary, the son was in tears and began to reflect on the days when he used to sit together with his father.
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Feeling ashamed, the son got down on his knees before his father.
