While bad things are going on in the world every day, it is important to remember helping others can make the world better. And whenever you are 1, try to pay it forward. The following is a story of mine.
In 1999, I was on my first 2 to Europe alone on a bus tour through Munich when I became very ill and had to be taken to a hospital. While I was sitting in the waiting room, feeling 3 and painful, a male nurse walked up to me.
He 4 himself as Detmar, knowing I was a foreigner and an Australian, he asked if there was anything he could do for me. It turns out Detmar was looking to pay a favor(善行) back to a(n) 5.
Detmar was in Australia two years earlier with his wife and she got ill one night. After 6 looking for a hospital, a 7 man closed his pizza shop and helped to take Detmar's wife to the emergency room, which was 45 minutes away.
I ended up being in the hospital for 10 days in Munich. During that time, Detmar visited me every day 8 me, and his wife bought me books to read. When I was well again, Detmar drove me to the 9 to catch my plane. Since then, I have returned to Munich three times and stayed with Detmar every year. Actually, his act of kindness has won me a lifelong 10.
A dozen Chinese dishes have become popular during the Beijing 2022 Olympics, after athletes shared them on TikTok and in media interviews. Let's take a look at some of them.
※ Red bean bun (红豆包)
Snowboarder Jenise Spiteri, the only athlete standing for Malta, is a big fan of Chinese food. "One morning I was too nervous to eat any food. So I put some red bean buns in my backpack.
I didn't realize that I still had one in my pocket when I did the run, so I was like ‘Oh okay! Now I can finally eat'," she recalled.
※ Kung Pao Chicken (宫保鸡丁)
American snowboarder Tessa Maud has become popular in China for sharing Chinese food from the Olympic village on TikTok. Beijing 2022 proved to be a totally new and enjoyable experience for Maud. What to eat was a daily hard choice for her because everything was so good.
※ Chinese dumplings
American athlete Julia Marino, who won a silver medal in women's snowboard slopestyle at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, told NBC News that her favorite food in the Winter Olympics village was dumplings.
"I've probably had like 200 dumplings since I've been here," said Marino.
※ Spicy hotchpotch (麻辣烫)
Jutta Leerdam, a 23-year-old speed skating athlete from the Netherlands, posted her favorite spicy hotchpotch on social media. "This is the famous Chinese snack spicy hotchpotch, which is healthier than burgers and fries," said Leerdam.
The Games provided global athletes with 678 dishes from all over China, allowing them to fully experience the Chinese food.
Antarctica(南极洲) is one of the hardest places to reach on Earth. But a recent report shows that ships going to Antarctica have connections to ports(港口) around the world. That causes plants or animals from outside to come to this area.
Scientists studied all the ships going to Antarctica between 2014 and 2018. Most ships came from one of five main ports that serve Antarctica. Still, there were 53 other ports that sent ships to the area.
The researchers also looked at how many different ports these ships stopped at. They found that ships that visited Antarctica had connections to 1,581 ports all around the world.
The scientists worry that ships traveling to Antarctica from all around the world could bring invasive species(入侵物种). Invasive species are animals or plants that arrive in a place where they don't normally live. When invasive species are brought to a new place, they could force out other plants and animals that live there. In other parts of the world, invasive sea animals and plants have caused trouble after arriving. Antarctica is the only place on Earth that has had very few invasive species so far.
There are four kinds of ships that visit Antarctica: tourist ships, research ships, fishing boats, and ships bringing supplies(补给) for scientists. Fishing boats usually visit fewer ports and stay in Antarctica longer. About two-thirds of the ships that visit Antarctica are tourist ships.
The conditions in Antarctica are harsh, and the report makes several suggestions for improving the situation. One idea is for ships to be coated in a special covering that makes it hard for invasive species to stay on them.
Maki Kaji, a Japanese man who was known as the "Father of Sudoku(数独)", passed away from cancer at the age of 69. Mr. Kaji was a puzzle lover who helped turn Sudoku from a simple number challenge into a game played around the world.
Mr. Kaji was born in 1951 in Sapporo, Japan. Though he finished high school, he dropped out of college. He started Japan's first puzzle magazine in 1980 with two friends. They named their magazine company Nikoli. Over the years, Mr. Kaji's company has published puzzles and books for people around the world. But Sudoku is probably the puzzle that most people think of when they remember Mr. Kaji.
Sudoku is a number puzzle with nine rows and nine columns(列). Each row and column must have all of the numbers 1 through 9. While it's not clear where the original(最初的) number puzzle came from, Mr. Kaji was the one who gave it the name "Sudoku" and made it popular.
Mr. Kaji found the game in 1984, but then it was called "Number Place". Mr. Kaji loved the puzzle, renamed it "Sudoku", and began printing Sudoku in his magazine. However, some publishers in New York and London said no to run Sudoku puzzles in their magazines. And it took around ten years for Sudoku to start showing up in other magazines. But once other publishers started printing Sudoku, the puzzle began spreading quickly from country to country.
By 2004, it had become one of the most-played puzzles in the world. Now millions of people play Sudoku every day. While Sudoku is also a huge money-maker, bringing in millions and millions of dollars, Mr. Kaji never made much money from the puzzle. He said that didn't bother him, since he did it for pleasure.
Mr. Kaji said discovering a new puzzle was like "finding treasure". It's this kind of spirit that has left many people in the puzzle world so sad to hear Mr. Kaji's death.
Waving her arms in the air, the 19-year-old Belgian-British pilot Zara Rutherford is very excited after completing a round-the-world trip. "It was very difficult but very meaningful," says the teenage pilot who has become the youngest woman to fly alone around the world.
She's been learning to fly planes since she was 14 years old. The girl got her pilot's license in 2020 and has hundreds of hours of flying practice.
Ms. Rutherford has made this journey in a small two-seater plane. One of the seats has been replaced with an extra gas tank (油箱). The plane has had several other updates for safety, including a second radio, and satellite communications that let her talk to people whenever she needs to.
Along the way, she had to deal with strong winds, wildfire smoke, snow-covered runways and other types of bad weather.
After 155 days, the teenage pilot has touched down at an airport outside the Belgian town of Kortrijk, welcomed by a crowd of journalists and family. "It's very strange being back here," Ms. Rutherford tells journalists, adding that, after such a long journey, she is looking forward to putting her feet up for a while in just one place. Besides, she also says, " The most important is that you're able to do more than you think you are. "
A. I've learned a lot on this trip.
B. How did she start her trip?
C. It allows her to cover longer distances.
D. Ms. Rutherford's trip was not easy.
E. This journey is something Ms. Rutherford has dreamed about for a long time.
F. She has crossed 52 countries and flown over 51,500 kilometers.
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Nick: I have not met my friends for a long time. We are too busy with our studies and exams. Gina: I treat my friends very well. For example, I pretend to love dancing with them, but actually I don't like it at all. Helen: I'm always ready to help others. But I'm afraid to ask others for help when I'm in trouble. Wendy: As a new student in this school, I'm too shy to make new friends. I feel very nervous during the class break. Kevin: I'm good at starting a conversation by asking a question. But after they answer it with "yes" or "no", I don't know how to continue. |
A. Offering help to others can bring a lot of pleasure. Remember you're allowing others to feel good when you ask others for help. B. It is the worst thing to force yourself to do what you hate to make friends. It may be great at first, but it's not a right way to form a long and healthy friendship. You should show others your true self. C. Any kind of relationships needs to be carefully maintained (维持). Although you are busy, you can talk with them online or make some phone calls. D. A great way to start making friends is to be confident and say yes if you are invited to do something together. They may not all be people you will become close with but it is a great start. E. There are always something new to learn, no matter how much you already know. The more you learn, the more you want to learn. F. Just try to ask open questions. They encourage the other person to give a more in-depth (深入的) answer. After the other finishes talking, you can share the same amount of information about yourself. |
Bing Dwen Dwen, the mascot (吉祥物) of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, has been selling like hot cakes. Why is it so popular? What are the special ideas behind (it) design? Why was this design chosen from almost 6,000 (work) from 35 countries and regions? Let Cao Xue, the head of the mascot's design team, tell you the story behind it.
Cao said the idea first came from Bingtanghulu, a (tradition) Chinese snack. Unlike Bingtanghulu, Bing Dwen Dwen wears a full-body shell made of ice. It looks like astronaut in a space suit, showing a perfect mixture of winter sports and modern technology.
The Bingtanghulu idea (praise) widely, but it wasn't enough to symbolize a big country. So Cao's team tried again and again, changing the image in the ice shell many animals and plants. And they finally decided on the panda, an animal is liked by people all over the world.
The story didn't end there. Cao's team flew to China Wolong Daxiongmao Museum in Sichuan Province (make) the panda look more pleasant. They found that baby pandas' head and body ratio (比例) is different from of adult pandas, making them much (cute). So they improved the image based on the baby panda.
"Its ice shell is cold, but the image looks warm and lovely, I believe this kind of warmth can be something everybody feels," said Cao.
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1）活动情况
时间：2月2日-2月21日。
内容：道路指引、语言翻译等，有关冬奥会盛况的描述或感受。
2）活动意义（自由发挥，至少给出两点）。
【要求】
1）需包含所有要点；
2）可适当增加细节，以使条理清楚，行文连贯；
3）标点正确，书面整洁；
4）词数为80左右（开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数）。
(参考词汇：The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics)
Dear Peter,
Yours,
Li Hua
