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Auggie's team's experiment design was! The judges gave it full marks.

The award ceremony of the science competition in the school hall, and many parents attended it.

What would you do if you failed? Many people may choose to give up. H , the surest way to success is to keep your direction and stick to your goal.

On your way to success, you must keep your direction. It is just like a lamp, guiding you in the d and helping you overcome difficulties on your way. Otherwise, you will easily get l or hesitate to go ahead.

Direction means goals. You can get nowhere w a goal in life. You can try to write your goal on paper and make some plans to a it. In this way, you will know how to arrange your time and to spend your time properly. And you should also have a belief that you are sure to succeed as long as you keep your direction all the time.

So if you are not the most beautiful or the smartest person, that's OK. If you do feel there is room for improving, then try your best to make some changes. If you have tried your best but still aren't content, Firstly, are you happy with who you are? If the answer is yes, then there is nothing to worry about. If you are OK with yourself and you have done your best in everything, you should be content. Secondly, do you give yourself enough time to improve?

Self-confidence is also very important. If you're confident, you will be OK with the way you are. First, find out your talents and try to use them. Second, don't always compare yourself with others. Third, forgive yourself for some mistakes you may have made.

A. However, here is some advice if you are not confident.

B. As we all know, nobody is perfect.

C. ask yourself two simple questions.

D. You know improving takes time.

E. So you should learn to be happy with yourself.

In the misty mountains of ancient Chu Kingdom during the Spring and Autumn Period (771–476 BC), a famous guqin player named Yu Boya often played his zither alone by the river. His music carried the sounds of flowing water and the greatness of high mountains, yet no one truly understood the feelings in his songs. One night, as he played a piece called High Mountains and Flowing Streams, a poor woodcutter named Zhong Ziqi stopped to listen.

"Your music paints a story," Zhong Ziqi said gently. "When you played high notes, I saw eagles flying over sharp cliffs. When the notes turned low, I felt a strong river rushing." Yu Boya was astonished. For years, he had looked for someone who could grasp the heart of his music. Here, he found his zhiyin—a "soulmate who understands one's music." The two became close friends, sharing their love for nature and music.

A sad thing happened when Zhong Ziqi got sick and died. Heartbroken, Yu Boya broke his guqin at his friend's grave, saying, "Now that Ziqi is gone, who will hear my songs?" He never played again. This story, laterimmortalized in the saying "Boya Breaking the Zither for Ziqi", became a symbol of deep friendship and losing a soulmate.

The story's enduring legacy comes not just from its feelings but also its cultural importance. In Chinese beliefs, true friendship goes beyond social ranks—Yu Boya was a nobleman, while Zhong Ziqi a common worker. Their bond focused on deep connection rather than wealth.

Today, zhiyin means any rare friendship where people truly understand each other's hearts.

②Many teachers are supporters of using PDA in language learning. They say that students now have a lot more time for discussion in the classroom. Instead of spending valuable class time listening to texts or watching teaching videos, they can do this on their own and come to class prepared for discussion.

③The teachers also say that PDA allows students to learn without their teachers' help. Some students might listen to a dialogue only once and understand it, so they can save time for doing other things. Other students, however, might need to listen to the same dialogue again and again to understand it. Using PDA is especially helpful to students who are learning a language at different paces.

④The students who are using the new tool in some courses are also happy. They believe that using PDA is a more enjoyable way to learn. The class has become much more interesting. By using PDA, they can pay more attention to the material and learn more. Teaching notes are stored in their PDAs and easy to find.

⑤Many parents complain that technologies such as PDA are doing harm to students. They worry that students might use PDA to download teaching notes and usethem to cheat during exams. If a student spends more time watching videos on an PDA, he will have fewer chances to have face-to-face communication with others.

⑥Education needs to make changes with the times as technology is playing an important part. We should look forward to a wonderful future when PDA and other technologies can add a lot to the classroom.

Dan and Kevin go behind the curtain and sit on the floor against the wall. Dylan lies down next to them and closes his eyes. The boys turn their torches off. They don't talk. They sit and wait.

It's dark but Dan can see the time on his watch.12:30 comes and goes.

Then it's 1 o'clock. Then there is a noise. The outside door is opening.

Dylan opens his eyes. Then he sits up. He looks towards the door and makes a little noise.

"Shh!" Dan tells Dylan. The outside door closes. Dan and Kevin see a light under the door to the hall. The door opens and someone turns on the lights in the hall.

Very slowly Kevin and Dan look out from behind the curtain. A person dressed all in black is standing in the middle of the hall. It is Chloe. She' s looking round. She starts moving chairs and looking for something. Then she walks across to the piano. She plays a little music on the piano and smiles.

Dan looks at Kevin. Kevin looks at Dan. "Chloe smiling?" their looks say.

The boys look around the curtain again. Chloe is looking around the room again. She looks towards the curtain. Dan and Kevin move their heads back quickly.

Then they hear Chloe say, "Ah! There it is." And they hear her walk towards the curtain. She takes something off a chair near the curtain and then sees the two boys sitting on the floor.

"What are you doing here?" she asks.

"What are you doing here?" asks Dan.

Chloe shows him her mobile phone. "But what about you two?" she asks.

Kevin takes some chocolate out of his pocket and shows it to Chloe.

"We're having a midnight picnic." he says.

Dylan sees the chocolate and starts wagging his tail.

Chloe gives both the boys a strange look, turns off the lights and leaves.

"It's not Chloe then," says Dan.

"No," says Kevin.

"Be patient!" says Dan.

Chen, born in the 1990s, began to learn the craft when she was 14 years old under the influence and support of her family. "I wanted to give up several times during the learning process, as I often3 myself. It's also very difficult. My father wanted me to give up woodcarving and find a(n)4 job," Chen said.

Chen said that she had a strong sense of5 when her first woodcarving artwork was sold. "Since I have6 it, I just keep going," said Chen.

To finish one woodcarving piece, a woodcarver usually needs more than 30 carving knives and wooden hammers of different7. A common theme for carvings includes different sea animals. In the past, Chaozhou woodcarvings were mainly used to8 buildings. They served as furniture and ceremonial objects. However, they start to9 their charm among people nowadays.

To make young people better enjoy the traditional art form, Chen has innovated the craft in terms of its themes, shapes and usage. She now carves small decorative objects and articles for10 use, hoping that more and more people can use them in their lives and like the artworks.

According to researchers from the University of California, people5 don't get enough sleep are less willing to socialize (社交). They are6 too tired to go out.

The researchers did7 small study. They tested 18 young people. They just had a good night's sleep8 tested them again after a sleepless night. The participants watched videos of people with neutral (中性的) expressions walking toward them.9 the person on the video got too "close" to them, they pushed a button to stop the video, which recorded how close they allowed the person to get.

The results showed10 people kept the person at a distance of 60 percent further back if they hadn't gotten enough sleep. They felt that their personal space was being invaded. But when the participants got a good night's sleep, they allowed the person to get much11 to them.

According to lead researcher Matthew Walker, the less sleep you get, the less you want to socialize with12 In turn, those people13 think you are weird and stay away from you. This can make you14 lonely and cause you to sleep even less. It becomes a vicious cycle.

So if you want to be a more sociable and popular person, sleeping well might help. "One night of good sleep makes you feel more outgoing and socially confident," Walker15 the Daily Mail.

How to Be an Interesting Person

An interesting person is very popular. And to be an interesting person will help you live an easy life. But how can you become interesting? Here are some ways to help you.

Try learning new things

An interesting person lives a colorful life. If you take up new work or new hobbies, you will become open-minded, talented and creative.  So, it is necessary to try learning new things.

Insist on doing sports

Developing a habit of doing sports can help you become interesting. When doing sports such as playing basketball, you will make more friends.  In this way, you will be an interesting person.

Communicate with different people

 When you communicate with different people, it will bring you different advantages. Different people share different ideas. They will enlarge your knowledge and enrich your life. They may open up a new world to you. It's helpful to make you become an interesting person. 

Everyone likes talking, but only a few people enjoy listening. In fact, talking too much won't make you attractive. Instead, listening carefully to others will help you become patient and wise.

To become an interesting person, please take action right now!

What else can you do to be an interesting person? (answer with no more than 15 words) 

According to the Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, about 350 (million) Chinese smoke. Among , one seventh are teenagers. Sun Jiangping of Beijing University said, "Teenagers can get cigarettes easily, especially when their parents smoke or shops sell cigarettes to them. It's very important for parents to help their children stop smoking."

Li Kun, 11-year-old boy from Beijing said his parents didn't smoke, because they thought smoking could make people feel (bad) ill. They only allowed him (play) with friends without smoking. Living in such a good family helped Li say no to cigarettes. Some of his smoking (classmate) once told Li that smoking made boys look cool, but Li disagreed. He said, "Smoking is not (health) and it's not cool at all. Please stop smoking now!" 

Many students eat their breakfasts on the way to school or in the dining room. But some of them don't really know how to eat well when eating out.

Here is some important (建议). The first is to eat less fast food. The (伤害) of eating too much fast food is having too much fat.

Soda is (又一个的) thing you should watch out for. Cokes and other sodas have a lot of sugar and can slow down a person's (生长), so it's best to drink as little soda as (可能的)

Food in the dining-room may not be as nice as fast food, but it's (事实 上) easier to make healthy choices. In other words, a meal with fish or meat, (蔬菜) and some bread or rice will (提供) you with most useful things that the body needs.

Some snacks, on the other hand, will help keep you going until your (下一个) big meal. It is natural for teenagers, (尤其) boys, to feel hungry during school time. Don't forget to take some foods, like low-fat milk in your school bag.

Say you're sitting around with some friends playing video games and someone mentions a game that happens to be one of your favorites. "Oh, that game's easy. So not worth the time," one of your friends says. The others agree. Although you enjoy the game quite a lot, not wanting to argue with them, you go along with the crowd.

You have just experienced what is commonly referred to as peer pressure(同 伴压力), also called peer influence. You will adopt a certain type of behavior, dress, or attitude in order to be accepted as part of a group of your "peers". As a teen, you are likely to have experienced the effect of peer pressure in a number of different areas.

We are all influenced by our peers at any age. For teens, as school and other activities take you away from home, you may spend more time with your friends than with your family. As you become more independent, your peers naturally play a greater role in your life. According to Dr Casey from Cornell University, teens are very quick and accurate in making decisions on their own and in situations where they have time to think. However, when they make decisions in the heat of the moment or in social situations, their decisions are often influenced by factors like peers. In a recent study, teen volunteers played a video driving game, either alone or with friends watching. The researchers discovered that the number of risks teens took more than doubled when their friends were watching, compared with when they played alone. This shows that teens may find it more difficult to control risky behavior when their friends are around, or in situations where they are extremely angry.

Just as people can influence us to make unwise choices, they can also influence us to make good ones. A teen might join in a volunteer project because his or her friends are doing it, or get good grades because his or her friends think getting good grades is important. In fact, friends often encourage each other to study, or try out for sports.

While we are always influenced by those around us, the decision to act or not is up to us. So when it comes to decision making, the choice is up to you.

There are a lot of advantages of being tall besides being able to reach the top shelf without a step ladder. More cash? That's right. Tall men earn more money, reports Live Science. On the other hand, there is also a huge disadvantage. According to a new study from the University of California Riverside, tall people may be more likely to develop cancer.

Leonard Nunney, a researcher at UC Riverside, reviewed four large population studies about the height and cancer. Nunney studied more than 10,000 cases of cancer, and when he looked at the result given a person's height, he found that the cancer risk rises by 10 percent for every four inches above the average height.

"If you were comparing a five-foot guy to a basketball player who's over seven feet tall, then that basketball player would have around twice the risk of cancer across the board," he said.

In the study, which was published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Nunney explained that one possible reason why tall people have an increased risk of cancer may be because of the simple fact that they have more cells(细胞) in their bodies. The more cell division happens in you, the greater the chances that cells will lead to tumour(肿瘤) growth.

Nunney found that the connection between the height and cancer risk was nearly the same with 18 out of the 23 types of cancer he tracked. He also discovered that skin cancer risk had an unexpectedly strong relationship with the height. And taller women had an increased risk of thyroid(甲状腺) cancer, as well.

Smile Train is a charity that helps millions of children around the world, who suffer from a facial defect. The defect happens when a baby's top lip or mouth doesn't form properly before birth. Eating and drinking is very difficult for these babies. The charity provides free operations, which give these children a new smile, and with it, new hope and a new beginning.

Children with the defect need all the help. Although many sufferers are accepted by their families, sadly, others are not. In some countries, children with this defect are often abandoned at birth because their parents feel ashamed of them or cannot afford the operations. The good news is that the operation is not difficult. It takes less than an hour and costs the family nothing. The charity raises money and finds the right medical volunteers to perform the operations.

A Smile Train doctor from the UK said, "Each child who has the operation is given a second chance at life. After years of staying at home, the children can finally go to school and be happy. Every year I perform hundreds of operations free of cost through Smile Train. Some of the stories I have heard are quite surprising. One newborn baby girl was found abandoned on a train. Luckily for her, she was found and adopted(收养) by a passenger. This lady then heard about Smile Train and brought the baby to our hospital. I did the operation and gave hope to the family. Experienced doctors like me share our skills with local doctors. In this way make sure that these operations will always be available."

Something that I learnt from both my parents was the importance of having respect(尊重) for other people. I remember one day when we were travelling on a bus and1 sat down while other people were standing. My mother shouted at me "2 immediately! You have young legs and you don't need to sit down." At the time I felt shamed for being told of 3 , but now I understand. I think children nowadays have 4 that respect and it really makes me angry if I see children sitting down while 5 people are standing.

One area in which we had a lot of rules was table 6 . For example, we weren't allowed to start our meal 7 the oldest person had started. We had to say "thank you" when our food was 8 , and eat everything on our plates before we could 9 the table. We couldn't make any noise when eating. Worse than that, we were only 10 to have sweets at the weekend, as a special 11 if we had been good.

Although my upbringing(养育) was perhaps a bit 12 compared with modern children. I'm very thankful to my parents for giving me a clear 13 in life. Even though I was sometimes 14 , I think it has made me a better person. In my view, children need clear rules, but more than that they need to learn how to get on with 15 people and realize they are not the center of the world.

People in many countries like to have tea with milk and sugar, but Chinese people don't. They like the tea with nothing in it. People in China eat more vegetables than meat. But in America, England and Canada people eat more meat than vegetables. In the USA, people have cold drinks when they are having supper. But Chinese people don't. In America, people have eggs and milk for breakfast. So do Chinese people.