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活动一：British Geniuses Introduction

活动二：English Film Sharing Activity

活动三：British Food Festival

注意：

1. 80-120词;

2. 可适当增加细节，以使语句通顺、条理清楚、意义连贯；

3. 文中不得出现真实姓名和学校名称等个人信息；

4. 信的开头已给出，不计入总词数；

5. 书写规范，卷面整洁。

Dear Mr. Smith,

I am writing to share my ideas on the activities designed for the British Culture Festival. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Best wishes,

Li Hua

People make long journeys to different countries. However, the biggest journey is the self-discovery journey. How can you start the journey of self-discovery? Here are four tips for you.

Find out your most valuable ability. You may have different kinds of abilities. It could be about your ability to create, your ability to understand others or your skills at football. But which of them are you proud of? This will help you know yourself better.

Know what makes you excited. This will tell you where you can get your own joy. It could be when you are performing a dance on stage, when you help your dad fix his computer or even when you are doing research on your school science project.

Get out of your comfort zone (舒适区). It is always comfortable to stay in your familiar area. However, in order to discover yourself, you need to put yourself in some uncomfortable situations. You can do some outdoor activities you are afraid of. This will give you a chance to learn more about how you feel, think and react when the challenge comes.

It is also a powerful way to discover things about yourself. When you are in a different place, you may have a chance to rethink what you always believe.

People may want to finish the journey as soon as possible. As you go through life, many experiences can change you, and this helps you grow. The journey to self-discovery is life's greatest adventure.

A. You need to find out the answer.

B. Some even make their way into space.

C. Discover and share different cultures.

D. Spend your time in a new environment.

E. In fact, the self-discovery journey is a lifelong task.

F. For example, you can go out for some difficult rock climbing.

Marin's story is not unique. Millions around the world make a living from picking through waste and reselling it. Only about 28 percent of the cans that could be recycled are actually recycled. Rubbish collectors keep millions of additional recyclables out of landfills every year.

Yet collectors are ruled out by government policies (政策). The United States Supreme Court in 1988 stated that household garbage is public property (财产) once it's on the street. That enables police to search rubbish for evidence (证据), but that protection hasn't always been extended to recyclers. And in places like New York City, which is testing city-owned locked containers to hide garbage from mice, containers are made clearly inaccessible (难得到的) for collectors.

"There's value in the waste, and we feel that value should belong to the people, not the city or the companies", says Ryan Castalia, director of a nonprofit recycling and community center in Brooklyn.

Recognized or not, waste pickers have long been treated with respect. Marin recalls an occasion when someone living next to a building where she was collecting cans threw water at her. "Because I recycle it doesn't mean I am less of a person than anyone else," she says. Some governments are taking action because they realize that protecting the environment and humanity should go hand in hand.

The small Paris café was filled with the smell of coffee and people's chatter. I sat across from Charles Strickland at a wooden table. Once a rich businessman in fine suits, he now wore an old coat with white paint on its sleeves.

When I asked him why he left his wife and two children and moved to this place, he remained calm and cold, explaining that painting had become as important to him as breathing to a living creature. Forty years old as he was, he believed this was his final opportunity to change his life. "My relatives will take care of my family," he said without any regret, as if his children were strangers he had met only once.

For more than a year, he had lied to his wife by telling her he was playing cards with friends in the evenings, but he was taking art classes to learn painting in fact. With his hands shaking slightly, he said in an anxious voice, "I have to paint. When a man falls into the water, it doesn't matter how he swims; he has to get out or else he'll drown (溺水)."

When I asked him, "What will you do if you never become successful?" he just repeated, "I have to paint." There was no sign of doubt or regret in his words. It was clear that he had completely turned down the normal rules of society. "I will not follow a path set by others," he added.

Looking at his worn shoes and fingers with different colors of paint, I finally said, "You have become a heartless man." To my surprise, he just stood up calmly, adjusted his old hat, and suggested, "Let's go find somewhere to eat." Around us, waiters cleared tables while people laughed and drank coffee. These happy sounds felt strange after our serious talk, like sunshine breaking through storm clouds.

Excerpt (节选) from The Moon and Sixpence

Plains wanderers (领鹑) are small, rare birds that live in grasslands. Unlike most birds, female plains wanderers are larger and stronger than males. Females take the lead in protecting their homes and babies from animals like foxes, while males often sit on the eggs to keep them warm. These birds are hard to find because their feathers blend (融合) into the grass, making them look like part of the landscape. It seems that they are invisible due to their feathers. Sadly, their numbers have been dropping because people are taking over their grassland homes for farms and cities.

To save them, scientists are using AI. The key is the birds' calls. Mother wanderers make soft sounds to talk to their chicks and warn about danger. These mothers' calls are quiet and easy to miss, but AI can hear them clearly. Scientists put microphones in the grasslands to record sounds all day and night. Then they put these recordings into a computer program to analyze (分析) them. The AI learns to tell the wanderers' calls apart from other noises, like the wind blowing or insects chirping. This helps scientists find where the mother birds are and how many chicks they have.

"AI helps us monitor these birds without bothering them," says Dr. Lee, who leads the project. "We can find the most important areas for them and work to protect those places." Once, the AI helped scientists find a hidden nest with three baby birds. Without AI, they might not have found it. Thanks to this technology, there is new hope for these rare birds, showing that AI can be a powerful tool in saving wildlife.

"Wanting only the best things for yourself4 your problems and stress. You need to understand that the cup doesn't make the coffee better.5, all that you wanted was the coffee, not the cup. But you consciously (有意识地)6 the best cups, and then looked to see what cups others picked."

"Your7 is the coffee. Your job, money, position in society…they are the cups. The type of cup doesn't decide the8 of life. Sometimes, by focusing only on the cups, we forget to enjoy the taste of the coffee. The9 people are not those who have the best things, but those who enjoy life and make the most of what they have."

Hearing this, the graduates were speechless. They had learned another important life lesson from their old professor—that true happiness means enjoying life instead of worrying about10 things.

—Of course. He ________ to the USA.

—It is necessary ________ you to do sports at least twice a week.

—The crown maker tricked me. My crown isn't ________ completely ________ gold.

—No, but he really made us________ .

—Yes. All of us________ the result.

提示：

What is the invention that influences your life most?

How does it influence your life?

What are your feelings about it?

要求：(1) 演讲稿须包括所有提示内容，可适当发挥；(2) 演讲词中不得出现真实的地名、校名和人名；(3) 词数80左右。开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Hello, everyone! I am Li Hua and I'm very happy to stand here to talk about an invention that influences my life most.

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Thanks for your attention!

Chopsticks are simple and helpful. Chopsticks have been a big part of Chinese food culture for a long time. Let's read and learn more about (they).

The (one) pair of chopsticks was invented over 5,000 years ago. It is said that Dayu, ancient Chinese leader, invented them. At that time, there was a flood in China. Yu was very worried and wanted to control the flood. So he ate his meals as (quick) as possible to save more time. But the meat in the pot was too hot to eat with his hands. Then he used two (branch) to help him hold the meat.

Most Chinese people today use wooden and bamboo chopsticks because they are cheap and convenient to carry around. In fact, the bamboo chopsticks are (good) than wooden ones because wood may take in some of the oil from the food. It will be unhealthy if you don't clean up. Chopsticks are a symbol of Chinese culture. More and more foreigners try to use chopsticks. However, they may have trouble (eat) food with only two sticks. Then people invented a creative eating tool: "chork". It has a fork (叉子) on one end and a pair of chopsticks on the other. When it breaks into two, it (work) as chopsticks. this way, they can deal with the problem smartly.

During the National Day holiday, the sky above Shenzhen was lit up by impressive drone light shows. These "cyber fireworks" lit up the night, painting a lively picture of Shenzhen as a "City of Miracles, City of Innovation, City of the Future". So how does the drone light show work?

Before a drone light show begins, drones are usually put on the ground one by one. To shorten the time, the DAMODA drone company thought of a solution: they put drones in special boxes with QR codes. By placing the boxes in correct places, thousands of drones can be ready in a short time—and they can go back to their "homes" by scanning the QR codes.

In drone light shows, each drone is programmed by a computer to follow its own flight direction, carefully avoiding the other drones. Their position, ID and colours change throughout the performance to show different objects in the night sky. Drone light shows are thought to be more environmentally friendly. So lots of big events are turning to them instead of fireworks. They will probably be more popular in the future.

A. It would take a lot of time to prepare a show with more than ten thousand drones.

B. They communicate with neighbouring drones and use sensors to keep a certain distance.

C. A total of 10,197 DAMODA drones took to the sky at the same time, setting two Guinness World Records.

D. Drones can also be reused again and again.

E. They certainly cause less noise and light pollution than fireworks shows.

F. Many people came to Shenzhen to watch the amazing show.

Science & Health

Numbers keep us safe and healthy. Builders use special numbers like 3.14 (π) to make strong bridges that won't fall down. Doctors use numbers like 37℃ (normal body temperature) and 60-100 beats per minute (normal heartbeat) to check health.

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Numbers tell us about people. Did you know that Asia has around 4.8 billion people? That's more than half of all people on Earth! Leaders use these numbers to decide how many schools to build. In bad times, numbers help decide how much food or medicine is needed. Stores even use numbers to know which products sell well.

Everyday Uses

We see numbers every day. When baking a cake, you need twice as much flour as sugar. At stores, a 20% discount means you can pay less money. On the road, signs like "60 km/h" tell drivers the maximum speed. Dates also use numbers, like "June 26th".

There are also some fun facts about numbers. People think differently about some numbers. In China, people believe that the number 8 means good fortune. Meanwhile, in some Western countries, people think 13 is unlucky.

Numbers help us describe everything—from small things to huge stars. They are the world's special language.

The parade had two parts: a ceremony and a march-past. It lasted about 70 minutes. Before the event, all preparation work was finished. The soldiers were full of energy, waiting to be reviewed. Everyone wanted to celebrate this special day that honors the anti-fascist (反法西斯的) war victory.

Many kinds of Chinese-made weapons (武器) and equipment (装备) were shown. Some new types appeared for the first time. This proved the military can protect its people and keep regional peace.

The main goals of the parade were to remember history, honor martyrs, value peace and work for a better future. It also told the world that China will follow international rules and support fairness.

Some international media reported on the parade. One famous news network said the parade let people see China's fast military technology development. Another noted that China's military helps keep world peace, and the parade showed its wish to do more for global stability.