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Dear Mary,

I am glad to hear that you are coming to China soon.

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Yours,

Zhang Xin

We know elephants never get lost. People find some animals can easily find their ways home like elephants. How do they make it? The research shows that they are born with certain special abilities for direction. It's amazing, right?

A kind of ants, for example, can count their steps to avoid getting lost. They can go as far as 110 meters and bring food home. These ants live in the open desert, so they have nothing to guide them along the way. It's like someone walking six kilometers through a dark forest.

Some fishes have an unbelievable sense of smell. They can smell even a single drop of their home water in a large sea area. Some sea birds have a similar ability. They are able to make a smell map of their flying area.

Some animals can sense the earth's magnetic field (磁场), while humans can't. This magnetic field guides a certain kind of fish when they swim a long way to a place and then back. How can this kind of fish do that? It is still a mystery. Scientists have no good answers yet.

However, animals with such unusual abilities still have difficulty dealing with environmental changes caused by human activities. For example, many birds depend on stars for direction, but they get lost easily at night when city lights are kept on all night. To solve this problem, we should simply turn off some lights at night. Clearly, one small act of humans may mean a lot to animals.

Long long ago, a group of people lived together on an island. They were Love, Vanity (虚荣), Sadness and so on. One day, island would sink (沉没). All the people got on their boats except, so she decided to ask others for help.

Love saw that Vanity had a beautiful boat. "Vanity, you mind taking me with you?" Love asked. "I can't help you." Vanity answered. "Look, your clothes get all. I do want to keep my boat dry. If you come, you must mess it."

Love then turned to Sadness and said. "Sadness, please let me get on your boat!" "Sorry. I am sad, I need to be alone." Sadness replied. When Love saw Happiness pass by, Love tried to ask her for help. But she was so happy that she didn't even stop to listen to what Love was saying.

Suddenly, Love an old man's voice saying, "Come on, Love. I'll take you away." The old man used his boat to take Love to a safe place. Love thanked him and said, "May I have your name, please? And were you willing to help me?" "My name is Time," the old man replied. "I understood how valuable you were—You made the world full peace and pleasure. In my mind, everyone should help you without thinking." Hearing the old man's words, Love was deeply moved.

To begin with, "cool" was just a word to describe the weather. In the past century, however, "cool" has become richer in meaning.

In the 1930s, being "cool" became a top word of praise in American slang (俚语). The word soon showed more meanings, including calm, wise, fashionable and more, according to the magazine Humanities.

According to Joel Dinerstein, a professor at Tulane University, today's "cool" is all about being caring. To be cool is to know and care about what is happening in the world. His students now believe that a person is cool if they care about environment or do charity work.

Another study found the key of "cool" lies in the will to stick to one's own choice in life. The study pointed out that cool people always choose their own paths whatever others think. You must make sure your behaviors are proper and are not being over done.

So, what does it really mean to be cool for teenagers? According to a latest survey done by some middle schools in Chengdu, most students believe that true coolness comes from knowing the importance of safety and responsibility. It also comes from making choices that make you have a better future. It means to live a life with passion (激情) no matter what happens.

A. But this doesn't mean you don't need to follow the social rules.

B. Fast forward to today, "cool" has had a big change from the past.

C. It is now not only a word, but a style, an attitude and even a life philosophy.

D. The real "cool" ones are those who will not be beaten by failures but keep trying.

E. Back in the day, being cool meant being a bit cold toward others but in an attractive way.

An electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL, 电动垂直起降) aircraft (飞行器), also known as an air taxi, completed its first inter-city flight in Guangdong on Feb 27. The eVTOL aircraft started its journey from Shenzhen to Zhuhai, completing the 55-kilometer trip in about 20 minutes. This flight is an important development of this exciting new form of transport.

Air taxis use high technology to take off and land vertically like a helicopter, which doesn't need long runways. Instead of using traditional combustion engines, air taxis use electric motors. These air taxis have propellers placed all over them to help them stay balanced. They also use lithiumion batteries to store electricity, letting them fly far and fast. With a central command center that keeps an eye on the flight, some of them can fly without a pilot.

There is no doubt that air taxis can help improve heavy traffic, with their direct point-to-point travel saving valuable time for urban people. Except this benefit, as an eco-friendly choice, air taxis produce fewer emissions than traditional cars, improving urban air quality.

However, air taxis also need special places to take off and land, which means they need eVTOL airports called "vertiports". Now researchers are trying to make full use of the existing (现有的) small airports to serve as "vertiports". And with plans to fly at low altitudes (纬度) in cities, there's still much work to be done to keep everyone safe.

Actually, many other Chinese festivals and art forms are also popular. Each of them has its own features. On the one hand, they largely enrich our life with colorful forms. For example, people can admire the full moon and eat mooncakes on the Mid-Autumn Festival; On the Dragon Boat Festival, people usually eat zongzi and watch boat races. Besides, Chinese clay art pieces and Chinese paintings bring us enjoyable experiences. On the other hand, behind all the festivals and art forms lie true meanings which are often about reunion, sharing joy, thanks, love and so on. It is because of the fantastic meanings that China has great cultures. And the cultures are becoming more and more popular around the world. As we all know,    ▲    They help us understand where we come from, who we are, and what we thank for.

So, what are we teenagers in China expected to do to inherit (继承), develop and spread our cultures? Of course, we should first learn more about the cultures in order to understand the true meanings better, which means we need build our cultural confidence firmly. What's more, it's necessary to join in activities that are good for spreading our cultures. Having a creative mind is also pretty important. Not only should we remember our traditions, but also we should seek (寻求) cultural exchanges and learn among cultures around the world.

②Thanks to our government and the nice people, the villagers' dream has come true. There is a big and wide bridge over the river. And besides, the villagers have lived in the new buildings and worked in companies in our village.

③As for me, with the love and encouragement from kind people, I had no fear on the way to my dream. Last year I graduated from a university. To follow the call of rural revitalization (乡村振兴), I chose to build my hometown as an engineer with some of my friends. In fact, with Chinese Dream, great changes have taken place everywhere in China in the last few years. China has also got many achievements such as 5G, high-speed railway, Beidou Navigation.

④Now our government is carrying out a lot of projects such as urban-rural integration (城乡融合), ecological tourism (生态旅游) to increase people's income and improve the quality of their life. More and more people would like to return to their hometowns to do some meaningful things.

⑤ "Where there are dreams, actions and union, there is a way." I believe Chinese will continue getting together and working hard to get more achievements in the near future.

Chinese swimmer Qin Haiyang will be one of China's medal hopes in the Paris Olympic pool. Although Qin has1 the World Aquatics Championship in 2023, he tries his best to improve himself.

However, Qin's swimming journey was not2 smooth. In 2016, Qin missed the chance to take part3 the Rio Olympic Games because he fell behind by4 than 0.5 seconds. "After that, I felt regret and started to dream big. I5 to stand on the world stage to show my talent," Qin said in an interview for China Daily's online6 Tracking Success.

7, he met with regret again in 2021. During the men's 200m breaststroke preliminaries (蛙泳预赛) at the Tokyo Olympics, Qin finished first in his group. But his score8 because of his mistakes.

From then on, Qin threw9 into endless training, focusing on every detail of his swimming skills. Changing swimming habits is as difficult as changing10 habits, especially for an adult athlete. He described this process as "breaking and rebuilding". "Just like learning to dance, I asked myself to finish every certain move perfectly," Qin11Jimu News.

12 two years of training, Qin finally became a hit in 2023, taking home 33 medals in total and being called "Breastroke King". Still, he kept low-key. He compared13 his achievements to the process of a stream (小溪) flowing into the sea.

"When I was a child, I was like a small stream. Then it gradually became a small river, and then a14 river, finally flowing into the ocean," Qin told China Daily.

Qin's next goal is the Paris Olympic Games. "I15 I can produce the best result possible and make a real splash (水花)," he said in the online show.

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Dear Sir/Madam.

My name is Li Hua. I'm writing to recommend myself to be the volunteer of the library in our community. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I will be thankful if I get the chance.

You may think it is impossible for people in flats to have a beautiful garden. That's not true! The rooftop gardens (屋顶花园) are becoming more and more p in big cities now. It is a nice way to turn an empty space into a pretty and relaxing area.

Rooftop gardens seem very modern. But in fact, it has a long history. More than 2,000 years a ancient people started to build the rooftop gardens. Those gardens had the same purpose. If an enemy army attacked the city, they might destroy the city's food which could keep people a . So the advice of moving the farming places to the top of the houses was g .

Today's rooftop gardens are different f the old ones. They also have other uses. For example. the plants in the garden take in more heat. The temperature in the house below is usually lower in summer. S the air conditioner (空调) is less often used. More energy can be saved.

However, a rooftop garden needs more c . First of all, build a fence (栅栏) around it. The w may blow your plants down from the roof. You don't want anyone to get hurt, do you? Also, remember that rooftop gardens get more sunshine. If you have plants that shouldn't s in it for too long, you may have to put them in the shade sometimes.

It's not e to look after a rooftop garden, but if you put your heart into it, you will make your little part of the city much nicer.

Wheat Straw Painting (麦秆画) first appeared in the Sui and Tang dynasties. Today, some people are still interested in it, and Zhang Li is one of them. She became interested in Wheat Straw Painting when she was 16 years old. In 2015, she set up her own workroom. Now, Zhang Li realizes that Wheat Straw Painting is what she wants to do for the rest of her life.

She collects lots of wheat straw in the countryside. She dries the straw in the sun and then cuts it by hand. Colorful straws, like red, orange and brown can be found in her artworks. "They are all natural." Zhang Li said. Different colors make her paintings beautiful.

In order to develop Wheat Straw Painting, she came up with the idea of mixing it with other traditional Chinese art. So she spent two years learning Suzhou embroidery (苏绣) from some famous artists.

One of her greatest works is a bird among flowers. It took her the whole year to finish it. The bird's smooth-shiny and colorful feathers are made of wheat straw, while the flowers are made of silk. "In my works, you will find paintings and embroideries mix well." said Zhang Li.

Through great effort, Zhang Li successfully brought Wheat Straw Painting to people's attention. She said, "What I have done is just the very beginning. There is still a long way to go."

—Yes, he is also stronger.

—I plan (read) the book Red Star Over China (《红星照耀中国》).