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First of all, the international summer camp can bring campers unusual life experience. As we all know, the experience in high school plays a very important role in life. The international summer camp is a great way to get the right values for life. Campers will experience the cultural difference— something they can't get at home from their families. During the international summer camp, students will become more independent and see new things. They can also learn more through talking with students from all over the world.

Making friends is another point. The international summer camp mixes Chinese students with students from other countries in the world. No matter whether they live with a local family or live with other students in dormitories (宿舍), they will all share experiences and cultures with persons from different countries and cultural backgrounds, learn cross-culture communication skills by listening to others and expressing themselves, and improve friendship over several weeks. They often stay in touch with each other by email after the program finishes.

The most exciting thing in the international summer camp is that Chinese campers can get excellent chances to speak and use English in a real English world. Language is not only knowledge; it is a skill which needs to be improved by using it.

Multitasking means dealing with more than one task at the same time or switching (转换) between tasks quickly. While it seems like an efficient (效率高的) way to get more things done in less time, studies suggest our brains might not be as good at multitasking as we think.

Firstly, multitasking can make us less focused and lower the quality (质量) of our work. When multitasking, our attention gets split (分开，分散). This means we might make more mistakes and not do our jobs very well. For example, studying while chatting online can make it harder to understand or remember what you're learning; meanwhile, you probably won't be able to fully enjoy that pleasant conversation either.

Besides, we tend to work less efficiently when multitasking. Studies have shown that it takes our brains more time to switch between tasks, which contradicts the belief that multitasking saves time. Experts call it "task switch costs". We meet "task switch costs" because of the increased mental demand (脑力需求) as our mind jumps from one thing to another.

Lastly, multitasking may hurt people's health, both physically and mentally. For teenagers, their brains are busy forming important neural (神经的) connections. Splitting attention too often might have a serious, long-term, negative influence on how these connections form. Moreover, it could lead to anxiety and a feeling of being constantly behind.

However, does it mean we should never ever try multitasking? The good news is, some forms of multitasking are easier to realize than others, and here are some suggestions on how to choose the right tasks for multitasking:

Try pairing up complex (difficult thus needs full attention and effort) and automatic (done witho7ut thinking) tasks: For example, you can think about a to-do list (complex) while jogging outdoors (automatic), for the latter doesn't need much mental power.

It's also a good idea to rank (分等级) tasks based on levels of importance first. Don't choose very important ones to multitask; instead, try those that don't need so much attention. Save your focused attention for tasks that matter most.

Knowing your limits (极限) is also necessary. People are different, so you should know your own mental and physical limits when multitasking. If you find the quality of your work drops or feel too nervous, you probably should stop multitasking.

Our team was made up of scientists from several fields. We built a few different robotic cushions, and each one offered a different calming experience, like the feeling of breathing, a heartbeat, and one of them even had colourful lights inside. We asked people to try them out and tell us which they liked the best. Most people liked the cushion that felt like it was breathing. So, we decided to work more on that one.

For our final cushion, we made it bigger so it was easier to hug. We made a robotic part that could push air in and out of a balloon inside the cushion, to control the "breathing". We did this because slow breathing helps people feel calmer.

Now, we wanted to see if our cushion really could help with anxiety, so we did a test. The test had to do three things: make people feel anxious, check their anxiety levels, and compare the effect of the cushion to something else.

We made people feel anxious by having them do some difficult math problems in front of others. Afterwards, we asked them to score their anxiety levels from one to ten. To see how well the cushion worked, we put people into three groups. Group A used the breathing cushion, Group B tried meditating (冥想), and Group C just sat quietly without anything to help with their anxiety. After 10 minutes, we asked them to score their anxiety levels again.

We found that people who hugged the breathing cushion had much less anxiety than those who just sat quietly. And we saw that meditation also helped people reduce their anxiety.

Meditation can be difficult because it needs attention and practice, but hugging a cushion is easy! And, you could hug the cushion while doing other things. By doing more research like this, we can find ways to help people who need different ways to feel better. What do you think? Would you like to have a breathing cushion to hug when you're worried?

There were only seven seconds left in the game. Mason's team, the Blazers, was winning 31-29.

Mason was guarding Edwin, the best player on the Engineers team. The crowd shouted: "4...3.…2…"

Edwin stopped, jumped, and shot the ball before the buzzer (终场哨) sounded. The ball went in!

The score was now 31-31.

"We will play overtime," said Mason's teammate Joel. Mason felt bad because he failed to stop Edwin. Edwin smiled at him, making Mason feel even worse.

In overtime, both teams were nervous and made mistakes. Edwin scored twice. Now the Engineers were ahead by 4 points. But then Joel made a great three-point shot with 28 seconds left!

Then Mason had his big moment. With 11 seconds left, he guessed where Edwin would move.

He stole an important pass.

Mason ran fast toward the basket, but two defenders (防守球员) came to stop him. He thought about taking the final shot himself—a chance to be a hero. But then he saw Joel, who was standing alone near the basket.

Mason passed the ball to Joel.

Joel caught the ball,turned,and scored just as the buzzer sounded.

The Blazers won!

Mason and Joel gave each other a high-five."Great pass!" Joel said.

From that day, Mason learned something important:real winning is more than just the score.

Chinese people have already enjoyed math games and toys for thousands of years. Read and choose the right description (描述) for each picture.

I am looking through the articles of the school magazine, thinking about what to1 to match the topics. A story about a boy growing out of loneliness pulls me back to the past.

As a kid, I couldn't help feeling2 in crowds as if they were all eyeing me. Most of the time, I would find a quiet corner, drawing anything that came to my mind, all alone and unnoticed.

As my junior high started, I decided to make a3. I brought myself to talk with others but ended up either acting silly or saying things upsetting them. As a result, I closed the door to connecting with anyone at school and kept to myself. I spent hours and hours in drawing to4 my loneliness.

Life went on like this until one day, my art teacher told me that one of my drawings was chosen for the School Art Exhibition. I was surprised but meanwhile a secret feeling of5 rose from the bottom of my heart. Somehow, I really wished my drawing would be liked, by at least one person. To my surprise, visitors crowded around my drawing6 at its colors, its design, its creativity and... its everything.

The next day, I was greeted by many people with warm smiles. In the classes later on, I started to get engaged. Last week, my math teacher asked a question. I raised my hand and explained confidently. When I heard claps from every corner of the classroom, I7, to others and to myself.

Now, I am an illustrator (插画师) of my school magazine and have won a few prizes. I've made some close friends. And I am no longer a loner but an outgoing and confident girl. And all these changes seem to grow from the8 days.

—I ________ to learn English when I was six years old.

—________ is Okay. Both of them are my favourite.

—At about 6:30.

—Of course. Here you are.