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A: Hi, Betty! Do you know about it?

B: Not much.

A: Sure. It's the most important traditional festival in China. It was listed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (人类非物质文化遗产代表名录) on December 4, 2024.

B: Sounds interesting.

A: We have a big dinner together and kids get lucky money.

B: Wow! That must be really fun.

A: Yeah! And I'm having a Spring Festival party at my home.

B: I'd love to. What time does the party start?

A: Can you make it?

B: I think so. Do I need to bring anything?

A: No, just come and enjoy yourself.

A. Would you like to come?

B. The Spring Festival is coming.

C. How do you usually celebrate it?

D. It starts at 6 p. m. on New Year's Eve.

E. I don't know anything about it at all.

F. Can you tell me something about the festival?

Today's young people seem to have become crazy multi-taskers. They often use media when doing other activities. Some watch TV when doing homework, some text (发短信), and some others listen to music. But what do young people think of this? A research showed that two thirds of them believed watching TV or texting had no influence on their schoolwork. Half of them thought using social media made no difference. However, researches have given a different answer: "media multi-taskers" did worse in tests.

Scientists did a research among more than 400 students. It shows that those who text a lot have more trouble sleeping and do worse in their study. In another research, students who didn't text during a lesson took down a lot more notes than those who were texting. A similar research also found that students who texted when doing schoolwork had lower grades. According to a research, if a kid uses social media a lot, especially at night, he or she will sleep worse and feel more nervous and depressed (消沉的). On the one hand, young people stay up late to check messages and information. They may also be woken up by messages they receive. On the other hand, even the light from a screen could influence their sleep. Some other researchers also show that children who use media at night go to bed later, get fewer hours of sleep each week, and become sleepy more easily during the daytime.

The fish robot is about 1.5 meters long. It can swim as fast as swimmers at a speed (速度) of 0.5 meters a second (秒). There is a detector (探测器) in their bodies. The detector can find the pollution in the water, and then the fish robots will eat part of it. It can also help to find lives in the water and bring them to the beach.

The robots all have a special battery (电池). Because of it, the robots can "swim" for eight hours in the sea freely and don't get tired from doing the same stroke (泳姿) again and again. So, they send back information to people on the beach efficiently (高效地). When their energy runs down, they will go back to the beach by themselves. But the study shows that these robots have some flaws. Scientists say there are still some things that need to be improved. The robots are not ready to take the place of humans.

Now, there are five fish robots in all. The cost (花费) of them is too high now. Each costs about 29, 000 dollars. They are part of a three-year program between engineering company BMT Group and Essex University in England.

I enjoy making tangyuan3 my grandma. "Practice makes perfect (完美)," she smiles, encouraging (鼓励) me to4 it.

Grandma then teaches me to cook. "Don't use high heat (高温). Instead, you should cook5 at low heat and wait until they float (漂浮)." The kitchen fills with a sweet6 and it makes our mouths water.

Last year, Grandma was ill. I wanted to surprise her by making tangyuan7. But it was not easy to do it well. Though my first try was not good—some broke in the water—I kept trying. At last, when I served the perfect ones to her bedside, tears8 in her eyes. "My little girl grows up," she said.

Now,9 I see tangyuan, I remember her words: "Life is like making tangyuan—it needs both sweetness and hard work." This traditional food not only makes my stomach (胃) full but also10 my heart. It helps me understand family love.

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短文开头：As I grow up, I am learning to be responsible day by day.