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Do not  where the path may lead. Go  where there is no path and leave a trail.

Some body language has many different uses. Perhaps the best example is smiling. A smile can help us get  difficult situations and find friends in a world of strangers. A smile can  down barriers. We can use a smile to apologise, to greet someone, to ask for help, or to start a conversation. Experts suggest  at yourself in the mirror to make yourself feel happier and stronger. And if we are feeling down or lonely, there is nothing better than seeing the smiling face of a good friend.

Yuan Longping,  as the "father of hybrid rice", is one of China's most famous . Yet, he considers himself a farmer  he continually works the land in his research. Indeed, his slim but strong body is just like  of millions of Chinese farmers,  whom he has devoted his life.

Body language is the quiet, secret and most powerful language of all! It speaks1 than words. According to specialists, our bodies send out more2 than we realize. In fact, non-verbal communication takes up about 50% of what we really3 . And body language is particularly4 when we attempt to communicate across cultures. Indeed, what is called body language is so5 a part of us that it's actually often unnoticed. And misunderstandings occur as a result of it. For example, different societies treat the6 between people differently. Northern Europeans usually do not like having7 contact even with friends, and certainly not with strangers. People from Latin American countries,8 , touch each other quite a lot. Therefore, it's possible that in9 , it may look like a Latino is10 a Norwegian all over the room. The Latino, trying to express friendship, will keep moving11 . The Norwegian, very probably seeing this as pushiness, will keep backing away which the Latino will in return regard as coldness.

Clearly, a great deal is going on when people12 . And only a part of it is in the words themselves. And when parties are from different cultures, there's a strong possibility of13 . But whatever the situation, the best14 is to obey the Golden Rule: treat others as you would like to be15 . 

Have you become really interested in self-improvement lately? This pursuit of more and better things, whether they be better health, clothes, or money has been normalized, but sometimes to the detriment of people's well-being. This self-improvement mindset can make you feel disempowered, like you should be someone else. Here are five time-wasting self-improvement habits that are harmful to you.

Extremely high and unrealistic expectations 

Having goals can be very helpful since it can help give you something to work towards and place your energy into.This is a harmful habit because you're not focused on yourself and your enjoyment of life, but on achieving other people's ideals. Remember, you don't have to be perfect, you just need to be yourself.

The quick culture mentality

The idea about how you must never give up or that you must constantly hustle, even at the expense of your health can be very damaging to your well-being. Sometimes, things just don't work out and you need to give up, but that's not a bad thing.As much as there are people who have to support themselves and others by working long hours, constantly hustling without taking any breaks for yourself to get your bearings may only lead to burnout.

Putting aesthetics (审美) over health

Social media can be a tool to help you change your life for the better, it can also mislead how you see yourself and others.Women are implored to get dangerous, unnecessary cosmetic surgery and men are told to be jacked up and in the gym by any means for those gains, but our bodies are not trends that we should be ashamed of.

Information without application

Like many others, you may decide to apply the self-improvement information once you finished reading all of it, but there are so many books about it and new ones keeps coming out.As powerful as knowledge is, applied knowledge is the best kind. Don't be afraid to apply what you've learnt into the world.

Visualizations without action

Perhaps you see yourself as a painter, or you wish you'd have a big house. Visualizing the life you want and putting it out there can be a great way to get yourself motivated. However, this can become an issue when you only put it out there and dream about it with nothing in between to bridge the gap.Remember that you have to actually do it to get there.

A. It can be heartbreaking and tough, but it may be necessary.

B. It will be too bad if you fail to keep your momentum (推力，动力) and work on.

C. You need to create great expectations in order to drive yourself forward.

D. If it lacks the structure and action, all you dream about is only a dream.

E. However，you might create wild expectations which are too much for yourself.

F. Instead of promoting healthy lifestyles, it advertises certain body types as desirable.

G. All of these how-to's can be helpful, but they are useless if you don't actually use them.

James Dyson on Using Failure to Drive Success

My father died when I was nine, and I remember doing the household chores to help my mother. I hated changing the vacuum cleaner (真空吸尘器) bag and picking up things the machine did not suck up.

Twenty years later, in 1978, I was doing chores at home alongside my wife. One day the vacuum cleaner was screaming away, and I had to empty the bag because I could not find a replacement for it. With this lifelong hatred of the way the machine worked, I decided to make a bagless vacuum cleaner. 

Easier said than done, of course. I didn't realize that I would spend the next five years perfecting my design, a process that resulted in 5,127 different prototypes (设计原型). By the time I made my 15th prototype, my third child was born. By 2,627, my wife and I were really counting our pennies. By 3,727, my wife was giving art lessons for some extra cash, and we were getting further and further into debt. These were tough times, but each failure brought me closer to solving the problem.

I just had a passion for the vacuum cleaner as a product, but I never thought of going into a business with it. In the early 1980s, I started trying to get licensing agreements (许可协议) for my technology. The reality was very different, however. The major vacuum makers had built a business model based on the profits from bags and filters (滤网). No one would license my idea, not because it was a bad one, but because it was bad for business. 

That gave me the courage to keep going, but soon after, the companies that I had talked with started making machines like mine. I had to fight legal battles on both sides of the Atlantic to protect the patents on my vacuum cleaner. However, I was still in financial difficulties until 1993, when my bank manager personally persuaded Lloyds Bank to lend me $1 million. Then I was able to go into production. Within two years, the Dyson vacuum cleaner became a best-seller in Britain. 

Today, I still embrace risk and the potential for failure as part of the process. Nothing beats the excitement of invention. Go out and brainstorm your ideas. You are not bound to any rules — in fact, the stranger and riskier your idea, the better.

Soil creates life from death. The production of more than 95% of the food we eat relies on soil. But this precious resource is eroding (侵蚀) at a global average of 13.5 tons per hectare per year. Instead of nourishing crops, fertile topsoil is washed and blown away, ending up in inconvenient places such as ditches and oceans.

Jo Handelsman and Kayla Cohen try to make readers care about soil in A World Without Soil. Their prologue (前言) takes the form of a letter to the government. With the letter, they hope to make soil management a federal priority. The following chapters cover the basic science of soil as well as the causes and consequences of its erosion. In the last part of the book, the authors turn to possible solutions—many of them simple, and some centuries old. They describe about traditional soil management techniques, including planting diverse crops in rotation (轮种), increasing organic content, ploughing as little as possible, etc. With these techniques, farmers are able to produce rich agricultural production while maintaining deep banks of fertile soil.

Why, then, is fertile soil being allowed to be washed and blown away? The answer, not surprisingly, rests in global capitalism. Farmers' profit is thin, forcing farmers to plant the highest-profit crop from field to field every season. To ensure food security, Handelsman and Cohen urge the world to demand a real top-down change in how agricultural production is managed. "The burden of protecting soil cannot be shifted to farmers and environmental activists," they note. Governments must begin to move towards a model in which farmers are less independent business people growing and selling food, and more government-supported land workers managing both food production and soil protection. This should be the core of agriculture.

Our land and soil are too precious to be destroyed by the market price of crops. We must invest deeply and thoughtfully in our farmers so that they can invest deeply and thoughtfully in the land. This is the future of farming.

The meaning of silence varies among cultural groups. Silences may be thoughtful, or they may be empty when a person has nothing to say. A silence in a conversation may also show stubbornness, or worry. Silence may be viewed by some cultural groups as extremely uncomfortable; therefore attempts may be made to fill every gap    with conversation. Persons in other cultural groups value silence and view it as necessary for understanding a person's needs.

Many Native Americans value silence and feel it is a basic part of communicating among people, just as some traditional Chinese and Thai persons do. Therefore, when a person from one of these cultures is speaking and suddenly stops, what maybe implied is that the person wants the listener to consider what has been said before continuing. In these cultures, silence is a call for reflection.

Other cultures may use silence in other ways, particularly when dealing with conflicts among people or in relationships of people with different amounts of power. For example, Russian, French, and Spanish persons may use silence to show agreement between parties about the topic under discussion. However, Mexicans may use silence when instructions are given by a person in authority rather than be rude to that person by arguing with him or her. In still another use, persons in Asian cultures may view silence as a sign of respect, particularly to an elder or a person in authority.

Nurses and other care-givers need to be aware of the possible meanings of silence when they come across the personal anxiety their patients may be experiencing. Nurses should recognize their own personal and cultural construction of silence so that a patient's silence is not interrupted too early or allowed to go on unnecessarily. A nurse who understands the healing value of silence can use this understanding to assist in the care of patients from their own and from other cultures.

Have you ever been misunderstood (误解) by someone you care about? In my first year in high school, I had a good friend. We got along with each other very well and we often talked about our life and discussed the problems we had in school. We always shared our joys and sadnesses.

Every time I was in a bad mood (心情) or didn't do well on a test, she would encourage me and make me feel relieved. I also listened to her patiently when she got into trouble. We cared about each other so much that we thought of each other as part of our families. Both of us had the same interest in our free time. We enjoyed enriching our knowledge by reading articles in many different fields on blogs on the Internet. And blogging also became one of the important ways for us to communicate with each other. Sometimes we would post something that we weren't willing to say face to face on our blogs. And the next time we turned on the computer, we would know what had happened to each other these days and also understand each other more through the blog.

But one night I got an e-mail from her. In it she told me that she felt very disappointed with me and she didn't want to be my friend anymore! I was very shocked at that time and had no idea about what had made her so angry. So I called her back immediately, but no one answered the phone. I was so confused and didn't know what to do. I thought about the last time we had chatted with each other and couldn't find anything wrong. So I turned on my computer and read her blog, hoping to figure out what had happened to her. Suddenly, when I read an article about some other friends, I realized what had gone wrong.

注意：1. 续写词数应为150左右；2. 请按如下格式在相应位置作答。

It was because of one article on my blog the week before. 

……

Finally, I came up with the idea of communicating with her through my blog, too. 

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Irene Schouten did what most people expected of  (she) at the Olympics: winning gold for the Netherlands at Beijing 2022.

But the speed skater was not satisfied  just being an Olympic champion. She quickly and  (elegant) established her position as the queen of the Ice Ribbon with three gold medals and a bronze (铜牌).

It has been a busy period for the Dutch star  had her days fully occupied (被占用) between training  skating in Beijing. She has also been busy  (plan) for her upcoming wedding.

Here is something you should know about Irene Schouten who won the first and last speed skating  (event) in Beijing.

Schouten let out a scream ( 尖 叫) and threw her hands in the air as she crossed the finish line of the women's mass start. Her  (three) gold medal at Beijing 2022 was hard-earned. It was worth all the effort. A natural-born long-distance skater, Schouten started skating when she was 8. Watching her first Olympics, Salt Lake 2002, she  (attract) by Gretha Smit's silver winning moment in the 5000m.

That Olympic moment encouraged her interest in the long-distance races in speed skating. "When I was young, I had a strong wish (win) Olympic gold and now I have it," she said after her 5000m gold in Beijing.

For as long as I can remember, I've been part of a team of some sort of extracurricular (课外的) sport. I started swimming at a young age and then I was 1  to water polo (水球).

Water polo is a 2  sport. We grow together, we hang out together, and we succeed together. 3  in this sport depends on the successes of each other rather than the success of the 4 . This is important because we all realize that 5  we can grow fast alone, we grow more and get closer to our goals 6 .

I was never good when I first started a sport. To be honest, it was 7  when I first started playing water polo. My coach has always 8  me. She once said that we're never going to be 9  at first and that's okay because we can always get better. And get better? I did. No matter how 10  I got I noticed that there was always somewhere I was lacking and somewhere I could 11 .

Being an athlete is 12 . You have to wake up early every day. You have to 13 yourself every day. You have to balance your life outside of sport. But for me, 14 is never an option. I knew that simply throwing in the towel would cause me to be filled with great regret. So don't let hard work 15 your desire to become someone greater than you are today.

The classroom environment offers many ways to include fun and laughter into a potentially dull routine，and effective educators make the most of these opportunities. ．

Lighten up the atmosphere

Humour can be used to enrich literacy skills，spark creativity，teach critical analysis or just lighten the mood in the classroom. ． Make fun of yourself and your mistakes.This can make students smile and has the added benefit of showing students that teachers are human.Use current music and sports subjects in teaching examples to engage students and introduce a fun cultural reference into the usually somber atmosphere of school.

Use humour in the media

． Take advantage of political cartoons to analyse historical events or trends and begin a debate.Humorous authors and reporters in the media can be used as models for writing jobs or oral presentations.

Children can fill in the words the cartoon characters might say，and then transfer those actual words into a story using quotation marks.Comics also can be used to teach literary devices such as puns，metaphors and symbolism.Children can create their own comics combining imagery from word pairs，a cartoon mouse using a computer mouse，for instance.

The learning benefits of humour

． Humour is found to be an important entryway into improving social connections with others.Brains might be able to be trained to interpret a difficult situation in a humorous way in order to help the body cope with stressful circumstances.

A．Keep a cartoon and joke file

B．Include happy remarks throughout lessons

C．Find humour from the behaviour of students

D．Humour is a kind of daily show for teachers

E．So young students laugh a lot in their classrooms

F．Humour can improve learning and strengthen memories

G．Newspapers provide points for issues on current events

When James Haskell started playing professional rugby football, technology's influence was very limited. One of its first and important uses within the game, he says, was just urine testing (尿检). "A lot has changed since then. Now all the players wear GPS heart-rate monitors," the former England and Wasps ruby union player says. Data and technology have become important parts of a professional sports team and its players' lives, Haskell says.

But this is only the beginning.

"New 5G will bring a whole set of new devices to the sports industry and the connectivity of supply chains that isn't possible today," explains Scott Petty, the chief technology officer of Vodafone UK. Vodafone's recent research shows 70 per cent of decision-makers in the sports industry believe it is behind other industries in adopting new technology.

However, things are changing gradually. The research suggests that 76 per cent of sports leaders say new 5G technology will drive innovation ( 革新) within their organisations. According to research, sport is an area where new 5G will have a huge impact. It has the ability to transform the fan experience and help athletes improve their fitness and training programmes. Around 74 per cent of sports leaders believe 5G will help meet rising fan expectations.

Haskell is looking forward to seeing what 5G will enable in the future. Vodafone's new 5G network was launched ( 推 出) in July. At the launch, two Wasps players demonstrated an innovative use of the tech when they conducted a joint training session, despite being 100 miles apart. At an event in London, Will Rowlands tackled (擒抱摔倒) a bag and almost at the same time, through wearable devices, De Jongh felt the force of the tackle.

Going forwards, Haskell expects that players will be able to quantify (量化) their performance in new ways. The key to this? The ability to read realtime data and make training programmes completely personalised. Haskell says: "This ability will be awesome and you'll suddenly be able to quantify everything!"

This will be game-changing.

At Seattle's Garfield High School, a dozen (十多个) basketball players are practicing. These guys take the game seriously at this school. A half-dozen coaches keep everyone focused as Garfield prepares for a Saturday playoff game. In the middle of all this is Brandon Roy, the former NBA All-Star and Garfield's greatest player. Roy is the head coach.

Bad knees forced him out of pro basketball well before his time. Four years after his forced NBA retirement, he began coaching at Seattle's Nathan Hale High School in 2017 with no background whatsoever and won a state championship. He moved to his alma mater (母校) the following year and got another state title with a once-beaten team. "Really the thing that brought me to coaching was I missed basketball," Roy said.

After taking 2019 off from coaching to deal with personal issues, Roy returned and has his team pointed at state again. He owns a 78-5 coaching record.

With his success, others frequently discuss whether Roy wants to move up the ranks as he did as a player. "My ultimate goal is not to coach in the NBA but to build a real strong foundation at my alma mater. I don't feel challenged to make it to the next level. I feel challenged right here to make it at this level."

As practice comes to a close, Roy gathers his players around him and his coaches and they talk about the game ahead. Before everyone heads home, he has them shake hands. Players and players. Coaches and players. It's a show of respect and togetherness.

Mostly, he just listened to his mother and followed her insightful direction to become a topflight coach. "My mom gave me the best advice — she said keep your ego (自我) out of it," Roy said. "She told me to forget what I had achieved in the NBA and be down-to-earth. She trusted that I'd be pretty good at it."

Yellowstone National Park, located in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming, was established as the first national park in the United States. The park is a popular destination for visitors who enjoy ecological (生态的) tourism as it offers forests, mountains, and many ecosystems to explore. Some of Yellowstone's most well-known landmarks are its geothermal (地热的) hot springs and geysers (间歇泉), the most famous of which is named Old Faithful.

Last fall, Lisa and her friends decided to take a camping trip to Yellowstone National Park. They arranged to stay at one of the park's many convenient campsites. For their camping trip, they brought their backpacks, sleeping bags, and a cooler of food and drinks. They set up their tents immediately upon arriving at their campsite.

During their trip, Lisa and her friends hiked the many trails (小道) of the park, exploring its natural surroundings. In the forest, they saw a lot of local wildlife. Lisa was blown away by a family of grizzly bears, some gray wolves, and even bald eagles flying overhead. Unexpectedly, she seemed to quite enjoy being in such a great place. They were well protected. Outside of the woods, they admired the beauty of some of Yellowstone's natural waterfalls.

Since Yellowstone contains many hot springs and the world's largest area of active geysers, Lisa and her friends visited many different geyser sites. They even spent an afternoon swimming in Yellowstone's Boiling River. Of all of the sites, Lisa and her friends agreed that Old Faithful was the most impressive. Lisa and her friends waited patiently for the geyser to erupt. After about 40 minutes, a stream of hot water over 100 feet tall sprayed ( 喷洒) from the ground and up into the air. Luckily, no one got wet!

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Catherine was the coolest kid in her class. Whenever she went, she was in the spotlight, with a bunch of kids following her. Her deskmate, Landy, however, was not in the cool kids' group. Being the tallest kid in her class, she was teased by her classmates, who were always chanting "Landy, Landy, long as spaghetti (意大利面). Every time Landy heard those silly chants, she could feel her face burst into flames. God knew how she wished the ground to crack and swallow her!

Catherine didn't really like it when the kids chanted "Landy, Landy, long as spaghetti". But she never told them to stop either, and nor did she ever talk to her. She liked being popular.

One weekend, Catherine went over to her grandfather for Thanksgiving.  Her grandfather lives on a farm at the opposite end of town, where he keeps chickens.  While helping to feed the chickens, Catherine noticed a peculiar one.  Curling in the corner, it looked smaller than the others and was almost half-bare!

"What's the matter with it?" She asked her grandfather, with a puzzled frown on her face. Her grandfather told her how chickens could act. "They have a pecking (啄) order," he explained, wrinkles of concern spreading around his forehead. "If one chicken is different, the others will push it away and keep pecking it. Sometimes they peck it so much that it dies. "

"Oh, what a poor little thing!" Catherine let out a sigh as she scooped the frightened chicken up in her arms, whose heart was beating fast in the bony little body. Suddenly, she thought of Landy, the girl being "pecked" by her classmates. "I'm going to take it home and take good care of it," she said with a determined look.

Back in school, Catherine told the cool kids about the chicken. "It's looking healthy now," she said proudly. "It's fatter and its feathers are growing. Even the cat likes it. She carries it around the garden, and…" Everyone was entertained by Catherine's story of her lovely chicken, laughter lingering around the classroom.

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1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
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假如你是李华，你在世界土壤日（12月5日）当天参加了题为"有机农场"体验活动。现请你以"Organic Farming"为题，向你校报英文专栏投稿。

内容包括：
1. 什么是有机农业。
2. 有机农业的利弊（各列举两点）。
3. 你的观点。

注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 根据自己掌握的相关知识，批判性地阐述自己的观点。