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Typhoon Bebinca, the 13th typhoon of the year 2024, made landfall in Shanghai on September 16, 2024. It quickly became the (powerful) typhoon to hit Shanghai since 1949. The typhoon was so strong that it brought about significant damage and disruption.

As Bebinca passed through Kunshan in Jiangsu Province, accident happened. Strong winds brought down a 10-kilovolt power line on Monday afternoon.(unlucky), two people lost their (life) after being electrocuted while passing through the area. Their deaths served a warning of the dangers in such powerful storms.

After Typhoon Bebinca swept through, Shanghai and its surrounding areas immediately began comprehensive rescue and recovery work. Many professional rescue workers rushed to the hardest-hit zones searched through every (damage) building, using thermal imaging tools and sniffer dogs to find people in ruins. Their tireless efforts (focus) on saving people, with some rescuers digging through ruins and(provide) first aid on the spot.

According to the weather report, the storm was expected to move northwest and to become weaker on Tuesday night., even in its weakened state, it was still likely to bring some rainfall and affect the weather conditions in the region.

"I wanted to5his dreams," Jeff said. "I started doing things I never would have dreamt possible." Finishing the Ironman competition would be another dream come true.

The race began with a 2.4-mile swim in the Choptank River. The6completed the swim in 90 minutes, and completed the difficult bike part in eight hours, then set their sights on the7leg of the race—a 26.2-mile marathon with Jeff8Johnny in the racing chair. They'd been racing for 5 hours, leaving another 3 hours to make their time. But at mile 19, Jeff began to worry, convinced they were going too slow. Somehow he9 the energy to pick up the pace.

With 15 minutes left and 200 feet to the finish line, Jeff stopped to help Johnny out of his racing chair. In the first decade of his life, Johnny could only walk 23 steps.10, after years of painstaking work, he11his step number and was determined to finish his races on his own. Johnny saw the clock ticking down and12they wouldn't complete it. "Not because I wouldn't get my moment," he says, "but because Dad had worked so hard."

After 16 hours, 55 minutes and 35 seconds—with just four minutes and 25 seconds to13— father and son crossed the finish line together.

As the crowd cheered on an excited Johnny, a(n)14Jeff kept a low profile (保持低调).

"He didn't want his finish line moment," says Johnny. "He wanted it to be15."

Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their hearts, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. It increases blood pressure, the heart beating and breathing; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach and even the feet.

Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body. In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group that tolerated the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny program.

In this way, they help to improve their patients' condition by encouraging them to laugh. They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter.

A. Laughter can prolong one's life.

B. Laughter is the best medicine.

C. If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial.

D. They've found that laughter really improves people's health.

E. Despite the benefits, doctors still cannot put this theory into practice.

F. That's because laughter produces chemicals which reduce stress and pain.

G. As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the US now hold laughter clinics.

Recommended levels of exercise in the United States, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), include aerobic (有氧的) activity at proper levels for 2.5 hours a week, along with a workout of all major muscle (肌肉) groups twice a week. Or, a person can choose a high-level aerobic exercise, such as running, for 1.25 hours each week, along with the same amount of strength training.

Middle-to-high-level exercise is good for us, according to the CDC. It improves sleep, lowers blood pressure, protects against heart disease and diabetes, reduces stress, improves mood, and fights anxiety and depression. But in today's busy world, many people find it difficult to fit in a jog or a visit to the gym. Add depression to the mix, and the motivation for exercise drops even further, experts say.

The analysis, published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, looked at 15 studies involving over 190,000 people to determine how much exercise was needed to reduce depression.

Adults who did activities equal to 1.25 hours of quick walking per week had an 18% lower risk of depression compared with those who did not exercise, the study said. Moving up to an "activity amount equal to 2.5 hours of quick walking per week was associated with 25% lower risk of depression," the study authors said.

The benefits were strongest when a person changed from being a couch potato to adding movement to the day, the study said. However, exercising over the recommended levels did not provide any additional benefits.

"Our findings therefore have important new implications for health doctors making lifestyle recommendations, especially to inactive individuals who may perceive the current recommended target of exercise as unrealistic," the authors wrote.

A study in 2018 found similar results: People who exercised had about 43% fewer days of poor mental health. "Even just walking three times a week seems to give people better mental health than not exercising at all," said study author Adam Chekroud, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Yale University.

As a frequent visitor to Austria, I must admit being confused. I've had many experiences there, but none that I would call the least bit unfriendly. Take my most recent trip there last weekend for example. Vienna in winter is beautiful and, if you're lucky, you may have some snow — despite which, the transport systems such as buses and subways continue to work well. Food markets here open early and I began at the most famous, the Naschmarkt, with its two main streets, one for restaurants, the other for food stalls (摊位). But instead of the expected rude traders, I was surrounded by encouraging smiles! So far, so friendly.

So, if Austrians are funny, how can they also be unfriendly? This is the place, after all, where they invented a best-selling chocolate known as Mozart balls (after their most outstanding composer), ballet for horses (at Vienna's Spanish Riding School), and the favourite night-time snack of sausages.

Did I say formal? That is, perhaps, at the root of the misunderstanding. Austrians like going to balls and wearing their traditional clothes. They are super polite and helpful to lost tourists. That's not to say you can't anger an Austrian. For example, being late is not to be allowed.

My point is that you get the best of the two countries closest to them: Everything works (as in Germany) and they like to have fun (as in Italy). And I'm not alone in my opinion. According to the Global Liveability Index, Vienna is the best city to live in on the planet and it has worn that particular crown for the past 10 years. Perhaps, in this situation, the statistics (统计学) have rather missed the point.

"I was always worried about what my friends thought about me. Sometimes my friends would make fun of what I wore or what I would do. I always tried to get along well with them, but I realized how happy I was once I stopped contacting them after high school," said Elisha, Class of 2020.

Most teens have not realized the big question when dealing with high school problems. In five years, will this still matter? It is hard looking at the big picture when the problems are in front of you, which is understandable. However, most teens need a moment to reflect (反思) and question if the problem matters in a long time.

Briana, a high school teacher, said, "Now, I am in contact with two high school friends. I think the friendship experiences I had in high school shaped who I am because I learned to be open-minded and befriend all kinds of people. I learned to see people for who they are, not what they wear or who they play with. I learned most of all how to be a good friend."

High school is a small part of your life, but it has a huge influence on who you will become and where you will go. Friendships and relationships help shape who you are, whether they are good or bad. Lessons are brought, and lessons are learned.

1. 提出建议；

2. 表达祝愿。

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Dear Linda,

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Yours,

Li Hua

He became4 the idea of picking up beach items back when he was just 22. One day, Anderson5 a glass float (捕鱼浮标), which was no longer produced after the mi-20th century. It was amazing that it had6 countless waves and did not get broken. That experience sparked a deep love for exploring the shoreline and hunting for hidden7

Now, his finds cover many periods of8 One of Anderson's favorite finds is an unusual prehistoric fossilized mammoth tooth. His collection also9 sports shoes from the 1990 "Great Shoe Spill", when thousands of Nike shoes were washed ashore, and items from the 2011 Japan tsunami carried across the Pacific. His book of10 pulled from bottles led to a few touching moments of rediscovery across time. One letter was surprisingly11 by an elderly visitor, who pointed out that it was the one she had thrown into the sea as a little girl.

From uncommon finds to everyday objects, his collection12 a wonderful world under the waves, filled with many13 stories. These beach treasures are14 of the ocean's power, inspiring visitors to stay15 and uncover the wonders of nature.

Experts agree that avoiding situations that make us anxious can actually make things worse in the long run. Getting out of something you don't want to do might make you feel better in the moment, but you will still feel anxious the next time you're asked to do it.

Push yourself.

While leaving your comfort zone isn't easy, it can be very good for you. That's because anxiety tends to go away when you start doing the things that make you anxious. So try to face your anxiety and fear and see what happens. You might find you have the skills to deal with it.

Practice a lot.

As an experiment, try doing something that makes you nervous.Whatever you do, you'll find that it gets easier over time. That's because by practicing the things that make you nervous you are actually improving your ability to easily handle them.

Relax yourself.

Don't try to relax by watching television or visiting a website.For example, doing things like yoga can also help you stay calm.

A. Being nervous is uncommon

B. Don't avoid something.

C. Pay no attention to your thoughts.

D. Those things are your body's reaction(反应) to fear.

E. Start with practising little things like answering questions in class.

F. Try a deep relaxation that has a physical effect on the mind.

G. And next time you're in that situation you might feel less nervous.

Given that both the Artemis Accords and the International Lunar Research Station initiative (倡议) aim to send men and women on longer and longer missions to space, including semi-permanent (半永久的) habitation of the moon and eventually a journey to Mars, scientists need to understand what long-term presence in outer space will do to the human body.

To that end, Kononenko, who has routinely spent many hundreds of continuous days and even years in low-Earth orbit, will be providing data points "days, months and years," after his return, says Emmanuel Urquieta, the former chief medical officer of the NASA-funded Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH), led by Baylor College of Medicine.

Urquieta explains that medicine in space is a growing field, and that the effects of the space environment on eye health, bone loss, and blood flow are not well understood, nor are the impacts of long-term radiation exposure (辐射暴露) and space sickness.

"I'm sure that there will be a lot of research coming up in the future when he comes back to Earth and I'm sure that there will be a very long follow-up with him, you know, days, months, and years after, to try really to understand these very unique data points," Urquieta says.

"When you project the data that we have from six-month missions to 900 days, there's still a huge gap of data that we need to address so that we can safely say that, ‘OK, we have enough data that we can confidently say that we're able to send someone to Mars and make sure that that person is going to come back as healthy as he or she left Earth.'"

And you will certainly learn. There is a sort of joy in getting real answers to the strange questions Munroe is sent every day. However unusual the topics are, Randall takes them seriously. For example, if you set a meat-eating dinosaur (恐龙) free in New York City, how many humans would it have to eat to meet its need each day? Munroe thinks New York could support about 350 dinosaurs. That's good to know, but we hope we don't need to use this information.

The book's cover is a full-size picture of what the Earth would look like if the oceans were removed. The back has some interesting facts you might want to know before buying it (eating the book would give you about 2,300 calories (卡路里) if you could take in paper). Thanks, Randall!

Although Munroe knows a lot and can perfectly explain the science behind the questions, What If? is not a textbook. When asked what would happen when you threw a baseball at light-speed, he says there would be a shockwave expanding (膨胀) outwards, and quickly moves on. He is answering the question after all, but if you are looking for detailed classroom- style descriptions of what Munroe is talking about, you're out of luck.

But that's what makes it great. What If? is light enough to attract you, but deep enough to make you curious about science one chapter at a time. If you're willing to go along with Munroe's ideas and guesses, you're in for an exciting journey of the mind.

The Katmai coast can only be reached by air or sea. Its faraway location helps keep bear viewing safe. Our guide, Bachrach, tells us that the common view of bears as violent predators killing for meat actually only shows part of the picture. The Katmai spring sees bears feast on plants and dig for shellfish during low tide. From late June to September, they move to salmon-filled rivers for the salmon, but they also keep eating grass and berries.

Each time we spot a bear, Bachrach reminds us to read its behavior. If the bear appears relaxed, we can watch for a while from a safe distance. As responsible visitors, we must never let it get too close, and never let even a bit of our food fall to the ground. Bachrach learned this the hard way after a bear entered a cabin and stayed near the door for days, expecting more after finding fruit. Besides, we must also avoid disturbing the bears while they feed. As they drink along the river, we carefully move around them.

"What do you think people get out of seeing bears?" I ask Bachrach.

"I've watched visitors go from hesitant to amazed, then comfortable, and then observant and thoughtful. Hopefully they learn to share space with wild animals. Those who don't learn to share don't grow alongside each other. And those who share, do," he says.

When I was seventeen, I stayed with my little brother Cheng alone for the first time. Our parents hurried to another city to take care of my grandma, who had a serious illness, and left eight-year-old Cheng with me. Before they left, they gave me the keys and some money.

Everything was fine. In the evening, Cheng was at the dining table, drawing a face on an egg for a school project. I helped him sharpen his pencils, and he suddenly asked, "Brother, what if the egg breaks?" I replied, "Then just draw another one." As soon as I said that, the egg rolled off the table and broke. Cheng started to cry. I picked up the broken pieces and gave him the last egg from the fridge, saying, "Don't cry. Let's draw it together."

To cheer him up, I suggested we make a "capsule" for the new egg. We gathered old boxes and colored paper. We stuffed cotton inside the box. Cheng decorated it with silver paper while I colored the cotton blue to make it look like the night sky. After an hour, we had a shiny capsule, and Cheng gently placed the egg inside.

Dinner was simple — tomato and egg noodles. Cheng insisted on placing the capsule in the middle of the table with an empty bowl for it. I pretended to pour some soup into the bowl for the egg. Cheng ate with sauce all over his face and whispered, "Brother, what if Grandma's illness is serious?" I comforted him, "Everything will be fine." He nodded, tears rolling down his cheeks.

At 8:00 pm, I told Cheng to take a bath. In the bathroom, I washed his hair, and he suddenly wiped the water from my forehead, saying, "Brother, you seem like an adult." My heart felt warm. "I'll cook breakfast for us tomorrow morning," he continued. "After the breakfast, I want to speak to Grandma."

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(2)请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

At 4 am the next day, I was woken by soft footsteps.

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Seeing me looking at him, Cheng smiled at me.

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(1)你对绿色生活的理解；

(2)你将如何践行绿色生活方式。

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Green Living: Start with Me

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Chinese scientists have made the world's (one) ultra-high parallel optical computing integrated chip (超高并行光计算集成芯片). This chip can reach peak of 2560 TOPS (Tera Operations Per Second) with a 50 GHz optical clock speed.

Researchers from the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics designed and made the chip by (they). It has a large bandwidth and low loss, which makes it very (power).

One key innovation is using soliton microcomb sources (孤子微梳源), provide over 100 wavelength channels. "We have achieved information interaction and computation with over 100-wavelength multiplexing on one chip, (show) high-density parallel processing," said Xie, a researcher.

Unlike old optical computing that uses one wavelength, this new way uses over 100 light wavelengths (process) data at the same time — boosting computing power by up to 100 times making the chip bigger or changing its frequency. "It's like turning a single-lane road into a highway that can handle hundreds of cars at the same time, (great) increasing throughput without changing the chip hardware," said Han, an engineer.

This new optical computing design shows great promise for use in artificial intelligence and data (center).

Today, as I was4 by the woman and her dog, I saw that she wasn't wearing any earbuds (耳塞), and there was no traffic coming from either5. I had the windows down and decided to stop and get her6. She looked over, possibly7 me to ask for directions or something.

I told her, "I just want to tell you that whenever I see you two out here taking a walk, it is so8. Thank you for not9 on your dog. And your dog looks so happy to be out here every time. It just10 my day."

She was11 that someone would stop her to tell her that. Her face12 up with the widest smile, and she bent over to give the biggest thanks! I didn't want to drag it out or get odd, so I13,"That's all I have a wonderful day!" Still smiling, she replied with the same, "Have a wonderful day!"

When you're having a14 day or just want to make your day a little better, pick a random15 and try to make their day better. You might be surprised what it can do for you.

The key to learning English well is not to give up. But how can you stay motivated when you're frustrated or bored?.

Play a word game

A word game is a classic board game in which players use random lettered pieces to create words in a crossword fashion.. Playing a word game challenges you to really think in English as you try to come up with different words with your set of letters.

Study in a new location

If you always study at home, try going to a library or a coffee shop. The change of scenery will improve your enthusiasm.   Besides, changing locations has been shown to improve memory. Your brain makes connections between what you're studying and where you are..

Learn English with realistic videos

Realistic videos are made by and for native speakers.   They can be challenging to understand at first, so start small. I'd recommend looking for 5-minute-long videos about topics you're interested in.. There's a wide range of topics for any interest on this language learning platform. Each clip is paired with interactive subtitles, flashcards and quizzes.

While at the library, you could also look for joke books. They are surprisingly useful learning tools. Reading a joke book is also a good way to practice tricky concepts like puns and idioms. You might find the jokes entertaining, and they will teach you how English speakers laugh and have fun.

A. Get a book of English jokes

B. Practice English by writing letters

C. Here are some fun ways for you to try

D. It's a fantastic way to strengthen your English vocabulary

E. For example, you can try those about cooking if you love to cook

F. The more connections your brain makes, the more likely you are to remember

G. This exercise is a perfect way to describe your interests and hobbies in English

"There are some microplastics in normal, healthy arteries (动脉)," said Dr Ross Clark, a researcher who led the study. "But the amount there is really, really different when they become diseased with symptoms."

Clark and his team measured microplastics and nanoplastics in the dangerous, fatty plaque that can build up in arteries, block blood flow, and cause strokes or heart attacks. Compared to the walls of healthy plaque-free arteries, plaque buildup had 16 times more microplastics — just in the people who didn't have symptoms. In people who had experienced stroke, mini-stroke, or vision loss, the plaque had 51 times more microplastics.

Previous research had found that people with microplastics in their arterial plaque were more likely to have a heart attack or die. To investigate why, Clark studied samples (样本) from 48 people's carotid arteries, the pair of superhighways in your neck that channel blood to your brain. The difference in the number of microplastics surprised him, but his team found another concerning trend, too. Cells in the plaque with lots of microplastics showed different gene activity from those with low microplastics.

In the high-plastic environment, one group of immune cells had switched off a gene that's associated with turning off inflammation (炎症). Clark's team also found genetic differences in a group of stem cells thought to help prevent heart attacks and strokes by reducing inflammation and stabilizing plaque.

"Could it be that microplastics are somehow changing their gene expression?" Clark said. "There's more research needed to fully establish that, but at least it gives us a hint as to where to look."