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Exhibition focus

The theme of this year's exhibition is "Technology and Life". Potential topics include:

1. Displaying how technology changes people's lives

2. Envisioning future technological advancements

3. Honoring scientists and other technology professionals

Timeline of the event

Work Submission: By July 15,2025

Review and assessment: July to August 2025

Awards Ceremony: Between September and October 2025

Awards

The awards are categorized into 4 types: Gold Prize (1 winner) with ¥30,000 prize money; Silver Prize (2 winners) with ¥20,000; Bronze Prize (3 winners) with ¥10,000; 10 Outstanding Prize winners with an award. Additionally, all the winners will receive a certificate and portfolio (作品集) book.

Requirements for submission

1. The submitted works must be original. Participants should be fully responsible for their entries.

2. The works should be submitted in JPEG format, with a resolution of 300dpi, file size no less than 2M and not exceeding 10M.

3. The submitted works should include a title and a brief textual description.

4. For AI-assisted works, please label as "AI-generated".

5. Student participants should additionally provide their school name and grade year. The names of their instructors or training institutions are optional.

6. Register and upload your submission on the following website: https://artcontest.chinadaily.com.cn/2025.html

No One Will Ever Know

Karen, Judy and I were the last ones back in the classroom after lunch, which was mostly empty. All of the other sixth graders were already outside playing happily, since it was a pleasant spring day.

"Look what I found this morning in the storage cupboard when I was getting out some art supplies for Mrs. Eiffler." With a broad grin on her face, Karen held up a wooden box filled with short pieces of chalk in every color of the rainbow.

"Wow! What fun it would be to write on the blackboard while everyone is outside." Judy's eyes twinkled with anticipation. "But Mrs. Eiffler doesn't want us writing on the blackboard," I responded, already feeling guilty, although we had not yet done a thing. "Don't be such a ‘fraidy cat', Janet. No one will ever know," said Karen, reaching into the box and drawing out a piece of chalk. "Right. Everyone is outside, so we're safe." Judy was already drawing a house with sure strokes. I hesitantly joined my friends in the artwork, wanting to be part of what was going on, but afraid of being caught.

Trying various colors, we drew houses, trees and flowers. It was fun! All the time we were watching the clock, knowing that our fun would be over if anyone walked into the room. Then I had an idea. I chose a white piece from the box and wrote my name using my left hand. The handwriting was a bit shaky, but no one would doubt that it said "Janet".

"We'd better get this board cleaned off before Mrs. Eiffler comes back," said Judy, eyeing the clock. She picked up an eraser and began erasing our handiwork from the board, trying not to leave any erasing marks.

Everything came off... but my name!

In disbelief, I looked at the chalk I held in my sweaty hand. Gosh! It wasn't chalk at all. I had picked up a small piece of white color crayon which was mixed in with the pieces of chalk.

My stomach hurt and my knees felt weak. What would Mrs. Eiffler do to me?

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"Quick, get some wet paper towels to make it come off," said Judy, springing into action.

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Mrs. Eiffler walked in soon afterward, but she didn't seem to notice the erasing marks.

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The Four Great Inventions of Ancient China—The Compass

Good morning boys and girls, My name is Li Hua, coming from Class 10 Senior 3. It's my great honor to deliver a speech here and today my topic is "The Four Great Inventions of Ancient China—The Compass".

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Yours,

Li Hua

US influencer (网红) IShowSpeed has taken Chinese social media by storm (recent).

Born in 2005, IShowSpeed, real name is Darren Watkins Jr., became famous for live streaming sports games and his travels across Europe and Asia. Chinese fans call him "Jia Kang Ge" because his excited emotions and big body language.

In late March, he started a live-streaming tour in China, (visit) places like Shanghai, Beijing, Henan, Sichuan and Chongqing. He experienced Chinese history and culture, tasted local food and met excited fans and people from all (walk) of life.

In Shanghai, he joined park activities and learned about China's electric cars. In Henan province, he visited the Shaolin Temple and (learn) Kungfu. IShowSpeed's videos give a real picture of China is like and are changing how many people around the world see country. "After watching his videos, I realized how foolish my previous views on China were. I feel that I don't go to China, I'll regret for the rest of my life," a US (view) said on YouTube.

With all of my foreign trips2 this year, I decided to make the most of the closed borders and travel north from my home near Stockholm.

Sweden spans roughly the same latitudes (纬度) as Alaska. While climate change is bringing milder winters in its wake, it does not have any impact on the3 of our daylight. And yet, traveling across the snow and ice on dogsleds, skis or snowmobiles, or lying on my back staring up at the magical light show of the Northern Lights, I4 minded the lack of daylight. Instead, what5 my attention was the fascinating beauty of the white, frozen landscapes and the endless shades of blue. Away from buildings and roads, the snow would be clearly lit up even on the darkest of nights.

But Johan Stenevad, my host at Lapland Guesthouse, opened my6 to something else. One day, on a snowmobile path lined with tall trees on both sides, he turned off his engine and asked me what I saw.

"Trees," I answered. "A forest."

He7 his head.

"Not a forest. A plantation. Soon, this is all that will be left," he said, explaining that the straight rows of trees were being farmed. They were all of the same species,8 and size.

Johan was right. For over half a century now, the great northern wilderness — the ancient forests that once seemed so9 has continued to be cruelly clear-cut for biofuels (生物燃料) and paper, and, in its place now stand plantations of spruce (云杉) or pine. Only a fraction of the ancient forests10, and that fraction grows smaller every year.

The Sámi — a native people who live mainly in the northern reaches of Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russia — are facing a(n)11 crisis. Their lives and culture are closely12 to the ancient forests and the reindeer that populate the region. The slow-growing lichen (地衣) and mushrooms upon which the reindeer depend for their survival are not found in spruce or pine plantations, so the death of one means the death of the other, and a(n)13 future for an entire people.

"We're not14 in nature, " said Brita Stina Sjaggo of the Luokta-Mávas reindeer herding district. "We're part of the forest, and the forest is part of us. "

Hers is a sentiment (看法) that resonates deep within me. It is one that too many of us have forgotten, and one that I believe to be15 for our own survival as well as that of the natural world.

When I was younger, I had been a straight-A student with aspirations to attend a top university. But things started to go downhill for me in middle school after the 9/11 attacks perpetrated (做坏事) against the United States, where I was living as a recent immigrant from Pakistan.

Then, my parents divorced and my mother moved to Canada. I chose to stay with my beloved ageing grandfather. I became depressed and struggled with my academics. I barely graduated from high school and enrolled at the only university that offered me a spot, feeling that I had already failed. I began to suffer from severe depression, and the death of my grandfather was the final straw.

That's when I went on the trucking run. During those long hours on the road, my grandfather's last words of advice, in a letter he wrote when I started university, came back to me: "Please be brave, accept the challenges of life, work hard and harder, and you will see the bright future. It is now or never. I hope you will never disappoint us. "    My path suddenly became clear: I had to finish what I had started and go back to school.

To get back on track, I needed to redo grade 12. I graduated from high school (again). After completing my bachelor's degree, I went on to a master's and now a Ph. D. , winning several research awards along the way — something I scarcely could have imagined just a few years earlier.

At first, the fear of failure that had doomed my previous university endeavor continued to linger at the back of my mind. But later, I realized that the outcome didn't matter as much as knowing I tried my best, and over time I learned to keep my fear of failure in check. I hope I have made him proud.

A. I knew it would hold me back if I didn't do something about it.

B. With his words ringing in my ears, I discovered a newfound resolve.

C. The racism posed a clear threat to the safety of my family and pushed us to move back to Pakistan.

D. I finally internalized the words my grandfather wrote to me in that letter all those years ago.

E. However, I couldn't shake the sense that I would be choosing this route with feelings of failure looming over my head.

F. However, I was too discouraged to thrive in my studies, and my resulting struggles reinforced my belief that I was failing.

G. With no real hope for the future, I dropped out and returned to my mother and sisters in Mississauga.

什么样的武器会被国际法禁止？

Israel was accused of using white phosphorus bombs (白磷弹), a type of banned bomb, in the Palestine-Israel conflict in October. However, the Israeli military (军方) later claimed in a statement that it didn't use such a weapon, reported Reuters.

White phosphorus is a highly flammable (易燃的) chemical that can create intense heat, light and smoke, reaching over 1,000 ℃ when burned. The flame it produces is difficult to put out, leading to lethal (致命的) burns on the human body.

The chemical is also toxic (有毒的). Those coming into contact with it may suffer heart, kidney (肾脏) or bone damage. And bomb-hit areas are likely to be polluted by white phosphorus, resulting in long-term environmental damage.

This news sparked public concern about destructive weapons. International humanitarian law (IHL) prohibits any weapon "of a nature to cause superfluous (过多的) injury or unnecessary suffering". Such a weapon can cause indiscriminate harm, injuring or killing soldiers as well as civilians.

The Geneva Conventions (《日内瓦公约》) and their Additional Protocols, which form the core of international humanitarian law, have set requirements for all countries to follow about how wars are carried out. For example, the use, production, stockpiling (储备) or selling of biological and chemical weapons are forbidden (被禁止).

Chemical weapons, such as mustard gas (芥子气), are poisonous. They can cause temporary or permanent damage to people and have various effects, such as severe eye pain, breathing difficulty, and blistering (起水泡) of the skin. Biological weapons, usually developed from viruses or bacteria, attack the human immune (免疫的) system, often with deadly consequences.

Other international conventions also have made related rules, which apply to the countries that have agreed to them. For example, according to the IHL database, any actions expected to result in widespread, long-lasting destruction of the environment are prohibited.

"During the Vietnam War, the US military employed a highly effective defoliant (落叶剂) called Agent Orange," Zhang Gaosheng, a researcher at China Institute of International Studies, told CCTV News. "This resulted in the destruction of about 20 percent of Vietnam's forests, leading to significant damage to the ecosystem." The usage of the chemical was subsequently banned, he added.

AI芯片到底强在哪?

In this age of rapid AI technological advancement, most people would know the name NVIDIA, a prominent (著名的) US technology company. 

For a long time, NVIDIA has been dominating the graphics cards (显卡) industry with its advanced computer chips. Earlier this year, it became the first chipmaker to have a market worth of 2 trillion dollars (about 14.5 trillion yuan), showing fast growth due to its focus on developing chips specifically designed for running AI models.

What is an AI chip? 

The uniqueness of AI chips comes from the GPU, or graphics processing unit, which is the core (核心的) component of  a graphics card. It was developed by NVIDIA in the late 1990s. Initially designed for video game development, it presents surprising computing power. Unlike a central processing unit (CPU), which can only process one piece of data at a time, a GPU can process many pieces of data at once, which is called "parallel processing (并行处理)". This allows a GPU to handle complex tasks, such as rendering (渲染) high-resolution graphics and processing large amounts of data, much more efficiently than a CPU.

Therefore, gamers buy GPUs to get a better video game experience since GPUs can help create 3D characters and scenes that run smoothly and look realistic. People also saw the value of GPUs in solving complex calculations required for cryptocurrency (加密货币) mining. That's why the price of GPUs doubled or even tripled between 2019 and 2021.

Nowadays, as GPUs prove to be key to AI model training, more advanced AI chips are being made for specialized AI tasks. Companies such as OpenAI and Google use AI chips to speed up and enhance (增强) their AI, machine learning, and deep learning algorithms (算法). These chips are especially useful for improving the performance of large language models. With their excellent ability to handle numerous pieces of data at a time, the sky's the limit for AI chips.

For everyday people, AI chips in our phones allow AI processing to happen on the device rather than in the cloud. This makes data processing faster, safer, and more energy-efficient.

My name is Adam and I'm a freshman at senior high school. Going from junior high school to senior high school is a really big challenge. The first week was a little confusing.

First, I had to think very carefully about which courses I wanted to take. The school adviser helped me choose the suitable ones from maths, English, chemistry, world history, Chinese and so on. I know that Chinese is a very difficult language, but I hope to be fluent when I graduate. My adviser recommended (推荐) that I should sign up for advanced literature because I like English and I'm good at it.

I had to choose extra-curricular activities, too. I tried to join the school football team, but the coach told me that I didn't play well enough. Obviously, I was unhappy, but I won't quit. I'll find a way to improve on my own so that I can make the team next year. I joined a volunteer club instead. Every Wednesday, we work at a soup kitchen and hand out food to homeless people in the community.

I know I'll have to study harder as a senior high school student and get used to being responsible for a lot more. I'm a bit worried about keeping up with the other students in my advanced courses, and it'll be quite difficult to get used to all the homework. Still, I'm happy to be here. Studying hard isn't always fun, but I'll be well prepared for university or whatever else comes in the future.

One sunny day in Mixenden, Rose, the little dog, was having fun with her young owner, Jack, near Dudley Crescent. They were playing fetch with her favorite ball. Rose loved chasing it! But this time, the ball bounced too close to some big, jagged rocks. Rose, excited and focused on getting her ball, didn't see the danger. She ran after it and vanished straight down a very narrow crack between the rocks. She fell a scary 40 feet deep into the dark hole below. Jack was horrified.

Rescue teams quickly arrived: firefighters, animal rescuers, and even experts who know about deep holes. They looked down the dark, tight space. It looked very dangerous. They sadly decided that trying to rescue Rose was too risky. They didn't think anyone could safely get her out. They gave the terrible news: Rose probably wouldn't survive and they could do nothing for her. Hope seemed very small.

Jack's heart was breaking. He couldn't believe his little dog was trapped deep underground and everyone said there was no hope. He wouldn't accept it. While the rescue teams sadly packed up, Jack stayed. He found a shovel and started digging near the rocks where Rose had fallen. It was back-breaking work. The ground was hard as stone. Sweat poured down his face, and his hands became sore and blistered. He dug fiercely, calling Rose's name down the dark hole. He had to get to her.

After hours of exhausting work alone, Jack had an idea. He pulled out his phone. With shaking, dirty hands, he took pictures of the deep crack and the spot where he was desperately digging. He wrote a heartfelt message: "This is my dog, Rose. She fell down this hole. They say it's too dangerous to save her. I'm her owner, and I can't leave her. I'm digging her out, but I need help. Please, can anyone help us? Share this!" He posted this plea on social media such as Facebook and Twitter.

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Jack didn't know if anyone would even notice his post.

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Jack's post didn't just bring messages; it brought people.

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1.大赛目的；

2.比赛项目；

3.你的收获与感受。

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Dear Peter,

I'm glad to receive your letter asking about our school's "Campus Life Skills Competition".

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Looking forward to hearing about your school activities.

Yours,

Li Hua

The Hongkou District Sports Festival, aiming to establish Shanghai's Ruihong Tiandi as an integrated sports and( consume) centre, kicked off on July 5.( span )58 days through August 31, the event capitalizes on its peak summer season to engage all age groups with 13 major competitions and 45 sporting disciplines.

( structure) around three main activity pillars — competitive sports events, community competitions and recreational sports activities — the festival featured national, city, and district-level sporting events. These included a national Go championship hosted by the Chinese Weiqi Association, a Shanghai amateur fencing open organized by the China Sport School Federation, a youth jump rope competition talented students demonstrated their athletic abilities.

Since its launch, more than 200 experiential activities, followed by a tech-integrated sports zone added in mid-August,( develop) for the festival through its partnership with Decathlon.

To boost commercial cooperation, organizers team up 100 local restaurants and 39 sports venues, launching discount packages with parking privileges. A cutting-edge virtual carnival demonstratesenhanced reality technology transforms athletic experiences, operating daily from 7:00 am until 2:00 am( serve) diverse schedules.

This extended framework of the Hongkou Hazhajin Sports Festival promotes sports-retail integration and stimulates district-wide economic vitality, with each goal (respective) in place.

Both are1 in which bystander intervention could affect the outcome.2 however, when being faced with the realities of a given situation, we may not be sure at that moment how it would be best for us to react.

The good news is, there is a "popular myth" that when people are standing in a crowd and something bad happens, they are3 to react, says Alan Berkowitz, an expert on the bystander effect. However, the latest research shows that most people feel compelled (必须)   to help when they can. When they do not help, it is because they either do not feel they have the4 to do so or are unsure about safety.

Actually, you can prepare yourself to be an active bystander by5 the "Five D's" : distract, delegate (委托),document, delay or direct, says Thomas Vance, a certified counselor. "The key is to move from a ‘bystander' to an ‘active bystander' who chooses to challenge6 behavior."

Distraction is a good place to start. Take the example of the man who is verbally abusing his mother in the grocery store. An active bystander can7 intervene by asking the man how to choose a ripe watermelon. This can help to change the8, which may be able to significantly reduce the temperature of the encounter.

As another9, you can delegate, or ask someone else in the group to act. In a situation in which you are a witness to an act of violence, you can tell someone else to10 the authorities. Asking someone in the situation whether there is anything that you can do to help can also delay and therefore11 a situation.

Furthermore, you can videotape the behavior on your cellphone. Just being12 is another form of documentation, a way of showing a would-be perpetrator (作恶者) that you are there and are watching the situation unfold. In certain situations, however, giving direct feedback about how a given behavior makes you feel can also be helpful. But you have to be13 not to intervene in a way that could cause harm to you or the victim.

To sum things up, it is about14 the circumstances, because in the end, no two situations are alike. Anyway, it is best not to depend on others to be the active bystander, especially when you yourself have the toolsavailable in your bystander toolbox to15.

As a foreign student, Phan finds the TCM basic theory course to be the most challenging one in its system. It requires years of learning and practice to truly understand the ideas of yin and yang, harmony between human and nature, and the five elements of wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. Sometimes she even translates the TCM vocabulary into Vietnamese so she can remember and understand them better.

According to a report, the total number of international students studying TCM in China was 8, 187 last year, with the largest population of 6, 441 coming from Asian countries, followed by 832 from Africa and 432 from Europe. Also, many Chinese medical universities had projects that sent professors abroad to teach TCM.

The popular situation of TCM is not limited to schools and hospitals. It has also become a lifestyle choice for many young people. There is a trend among young people to pay more attention to health conditioning and maintenance. However, experts remind that TCM stresses the importance of diagnosing (诊断) and treating based on determining symptoms (症状) . It is impossible to offer a one-size-fits-all approach to all patients.

​​​​​​​A. They highly recognized the effectiveness of TCM, especially its use in pain treatment.

B. Even when drinking herbal milk tea, it's best to make choices according to it.

C. Being broad and far-reaching, TCM is deeply connected with Chinese philosophy.

D. Overseas students of TCM, like Phan, are not uncommon.

E. This led her to major in TCM at a traditional medical school in China.

F. Many other Chinese medicine organizations have adopted similar strategic methods.

G. For example, some students find it difficult to master the philosophical ideas behind TCM.

Email is a form of communication that is changing, for the worse, the way we write and use language, say some communication researchers. It is also changing the way we communicate and build relationship. These are a few of the recently recognised features of email, say experts, which should cause individuals and organizations to rethink the way they use email.

"Email has increased the spread of careless writing habits," says Naomi Baron, a professor of linguistics (语言学) at an American university. She says the poor spelling, grammar, punctuation and sentence structure of email reflect a growing unconcern about the way we write.

Baron argues that we shouldn't forgive and forget the poor writing often shown in email. "The more we use email and its tasteless writing, the more it becomes the normal way of writing," the professor says.

Others say that despite its poor writing, email has finished what several generations of English teachers couldn't: it has made writing fashionable again.

"Email is a critical new communication technology." says Ian Lancashire, a professor of English at Toronto University. "It fills the gap between spoken language and the formal methods of writing that existed before email. It is the purest form of written speech."

Lancashire says email has the mysterious ability to get people who are usually scared by writing to get their thoughts flowing easily onto a blank screen. He says this is because of email's close similarity to speech. "It's like a circle of four or five people around a campfire," he says.

Still, he accepts that this new-found freedom to express themselves often gets people into trouble. Emails sent in a day almost exceed (超过) the number of letters mailed in a year. But more people are recognising the content of a typical email message is not often exact.

Generally, animals that live in cities tend to be bolder and more aggressive — both characteristics that enable them to survive in such complex habitats. "Individuals that can't deal with constant disturbance, such as noise, people, cars, etc., would be unlikely to thrive in an urban habitat," says Jeremy Hyman, a professor and department chair of biology at Western Carolina University.

Some birds may become more aggressive because cities are rich in food sources — and so there's strong competition to establish a foothold. "Only the most aggressive males can manage to hold a territory in this place where lots and lots of birds would like to have a territory," says Hyman.

But food scarcity may also make some urban species more aggressive, and so birds have to fight an awful lot in order to maintain a large enough territory to get the resources that they need. High levels of stress caused by noise and other factors might also play a role in making birds more aggressive, notes Hyman.

In some cases, aggression seems to be "a worthwhile cost," says Sarah Foltz, a behavioral ecologist at Radford University. However, a big unanswered question is whether birds learn to be aggressive during their lifetime. But what scientists do know is that some birds can be highly adaptable. "Aggression definitely has a genetic component to it," says Foltz. "But also, we know that when we change environmental factors, birds change their aggression."

Overall, Foltz says scientists are still trying to understand just how much urban density (密度) different species can tolerate and which characteristics of an urban environment influence aggressiveness the most. "We've got all these little pieces," she says, "But it's still coming to gather to make a bigger picture, so it's sort of an unfinished puzzle."

"When I was a kid, I'd lie on the floor above our garage so that I could feel the vibrations (震动) from my brother's band rocking out below my body. That was one of the first times I began building a relationship with music," said Burton.

In 2016, his ability to experience music changed completely, thanks to the California – based technology company Not Impossible Labs. It designed a vibrating suit that enables deaf people to "feel" music through their skin. The suit can translate audio (声音) into a range of vibrating pulses (脉冲) that are felt at 24 contact points. Burton has been wearing the suit for four years. "The sounddrubs different parts of my body," said Burton. "Maybe it will strike me in my ankles first. And then I'll start to feel the vibrations in my back and wrists."

The creators want to extend the musical experience beyond the deaf community. In 2018, they gave out 150 vibrating suits at a rock concert where half the audience members were deaf and half could hear. Since then, the creators have been working to improve the technology and want the suit to become a consumer product accessible to all, which will be used in live sports broadcasts, or video games.

As a writer and director, Burton has been working to make the movie world more inclusive. For his latest movie he hired all-deaf staff and actors. Burton hopes that the vibrating suits will be available to his film audiences in the future. He believes that the suits can improve emotions while people are watching a movie for normal people as well as the deaf. "I see the tech as a real opportunity to help people understand that music or movies don't always need to be enjoyed through the ears," said Burton.

Two days later, I was ready to learn more chords. I found Guitar Lessons from Howcast. There are over 140 video lessons. I spent most of the day learning chords. Every day, I added a new chord and then reviewed the ones I had learned. By the end of the first week I had learned about ten chords. By the end of the second week, I had learned about fifteen chords. The app also taught me how to play scales (音阶). I learned the Pentatonic scale and the Blues scale. At that time, I felt like I was ready to dive into some music.

I also enjoyed GuitarJamz where I found more lessons from Marty Schwartz. Besides, I downloaded Blues Guitar Licks Lessons and Solo Guitar Lessons. Marty had hundreds of lessons for free on his YouTube channel. I watched, learned and experimented to see what I could do.

Then, I felt that some of my favourite classic rock songs were pretty easy. As I expected, now I can play America's A Horse with No Name — two chords, The Beatles's Let it Be — four chords, and Cat Stevens's Peace Train — four chords.

Over the next few weeks I still watched YouTube videos and used chromatic Tuner. I also downloaded guitar sheet music through Songsterr Plus. This guitar learning app showed me how to read guitar tablature (奏法乐谱) and chord diagrams.

Emma and Sophia were the kind of friends who seemed to share a single mind most of the time, always there for each other through thick and thin. One sunny day, they decided to take on a project that would benefit their community — creating an environmental-awareness video.

They were both passionate about the environment and believed that a well-made video could inspire their neighbors to take more eco-friendly actions. At first, the project seemed full of promise. They spent days brainstorming ideas, researching environmental issues relevant to their area, and looking for locations for filming. However, as they delved (钻研) deeper into the actual planning of the video, they encountered a major roadblock.

The disagreement started when it came to the style of the video. Emma, who had a gift for drama and storytelling, wanted to create a narratively driven video. She created a story about a family gradually changing their habits to become more environmentally conscious (有环保意识的). She believed that a relatable story would touch people's heartstrings and make them more likely to pay attention. Sophia, on the other hand, was more data-oriented (以数据为导向的). She thought that a documentary-style video, filled with hard facts and statistics about local pollution and waste, would be more effective in getting the message across. She argued that people needed to be shocked into action by the realities.

As the discussion heated up, their once-harmonious relationship became strained. Their voices rose, and the air between them grew tense. They both felt strongly about their ideas and were unwilling to budge (改变意图). Eventually, they parted ways, each frustrated and disappointed in the other.

For the next few days, Emma and Sophia went about their lives feeling a sense of emptiness. Emma found herself constantly thinking about the project and Sophia. She missed their long conversations and the excitement they had at the beginning. She started to question whether her idea was really the only way. Similarly, Sophia was also feeling down. She missed Emma's creativity and the way they used to bounce ideas off each other.

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It was Emma's mother who first noticed the change in her daughter.

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Emma took her mother's advice.

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Dear Jack,

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Yours,

Li Hua