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Not everyone is excited about birthdays. There are many people out there who never feel excited about it. Going to office, wrestling with crowded public transport, having lunch in set duration, everything goes with the normal routine.

What exactly makes them feel nothing special on the day of their bith?

This may be common in those who are in their 50's, 60's, or 70's... For some people in this age, life becomes a journey that is going on and on and on at a faster pace. They feel like losing control of their time and every passing year doubles the fear of dying soon. This is not good as it is negative.

Some people do not like to come to the notice of others due to any possible reason on this earth. You may feel amazed about this nature. But they like to remain as part of the crowd.Because they bring people in sudden attention. They prefer to remain silent and follow the normal routine of daily life.

Here comes another part of the population that thinks it is a waste of money.This also includes people who are in debt and have multiple obligations. For instance, mostly a mess of short-term debts contributes to act strangely and expense restriction.

Instead of aiming for a perfect day, set realistic expectations for your birthday.

A．They don't like it either.

B．But they can't help doing so.

C．Birthdays are contrary to this feeling.

D．What makes them act so indifferent after all?

E．Everyone wants to know the plans of the birthday.

F．They do not spend on those who do not help earn money.

G．Nothing in their routine changes in the name of celebration.

Anyone keen to view from on high the prosperous cityscape of Guangdong, may soon can do so from the cabin of a flying taxi. On October 13th the Civil Aviation (航空) Administration of China (CAAC) awarded a "type certificate" to the world's first electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) taxi. And the small two-seater, called the EH216-S, was also permitted to fly without a pilot on board.

The EH216-S is made by EHang, a company based in Guangdong. It looks like a large consumer drone with a passenger bubble installed on top. Propulsion (推动力) is provided by 16 small rotors (转子), installed on the tips of eight arms that fold away when the vehicle is not in use, allowing it to park in small spaces.

The CAAC gave its approval after EHang had conducted more than 40,000 test flights, including with volunteer passengers in 18 cities across China. It also monitored the EH216-S to structural analysis and crash tests, and checked its ability to keep flying if one of its rotors fails. Regulators (监管机构) also inspected the wireless network EHang uses to link its flying taxis to a control centre on the ground. That allows backup pilots to land an aircraft by remote control if there is a problem.

EHang says its pilotless eVTOLs will be quieter than helicopters and much cheaper to operate, thanks to the ability to swap out an expensive pilot for a second paying passenger. The firm also thinks that doing away with pilots will make things safer. A computer's attention never swings, and its reaction operate at a high speed. And it is much easier to automate than driving, for there are fewer barriers and unexpected situations to navigate.

EHang has ambitions beyond China, too. It has carried out demonstration flights in Amèrica and Europe with the aim of obtaining type certificates in both markets. But their regulators both have signalled that they will allow autonomous flights only after the vehicles have proved themselves safe in human hands.

We grow up — unavoidably — with a strong attachment to a plan A, that is, an idea of how our lives will go and what we need to do to achieve our particular set of well-defined goals.

But then, for some of us and at one level all of us, life turns out to have made a few other plans. A sudden injury puts a certain career forever out of reach. A small but significant error changes everything about how crucial others view us. And so, promptly, we find we have to give up on plan A altogether, which can feel devastating. We alternately weep and anger at the turn of events. It is for such moments that we should consider one of life's most vital skills: that of developing a plan B．

The first element involves fully acknowledging that no one gets through life with all their careful plan As. Plan As simply do not work out all the time. Something unexpected, shocking and hateful regularly comes along, not only to us, but to all human beings.

The further point is to realize that we are, despite moments of confusion, absolutely capable of developing very satisfactory plan Bs. Adults are good at keeping needing to refresh in our minds and drawing comfort from in anxious moments. We have enormous capacities to act and to adapt. Perhaps we'll have to leave town forever, maybe we'll have to resign an occupation we spent a decade nurturing — until we rediscover our potential plan B muscle. In reality, there would be a possibility to relocate, to start afresh in another field, to turn around the terrible event. There was no one script for us written at our birth, and nor does there need to be only one going forward.

Crucially, we don't need to know right now what our plan Bs might be or anticipate every frustration that might come our way; we should simply feel confident that, were the universe to command it, we would know how to find a very different path.

Jim Curry lights a stove in the parking lot of Christ Episcopal Church in Guilford. It'll get up to 2,000 degrees, hot enough to soften the metal of shotgun parts so they can be reshaped.

A crowd is watching, and Curry picks out a 9-year-old named Oliver to help him. "This is really magic," Curry says. "Right before your very eyes, you're gonna see Oliver transform this gun, this instrument of potential harm, into something that could never be a gun ever again. It's gonna be a trowel (泥铲), which could be used to plant flowers in a garden."

"It is exciting," Oliver says. "I love the fact that you can take metal that's random and shape it into something useful."

Curry, a retired priest, is a co-founder of Swords to Plowshares (犁) Northeast, the organization putting on this event, which helps police departments manage their gun buyback programs and repurpose the weapons into gardening tools.

The finished tools are donated to community gardens and agricultural high schools and the harvested vegetables donated to soup kitchens and homeless shelters, according to the group's website.

Retired priest Mary Ann first volunteered with Swords to Plowshares when a family member fell victim to gun violence. She helps collect guns through police buybacks. "When there's such despair now in our country, people need to know that we can change. There is hope," she says.

Curry wears a constant reminder of that hope around his neck. It's two large pieces of metal molded into the shape of a cross. "It's made out of pieces of an AK-47 used for killing", he says. "But God's love breaks it apart, reshapes it, then transforms it into the sign of greatest hope — the cross. And that's why I wear it."

Family dynamics in the animal kingdom are as different as the animals themselves. In the animal world, there are advantages to be gained from being part of an extended family.

Chimpanzees

Chimpanzees are the world's largest living primates. These creatures are peace-loving and may live together for a lifetime. The dominant male has many wives who may stay with him for most of their lives, which can cause everyday conflicts. It is the male who settles the conflicts by a warning stare or hitting the back of the offenders' heads.

Elephants

Females stick together in the elephant world, living in herds under a stateswoman. The experience and knowledge of this elder one, who may be 60-years-old, are of great benefit. She will remember, for example,the location of water holes and seasonal food supplies. In times of danger, the group bunches around the young and it is the stateswoman who decides whether to flee or confront the threat.

Lions

Lions are the only cats to live in a large family group, guarded by a pair of powerful males. Family life is relatively harmonious and baby lions may be fed by any mother with milk, so orphaned babies do not starve. Males live in the wilderness for some years before seeking their own pride by challenging resident males in a bloody battle. The male lion protects his pride from other males and enemies.

Ostriches (鸵鸟)

Ostriches travel in bands of 10-50 individuals, the most remarkable birds being the eight-foot-tall males. The largest birds in the world, ostriches cannot fly, but run fast. The wives of the male ostrich all put their eggs in the same nest. A primary female will then join the male to hatch (孵化) the eggs and she will push away other eggs on the outside to ensure her own are in the middle.

When John pulled into his mother's driveway with his young daughter, Lily, the sight of the familiar lychee (荔枝) tree welcomed them. "Look, Lily," John said, pointing to the towering tree in the front yard. "It's the family tree."

Lily smiled as John treated the tree as if it were a real family member, patting its trunk (树干) affectionately. As they were admiring the tree, the screen door opened and out stepped Grandma Mei, bathed in the warm Florida sunlight. Grandma Mei, who came from the province of Guangdong in China, was known for her green thumb, particularly when it came to lychees.

Seeing her granddaughter, Grandma Mei adjusted her baseball cap and asked if Lily was ready for some lychees. But Lily hesitated, for the fruit's appearance was unlike any other fruit she had tried before. With a laugh, Grandma Mei gave her a gentle hug. "More lychees for me then, John," Grandma Mei said.

"Let's get busy!" John said with enthusiasm, rubbing his hands together. "Family tree's waiting."

Hearing Dad calling the tree by name, Lily couldn't help laughing. "Laugh if you want, Lily, but this tree is really family. On cold nights, before family tree was fully grown, Grandma Mei used to take my blanket and throw it over that tree." Grandma Mei nodded, adding that she had to protect the tree from bad weather so that it would become a big strong tree and grow fruit for the whole family.

John, eager to start the day's work, began climbing the tree, determined to harvest the best lychees for the family. Lily watched in amazement, noticing the clusters (簇) of lychees, their skin rough yet inviting.

As John skillfully cut through the branches with a cutter, Lily expressed her concern for the well-being of the tree. John explained to her that cutting the ends of branches won't hurt family tree. Instead such behaviour made it healthier and stronger.

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Lily's hesitation towards the fruit gradually shifted to curiosity and she wanted to try it

Later in the afternoon, they all sat under the tree, surrounded by boxes filled with lychees and sharing stories related to lychees.

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2.专栏内容；

3.未来的期望。

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Dear Alice,

Yours,

Li Hua

Placed among the busy streets of Washington, D. C. is a large public garden that many Americans have never heard of. The U. S. National Arboretum (植物园) includes  collection of flowering plants called azaleas, a field of native plants named ferns, and flowering trees in the dogwood tree area. The garden  (establish) by Congress in 

1927. It plays a leading part in researching and developing plants like trees, shrubs, flowers, and grasses.

Government scientists are in charge of the 180-hectare area. Their main goal is (strengthen) the U. S. economy by making sure an important kind of agriculture,  (call) the nursery industry, continues to perform well. The most recent numbers from the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) show that the ornamental and landscape plant industry creates billions of founds in sales each year.

The arboretum is home to one of the  (large) collections of preserved seeds in the world. The National Arboretum Herbarium (植物标本)  (house) around 700000 ex-ample seeds. They include seeds from plants that the USDA considers as (economical) important. Scientists collect many genetically different seeds within a kind of plant from both native and non-native plants. The reason  collecting that data is that scientists protect plants from harmful situations like climate change, changed environments, or other new and possible risks.

While the scientists do their work, the public  (explore) plants is free to visit the arboretum. Though many people may not know it, the arboretum has had a hand in developing a number of plants  are part of American landscaping.

Last December I was invited to an interview for Structural Repair Engineer at Airbus. I wanted to make the best of this 1 .

It was time to take my first round of interviews. They 2 to asking questions. Surprisingly, no questions were from any of those concepts I'd prepared. They asked me 3 questions based on my experience. The interview was so 4 . In addition to this, one of the interviewers was staying in the building right next to the one in which I was living and he 5 me. Everything went so well that I felt the job would be mine.

As expected, they called me and asked for my 6 expectations and I said $50,000 a year. They also asked me to 7 my past three months' payslips (工资单) before attending the next interview. I 8 and after ten days I received those documents. That was when the call for my second round of interviews 9 .

This round also went well and I was expecting a (n) 10 reply. They said within three days they'd let me know the result. Ten days passed; I felt sad and 11 . I was thinking if I didn't get this job, I wouldn't have any more strength to 12 again when my cell phone rang suddenly. A(n) 13 awaited miracle (奇迹) happened; the call was from Airbus HR. The manager said, "14 ! You've got the job. We've decided to give you $80,000 …" Hurray! All the wait was 15 !

Despite demonstrating a love of the written word, many readers tend to devote most of their time to consuming books in one or two specific genres (体裁). Of course, you want to read books that bring you joy, but it's well worth adding some variety to your reading list.

You can improve your vocabulary.

When you read a wide variety of books, it's not uncommon to come across unfamiliar words and phrases. Sometimes you can get enough con text from the sentence to understand the meaning; other times you'll need to consult a dictionary for clarification.

You can discover a new favorite genre.

You undoubtedly have a favorite genre or two now, but what if you're missing out on others because you're not adding any variety to your reading list? However, by varying your reading material, you could end up enjoying a particular type of book just as much as others you read on a regular basis.

When you add a wide selection of titles to your reading list, you can start to see people, places, and historical events in a new perspective. For example, reading a nonfiction book about a group of people in another country can have a greater understanding of cultures unlike your own.

You can get inspiration from surprising places.

It's amazing how expanding your reading list can provide you with inspiration when you need it most. Of course, some genres are meant to provide encouragement, motivation, and support, such as self-help books and Memoirs (回忆录). They're able to do so nevertheless. By picking up a book from a genre you wouldn't normally read, you may be motivated to finally write your own novel, travel to a faraway place, or even just take up a new hobby.

A. You can know many new people.

B. You can develop a broader outlook.

C. There are many benefits of reading different genres.

D. Having a comprehensive vocabulary serves you well.

E. Others, however, aren't designed specifically to inspire readers.

F. Either way, you're able to store the definition in your mind for later use.

G. Sure, you'll likely find that not every genre is your cup of tea-and that's okay.

The cotton harvest is about to get underway in the Texas High Plains, the windswept region that grows most of the crop in the nation's top cotton-producing state. But Barry Evans, a third-generation cotton grower, has already walked away from more than 2,000 acres (英亩) of his bone-dry fields. "It just didn't come up. We hardly had anything," said Evans.

Extreme heat and a lack of rainfall have severely damaged much of this year's cotton harvest in the U.S., which produces about 35% of the world's crop. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) forecast that more than 40% of what U.S. farmers planted in the spring would be abandoned because of drought. Nowhere is this more apparent than the flat, dry stretch of Texas. The USDA says Texas cotton farmers are likely to abandon nearly 70% of their spring planting. That has been the worst harvest since 2009.

The region normally receives around 18 to 20 inches of rain per year, but saw less than three inches of rain from August through the summer, as nearly all of Texas baked under drought. Much of the cotton grown in the region needs rain. Even those with irrigated (灌溉的) fields are expecting low yields (产量) this year.

The losses in cotton could cost the Texas High Plains $1.2 billion after farmers receive federal (联邦的) crop insurance payments, estimates Darren Hudson, director of the International Center for Agricultural Competitiveness at Texas Tech University. That leaves out others who depend on the crop, such as cotton gins (轧棉机) and storehouses. "Any time you have a bad year in cotton, it has a role to play in the overall economy," Hudson said.

Fortunately, most cotton farmers in this part of Texas plan to use cotton seed varieties that can resist drought. Varieties are continuously developed and will be adjusted to generate high yields if dry conditions continue. "Even though it's drought resistant," Hudson added, "we still have to have a little bit of help from Mother Nature."

Every year, thousands of K-12 students visit the University of Georgia (UGA) through the Experience UGA program. Hosting these students is made possible by the Experience UGA ambassadors (大使), a team of UGA students trained to support the program. They help create and support the field trips and introduce school children to college with interactive and educational visits that are grade-level specific. For example, every second grade group tours the Ramsey Student Center to learn about health-related topics, and all seventh graders explore UGArden to learn about nutrition and agriculture.

"Each year I realize the impact I'm making on students," said Leslie Oroyemi, who is beginning her third year as an Experience UGA ambassador. "I love reaching younger populations and engaging with them. It's nice to see them grow and discover different interests."

This was the first year that Oroyemi has been an ambassador for second grade trips, and she said it has become her favorite. Her favorite part of the day is teaching second graders how easily germs (病菌) spread through a game of tag (捉人游戏) — those with "germs" have chalk on their hands and go around trying to touch and "infect" others. The kids then learn how important hand washing is to prevent the spread of germs.

Camille Holcomb is beginning her second year as an ambassador. She said working with different ages means connecting with them differently. The second graders are excited about everything, while the seventh graders are more reserved (保守的). Holcomb learned that connecting with the older students works best in between the activities — being personable and asking questions while walking around campus. Holcomb also learned that some friendly competition helps engage the more reserved students.

"Each ambassador is very fervent about giving back to the community and holds a special skill that contributes to creating a wonderful experience for students during each grade level trip," said Aiyana Egins, coordinator of Experience UGA. "I look forward to seeing the impact they will have on students this year."

Delivery workers will finally be able to charge their electric bicycles — and themselves — at new stations created out of repurposed news stands in New York City, Senator (参议员) Chuck Schumer announced on Monday.

The repurposed news stands, the first of their kind in the nation, will feature charging stations safe for e-bike batteries, bike parking, and a place for delivery workers to rest or ride out bad weather.

"You've been riding this bike a long time. You need a break. Maybe you've got to make a phone call. Maybe you have to take care of your personal needs, any of these things," Schumer said. "They're constantly out on the street, no place to rest, no shelter to protect them — imagine it's pouring rain, or even snow and you still got to do this," he said. "And so we're going to take underutilized (未利用的) public space on our streets like this news stand right behind us. Very simple."

And the stations, which will be designed by Manuel Mansylla, will not contain bathrooms — which were once a flashpoint (焦点) for delivery workers who were banned from using the restrooms at some of the very restaurants from which they were delivering food.

But thanks to new city laws that went into effect at the start of this year, including requiring restaurants to allow delivery workers to use their restrooms, that's thankfully not the main concern anymore, said Gustavo Ajche, a delivery worker. "The bathroom is different. There's no problem with that any more what we need here is more parking spaces," he said.

Not everyone loves the idea of news stands being repurposed for e-bike charging stations. "After car chargers on the sidewalk, this is another facility of the city taking pedestrian (行人) space to create charging stations," said Christine Berthet of CHEKPEDS, the pedestrian advocacy group that has long called for the creation of more public space for pedestrians.

Summer Art Classes

Afro-Atlantic Histories (Ages 9—12)

Students will explore storytelling through artworks in the exhibition Afro-Atlantic Histories and will highlight moments of their lives through their own artistic creations. Taught by artist Fernando Isai Garcia, this program will take place indoors, June 12—16.

Art & Ecology—Our Friends the Plants (Ages 6—8)

Explore the fantastic world of plants! Let's look at how artists have "used" plants, and been inspired by their colors and shapes. Combine art, and science to learn about plants. Taught by artist Beatriz Jaramillo, this program will take place outdoors, July 10—14.

Making Comics (Ages 10—14)

We'll view, discuss, and sketch (给……画素描) artworks to learn about different aspects of visual storytelling, and then, in the studio, we'll continue to learn about storytelling while making our own comics. We know you've got a story to tell! Taught by artist Shannon Green, this program will take place indoors, July 17—21.

Art in Action (Ages 5 and under)

Children will make art with a focus on the process as much as the results. We'll explore bubble prints (泡泡印画) and blow painting. Come ready for an experience that will blow your artistic mind! Taught by artist Katie Lipsitt, this program will take place indoors, July 31—August 4.

There are various kinds of theme parks. Whichever and whatever you like, there is an incredible theme park that will appeal you! The theme park you are  (probable) most familiar with is Disneyland. Disneyland has many exciting rides  (amuse) you. Dollywood is unique because it shows and celebrates America' s  (tradition) southeastern culture. Famous country music groups put performances there all year round. Visiting the candy shop and trying some of the same kind of candy that American southerners  (make) 150 years ago is rare experience. Come to Dollywood to have fun  (learn) all about America' s historical southeastern culture. Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in Zhuhai, China, is one of the leading ocean-themed parks in the world. The park has  (much) rides than you can imagine. If it is ocean entertainment you are looking for, come to Chimelong Ocean Kingdom!