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Born into a medical family, Amar, a 15-year-old boy, was expected to be a doctor, but deep down in his heart, he was eager to take up writing as his future career. He was in a great dilemma whether to pursue his dream or live up to his parents' expectation. until one day when his father gifted him a parrot.

The parrot had two hazy lines in her neck: black and red. Amar knew the hazy lines mark the stage of learning. "When there is a good teacher, how can his student be stupid" ,he used to believe. It was absolutely true.

Metto's cage was yellow with a big door and a shiny silver rod (杆) running through the centre. Metto's world was fantastic, surrounded by eight-foot white walls with some plum trees. And a lawn, with a palm tree in the middle, was dotted with multiple-color roses.

Back home from school every afternoon, Amar always slid the door of the cage up for Metto to set her free nearby the palm tree. Metto could set herself free because she learned how to slide up the door but she had never tried to do so. It was either love with Amar or, might be, she had never tasted the taste of a bigger world.

Amar always talked with Metto in Pashto (普什图语). Whenever Amar fished out peanuts from his pocket, Metto talked frequently "Toti choori khore" —parrot! Wanna eat choori. She had learned one more sentence after meeting with a friend belonging to jungle outside the white walls. She always said that at the end of meal "Da wakht bam teer she"—this shall to be passed, which Amar had never taught her.

Amar saw her friend coming daily and sitting in the plum tree nearby Metto's cage. He let them and did nothing. "The new one can never succeed in winning her. After all, I feed her well. She will never leave me", Amar murmured. But he didn't know the new teacher had taught her something the old one hadn't. It was the outer world with untouchable horizon.

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Originating in southwest China, tea enriches and nourishes the life of Chinese people, and gives rise to a unique and profound tea culture.

Dating back to over 2000 years ago, tea has risen above differences in diets and cultures and enjoyed worldwide  (popular) with its unique fragrance. Since the Tang Dynasty, Chinese tea has made  way to the world, through the Ancient Tea Horse Road and the Ancient Silk Road,  (shape) different tea drinking customs and cultures along the way. After the 18th century, Chinese tea seeds  (introduce) to India, Sri Lanka and later other countries, and now more than 60 countries are growing tea.

Chinese tea falls into six categories,  (name) green tea, white tea, yellow tea, oolong tea, black tea and dark tea,  (base) on different production methods and fermentation (发酵) degrees.  the only country in the world capable of producing and processing sixteen categories, China  (develop) an automated and standardized way with great innovation. In 2016, China exported 271,000 tons of green tea,  quality has won world recognition.

In tea, we find art, prosperity and our journey ahead. Chinese tea culture values harmony and sincerity,  spirit that shares the same origin with the Silk Road.

When Darrell Worthy was growing up, Thanksgiving meant 30 neighbors sharing a potluck meal in the family driveway. "My parents worked at a golf course. They'd 1 all the workers to come to Thanksgiving dinner. They would never turn anybody away," he says. "If there was a kid in the 2 who needed dinner, he got it."

Today, Worthy carries on the 3 at his restaurant, where a combination of barbecue and community 4 has made it a hot spot, Locals 5 the restaurant for its burgers and meatloaf. For many, it is also a stop on the road to 6 . It has a program that brings former 7 into the kitchen for the first time to help them 8 service industry skills. The effort was 9 by manager Casey DeGuise, who arrived there with drug problems. "He had been rejected for 35 jobs," Worthy says. "We said ‘Let's take a chance,' and he's never 10 ."

Worthy himself knows that a little help can go a long way. "I had a time when I was definitely drinking too much," he 11 . Now, he offers to others the 12 he once needed. He keeps a cooler by the front door of his restaurant with 13 food for anyone who wants it. But his favorite pastime is still watching 14 plates turn to dirty dishes.

"If we can pay the bills and staff, we're happy," says Worthy. "If we can 15 the community, we're happier."

Do you ever find yourself saving the good things in life for some distant moment in the future? Maybe you have a collection of fancy plates that only see the light of day on special occasions, or perhaps you're waiting for the perfect time to wear that beautiful dress put away in your closet.

In a recent conversation with leading psychologist Dr. Alison McClymont, we explored the idea of giving ourselves permission to enjoy the good things now, rather than waiting for an uncertain future.  So saving pleasure for the future may be pointless.

But why do we feel the need to save things for best? It's typically British to save our crockery or clothes for "special" occasions. This mindset may have originated from times when resources were not enough and has been passed down through generations. However, when we feel abundant, we are more willing to use and appreciate our favorite things regularly.

Welcoming the joy of everyday life can be seen as an act of self-love. We are supposed to surround ourselves with things that bring us happiness, even in ordinary moments. It's also about finding ways to renew our worth, fighting the negative thoughts that we don't deserve to enjoy the good things in life.

Take out those fancy plates for a simple weeknight dinner. Wear that beautiful dress to run errands or pick up your kids from school. Celebrate the small moments and make them extraordinary. Because in the end, life is too short to deny ourselves joy. Let's break free from the mindset of waiting for the perfect moment. Embrace the joy of everyday life and make every day a celebration.

A. So, why not start now?

B. Well, it's time to reconsider.

C. By doing so, we can boost our overall well-being.

D. After all, there will be more happiness in store for us.

E. Actually, cultural and generational factors play a crucial role.

F. The reason may be that our well-being is closely related to abundance.

G. If we deny ourselves small moments of joy, we may never get them again.

Artists everywhere are getting "understandably nervous" about recent advances in artificial intelligence. Last month, a winner of an art prize at the Colorado State Fair "sparked a violent protest" when he posted the news and explained that he'd created his image using an AI program. Critics quickly accused 39-year-old Lance Allen of cheating. To be fair, Allen had won in the digital art category and made no secret of how the image had been produced. But the rules of art making are clearly changing.

Allen's creative process, to be clear,"was not a push-button operation,"said Jason Blain in Forbes. He claims to have spent 80 hours on his entry, first on fine-tuning his text prompts(提示), then by touching up the final image using Photoshop and similar tools, then arranging to print the image on canvas. He made the finished product using AI much as a photographer creates an image using a camera.

But Allen, a tabletop game developer, is awed by AI's capabilities and urges artists and illustrators to welcome the technology rather than fight it. "Art is dead," he says. "AI won. Humans lost." A more inspiring lesson to take from his victory, though, is that image generators are likely to "expand the appreciation for and creation of art" by opening the field to people, like him, who could never draw anything as detailed as his award-winning image. "If anything, we will have more artists," and as the technology progresses, "we might see the emergence of art styles that none have seen before."

You can't blame traditional artists if they're unhappy. Image generators work their magic, after all, by analyzing the aesthetics (美学) of millions of pre-existing images. One of the most complicated image generators "makes crystal clear just how destructive this technology will be," said Loz Eliot in New Atlas. Given a specific prompt, it can produce an image of just about anything you can imagine and even follow the style of a favorite artist's work. Its arrival marks "an incredible popularization of visual creativity" while aiming "a knife to the heart of anyone who's spent decades improving their artistic techniques hoping to make a living from them."

US forests could become a "substantial carbon source" by 2070, suggesting that forests could worsen global warming instead of easing it, a new Agriculture Department report says.

US forests currently absorb 11 percent of US carbon emissions (释放), equal to the combined emissions from 40 coal power plants. The report predicts that the ability of forests to absorb carbon will start declining after 2025 and that forests could emit up to 100 million metric tons of carbon a year as their emissions from decaying (腐烂) trees go beyond their carbon absorption.

The prediction suggests that this will require the US to cut emissions more rapidly to reach net zero, according to Lynn Riley, a senior manager of climate science. "Eleven percent of our domestic emissions. That is a really significant portion," Riley said. "As we work to decarbonize... forests are one of the greatest tools available. If we were to lose that, it means the US will contribute that much more" in emissions. The report also assesses and predicts the extent of renewable resources provided by the nation's forests and undeveloped landscapes, including farmlands, wetlands and grasslands.

According to the report, the loss of carbon absorption is driven in part by natural disasters which are increasing in frequency and strength as global temperatures rise. Development in forested areas, which the report predicts will continue to increase, is having the same effect as people increasingly move to the so-called wildland urban areas. Aging forests also contribute as older, mature trees absorb less carbon than younger trees of the same species, and the US forests are rapidly aging.

More aggressive forest management can help by cutting down a small portion of aging forests to make ways for younger trees that absorb more carbon. A thorough study of each forest should be done before removing older trees, Riley said.

Occasionally, doctors become patients too. While I wouldn't wish ill-health on anyone, it can be an inspiring lesson for medical professionals to suddenly be on the other side.

This happened to me a few months ago when I had a kidney stone, which had decided to make its unwelcome presence known in a rather romantic fashion just as I was going out for dinner. The pain came from absolutely nowhere but within minutes I was incapacitated. I was quite taken ab ack by how astonishingly painful it was.

As a doctor, I initially refused to believe that anything was seriously wrong, because I have witnessed countless individuals come to the emergency room convinced they are dying only for nothing more than trapped wind and then creep (蹑手蹑脚) out as they burp (打嗝) loudly and the pain disappears. However, the unbearable pain continued to exist, forcing me to acknowledge that this was indeed more than just a stubborn burp,

I was particularly pleased to read afterwards in a medical textbook that renal colic, as the pain is known, is the "most painful event a person can endure, often described as being worse than childbirth." It's no wonder chronic (慢性的) pain drives people mad. While doctors talk about pain and its management, it's hard to put into words how exhausting it really is until you've experienced it for yourself.

During my time in hospital, I interacted with numerous doctors, each exhibiting professionalism and kindness but one stuck out in my mind. He was actually the most junior of them all, but something about his manner was incredibly calming and comforting. Whenever he came to my bed to speak to me, he knelt down so he was at my eye level. This simple act rid me of the stress that other healthcare professionals unintentionally projected. Just kneeling down made all the difference.

Experiencing the role reversal of doctor-turned-patient provided me with profound insights into the realities of pain and effective patient care.

Some of the greatest discoveries in science have been completely accidental. Then again, maybe science had a little help...

Ice Candy

One of America's favorite summertime treats came about thanks to a particularly cold night in the San Francisco Bay area in 1905. That's when 11-year-old Frank Epperson forgot a glass containing powdered soda mix, water and a wooden stick out at the doorway overnight. The next morning, Frank discovered the mixture had frozen around the stick. He popped it out of the cup, licked it…and summers were never the same!

Safety Glass

In 1903, French chemist Édouard Bénédictus accidentally dropped a glass bottle. To his surprise, the glass cracked but wasn't broken into pieces. Out of curiosity, he checked it carefully. As it turned out, the bottle hadn't been cleaned properly and was coated with a thin film of a kind of liquid plastic. A happy accident led to the discovery of safety glass.

YInMn Blue

In 2009, Mas Subramanian, a professor of materials science at Oregon State University, was testing out new materials for electronics in his lab with graduate students. A mixture of metal s went into the furnace. What came out was a striking blue mixture. The first new blue since cobalt (深蓝) was discovered in 1802, is called "YInMn Blue."

Penicillin

In 1928, Scottish researcher Alexander Fleming returned to his lab after a two-week vacation only to discover that mold (霉菌) from an open window had made an uncovered dish of bacteria dirty. Strangely enough, the mold stopped the bacteria from growing, giving the world its first antibiotic.

"Hi, Connie."My sister-in-law's familiar bright and clear voice greeted me from the other end of the phone line early one Monday afternoon. "Mom and I just finished baking banana bread, and we'd love to bring you out a warm loaf. Can you have the coffee on in half an hour?"

Since thoughts of my mother-in-law's freshly baked banana bread clouded my sensibilities and made me unable to think of an excuse, I replied in my cheeriest voice, "Of course, come on up. I'll be here!"

What was I thinking? I can't let my mother-in-law see the house like this! She's under the impression that I'm perfect. I had to attempt to clean the house within thirty minutes. The past week, however, had been even busier than usual with running my five very active kids back and forth for extra-curricular activities. As a result, the house was neglected.

To add to my awkward situation, I had spent the morning sitting in the garden drinking coffee in an effort to recover from the rushed weekend of activities. But I told myself, "Where there's a will, there's a way. Then I put my words into action!

I cleaned up the kitchen in ten minutes. Things were looking good, and I still had twenty minutes remaining. I quickly swept the living room, throwing toys into the toy box as I worked my way across the floor. Glancing at the clock on my way upstairs to the kids' bedrooms, I was relieved to find I had five minutes to spare. That gave me just enough time to tidy up the bathroom and run a brush through my hair.

Whew! I did it! I put on a fresh pot of coffee, and since my guests hadn't yet arrived, I decided to wipe off the chicken eggs I had gathered after taking the kids to the bus stop. It would be a nice gesture to give them some eggs in return for the banana bread.

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I was finishing the last egg when I heard a knock at the door behind me. 

……

But that smile was short-lived when my oldest son ran through the front door. 

In 9th grade, I joined a military training (军训) camp. The special eye-opener forced my friends away, who were 1  to be away from their families while I turned excited at the 2 .

In the camp, the 3 was the first challenge. Honestly, I started to be 4 to my parents, who had insisted on doing my part at home. It's not as easy as it sounds. Not to mention, they had to do everything themselves, from dishes to 5 , for us without complaint. But in the camp, we got only 20 minutes during the break to make our beds, sweep the floor and do the washing.

Besides, from the moment I arrived, the camp impressed me most with a sense of 6 . The days were long and demanding, filled with 7  designed to push us to our limits. We had a(n)8  instructor whistling loudly at 5 a.m. Waken up early on cold December mornings, we were 9  to run four laps before breakfast. It was a real 10 . If one failed, the whole team got two more laps.

Gradually, the pain 11 . Later in the mountain climbing competition with Boy Team, we Girl Team was the champion! After those freezing mornings, we 12  it. Each member of our team worked so hard on our skills. 13 , the shared experiences taught us a lesson of 14 . We relied on each other for support. Overall, the experience, like the sun in that winter, warms my heart and 15  my way.

What are the health benefits of root vegetables?

Root vegetables are good for your digestion. The recommended daily fibre intake in the UK is 30g. Here's where root vegetables such as sweet potatoes, onions, turnips, parsnips and swede come in — they're rich in fibre.

Orange-coloured vegetables boost your immunity. These foods, known as carotenoids (类胡萝卜素), are a great source of vitamins A and C．  Otherwise, you will catch a cold easily. 

Carrots can protect against the sun. But did you know they also offer your skin some protection against sunburn? According to a meta-analysis of seven studies, beta-carotene supplementation over ten weeks appeared to have a protective effect. But don't use them as a substitute for a high SPF sunscreen!

 In a study spanning eight European countries, people who ate the most root vegetables had a 13 percent lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared with those who consumed the least. 

These vegetables are good for heart health. High cholesterol (胆固醇) can lead to heart problems. Studies have shown garlic can reduce cholesterol. Root vegetables' high fibre content also helps lower blood pressure as well as cholesterol.

A．It's a truth that carrots are good for eyes.

B．They could reduce your pressure in daily life.

C．The flavors of the root vegetables are various.

D．Root vegetables could reduce your risk of diabetes.

E．These support your immune system and help prevent cell damage.

F．Fibre helps us maintain a healthy weight and might even protect against bowel cancer.

G．Another shows eating 200g of raw carrot each day for three weeks reduces it by 11 percent.

We often think about relationships on a scale from positive to negative. We are drawn to loving family members, caring classmates and supportive mentors. We do our best to avoid the cruel uncle, the playground bully and the jerk boss.

But the most toxic relationships aren't the purely negative ones. They're the ones that are a mix of positive and negative. We often call them frenemies, supposed friends who sometimes help you and sometimes hurt you. But ifs not just friends. It's the in-laws who volunteer to watch your kids but belittle your parenting. The manager who praises your work but denies you a promotion.

Everyone knows how relationships like that can tie your stomach into a knot. But groundbreaking research led by the psychologists Bert Uchino and Julianne Holt-Lunstad shows that ambivalent (矛盾情绪的) relationships can be damaging to your health — even more than purely negative relationships.

I had assumed that with a neighbor or a colleague, having some positive interactions was better than all negative interactions. But being cheered on by the same person who cuts you down doesn't reduce the bad feelings; it increases them. And it's not just in your head: It leaves a trace in your heart and your blood.

Even a single ambivalent interaction can cause harm. In one experiment, people gave impromptu speeches on controversial topics in front of a friend who offered feedback. The researchers had randomly assigned the friend to give ambivalent or negative comments. Receiving mixed feedback caused higher blood pressure than pure criticism. "I would have gone about the topic differently, but you're doing fine" proved to be more distressing than "I totally disagree with everything you've said."

The evidence that ambivalent relationships can be bad for us is strong, but the reasons can be harder to read — just like the relationships themselves.

The most intuitive reason is that ambivalent relationships are unpredictable. With a clear enemy, you put up a shield when you cross paths. With a frenemy, you never know whether Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde is going to show up. Feeling unsure can disrupt the body's calming system and activate a fight-or-flight response. It's unsettling to hope for a hug while also preparing for a likely quarrel.

Another factor is that unpleasant interactions are more painful in an ambivalent relationship. It's more upsetting to be let down by people you like sometimes than by people you dislike all the time. When someone stabs you in the back, it stings more if he's been friendly to your face.

Researchers have proposed a novel method for counting and tracking vehicles on public roads, a development that could improve current traffic systems and help travelers get to their destinations faster. 

Using the cameras already installed on campus buses at the Ohio State University, researchers proved that they could automatically and accurately measure counts of vehicles on urban roadways, detect objects in the road and distinguish parked vehicles from those that are moving. 

In previous studies, Ohio State researchers found that using these mobile cameras provides much better spatial and temporal (时间的) coverage than relying on often temporarily placed sensors that don't provide a view of many streets and roads in a city.

"If we collect and process more high-resolution (高清) spatial information about what's happening on the roads, then planners could better understand changes in demand, effectively improving efficiency in the broader transportation system," said Keith Redmill, lead author of the study.

"If we can measure traffic in a way that is as good or better than what is conventionally done with fixed sensors, then we will have created something incredibly useful extremely cheaply," he said. "Our goal is to start building a system that could do this without much manual intervention because if you want to collect this information over lots of potential vehicles and lots of time, it's worth fully automating that process."

While still a long way from total implementation (实施), the study suggests the system's results bear promise for the future of intelligent traffic surveillance. Transportation planners, engineers and operators make vital decisions about the future of our roadways, so when designing transportation systems to work over the next 30 to 50 years, it's necessary that we give them data that allows them to improve the efficiency of the system and the level of service provided to travelers.

Ryan is a good kid. He gets great grades, he plays lacrosse (长曲棍球), and he is well-liked. So Jennifer and her husband didn't see any reason why their sixth-grade son couldn't have an Instagram account, until Ryan posted a photo of himself holding an empty beer bottle that his father had just finished. "My husband saw the photo pop up on Ryan's account and went up the stairs in seconds, demanding that he should take it down," Jennifer says. "I don't think my son realized how bad his picture looked. He was trying to be funny, but he's in sixth grade! Even if he was simply posing, that picture was inappropriate."

With the popularity of photo-sharing site Instagram, it's easy for parents to have a false sense of security. Unlike Facebook or Twitter, Instagram is only for posting pictures and with the 13+ age requirement and privacy feature, so it seems like an almost harmless site for children. How much trouble could they stir up? But that's not the fact.

Shockingly, some kids are paying for attention on social media. When Paula Pryor found a mysterious $700 charge on her credit card, the last thing she suspected it to be was payment to a company that helped acquire "likes" on Instagram pictures. "My son Hayden thought it was only ten dollars, but it was ten dollars per ‘like'," says Pryor.

Often, it's not your own teen that's cause for concern — it's someone else's kid. Megan Koster couldn't figure out why her daughter Delaney suddenly became so anxious about whether her panty line could be seen through her jeans. Finally, Delaney said that she was worried someone would take a photo and post it on Instagram. "I don't think I would have survived middle school if sites like this had existed back then," Koster says.

STEM Summer Programs for High School Students

STEM is a term that stands for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Here is a list of some of the best STEM summer camps for high school students. 

Future Matters Program

It is an 8-week paid summer research experience for high school students. This is a hands-on program for students interested in going after a career in medical research. Students will attend seminars led by faculty and participate in discussions with peers. 

Simons Summer Research

It is a seven-week program located at Stony Brook University. Students will have the opportunity to participate in special workshops, tours and events free of charge. They will conclude the program b producing a written research abstract and research poster. 

Research Science Institute

It is the first cost-free summer program of its kind. During this six-week program, students will dive deeper into the world of science and engineering by experiencing the entire research cycle. In this program students attend classes conducted by famous professors and prepare written and oral presentations to present their research. 

Program in Math for Young Scientists

This program is a six-week intensive mathematics program designed for students across the globe. Unlike common programs, it offers a great deal of independence for students to choose their own schedules and decide what they want to study. Besides learning, there is also "mandatory(强制的) fun time" built into the weekly schedule so that students are able to have non-math related activities.

注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

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My parents and I go on a road trip along G318 in this summer. It is the longest national highway in China from Shanghai to Tibet, along that we enjoyed many famous place of interest. Of all the places, the scenery from Sichuan to Tibet impressed us much. We saw the blue sky but white clouds. With the fresh air refreshed our body and mind, we felt quite relaxed. In addition, the custom of the local people enabled us to have a deeply understanding of our motherland and people. This 10-day journey left them with a strong memory. What wonderful journey it was!

Duolun county, (locate) in Inner Mongolia, only 180 kilometers away from Beijing，once suffered severe erosion and desertification（沙漠化）.

Ma Yunping, a retired soldier, (sell) six cows to collect 7,000 yuan and decided to contract 3,700 mu of deserted sandy land. Due to Duolun's unique geological（地质） environment, which consists mainly of shifting sand dunes（沙丘）, the inexperienced Ma tried planting grass under the (guide) of the forestry department. However, the sandstorms came frequently. He failed many times continued trying, learning from his mistakes.

During the first three years, planting grass became his primary job. Slowly, the yellow sand was stabilized, and touch of green appeared. In 2016, Ma established a (profession) organization, which now has over 40 members. "I want everyone in my village to (active) participate in preventing and treating desertification and to share in the green achievements," he said.

So far, in this area, Ma has planted about 400,000 trees in total. All of them have grown into flourishing vegetation, and not a bit of yellow sand can (find). Reflecting the 20-year journey of fighting against desertification, Ma has long engraved the patches of green on the dunes into his heart. "I am so fond of the greenery, and I want to keep (follow) it," Ma said.