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The craft of Shao Lujie, a 28-year-old Chinese craftsman from Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, is known quilling — a form of art that involves the use of paper strips ( 纸 条 ) that are rolled, shaped and glued together to form complex designs.

Shao's works mainly feature flowers and other plants. He created multiple works for the 19th Asian Games, featuring the event's three mascots ( 吉 祥 物 ) and logo. In the past few years, Shao (develop) cultural and creative products with local characteristics. His another (improve) is that techniques and equipment have been simplified, making it easier for people to try.

Since childhood, Shao has enjoyed painting and handicrafts. Having finished the learning of quilling in 2016 from  master of the art, Shao began to devote himself  (entire) to the craft. Later, by imitating the works of his instructors, he learned how  (apply) new methods to his own works, combining this paper art handicraft with painting and different design elements. 

In an age AI—generated art works are entering the art market, Shao still sticks to this ancient craft. Every step — weaving, cutting, rubbing, folding, and pressing —(do) by hand. 

To get youngsters interested in the craft, Shao has gone online, sharing articles(write) by himself and posting pictures of his latest works. Shao is considering  (open) an exhibition hall so that more people can learn about this craft and, ideally, pass it down, to future generations. 

I can remember the first time it happened. Class was getting out of hand. Our teacher, after quieting us six times as she tried to keep our1  on the task at hand, finally gave up and informed we could take a rest. Instantly, the classroom erupted with students2  their seats, laughing and talking. 

And then there was me. I sat3 in my chair. I finished the activity and then worked on a project, completely content. I didn't associate what I was doing with4 behavior; I just had no desire to be loud and crazy.

As parents started to arrive, our teacher , 5 the chattering children with a half—hearted smile. But when my mother 6 , she commented, "Your daughter is such a nice girl in class. She's a 7 . " And there it was: my first "nice".

Whether or not I knew it, a 8 had been set for my future behavior, though my teacher probably didn't mean it.

As years passed, I became9  in the art of nice. But as much as I loved praise, I was too10  to dare be anything but nice. 

People rarely see the Real Me, because the Real Me is 11 . She doesn't clean her room as often as she should. She's 12 at making decisions. Nice became a shelter I 13 my real feelings. "It's like living a14 life, " I thought. I am15 with being nice. I want to be the best of myself, not the nicest.

If you think you're a pessimist and there's no hope of ever turning it around, then think again!

According to mental health experts, it is actually very possible to turn into a glass—half—full kind of person, and here's what you can do to see things in a brighter light.

 Writing down your ideas of an optimistic tomorrow will make a huge difference when it comes to your overall attitude to life. You may also want to consider a serious challenge you have in life right now, and simply sit back and think about all of the possible positive outcomes. 

Choose to be optimistic. Life is all about choices. You can choose to spend the entire day reading or cleaning. You can make the call you've been thinking about for a while or you can put it off for another day. What's more, you can also choose to be positive or you can choose to simply carry on living as you are. And then carry on that way for the rest of your life.

Extend positiveness to others. Making others feel good about themselves can have lasting positive effects on your own life. Never forget to admire your family, friends, and colleagues for the good things which they are doing in their lives, even if they don't directly affect you.

Recognize your negative thought patterns. It's fine to acknowledge that bad things in life might happen at any time. Yet being overly negative can seriously ruin your chances of finding happiness in his life. Reframing your awkwardly negative thoughts into more realistic patterns may be the key to helping you maintain optimism.

Practice gratitude. Spend some time thinking about all of the things you have to be thankful for. 

You could even choose to keep diaries, where you can put down anything which makes you smile. If nothing else, take a moment every once in a while to stop, smile and be thankful for the positive things in life. 

A. Imagine a positive future. 

B. Form the habit of keeping diaries. 

C. Of course, it's also necessary to praise yourself.

D. Ignoring reality isn't the most helpful method either.

E. Being optimistic starts with the decision to be positive. 

F. It will often provide you with an instant optimism boost. 

G.Take a moment to work out how realistic your thoughts really are. 

Starting in the mid—2010s, the success of streaming services like Spotify, Tencent and Apple Music led the music industry into a period of steady income growth. But the rise of streaming hasn't just transformed the business of music; it has changed the music as well.

In 1972, the Temptations hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, winning three Grammys, with a seven—minute version of the song "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone". Before the Temptations sing a word, an instrumental introduction plays for more than four minutes. If the group were in the studio today, the title chorus (副歌) would most likely have been featured much earlier in the song. That's because music streaming services pay artists based on the number of plays each month, and to count as a play, a user must listen to the song past the 30—second mark. If a song you've never heard before takes a long time to get to the hook (旋律最好的部分), there is a good chance that you may simply hit the button to go to the next song. To keep the "skip rate (跳过率)" as low as possible, musical artists are increasingly moving a song's hook to that initial 30—second sweet spot.

Every track that is listened to for more than 30 seconds counts as a play, but whether a listener makes it all the way through a song helps to determine whether a streaming service like Spotify will recommend similar songs in the future. For a musician, getting a song on Spotify's popular Today's Top Hits playlist means real money. A study by researchers at the University of Minnesota and the European Joint Research Centre found that songs on the list gained an average of 20 million streams, worth up to $163, 000 in royalties (版税).

As a result, according to an analysis by blogger Michael Tauberg, the average length of hit songs has dropped by more than 30 seconds since 2000, when it was over four minutes. Nearly two—thirds of the songs that achieved the number one spot in the first half of 2021 were under three minutes long. 

Using needles to deliver drugs has been common for more than a century. The past hundred years have seen all manner of medical advances, from life—saving medicine and X—rays to mRNA vaccines and special cancer treatments. Yet the needle has stayed mostly unchanged. Although now available in a variety of different sizes, it remains a hollow (having a hole or empty space inside), pointy tube. 

With luck, that may soon change. As Yichi Ma, a scientist at the University of California, Berkeley, and his colleagues outline in a review paper, researchers around the world are looking for ways to ease the pain when needles go into the skin. Many have been inspired by nature. 

The team got their idea from mosquitoes, which manage to get their blood meals without causing great pain to people. One reason is that the insects use painkilling chemicals when they first puncture(刺穿) the skin. But there is another reason. The point of a mosquito's saw—like proboscis(锯齿状的喙) is softer at its tip. The insect makes the skin of its target tight before biting, and shakes its proboscis as it pushes the proboscis in. All of this helps reduce the force needed to puncture the skin.

One paper, published in 2020 by a group of researchers in America and China, found that a mosquito—inspired needle required 27% less puncturing force than an ordinary one. And less force means less pain. Mosquito—inspired needles might also be useful for delicate procedures such as biopsies (the examination of tissue taken from a living body). A paper from the University of Michigan, also published in 2020, found that scientists could improve biopsies of tissue in some body organs. The lower force led to less movement of the organ itself, ensuring that the needles were guided accurately to the area that needed sampling. 

For now, such devices remain limited to labs. But there is a big market for better needles. According to WHO, around 16 billion injections were given in 2018. With one person in four saying they suffer from a fear of needles, the savings on stickers and sweets for the brave souls who roll up their sleeves would be considerable. 

Growing up in Canterbury, Scartozzi recalls swimming in rivers as part of her childhood. When she returned many years later, however, she noticed things had changed. "Some of the places where I could swim before now have signs saying ‘polluted water, do not swim', " she says. "I wanted to take my kids to places to swim but we couldn't because these signs were up. "

Although the experience was sad and surprising, it has also served as fuel for Scartozzi, who's now focusing on restoring the health of waterways. Her company called eCleanEnvirotech is developing technology to remove pollutants from waterways such as rivers, ponds and streams. It involves feeding polluted water into a system housing microbes (微生物) that eat or break up the pollutants.

The "engineered" nature of the technology, Scartozzi explains, means it's adaptable for different

environment conditions. Each system can be personalized with its own unique "soup" of microbes to remove the pollutants in any waterway where it is installed (安装).

Other advantages of the technology, she says, are that it can process water relatively quickly and that it can be used to treat waterways in a variety of sizes and locations. 

She says she hopes to create cleaner water for the benefit of future generations. "My passion is around restoring the health of these waterways. And my purpose is to do anything that I can to return them to their former condition. That's what drives me every day. If I can do anything, it is so that in the future, my kids and grandchildren have somewhere where they can go swimming and fishing. "

Advance Africa Volunteers in Kenya offers opportunities to international volunteers in schools, hospitals and community medical clinics. 

Kenya Volunteer Program Schedule

You can volunteer for any duration and stay as long as you wish. You can arrive at any time during the month and the volunteer work starts the following day. You will typically work between 9 a. m. and 4 p. m. Monday to Friday. You will spend your spare time shopping, eating out, seeing movies, chatting with other volunteers or swimming. 

Kenya Volunteer Program is open to:

We invite individuals, couples, families, students, researchers, and groups (churches, colleges, and student associations). 

Volunteering in Kenya Costs Cost for 2 weeks or less $500. 00 Cost for 1 month $700. 00

Cost for 6 weeks $900. 00

Cost for 2 months $1, 100. 00

$200 more for every extra two weeks. 

No refunds (退款) will be paid to any volunteer who has arrived in the country and started on their program due to program change, early departures etc. 

Our Volunteer in Kenya Program Offers

We have volunteers all year round. This gives you plenty of company to enjoy exciting travel adventures. Some of our volunteer travel projects do not require specific skills. Everyone can participate regardless of age or gender. Other projects require particular skills, education or interest. 

The volunteer in Kenya program fee covers communication, airport pick—up, local support, in—country orientation, training, accommodation and two meals per day (three meals over the weekends if you are at the provided accommodation). 

The volunteer in Kenya costs you need to meet are: your flight to and from the country, visa fees, work permits, travel insurance, in—country transport and return trip to the airport. 

Typical Living Arrangements: Advance Africa Volunteers' house and home—stays.

—Sorry, I____some American business partners the whole afternoon. 

"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. 

注意：1. 续写词数应为150左右；2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

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. 

注意：1. 写作词数应为80左右；2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

My Greatest Happiness

A 16-year-old girl from Changsha, Hunan Province, reached the top of Qomolangma with success,  （become） the youngest Chinese female to conquer （征服） the world's highest mountain from the southern slope. 

Xu is a first-year high school student. In April, she left Changsha for Nepal, began her trek（涉） from Lukla, arrived at the base camp  started her altitude adjustment training. At 10 pm Beijing time on May 14, Xu started trekking from Camp 4 at  altitude of 7, 950 meters. After a hard 10-hour climb, she  （successful） reached the top. 

Xu's father was the first person from Hunan Province  （reach） the top of Qomolangma. Influenced by her father, Xu  （explore）remote areas with him since she was very young. Despite her young age, Xu has already climbed five mountains over 5, 000 meters in China. Although Xu has rich climbing experience, she gets high-intensity  （profession） training non-stop to conquer Qomolangma. Last year, she climbed Mount Muztagata,  stands 7, 546 meters. 

"Hunan beings （be）small in the face of nature. We should respect nature and get closer to Qomolangma, said Xu. She hopes to conquer the highest peak in each of the seven  （continent）and to be able to reach the North Pole and South Pole one day. 

I feared it was going to be a terrible firework season this year. The bangs （巨响）1  before the first of July and lasted three more days. I have never been a big fan of fireworks since I was a boy. It was then that a local fair 2  a huge firework show near our house and I saw how the huge 3  terrified our dogs. I sat on the 4  in the house with them during the whole show, holding their 5  bodies. 

I know a lot of people enjoy the 6  light shows the fireworks can put on at times. They can be bright and beautiful. Still, I find that I 7  the gentler lights of summers to these noisy ones. I love seeing the moon rising 8  above the hills in the evening. The shining stars always look so wonderful when you take the time to 9  into the sky and watch them shine. 

I also 10  the beautiful, blinking lights of the fireflies （萤火虫） at this 11  of year. Seeing their lovely, little lights as they 12  around always fills my heart with joy and light as well. It feeds my soul and reminds me of what a glorious 13  we live in. 

I think we all might do better to develop and grow the gentler 14  within ourselves. They are meant to be 15  with others. They are meant to be shined

If you're afraid to fly, you're in good company. About 40% of Americans feel some fear at the thought of flying.  these tips can help. 

Exposure therapy is the idea that being exposed to something you're afraid of over and over again calms down your limbic system so it doesn't fire up as fast. That could mean less anxiety in the long run. 

During the night, distract yourself

When we're really anxious, we can't think straight. The key is to try to connect to your rational, thinking brain. When we really focus on thinking, like doing a math problem, our emotional brain calms down. Try a crossword puzzle or Sudoku, read a really juicy romance novel or get through a pile of paperwork. . 

If you hit turbulence （气流）, don't force yourself to calm down

During a rough flight, you might be to take slow, deep breaths to calm down. . It's nearly impossible to stop your fight-or-flight response, once it's been triggered. Remind yourself that your body is having a normal response to a perceived threat. 

Consult with a doctor about medication （冥想）, if you feel you might need it

There are medications pretty quickly taking down anxiety. , talk with your primary care doctor or a psychiatrist. Try to think of a medication that's not just short-term, but something that can help you bring your baseline anxiety down. 

A. But don't try to stop the experience

B. Try to hold back your feeling of fear

C. If you do need medication to get on a plane

D. Board your flight with plenty of distractions

E. Face your fear, repeatedly but in small doses

F. If you did almost anything but can't avoid flights

G. That's where I agree with because that experience is terrible

First-year college students often are expected or required to live in dormitories. In the rest years, it's usually up to those students to decide whether to live on or off campus. 

But some schools don't provide an option and require four years of on-campus living for full-time students. Living on campus has been shown to increase retention（保留） and attendance rates among freshman and second-year students, according to a 2021 report. There are exceptions, however. At some colleges, students may be freed from the requirement if they are, for instance, commuters （通勤生）, fifth-year seniors, at least 23 years of age or legally married. 

Residential housing at colleges is not limited to shared rooms and bathrooms. Alternatives include flats, apartments, Greek houses or living-learning communities for students with shared interests. On-campus students also have access to services and resources such as residence life staff who can help if a housing issue arises. When students live in a community, they are forced to live with different people, learn more about themselves and about the others, and tell each other their stories. 

On the other hand, off-campus living provides students with more independence, as they are not constrained by school housing policies. Off-campus students gain more real-world experience in areas like paying their own bills, finding renter's insurance, cooking their own meals and negotiating or reviewing contracts. If students are choosing to live off campus, they should really think it through and talk to someone that lived. off campus. Do their homework and look at all the costs before they make that decision. Make sure, too, that they are choosing people that they can live with. 

At first glance, off-campus housing can appear less expensive. But the additional expenses outside of rent—like utilities, groceries, Internet access, cable and furniture—are often overlooked. To reduce off-campus costs, some students choose to overpack houses or apartments, sometimes with four or five people in a two-bedroom house. Unlike off-campus housing, the total cost of living on campus is typically all-inclusive, coveting rent, utilities, furniture, Wi-Fi and a meal plan.

Each year, more than 27 million. U. S. and Canadian kids get to school by bus. Most of those buses run on diesel （柴油） fuel, which give out pollution that riders can take in. Pollution levels can be several times higher inside a diesel school bus than outside it. Why? Pollution can leak in from the floor or blow in through windows. 

A U. S. government program started in 2012 offered schools' money spent on cleaner school buses but not all schools could get it. Five years later, emissions from buses in the winning districts fell. And a year after getting new buses, student attendance had improved in those districts. For an average district of 10, 000 students, about six more students attended 'school each day' in the winning districts, compared to the losing districts. Winning schools with higher rates of bus-riding kids had an average of 14 more students in class each day. And winning districts that replaced the oldest school buses? They had an average of 45 more students in school each day. 

Those numbers may sound small, but 'they add up. And school attendance matters for student achievement. Almost 3 million U. S. kids ride school buses more than 20 years old. If U. S. school districts had replaced all of those older buses, there would have been 1.3 million fewer student absences each year. 

There might be other reasons for better attendance. For example, maybe kids preferred new buses. However, the most-likely reason for fewer student absences was better health. A study done on adults showed that a brief exposure to diesel emissions reduced "network connectivity" in the brain. In other studies, such network-connectivity changes have been linked to worsened memory and mental tasks. A Washington State program upgraded pollution controls in old diesel buses. Afterward, fewer kids were hospitalized in those districts than in schools without bus upgrades. 

Almost all U. S. school districts can apply for the program. But schools in low-income areas, in tribal areas and, in rural areas will get priority. Kids in these areas tend to face. the most health risks from older buses. 

On March 1, Dr. Joseph Dituri began a project to stay for 100 days at a special hotel called Jules's Undersea Lodge 30 feet under the ocean surface in a conservation area in Key Largo. 

The farther you go below the ocean's surface, the greater the pressure. Dr. Dituri wanted to learn how this pressure would affect the human body over time. He believes that high pressure could help people live longer and stay healthier as they get older. It could also help doctors treat different medical problems, including brain injuries. 

While he was living underwater, Dr. Dituri stayed busy. He often exercised in the morning. He kept teaching his college classes virtually and had online chats with over 5, 500 students from 15 different countries. He also worked with ocean experts to figure out ways to preserve the ocean. He even had a number of visitors who dove down to spend a little time with him. 

On June 9, Dr. Dituri returned to the surface with a new world record, beating the old record of 73 days. Many friends, family, and other supporters were there to greet him and celebrate his success. Doctors quickly checked him out to make sure he was okay. 

Actually, Dr. Dituri went through several big changes. For one thing, he became 1.3 centimeters shorter during his time in the higher undersea pressure. Sleeping much better, his health greatly improved in a couple of ways. Dr. Dituri and his team plan to study the information they collected during the project. In November, Dr. Dituri will speak at an important medical meeting in Scotland about the discoveries the scientists made during the project. 

Dr. Dituri says his favorite part of the project was talking with young people. "Who knows?" he said. "Maybe one day, one of them will come. back and break the record we just set. My greatest hope is that I have inspired a new generation of explorers and researchers to push past all boundaries. 

The Biggest National Park On Continents

America

Covering nearly half of the world's largest island, Northeast Greenland National Park is currently the globe's single largest national park and biggest land-based protected area. It covers 972, 000 square kilometers. The vast Greenland: Ice Sheet makes up most of the park, but there's also a long coastline that is home to musk oxen, polar bears and many other Arctic creatures.

Oceania

Covering 36, 000 square kilometers, the Munga-Thirri-Simpson Desert National Park was set up in 2021 to protect the beautiful desert landscapes of far northern South Australia. It includes one of the world's largest dune （沙丘） fields. As well as more than 150 bird species, the park provides home for many animals.

Asia

Founded in 2021, China's Sanjiangyuan National Park is now the largest in Asia, covering 190, 700 square kilometers of the snow-covered Qinghai-Tibet Plateau that provides the headwaters of the Yangtze, Yellow and Lancang rivers. Rough and remote, the highlands harbor a range of rare, endangered animal species. The park also includes cultural sites.

Africa

Some of the world's highest and biggest sand dunes are the centerpiece of western Namibia's Namib-Naukluft National Park, Africa's largest at 49, 768 square kilometers. Easy to explore with your own, vehicle, the main park road leads to most dunes and forest. Hot air balloon flights offer a bird's eye view of the whole park. It is also known for plants and animals that have adapted to one of the Earth's most dry places.

During the 25 years we've lived in our home, many cats have appeared on my porch (门廊), gazing through the glass door, silently begging for food. Well, what can I do? Certainly not ignore their lovely faces. Even as my husband says "Don't feed these cats, Caren, " I am opening the door, with cat food bag in hand. These cats usually stay a few days, maybe a couple months before disappearing into the woods.

One evening while feeding the horses, I saw something move. I turned just in time to glimpse a black tail disappearing under our shed (小棚). Later, I saw a skinny young cat sneak around and finish the leftovers. The next time I saw her, she had a companion, a black male cat. I made sure to put out enough food for the both of them. 

Pretty soon, they were appearing at dinnertime with our other cats. I named them Minnie and Freddy. I would give them food in separate containers, but they would walk up and down until I went back inside. Then, with no human near, they would devour their meals. This went on for a couple of weeks. One day, Freddy didn't show up. We never saw him again.

But Minnie kept sticking around our room, dividing time between the shed and the porch. She was no longer skinny and looked quite nicely. I congratulated myself on her newfound health. However, she kept gaining weight —especially around her middle. Yup, she was pregnant (怀孕的). 

注意：续写词数应为90词左右。

We fixed up a small place in the shed for Minnie.

From that day on, our family grew not only with Minnie but also with her adorable babies, creating a harmonious and loving environment for all of us to cherish(珍惜).