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Raised on a farm in the Alps, Saudan didn't have the resources to train as a competitive skier, and worked as a laborer and truck driver before becoming a ski instructor. Teaching through icy winters in Scotland helped prepare him for deadly slopes. After skiing the Spencer Couloir, he spent twenty years "looking for greater challenges and testing new methods," said The Washington Post. He developed a new skiing style and introduced equipment innovations for steep slopes, but ignored safety measures as he shot down Oregon's Mount Hood, Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro, and Nepal's Dhaulagiri.

Saudan completed his last major journey in 1986 by skiing down Mount Fuji on bare rocks, walking away without a single cut. He "spent his life challenging gravity, avalanches (雪崩), and obituary (讣告) writers, " said The New York Times. He insisted that mental preparation helped keep fear cornered, yet death was never far from his mind. "There's really only one way out," he said, "Don't fall down. "

Melbourne Airport Code, Location, and Contact Information

• Melbourne Airport Code: MEL

• Location: Departure Dr, Tullamarine, Victoria, Australia 3045

• Website: https: //www. melbourneairport. com. au/

• Phone Number: +61392971600

Know Before You Go

Melbourne Airport is a busy airport with four terminals (航站楼). There are clear signs throughout each terminal to help you make your way through check-in and security. Before your flight, you can check which terminal your airline is in on the Melbourne Airport website. In general. Terminal 1 is a Qantas domestic center, Terminal 2 is international flights. Terminal 3 is a Virgin Australia domestic center, and Terminal 4 is all other domestic airlines such as Jetstar and Tiger Air.

Where to Eat and Drink

Melbourne is a big, food-loving city and it shows that in its airport. Whether you're looking for a quick grab-and-go meal or a sit-down experience, there are plenty of choices. Some of the best spots for eating and drinking include Cafe Vu (Terminal 2), which offers French-inspired food. Brunetti (Terminals 2 and 4) us an excellent spot for tasting Melbourne's coffee and biting into an Italian deasert. Baxa (Terminal 2) is a Vietnamese fast-casual restaurant that serves warm noodles. Check out Two Johns Taphouse (Terminal 2 and 4) for a local beer and pub food.

WiFi and Charging Station

Melbourne Airport offers free WiFi throughout its terminals. To connect to the "Airport Free WiFi," simply enter your details, accept the terms and conditions, and click "start browsing." Charging stations are freely available and located throughout the airport.

There was a time in my life when I enjoyed violin very much. But when it came to performing in front of other people, I always became nervous and got discouraged frequently with my inability to play as well as I could when practicing alone. The fear of making mistakes made my hand tremble, overshadowing the joy I found in music. I worried that a single wrong note would break the connection I hoped to create with my listeners.

Determined to overcome this fear, I joined my high school orchestra (管弦乐队) as a freshmen. At our first class, the conductor announced that we would have the opportunity to perform in San Antonio, and everyone was excited about the trip.

A few weeks before the actual trip, one of my friends sent me a video of Joshua Bell, a well-known violinist, performing at a subway station. I was particularly fascinated by one piece that he played for the passersby. And he earned $32.17 for that piece.

I was deeply moved by the emotional richness and complexity of the piece, and I felt a strong desire to express its beauty. I imagined myself performing it confidently, just like Bell. I started practicing it like crazy. However, the difficulty of the piece and the constant repetitions and adjustments wore me out to the point where I almost considered just giving up. But it was a worthy challenge and I thought I could master it, with my unique style.

Several weeks later, our orchestra group were staying at a hotel in San Antonio. As we were hanging out, we found a beautiful courtyard just in front of the hotel. The friend who sent me the video and I were talking about how Joshua Bell's performance at the subway station went viral on the social media.

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Suddenly, he suggested that I play for the hotel customers in the courtyard.

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I tried not to mind the mistakes halfway through the performance as before.

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3. 表示期待。

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Dear Peter,

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Best regards,

Li Hua

A series of concerts, workshops, and master classes will take place during the London International Chinese Music Festival in London and Cambridge next week.

One of the attractive concerts will be Lutes on the Silk Road, in which musicians from different regions along the ancient trade route will (harmonious) play their versions of traditional lutes together, including the Chinese pipa, Kazakhstan dombra, Turkish baglama, Iranian tar, and Syrian oud. The Sound of Silk and Bamboo concert, featuring guqin master Li Pengpeng China and other Chinese musicians, (hold) in Cambridge on Wednesday.

The festival will also include five-day summer school and grading exams for students learning (vary) traditional Chinese instruments, including the guqin, which is a seven-stringed zither, the pipa, which is a type of lute, the erhu, a kind of fiddle, the xiao, which is a flute.

The festival is organized by China Arts (UK), the London Youlan Qin Society (LYQS), a London-based voluntary cultural (organize) which aims to promote interest in and understanding of Chinese music, and UK Chinese Music (UKCM), in partnership with Goldsmiths, University of London, SOAS University of London and the China Nationalities Orchestra Society (CNOS). Last year, it drew (participant) from 13 countries.

Cheng Yu, the founder of LYQS, said: "We want it to be a platform lovers of traditional Chinese instruments and Chinese culture can gather (communicate), share, perform, and make friends."

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the6 said: "If you have noticed, all the nice-looking expensive cups have been7 , leaving behind the plain and cheap ones.8 it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the9 of your problems and stress. Be10 that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive, and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really want is coffee, not the cup. But you11 went for the best cups, and then you began12 each other's cups."

Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and13 life. The type of cup we have does not14 , nor change the quality of life we live. Sometimes, by15 only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee. Don't let the cups drive you. Enjoy the coffee instead.

Numerous studies reveal that manual writing strengthens memory maintenance more effectively than typing. Naomi Susan Baron, a linguistics professor, notes that people across Japan, Norway, and the U.S. recall information better when jotting it down (草草记下) manually. For instance, adults learning Arabic letters via handwriting outperformed typists in recognition and pronunciation speed. Similarly, students who take handwritten notes during lectures demonstrate deeper comprehension compared to those typing, as handwriting forces the brain to actively map sounds to letter shapes — a process critical for literacy development.

Neurological evidence supports these findings. Using EEG scans, Norwegian researchers observed that handwriting activates broader brain networks, including regions linked to memory, attention, and motor skills, while typing only stimulates localized areas. Theta (4-7Hz) and alpha (8-12.5Hz) brainwaves, associated with learning and focus, were notably stronger during manual writing. This multi-sensory engagement — combining touch, vision, and movement — enhances neural connectivity and information encoding.

Experts argue that handwriting's tactile (触觉的) nature fosters deeper cognitive processing. Unlike typing, which allows for quick corrections and auto-completions, writing by hand requires deliberate planning of each stroke, promoting mindfulness and reducing mental shortcuts. Such "neural maintenance", as Van der Meer terms it, not only sharpens memory but also delays cognitive decline.

Educators are re-evaluating handwriting's role. While some countries have dropped cursive (手写体的) instruction, others like Norway and parts of the U. S. are reintegrating it into curricula to support brain development. For adults, maintaining handwriting practice serves as a low-cost cognitive exercise, similar to physical workouts for the mind.

In conclusion, handwriting remains a vital tool for optimizing brain function. Though digital tools excel in efficiency, the sensory and motor demands of writing by hand cultivate richer learning experiences, fostering creativity, focus, and long-term maintenance. As Baron emphasizes, preserving this skill safeguards not just tradition, but the fundamental ways we process and retain knowledge.

In a study, researchers raised concerns about chocolates' impacts on health. Additionally, chocolate production can impact land use and increase global warming. Finding sustainable ways to create chocolates will be significant to the environment and offer potential socio-economic benefits to farmers.

The latest June report revealed that Swiss scientists have discovered new ways to produce healthier and more sustainable chocolate. The traditional sugar in chocolates is replaced by cocoa pod's waste plant matter. Sustainable chocolate recipe uses mashed pulp (浆状物) and husk (外皮) of the cocoa pod instead of beans. Unlike the usual chocolate, the researchers noted nutritional improvement.

Another aspect of the report is environmental benefits. Conventional methods can damage land and use excessive water. The new method reduces water and land usage by 6%. Additionally, it can potentially reduce emissions by utilizing solar drying methods.

For farmers who have struggled against climate change and dry conditions, the study highlights that it has a local economic impact. This can drive a new revenue stream (收入来源) for local farmers, particularly for areas where cocoa is grown.

While the chocolate uses a new recipe, the result explains that it is identical to other traditional dark chocolate in terms of taste and texture. Additionally, the report emphasized that there is still a need for a pilot study (试点研究) . According to a report, people who consume these chocolates can notice slight differences in flavor and sweetness.

The chocolate industry is considered a $100 billion industry. Although chocolates may taste delicious, they contribute more to pollution and waste. Adopting sustainable chocolates can potentially make a significant impact on the environment amidst growing concerns about climate change and habitat warming.

Recent findings showed that 70% of cocoa beans are found in West Africa, and there is an increasing demand for cocoa globally. However, Africa has been at risk of climate effects, causing frequent droughts and high temperatures.

As cocoa demand soars(猛增), deforestation can likely become more widespread, which could exacerbate climate change. As a result, offering environment-friendly and sustainable ways to produce chocolates is crucial.

This is because most bookshops don't have a specific place for non-fiction disabled books. Where there are sections for non-fiction books on important sections of identity such as race, gender and social studies, disability has been forgotten about again.

Hannah took to social media to share her disappointment and it resonated(共鸣)with much of the disabled community. After being asked by one Waterstones staff member if she could fill a shelf, she sourced a long list that could take up a whole bookcase. And there is a huge number of them to choose from. There are also some incredible new and upcoming books by disabled voices. And hopefully, in the coming years, my own memoir book will also sit alongside them.

From my own experience, the book-writing world is a hard space to access as a disabled woman. We're constantly told there isn't a market for our books or cheated off by agents and publishers who say they already have something similar—when often the only similarity is that we're disabled women. Not having our own section feeds these problems. The response I've had to this campaign shows that the demand for these books is there.

Growing up I would get swept up in stories of regular girls having adventures—but as someone treated with multiple conditions from the age of nine onwards, I very rarely saw myself in the pages I was pouring over. Growing up I never saw myself in books and it was one of the reasons I struggled to accept my disabilities. Hopefully disabled kids will grow up learning they're fine just as they are.

It was early autumn when the school organized a weekend camping trip to a nearby mountain forest. The air was crisp, the leaves were turning golden, and the students were buzzing with excitement. After weeks of studying and exams, everyone welcomed the chance to enjoy nature and relax outdoors.

Among the students were four close friends: Leo, Eric, Jason, and Alice. Though their personalities were quite different, they made a great team. Alice, the only girl in the group, was smart and well-prepared. She had brought along a compass, a map, and even a first-aid kit.

After arriving at the campsite, the students pitched their tents, gathered firewood, and helped prepare a simple meal. The campsite was surrounded by tall pine trees, and in the distance, a mountain stream could be heard. The teachers reminded everyone to stay within the marked area and never go off-trail alone.

After lunch, the students were allowed to explore in small groups. Leo's group decided to follow a trail leading up a hill. According to Alice, there was a small lookout point that offered a beautiful view of the valley.

As they walked, Jason kept running ahead, calling the others to hurry. "Let's see what's up there!" he shouted. Alice followed closely behind, holding the map. Leo walked at a steady pace, checking that no one fell behind. Eric lagged at the end, clearly nervous about being so deep in the forest.

The path became narrower as they climbed. Birds chirped in the trees, and dry leaves crunched under their shoes. The sunlight filtered through the branches above, casting dancing shadows on the ground. After about an hour, they reached the edge of a rocky area covered in leaves. The trail began to twist more than expected, and many landmarks they passed didn't match what was on the map.

"I think the viewpoint is just beyond this slope (斜坡)," Jason said, pointing excitedly.

Leo looked uncertain. "Let's be careful. It looks slippery."

But before anyone could stop him, Jason had already climbed ahead.

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Just as he reached the top of the slope, his foot slipped.

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With the first aid finished, they realized a new challenge: how to get back.

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Most underground car parks have four or five levels, while one beneath Sydney Opera House has 12, reaching 37 metres deep. Within this structure, there is space for 1,100 cars (park), serving visitors of both the Opera House itself and the (surround) botanic gardens. It's the world's deepest car park and the widest shallow-cover rock cavern (洞穴). With only a 7-metre-thick soil and rock layer above and a width of up to 19 metres, advanced (engineer) was needed to keep the structure stable due to its shallow cover.

The original car park design (plan) to be rectangular in shape and consisted of two substructures to cover the parking demands of the Opera House. However, this meant, somewhat surprisingly, that valuable space would be taken up to build the two fire escapes (need) to meet safe exit requirements in an emergency. This plan significantly changed when a circular double-helix (双螺旋) design was proposed. Not only was this a unique shape for a car park at the time in the early 1990s, the circular shape evenly distributed weight, making it stronger. This meant it could be built even (deep) and would only need one fire escape could be accessed centrally on all levels. The double-helix shape reduced the planned footprint from 7,900 square metres just 2,950 square metres. In 2043, this record-breaking construction will be reviewed again to see if any changes to its design need to be made.

Big wildfires in Los Angeles have destroyed thousands of homes and claimed3. The Gruels, heartbroken by the disaster, decided to help. They put the4 out on social media that they would5 donations for their neighbors up north. A stream of volunteers has shown up to the restaurant6 to help. Some come armed with supplies; others are7 with their trucks to transport the8 to LA.

Some of the biggest9 right now for the hundreds of displaced Angelenos, many of whom have lost most of their belongings in the disaster, are socks, underwear and baby formula. But Lauren also thought about children who had lost everything. "Toys and coloring books would be10," she said.

11 collecting donations, the restaurant is offering free meals to wildfire12. "If you need to stay here,13 a bite to eat, or figure out your next step, you're more than14 to just hang out here for a few while," said Andrew.

Volunteers like Alex Ordorica, a local resident, helped transport supplies. After his second trip to the center, he said, "Every box15 isn't just supplies — it's a reminder that nobody's alone in this."

Communicate to avoid hurting others.

Saying you want to be alone can come with the risk of making loved ones feel rejected. But, without alone time, our social batteries can run low because we aren't giving ourselves the chance to properly manage our thoughts and feelings. Communicate openly about the importance of self-care and alone time. Encouraging others to also take moments for themselves can help normalise the practice and reduce feelings of rejection.

Embrace "positive selfishness".

Once loved ones understand the benefits of alone time, you're ready to embrace a positive kind of "selfishness". It could involve lunch at your favourite café without inviting a friend or watching an eagerly anticipated film at the cinema without taking your partner.

Make time alone meaningful.

It can be easy to worry about wasting our precious alone time. If scrolling on your phone or watching TV is too tempting when you're alone, you shouldn't feel guilty. That includes rest. For many, TV and phones are a great way to take a rest from the pressures. If we don't occasionally allow our minds to wander, then we can't maximise our capacity to think.

Plan solo (独自的) dates.

Forward-plan "solo dates", for both practicality and joyful anticipation. Adding solo activities to your diary gives solitude equal importance to social occasions, and ensures you commit to and prioritise alone time regularly.

A. Time alone is meaningful if it fulfils its purpose.

B. Me time doesn't just appear, you need to create it.

C. So, can we learn to spend time alone for wellbeing?

D. This can lead to stress in our interactions with others.

E. Is there anything else we can do to avoid being judged?

F. Whatever it may be, give yourself permission to please yourself.

G. Solitude can be joyful, but stay attentive to the potential downsides.

Researchers at Reichman University in Israel conducted a series of studies exploring how skill at storytelling, or the lack of such skill, impacts the sense-making function of narrative thinking. They assessed participants' storytelling abilities and then cross-referenced the results with a self-report scale (量表).

In the first study, participants completed self-report scales assessing their sense of "meaning in life" and "approval of high-level goals". The self-reports were used in the other two studies as well. In the second study, each participant was asked to propose "a friend who knew them very well", and this person provided a global rating of the participant's storytelling ability. In the third study, participants were divided into groups of three. They were then instructed to create two separate stories — one a two-minute story about an event that exhibited a personality trait that characterized them, and the other an original two-minute story using three random words — and tell these stories to the other two people in their group. The pairs of listeners then gave their ratings.

Across all three studies, participants who were rated as proficient storytellers exhibited a stronger sense of meaning in life and approval of high-level goals. The results of the study also suggest a beneficial and possibly even healing role for storytelling workshops.

While the concepts of "meaning in life" and "high-goal approval" are difficult to teach due to their abstract nature, storytelling can be taught. A little training in various strategies can turn a student with a notebook full of colorful but undeveloped ideas into a proficient (even if not necessarily published) storyteller. Having a plot and a purpose in your stories can translate into deeper meaning and higher goal-setting in your life.

Technology exists in a complex, dynamic system, where second-, third-, and nth-order consequences spread unpredictably. Understanding technology is, in part, about trying to understand its unintended consequences, to predict not just positive impacts but "revenge effects." Quite simply, any technology is capable of going wrong. Think of how the overuse of antibiotics (抗生素) makes them less effective, or how the "space junk" endangers spaceflight.

As the power of our tools grows exponentially and as access to them rapidly increases, so do the potential harms that no one can fully predict. One day someone is writing equations (方程式) on a blackboard or working on a prototype (机器雏形) in the garage; within decades, it has produced existential questions for humanity. This aspect of technology has felt more and more pressing to me. How do we guarantee that this new wave of technologies does more good than harm?

Technology's problem here is a containment problem. Containment is the critical ability to control, limit, and, if need be, close down technologies at any stage of their development. It means, in some circumstances, the ability to stop a technology from mushrooming in the first place, checking the ripple of unintended consequences, both good and bad.

Then, if containment is important, who should bear the duty to do it? It is we technologists. More than anyone else, it is up to us to face it. We might not be able to control the final end points of our work or its long-term effects, but that is no reason to give up responsibility. Decisions technologists make at the source can still shape outcomes. Just because consequences are difficult to predict doesn't mean we shouldn't try.

When earthquakes struck his hometown of Adiyaman, Türkiye, in 2023 and left a trail of destruction, little did he know that his retirement plan would be carried out decades early. "I lost many relatives and saw many horrible things," Muhammed recalled. "We all had to come together as neighbours, as a community."

As part of recovery plans, authorities constructed a "social market" in the town centre — where various shops would fit residents' needs and revive economic activity. Included in the plan was a bookshop. Muhammed, already known in his community as a bibliophile, was selected to lead this effort and provided by the Turkish Red Crescent with a first set of books. "I started from zero. Everything was destroyed after the earthquakes."

Despite the uphill battle, Muhammed was driven by his belief that books could aid in his community's collective healing. Starting with old iron shelves, Muhammed wanted to transform his bookshop into a more charming and comfortable environment. Through the International Organization for Migration's (IOM) cash grant programme, Muhammed was able to purchase new bookshelves.

Almost a year since he opened the bookshop, Muhammed is happy with where life has taken him. "I love this business. I'm happy being around books. I meet people of all walks of life and have a unique relationship with each of my customers."

Muhammed is also involved in efforts to re-establish public libraries, named in memory of literature teachers who lost their lives during the earthquakes. Through this, he hopes to make books more accessible. Each day, Muhammed hopes that his customers are captured into a new world of healing and hope amidst the tragedy.

Course Reserves: Materials placed on course reserve can be checked out for a short period, typically two hours. This system allows students in specific classes to borrow materials, but if materials aren't registered, students may experience difficulties accessing them. Professors must refer (提交) physical materials to the library first.

UR and Public Libraries: Students can search for additional materials in the DiscoverUR catalog. While some e-books in the UR Library have unlimited access, others have usage restrictions. Students can also use digital library cards for the New York Public Library and Monroe County Library, which offer e-books and audiobooks through Libby, providing another valuable resource for course materials.

Open Web Sources: Several open web platforms offer access to course materials, including the Internet Archive, Project Gutenberg, and Hathi Trust Digital Library. These resources are particularly useful for materials published before 1929, which will no longer be protected by copyright (版权) in 2025, and for some more recent academic works.

Students can find a guide to these options on the library's website and reach out to subject librarians for further assistance.

It was a cool fall morning, and the sun was just starting to rise, casting a warm light to the quit neighborhood. For Alex, the high school junior with a deep passion for science, was filled with both excitement and nervousness. Today marked the final presentation of his science project, which he had been working on for months. The topic was renewable energy, and Alex had built a model of a solar-powered car. He hoped it would help him win the regional science fair.

Alex checked his bag one last time: notes, sides, and the model car. Just as he was about to leave, his younger brother Ax came into the room with big, sorry-looking eyes. In his hand, he held a broken piece of the car's solar panel. "I'm really sorry, Alex!" Ax said in a very quiet voice, his head down because he felt guilty. "I was just so curious. I wanted to see how it worked, and I didn't mean to break it."

Alex's eyes opened wide in shock, and his heart felt like it dropped to the bottom of his stomach. The presentation was in a few hours, and there wasn't time to fix it. He thought about explaining what happened, but he was worried it would sound like an excuse and make him less likely to win. He could put a battery in the car and act like nothing was wrong. But when he thought about it, he felt uncomfortable. He was proud of being honest, and the idea of cheating, even a little bit, made him feel sick.

As he walked to school, his steps were slow and heavy. He thought about all the late-night hours he spent working at his work bench, how frustrated he was when the circuits didn't work, and how happy he was when the car finally moved using solar power. His dreams of winning the competition and being recognized for his hard work seemed to be going away. But then he remembered the talks at the dinner table a long time ago, when his parents told him how important it was to be honest, responsible, and keep trying. Their words kept playing in his mind. By the time he got to the school gates, a determined look was on his face. He knew exactly what he had to do.

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Alex stood in front of the class and judges, feeling nervous.

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Later that day, Alex received an email from the science fair organization.

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1. AI 可能取代的工作及原因；

2. 青少年应如何面对。

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Dear fellow students,

I'm Li hub, and I'm quite honored to talk about "AI and Job Replacement".

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Thank you!