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The festival, born in China, has become a global cultural event,(bring) joy to people around the world. Some rough estimates suggest that the festival is a public holiday in almost 20 countries and (celebrate) in various ways by about one-fifth of humanity.

In recent years, "Spring Festival fever" has been heating up overseas. Every Spring Festival, dignitaries from various countries send greetings the Chinese people.

Since 2010, splendid events such as traditional dragon and lion dances, Chinese New Year painting, dumpling making, and temple fairs (host) globally, allowing people of different nationalities and (culture) backgrounds to experience traditional Chinese culture immersivity and have a great time.

The Spring Festival is a window for the world (perceive) China. For Chinese people both at home and abroad, no matter they are or how far they have traveled, going home for the Chinese New Year is a tradition always cherished.

As times change, Chinese people have found more ways to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Digital red envelopes have become a new celebratory element, and many (family) are spending the festival on trips. Regardless of the changing forms, what (remain) unchanged is the deep-rooted family culture in the Chinese people.

Preeti Pal's dad used to5 a dairy farm and sent the children from the village to the nearby city for better6 education. When Preeti Pal found out about sports, she told her dad she wanted to do that. Her Papa didn't agree at first. As soon as she got her first medal in a state competition, her father understood his7 could do something and she was telling the truth. Then, he thought he should support her, not8 her back. They also liked that their daughter was9 so much effort. They saw that even though she was weak, she worked really hard.

Her family moved them from their rural farming area to the city of Meerut for better studies and10. But even there, it was hard. Her family couldn't even afford a car. Preeti Pal used to wake up at 5 a. m., make food for the family, and then11 5 kilometers to her training.

When she went to the Asian Games in 2022, in the 200 meters and 100 meters she didn't get a12. She was so13, but a lot of athletes explained to her — "This is a14 just to make it here. You still have a lot ahead of you, including the World Championships and Paralympics."

And in 2024, Preeti Pal who could15 walk as a kid took two track medals.

Find your local air quality monitor

You can access up-to- date air quality information on airnow. gov. The site can either use your device's location or you can enter your zip code to find your local air quality. .

Keep your doors and windows closed

If you determine that your local air quality is bad, you can help to mitigate the effects on your indoor air quality by keeping doors and windows closed. Besides, it can allow HVAC and air purifiers to work better to clean the air.

Build an air quality emergency kit

The kit has items you will need and keep it in an accessible area for quick access. When building your kit, masks and respirators should have a NIOSH N-95 or P100. Choose an air purifier that's designed to tackle the size room you're using it in.

Clean-up

Removing ash from wildfires or dust from a storm can cause particles to become airborne and pose a hazard to your lungs. You should also avoid using leaf blowers that can kick dust and ash up into the air. For cleaning up indoor areas, use a vacuum with a HEPA filter to keep from kicking particles up into the air.

A. But there's nothing you can do to avoid breathing the air.

B. To prepare for an air quality emergency, you should build yourself a kit.

C. These air cleaners reduce indoor particle (微粒) levels by more than 90%.

D. In this way, you can limit the circulation of outdoor air into your home.

E. Luckily, there are several ways you can protect yourself and your loved ones from that.

F. If you have ash in your yard, lightly watering your lawn will stick the ash to the ground.

G. You can also tune in to local news and weather to get updates on your air quality forecast.

This has started a new race to the Moon. Right now, all supplies for space exploration come from Earth, which makes things like water and fuel very expensive. By the time a single litre of water gets to the Moon, it costs more than gold. But if we can turn the water ice on the Moon into hydrogen and oxygen, we can refuel spacecraft there. This could make trips to farther places in space, like Mars, much easier.

When we take things from the Moon, dust gets kicked up. Since the Moon has no atmosphere, the dust can go very far. The surface material is "space weathered" and not as bright as the material underneath. If we disturb the dust, some parts of the Moon might look brighter, while others might look duller. Managing the dust will be important for making sure mining is sustainable and doesn't cause too much disruption.

On the moon, you all wish you could find a job with good safety standards, fair pay, and reasonable hours. But you can't. You are stuck in space. British astrobiologist Charles S. Cockell says this could lead to similar problems on the earth. Powerful people might be able to take advantage of workers who have nowhere else to go.

There are some other possible dangers of starting Moon mining without thinking about the risks to workers. Working in low gravity can cause health problems. Lunar miners might have bone and muscle loss, kidney and heart damage, and weak immune systems. Besides, lunar miners will also be alone for a long time and face a lot of psychological stress.

The Moon could be a great place for human exploration and a source of resources to help life on Earth and beyond. But we need to learn from history and avoid uncontrolled exploitation (开采). Before we start mining the Moon, we must make strong regulations that focus on fairness, safety, and human rights.

I was two years old when my family settled in Porvoo, a small city of around 50,000 people about an hour away from the capital, Helsinki. One thing it didn't have were books in my family's language — my first language, Albanian. I can't say that I was ever encouraged to pick up a book. We didn't do that in my family. But once I learned how to read Finnish, I never stopped, becoming a frequent sight at the small school library.

I was 10 years old when the new building of the main library of Porvoo opened its doors to the public. When I visited for the first time, I was so in awe that I cried. It was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen: endless shelves carrying tens of thousands of books, records, movies, magazines and newspapers. And the best part was that everything was free.

I rarely, however, borrowed a book, and if I did, I kept it hidden. To this day, I don't know why that was, exactly — why it felt wrong and scary somehow to bring books home with me. Maybe I wanted to keep books to myself, a secret of some kind. Or perhaps I was just scared that something would happen to the books if they were somewhere they didn't seem to belong. But unlike the real world, books never distressed me — even crime, horror and thriller titles — and I read everything. I would pick up a book from the shelf, sit down at a table, read, then return the book to its place and continue the next day from where I'd left off.

I spent as much time as I could in the new library — falling in love with books and stories and the Finnish language, gaining confidence as a speaker and as a child of immigrant parents, and dreaming of writing a book of my own one day, slowly growing from a reader to a writer.

Popular social media and online dating platforms are intentionally programmed to grab our attention and keep us coming back for more. On platforms like TikTok, the "For You" page constantly refreshes with new content. Even making a successful match on a dating app can be as thrilling as winning on a slot machine (赌博机). Research compares humans on social media to rats in an experiment box by psychologist B. F. Skinner. When we share vacation pictures on Instagram, the likes we receive encourage us to repeat the behavior in future.

But beyond app design, the reasons for our inability to disconnect from unhealthy social media are complex. It likely results from a lack of face-to-face social interaction. Even in busy university centers, unscheduled interactions are rare; earbud-clad individuals signal their preference for undisturbed peace.

For many Gen Z members, most social interactions now occur partially online. However, not everyone fits this pattern; some have active offline lives and use phones minimally. But for many, resisting the phone's temptation is tough — being offline often means feeling alone when everyone else is online.

Royce Branning, a 2018 graduate, founded ClearSpace, an app to reduce screen time, showing Gen Z's efforts to fight against tech overuse. However, tech-based solutions to tech-based problems are only half the story. Similar to smoking and secondhand smoke, excessive Internet use reduces in-person connection opportunities.

There is a story in my family. My grandfather, who had been smoking for 15 years, quit smoking upon seeing his son playing with cigarettes. Today, young adults swear to avoid raising "iPad kids". While promising to get rid of future generations' bad habits is admirable, quitting ourselves beforehand would be even better.

When Jane taught the sixth-grade class at Morris School, all 34 of her students were dear to her, while Mark was truly special. He had that happy-to-be-alive attitude that made even his occasional tricks delightful.

Mark talked all the time. Jane reminded him again and again that talking without permission was unacceptable, and his response always sounded sincere: "Thank you for correcting me, Sister!"

One morning, Jane's patience was growing thin when Mark talked once too often. She looked at Mark and said, "If you say one more word, I'm going to tape your mouth shut!" Not even ten seconds passed before someone said, "Mark is talking again." Having stated the punishment in front of the class, Jane decided she had to act on it. She walked to Mark's desk, tore off two pieces of tape, made a big X with them over his mouth, and then returned to the front of the classroom.

As Jane glanced at Mark to see how he was doing, he winked (眨眼) at her. That did it! Jane started laughing. The entire class cheered as she shook her head and walked back to remove the tape. His first words were, "Thank you for correcting me, Sister."

One Friday afternoon, after working hard on a new idea all week, the students were getting discouraged and starting to get annoyed with each other. To help lift their spirits and encourage a positive atmosphere, Jane asked them to write down the nicest things about the other students on a piece of paper and hand them in. Mark appeared nervous as if he was worrying his classmates would forget anything nice about him. That Saturday, Jane wrote down each student's name on a separate sheet of paper and listed what everyone else had said about them.

On Monday, Jane gave each student their lists. As the children read them, the classroom was filled with quiet excitement and soft laughter.

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1. 续写词数应为150左右；

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Mark's eyes widened as he read his paper.

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Jane was overjoyed to see Mark again at school after so many years.

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2. 提出建议。

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Time to Rethink Our Long Break Routine

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