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The distance between my grandson Leo and me had grown slowly but surely since he started high school. His world was now full of new friends, sports games, and the bright screen of his phone, which he looked at all the time. I felt like a background character in his life, a person he saw every day but only gave a quick nod to before rushing off.

The space between us grew wider one Tuesday afternoon. He had his friends over, and their loud laughter and talking filled the living room. Hoping to feel close to him again, I brought in a plate of his favorite cookies, still warm and soft. Seeing him so relaxed on the couch, I was hit by a strong memory of when he was small. I reached out and affectionately ran my fingers through his carefully styled hair. "Who's my favorite boy?" I asked, my voice soft.

The room went quiet at once. Leo moved back quickly, as if my touch was hot, his face turning a deep red. He pushed my hand away. "Grandma, stop it! It's so embarrassing!" he whispered, his voice tight and angry. A few laughs from his friends made my own face feel hot with shame. I said I was sorry quietly and walked out. The sound of their happy talking started again, and it made me feel like I was a joke to them.

A week later, on my birthday, I thought it would be a very quiet day. But I heard banging and mumbling from the kitchen. The scene there was a beautiful mess. Leo stood in the middle of it, with flour (面粉) dust on his clothes and a tired look on his face. He was staring sadly at a cake that was black on top and had sunk in the middle. He'd tried to make a birthday cake for me, but something had gone very wrong. "I followed the exact steps," he mumbled, his eyes looking wet, as he pointed to a recipe on his messy phone.

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Seeing his despair, I decided to help.

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As we put the finished cake on the table, he finally spoke.

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1.你的经历;

2.你的感受。

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Chinese food has become a fundamental part of American culture. This journey began in the mid-1800s Chinese immigrants arrived in the United States. At the time, America lacked a strong national food identity, China, which had a rich culinary (烹饪的) history. Chinese immigrants brought their cooking skills and traditions with them.

In the 20th century, a dish called Chop Suey became (huge) popular. Meaning "odds and ends", it was a stir-fry of meat, eggs, and vegetables, (serve) with rice. This dish is a classic example of Chinese-American fusion (融合), created (suit) local tastes. Cheap and (taste), these restaurants became (favorite) in cities. Despite their popularity, the number of Chinese restaurants was limited.

major turning point was a change in U.S. immigration laws, which brought chefs from different regions, introducing Americans to diverse styles like Sichuan and Hunan cuisine.

The result is a lasting culinary legacy. Today, there are over 45,000 Chinese restaurants in the U.S., a number that (be) more than all the major American fast-food chains combined. As one commentator noted, there's "nothing so all-American as Chinese food", (prove) it is now a staple (主要食物) of the national diet.

One evening, an American girl named Talia crossed the road. We discovered we3 the same birthday — November 19th, which created an immediate4. A friendship5from this coincidence (巧合). Her daily6 brought cookies, video games, and wonderful conversations. Most significantly, she became the first person to show me the ocean, and its vastness filled me with awe and7 my world.

When Talia returned to America, we promised to8. Her faithful letters became a lifeline, connecting us across the9. Through this correspondence (通信), her family learned about my life and invited me to visit. This journey opened my new10, introducing me to amusement parks, baseball, and extraordinary11. Their support continued through my university education in engineering.

Their belief12 a life that was headed for poverty and ignorance. I worked hard, and then started my own company. Years later, I was invited to13 scholars at a MIT conference as one of their top innovators under 35. The14 friendship that began by a dusty road had15 a life transformed. All this was because a girl who was born on the same day as me crossed the road.

After the conference, I revisited Talia and her family. Only this time, I paid for my own journey.

Get morning sunlight

Start your day with sunlight. Open your blinds or go outside for 20 minutes in the morning. Sunlight is like a reset button for your body's 24-hour clock. It stops your brain from making melatonin (褪黑素), so you feel awake and ready for the day. 

Skip afternoon coffee

 Even if you think it doesn't affect you, its effects last 5-7 hours. A 4 p.m. latte means half the caffeine is still in your body at bedtime — making it harder to get deep sleep. Stick to caffeine only in the morning!

Working out helps you sleep better by reducing stress and tiring your body. Even small amounts of activity work — one study found older adults who exercised more slept an hour extra each night. Eating well (like fruits, veggies, and whole grains) also cuts stress and boosts sleep!

Keep your bedroom screen-free

Phones, iPads, and TVs give off light that stops melatonin production.  Research shows reading on an iPad blocks more melatonin than a real book. Make your bedroom a calm, dark place just for sleep.

A. Exercise regularly

B. Eat enough vegetables

C. Caffeine blocks the "sleepy chemical" in your brain

D. Replace screens with a paper book or magazine before bed

E. Studies show morning light helps you fall asleep faster at night

F. Caffeine from tea is milder than coffee, so an afternoon cup of tea won't impact sleep

G. Poor sleep can make you more anxious, sad, gain weight, or even hurt your memory long-term

Previously, scientists thought these star-shaped cells just provided support to neurons (神经元), the brain's main nerve cells that create memories. However, research published in Nature shows astrocytes play a much more active role. They help lock in emotional memories for the long term and could be a new target for treating memory disorders like PTSD and Alzheimer's disease.

To test this, researchers studied mice learning to fear a specific cage where they received a mild, unpleasant shock. They tracked a gene called Fos, which acts as a marker of cell activity when a memory is formed.

The surprise came when the mice returned to the cage days later. While recalling the fearful memory, their astrocytes became highly active in brain regions like the amygdala, the emotion center. This activity was much stronger during the memory recall than during the initial scary event.

The researchers found that after an emotional experience, astrocytes produce special "receptors" on their surface. These receptors act like tags, marking the cells as part of an important memory network. This process takes hours or days, which is exactly how long it takes for a memory to become stable (稳定的).

"This is revolutionary for neuroscience," said Maite Solas Zubiaurre, a neuroscientist at the University of Navarra in Spain, who was not involved in the study. The long-standing belief was that only neurons stored memories. This discovery "will bring about new methods of treating some memory problems", potentially by targeting astrocytes to improve memory in health and disease.

Researchers from the University of Minnesota studied hundreds of interviews Swift gave between 2008 and 2019. They focused on three important times in her life: her country music years in Nashville, a transition period, and her pop star years in New York City.

The study found clear proof that her accent adapted to where she was living. While in Nashville, Swift began speaking with hints of a Southern accent. For example, she pronounced words like "ride" in a way that sounded more like "rod". This is a common feature in Southern dialects. When she moved away from Tennessee, this way of speaking faded.

Another change was the pitch (音高) of her speaking voice. During her time in New York, her voice became significantly deeper. The researchers suggest this might have been a conscious choice to sound more confident and authoritative, as she began speaking out strongly on social issues. However, they also note that voices can naturally get a little lower as people age from their teens into their thirties.

This study shows that our accents are more flexible than we might think. They can change based on our community, career, and even the image we want to project. For a global superstar like Taylor Swift, her voice is a tool that has evolved with her career. Fans have even guessed that this is why she waited to re - record her first album — she'd have to bring back a country accent that wasn't her natural way of speaking. The research highlights that how we talk is often a reflection of where we are in life, both physically and socially.

Addressed in fading ink to "Rev. F.E. Ball and family," it arrived at a house long empty of that name. Yet for Postmaster Mark Thompson, the precious artifact was more than lost mail; it was a piece of a life, and he felt a responsibility to see the story delivered.

The mystery of the delayed message and its mysterious sender, "Alan", soon caught the attention of the town. The search was taken up by Terry Carbone, a retired genealogist (系谱学家), and soon the LaSalle County Genealogy Guild, a historical group of the town, joined the search. Acting as detectives of time, they searched carefully through old files and records, patiently weaving together clues from a disappeared world. Their work revealed a clear figure: the sender was Dr. Alan Ball, now 88, retired and living over 1,700 miles away in Sandpoint, Idaho.

When a journalist called to explain the postcard's journey, Alan laughed with surprised delight at the strange poetry of time. Soon after, a postal worker in Sandpoint placed the relic in his hands. "Sorry it's so late," she smiled.

The brief message, penned by a teenager on a stopover (中途停留) in New York on his way to Puerto Rico, had finally come home. It read "We are now in the UN building — extremely modern throughout." A young Alan, who had saved for the trip by doing all kinds of part-time jobs, had mailed it to let his parents know he had arrived that far. He never knew it had disappeared, but thanks to the efforts of strangers who believed some stories are worth finishing, the loop was closed across the miles and years.

Any parking permit issued by Yale University must be displayed. If you drive another vehicle without a permit, it is your duty to inform the Parking Department.

All cars parked on University property must be registered, insured, and operable.

Members of the Yale community who drive to work and do not participate in the Yale parking program are strongly discouraged from parking on residential streets in neighborhoods around Yale's campus. Yale supports New Haven's residential parking zones which help ensure adequate parking for New Haven residents. Official punishments such as tickets, towing, and booting (锁车轮) of vehicles may result from breaking the parking rules. Please contact the Yale Parking Office for assistance with your parking needs.

Alternatives to Parking on Campus

Call or email CTrides to determine if there's a more cost-effective and sustainable way for you to get to campus.

If you decide not to park on campus, or want to stop using your parking permit to use public transportation instead, you'll receive:

       * Savings on the cost of your monthly bus pass through pre-tax payroll deduction (减免).

       * A Guaranteed Ride Home for carpoolers (搭车人) in case of emergencies.

       * Three free parking stays per month.

       * Six months to get back your current parking space if you don't wish to use public transportation.

As always, you can count on the free Yale campus bus to get around during the day, and use a car anytime if you become a Zipcar Member.

With every step, my legs trembled like loose springs. The cold bit through my layers of clothing, and the wind whistled strangely across the steep, rocky face of the mountain. Negative thoughts crowded my mind, echoing with every labored breath: You're too fat, too unfit — a fool for even trying this. The weight of the climb felt less physical than emotional, as though each doubt were another stone in my pack.

An hour into the climb, I was finished—physically broken, mentally defeated. I told Sarah, one of the organizers, that I needed to turn back. Her response stuck with me: "That doesn't sound like the man who finished the Marathon. Keep going. You can do it." Those words did something magic. And so I continued, placing one heavy foot slowly in front of the other, my world narrowed to the next step, and the next.

By 2 a.m., sitting on a cold rock with sweat freezing beneath my clothes, I felt I had bitten off more than I could chew — this mountain was too much for me. Anger began to build — an old companion, but this time I channeled it into determination. I stood up and told my guide, "Let's go." He nodded, then silently handed me a small bottle of hot water — the first real gesture of warmth he had offered beyond his necessary instructions since we started.

Then the tears came. I cried uncontrollably, hiding my freezing face under my hat. For hours, I climbed mechanically over snow-covered rocks, complaining about the pain, laughing at how ridiculous it all was, falling more than once, but always repeating to myself: Just one more step. You still have a chance. And then, through the wind, I caught a glimpse of distant glaciers (冰川), their edges glowing faintly even in the deep dark, a silent promise that the sunrise was on its way.

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Two hours from the top, I met climbers heading down.

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At the top, as I struggled with my camera for a photo, my guide held out his hand.

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2.活动内容；

3.活动意义。

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Exploring Nature in Autumn

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Some 4, 000 years ago, the Liangzhu culture, known for its sophisticated city of canals (call) "China's Venice of the Stone Age," suddenly disappeared. Historians debated whether war, disease, or starvation caused its collapse, but recent research points to climate change a key factor.

Located near the East China Sea, Liangzhu (be) home to an advanced Stone Age civilization for about 1,000 years, supporting an active agricultural system through its canals. Liangzhu City was listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2019.

Researchers from the University of Innsbruck had long sought to explain Liangzhu was abandoned, and the discovery of a thin layer of clay on the ruins suggested a possible connection between the ends of the advanced civilization floods of the Yangtze River or floods from the East China Sea. However, no clear conclusions on the cause were possible from the mud layer (it).

A breakthrough came when scientists studied stalagmites (石笋) from two nearby underwater caves. As Dr. Peter Dockrill reported for Science Alert, their team discovered chemical signatures from about 4,300 years ago that showed (extreme) high rainfall, probably caused by the (warm) of ocean waters in the Pacific - an event known as the El Nino (厄尔尼诺).

The study notes that wet conditions lasted for several hundred years following the collapse of Liangzhu, eventually paving the way for the rise of the Xia dynasty in 2070 B.C.E. It's celebrated (found), Yu the Great, introduced more extensive flood-control methods and is known as the "Tamer of the Flood."

Shocked by her actions, the police nearby ran to her rescue. Samiya, the mother of three young children, was pulled out of the way and3 faced no severe injuries. As the reality of the situation began to4 her, Samiya sat by the roadside in tears, struggling to respond to the question on everyone's mind: "Why?"

The answer to that question lay in the days before that morning. It was Christmas Day, and while others were celebrating the holiday with5, Samiya sat and watched as her three children ate the6 of the food they had in the house.

Samiya sat silently, anxious about how to provide their next meal. Dinner time came quickly, and the children silently filled their stomachs with7 and went to sleep. They never asked for food and never uttered a word of8.

"The fact that they didn't9 ask me for food broke my heart more than that there was nothing I could give them for dinner," said Samiya. "My last born even told me his stomach was still10 from the food he had in the morning."

Heartbroken but11 to change her family's situation, Samiya and her children went to bed hungry. The next day, Samiya was up early to return to her12 at the local market selling herbal leaves she had collected earlier. However, that day13 to be worse than ever; she sold nothing and earned nothing. Her children went to bed with only water in their stomachs yet again.

"What tortured me the most was my children's14. I wished they would complain, cry or even go to the neighbours to ask for food," said Samiya.

Fortunately, her story reached the public, and the donations in different forms provided a way out of her15 situation without it ending in tragedy.

Two wild apes have a professor and a pop star to act as high-tech matchmakers (红娘)! Our young would-be lovers are Skywalker Gibbons (天行者长臂猿), a new ape species announced in 2017. With only a handful left in the Gaoligong Mountains on the China-Myanmar border, every couple matters.

Singing is central to a gibbon's life, and their calls can travel for miles. Deep in the jungle, a lone female sings each morning, in the hope of winning a life-long partner. A single male lives twenty miles away — but they can't find each other over the long distance. Without help, they may never find each other.

That help comes from an unlikely duo: Beijing pop star Xingyu Lee and Professor Fan, leader of the research team on Skywalker Gibbons. They have designed and built a system of microphones and speakers that link two locations across the jungle. In human terms, they have an effective dating app — and it has the gibbon scientists of the world buzzing.

Professor Fan is determined to make an all-wild match. They duet (二重唱), and as one gibbon searches

for the other, drawn by the songs, Fan and Lee move the speakers, and guide the gibbons through the jungle maze until they are within natural earshot.

The landscape is steep, and the equipment must be moved again and again to guide the singers closer. Scientists like Fan works with local villagers, even poachers and city engineers to keep the system running in the wild. The project becomes a rare partnership between people who once lived off the forest and those who now seek to save it.

Thanks to a dating app and a wild love song down the telephone, the two Skywalker Gibbons are now about to meet — a match that could determine the future of a species.

A. Still, many challenges remain.

B. For the first time, wild gibbons can sing together.

C. Professor Fan has spent many years studying rare apes.

D. In a first attempt, he connects a wild pair by telephone.

E. It's a crisis for a rare species, and calls for an immediate solution.

F. Despite the challenges, villagers and engineers work hand in hand.

G. The story is as dramatic as any opera and may decide the future of a species.

This tendency can be explained through what is known as the fawn response, a behavioral pattern less recognized than the "fight or flight" reaction. The fawn response involves attempts to please others in order to feel safe, a strategy often developed in childhood when facing critical or emotionally neglectful parents, or an unstable home environment. While this strategy may ease conflict temporarily, it can also lead to a habitual cycle of approval-seeking. We might intellectually understand that a friend isn't upset with us — but those "old ways of being" bite hard. Something was learned early on: "I need to try harder and do more to be loved."

This pattern has several consequences. On the personal level, it fuels anxiety, as individuals repeatedly question whether they have offended their peers. On the interpersonal level, it can strain relationships, since constant demands for reassurance may frustrate friends and even create the very rejection that was worried about. In this way, assuming everyone is annoyed with you can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

The key is understanding that it is not the end of the world — or a friendship. Conflict is not only unavoidable; it can even be healing, demonstrating that intimacy can survive difference. Learning to tolerate discomfort, rather than avoiding it at all costs, can foster both toughness and closeness.

Social media, unfortunately, worsens social anxiety. The absence of nonverbal cues makes it easy to misinterpret tone, while the constant visibility of online interactions can intensify feelings of exclusion or neglect. Managing these anxieties requires conscious effort. Instead of seeking immediate reassurance, individuals can pause to ask: Am I truly being rejected, or am I simply anxious? Developing tolerance for uncertainty can interrupt the cycle and reduce dependence on others' approval. Trust also plays a role. When friends say they are simply busy or distracted, accept their words at face value. After all, no question or magic phrase can control another person's perception. Even if it could, you might be robbing yourself of opportunities to grow, learn or deepen a bond.

We were inspired by Claude Shannon's communication theory, which showed that repeated information can ensure reliability when sending messages through noisy communication channels. We wondered if the same principle could help move goods via robot. That is, if we want to transport goods over "noisy" environment, say fallen trees and large rocks, in a reasonable amount of time, could we do it by just adding legs to the robot and do so without expensive sensors and cameras?

Our idea was to forget about sensing altogether and replace it with the simple act of taking repeated steps. Our analysis suggested this could provide reliable and predictable movement. To test our hypothesis, we built robots inspired by centipedes (蜈蚣) and gradually increased their legs from six to sixteen. The more legs we added, the better the robots moved over uneven surfaces. We then tried outdoor tests on real ground. Even without sensors, the many-legged robots showed impressive flexibility. This gives them potential uses in agriculture, space exploration, and search-and-rescue work.

Transporting goods is essential to modern society. Other researchers are building increasingly intelligent humanoid robots. But such machines depend heavily on accurate sensors to know where they are and what lies ahead, limiting them in unpredictable environments. In search-and-rescue operations, for example, sensors can be damaged and surroundings can change suddenly.

We have already applied our findings to the field of crop farming by founding a company that uses these robots to efficiently weed farmland. As we continue to advance this technology, we are focused on refining the robot's design and functionality. The team's next step is to determine the ideal number of legs to balance the performance and cost. So far, we know that twelve legs are the minimum for effective movement without sensing, but we are still exploring the perfect number.

Our work shows that dealing with difficult environment can be as simple as taking it one step at a time — provided you have enough legs. By focusing on motion rather than high-tech sensing, we may open the door to robots that can go where others cannot.

She would carry me on her back into the ocean, moving steadily along the tide. I followed my grandmother's strong motions, thrilled by the wild sea and her fearlessness. I admired how she seemed born to the water, emerging like a queen — proud, radiant, and benevolent.

Summer made our Black bodies more visible and vulnerable against narrow cultural ideals, but my grandmother never noticed. She focused on teaching me to swim — a skill that seemed unnecessary to some, as the popular media never portrayed the "great outdoors" as a welcoming place for Black people. It was seen as a space where we might feel uncomfortable or even threatened. But to me, those perceptions didn't matter. When I finally learned to swim, it felt like I had unlocked a profound and personal secret of strength and freedom.

I once wondered why enslaved Africans didn't jump from ships near shore and swim to freedom. Later I learned that most coastal waters in West Africa were filled with poisonous fish, making swimming uncommon and dangerous. Now, whenever I enter the ocean, I remember my ancestors for whom the sea was a place of terror rather than freedom.

Only after my grandmother's death did I learn she wasn't a strong swimmer herself. She had been brushing the ocean floor with her feet all along, keeping us afloat while teaching me rhythm and trust. Her quiet deception was not a lie but a profound act of bravery and courage. Though she hadn't mastered it herself, my grandmother was determined to teach me to swim — not for the strokes, but for the strength and self-belief that would keep me afloat in life.

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About three and a half hours away from Chongqing, the Wulong Karst landscape is a newly opened-up area for hiking and sightseeing.

Since its inclusion in the World Heritage List in 2007, Wulong (experience) a jump in popularity with its stunning natural scenery and hiking highlights. Visitors come here to see its giant sinkholes, natural bridges and caves, which the three natural bridges—Tianlong, Qinglong and Heilong, are the most popular. Standing a little distance away from each of the three bridges and absorbing the sights is an (forget) experience for tourists.

Longshuixia gap, underground world that gradually slopes down to depths of over 250 meters, with steps (wind) all the way down the steep and rough limestone gorge, leaves tourists (strike) at its natural charm and peacefulness. Furong Cave, as marvelous as the other sights, is the only cave in China was listed in the World Natural Heritage List.

is worth mentioning is that Wulong Karst landscape is also an important filming place. The three natural bridges are said (form) the stunning backdrops to scenes from Michael Bay's Transformers: Age of Extinction and Zhang Yimou's Curse of the Golden Flower. Anyway, travelers who like natural scenery may find the trip to Wulong (reward).