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Typhoon Bebinca, the 13th typhoon of the year 2024, made landfall in Shanghai on September 16, 2024. It quickly became the (powerful) typhoon to hit Shanghai since 1949. The typhoon was so strong that it brought about significant damage and disruption.

As Bebinca passed through Kunshan in Jiangsu Province, accident happened. Strong winds brought down a 10-kilovolt power line on Monday afternoon.(unlucky), two people lost their (life) after being electrocuted while passing through the area. Their deaths served a warning of the dangers in such powerful storms.

After Typhoon Bebinca swept through, Shanghai and its surrounding areas immediately began comprehensive rescue and recovery work. Many professional rescue workers rushed to the hardest-hit zones searched through every (damage) building, using thermal imaging tools and sniffer dogs to find people in ruins. Their tireless efforts (focus) on saving people, with some rescuers digging through ruins and(provide) first aid on the spot.

According to the weather report, the storm was expected to move northwest and to become weaker on Tuesday night., even in its weakened state, it was still likely to bring some rainfall and affect the weather conditions in the region.

"I wanted to5his dreams," Jeff said. "I started doing things I never would have dreamt possible." Finishing the Ironman competition would be another dream come true.

The race began with a 2.4-mile swim in the Choptank River. The6completed the swim in 90 minutes, and completed the difficult bike part in eight hours, then set their sights on the7leg of the race—a 26.2-mile marathon with Jeff8Johnny in the racing chair. They'd been racing for 5 hours, leaving another 3 hours to make their time. But at mile 19, Jeff began to worry, convinced they were going too slow. Somehow he9 the energy to pick up the pace.

With 15 minutes left and 200 feet to the finish line, Jeff stopped to help Johnny out of his racing chair. In the first decade of his life, Johnny could only walk 23 steps.10, after years of painstaking work, he11his step number and was determined to finish his races on his own. Johnny saw the clock ticking down and12they wouldn't complete it. "Not because I wouldn't get my moment," he says, "but because Dad had worked so hard."

After 16 hours, 55 minutes and 35 seconds—with just four minutes and 25 seconds to13— father and son crossed the finish line together.

As the crowd cheered on an excited Johnny, a(n)14Jeff kept a low profile (保持低调).

"He didn't want his finish line moment," says Johnny. "He wanted it to be15."

Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their hearts, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. It increases blood pressure, the heart beating and breathing; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach and even the feet.

Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body. In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group that tolerated the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny program.

In this way, they help to improve their patients' condition by encouraging them to laugh. They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter.

A. Laughter can prolong one's life.

B. Laughter is the best medicine.

C. If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial.

D. They've found that laughter really improves people's health.

E. Despite the benefits, doctors still cannot put this theory into practice.

F. That's because laughter produces chemicals which reduce stress and pain.

G. As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the US now hold laughter clinics.

Recommended levels of exercise in the United States, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), include aerobic (有氧的) activity at proper levels for 2.5 hours a week, along with a workout of all major muscle (肌肉) groups twice a week. Or, a person can choose a high-level aerobic exercise, such as running, for 1.25 hours each week, along with the same amount of strength training.

Middle-to-high-level exercise is good for us, according to the CDC. It improves sleep, lowers blood pressure, protects against heart disease and diabetes, reduces stress, improves mood, and fights anxiety and depression. But in today's busy world, many people find it difficult to fit in a jog or a visit to the gym. Add depression to the mix, and the motivation for exercise drops even further, experts say.

The analysis, published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, looked at 15 studies involving over 190,000 people to determine how much exercise was needed to reduce depression.

Adults who did activities equal to 1.25 hours of quick walking per week had an 18% lower risk of depression compared with those who did not exercise, the study said. Moving up to an "activity amount equal to 2.5 hours of quick walking per week was associated with 25% lower risk of depression," the study authors said.

The benefits were strongest when a person changed from being a couch potato to adding movement to the day, the study said. However, exercising over the recommended levels did not provide any additional benefits.

"Our findings therefore have important new implications for health doctors making lifestyle recommendations, especially to inactive individuals who may perceive the current recommended target of exercise as unrealistic," the authors wrote.

A study in 2018 found similar results: People who exercised had about 43% fewer days of poor mental health. "Even just walking three times a week seems to give people better mental health than not exercising at all," said study author Adam Chekroud, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Yale University.

As a frequent visitor to Austria, I must admit being confused. I've had many experiences there, but none that I would call the least bit unfriendly. Take my most recent trip there last weekend for example. Vienna in winter is beautiful and, if you're lucky, you may have some snow — despite which, the transport systems such as buses and subways continue to work well. Food markets here open early and I began at the most famous, the Naschmarkt, with its two main streets, one for restaurants, the other for food stalls (摊位). But instead of the expected rude traders, I was surrounded by encouraging smiles! So far, so friendly.

So, if Austrians are funny, how can they also be unfriendly? This is the place, after all, where they invented a best-selling chocolate known as Mozart balls (after their most outstanding composer), ballet for horses (at Vienna's Spanish Riding School), and the favourite night-time snack of sausages.

Did I say formal? That is, perhaps, at the root of the misunderstanding. Austrians like going to balls and wearing their traditional clothes. They are super polite and helpful to lost tourists. That's not to say you can't anger an Austrian. For example, being late is not to be allowed.

My point is that you get the best of the two countries closest to them: Everything works (as in Germany) and they like to have fun (as in Italy). And I'm not alone in my opinion. According to the Global Liveability Index, Vienna is the best city to live in on the planet and it has worn that particular crown for the past 10 years. Perhaps, in this situation, the statistics (统计学) have rather missed the point.

"I was always worried about what my friends thought about me. Sometimes my friends would make fun of what I wore or what I would do. I always tried to get along well with them, but I realized how happy I was once I stopped contacting them after high school," said Elisha, Class of 2020.

Most teens have not realized the big question when dealing with high school problems. In five years, will this still matter? It is hard looking at the big picture when the problems are in front of you, which is understandable. However, most teens need a moment to reflect (反思) and question if the problem matters in a long time.

Briana, a high school teacher, said, "Now, I am in contact with two high school friends. I think the friendship experiences I had in high school shaped who I am because I learned to be open-minded and befriend all kinds of people. I learned to see people for who they are, not what they wear or who they play with. I learned most of all how to be a good friend."

High school is a small part of your life, but it has a huge influence on who you will become and where you will go. Friendships and relationships help shape who you are, whether they are good or bad. Lessons are brought, and lessons are learned.

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