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When entering seventh grade, I was excited about many new things, but one thing really bothered me — I started getting acne (长青春痘). Initially, it was just a little, but then, it seemed like overnight, my face was covered with it. I tried to hide it with my hair, but it just wouldn't work.

I was consumed with worry that my peers would make fun of me. I couldn't concentrate in class, as my mind was constantly preoccupied with my appearance, causing my grades to slip sharply. I started to feel inferior (自卑的) to my classmates and even avoid interaction with them. I tried to get rid of the acne. I washed my face multiple times a day, using all sorts of acne creams I found. I also avoided snacks that might cause it. But all ended up in vain.

One day, our school announced a sports day and the teacher asked us to form our own teams. As a sports enthusiast, I had been eagerly expecting it, but I was scared that no one would join me because of how I looked. Standing in front of the mirror, I kept imagining how my classmates would react when I asked them to team up with me. The fear of rejection held me back from approaching them.

But then, Kim came to me, "Do you want to join us for the relay race? I've seen you run before and you've got the speed. If you join us, we'll have a good chance to win." In disbelief, I managed to utter "Yes," still feeling self-conscious but also incredibly grateful.

I, together with another three classmates, signed up for the relay race. We trained for it and discussed strategies together, none paying attention to my acne. Because of my advantage in speed, I was even assigned to run the last leg, which was the most crucial part.

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Then came the long-awaited sports day.

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The experience was a turning point to my junior life.

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A red panda moves along the branch of an evergreen tree, placing one front paw (前爪) in front of other like a gymnast on a balance beam (平衡木). Despite its name, the red panda is not (close) related to the giant panda but (share) similar habitats and a diet primarily consisting of bamboo (leaf) and shoots. While giant pandas spend most time walking around on the ground looking for food, red pandas spend about 90 percent of their time in the trees. In fact, red pandas have adapted so well life in the trees that they're famous for their incredible balancing skills. They even have a special wrist bone that helps when climbing. Spending time in trees is these animals avoid enemies, such as snow leopards. Their reddish coats and white face markings provide cover in the red-brown and white trees where they live.

However, red pandas are endangered, as their forest homes are being cut down their fur as well as their adorableness might put them in more danger. China has taken significant steps (protect) this rare species, such as establishing nature reserves, and (promote) sustainable land management practices. Some organizations are using high-tech methods to track poachers (偷猎者), like taking a DNA sample from a red panda (rescue) from the illegal trade market.

The consequence is imaginable - my sleep quality3 as I stayed up late, scrolling (滚屏) through endless feeds. Worse still, my classmates were engaging in meaningful activities and making progress while I was merely using up my previous advantages and became4. This contrast5 my self-criticism. So in January, I decided it was time for a6 .

I7 my social media exposure by consciously redirecting my focus to other fulfilling activities. Rather than mindlessly scrolling through my phone, I8 reading and physical workout. I also packed the phone away before bedtime, allowing my mind for a9 night's sleep.

But staying on track is10, especially in an age when a smartphone is a necessity. Sometimes, I just couldn't11 the constant stream of notifications, which led me to scroll before bedtime once again. However, I must admit that change is a process and failure is one of the steps to make12.

Now my mind and body are already thanking me. My spirits have13 risen. Besides, I've lost 12 pounds and worked with higher14. I know I still have a long way to go, but I feel proud as I am becoming a better me with a sense of15 in life.

Using tools of various types to create helps build delicate skills. When first learning how to sew, knit, woodwork, bake and so on, one must learn how to use the tools safely and correctly. Moreover, learning how to follow a pattern to obtain the desired result is an important skill as well. But that's not all. .

Once basic skills are developed, there is a great deal of opportunity for creativity. Children can come up with their own plans and patterns. They can experiment with different stitches (针法), materials, designs, etc. Creative thinking is also highly valued in many workplaces today. While making something by hand takes time, sticking with it develops both patience and persistence. Additionally, handwork can be a break from our technologically driven world. Creating something both beautiful and useful is worthwhile.

You can start by teaching your children something you enjoyed and learning together with your children. Handwork can be positive to your family life!

A. This is understandable.

B. We all enjoy the thrill of saying, "I made that! "

C. Some children are naturally drawn to arts and crafts.

D. Finally, you will develop the ability to do handwork.

E. However, handwork is essential to children's development.

F. It also increases mathematical understanding as items must often be measured.

G. With all these benefits, it is easy to see that learning handwork is a valuable activity.

This space-to-ground experiment began with 6 rice seeds sent into orbit in 2022 on the Wentian spacecraft. Taikonauts onboard Tiangong bred these seeds into 59, which they returned to Earth. Researchers then selected high-quality seeds, growing them under controlled climate conditions and producing around 10,000 new seeds.

Zheng Huiqiong, a lead researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Center, shared that the team's findings suggest space-bred seeds can reproduce effectively on Earth, suggesting potential for future space agriculture. Zheng highlighted that the space-bred rice possesses unique traits, such as a higher sugar content, with sugar levels estimated to be five to six times higher than standard rice. The space-bred rice also showed a slight increase in protein content. "That means space-bred rice tastes sweeter and has more energy," she added.

Space breeding, the method used in this experiment, exposes seeds to space radiation and microgravity, generating gene mutations (基因突变). These mutations are carefully assessed upon the seeds' return to Earth, sometimes resulting in advantageous traits like shorter growth times, improved disease resistance, and higher output. Zhao Hui, an expert in China Academy of Space Technology, emphasized the safety of space-bred food, explaining that unlike genetically modified crops, space-bred seeds naturally mutate without introducing foreign genes. However, the space-bred rice has fewer leaves, which complicates close planting. Researchers are planning further studies to understand these leaf traits and explore possible genetic changes.

The Tiangong rice experiment marked a milestone for crop science, as it was the first time that rice had completed a full life cycle — from seed germination (发芽) to reproduction — in orbit.

Yi Luo at East China Normal University and her colleagues employed 47 volunteers — roughly half liked spicy foods and half didn't — to receive drops of both mild and strong hot sauce in their mouths while lying inside a brain imaging scanner. Computer controlled the liquids sent out not-so-spicy and very spicy sauce, as well as water to clean their mouths, through a bunch of three really long tubes that went right into the participants' mouths. The researchers conducted one round of experiments without setting expectations. But in the second run, they signaled to participants what intensity hot sauce they would get using different-coloured shapes. An image of two red peppers, for example, signaled the hottest sauce, while one red and one blue pepper signaled the mildest.

The brain scans showed that, for hot haters, the negative expectation of receiving a spicy sample enlarged activity in brain regions that process pain. This provides a "critical warning" for how medical patients' negative expectations could increase pain, says Luana Colloca at the University of Maryland. By comparison, the positive expectation of receiving a spicy treat boosted a pleasure signature in the brain of hot sauce lovers, but only for the mild version. This represents "parallel subjective realities", a theory on how expectations shape subjective experiences and perceptions of reality.

"Future studies could investigate how strongly such brain patterns track subjective experiences of pain or pleasure," says Tor Wager at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. "The broader implications are beyond spicy food," says Yi Luo. "Understanding how positive and negative expectations influence understanding can inform approaches in medicine. "

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference. "

As Robert Frost reminded us, choices are often difficult and will bring both a gain and a loss. Should I spend my Sunday playing golf or taking a day trip to the North Fork with my wife?

If you are a golfer as I am, you will say "Certainly, go playing golf. " Golf is perhaps the greatest challenge to self-improvement. In golf, every swing is counted and can easily be recalled and reviewed by the golfers as they lie in bed that evening, and therefore, self-improvement is pursued.

Now let us return to the question at hand. You will not be surprised to hear that I did in fact go to the North Fork. But, how has that improved me? Can this be quantified (量化)? In golf, whose goal is to complete the game with as few shots as possible, if I average 80 and I shoot a 76, I know that for that day at least I have improved upon my former self and thus feel satisfied.

You may argue that travel is not about self-improvement at all but just about having grand experiences. I beg to differ. It does matter how these things change and improve me. Seeing the folks dancing in the streets should change you. And talking to the manager of the biscuit shop, ought to change you. I think travel does change us, but it's very hard to say just how. How does one quantify buying a peach at a farm? Or how do you quantify the tasty taste of the scones (司康饼) at a stand?

Reviewers have had a hard time analyzing the meaning of Robert Frost's poem. To be honest, I would say all of us have a hard time analyzing our wish to travel to faraway places. I am not sure what the answer is to this tricky question. I may not have made any hole-in-ones on the North Fork but I did enjoy those scones.

The annual Language-Art Project brings international students of our university together to share and discuss all things about language and create language-themed art. Our online exhibition for 2025 is now available, with the artworks divided into 4 interrelated themes.

18 Works in various styles:

·Mother-tongue by Alice Ji-Won Kim digs deep into the relationship between language and identity.

·In her digital painting The Journey of Numbers, Shuhan (Linda) Wang illustrates the evolution of numbers in Chinese culture.

·An Ode to Reverie Valley by Noorisha Singh combines calligraphy with the Newar heritage of Nepal.

·In A Dialogue Between Machines, Natthasit Suksangpleng uses video to explore the limits of AI in imitating real, delicate human conversation.

Besides links to our 2025 galleries categorised by theme, the web page also has an archive (存档) of Language-Art exhibitions from previous years.

From 27 July to 26 August, the exhibition of Language-Art Project will also be open to the public at our Window Galleries.

Related events:

29 July: An online seminar (研讨会), where some of the students who took part in this year's project will talk about their works. Find out more and apply online.

31 July: An informal "find out more" event at High Holborn, where you can learn more about the project and interact face to face with students who have taken part. Find out more and book a ticket.

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Welcome to Milele,  is a popular TV series following a Chinese medical team sent to work in Africa, (begin) airing on August 22 in Kenya and Tanzania.

The series honors several significant historical milestones, including the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative, the 60th anniversary since China first sent a medical team to a foreign country in the early 1960s, the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic (外交的) relations China and Tanzania.

Partly filmed in Tanzania, the 35-episode drama will also be broadcast on the African (country) local TV channel, ST Swahili, starting from Monday and is set to re-air from August 22. Additionally, it will (air) by Tanzania's public broadcaster, Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation. Azam, a new media platform reaching multiple Swahili-speaking countries including Malawi, Uganda and Zimbabwe, will also stream the show.

In effort to vividly describe the friendship between China and Africa over decades, a total of 10 main specialists behind the series traveled to Africa (conduct) research, interviewing 31 Chinese doctors from three medical teams sent to Tanzania.

After completing filming (domestic), the series organized a crew of 178 members to travel to Africa, shooting scenes in various (location), including the archipelago of Zanzibar and the city of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania.

But a few times a year, like my birthday or the Spring Festival, we'd have a3 treat - homemade fudge (乳汁软糖). Mom would go to the store to4 all the ingredients (原料). And then she shut herself in the kitchen and I, in my room, waited5. Finally, I'd hear her6, "Diana, it's time!"

I'd fly out to7. She'd mix everything together and hand me the wooden spoon to stir. That was my8. I was the professional stirrer. It was tiring but somebody had to do it.

This was not the9 soft fudge. It was not creamy soft. It was hard. Soft enough to bite into but hard enough that it10 anyone who tried it for the first time. "This is fudge?" they would ask.

My mom11 right before my thirty-first birthday. I cried my eyes out. That first Spring Festival, my aunt12, "Will you make me some fudge for the new year?" My throat tightened with tears but I managed a (n)13"yes".

When I hung up that day, I decided, months after my mom left us, to14 the family tradition of making fudge. It's not just about fudge. It's about a mother's love and15.

Debating is a subjective judgment, so debaters may apply different methods at different times. . They can help you get your points across clearly and effectively, leaving little room for your opponents to question and inspiring responses and participation of the audience.

Strategic Arguments

Organize your thoughts before you speak. Before you start, think through the chronological order (时间顺序) in which you want to present your statements. Then, start with a powerful statement and support your comments with research and viewpoints from professionals in the field. . So the listeners and opponents will examine what might happen if they choose not to support your arguments.

Focus on ways you might improve your body language. Signs of confidence might include a firm standing posture with few movements. Make eye contact with your opponent when possible, but don't stare him down. Stand straight, so your opponent doesn't think you're bored or lazy. Signs of nonconfidence might include running your hands through your hair, touching your face and staring at your notes without looking up or tapping your pencil on the podium.

Respectful Tones

. Always avoid whispering, complaining and yelling since they inform others you're overwhelmed by emotion and can't present logical arguments. Increase your volume slightly to stress extremely important details. When responding to your opponent's arguments, use a firm, respectful tone.

Opposing Viewpoints

Address your opponent's viewpoints head-on and don't beat around the bush. Prove to the judges and the audience that you are willing to analyze viewpoints from all angles. You might politely mention flaws in your opponent's line of reasoning or address factual errors. You can also agree with part of your opponent's argument. .

On the whole, how to persuade the audience, invoking intelligent responses and enthusiastic participation are debating skills worth mastering.

A. Appropriate Gestures.

B. Confident Body Language.

C. Conclude your argument with convincing details.

D. An effective debate is organized, strategic and persuasive.

E. However, some skills generally apply to all forms of debate.

F. Meanwhile, show ways that the argument doesn't hold up as a whole.

G. Create and maintain a tone that is respectful and easy to listeners' ears.

That plants can be affected indirectly by noise pollution has never been in doubt. What has remained unknown is whether or not plants themselves suffer directly from noise pollution.

Sounds are pressure waves transmitted (传播) through gases, liquids and solids. Scientists have previously assumed plants may be able to sense these waves as they are struck by them. A number of experiments have confirmed this in recent years — plants exposed to ultrasound in the lab have shown a range of negative responses including the expression of stress-related genes, slow growth and reduced seed development.

Yet exposing plants to ultrasound is not the same as growing them in the presence of actual traffic noise. To this end, Dr. Ravandi decided to set up an experiment to explore it.

Working with a team, Dr. Ravandi grew two species in his lab that are commonly found in urban environments — marigolds and sage. The plants, grown from seed and allowed to mature for two months in the same space, were divided into two groups. One group was exposed to 73 decibels (分贝) of traffic noise recorded from a busy motorway in Tehran for 16 hours a day. The other group was left to grow in silence. After 15 days had passed, samples were taken from the youngest fully expanded leaves on every plant in the experiment and studied.

None of the plants exposed to the traffic noise did well. Analysis of their leaves revealed all of them were suffering. Chemical compounds (化合物), such as hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) and malondialdehyde (MDA) , are indicators of stress in plants and both were found at much higher levels in the plants exposed to the traffic noise. Most notably, malondialdehyde (MDA) levels in the sage plants exposed to noise were double what they were in those grown in silence and hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) levels were three times higher in marigolds grown with the noise than those grown in silence.

Dr. Ravandi's findings make it clear that, though plants lack ears, the vibrations (震动) generated by the noise of traffic still bother them enough to give rise to dramatic stress responses that are not much different to those that would be found in plants exposed to drought, highly concentrated salt or heavy metals in their soil.

The question now arises whether all species are affected similarly by noise pollution. Nature is not silent. It remains a mystery if certain plant species have developed mechanisms to address noise pollution, which could potentially be transferred to urban plants in the future.

In fact, 87 percent of heat gain in a given space comes through its windows. This is because UV radiation (紫外辐射) passes through glass easily. To keep out the heat, people use window coverings like blinds, but that also blocks the view.

A recent study from the University of Notre Dame indicates that soon people who love a view-but hate the heat-will be able to have it both ways. Though not yet scaled up (扩大生产) to market, the study presents a new window coating that could let in sunlight and keep out the heat.

Window films and heat-blocking coatings are not a new concept. In fact, the authors of the study themselves pioneered an innovative glass coating in 2020. So what is so exciting about their new 2024 coating? It's all about the angles.

Tengfei Luo, lead author of the study told Notre Dame News, "The angle between the sunshine and your window is always changing. Our coating maintains functionality and efficiency whatever the sun's position in the sky." In order to figure out the way to create a better window coating, the researchers used a quantum (量子) computing assisted AI machine-learning model, which helped to find out the correct combination of elements they would need to create an effective coating.

Using the information, the researchers designed a coating that could selectively transmit and reflect light over a wide range of angles. That is to say, it can keep a room cool at any given hour of the day, regardless of the angle that the sunlight is hitting the window.

There are endless numbers of practical applications for this new window coating, from commercial use to residential use, and even for use in the automotive industry.

For Liang, the simple invitation filled her heart with warmth. As they danced together, Liang's joy was palpable, and the loneliness that had often gripped her seemed to melt away in that shared moment of happiness.

This was just one of many touching moments created by the "A Theater for One" volunteer service project, which brings companionship and joy to elderly people through personalized performances.

Since its inception in 2021, the project in Huangjueping, Jiulongpo district, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, has brought warmth and companionship to countless elderly people through 500 performances, including dances and small shows. Each performance is tailored to the specific tastes of the elderly, creating not just a show, but a heartfelt connection.

The project was initiated by He Mingfeng, a retired community leader who wanted to continue supporting isolated seniors after her retirement in 2020. Starting with a few volunteers, the project has expanded to include children from local schools, adding an extra spark to the shows.

The elderly in the community, many of whom live alone, have been the main beneficiaries of these performances. For 91-year-old Zou Hongzhen, who had lived in the area for over 50 years, the performances were a joyful reminder that she hadn't been forgotten. After losing her spouse and living alone for years, Zou expressed how much she appreciated the warmth brought to her by the volunteers. "I've never been this happy before!"   she said.

The "A Theater for One"   project is more than just entertainment - it's about filling the emotional void many elderly face and showing them that society hasn't forgotten them. He believes that the joy and love shared through these performances embody the idea that "today, we serve the elderly, and tomorrow, others will serve us."

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"I've always been really loving travelling and sharing those pictures others, " said Namita. But as a yoga (瑜伽) teacher, it was (extreme)difficult for her to travel on her own money. She decided (join)in a travel race called "realize your dream".

"They asked us to show our love for travel I sent them a picture of me jumping off a waterfall in Mauritius. " she said. The (amaze) picture won her a spot and after a round of interviews, she became one of the winners entered the finals. Her prize was a 12-day dream vacation to Bolivia. "I (attract) by Bolivia's beauty at that time," she said, "All too often, I do believe seeing springs, salt flats and lakes of different colors is unforgettable experience."

This chance encouraged her to start her blog to record some of her exciting (trip). Now she is living her dream life. travelling throughout the world and teaching yoga. "Winning the travel race made me feel (confidence) about following what I love most, " she said.

However, the fact was that she'd almost always top the class examinations and everyone was confused. Some students said she was3 because she wasn't so4 in class. Although nobody could prove that she was actually cheating, they totally5 that she did.

I'm pretty socially awkward so I never really talked to her. She was leaving school this year and I was truly6 about how she was so good during exams and how she didn't let other's remarks(言论) affect her. So I7 decided to find out what was up. She told me that her friend was severely(严重地)socially anxious and she'd fallen behind in studies because she couldn't dare to ask doubts in class or ask for8 from others. So they had this system where during lectures her friend would9 any questions she had, and then the girl would10 them for her. With her help, her friend made11, though this girl suffered prejudice(偏见) for being stupid when she was actually really smart.

It was such a12 story that it really changed the way I13 people. I wouldn't be quick to jump to conclusions. It also taught me a14: standing beside our friends when they15 us isn't always an easy choice. But when you care about them, it's the only choice.