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I can't wait to describe to you what senior high school life is like. The path before you leads to a world full of (challenge): a new environment, new knowledge and new ways of thinking., for those of you with a positive mind, opportunity lies in each challenge. When you rise to the challenges, you will have the opportunity (get) great knowledge and enjoy personal growth. Most importantly, your time and effort at senior high school will open the door to your potential (潜力).

"What is potential?" you may ask. Potential is your natural ability can be developed when you try hard enough. Who knows what beautiful works of art you will create, what medical advances you will make or what amazing technologies you will develop! The possibilities are (end), and I have confidence in your ability to make a difference your family, to your community and to our country. Over the next three years, you will discover your potential while you develop as a student and as a person.

Good study habits, useful skills and a positive attitude are of (equality) importance. (careful) plan your study, set clear goals and balance your schoolwork with other activities. As a senor high school student, you must make efforts to improve your communication and problem-solving skills. Last but not least, always look on the bright side and never lose hope, even in difficult situations. In time you (find) yourself growing into well-rounded individual.

Twelve years ago, on a hot day in July 2011, then-Detective(警探)Sweeney3 an emergency call of a baby drowning.4 he rushed alone to the5 , in a home in Severn. They just pulled the baby out of the swimming pool, and he was no longer6 .

Detective Sweeney knew he had to act quickly. He held Matthew and7 first aid on the tiny boy. His efforts8 . The 14-month-old boy survived, and they were all happy to see him smile again. After little Matthew's9 , they visited Detective Sweeney, and they posed(摆姿势)for a(n)10 .

When Matthew's grandmother saw Sweeney's photo, she11 the Police Department. There, she told the officials how Sweeney brought their baby boy to12 , who is now a teenager.

After they heard the story, the staff in the office planned a surprise reunion. They13 everything and then, as Sweeney entered the room, he was14 . He never thought he would see Matthew again. Matthew was very happy to finally meet the person who saved his life twelve years ago. He knew that this man was the15 he was alive today.

Everyone in the police station felt happy as they saw a reunion after twelve years.

Her lifestyle in many ways has been made possible by the non-profit organization EngAGE, which has revitalized (使重焕活力) the aging process by providing various free on-site programs in its senior communities, including (包括) novel writing, performing plays, storytelling for radio, and art shows. It helps seniors remain active, giving them the control to age the way they want to age.

The idea for EngAGE developed when founder Tim Carpenter was working in the healthcare and aging industry, trying to change a broken system. Yet he did not see the change he desired. When he met developer John Huskey, who was building good-looking senior communities, the two partnered up. "We started throwing spaghetti against the wall, and some of it stuck (粘) on the wall. And we continue to do it that way and try almost everything," said Carpenter.

Ninety-five percent of the population EngAGE serves is low-income. Seniors are surrounded by quality programs, learning opportunities, and state-of-the-art facilities. In Carpenter's view, retirement is like college, a new stage when you are trying to figure out what to do next. It can be a starting point, with the spare time to try something different or revisit an old passion. Those seniors can build on their knowledge of a subject or start from zero. It is only the beginning of something, not the end.

McElroy concluded, "EngAGE is a place where members of old people are provided with endless opportunities. My son once asked, ‘How long do you plan on living here?' and I joked, ‘They're going to have to carry me out of here.'"

Some players had never kicked a football before joining the team, so training them took hours of hard work and patience. After a good few weeks, they got down to training and really started to take it in what the coach wanted. "I insist on doing the basic stuff well and letting the girls decide what they feel they need to work on." James said.

James' first season was ruined by the pandemic, which forced him and Andy to get creative with training. They organized team-building activities with the girls to help them bond on and off the field. James then spent the sessions they could hold focusing on the basics of football like passing and shooting, bringing the girls up to a good standard.

James watched the girls develop over the course of last year, and in September they played their first match of the new season. They won the game, and since then went on an unbeaten run of eight games. The team's star player, 15-year-old Chelsea, has also impressed the audience individually, becoming the top scorer in the league with incredible 30 goals.

James said, "All the effort that the girls, us coaches and parents have put in to get this point has been enormous. If I hadn't had the support of Andy helping me every week, this would have been an impossible task. So I'm incredibly grateful to have him on side. All we want is to bring more girls into the game and show that it's not all about having the best players; it's about hard work and giving everyone the chance to play."

Come to work with us and experience the rural Ghanaian way of life! We are looking for those who'd like to help out in schools to help with the teaching and understanding of the English language. Volunteers will be placed in primary or junior high schools which are located together.

Typical day

       7:30 am - Volunteer transport leaves the volunteer house to project sites

       8:00 am - School starts

       12:30 pm - 13:00 pm - Lunch break

       15:00 pm - School closes

       15:30 pm - Return to volunteer house

Please note this is an example of a schedule. Schedules change in different schools.

Free - time activities

       Swimming

       Visiting museums

       Shopping in malls or going to the cinema (showing latest films)

       Wandering at beautiful beaches

Requirements

       Age: 18 years and above

       Language Skills: English (fluently)

       Nationality: No limits

       Time Commitment: Monday - Friday from 8:00 - 15:00

Program Salary

       4 weeks: €265

       12 weeks: €795

       50 weeks: €2,689

Wilma was a lively child who always wanted to play outside. The only problem was, she got sick — a lot! Ever since she was born, she was either feverish, coughing, sneezing or covered in spots. . . or at least, that was how she remembered it! Poor Wilma caught lots of diseases with long names and spent a lot of time in the hospital. "If being ill were a sport, I'd be a champion!"

When she was five, Wilma caught something called polio, and it looked as if she might never get to play outside again. Wilma recovered from catching polio, but her left leg and foot were badly weakened by the disease. This made it difficult for her to walk.

That meant she couldn't go to nursery school or her first years of primary school like everyone else. It made her upset to see the other kids having fun outside. While the doctors treated her weak leg and she learned how to walk again, she had lessons at home.

Wilma also had to take a fifty-mile bus ride with her mum twice a week to go to Meharry Medical College. The kind doctors and nurses at the college gave her exercises to strengthen her muscles. She had to wear a metal brace (支架) that supported her left leg. Using this, she could finally walk by herself and go to school with other kids. That sounded good, but the little girl really hated wearing it. She had to wear it with heavy shoes that made her stand out.

"What will the other kids say? " she asked her mum. "I don't want to look different!" Her mother tried to cheer her up. "You won't have to wear it forever, dear. Just keep exercising and make your leg strong!" That's what Wilma did! She made sure to do all the exercises the doctors gave her to make her leg better. It wasn't easy, but she kept imagining how wonderful it would be to walk to school without the brace.

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When Wilma was twelve, the doctors decided that her leg was strong enough.

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Then, she was invited to join her school's track team.

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Yours,

Li Hua

The world's largest three-dimensional LEGO model of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" was displayed in Hong Kong last week.

Covering 47 square meters, the exhibit became a popular attraction, artfully (piece) together a wonderful world where the old and the new met.

"We rolled out this exhibit mainly (promote) traditional Chinese culture through creative events appealing to young people, " said a deputy general manager of Bank of China.

As people walked along the 26-meter-long and three-dimensional model made of up to 3 million lego bricks, they could picture themselves in lively ancient streets, sellers were offering goods and kids were playing hide and seek.

Pointing at two-storey building with a front door decorated with colorful ribbons, Li Chun-tung, a (lecture) at the University of Hong Kong, said, "This was one of the (busy) restaurants then, with decorations that were typical inns and bars in Northern Song Dynasty. "

The lego model recreated many details of life over centuries ago, much the same as those presented in the painting. It combined two (entire) different cultural representatives from the East and the West, (offer) viewers a glimpse into the past and inspired them to explore the (rich) of Chinese heritage.

Silver Spring, a Washington, D. C. , suburb of about 80, 000, is a5 community bringing together families, young professionals, retirees like Vera, and a large community of immigrants and refugees (难民)6 to make this place home.

Vera tunes (调整) up the donated bikes and7 them to parks, food banks, and apartment complexes. He camps out with his Free Bikes sign and waits for people to wander over. Then he8 people with the perfect new ride and watches them ride away happy. His initial9 saw six bikes go in under 30 minutes.

In addition to the adults and kids he10 at his Free Bikes events, customers come from local resettlement agencies and other nonprofits. The groups11 information including the height, gender and age of a12 , and Vera delivers a fitting bicycle to their door. He's happy to make the13 .

Now neighbors know him as the Bike Dude, and they keep him busy with a14 supply of bikes, helmets and locks. So far, more than 700 Silver Springers have new wheels to take them anywhere their feet can15 , thanks to the big-hearted Bike Dude.

In the old days, Samoans greeted each other by touching foreheads and noses together. The practice was widely discontinued after the Spanish influenza pandemic (流行病) wiped out around 20 percent of our population.

Now, what about the language that Samoans use to greet people?

Talofa is the official word for hello in Samoan. That is Si-o'u-alofa, which literally means: my love, but the unspoken understanding behind it is that I'm offering my love to the person I'm addressing. So basically, Talofa means my love is for you.

Another greeting expression is Ua'e sau, which confused me when I first heard it. But I soon learned that it's so common and so very Samoan. When you show up somewhere, it's perfectly natural for a Samoan to ask, "Ua'e sau? " Anyone outside our culture might think, "Uhh, can you not see that I am here, and I have arrived?" Actually, it's just a way for the greeter to acknowledge you are now in their presence. Also I've noticed that if your arrival is unexpected, this question is a beautifully subtle (微妙的) way of asking why you are here.

A. It means, "Have you arrived? "

B. But they use a few other greetings as well.

C. Remember it next time a Samoan asks you, "Ua'e sau? "

D. They might wonder why you bother to ask such a question.

E. It comes from an older greeting packed with beautiful meaning.

F. So we should practice some of Samoa's most common greeting words.

G. These days, Samoans like to greet each other with a single kiss on the cheek.

"Interpersonal conflict is on the rise, driving increases in anger, anxiety, and general stress, " says Angus Fletcher, a researcher at the Ohio State University. "We wanted to look into those misunderstandings and see how they could be reduced. "

In the study, the team surveyed 1, 261 Americans online. All the participants read an article about an imaginary school with water shortage. Group one read an article that only gave reasons for merging (合并) with another school that has better water. Group two read an article that only gave reasons for the schools staying separate and hoping for other solutions to the problem. Group three was the control group that read both sets of the arguments.

They found the majority of the first two groups believed they had enough information to decide what to do. They said they would follow the recommendations in the article they read and thought others would make the same decision. About 55 percent of the control group recommended the schools merge.

The team calls this belief IOIA. Fletcher describes it as, "The less our brain knows, the more confident it is that it knows all it needs to know. This makes us leap to confident conclusions and decisive judgments, when we miss necessary information. "

The team also found some were willing to change their minds — once they had all the facts. Timing also plays a role. The people in the study changed their opinions that were recently formed, not long-held beliefs.

According to Fletcher, one of the best ways to reduce IOIA when disagreeing with someone is to stop and ask, "Is there something I'm missing that would help me understand their position better? " This can help reduce unnecessary interpersonal conflict.