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I taught English as a Second Language (ESL) at a school. One particular sixth grader, Pablo, was struggling with fluency in reading, so after class I suggested that he get extra practice by reading aloud to his mom while she prepared dinner each evening. This was something I routinely encouraged my struggling students to do. Imagine my surprise when Pablo responded by starting to cry. He said, "My mom can't cook dinner!" Then he cried harder. Eventually, he calmed down enough to tell me that his mom was only able to "cry in her bed" when he got home every afternoon. He said that he was caring for his six-month-old baby brother by himself from the time he got home each day. His mother, it seemed, had a bad tooth and was in extreme pain. He said that his father didn't have enough money to get it fixed, and that there was no way for her to go to a dentist. This child's heart was broken for his mom.

I was speechless! He was still crying when he left me that day, and I promised him I would try to help. I kept asking myself how I could help this student. How could I help his mother when we didn't even speak the same language?

The next day, I sent a note, which a friend helped me translate, to Pablo's mother asking if she would like me to find someone to help her. The following day, Pablo brought me a note from his mom accepting my offer to help.

Meanwhile, I had been doing some networking among my friends asking if anyone knew a dentist who might do some free work for this lady. At the time, I was not able to pay for the work to be done myself. Several friends suggested a dental office that had recently opened up in the area, thinking that they might be willing to provide the services. I didn't want to waste a lot of time going to several dentists, so I prayed that this would be the one.

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Stopping by the dental office, I went to the reception desk.

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Pablo's mother came to meet the dentist at the appointed time.

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China's first artificially-bred(人工繁殖) second-generation finless porpoise (江豚) is named Hanbao. The name's meaning is dividedtwo parts: "han" means it was born in Wuhan, Hubei province, "bao" means little baby in Chinese. As the fattest porpoise at a local Baiji dolphin museum in Wuhan, Hanbao(weigh) about 70 kilograms.

Finless porpoises, also called "smiling angels", have become sign of the health of the Yangtze River ecosystem. To prevent their extinction, finless porpoises have been bred artificially. Despite efforts to protect the finless porpoise for over 40 years,(it) numbers continued to fall. However, a scientific survey of Yangtze finless porpoises(carry) out on Oct 25 indicated the species' recovery. The change is owed to a 10-year fishing ban on the Yangtze River, began on Jan 1, 2021 and the Yangtze River Protection Law that came into effect two months later.

Because of these measures,(region) along the Yangtze River have relocated their chemical plants, restored wetlands and reorganized the sailing route. All these efforts(ultimate) improved the river's ecological environment,(help) to breathe life into the finless porpoise species.

That's why I decided to have a3 — hiking from Kazbegi Town to Gergeti Trinity Church. Though the trip is a short one, based on the church's location atop a mountain, I knew it was going to be a4 climb — especially after six weeks of traveling around.

I5 Kazbegi Town on a cold, foggy afternoon and decided to begin the hiking to the6 the next morning. Luckily, a(n)7 over the breakfast table at my guesthouse8 me. I got chatting with a couple who had done the hike and had a crucial9 for me: Don't follow the10 route, but instead, take the path on the left side of the mountain.

As it turned out, the main route — the route everyone else11 — was impossibly steep(陡峭的), but the lesser-walked path was a12 path along a mountain stream. Had I tried to take the main path, I never would have13 the walk; however, following this easier route, I14 something totally foreign: A hike I actually enjoyed! I felt so proud.

If it weren't for that first hiking in the Republic of Georgia, I don't think I would have had the courage to15 myself to other hikes.

In 2005, a terrible hurricane hit Kane's hometown. After it, she had to cope with the loss of her home. In watching the cardinals and other birds, she found relief. Soon she started bringing her students along. "My students stared at me in disbelief when I told them I had never cared about birds before," Kane writes. "I suddenly wondered how many creatures would die because of the way we lived." She decided to pursue an environmentally-conscious career. In 2007, she took a course to study environmental science.

Most of the book focuses on Kane's efforts to preserve Warner Park, an ideal location satisfying birding requirements for her class. She successfully campaigned to stop the construction of a parking lot. Her activism snowballed into a local bird watching and protecting organization. It eventually became part of Kane's doctoral research, and launched a birding class that pairs middle school students with college-student advisors.

The book shows readers that a good knowledge of nature doesn't require a degree. Take Jeremy, a seemingly uninterested boy in Kane's birding class. When reporters joined an outing, the normally quiet Jeremy started talking excitedly about the bunting, a small blue bird. Kane soon learned that he had secretly taken to studying the field guide given to him by his advisor.

At its core, Birding to Change the World is about how people and birds today depend on one another. "For birds, that dependence is concrete. For thousands of years, our species has seen birds as a symbol of liberation," Kane writes. In her case, it is liberation from the grief and depression that the hurricane brought. "Bird by bird, they carve a new pathway in my life, a joyful pathway."

During a match in May, Wu Chuguo, a decoration worker from Liubaitang village, Rongjiang County, scored a spectacular 40-meter goal that ignited (点燃) the crowd. Wu said he was influenced by elders in his village and fell in love with the sport. In the county, rural soccer matches have taken place regularly since the 1990s. When there was a lack of facilities, soccer players used barren land as a field and wooden stakes for the posts. The boundaries were marked out with lime powder. When they couldn't gather enough players, they played futsal, a soccer-based game played on a smaller hard court.

In recent years, the county has focused on gymnastics, soccer, rock climbing and other sports. What sets the Village Super League apart from other sports events are the vivid displays of ethnic cultures and traditions at the tournament. As players of both teams walk on the field for a game, they are accompanied by their cheering squads (啦啦队) dressed in traditional ethnic costumes and carrying local specialties. The halftime break features folk songs and dance performances, while ethnic costumes are also on display.

"hope that more and more tourists will come to Rongjiang to watch the matches, enjoy the folk customs and local cuisine, and have fun," said Xiong Zhuqing, a melon grower who is also a cheerleader. She says she has sold over 10,000 kilograms of watermelons since the start of the tournament. As of June 27, a total of 654 new businesses were established, including 91 in the catering sector, 188 in retail, and 195 in agriculture and food processing, the local government said.

I am often asked whether I feel at all sad when it's time to release the animals — to tell you the truth, I'm always pretty willing to let them go. All of my efforts have been toward allowing them to return to the wild, and the wild is where they belong, so there's no reason for reluctance on my part. But it is true that sometimes there is no way for an animal to go back to the wild, or to keep it from bonding with humans.

Last year, I rescued a light-vented bulbul (白头鹎). The bird, initially lacking feathers, recovered under our care. It was scheduled for release during its adolescent period, during which it's relatively easy to socialize. But an injury to its flight feathers delayed its return to the wild. The birdimprinted on humans during the following two months, which was a critical cognitive (认知的) development period, leading it to return to us after being released.

When we engage in wildlife rescue, we have to teach animals how to maintain a high degree of caution around humans. If they become too trusting of humans, it is very likely that way, our success depends not on the animals, or on our work here, but more so on the attitude humans would not be a bad thing, and our release attempt could then be successful.

This Portuguese ship sank off the coast of Oman in 1503. First discovered in 1998 and then extensively excavated (发掘) by a team led by David Mearns between 2013 and 2015, it is the oldest shipwreck (沉船) recovered from Europe's Age of Exploration.

Black Sea Shipwreck

Discovered in 2018 by a team from the Black Sea Maritime Archaeology Project, the ship sank more than 2,400 years ago. It is the oldest undamaged shipwreck ever found. "A ship in such good condition from the classical world, is something I would never have believed possible," said Professor Jon Adams, the principal investigator of the team that found the wreck.

Gribshunden

The flagship of John, King of Denmark, caught fire and sank in the Baltic Sea in 1495. There, it lay undiscovered until members of a local dive club came across it in the 1970s; unaware of its significance, they did not report it to archaeologists until 2000, and not until 2013 was the wreck's identity confirmed. Considered one of the best-preserved shipwrecks of the period, it has slowly been revealing its secrets.

Black Swan

In May 2007, a Florida-based company announced that, using underwater robots, it had discovered a shipwreck in the Atlantic, code-named (代号为) "Black Swan". However, the government of Spain claimed that the wreck was the Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes, a Spanish ship that sank off the coast of Portugal in 1804 following a battle with four British navy ships. After a long legal battle, the treasure was returned to Spain in 2012.

Susan had a secret: she loved robots. She had helped her dad in his workshop and knew a lot about motors, but her friends didn't know this.

One day, she heard Alex and Jacob talking about their robot, Robbie. They were preparing for a big competition but Robbie wasn't working properly. Susan was surprised by their courage, as they always seemed unpopular among the boys. She felt bad for them and wanted to help.

On the school bus home, Susan sat behind Alex and Jacob, who were still trying to fix their robot. "This is impossible! The legs move before you press the switch and stop after you press the switch!" Alex said, looking at Robbie's legs, which were not moving right. "The competition is only eight days away!" Jacob looked sad. He thought they were going to lose.

"Umm, how did you connect the wires from the switch?" Susan asked quietly over their shoulders. Alex turned and gave her a cautious look. Susan smiled and asked, "Did you connect the NO wire or the NC wire to the motor?" The boys stared at her as if she had just landed from Mars.

Susan gently took the robot and pointed out the wire connected to the motor. "Here's the problem!" She explained that it was the NC wire. It means the circuit (电路) is Normally Closed. She then pulled a loose wire out of the robot and explained that it was the NO wire, which means Normally Open. "If you connect this wire instead, Robbie will walk when you press the switch." Susan handed the robot back to Alex, who was staring at her with his mouth open.

"Change the wires and see," she said before getting off the bus. Ten minutes later, her phone rang. It was Jacob: "Your idea worked, and we're wondering if you could come over and help improve our Robbie." Susan smiled. She knew she had made the right choice.

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Paragraph 1. After dinner, Susan walked cheerfully to Jacob's house.

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Paragraph 2. Finally, the competition day came, and the new team was ready.

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Dear Jack Young，

I hope this email finds you well.

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Yours sincerely,

Zhen Yizhong

Currently under construction off the country's northeast coast, the Dalian Jinzhou Bay International Airport will eventually cover 8-square-mile island with four runways and a 969,000 sq ft passenger terminal, according to an airport statement. Its operators aim (handle) 80 million passengers per year across 540,000 flights, with the first phase due to open in 2035. "The country's largest offshore airport is rising slowly from the sea level like the sunrise in the east," (read) a post by Dalian Jinzhou Bay International on Chinese social media platform WeChat. Once (accomplish), it will become the world's largest airport on an artificial island, surpassing both Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) and Japan's Kansai Airport (KIX). "There have been great challenges to the construction," Li Xiang, chief engineer of Dalian Airport Construction and Development Co., Ltd., told state-run local media in October, "as not only does the project have complex geological conditions and high drilling difficulty, high demand in quality with a tight construction schedule is another challenge we have to take into account."

As it is, it is the city of Dalian, with a population of 7.5 million, has long been a transport hub due to its proximity to Japan and South Korea. Dalian Zhoushuizi Airport, the city's international airport, has been operating for nearly a century, has already met its maximum capacity and (expand) several times these years, according to YiCai Global, a state-linked newspaper. The city started site selection and (demonstrate) work on the new airport in 2003, but construction only began in earnest a few years ago. China's aviation (boom) fast, new airports are a key part and surprisingly, the country is on track to pass the United States and become the world's largest air travel market.

Reggie didn't like it, but his friend Michael hated it more and decided things had to be3. He proposed the Day of Silence: in honour of Reggie, they should set aside one day for4 people, when everyone would have to wear earplugs (耳塞).

People liked the5. When the day arrived everyone stuck plugs in their ears, in a spirit of great6. That morning was filled with jokes and laughter. But, as the hours passed, people became aware of how7 life was when one couldn't hear anything.

However, that was nothing compared to the greatest8 of the day: Reggie was amazing! Just using his9 body language, he was the best to communicate with everyone. People paid more attention to what Reggie was saying, and were10 by his intelligence. They realized all Reggie needed was a little more11 to enable communication. That was the only12.

So on the Day of Silence, Reggie's true13 became known. And everyone realised you have to give people a chance to show how14 they are. They also learn that you couldn't hear the slightest thing until you truly15.

We all know the feeling — you want to check what someone you care about has been up to on social media, and suddenly you find you are denied access to their feeds. It's an instant start of mixed emotions and speculations — When did this happen? Did I do anything wrong? What are they attempting to hide from me?

And that's what half of Chinese parents have to deal with when they try to browse their children's WeChat Moments, also known as "Friends' Circle", as suggested by a recent survey released by Tencent, the Chinese Internet giant. According to the report, entitled Annual White Paper on Family Affection on WeChat Moments, about 52 percent of WeChat users aged 18 to 29 block their parents on Moments, a major feature on the platform that allows users to share everything they like with their WeChat contacts.

About 62 percent of the young interviewees said that parents "are neurotic about everything", along with reasons such as fear of parents' disapproval, rejection to parents' nagging (唠叨), and seeking privacy. "My parents don't know Moments very well, so I just told them I don't use it anymore," said Qin Jianping, a 28-year-old son. He added that his parents had been leaving comments requesting updates on his dating status on every post he made on Moments since he broke up with his girlfriend two years ago. Xie Yun, a 26- year-old daughter, said that while she didn't block her parents entirely, they were in a specific group to which she only shares positive posts. "I don't want my parents to see minor setbacks in my life," she said, adding that once her parents saw a Moments picture of her hand getting slightly burned while cooking, and they traveled all the way to her city to make sure she was all right.

The report also found that more than 49 percent of Chinese parents use WeChat as a main channel to communicate with their children. Roughly 36 percent of the parents who took the survey said they checked every post made by their children. When asked how they would react to being blocked, some parents said they would initiate a conversation with their children to find out the reason, while others said they wouldn't care. And some parents just outsmart their kids in this hide-and-seek game online. "I didn't realize I was blocked until I compared what I could see on my phone to what my son's aunt could see," said Chen, a mother of a 27-year-old son. "I chose to remain silent on this and now I'm following my son's posts through his aunt."

Air travel is getting faster all the time. Engineers say that soon people will be "shot" to their destinations in huge rockets, which will be able to carry a quarter of passenger capacity in general airliner at a time. These rockets will be shot high above the earth's atmosphere and land on the other side of the earth forty-five minutes after take-off. They will be able to cross the Pacific Ocean, such as from Los Angeles to Honolulu, in only eighteen minutes.

But, of course, passengers will be faced with the same problems on the ground that they face at present. We shall still spend hours getting to the airport. Today, the shortest part of the journey and the least difficult is in the air. The worst and longest part is on the roads leading from the center of town to the airport. The roads become crowded increasingly while our planes become faster and faster.

Her first travels around our part of the Southern End were rather slow (cars piled up behind us). So thank you, nice people.

But I want to single out other drivers for my appreciation. I will call you "friends".

But no kidding, I sincerely want to thank you "friends", because you have taught my daughter not to take anything for granted on the roads. You deserve the credit for making her a defensive driver.

I warned her about "friends" like you, but your actions speak much louder than my words.

She's watched you go through red lights and stop signs, turn without signaling, fail to yield at the crossroads, or hesitate at a stop sign and then pull out into her path at the last millisecond. I especially appreciated the "friend" who pulled up beside us the other night at a stop sign on a two-way road and took off quickly as Abigail just started to make her move.

"What was that!" Abigail shouted.

"That's a ‘friend'!" I yelled.

And then there are those of you who find a slow-moving vehicle (farm machinery down our way) in your lane and swing out into the opposite lane to pass, oblivious of vehicles coming in the opposite direction.

My daughter has learned that a tractor coming her way means there might be an impatient "friend" hiding, ready to cross into her lane.

That's an invaluable lesson. Thanks.

And thank you to all the walkers, adults and children, who appear from between cars. "Be ready to stop" is a lesson that you have taught my daughter well. At the same time, I have taught her the rules for yielding to walkers.

Teaching a teen to be a defensive driver isn't easy. I want you to know that I couldn't have done it without you, my "friends".

Thanksgiving for the Soul

Working as a primary teacher in Pompton Lakes Primary School, New Jersey, I particularly believed in cultivating love in children from an early age. I wanted children to experience that it's more blessed to give than to receive. I wanted them to understand that love of society and love of life is not just lip service; that people somehow have to make it come alive. I hoped they could experience a sense of their own power to make a difference.

There was a rural area nearby where a lot of aged people lived in solitude (孤独). They either had no family or their children had left to work in big cities. Most of them lived on government aid to keep body and soul together. An agency, which was in charge of the elder people in this region, had once told me about a needy grandmother, Mrs. Wilson, who had lived alone for many years. I had always desired to do something for her. So I came up with the Thanksgiving plan.

In October, I told the eight-year-olds in my class about my plan. "I'd like all of you to do extra jobs around the house to earn some money," I said. "Then we'll buy food for a Thanksgiving dinner for a needy grandma who might not have a nice dinner otherwise."

Early in Thanksgiving week, the boys and girls arrived in class clutching (紧握) their hard-earned money. They had cleared rubbish, set tables, washed dishes, helped with younger siblings. And now they couldn't wait to go shopping.

I watched while they ran up and down the supermarket aisles (货架通道). At last we headed toward the checkout, pushing a cart filled with turkey and all the trimmings (配料). Then someone spotted a "necessity"—flowers, which caught their attention. All kids ran toward the holiday flowers, with one proposing, "Flowers! We can buy her a bunch of flowers!"

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"Flowers may not be as practical as food." I said.

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With a food box and a bunch of flowers, we finally arrived at Mrs. Wilson's home.

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Dear fellow students,

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the Students' Union

Filial piety, otherwise (know) as xiao, is at the core (核心) of Chinese culture. Originating from Confucian philosophy, filial piety means love and respect for one's elders and (obey) their wishes. But there is something else, too. (achieve) filial piety, you have to be there for them physically, and look after them in their old age.

In our modern 21st century, (globe) migration has long become a norm (标准). Many of my Western friends say they feel very little connection to (they) birth country after a few significant moves across regions.

, China's case is a little different. Although we Chinese young generations have embraced our new lives all around the world, the (strong) of our family ties and filial piety deeply links us our cultural roots. Like kites flying high in the sky, we will (connect) with the land and the people who have shaped our characters to make us we are.

Ma, who uses a wheelchair, was born in 1995 in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region. His2 piece is his debut prose collection, Qing Bai Shijie. The opening chapter delves into Ma's childhood memories. While his peers ran and played, Ma could only sit on the stone steps, watching in3 and sadness. His limbs were weak, and he couldn't move or stand without help from birth, which4   him from other children. This5 memory has stayed with him, and it became the title of his first6 published prose piece and the entire book.

Ma's writing journey began in 2016, the year he passed his college entrance exams but7 not to enroll in university due to his family's financial circumstances and his health conditions. Although his decision was8 love and sacrifice, it plunged Ma into despair.

The turning point came9 a friend gave him a book, Shi Tiesheng's best-seller Wo Yu Ditan. Shi, a renowned writer who also uses a wheelchair, had10 his struggles into profound literature. At first, Ma had no interest in the book — he had lost11 for everything. But one word caught his eye: "wheelchair". As he read, Ma felt a spark of light illuminating his world. He could gather the courage to do something, like writing, instead of staying in bed letting life pass him by.   

He embarked on a three-year odyssey of writing the book by12 his own life, pouring his heart and soul into the words. In June 2023, Ma received unexpected good news: His book was one of 10 selected for publication through the project. This achievement marked a significant milestone in his13 journey.

Ma writes this line in the profile for his personal social media account as his motto: "Be a(n)14 writer." Writing is not just a profession for Ma — it's a lifeline, a way to15 the world and leave behind a legacy of courage, sincerity and hope.

Since the 1970s, researchers have suspected that some fish can detect magnetic fields. But no one had shown that sharks use the fields to find their location or navigate (导航), partly because the animals aren't so easy to work with. It's one thing if you have a small fish, or a baby sea turtle, but when you work with sharks, you have to upscale everything.

Bryan Keller, an ecologist at Florida State University, and his colleagues decided to do just that. They lined a bedroom-size cage with wire and placed a small swimming pool in the center of the cage. By running an electrical current through the wiring, they could generate a custom magnetic field in the center of the pool. The team then collected 20 young bonnethead sharks — a species known to migrate hundreds of kilometers — off the Florida coast. They placed the sharks into the pool, one at a time, and let them swim freely under three different magnetic fields, applied in random succession. One field mimicked (模仿) Earth's natural field at the spot where the sharks were collected, while the others mimicked the fields at locations 600 kilometers north and 600 kilometers south of their homes.

They used software to track the sharks' responses, observing which direction in the tank they were trying to swim towards. When the young sharks were exposed to the magnetic field of the place they were captured, or ‘home', they stayed put. But when subjected to the southern magnetic field, the sharks persistently changed their headings to swim north, as if trying to get back home. This suggests that the sharks were using the magnetic field to guide them, similar to how humans use GPS.

Surprisingly, the researchers found that the sharks didn't favor any direction when swimming under the northern field. Keller says this might be because they don't go north of their home location since there is only land there, and so they rarely have to find their way back south again. "This could support the theory that their ability to go back home is a learned behavior," he says. They might not know what to do in the northern field because "they've never been up there." says Keller.

Keller's research adds a significant piece to the still-incomplete puzzle of shark biology. Sharks have been declining at an alarming rate due to mostly overfishing and habitat change. Studying the life cycles and migration patterns of sharks can help us understand what arcas to protect when managing marine spaces.