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I went to Yuanhe Middle School in Xihaigu, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, a place that used to be one of the poorest regions in China, to participate in an English class with village children. 

Most kids in the school come from poor village homes and are "left behind" children一kids whose parents work in the cities to make a better living. After class, we chatted a lot, and they wondered about everything, using "outside world" as a term to describe the wider globe for many times.

Taking care of rural children is essential. The school offers boarding services and free breakfast and lunch to the students, who can also video chat with their parents daily. To better care for the village children, the school provides outdoor hiking, technology, art, and foreign language program s to help them understand the outside world. After all, high-quality education to disadvantaged village children is the key to poverty-alleviation（扶贫）efforts. 

During my trip in Xihaigu, I also visited Ningxia Normal University, where over 70% of its students major in education. 

In 2013, local and central governments launched public -funded programs to recruit students interested in becoming teachers in Ningxia's rural villages and districts. By 2023, 3, 500 students were enrolled in the program, many of whom came from disadvantaged village households in Xihaigu.

I had the opportunity to speak with Yang, a public-funded student from the once-poor Xihaigu region. After finishing school, he planned to stay in the Xihaigu area as a teacher to teach the kids knowledge. 

Yang told me that knowledge is the key to leading a better life as well as understanding the world. A lack of knowledge is one of the main factors of being poor. Money could help the poor for a while but not once for all. He hopes that by sharing knowledge with the kids in his hometown, he can help them broaden their horizons and develop an objective perspective on the world. He envisions a future where these children can use their knowledge to make a better life, stop people' stereotypes (固有印象) about China and share Xihaigu's stories with the rest of the world.

The Best Hotels in Edinburgh Close to the Must-See Sights

Edinburgh is home to some of the best hotels in Scotland. Here are some selected hotels, ranging from iconic five-star institutions to new apartment hotels. 

The Balmoral Hotel

For luxury accommodation, the Balmoral hotel offers five-star service and fantastic views of Edinburgh Castle. It is in the city center and features the iconic clock tower. The Balmoral is probably the most famous hotel in the city and is famous for its hospitality. It is also popular with locals for afternoon tea. 

Wilde Apart Hotel

Wilde Apart hotel is a modern, stylish hotel. The hotel features well-appointed（设备齐全的）serviced apartments that have fully equipped small kitchens, free WiFi, and car parking nearby. The apartments are ideal for those who are staying in the city for more than a night or two and would like to have a small kitchen to enjoy breakfast or lunch. 

The Radisson Collection Hotel

The Radisson Collection Hotel overlooks the iconic Royal Mile. It's just a short walk from attractions such as Edinburgh Castle and Holy rood Park, and it's within easy reach of local restaurants, shops, bars, and galleries. Everything you will want to see and do in Edinburgh is close to hand, and it's five minutes from Waverly Train Station and airport links. The hotel's design is modern.

Scotsman Hotel

Originally built as The Scotsman newspaper offices in 1905, Scotsman Hotel has been carefully restored into nine floors of rooms and suites with commanding views over the city. Located at the top end of North Bridge, the hotel occupies the prime real estate spot (黄金地段) in Edinburgh. Easy access to Waverley Train Station and airport shuttles, the hotel is probably the most well-appointed accommodation in terms of transport links. 

We hope you love the Edinburgh hotels we recommend!

After staying at home and taking care of her baby for nearly two years, Rebecca found it hard to make a decision between accepting an attractive offer from her former employer and going on looking after her son Tony at home. She talked, with her husband David, about sending Tony to a childcare center. David gave it a careful thought and decided to leave his job for a year to take care of Tony before he could be sent to a kindergarten, promising to be a super Dad and househusband. It was good news for Rebecca but she knew her husband too well. It would take David some time to get used to finicky（细致的） jobs of taking care of Tony. So she told David she wanted hourly updates on how Tony was handling his day away from Mom. 

David was adapting quickly. He texted updates throughout the day, getting hourly instructions from Rebecca. It seemed that David was enjoying his new role and Tony liked the company of Dad, although they often got the home messy. What Rebecca didn't expect is that David became famous on social media as Super Dad, because people liked watching the videos he posted.

One day, he sent his usual text updates and included a photo of Tony in his car seat during their trip to Walgreens. Rebecca's reply was to correct Tony's position in the car seat. And she reminded David that the straps（肩带） were too loose and the chest clip was too low. David laughed at his nagging（絮叨的） wife and rolled his eyes before tightening the car seat and fixing the chest clip. Fifteen minutes later, Rebecca's phone rang with a call from her husband, "Honey, we had a car accident. We are fine, but the car is going to be totaled（彻底毁坏）. "

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Acupuncture（针灸） has been used to treat countless patients for thousands of years. As an ancient Chinese medical practice, it has  rich history and deep cultural significance. Before modern medicine came to life, ancient Chinese had used stone tools （relieve） diseases. Over time, this practice developed  a medical system and shaped the root of acupuncture. 

Acupuncture is a treatment that aims to promote the body's multiple self-regulating （function）. Its principles are in line with the philosophical concepts of traditional Chinese medicine, emphasizes the balance of body and overall well-being.

Needle insertion（针刺）, the most common method of acupuncture, （carry） out by getting hair-thin needles into specific points on the body. This can improve the body's inner potential to heal（治愈） （it） by channeling vital energy（the qi）.

（look） beyond China, acupuncture has become a global way of therapy（治疗）. Over the years, acupuncture （see） many advancements in scientific research and modern medicine. According to a 2019 WHO report, acupuncture is used in 113 of its 120 member countries, illustrating its widespread recognition and （apply）. 

In November 2 020, a polar bear named Suka gave birth to several little ones, including Laerke. Laerke and her brothers and sisters were the first polar bears successfully born and 1  in the Detroit Zoo since 2004. 

Days after her 2 , Laerke became significantly inactive and appeared increasingly 3 . She was sent off to the zoo's health complex for 4 , but by the time she returned home, her mom no longer 5 Laerke as her cub（小熊）.

Without having any other polar bear who would 6 her, she would have to go without a 7 , or so they thought. 8 , that's right when Jebbie needed a new home! Jebbie, the baby grizzly bear was 9 all by himself helplessly in Tok, Alaska, when he was 10 and taken to the Detroit Zoo, where he and Laerke had been gradually getting to know each other.

After some time, Jebbie and Laerke became best 11 ! The zookeepers have since posted pictures and videos of them playing, showing just how 12 they are. Together, they're able to wrestle in the grassy tundra（苔原）, splash around in the freshwater or saltwater pools, and play with toys 13 .

"We're excited that we are able to give Jebbie a home and 14 a much-needed friend for Laerke, " said Scott, chief life sciences officer of the Detroit Zoo. "This social development is critically 15 for both Laerke and Jebbie. "

A gym membership can be nice.  All you need is a little bit of time and space at home for yourself. But before everything, you need to create an at-home fitness routine. 

 Spend 5 to 10 minutes warming up before every workout. Not sure what to do? Try jumping jacks, le g or arm circles, or even dancing. Just get your blood pumping. Do a progressive aerobic（有氧的） activity that uses the same muscles you want to work out. 

 Do strength training twice a week to build muscles. Strength training, also called resistance training, makes you stronger and builds endurance（忍耐力）.  This helps you do a harder workout every time you exercise. 

You might be eager to just stop your workout when you've finished your last set of activity, but take a few minutes to do low-intensity exercises that lower your heart rate. You might drop your run into a walk or slow down your cycling, for instance.

Set achievable goals that you can break into smaller tasks. It's one thing to say you want to get fit, but that means something different for everyone. It should be specific, realistic, and meaningful. Then, break down the goal into small, actionable steps so it feels like you're making progress regularly.

A. After all, we work out to build our muscles. 

B. Equipment is the key to carrying out a workout plan. 

C. But you don't have to have one to get into great shape.

D. For instance, slowly jo g if you are going for a longer run. 

E. Spend five to ten minutes cooling down after each workout. 

F. Figure out what you plan to achieve and make that your goal. 

G. Try to do exercises that work many parts of your body and make you feel stronger. 

Addiction is a condition in which a person has a habit they can't stop, even though it harms them or causes problems in their life. Most professionals consider addiction a disease.

People can develop addictions to substances, such as alcohol. Some medicines can lead to addiction as well. A class of painkillers called opioids is one of that kind. But people can also become addicted to behaviors. Playing video games and shopping can become addictions if they interfere with（妨碍） other parts of a person's life.

The reason why people form addictions has to do with how our brains feel pleasure. One way our brain makes us feel good is by releasing "feel good" chemicals. This can happen in response to an enjoyable action or activity. Think exercising and eating chocolate. But some actions can overload this "feel good" system. Over time, this trains the brain to depend on the substance or behavior for pleasure over other things. Taking in the substance or performing the behavior again strengthens the brain's link between that thing and feeling good. This cycle is what leads a person to develop an addiction.

People can overcome addiction. Their brain can change to look like that of a non-addicted brain. But it takes a lot of work. For the brain to change like this, the person usually must quit the substance or behavior altogether. They must give their body and mind time to adjust to a life without the addiction. 

Overcoming cravings（渴望） is very hard early on. That's why many people recover best when in a new setting that's free of familiar things that cause cravings. Some treatments can help guide those recovering from addiction by providing support when it feels tough to give up a behavior. Medications prescribed（开处方） by a doctor can help, too. Family and friends can also help by providing support and encouragement.

China has seen a boom in glamping, a combination of "glamorous（迷人的）" and "camping", since 2020.

Camping, in earlier years, was mostly for those exploring the rough outdoors. The equipment they used was more for survival than for enjoyment. The image of camping thus was a pretty tough one. 

Urban explorers, in recent years, have turned their sights to camping as they grew tired of hotel-stay travel style. The views of tents in a grassland or by a river soon attracted growing public interest in camping. Facilities that allow people to get close to nature while still able to enjoy the comforts of modern luxury have given wings to glamping. 

There are many glamping grounds where facilities are ready to use. People just need to buy a ticket to get in and don't have to buy any further equipment. It is suitable for new campers who want to get some experience of spending time outdoors.

Zhang Zheming, a photographer in Beijing, got his first taste of glamping in June2019 at a campground in suburban Beijing. It was a very spacious site and campers needed to bring their own kits（装备）. 

Zhang and his wife brought their 4-year-old son with them. As they didn't have any experience in picking the right equipment, they didn't prepare the canopy（遮阳篷）, a camping must to protect oneself from strong sunlight. But this didn't affect their first experience.

"In the past, my wife and I only chose to stay at hotels while traveling, " he said. "We are very happy to have discovered glamping and it is also a new way of socializing. My son used to be a shy boy, but now he gets along quite well with other people. "

Zhang is also surprised to see how popular glamping has become. The first time he went there in 2019, only 500 people joined in. But when he went there for the second time in 2020, he saw over 5, 000 people. 

Alonzo Carter, also known as Zo, is currently a football coach for the San Jose State Spartans in California. He's trained countless student athletes, which often means his previous job in the hip-hop industry goes unnoticed. But not always!

Back in 1989, he and a few of his college friends auditioned（试演） for a music video. The song? MC Hammer's still-unknown classic, Let's Get It Started. They were hired on the spot and soon went on tours with him! As the summer came to an end, Zo assumed he'd return to college to finish his degree and reclaim his spot on the football team, but MC Hammer gained great popularity and started taking over the airwaves. Zo had a huge decision to make and ultimately joined MC Hammer as a permanent（长期的） backup dancer! But Zo couldn't shake his passion for football. He eventually left the group to return to his high school in Oakland, California, where he began coaching track and football.

Decades later, Zo is one of the most well-known and respected college football coaches and doesn't call much attention to his hip-hop beginnings. But at a training practice in 2017, a familiar song started playing over the PA system（广播系统）. It happened that the head coach Brent Brennan had caught wind of Zo's past and wanted him to show off his moves.

Without missing a beat, Zo dived in and started doing the Hammer Dance he had helped create all those years before. The moves came to him as easily as they had done back in the day, and his players obviously couldn't get enough of his impressive talent.

Zo is a good reminder of how surprising career paths can be. Just think what would have happened if he hadn't gone to that audition! The Hammer Dance wouldn't exist as we know it, which would be a real tragedy（悲剧）.

Book Recommendation

Olive, Mabel and Me by Andrew Cotter

This is a funny telling of how a sports commentator turned his two dogs into Internet sensations（轰动）. If you've seen videos of dogs and laughed your but t off, the book provides the same humor, along with wonderful pictures of dogs and Scottish highlands. Let's face it—who doesn't need a good laugh, and pictures of dogs?

—Isabel Quintana

Bruno, Chief of Police by Martin Walker

A mystery series focused on Bruno Courrèges, the chief of police in the small town of St. Denis in the Périgord region of southwestern France. Walker brings his knowledge both as a journalist and as a resident of St. Denis to these pages, as he explores the culture and socio-economic changes occurring in contemporary rural France. 

—Edward Copenhagen

Land of Aeolia by Ilias Venezis, translated by Therese Sellers

The author writes of his peaceful childhood summers in Anatolia, before the horrors of World War I and the loss of his homeland. This is a beautiful novel that is beyond language and country and brings back memories of a lost world. I have found some English translations of modern Greek literature lacking the ability to express the richness of the Greek language, but Sellers deals with this playful and magical language beautifully. 

—Rhea Lesage

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

I wish everyone hoping to start a home garden could read the chapter The Three Sisters. The author, an authority on plant study, describes how the three work and play together. She expertly creates a sense of mystery and beauty of everyday life. And she reminds readers how much we could learn from our sisters and brothers. 

—Steve Shutt

Two Golden Hearts

Meg and her eight-year-old daughter, Haley, were on their way home from school, and it had just stopped raining. "What's that squeaky(吱吱作响的) noise?" Meg asked. She looked down at the girl's shoes and noticed her shoes had been tor open. Water on the road had leaked into Haley's damaged shoes, making the squeaky noise.

Meg immediately took her daughter to a shoe store to buy her a new pair of shoes. She had some money for groceries but thought getting Haley a new pair of shoes was more important. "How about these?" asked Haley, who was checking shoes in the section only for boys.

Meg frowned and approached her daughter. 

"Mama, I want these sneakers(运动鞋). Buddy needs them badly. "

Meg was surprised. Not only did she not have money to afford two pairs of shoes, but she wondered why Haley was too interested in getting her classmate Buddy a new pair. "Why do you want to do that?" asked Meg. Haley's tone became serious. "Buddy is from a very poor family, mama. Poorer than us. His shoes are tom. Everybody laughs at him. Please, can we buy these shoes for him? You can buy mine later. "

Meg thought for a while and decided it would be best if she bought her daughter shoes for now. "You will fall sick if you keep wearing your wet, tom shoes. I'm sorry, honey, but I really can't afford two pairs. "

Haley sighed (叹气) heavily but agreed. 

As Meg and Haley left, Bob, the shoe store owner who knew Meg well, walked to the entrance and sighed. He had overheard everything and knew what it was like to live in poverty. He wanted to help Haley complete her mission of helping Buddy but didn't know how. Moreover, the sneakers Haley wanted to get for Buddy was a limited-edition collection. They were pretty expensive, and he could not just give them away for free.

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Suddenly, Bob remembered the store's basement where unsold shoes were stored.

The next morning, Haley was surprised to find a shoe box on the doorstep. 

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The silver jewelry produced by the Miao ethnic group has been the key to driving rural development in Taijiang County, area located in the Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture(自治州)of Guizhou Province. 

The jewelry is a magnificent treasure of Miao culture, (present) delicate silver jewels and traditional craftsmanship. The Miao ethnic group(keep)the tradition of decorating themselves with handmade silver ornaments for over 400 years. In May 2011, the silver forging skill of the Miao ethnic group was recognized and included in the third group of(nation)intangible cultural heritage list. 

(drive)by the popularity of ethnic festivals and people's growing interest in silver jewelry, the local tourism industry has enjoyed a boost in recent years. To (far) encourage development, Taijiang County has focuseddeveloping the ethnic folk handicraft industry, aiming to enhance the promotion of traditional Miao silver jewelry, create more job (opportunity)and boost regional tourism. By the end of 2021, there were 102 local enterprises devoted to making silver jewelry, total output value reached more than100 million yuan($13. 68 million). This significant growth in the silver jewelry industry has laid a strong foundation for the county (promote)rural revitalization.

For years, Sammie Vance, 14, has been helping kids who feel lonely make friends. She has been 1 the Buddy Bench program since the third grade. The program was that anyone at school feeling 2 could sit on the "buddy bench", telling other kids he or she needed a friend.

Sammie got the 3  for the program at a summer camp in 2017. She thought it would be cool to have a buddy bench in her 4 , so when she returned, she 5  the idea to the headteacher. 

Getting 6 for the project was just the first step. "There have been a lot of other 7 , like money, " Sammie says. To cut down costs and be eco-friendly, Sammie decided to make the bench out of 8 material. So she got her community to gather bottle caps.

9  of the project got out, and soon Sammie was getting caps from people in all 50 states, and even from people in Germany, the Netherlands, and other countries. 10 , she collected more than 1, 200 pounds of bottle caps. A company called Green Tree Plastics was 11  of upcycling (升级改造) these into three benches. 

Not long after that, 12 her own school, more than 200 schools and parks nationwide, in Mexico and Australia 13 benches through the program as well. Her work continues to spread 14 far and wide. "We recently got a bench in Ghana, Africa, " she says.

Sammie thinks her small gesture can make other people's day and that even small acts of kindness can 15 .

A majority of the people do not read the classics. Their reasons begin with the language being too difficult and end with the storyline to distant to the present context. Love for classics is obviously not at first sight.  We begin as acquaintances (泛泛之交) and eventually become close friends with private jokes between us. So how does one approach a classic?

Don't be afraid to be confused.

We get it: it's hard to power through confusion. It doesn't feel great when a book makes you feel confused. Every reader has to start somewhere. Instead, be proud of yourself for trying, and get excited about all the new things you'll learn.

Research, research, research.

Researching the author-and the time and place they were writing about-can help you situate yourself during tricky passages. The author's experience, viewpoint, and historical context might help you make the connections you might not have otherwise.

Just pick the book up.

This step is self-explanatory. While it's not hard to just pick a book up, we know how difficult it can be to convince yourself to do so. Take a deep breath, then leap onto the deck (甲板) of Melville's Pequod or step cautiously through the gates of Castle Dracula.

Remember: there is no right answer.

There is no perfect way to read a classic text. There is no defining interpretation, no singular, exact answer. Your goal as a reader is to discover what aspects and insights are meaningful to you. Enjoy the process. Even if your interpretation of the work isn't quite perfect, it is still valuable!

A. It is a gradual affair. 

B. Allow the book to grow with you. 

C. It has some form of historical influence. 

D. Before you turn to page one, do some digging. 

E. Never beat yourself up for not knowing something. 

F. Remind yourself that it's a new learning opportunity.

G. Consider what confuses you, read with intention, and think critically. 

What do the random, scribbled (潦草的)drawings crowding the margins (页边空白处) of most high school students' papers mean? When a student is caught doodling (乱画) in class, he will probably be criticized for daydreaming. But doodling while listening can help with remembering details, rather than implying that the mind is wandering, according to a study published in the scientific journal Applied Cognitive Psychology. 

In an experiment conducted by the Medical Research Council's Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge, 40 subjects were asked to listen to a two-minute tape giving several names of people and places. Half of the participants were asked to shade in shapes on a piece of paper at the same time, without paying attention to neatness, while the rest were given no such instructions. After the tape had finished, all participants in the study were asked to recall the names of people and places. The doodlers recalled on average 7.5 names of people and places, compared to only 5.8 by the non-doodlers.

"If someone is doing a boring task, like listening to a dull telephone conversation, they may start to daydream. " said study researcher, Professor Jackie Andrade, of the School of Psychology, University of Plymouth. "Daydreaming distracts them from the task, resulting in poorer performance. A simple task, like doodling, may be sufficient (足够的) to stop daydreaming without affecting performance on the main task. "

"In psychology, tests of memory or attention will often use a second task to selectively block a particular mental process. If that process is important for the main task, then performance will be impaired. But my research suggests that in everyday life doodling may be something we do because it helps to keep us on track with a boring task, rather than being an unnecessary distraction (分心) that we should try to resist doing. " said Andrade.

Dan Ware, a social study teacher, used to consider doodling a distraction from learning, but after teaching kids with all personality types he learned scribbling away during lectures helps certain students remember more information. "In my first few years of teaching, I thought, ‘Well, this kid isn't paying attention. He's daydreaming. ' But I had some really powerful experiences with students and came to understand in many cases that was their way of focusing, and those students were probably paying more attention than other students. " Ware said.

If you followed the Rio Olympic Games, you may have noticed that several athletes, including US swimmer Michael Phelps, had circular bruises (青肿) on their bodies. These bruises were the result of "cupping (拔火罐) therapy", a traditional Chinese medicinal practice that has been around for more than 2, 000 years.

Many athletes say that they have benefited from the therapy. Phelps used the therapy in the fall of 201 and has used it about twice a week since, reported ABC News. Another US swimmer, Dana Vollmer, also believes that "it really helps with blood flow".

However, some have said that the supposed health effects result from people's feeling that the treatment works, rather than any physical effect of the treatment. To figure out cupping therapy has any physical effect, last year researchers from Germany carried out a test in which a false treatment was provided.

In the study, the same type of cups was used in the real treatment and the false treatment. But in the false treatment, the cups had a hole at the top so that they couldn't create the proper suction (吸力).

The tested patients, who suffered from a disorder that caused a lot of pain, were told that they would receive either a traditional cupping or "soft cupping". But they were not informed that the so-called "soft cupping" was a false treatment.

It turned out that most patients correctly guessed which kind of cupping they had received. In both groups, patients also experienced about the same reductions in pain. "The results suggest the effects of cupping therapy might come from factors that are not necessarily part of the treatment itself, " the researchers told the Live Science website.

The question of whether cupping therapy works still needs to be answered. "But because the treatment is relatively safe and it could be helpful for some people, the therapy can be used as part of a comprehensive treatment program involving other exercises, nutritional choices and lifestyle changing, " Dr Brent Bauer, director of the US Complementary and Integrative Medicine Program at Mayo Clinic, told Live Science.

The power of "seeing"

A spoon-billed sandpiper (勺嘴鹬) steps into the frame, heading straight for a small bug placed there. It swallows its food with its spoon-shaped beak. 

The performance is for Joel Sartore, founder of Photo Ark, a personal effort to document animals around the world. 

The critically endangered bird, of which there are fewer than 1, 000 individuals in the wild, is the 13, 000th species Sartore has photographed in 16 years. His goal is 20, 000. 

Before he started Photo Ark, Sartore spent more than a decade working as a photographer for National Geographic, mainly covering conservation stories in the field. He had seen wildlife decreasing firsthand, but felt like the public wasn't interested.

Sartore thought of a new way to inspire people. He picked up his camera and set about taking shots of wildlife-but rather than recording animals in the wild he wanted to photograph them outside their natural habitat. He visited zoos, aquariums and rehabilitation (康复) centers and photographed portraits of individual animals against a white or black backdrop (背景幕). 

"This allows you to look them in the eye and see that there's great beauty there and that they are worth saving, " he said. "We are primates and we respond to eye contact above all else. "

The response has indeed been huge. Sartore has more than 1.6 million followers on Instagram and a best-selling series of Photo Ark books. Part of the proceeds (收益) from his books goes to fund on-the-ground conservation efforts. 

Gary Ward who works at London Zoo where Sartore has shot before said, "Seeing is the first step to caring, and caring is the first step to conservation action. "

By choosing animals outside their natural habitat, Sartore admits he will only show a small part of the world's wildlife. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, there are more than 2 million described species on the planet, and he plans to photograph just 1% of them. But doing so allows him to spotlight species that are already extinct in the wild, and those that would be difficult to take portraits of in their natural habitat. It also enables him to shoot in a controlled environment, meaning the animal can be kept safe and comfortable, with zookeepers or carers on hand to advise on its behavior.

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