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Welcome to our university's Botanic Garden—plan your visit，and find out about what we do!

You can either pay at the Ticket Office on arrival，or book your tickets online.Please note：Tickets cannot be used on any date other than the one they were booked for and are non-refundable（不可退款的）.

Guidelines for Visitors

The Garden is an active research facility and a living museum with a collection of over 8，000 plants.

Please bear in mind some simple rules for your visit：

•Only trained working dogs are permitted to enter the Garden.

•Children must stay with a grown-up at all times.

•Stick strictly to the paths and lawns（草坪）.

•Do not climb the trees.

•Please do not pick any part of a growing plant.

•Cycling and ball games are not permitted in the Garden.

Guided Tours in the Garden

With over 8，000 plant species and a wonderful range of gardens and plantings to enjoy，there is something for everyone at the Garden，and many different aspects to appeal to a wide variety of interest groups.

Free Drop-in Weekend Tours

Enjoy a free-of-charge Garden tour with one of our expert guides，taking in the seasonal highlights of the Garden.

Our weekend tours are available every Sunday at 11：30 a.m.and 2 p.m.throughout the year.During the months of January and February these tours focus on the Winter Garden，Snowdrops and general winter interest.

The free tours last one hour and start from the Fountain，near the MainLawn.

Group Tours

Our experienced volunteer guides will help you enjoy the highlights and provide some of the background history and development of this amazing garden.

These 90-minute，pre-bookable tours are ideal for adult groups wishing to make the most of their visit to our 40-acre site.Please visit the Group Guided Tours page for more details.

Life is a road full of minor inconveniences and major setbacks，which everyone faces，

1 wealth or social rank. That is why optimism，the ability to see the 2 side of every negative situation，is key to success.

What made optimism so meaningful to me was when I 3 the A team of the basketball club for the upcoming season. I had always been the starting point guard，and my4 on the A team was something I took for granted. However，I only made the B team，5 I worked my hardest. I didn't understand why until I saw the new A team，crowded with players that all6 me. 

I had to give the B team a chance. But to my7 ，the play level was much lower than what I was used to. I lost the drive I'd had before and gradually became8 . 

One day I came across a social media post of another basketball team，whose point guard was much more9 than her teammates. When her team-mates made multiple mistakes10 ，which cost them several points，I expected her to be upset，but11 ，she patted her teammates on the back and comforted them. As I watched her more，I noticed that she led her team，always 12 and uplifting her teammates. 

The realization hit me like lightning. What I thought was a13 turned out to be a valuable opportunity，presenting a rare chance to develop14 . So，I started using my15 to be a leader for my team. When our coach needed a（n）16 ，I was the first to raise my hand. When my teammates needed help with a skill，I 17 taught them over and over again. My effort paid off as I18 remarkably not just as a player，but as a person—some-thing I could have never achieved on the A team. 

When facing challenges in life，some people19 them with optimism，while others tend to complain. Optimism is a palette（调色板），with which you can paint your own light in the darkness，shelter in a storm，and most importantly，a better20 of yourself!

—Congratulations!____.

—OK，Paul!____.

Jack looked out of the car window when he and his mom passed their old neighborhood. His fingers tapped nervously on his backpack as his mom told him the moving company had found some lost boxes from their recent move, and she could get them that afternoon.

A feeling of hope rose in Jack' s heart. He asked quietly if Big Dog might be in the boxes. Grandpa had bought the treasured toy dog for him at the fair three years before. Though now eight years old, Jack still needed his old friend back on the shelf above his bed, which had been empty since they moved.

His mom said she wasn't sure. Her voice trembled as she added that the photo albums were confirmed lost by the company — all those precious pictures of festive occasions, birthday celebrations, and family gatherings were gone. Jack recognized that voice, the one that she used when trying to be strong. He knew what the albums meant to her. She promised to check the boxes carefully before picking him up, giving his shoulder a comforting pat (轻拍)。

All day at school, Jack found it hard to sit still, his eyes constantly darting (瞟) to the clock. During math class, he missed Big Dog's lovely eyes. At lunch, he recalled Grandma's warm hug and bright smile from those lost photos. On the playground, his mind wandered back to the joy of their whole family together-laughing and running along the beach under a clear blue sky.

As the art class bell finally rang, Mr. Light announced, "Today you are free to draw anything you wish." Jack stared at the blank paper, memories rushing back. The sad face of his mom popped up and then an idea came to him — maybe he could find a new way to save those memories.

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He knew what he could draw.

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After school, Jack rushed to his mom, with the drawing in his hand.

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Dear Chris,

I'm thrilled about your Taste of China series!

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Yours,

Li Hua

Ben Davy has never been to China, but the Australian history teacher knows one of the country's top attractions is its Terracotta Warriors. So when a major exhibition on the life-sized clay figures opened in Perth, Davy waited with (excite) at the front of the long line at WA Museum Boola Bardip.

The remarkable treasures (journey) to Perth in late June 2025 for the Terracotta Warriors: Legacy of the First Emperor exhibition. Recognized as the most significant event of its kind in the Australian state, the exhibition runs until February 22, 2026, (feature) more than 225 exceptional ancient Chinese items of the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC), nearly half of have never left China before.

During their visit, audiences can examine the warrior figures alongside rare objects of art, everyday life and ancient (ceremony). The experience is enhanced by cutting-edge multimedia that brings ancient stories life and offers breathtaking insights into the mysteries of the emperor's tomb, which remains untouched to this day.

This exhibition, the fruit of long-term Sino-Australian cooperation, enables global audiences (engage) directly with China's ancient heritage. Set to welcome 180,000 visitors, it invites viewers to appreciate the (art) and technological achievements of ancient China, to reflect on how China's past informs its present.

For Davy, opening-day wait was well worth the effort, just as the exhibition continues to amaze visitors today.

Working with five partners from Europe, Singapore and China, Emma was both producer and leading2. On top of rehearsing (排练) her lines, she had to3 budgets and promotion, which was incredibly4.

The performance aims to explore cross-cultural works5 East and West influences, bringing6 stories to the international stage. Beyond Crossroads draws on Emma's personal experiences, reflecting on the growth and7 of cross-cultural youth. It tells the story of how a Chinese student Annie, whose family runs a large supermarket named Crossroads in London,8 between pursuing a law career and the expectation to take over the family business. The supermarket, Crossroads, is central to the play: a business9 from Annie's grandfather and a point of10 between personal ambition and family legacy (传承). The show captures the11 of young people facing family expectations and future decisions.

In the final12 of the play, when Annie confidently appeared in a(n)13 wearing a lawyer's gown (袍), thunderous applause erupted throughout the theater. "This is my life! I think I should get to think what I really want," the audience kept saying, which inspired Emma a lot and she decided to continue bringing more14 cross-cultural stories to the stage.

For Emma Li, the message of the play remains clear: it is about the15 to listen to your own heart, whether it leads you down a familiar path or an entirely new one.

At 5 am, 59-year-old Wang Liyun has already begun her morning reading. At 6 am, she is at work, cleaning office buildings. Within the daily routine of wiping windows and polishing stairs, she has created works such as "Broom and Starry Sky" and written poems like "The Weight of Dust."

Even as she bends low to sweep away dust, she tries to show-through her words and paintings-what it means to live with courage, optimism, and burning passion. "Every corner I clean holds my dignity," she said, "while creating brings me great joy."

Born into a Hunan farming family, Wang left high school early and hold various jobs. In 2017, after her daughter graduated, Wang followed her inner calling. Then in early 2020, carrying all her savings, she arrived in Beijing and became a cleaner in an office building. She carefully cleaned her assigned areas on weekdays, and then withdrew to a tiny tool room during breaks to read and paint. "Reading makes me energetic," she noted.

Two years later, a video of her painting in that tool room went viral, bringing her into the public eye. Despite the attention, Wang still remains calm and clear-headed, committing herself to a simple life and continuing her creation. Since 2023, Wang has published three nonfiction collections and her first full-length novel.

"I never separate dreams from day or night. I walk and dream, head held high. Painting to me is colored poetry; writing is even freer, full of imagination," Wang shared. Apart from her essential cleaning work, reading, writing and painting are the focal points of her schedule. For her, cleaning sustains her body but art lifts her soul.

A. She traveled to Fujian alone to learn painting.

B. This philosophy is reflected in her daily routine.

C. However, her true passion always lay in creative expression.

D. As a result, she became known online as the"cleaner-artist".

E. She believes that hard work is the key to achieving one's goals.

F. During her lunch break, she uses every spare moment to draw or write.

G. Wang proves how one can live a fulfilling life within an ordinary routine.

Now, scientists have come up with a clever plan to help the birds. They are using drones to drop thousands of lab-grown, non-biting male mosquitoes engineered to carry a type of bacteria called Wolbachia that acts as mosquito birth control. When these special males mate with wild females, the resulting eggs will not hatch, which should reduce the overall mosquito population and give the birds a much-needed break.

Since the "Birds, Not Mosquitoes" (BNM) project was started in 2023, over 40 million such mosquitoes have been released. Most of the mosquito drops have been made from helicopters. But recently, scientists began experimenting with eight-foot-long drones. A drone can't carry as many mosquitoes as a helicopter can — just 23,000 compared to 250,000 — but it's safer, because it doesn't require any humans to be on board. Drones are also easier to arrange at a moment's notice, which is a major benefit in an area with often unpredictable weather.

The mosquitoes are being dropped inside small capsules. Each capsule contains roughly 1,000 males, which are kept alive inside a temperature-controlled transport box attached to the drone. Once released, they "fall to the forest floor where they provide protection to the mosquitoes until they're ready to fly away," says Adam Knox, a drone pilot involved in the project. "The capsules then begin to break down once exposed to wind and rain," he adds.

This technique, previously used against human diseases, marks its first wildlife-saving application. With climate change pushing mosquitoes to higher altitudes — the last shelter for honeycreepers, time is running out. Several of the remaining honeycreeper species are highly endangered. Some die after a single bite from an infected mosquito. Thus, curbing the mosquito population with methods like the BNM project may be the birds' only chance to survive.