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AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas man went next door with a rifle and began shooting his neighbors, killing an 8-year-old and four others inside the house, after the family asked him to stop firing in his yard because they were trying to sleep, authorities said Saturday.

Sheriff Greg Capers said authorities were still searching for the 39-year-old suspect following the night shooting in the town of Cleveland, about 45 miles north of Houston. He said the suspect used an AR-style rifle in the shooting.

Capers said there were 10 people in the house and that no one else was injured. He said two of the victims, believed to be from Honduras, were found laying over two children inside.

"The Honduran ladies that were laying over these children were doing it in such an effort as to protect the child," Capers said.

The conflict followed family members walking up to the fence and asking the suspect to stop shooting rounds, Capers said. The suspect responded by telling them that it was his property, according to Capers, and that one person in the house got a video of the suspect walking up to the front door with the rifle.

Three of the victims were women and one was a man. Their names were not released. Capers said the victims were between the ages of 8 and about 40 years old.

Authorities have previously been to the suspect's home, according to Capers. "Police officers have come over and spoke with him about the shooting his gun in the yard," he said.

Capers said some of those in the house had just moved from Houston earlier in the week, but he did not know whether they were planning to stay there.

The US is setting a record pace for mass killings in 2023. The violence is sparked by a range of motives: murder-suicides and domestic violence; gang revenge; school shootings and so on. All have taken the lives of four or more people at once since Jan 1.   

Anyone who has never been to China Braille Library will draw to mind various images of the place.They would wonder how the library works all the way.In fact, the library offers readers a pleasant space with several broad reading rooms on the third floor,and has 18,269 kinds of books, including 3,523 kinds of braille books, 809 kinds of braille journals, 419 kinds of books written in both braille and visible language, and 142 kinds of children's ordinary books.

The library is open to the 17 million visually impaired people in China. This library has an arrangement with China Post, under which it has manufactured a special kind of mailing bag with cards where the address of the library is printed on one side.The borrowers can make phone calls, or send WeChat messages or emails to the librarian, listing the books they are seeking. The librarian then fishes out these books, puts them into the mailing bag, fills in the address of the borrower on the other side of the card and waits for a postman to pick up the bag.Whenever the borrower finishes reading, he or she needs to put the books back into the bag, turn the address card around and put it into a postbox for the books to return to the library.

In the age of multimedia, books have taken various forms. That applies to the world of the visually impaired, too.CBL offers its readers a smart listening device that looks like an old-fashioned cellphone. Guided by a recorded voice, a user has to just press a few buttons to gain access to 20 terabytes of audiobooks stored on the CBL website.The smart listening device is part of a Digital Reading Project for the Blind launched by China Disabled Persons' Federation in 2017.

As part of the program, the government purchased 200,000 such devices and distributed them to the over 400 Braille libraries and barrier-free reading rooms nationwide for lending to the visually impaired. Now, 80 percent of them are still in use, which means more than 160,000 visually impaired people are benefiting from it.

TEAN is committed to giving students a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience studying abroad in a new and exciting culture. We recognize that in many instances additional funding is necessary to make the study abroad experience both affordable and realistic. These scholarships were created as an attempt to help students with the financial commitments required for an international education experience.

TEAN provides numerous scholarships, including an annual full ride scholarship, need- and merit-based scholarships, diversity scholarships, even a photography scholarship, plus others.

TEAN FULL RIDE SCHOLARSHIP

The Education Abroad Network Full Ride Scholarship is designed to give a stand-out student the opportunity to study abroad. The scholarship can be used for any Summer or Fall TEAN program and covers tuition, program fees, orientation and housing.

REQUIREMENTS

● Students must have their study abroad office complete the Statement from University form in order to be considered for the scholarship.

● Must meet GPA （Grade Point Average） requirement for the individual program that they want to attend.

● Must be a university student in the United States.

● Students can only apply for the scholarship once per application cycle; applicants should select their top program choice when applying for the scholarship.

● Scholarship applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

SELECTION CRITERIA

● Will be based on the overall application materials, including a personal essay addressing the following question: "Why have you selected this program? How is it tied to your major?"

● Applications will be judged by a panel of TEAN staff members.

● Assessment will be based on the following: excellence in academics, active participation in extra-curricular activities, achievement in leadership skills, awareness of the value of international education and the personal essay.

● No interview required.

APPLICATION DEADLINE

June 1, 2024

When I was about ten years old, my brother and I received a great gift—a basketball. But the problem was there wasn't a basketball court (球场) near our home.

One Saturday morning, my brother came up with a good idea. He said, "Hey, let's take our ball to the school to play."

I thought it was a great idea, so I agreed. When we arrived at the school, we started playing. But suddenly, something terrible happened. The ball got out of control and hit through one of the classroom windows, breaking the glass into pieces. We looked around and saw that nobody was there, except for an old man sitting nearby.

I whispered to my brother, "What should we do now?"

"Well," my brother replied, "Nobody saw us, except for that old man. But he probably can't see this far, and he doesn't know who we are anyway."

As we got the ball and started going home, we talked about whether we should tell Mom and Dad what had happened. Would we get punished for our mistake? Or should we just keep it a secret? We thought about these things again and again on our way home.

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When we arrived at home, we decided to tell the truth to our parents. 

……

On Monday, my brother and I went to see the headmaster (校长). 

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Hello, everyone,

It is my honor to introduce something about the physical exercise in my school. 

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That's all. Thank you!

Many people are concerned about the benefits of living a healthy lifestyle, but what does that actually mean? Healthy living is about taking (responsible) for your decisions and choices for today and for the future. A healthy lifestyle generally (regard) as a "balanced life" in one makes "wise choices". It is a valuable resource for reducing health- problems, relieving life stress, and improving quality of life.

The right nutrition is necessary to live a healthy lifestyle. Your body requires a well-balanced diet every day in order to maintain the proper amounts of vitamins, proteins and minerals(need) by your body. Physical fitness keeps your weight in check, prevents heart attacks and other  (harm) effects. (basis), there are so many benefits of exercising that you really can live a full life with it.

Emotional stress plays  important role in many illnesses, both directly and indirectly. People are also more likely  (smoke), overeat, drink too much, argue others and so on, when they are feeling stressed. Thus, stress management is currently a new lifestyle, and relaxation techniques are a key part of having a healthy lifestyle. Being healthy (be) so important, so don't hesitate to start a healthy lifestyle right now.

In the second year of my high school, I went abroad to continue my education. Shortly after I settled down with my host family, an Italian girl 1  too. Since the house had limited space, we 2  together. My negative view on roommates started from that moment. My roommate liked to invite friends over and hold parties, but I preferred 3  home by myself. Then 4  started to appear, and I told myself that I never wanted a roommate again.

Unfortunately, life quickly 5 me when I went to college. It required all first-year students to live on 6 , which meant I had to live with someone I didn't know. From that point on, I began to 7 . When I talked to my future roommate Lily for the very first time, I tried my best to smile and nod to hide my nervousness. When she invited me to have lunch, I was completely 8 . I told myself that I should step out of my comfort 9 , even though I could clearly hear my heart beating through my chest. I considered it for a long time, and finally, I accepted her 10 .

After we 11 together for a few weeks, I got to know Lily already owned a small business selling snacks, while I kept 12 to set goals. One night, she asked me what I wanted to do for my career. I looked into her eyes for a long time, and then said, "I don't know." "Don't worry! We will work together, and I'll help you 13 what you are passionate about," she said in a gentle voice. Under her 14 , I found my interest and knew what I wanted to be after graduation. Thanks to her, I felt having a roommate could be so 15 .

Easy Ways to Protect Your Eyes From The Harms of Digital Devices

Most people spend a large amount of time in front of digital devices without protective glasses. Unfortunately, they are simply unaware of the harmful effects that these digital devices have on the eyes.

⒈Exercise your eyes

If you keep your eyes glued to a digital device without blinking or flexing them a bit, they will get accustomed to that device distance.You should try to move your eyes around more, changing their position or flexing them every 20 minutes or less.

⒉Adjust your screen lighting

If you are in a brightly lit room, you will need to increase your screen's brightness setting. If you are working in a dim room, you will need to decrease your screen's light settings.

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Your doctor may recommend you use specialized glasses to reduce glare and eyestrain from your digital device. These glasses will help protect your eyes from harmful glare whenever you use them. Keep in mind that reading glasses don't protect your eyes from this glare.

Never let an eye problem be a hindrance to your work or fun if you are a regular user of digital devices. 

A. Expose your eyes to the daylight

B. Ask your doctor to recommend specialized glasses

C. Your screen lights should be adjusted in relation to your environment.

D. You will experience problems when trying to focus on anything farther or closer to the device.

E. Optometrists (验光师) recommend that you sit at least an arm's length away from your digital screen.

F. By following the above tips, you will help protect your eyes from the problems brought about by digital devices.

G. Below are some easy tips that you can incorporate (使并入) into your daily routine without throwing away your digital devices.

By the end of the century, if not sooner, the world's oceans will be bluer and greener thanks to a warming climate, according to a new study.

At the heart of the phenomenon lie tiny microorganisms (微生物) in the ocean called phytoplankton. Because of the way light reflects off the organisms, these phytoplankton create colorful patterns at the ocean surface. Ocean color varies from green to blue, depending on the type and concentration of phytoplankton. Climate change will fuel the growth of phytoplankton in some areas, while reducing it in other spots, leading to changes in the ocean's appearance.

Phytoplankton live at the ocean surface, where they pull carbon dioxide into the ocean while giving off oxygen. When these organisms die, they bury carbon in the deep ocean, an important process that helps to regulate (调控) the global climate. But phytoplankton are vulnerable to the ocean's warming trend. Warming changes key characteristics of the ocean and can affect phytoplankton growth, since they need not only sunlight and carbon dioxide to grow, but also nutrients.

Stephanie Dutkiewicz, a scientist in MIT's Center for Global Change Science, built a climate model that projects changes to the oceans throughout the century. In a world that warms up by 3C, it found that multiple changes to the color of the oceans would occur. The model projects that currently blue areas with little phytoplankton could become even bluer. But in some waters, such as those of the Arctic, a warming will make conditions more suitable for phytoplankton, and these areas will turn greener. "Not only are the quantities of phytoplankton in the ocean changing." she said, "but the type of phytoplankton is changing."

And why does that matter? Phytoplankton are the base of the food web. If certain kinds begin to disappear from the ocean, Dutkiewicz said, "it will change the type of fish that will be able to live on." Those kinds of changes could affect the food chain.

Whatever color changes the ocean experiences in the coming future will probably be too gradual and unnoticeable, but they could mean significant changes. "It'll be a while before we can statistically show that the changes are happening because of climate change," Dutkiewicz said, "but the change in the color of the ocean will be one of the early warning signals that we really have changed our planet."

We live in a town with three beaches. There are two parks less than 10 minutes' walk from home where neighbourhood children gather to play. However, what my children want to do after school is pick up a screen—any screen—and stare at it for hours. They are not alone. Today's children spend an average of four and a half hours a day looking at screens, which includes watching television and surfing the Internet.

In the past few years, an increasing number of people and organizations have begun coming up with plans to address this trend. A couple of years ago, film-maker David Bond realized that his children, then aged five and three, were attached to screens to the point where he was able to say "chocolate" into his three-year-old son's ear without getting a response. He realized that something needed to change, and, being a London media worker, appointed himself "marketing director for Nature". He documented his journey as he set about treating nature as a brand to be marketed to young people. The result was Project Wild Thing, a film which charts the birth of the "Wild Network", a group of organizations with the common goal of getting children out into nature.

"Just five more minutes outdoors can make a difference," David Bond says. "There is a lot of really interesting evidence which seems to be suggesting that if children are inspired up to the age of seven, then being outdoors will be a habit for life." His own children have got into the habit of playing outside now: "We just send them out into the garden and tell them not to come back in for a while."

Summer is upon us. There is an amazing world out there, and it needs our children as much as they need it. Let us get them out and let them play.