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A cute toy named Labubu is becoming a famous symbol of Chinese popular culture. Labubu has rabbit ears and a big grin. It is a collectable toy has won the hearts of many people around the world.

Although Labubu (be) on the market for a few years, its sales really saw a huge increase in 2025. Its Chinese maker, Pop Mart, reported that toys created $670 million in just the first half of 2025. Interestingly, about 40% of these toy sales were outside China., the doll's popularity caused some problems. In the UK, there were fights among people wanting to buy it. This situation led Pop Mart to stop selling the doll in its UK stores for a short time.

Besides toys, Chinese culture is (quick) expanding its global influence through video games. A great example is Black Myth: Wukong, a game (base) on the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West, which sold 10 million (copy) within just three days of its release in 2024.

Many young people think that these cultural products are (excite) and full of new ideas. They are happy (see) Chinese stories reaching a wider audience. It is important step for Chinese culture to go global.

Although positive thinking has not cured my illnesses, it has8 enabled me to perform these physical tasks. I see my life as a race against illness. I know one will win9, but I never give up.

My son, a doctor, once said that a positive attitude greatly10 our body and immune system, though we can't fully11 how. His words gave me more12 to continue.

I've learned that progress comes in small13. Each day I challenge myself just a little more. This way has brought unexpected14 to my life.

My advice is simple: do what you can,15 you can. Never underestimate the power of positive thinking.

The word "breakfast" means "breaking the fast" after a night without eating. Breakfast provides a perfect opportunity to refill these used-up resources, such as protein and calcium (钙). Scientific studies often support this idea. They show a link between eating breakfast and better weight management. One large study found that breakfast eaters typically had a lower BMI.

However, the issue is more complex. Some experts believe other factors are more important. Professor Alexandra Johnstone, for instance, suggests that people who often don't eat breakfast are usually less likely to know about good nutrition (营养). They are also more likely to exercise regularly and avoid harmful habits like smoking.

In fact, skipping breakfast is part of a popular eating pattern. This eating pattern has been shown to offer benefits like improved blood sugar control and lower blood pressure.

So, what should we do? The answer may be different among people. For others, skipping it might suit their bodies better. What truly matters is keeping a balanced diet and a healthy lifestyle overall seems to be far more important than focusing on any single meal.

A. They never miss their breakfast to stay in good shape.

B. While we sleep, our bodies use stored nutrients for repair.

C. For some, a morning meal provides energy and prevents overeating later.

D. This is mainly because they tend to burn fewer calories.

E. Meanwhile, breakfast eaters may lead a healthier lifestyle in general.

F. This has led many health experts to actively recommend a healthy breakfast for weight control.

G. Interestingly, skipping breakfast isn't always viewed negatively.

AI's influence is also strong in the stock market. AI-related stocks have risen nonstop to hit all-time highs, a clear sign that the capital market is mostly optimistic about AI's future. In China, integrating AI into production and daily life has become a key national plan. Later, the State Council released a document on the "AI+" action. This plan aims to mix AI with all industries over 10 years, split into three stages covering six major areas, and its goal is to build a new intelligent social and economic structure.

A survey this year found 53.1% of people feel excited about AI, 26% are pleasantly surprised, and only 11% hold negative views. Most believe AI will change life like the mobile internet did. Since China launched the "Internet+" plan 10 years ago, the internet has developed widely, driving industrial upgrades, consumption shifts, and better living conditions.

But technology is a double-edged sword. Many worry AI "workers" may take human jobs; some experts warn over-reliance on AI for thinking could weaken human critical thinking and creativity. A study by MIT even showed AI users have weaker neural connections than those who don't use such tools. AI also faces urgent issues: its "black box" makes output hard to predict, and "model hallucinations" produce wrong content. Still, AI is key to global competition — no innovation-powered country wants to miss this chance. As we welcome its development, we need to "fasten our seat belts." Luckily, China's plan puts "safety and control" first, suggesting stronger measures to prevent misuse.

Leaders like OpenAI's Sam Altman and China's Unitree Robotics founder Wang Xingxing agree: AI needs time to develop and will reshape the world step by step.

A 2024 survey by China's CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) found that 78.6% of Chinese adults use electronic devices (like phones or tablets) before sleep. Even 46.3% of people over 55 have this habit. Data also points out that some groups are more likely to do so: people aged 18-28, office workers who often work overtime, and older adults who use social media to keep in touch with family. Besides, those who stay up late, struggle to fall asleep, or rely on phones for fun are also more likely to use phones before bed.

The health risks of using phones before bed are clear and affect many areas. A 2023 study by the WHO (World Health Organization) showed that people who use phones for just 30 minutes before bed have a 127% higher risk of insomnia than those who avoid screens one hour earlier. A Norwegian survey of 45,000 young people further proved that each extra hour of night-time phone use increases the risk of insomnia by 59% and cuts sleep time by 24 minutes.

Beyond poor sleep, there are more health risks. A 2023 study by Peking Union Medical College revealed that adults over 55 who use phones before bed scored 38.7% lower in memory tests — this is like their thinking ability aging 7 to 10 years. A 2024 study in the Journal of Cardiology also found that this habit raises the risk of heart disease by 28.5%.

Even "protective" tools like blue light glasses don't work perfectly. A 2025 study noted that while these glasses reduce eye strain, scrolling through phones still delays sleep by 48 minutes. Worse, the harm isn't temporary: long-term late-night phone use can disturb the body's circadian rhythm (the body's natural sleep-wake cycle) for weeks, even after the habit is stopped. The main cause is the blue light from screens, which cuts down melatonin (褪黑素) production by 67.3%, making 8 hours of rest equal to only 4 hours of quality sleep.

The doctor told Leo he needed to rest for two months. "No more running for a while," the doctor said gently. Leo felt his heart sink. He sat on his bedroom floor that night, staring at his track shoes. "I'll never make it to the meet now," he whispered to himself. His mom noticed his sadness and sat down next to him. "Challenges don't stop dreams, Leo," she said. "They just test how much you want them."

Leo thought about his mom's words. Instead of giving up, he decided to work hard — even while he couldn't run. He did stretching exercises to keep his leg strong, watched videos of top runners to learn their techniques, and helped his teammates hand out water during practice. When his leg finally healed, Leo returned to the track. At first, he was slow — much slower than before. But he didn't get discouraged. He ran a little farther each day, and his coach praised him for his hard work.

The city sports meet arrived in late May. Leo stood at the starting line of the 800-meter race, his hands slightly shaking. The whistle blew, and the runners took off. Leo kept a steady pace, remembering all the techniques he'd learned. In the last 100 meters, he felt a burst of energy. He ran as fast as he could, passing two runners before crossing the finish line. He didn't win first place — he got third — but when he looked up, he saw his mom and coach cheering loudly.

"I did it," Leo said with a smile. He realized that winning wasn't the most important thing. What mattered was that he never gave up, even when things were hard. From that day on, Leo knew he could overcome any challenge — one step at a time.

The Little Mermaid (Copenhagen, Denmark)

This 1.2-meter-tall bronze statue is inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's famous fairy tale. It sits quietly on a rock by Langelinie Pier — and the best part? It's free to visit To avoid crowds around this popular spot, arrive early, between 8:00 and 9:00 a.m. The ideal time to go is from April to September, when the weather is mild and snow won't ruin your trip.

Geirangerfjord (More og Romsdal, Norway)

As a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it's famous for its deep blue waters and amazing waterfalls like the Seven Sisters. The best way to see its beauty up close is a two-hour boat tour, which costs about 300 NOK per adult. June to August is the perfect time to visit: the ice melts these months, so boat tours run regularly — you won't miss this unforgettable experience.

Skansen Open-Air Museum (Stockholm, Sweden)

If you love history and culture, go to Skansen Open-Air Museum — the world's first open-air museum. It shows what Swedish life was like from the 18th to the 20th centuries. Inside, you can walk through old farmhouses, watch traditional crafts like weaving, and even meet gentle animals such as moose — all for free. But adults need to pay an entry fee of 180 SEK: kids under 7 get in for free. Visit from May to October, when the museum's outdoor exhibits are fully open.

Santa Claus Village (Rovaniemi, Finland)

Located right on the Arctic Circle, this village is known as Santa Claus "official home." Here, you can take photos with Santa (about 25 EUR per person, and reservations are recommended), send postcards with special Arctic Circle stamps, and even step across the clearly marked Arctic Circle line for a fun souvenir. November to February is magical: the village is covered in snow, filled with a cozy Christmas feel, and you might even see the Northern Lights.

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Anglia Wenfeng, the (found) of DeepSeek, was born in 1985 in Zhanjiang, Guangdong. He earned his master's degree in information (engineer) from Zhejiang University. In 2015, he set up the quantitative hedge-fund High-Flyer, algorithm-driven trading firm focused on big data (数据) strategies. With code able (label) market data varying from micro-second ticks macro news, the system kept its (accurate) above 30 percent. By 2021 it had managed RMB 100 billion and had quietly stocked 10,000 NVIDIA GPUs, which, he warned, might one day(ban) under U.S. export rules.

In May 2023, he set himself another larger objective. He chose not to open another profit-driven branch, but to found DeepSeek as an open-research lab, mission — developing AGI — is (appeal) to any engineer who wants to solve the hardest problem on Earth. DeepSeek's V3 model, (automatic) trained for only $5.6 million on 2,048 old H800 chips, now matches GPT-4 on most tests, which has already forced domestic rivals to cut API prices by 90 percent.

"Your mother looks so3 in that sweatshirt," my father said when we were wandering the corridors of the memory care unit. Mom was walking4, holding each of our arms, her head bent. I hadn't really5 her clothes, but I stopped to look. Her pink sweatshirt highlighted the rosy color in her6. When she looked at me and smiled, her face7. It took my father's observation for me to see my mother in a new light.

"I discovered a sure way to make your mother8." my father said. Later, when Mom was deep into the9 stages. We were seated next to Mom's bed, watching her twist her sheet. I10 forward, eager for my father's thoughts. My usual ways of making Mom smile were11 me and I felt sad when she and I were unable to connect.

"12 this," he said and he leaned forward and gave Mom a series of13 kisses on her cheek. She smiled, then she giggled and her beauty shone so strongly that I14 understood what my father had always known: beauty is there,15 you're looking with your heart.

The thrill of a frightening film can feel incredibly delightful — and mild horror, say researchers, can also help develop lasting psychological toughness. Palms sweat, heartbeat quickens, muscles tense. Is this just the relief of having survived — or is it something more?

Fear is an ancient emotion and scary stories are rooted in human history. In early societies, scary tales were used to teach children about dangers they might encounter. A study found that horror fans were mentally tougher. "They have, to some extent, been exposed to similar scenes and can draw on that experience to face new, uncertain realities." says Malmdorf-Andersen.

To investigate the relationship between enjoyment and fear, Malmdorf-Andersen studied a group of people who went to a haunted house (鬼屋). The findings indicated that humans don't like being too far from their normal physiological state. "There might be a sweet spot between fear and enjoyment." says Malmdorf-Andersen. "At that spot, a flood of fear quickly followed by relief results in the release of feel-good chemicals in the brain rewarding you with a sudden rush of intense delight."

We all have a unique sense of what we find scary — what can be a thrill for one person can be truly terrifying for another. So dare to be scared — but just the right amount.

A. However, keep in mind that everyone is different.

B. Instead, they do enjoy being just a little bit out of their comfort zone.

C. Today, what draws people to watch a good scare?

D. When fear dies down, we can be left with feelings of pleasure.

E. This indicates that enjoyment of fear makes sense if you look at it as a "form of play".

F. As a matter of fact, they prefer to stay in their comfort zones.

G. They are the signs to fight the dangers.

"We think that one of the important functions of conversational AI is empathy (移情，共鸣),"explained lead author Dr Koji Inoue, an assistant professor at Kyoto University in the Department of Intelligence Science and Technology within the Graduate School of Informatics. "One way a robot can empathize with users is to share their laughter."

In the shared-laughter model, a human first laughs and the AI system responds with laughter as an empathetic response. This approach required designing three subsystems — one to detect laughter, a second to decide whether to laugh, and a third to choose the type of appropriate laughter. The type of laughter is also important, because in some cases a polite chuckle may be more appropriate than a loud snort of laughter.

The team tested Erica's new sense of humor by creating four different short dialogues between a person and Erica with her new shared-laughter system. Then they asked more than 130 people in total to listen to each dialogue within the three different conditions — shared-laughter system, no laughter, all laughter — and evaluated the interactions based on human-likeness, naturalness and understanding. The shared-laughter system performed better than either baseline(基准).

"Robots should actually have a distinct character, and we think that they can show this through their conversational behaviors, such as laughing, eye gaze, gestures and speaking style," Inoue added, "We do not think this is an easy problem at all, and it may well take more than 10 to 20 years before we can finally have a casual chat with a robot like we would with a friend."

"The next fifteen years will see a revolution in how we work, and a revolution will necessarily take place in how we plan and think about workplaces," said Peter Andrew, Director of Workplace Strategy for CBRE Asia Pacific.

A growing number of jobs in the future will require creative intelligence, social skills and the ability to use artificial intelligence.

The report is based on interviews with 200 experts, business leaders and young people from Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. It shows that in the US technology already ravages more job opportunities than it creates.

But the report states, "Losing occupations does not change what people do." Growth in new jobs could occur as much, according to the research.

"The growth of 20 to 40 person companies that have the speed and technological know-how will directly challenge big companies." it states.

A 2024 report by Pew Research found 52 percent of experts in artificial intelligence and robotics were optimistic about the future and believed there would still be enough jobs in the next few years. The optimists pictured "a future in which robots do not take the place of more jobs than they create" according to Aaron Smith, the report's co-author.

"Technology will continue to affect jobs, but more jobs seem likely to be created. Although there have always been unemployed people, when we reached a few billion people there were billions of jobs. There is no shortage of things that need to be done and that will not change." Microsoft's Jonathan Grudin told researchers.

Tu Youyou was born in Ningbo in 1930. At 16, her battle with tuberculosis (肺结核) inspired her mission to relieve human suffering through science, leading her to Peking University in 1951, where her strict academic training laid the groundwork for her future work at the intersection (交叉) of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and modern science.

After graduation, she conducted vital research on herbal medicines, clarifying long-standing confusion over plant species. In 1969, Tu led a team to comb through 2,000 ancient TCM texts and folk cures. A 4th-century text eventually inspired a key idea: extracting Artemisia annua (sweet wormwood) with ether (乙醚) could preserve its active part. After 190 failed experiments, success came. By 1972, her team had extracted pure artemisinin, proved safety on themselves, and confirmed its effectiveness.

Artemisinin has revolutionized malaria treatment, reducing incidence by 37% and death rate by 60% between 2000 and 2015, saving an estimated 5.9 million children's lives (WHO, 2015). This achievement earned Tu the 2011 Lasker Award and, in 2015, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — the first Nobel in a scientific field for a Chinese scientist and a landmark for TCM's global recognition. She later received China's Highest National Science and Technology Award (2016) and was named among Time's 100 Most Influential Women (2020).

Nevertheless, Tu remains humble, emphasizing that artemisinin is "a gift from TCM and the collective effort of her team." At 94, she rises at dawn to monitor resistance trials, records every data point by hand, and personally replies to rural doctors seeking advice. Her humility, resilience, and quiet dedication continue to inspire scientists worldwide.

Big Bend National Park

This remote and dry part of west Texas, U. S. A., has more cactus (仙人掌) species than any other national park, as well as birds such as roadrunners and bright yellow Scott's orioles, and animals such as javelina. But encounters with wildlife seem different in the desert. They remind you that life is where you least expect to find it.

Azores

The Azores, a necklace of nine attractive islands in the middle of the Atlantic, are part of Portugal. These volcanic islands are known for whale-watching and hot springs. The islands' pools, volcanic lakes, waterfalls and steaming geysers (间歇泉) all bear witness to the violent volcanic forces.

Botswana

The southern African country of Botswana continues to face a series of threats to its expansive, wildlife-rich national parks and game reserves, ranging from illegal hunting to overtourism. But new measures are helping case some of the pressure. The Tuli Block holds animals like leopards and a large elephant population. Visitors can enjoy guided safaris here, experiencing the stunning wildlife up close while supporting conservation efforts.

Guyana

Thick rain forests, vast savannahs (稀树草原), magical mountain ranges and grand rivers-Guyana may be one of South America's smaller nations, but it holds strong appeal for nature-lovers. Natural highlights range from leopards moving quietly in thick forests to large eagles in the skies and wow-moments like Kaeteur Falls, one of the world's highest single drop waterfalls.