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Dear Hans,

……

Yours

Li Hua

The whole class burst out laughing as Mohi rushed into the classroom. He was a strange sight. His half-buttoned white shirt revealed a red striped pajama (睡衣) top underneath, and instead of white school shoes, he had on a pair of bright green sandals that were two sizes too big. The physics teacher's hand froze in the middle of writing a formula on the blackboard.

Mohi murmured, "Sorry, teacher," and rushed to his seat. Mr. Tan glared at the rest of the students. The chuckles (咯咯笑) quickly died down. Mohi's classmates always looked forward to Mondays. Nine times out of ten, they would be entertained by Mohi's late arrival and his odd appearance which usually included inappropriate clothing. That day, it was the pajama top and green sandals.

Mohi lived just a street away from the school. He walked to school daily. Students passing by in buses would yell his name at the same time just to see him jump and stop suddenly. When he spotted the merry crowd in the bus, he would wave good-naturedly. Although Mohi was likable, he was too lost in his own thoughts to make friends. His classmates found him amusing but they ignored him most of the time. Only Hamed, who sat next to Mohi, tried to be his friend.

The following Monday, Mohi did not turn up at school. His classmates were a little disappointed but quickly forgot about him. After school, Hamed decided to walk over to Mohi's house to check on him. As he approached the gate, he could hear violin music. "Mohi must be listening to music, since he had never played music at school." Hamed thought. He called Mohi's name a few times but there was no response. The gate was not locked. Hamed let himself in. The music played on.

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As Hamed looked closely through a window, his eyes widened in surprise.

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When Teacher's Day came around, Hamed convinced the class to let Mohi perform.

When it comes to foods that are more than worthy of being posted all over social media, Chinese sugar painting, a traditional Chinese form of folk art, deserves some time in the spotlight. Hot liquid sugar is used (create) two-dimensional figures like small animals. Sugar art is pretty popular  children, but it's beautiful enough to interest anyone.

Hot sugar is poured from a small spoon onto a flat surface where the outline of the figure (draw) with a thick stream of sugar. Then (relative) thinner sugar is added to support the outline and fill in the figure of the body in a (combine) of zig-zags or other patterns, supported by a wooden stick. "Painting" artistic pieces from melted sugar (differ) from regular painting. Because the hot sugar cools down very quickly, the painter has to work quickly, (make) sure he gets every shape just right.

Customers traditionally spin  arrow on a wheel. It lands on a certain figure  is inspired by nature or wildlife in forms of a dragon, fish, monkey, bird or flower basket. This ancient Sichuan art form might not be as common as it once was, but it still has the power to amaze (tourist) who come across talented street artists that make these amazing creations.

Jenifer now lives in Detroit, USA. She thinks she may have a partial solution for two of the country's big problems: garbage and 1 . It's called the Chip Bag Project. The 26-year-old student is asking a favour of local snack 2 . Rather than litter your empty chip bags, 3  them so she can turn them into sleeping bags.

Chip-eaters 4  their bags at two locations in Detroit, where Jenifer and her 5  collect them. It takes about four hours to 6 a sleeping bag, each taking around 300 chip bags. The 7  is a sleeping bag that is "lightweight and waterproof," Jenifer told the media.

Since its start in 2020, the Chip Bag Project has collected over 800,000 chip bags and, as to last December, 8  110 sleeping bags.

Sure, it would be 9  to raise the money to buy new sleeping bags. But that's only half the 10  for Jenifer and her fellow volunteers. "We are devoted to making a difference not only socially, but 11 ," she says.

Of course, there's the symbolism of recycling bags that would 12  land in the garbage and using them to help the 13 . And it's surely a(n) 14  that environmental injustice and poverty often go hand in hand. As Jenifer told hourdetroit. com: "I think it's time to 15  connections between all of these issues."

Feeling upset is a normal part of life. Something stressful may occur everywhere, and make you angry or anxious. We can't control what is happening around us.  Here are some useful ways to keep our cool when we feel frustrated.

Conflicts with others can be difficult to deal with. Sometimes we need to leave from the unpleasant condition. It is OK to say, "I'm going to take a break" and go for a walk or find a quiet place to sit and cool off. The goal is to give yourself some space to calm down and consider what to do next.

Do breathing exercises to relax

When we're upset, our nervous system will speed up our heart rate and muscles tense. It prepares the body as if to meet an attack.  If possible, find a safe place, sit comfortably and focus on your breath, breathing deeply and evenly. Mindful breathing helps us calm our feelings.

Lift your mood with laughter

Laughter relieves the tension we feel when depressed. We can think of a joke or watch a video that always makes us roar with laughter. Afterward, you may be able to lift the fog of frustration. Make sure what you use is not mean-spirited, though. 

Change your language

Once things appear disappointing, many of us might punish ourselves with unkind words. In fact, it doesnˈt have to be this way.  For example, instead of saying "I always mess things up," we could say, "I made a mistake, but Iˈll do it better next time."

Next time you're having trouble solving a tricky puzzle, consider asking a nearby bumblebee.

A new study in the journal PLOS Biology finds that bumblebees can learn certain behaviors from each other, suggesting these social insects have a capacity for what we humans call "culture".

In the past couple of decades, a growing body of evidence has shown that animals like chimps and birds show behaviors of learning. If what they learn lasts for a long time, it turns into a tradition. And culture is made up of multiple traditions. "Bumblebees, though, have some of the most complex behavioral abilities, nobody's really thought to look at culture in such insects and generally assume they're mostly driven by inborn factors instead," says Alice Bridges, a behavioral ecologist at Anglia Ruskin University in England.

To prove them wrong, Bridges built a puzzle box, whose base held the reward: a drop of super sweet sugar water. The box was designed with a rotating (旋转) top that can be rotated by pushing either on a red tab clockwise or a blue tab anti-clockwise. Some bees were trained to push the red tab to get the sugar water while others pushed the blue one. Then, these tutor bees were placed inside different colonies (蜂群), along with the puzzle boxes.

The experiment ultimately played itself out. In colonies where the tutor bee had originally learned to push the red tab, the other bees in the colony usually pushed the red tab. In colonies where the tutor bee was trained to push the blue tab, their fellow bees also tended to do the same. In contrast, in the control groups without tutors, the bees sometimes learned how to open the boxes, but most of them would do it once or twice and then never again. "They perhaps hadn't quite made the link between their behavior and the reward," Bridges supposes.

"Many of us consider ourselves to be rather special…because we have culture, we can learn and weˈre social," Bridges says. "But now it turns out that even the bee also has culture, which is an uncomfortable truth: human culture, once thought unique, does not emerge 'out of the blue' but has obviously built on deep evolutionary foundations."

Anyone can be late a handful of times, but to be the person who is always late—that's an art, a frustrating art. Or, a side effect of your personality traits, scientists have found.

So what is it that causes some people to constantly miss trains, make it to the wedding just after the bride's shown up and regularly annoy their friends? And why is it so hard for us to fix it? "There are all sorts of punishments for being late, and the paradox is that we are late even when those punishments and consequences exist." said Justin Kruger, a social psychologist at New York University.

One of the commonest reasons why people are frequently late is that they fail to accurately judge how long a task will take—something known as the planning fallacy(谬误). Research has shown that people on average underestimate the time to complete a task by a significant 40 percent.

Another trait is that forever-late-comers are more likely to be multitaskers. In a 2003 study run by Jeff Conte from San Diego State University found that out of 181 subway operators in New York City, those who preferred multitasking were more often late for their job. This is because multitasking makes it harder to have the awareness of what you're doing. Conte also discovered there is a personality type that's more likely to be late. While highly strung(紧张不安), achievement-oriented Type A individuals are more possible to be punctual. Type B individuals, however, who are more laid-back(漫不经心), have a higher chance to be late.

Admittedly, knowing all of this doesn't necessarily help fix the problem. But scientists are starting to work on strategies that can slowly improve our punctuality. For people who constantly underestimate tasks, breaking down an activity into detailed steps can help people estimate how long something will take more accurately. As for your personality type, unfortunately, there isn't much you can do to change that. But accepting that you need to struggle for it may just help. Acceptance, after all, is the first step to change.

A young Dutch inventor is widening his effort to clean up floating plastic from the Pacific Ocean by moving into rivers, using his new floating machine to catch garbage before it reaches the seas.

On October 26, Boyan Slat presented his solar-powered device "Interceptor", which removes plastic from rivers as it floats past.

"We need to close the tap, which means preventing more plastic from reaching the ocean in the first place," he said, calling rivers "the arteries(动脉) that carry the trash from land to sea." Experts say 9 million tons of plastic waste, including plastic bottles, bags, and toys, flows annually into the ocean from rivers and streams, endangering life in the oceans.

The machine has a shaped nose to block away larger floating waste like tree trunks. It works by guiding plastic waste into an opening in its bow, a conveyor belt(转送带) then carries the trash into the machine where it is dropped into waste containers. It sends a text message to local operators who can come and empty it when it's full.

Three of the machines have already been put into practice in Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam. Malaysian government official lzham Hashim was present at the launch and said he was delighted to witness the project.

"It has been used for 2 months in the river and itˈs doing very well." Slat said. 1,000 rivers are responsible for some 80 percent of plastic pouring into the world's oceans. "I want to settle them all in the next five years. This is not going to be easy, but imagine if we do get this done," he told his enthusiastic supporters, "we'll truly make our oceans clean again."

Jan van Franeker of the Wageningen Marine Research Institute said the new machine looks promising. "They have finally moved toward the source of the litter," he said in a telephone interview. "The design, from what I can see, is awesome."

Since 2017, ARTogether has presented over 200 workshops, camps, events, and gathering spaces for immigrants to meet, connect, and build lasting connections in the community. Below are some of ARTogether's past and present community workshops and events.

Water-coloring Workshop

Organized in cooperation with Story Center, Water-coloring Workshop is a free online channel accessible to immigrants. These Zoom workshops are a creative space for participants to paint, chat, listen to music, and share stories.

Y(our) Legacy: A Printmaking Workshop

This is designed to give high school participants a creative practice towards their personal journey of self-acceptance and healing. Led by artist Sen Mendez, participants gather at Oakland International High School and are given ten small blocks to create a visual story about themselves.

Women's Craft Circle

ARTogether's longest-running workshop series, the Women's Craft Circle seeks to bring women together through the healing power of craft-making. In the Oakland Asian Cultural Center, participants are able to relax in a welcoming space, connecting through a love for art and shared experiences.

Expressive Art Class for Kids

At West Oakland Branch Library, kids aged 6-11 from immigrant backgrounds explore fun interactive activities such as free drawing, painting, and free dance that will let youth appreciate art without pressure or strict rules. In each class, activity leaders follow the principle of guiding, not telling, which creates a stress-free environment that encourages creativity.

I grew up in a small town where the primary school was a ten-minute walk from my house. When the noon bell rang, I would race breathlessly home. My mother would be standing at the top of the stairs, smiling down at me.

One lunchtime when I was in the third grade will stay with me always. I had been picked to be the princess in the school play, and for weeks my mother had rehearsed (排练) my lines so hard with me. But no matter how easily I acted at home, as soon as I stepped onstage, every word disappeared from my head. Finally, my teacher took me aside. She explained that she had written a narrator's (旁白的) part to the play, and asked me to change roles. Her words, kindly expressed, still hurt, especially when I saw my part go to another girl.

I didn't tell my mother what had happened when I went home for lunch that day. But she sensed my pain. Instead of suggesting we practice my lines, she asked if I wanted to walk in the yard.

It was a lovely spring day and the rose vine (藤蔓) was turning green. Under the huge trees, we could see yellow dandelions (蒲公英) in the grass in bunch, as if a painter had touched our landscape with gold. I watched my mother casually bend down by one dandelion. "I think I'm going to dig up all these weeds," she said, pulling it up by its roots. "From now on, we'll have only roses in this garden."

"But I like dandelions," I protested. "All flowers are beautiful-even dandelions."

My mother looked at me seriously. "Yes, every flower gives pleasure in its own way, doesn't it?" She asked thoughtfully. I nodded, pleased that I had won her over. "And that is true of people too," she added. "Not everyone can be a princess, but there is no shame in that." Relieved that she had guessed my pain, I started to cry as I told her what had happened. She listened and smiled.

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"But you will be a beautiful narrator," she said, encouraging and comforting me as usual.

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After the play, I took home the flower.

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A Skating Race

Physical activity is shown to lessen the effects of aging the brain. Experts say that dancing is great at involving all the brain functions at the same time—from musical and kinesthetic (运动的), to rational and (emotion). Dancing pumps blood to the brain, giving it the glucose and oxygen needed to function well. Sois of great benefit to do this great activity. Dancing increases neural (神经的) connectivity—therefore making you the smarter person you have always hoped you would be.

Parking at the Alzheimer's center where my mother-in-law lived, we were ready to visit her. I glanced at my 11-year-old son, Joel, who was totally 1 in the photo album he had insisted on bringing along.

Joel has autism (自闭症), and although I had 2 him that his grandma couldn't remember things the way she used to and might not be as interested in the 3 as he was, I couldn't be sure if he completely understood my words.

"See Grandma!" he shouted at the top of his voice. 4 the album, he jumped out of the car and up to the building entrance. We finally got to grandma's room. She was 5 with the door open. "Grandma Barb," he said 6 . "Pictures." She awoke, and I saw 7 in her eyes. "Who is this little boy?" They seemed to ask. However, not 8 , Joel climbed into her lap and opened up his photo album. A sign of a 9 appeared on her face. He pointed to pictures of his father and me, identifying us. He 10 to his brother. "Poco!" he exclaimed. Now the smile became laughter. Mom's laughter didn't bother Joel. He knew his grandmother was happy, and that was 11 for him.

I'd been worried about Joel understanding what was 12 his grandmother when really I was the one who needed to understand. I feel 13 for the mother-in-law I had known. He loved the grandma who was here now.

I thanked God for the 14 of this moment. Then I pulled up a chair next to them and 15 in the joy of it with them — Let's seize the present and live it to the fullest.

Developing a positive attitude through positive thinking is good for both your physical and mental health. Understandably, it's not always possible to keep positive during certain situations, but it is possible to develop the skills to have positive thinking.

Surround yourself with positive people

Being around people who always see the bad side of something will only make you feel bad. It's hard to be negative when everyone around you is positive!

Learn to deal with negative thoughts

To become a successful positive thinker you'll need to learn to know the negative words you tell yourself. Words such as never and always are known to carry a negative mental effect. Instead of telling yourself, "I always make mistakes", change your words to, "I make mistakes sometimes but I always learn from them."

Set goals

It's much easier to be positive when you have set goals in mind. Setting goals will help you to deal with the difficulties.

Take responsibility for your actions

 They seldom made many complaints when coming across hard times. Accepting responsibility for your actions will help keep you thinking positively and prevent you from accusing others without any reason.

Look for positive information

Reading positive information about being successful in life can help you work towards becoming a positive thinker. It's a wonderful way to start and finish each day!

Making decisions to change your way of thinking—from negative to positive—is a very effective step to ensuring success in your life. Surround yourself with other like-minded people, and you'll gain all the rewards of a happy life.

A. Don't make some complaints.

B. One of the secrets to successful people is that they take responsibility for their behavior.

C. It's necessary for you to learn how to deal with negative words.

D. By learning how to make positive thinking easy, you'll benefit a lot!

E. Being around positive people, on the other hand, will affect you in a positive way.

F. Spend a little time every day reading something that encourages you to think positively.

G. It's hard to become a positive thinker if your mind is always annoyed with negative thoughts.

You get anxious if there's no WiFi in the hotel or mobile phone signal up the mountain. You feel upset if your phone is getting low on power and you secretly worry things will go wrong at work if you're not there. All these can be called "always on" stress caused by smartphone addiction.

For some people, smartphones have set them free from the nine­to­five work. Flexible working has given them more control over their working lives and enabled them to spend more time with their friends and families. For many others though, smartphones have become cruel masters in their pockets, never allowing them to turn them off and relax.

Pittsburghbased developer Kevin Holesh was worried about how much he was ignoring his family and friends in favor of his iPhone. So he developed an app — Moment — to monitor his usage. The app enables users to see how much time they're spending on the device and set up warnings if the usage limits are broken."Moment's goal is to promote balance in your life," his website explains. "Some time on your phone, some time off it enjoying your loving family and friends around you."

Dr Christine Grant, an occupational psychologist at Coventry University, said, "The effects of this ‘always on' culture are that your mind is never resting, and you're not giving your body time to recover, so you're always stressed. And the more tired and stressed we get, the more mistakes we make. Physical and mental health can suffer."

And as the number of connected smartphones is increasing, so is the amount of data. This is leading to a sort of decision paralysis (瘫痪) and is creating more stress in the workplace because people have to receive a broader range of data and communications which are often difficult to manage. "It actually makes it more difficult to make decisions and many do less because they're controlled by it all and feel they can never escape the office," said Dr Christine Grant.

Efforts were underway in Bangladesh to deliver food and drinking water to millions of people struggling after a heavy rain led to flooding, which hit a quarter of the country. There are around 3.5 million Bangladeshis at risk of river flooding every year according to a 2015 report by the World Bank.

On Wednesday, at least 17 of the country's 64 districts (地区), mostly in the northern and north-eastern Sylhet, were suffering from the natural disaster. Government officials said at least 36 people had been killed and about 4.5 million people stuck so far. The floods also caused damage to agriculture (农业), electricity, and clean water supply.

Sylhet is among the worst affected, with several areas without electricity. "Many people are in great need of food and drinking water," said Enam Ahmed, 45, living in the worst-hit Sunmaganj district. "There is water everywhere but no drinking water. Flood shelters are filled with people but they are not getting enough food," he said.

The situation in Bangladesh has been worsened by rain water falling down from the surrounding hills of India's Meghalaya state, which received more than 970 mm (38 inches) of rain on Sunday, according to a government report.

"The flood situation in the three Barak valley districts continues to be very serious. Army rescuers have evacuated thousands of trapped people to safe places. 14 rescue teams with more than 70 boats and over 400 men have been pressed into action in the heavily flooded districts," said a local flood control official. About 5.5 million people have been displaced, about 3.7 million of whom are staying in government-run temporary (临时的) shelters on higher ground.

Locals in the flood-affected areas said they had never seen such serious floods before.

One night Peter received a call from his social worker asking, "Can you take in an 11-year-old boy just for the weekend?" It was just a few days after he had said goodbye to two brothers he was fostering（收养）, so he told the social worker that his heart was deeply saddened by the loss of the two boys that had just been reunited with their birth parents. Peter thought he didn't have enough energy left to care for another child at the moment. But the worker convinced him.

The social worker arrived at his home with the boy at 6 am after driving five hours from another county. There is a huge shortage of foster families in Oklahoma so when a child enters the foster care system, social workers are often forced to place the children outside of the county of origin, often removing the child from the only place he or she has ever known. Add in the fact that older children are much more difficult to place.

Peter asked why Anthony, the boy, was in foster care. Then he knew that the boy had been abandoned(抛弃）by his mother when he was 2. He was then placed with a family. But almost ten years later, the family abandoned him at the hospital. Peter was shocked," It's like my life!"

The two have been together ever since. And on the 12th of November, Anthony finally got to share Peter's last name officially. However, Peter didn't stop fostering kids. "It's hard to be a single foster dad but it's worth every minute of it. We are about to have another child next month and we are excited."

The ancient village of Machu Picchu is one of the most popular tourist destinations in South America. It's in Peru, high in the Andes Mountains, 8, 000 feet above sea level.

The village contains 200 buildings. Houses are in groups, and each house has a large courtyard inside its walls. The Incas(印加人) used the areas outside the groups of houses to grow corn and potatoes and to raise animals. The Incas were very good at building strong walls. Visitors to Machu Picchu still cannot fit a knife between the stones of a village home.

Machu Picchu seemed to be a healthy, busy village. So why was it lost? That is a mystery, but experts have some ideas. Machu Picchu was hard to reach. Few people outside the village knew about it. Experts think that many residents died of disease. Others fought a war. The survivors left the village.

The tourists are good for Peru's economy, but they are not good for Machu Picchu. The village is old and fragile. Tourists damage the ruins. Thousands of footsteps from visitors wear down the walkways in the village. Salt and oil from people's hands damage the walls. Air pollution from buses hurts the stones. Tourists do not want to damage the village, but they want to see this beautiful, ancient place.

The Peruvian government and conservation groups are trying to solve the problem. A group from the United Nations wants to limit the number of tourists each year. They also want cars and buses to use cleaner fuel.

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Exercise is one of the most important (part)of keeping your body at a healthy weight. We also know that staying fit and healthy is very vital. Exercise can help prevent weight gain. If you can't afford to pay the gym visit every day, don't worry—just become active throughout the day.

When you exercise(regular), you are in better chances of (improve)your mood(心情). It can also increase your confidence. Besides, it will better your appearance, means your body will be in good shape. Regular exercise is also good physical fitness and good health. Apart from weight control, exercise can also delay your aging process.

you don't exercise, your muscles will become very weak. Also, your heart and lungs might not(function) as well and you are more likely to get injured. Inactivity is as much of a health risk as smoking.

Make sure that an exercise plan (make), so you can know when and what you should do. However, don't over-exercise yourself because doing too much exercise on a daily basis will have(harm)results.