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One day, a young man went to Dr. Conwell and told him he wanted a college education but couldn't afford it. Dr. Conwell decided, at that moment, what his aim in life was, besides being a man of the cloth. He decided to build a university for unfortunate, but deserving, students. He did have a challenge, however. He would need a few million dollars to build the university. For Dr. Conwell, and anyone with real purpose in life, nothing could stand in the way of his goal.

Several years before this incident, Dr. Conwell was attracted by a true story with its ageless moral. The story was about a farmer who lived in Africa and through a visitor became excited about looking for diamonds. Diamonds were already discovered in abundance on the African continent and this farmer got so excited about the idea of millions of dollars' worth of diamonds that he sold his farm to head for the diamond line. He wandered all over the continent, constantly searching for diamonds, wealth, which he never found. Eventually he went completely broke and threw himself into a river and died.

Meanwhile, the new owner of his farm picked up an unusual-looking rock about the size of an egg and put it on his mantle（斗篷） as a sort of curiosity. A visitor stopped by. He told the new owner that the funny-looking rock was about the biggest diamond that had ever been found. The new owner shouted, "God, the whole farm is covered with them."

The farm turned out to be the Kimberly Diamond Mine, the richest the world has ever known. The original farmer was literally standing on "Acres of Diamonds" until he sold his farm.

Dr. Conwell learned from the story of the farmer and continued to teach it moral. Opportunity does not just come along; it is there all the time-we just have to see it. Dr. Conwell told the story over and over again on many occasions for raising money to start the college for poor students. In fact, he raised nearly six million dollars and the university he founded, Temple University in Philadelphia, has at least ten degree-granting colleges and six other schools.

Breathtaking Places and Experiences for 2023

Looking for your next adventure? You'll find it on our annual list of the world's best destinations framed by three categories (Adventure, Family, and Culture) for travelers, and these destinations for 2023 are under the radar, ahead of the curve, and ready for you to start exploring.

Adventure: Adrenaline-pumping outdoor excursions 

Trek to Choquequirao, Peru, an isolated Inca site that's under the radar—but soon to be more accessible. In New Zealand, the country that invented bungee jumping, rekindle your sense of adventure post-pandemic. In Austria, hike the cross-country Bergsteigerdorfer network of mountaineering villages to sample local culture. Finally, add Revillagigedo National Park, Mexico, to your itinerary. Its protected waters hold one of the largest aggregations of sharks and manta rays in the world.

Family: Inspiring journeys for all ages 

In Switzerland, ride the rails to quaint Alpine towns for chocolate, hiking, and skiing. Help save the turtles in Trinidad and Tobago, one of the most important leatherback turtle rookeries in the world. In California, U.S.，gather around a campfire with Golden Gate views at Presidio Tunnel Tops and hike the urban Crosstown Trail. Go birdwatching in the avian paradise that is Colombia, the enchanted land of Disney's Encanto.

Culture: Places where history and heritage rule 

Visit King Tut's new home in Egypt at Cairo's Grand Egyptian Museum and see Luxor's Avenue of the Sphinxes. Make a pilgrimage through history along Italy's Appian Way, Europe's ancient "superhighway". Explore culture and history-with a side of Low Country cuisine-at the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina. See one of the world's largest assemblages of stone statues at Longmen Grottoes, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Henan Province, China.

It was an extraordinarily busy time of year. I felt some 1 to head straight home after a long meeting. So I headed to the 2 nearby for some therapeutic (治疗性的)hiking. As I reached the top and admired the view, my unclear mind 3 .Re-energized, I knew that I could deal with the 4 that waited for me upon my 5 .When I arrived back in the office the next day, I was full of energy, and finished my work 6 .

It was almost 20 years ago that I learned how 7 it is for me to carve out time to escape to the wild. I had finished my Ph.D.,8 soil and water conservation in Honduras, but I wasn't sure what 9 I wanted to have. So, I decided to act on a dream I had been n ursing for a few years, 10 my mom showed me a magazine article about a man who had 11 around America. I figured that I could 12 cycling with research for a book on American agriculture while I worked out my next career step.

So I did it. During the cycling 13 , I found the clearness I needed to 14 my next career move. Talking with farmers I met along the way, I learned that their biggest 15 was selling their produce. I decided to broaden my 16 from land management to improving farmers' access to markets. My 17 interest led to working for a nongovernmental organization and I did eventually 18 a book on. American agriculture.

The 19 is to find your source of inspiration and make good use of it. For me, I always get nourishment(营养)from being 20 in the outdoors.

After a morning hike in the Saneum HealingForest,46-year-old firefighter Kang Byoung-wook has tea made from the bark of an elm tree, practices yoga (瑜伽),and makes a picture with dried flowers. He is one of 40 firefighters taking part in a three-day program, the aim of which is to offer"forest healing" (森林治愈);the firefighters all have posttraumatic stress disorder (创伤后应激障碍).

Saneum is one of three official healing forests in South Korea. Soon there will be 34 more. South Koreans-many of whom suffer from work stress, digital addiction, and great academic pressure have accepted the medicalization of nature with great enthusiasm.

There is increasing evidence that being outside in a pleasant natural environment is good for us. But how many of us get to enjoy nature regularly? Fewer and fewer, it seems. According to Lisa Nisbet, a psychology professor at Canada s Trent University, evidence for the benefits of nature is pouring in at a time when we are most disconnected from it.

"We don't think of being outdoors as a way to increase happiness," says Nisbet."We think other things will, like shopping or TV."But South Korea is starting to challenge this opinion.

So what are some of the benefits of nature that Nisbet refers to? Being surrounded by nature has one obvious effect: It calms us and reduces our stress levels. This has been shown to lower blood pressure and heart rates.

Another experiment conducted by psychologist Stephen Kaplan found that people who took a 50-minute walk in a park had better attention and short-term memory than those who took a walk along a city street.

Perhaps what's more surprising is that nature may also make us more creative. David Strayer, a psychologist at the University of Utah, showed as much with a group of participants, who performed 50 percent better on creative problem-solving tasks after three days of wilderness backpacking.

In fact, we may never know exactly what nature does to the brain. Something mysterious will always remain, and maybe that' s as it should be.

Jenny was a fifth grader. She was considered one of the most popular girls in her class. She was very pretty, but that was not why she was considered popular. She was popular because she was known to be among the brightest in her class. She could do the most cartwheels in a row, but mostly, she had the talent to dance.

In February, she entered the school's dance competition and won the first place. Her whole class was there to support her. Since that day, she had been the class attraction. In December, the school was holding another dance competition, but there had been a change in the competition. The competition had to be done in pairs.

Jenny's class was looking up to her with high expectations of her winning again this year. On the other hand, Jenny was unsure of this competition outcome. She wanted to enter the competition, but she had never danced with a partner before. She decided to ask some of the boys in her class to enter with her. They all said no to her because they did not know how to dance. Jenny was becoming hesitant about joining.

She finally decided to turn to one of her closest friends, Carl. Jenny and Carl had known each other since the first grade. Carl was unwilling to join at first because he also didn't know how to dance. Jenny insisted. He eventually agreed to join the competition. Jenny was happy and relieved. However, she was still worried because she knew her class was counting on her to win this year's competition.

All she needed was some time and practice in order to increase her chances of winning. This time, it was going to be more of a challenge considering the fact that Carl was not a good dancer. The competition was in two months, and only time could predict her chances of winning.

After selecting Carl as her partner, Jenny needed to start planning for the dance competition at her school.

     Jenny and Carl went up to the stage and were ready to perform.

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Dear Cathy,

I'm writing to tell you something about one of the most famous tourist attractions in China.

Looking forward to your early reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

The first English version of the famous martial arts novel, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" (《射雕英雄传》) (schedule) to come out in the UK next year.almost every Chinese person knows, the novel was written by Louis Cha, better known by his pen name, Jin Yong. London-based MacLehose Press has confirmed that the novel will come out in 12 volumes (册), with the first (set) to come out on Feb. 22.

In the publisher's promotional (introduce) of the "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", the series was referred to as a Chinese version of "Game of Thrones" (《权利的游戏》). The first volume has been translated by Anna Holmwood, an English publishing agent (work) together with many famous Chinese writers, such as Yu Hua, Liu Zhenyun, and Yan Ge. Holmwood (translate) "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" since 2012, and from the second volume onwards she invited Gigi Chang to help her the translation.

Louis Cha is China's most influential martial arts author with total of 15 novels. Since the 1950s, about 100 million (copy) of his works have been sold around the world. But only three of them have been translated for the English-speaking world. They are "Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain", "The Deer and the Cauldron" and "The Book and the Sword". Louis Cha is widely recognized as one of the most (success) authors in China.

When storm clouds gather, and the wind howls in anger, the natural reaction for most people is to seek shelter. But some run towards the 1 . Photographer Liu Yijing is one of that rare type, as he captures and 2 nature's anger.

For the past year, Liu, 21, has travelled about 24,000 kilometers across 11 provincial-level administrative regions in China, chasing (追赶) and 3 thunderstorms. From the first 4 — a small wind developing into a strong wind, a violent sky, and birds fleeing— he 5 what appears to be a 6 task.

Liu has received a great deal of 7 for his work. His photos captured a complete supercell structure, a type of thunderstorm which 8 in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region on Aug 22. This image has been 9 as the cover photo for the May edition of Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, a key publication in its field.

"It is a typical supercell and I still have a vivid memory about how 10 I felt the moment it formed. While recording, I couldn't 11 myself and kept screaming, he says, 12 that the picture and video have become popular on the Internet, 13 among meteorologists (气象学家).

Many social media users nicknamed him "storm chaser". A Sina Weibo user 14 that Liu's photos and videos show how amazing 15 is and how insignificant humans are.

Rich and Famous

Twenty years ago the most common ambition of American children was to be a teacher, followed by working in banking and finance, and then medicine. But today's situation is quite different. . Instead, they most commonly say they want to be a sports star, a pop star, or an actor—in other words, they hope to become a celebrity.

According to experts, young people desire these jobs largely because of the wealth and the fame. . Let's take athletes and singers as an example. Many athletes' best time only lasts a few years and singers can have a very limited career. The field that was once the focus of their lives becomes something they have little or no involvement in. As a result, they'll have a feeling of worthlessness and a lack of control. Besides, it can be difficult for them to adapt back to a normal everyday life.

They are not satisfied with just making a living—they want to be rich and famous. Globally, more and more TV shows provide talent competitions where winners can achieve their goals in just a few weeks or months. This quick way of gaining wealth and fame creates a celebrity culture among people. 

While many people argue that there is nothing wrong with having such ambitions, others feel that this trend will finally lead to dissatisfaction as more and more people are unable to reach their goals. That means they ignore the simple fact that great effort is needed before success. As a result, many people won't realize their childhood dreams, which could have a negative effect on their happiness.
 

A. They don't value talents anymore.

B. Nowadays the younger generation prefer excitement.

C. The younger generation don't favor these professions any more.

D. Unfortunately, they do not always have a positive effect on people's life.

E. The reason is that they don't realize it takes talent and hard work to be rich and famous.

F. Even so, there is greater ambition than ever among young people to achieve that status.

G. They unrealistically believe that this lifestyle is easily obtained and leads to great satisfaction.

The 2022 Future Science Prize, a privately funded science honor established by a group of famous scientists and entrepreneurs, called "China's Nobel Prize," was awarded on Sunday to three Chinese scholars for their outstanding achievement in basic scientific research, an exciting boost to encourage innovation in the country's basic science.

The Life Science Award, the Physical Science Award, and the Mathematics and Computer Science Award of the 2022 Future Science Prize respectively went to Li Wenhui, Yang Xueming, and Mok Ngai-ming, with each of them winning $ 1 million, the award organizer announced.

Lin Chao, chairman of the scientific committee of the 2022 Future Science Prize, said the winners' research has achieved great international influence. It is the spirit of exploration and continuous scientific research of these scientists that have broadened human beings' cognitive boundaries in the macro and micro world, and set the direction for an uncertain future.

The Future Science Prize aims at recognizing scientific successes and innovations in China with long-term significance to the world. Chinese research fellows generally believe the selection of famous scientists will play a positive role in encouraging innovation in basic science in China and inspire scientific eagerness among young people.

Liu Dingzhen, a professor from the College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, said that on Sunday that encouraging China's basic science is of great significance, because basic science takes a long period of time to harvest achievements but it is one of the key factors for the country to resolve bottlenecks in technology, secure supply chains in global competition and achieve the goal of becoming a powerful nation in science and technology.

The prize committee, composed of 23 outstanding scientists, is at the core of the award selection. The award ceremony of the 2022 Future Science Prize is scheduled to be held in November.

Since 2016, 24 winners have been awarded the Future Science Prize, all of whom have been widely recognized both in scientific circles and in society.