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The idea that you can use humor, laughter, and play to make you healthier probably seems too simple to be true. However, it is really true and simple. The sense of humor, laughter and play plays an important role in keeping you healthy.

Treat the blues with a sense of humor, which is closely tied to laughter. Laughter is infectious. Have you ever heard a big laugh of a young child and been able to keep yourself from smiling? When laughter is shared between people, it makes them closer to each other and increases their happiness. Smiling is the beginning of laughter and a smile is also just as infectious as laughter is. You can experience something by smiling at everyone around you, and you will feel happier just by sharing a smile, even with a stranger.

Play is an important part of making sure that we stay healthy. We are often encouraged to make sure our children play, and are told of the benefits of being out playing. However, what we often forget is that it is just as important for old people to make play be part of their life as it's for children. Physical play is important for the old and it certainly helps prevent illness. While the studies are still in the early stages, the studies that have been done have shown that physical play certainly plays a part in preventing cognitive (认知的) falling.

Anyway, adding humor, laughter, and play to our life will influence us mentally, physically and socially and bring us many advantages. So we should make full use of humor, laughter and play to make our life more active, more interesting and happier.

Reese Witherspoon was born on March 22, 1976 in New Orleans, Louisiana. She is the second child of the family. Reese spent the first four years of her life in Wiesbaden, Germany, where her father John served in the US Army Reserves. Shortly after, John moved the family back to the United States, settling in Nashville, Tennessee.

Reese was introduced to the entertainment industry at a very early age. At age 7, she began modeling. This led to appearances on several local television commercials. At age 11,she was placed first in a Ten-State Talent Fair.

In 1990, she landed her first major acting role in TheMan in the Moon(1991). Her role as a 14-year-old tomboy earned her good reviews. Roles in bigger films such asJack the Bear(1993) andA Far Off Place(1993) followed shortly after.

Following high school graduation in 1994, Reese decided to have a pause in her acting career and attend Stanford University where she would major in English literature. However, her plans were shortly stopped when she accepted roles to star in two major movies. Although neither film was a huge box-office success, they did help to make Reese a rising star in Hollywood and open the door for bigger and better film roles.

Her breakthrough role came as Elle Woods in the 2001 comedyLegally Blonde. In box office terms, the movie was a great success and made Reese one of the top female stars in Hollywood. In the year 2014, she produced bothGone GirlandWild, for which she got nominated(提名) for a best actress Oscar again for her role.

Reese is actively involved in children's and women's advocacy organization. She is a longtime supporter of Save the Children, an organization that helps provide children around the world with education, health care and emergency aid.

Are you looking forward to watching some great films this summer? Here are four films you won't miss.

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman is this summer's most exciting film. Though being a superhero film, it is the most unique: you will see the first female superhero starred by Gal Gadot. On general release from 1 June.

The Mummy

Tom Cruise awakens an ancient princess who has now become a mummy. Cruise jumps from the sky, runs around a lot and wakes up naked in a sleeping bag — but it's Sofia Boutella as the Mummy who draws the most attention. Director Alex Kurtzman speaks highly of Sofia Boutella as the Mummy: "If you look at her eyes, there's a whole performance going on here. Even not saying anything, she can convey something very emotional to you." On general release from 8 June.

Baby Driver

Ansel Elgort is a getaway driver, who is forced to work for a crime boss. This is an actionromanticcomedy from British writerdirector Edgar Wright. The sound in the film is as great as the visuals, which makes it much like a musical, but it is quite different from La La Land. Baby Driver isn't just a series of song pieces. Instead, it finds its form in the elegant, rapidfire combination of movement and sound. Released on 28 June in Canada and the US.

A Man Called Ove

This film has become one of Sweden's most popular comedies. In the film a lonely retiree who has given up on life, was trying to kill himself, but all his attempts failed. Meanwhile, he developed an unlikely friendship with his neighbors. It is really a tearjerker, which is funny, tragic, and heartwarming as well. Released on 25 May in Hong Kong, 30 June in the UK.

When I was seven, I found a watch while walking down the hallway of my school. The watch was expensive-looking, set with gold. As I picked it up, greedy (贪欲) suddenly came over me, and instead of turning it into the office like I should have, I became the owner of the watch. 

When I got home from school, I found Mom cooking dinner in the kitchen. Thinking that she would be impressed, I held out my prize for her to see with a feeling of excitement and pride. Mom, however, was far from impressed. Instead, she was angry at her son keeping the watch instead of turning it in. Mom then ordered me to go straight back to school and take the watch to someone at the office. I started to argue, but after taking a good look at the expression on Mom's face, I realized that would get me nowhere. There was nothing left for me to do but obey (服从). 

I have to admit, I was rather angry with Mom for making me give up the watch. I felt that it was justly mine since I was the one who had found it. Yes, I knew she was right, but greed had forced me to keep the watch, and now pride wouldn't allow me to admit that I had done something wrong. But time passed, and I forgot all about the lesson that I learned from the watch until fourteen years later. 

While I was attending college, I had managed to get a job at a Walmart pushing carts off the parking lot. One morning, I found a checkbook (支票簿) that had been left in a shopping cart. Quickly, I took it to the customers service desk and gave it to the employee there so that the customer who had lost it could pick it up. 

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Later, as I was outside pushing carts, a man came up to me. 

 

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Then my thoughts went back to the day when Mom had made me return the watch. 

 

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Dear Professor Frank Jason，

……

Yours，

Li Hua

American English began in the 17^th century. At the beginning  the 17^th century, the English language (bring) to North America by colonists (殖民者) from England. They used the language (speak) in England—that is, Elizabethan English,  language used by Shakespeare. 

In order (find) new resources in America, British colonists (settle) down there and from 1607 to 1732 set up thirteen colonies,  include Virginia, North Carolina, and New Jersey. In these thirteen areas, English was the common language used by all people. The first colonists established the English form in America. 

As time went by, the English language changed (gradual) on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Billions of (foreigner) longing for wealth set foot on the coastal area to trade. Americans borrowed many words from foreign languages and invented numerous new words to meet (they) commercial needs. 

We get out of this world what we put into it. Usually, the rewards are indirect and sometimes hard to 1  but usually what you 2  comes back to you there and then!

Several days ago my stepson, Josh, was preparing for an event. Children like him were going for their first trial (演练) day at secondary school, so that they could 3  what they would meet after the summer holidays. 

I was busy when I noticed him  4  in a pot where we kept pens and pencils. In primary school they use pencils，5  secondary kids get to write with pens. And Josh was looking for a pen. He came out with a(n) 6  pen that was missing a piece off the end. His important day deserved a pen better than that. So I 7   what I was doing and went to the drawer where my favorite pen lived. I would 8  that pen, but this was a special occasion. 

"Josh," I said in a deep, serious voice. "I 9  my pen I like best to you. 10  it well and cherish it. " He smiled and said thanks. Coincidentally, that day was 11  my birthday, but we were just back from a weekend getaway and I wasn't expecting any more 12 . Moments after the pen ceremony, Josh walked to me with a 13  on his face and gave me a pretty packed box. 14  I opened it and it was even more surprised! Inside the box was a beautiful new pen!

Almost like someone had planned it! It is so 15 . Give and you will receive!

Believe it or not, studies have shown that around 85% of people applying for a job eliminate (淘汰)themselves in a basic way. They apply for the wrong job, have misspellings in their resumes, show up late for the interview, and more.  You'd only be competing against the 15% that do things right. It takes nothing more than a little time and effort to get things right, but it makes all the difference. 

Research the company carefully and thoroughly. Have a good research about any company in which you have an interest before attending an interview. Read past press coverage. Learn about its products and/or services.  Read customer feedback (反馈) about its products, and learn about its strengths and weaknesses. 

Edit your resume to the best. Have your resume and cover letters triple­checked, and then check it again.  Correct any grammatical error on your application. 

Rehearse (预演) the interview over and over again. Before an interview, think about what you are going to say.  Rehearse and practice your answers. 

Dress yourself in the most suitable way. Always dress to impress! You always want to look, at least, 10% better than the person who is interviewing you, regardless of the position for which you are applying. 

 Always send a thank­you email or letter after an interview. With a little bit of preparation and follow­up, you will be better off than the 15% of your competition!

A. Apply at once. 

B. Post interview follow­up. 

C. Write down what you want from it. 

D. This fact is actually good news for you!

E. Nothing is more unprofessional than a misspelt word. 

F. Grab a friend and have him/her play the role of the interviewer. 

G. Get some basic knowledge about the industry and learn its trends. 

There was once a boy called Mario who loved to have lots of friends at school. However, he wasn't sure whether or not his schoolmates were his real friends, so he asked his grandpa for help. The old man told him, "I just have what you exactly need, and it's in the attic (阁楼). Wait here a minute. " Grandpa left, soon returning as though carrying something in his hand, but Mario could see nothing there. "Take it. It's a very special chair. It's rather tricky to sit on because it's invisible (无形的),but if you take it to school and you try to sit on it. you'll be able to tell who your real friends are. " Grandpa said. 

Mario was curious to know whether it was true or not, so he took the strange invisible chair and set off for school. At break time he asked everyone to form a circle, and he put himself in the middle, with his chair. "Nobody move! You're about to see something amazing. "

Then Mario tried to sit on the chair. But he missed and fell down onto his back. Everyone had a pretty good laugh. Mario wouldn't be beaten. He kept trying to sit on the magic chair, and kept falling to the ground…until, suddenly, he tried again and didn't fall. This time he sat, hovering(悬浮) in mid-air…

Looking around, Mario saw George, Lucas and Diana—three of his best friends, holding him up, so he wouldn't fall down. Meanwhile, many others he had thought of as friends had done nothing but make fun of him, enjoying his every fall. 

Leaving with his three friends, he explained to them how his grandfather had so cleverly thought of a way to show him that true friends are those who care for us, and not just any acquaintance(熟人) who happens to be passing by. Even less would a friend be someone who takes joy in our misfortunes. 

You know by now that dirt is good for lots of things: growing plants, feeding worms, even the occasional mud bath. But building houses? Absolutely. 

People build houses with dirt because it is plentiful, really cheap, and fireproof. Thick dirt walls keep you warm in winter and cool in summer. And you can build a whole house with few tools other than your own two hands. 

In fact, dirt is so good for building things that half the people in the world live in houses made of mud. Maybe even you!

Mud works best for building where it's dry for most of the year. If there's too much rain, the walls of your mud house could melt like ice cream on a warm day. But in places that don't see many storm clouds, mud bricks (砖块),which are baked hard in the sun or in a hot oven, can be as strong and durable as stone. In Africa, some mud­brick buildings have been standing for thousands of years. 

In the southwestern United States, American Indians built four­story apartment buildings from mud bricks called adobe (土坯). And on the Great Plains, the first white settlers saw an ocean of grass as tall as oxen, but few trees for building houses. So they made their houses out of sod, dirt held together by the thick, tangled roots of prairie grass. 

Most sod houses became worm food years ago, but many of the buildings you see every day are pure dirt. The bricks that may make up the walls of your house or school are made of clay that's been baked in a fiery kiln (炉). So the next time someone says a building is made of bricks, correct them. You know it's really made of plain old dirt. 

A few years ago, my sister­-in-­law started to feel concerned about her teenage daughter. What was she doing after school? Where was she spending her time? My niece was an excellent student, and took part in all kinds of after­class activities. Even so, her mom decided to put a tracking (跟踪) app on the kid's phone. 

At first, this made my sister­in­law "feel better". Then the good situation suddenly ended. She recalled," I found out that she was someplace that she said she wasn't. I went out in the middle of the night and found her walking without shoes in the middle of the street with some friends. "Things went quickly downhill for the mother and the daughter after that. 

With 73% of teens having their own smartphones now, according to a  2018 Pew study, more and more of their parents are facing the question：To spy or not? 

Ana Homayoun, founder of Green Ivy Educational Consulting, has advised many parents and their kids about this. "I've found teens are more receptive to tracking apps when it is included as part of a family use agreement to improve safety than when it is placed as a secret tool to watch them," she said. 

Mark Bell, a father of a teenage girl, said, "We don't have tracking apps, but we have set some ground rules that my daughter must follow in exchange for providing a smartphone. " For example, his daughter must "friend" him on social media accounts so that he can review posts, and must share all passwords. 

When you're trying to build credence, you need to create an environment that encourages it. So, to win their trust, you always need to be straight with your children. "Parents must let children know how and when they'll be watching them," said Doctor Pauleh Weigle. If they're not open about it, he warns, it can "greatly damage the parent and child relationship". 

Chinese Festivals

As an ancient country, China has various festivals. 

The Spring Festival

In the evening before the Spring Festival, families get together and have a big meal. Children also get lucky money from parents. 

The Lantern Festival

During this festival, there is special food called "tang yuan", which is said to symbolize both the first full moon and family unity and completeness. Part of the Lantern Festival tradition involves a game to guess riddles attached to the lanterns. 

Stilt walking, drumming and dragon and lion dancing are the main entertainment forms of the Lantern Festival. 

The Dragon Boat Festival

The day is to celebrate the patriotic (爱国的) poet Qu Yuan, a loyal and highly respected minister, who brought peace and prosperity to the state but  ended up drowning himself in a river as a result of being vilified (诽谤). 

The Double Seventh Festival

On the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, there is a traditional festival full of romance. Recently the youth have celebrated it as Valentine's Day in China. 

The MidAutumn Festival

It is a conventional festival for both the Han and minority nationalities in China. The custom of worshipping the moon can be traced back to the ancient Xia and Shang Dynasties. The Mid­Autumn Festival is also a holiday for members of a family to get together. 

The Double Ninth Festival

On the ninth day of the ninth month in the Chinese lunar calendar, people celebrate the Double Ninth Festival. People usually climb mountains and eat double­ninth cakes, which means our life will become better and better. 

Going back to school after a long break can be exciting for many. But for some, it isn't easy, especially when there is something bothering them from deep inside—emotional baggage. One teacher in Oklahoma wanted to address that and that's what she just did last week when her 7th and 8th graders showed up to school.

Karen Wunderlich Loewe has become popular after she posted about her school activity, which encouraged her young pupils to let it all out, whatever emotional baggage they have. This activity has moved the whole class to tears.

The students were told to write on the paper anonymously (不具名地) so they can have the courage to share their emotional baggage with the class. The students would then crumple (弄皱)their paper and put it and throw it across the room.

Each student would then pick up any piece of paper and read it to the class. Everyone learned what others' problems were. There were things like losing pets, being left by their parents, disease, death…and on and on.

Once someone finished reading a piece of paper, the English teacher would then ask the class who owned that note. Students had a choice of admitting it or not. Many of them did and ended up sharing their stories with the entire class.

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There's just a 1-in-3,700,000 chance that a person will be killed by shark, but the fear is still enough to have swimmers worrying about seen as prey(捕获物). Now, new research supports the long-standing theory great whites go in for a bite, it's a case of "mistaken identity".

A team of biologists (compare) videos of seals swimming with those of humans swimming. They then edited the clips to simulate a great white's vision and found that from the ocean inhabitant's point view, humans do indeed have a strong resemblance to seals.

"Usually, great white sharks (regard) as ‘mindless killers' and fond of human flesh. However, this does not seem to be the case; we just look like (they) food," Laura Ryan, lead author of the study, told Live Science.

"They eat seals every day and bites on people are (extreme) rare," said Catherine MacDonald, a marine scientist at the University of Miami. "So if they're not solving the problem visually, then how do we think they're solving it? (hit) the right targets, sharks could be relying on other senses, like the scent. If that's the case, (addition) studies on how great whites use those senses could help prevent further attack."

My family came to the Caspian Sea. Noticing my excitement, Dad asked if I wanted to 1 a swim. "You'll have to swim in the ladies' section(区域)," he 2 . The beach was divided into male and female sections.

"No," I told him. I'd never been in the water before and would have 3 to splash (拍打着水游) around, but I didn't want to be separated from my 4 .

When I turned 30, I moved to Australia for further education. On the flight there, I stopped at Malaysia and did some 5 . My swimming skills were 6 , but the experience of being in the water was so 7 that I decided I'd do it again in Australia.

But to really deal with the sea with 8 , I'd need proper swimming lessons. My first attempt ended 9 . The instructor's way of pronouncing words was so hard for me to understand that I couldn't 10 the instructions. Instead, I 11 to teach myself by watching countless videos and practising alone.

Three years later, I became an excellent 12  and loved heading into the 13  as often as possible. 

Thinking back to the 14 in those years, I knew there must be other people like me, so I 15 From Zero To Hero, an adult swimming programme. It's a job I love, and I hope that I'll let others keep making a splash!

Talking to someone on a train, bus, or subway can be risky yet exciting, as you never know when they're going to get off. Here are some useful tips.

Make eye contact. Making brief eye contact can show the person that you're interested and help you judge whether they are interested in you. If they look away quickly or appear disinterested, it's probably best not to approach.

  If the person looks at you once more, this is a good sign that they notice you and want to interact with you. When making eye contact, keep your facial expression light and friendly, rather than straight and serious. 

Smile at them. If you are successful, smile at the person. A small but genuine smile makes you appear interested, friendly, and approachable. If the other person smiles back, you're likely in luck in getting them to talk to you.

Use open body language.  Do this by keeping your arms uncrossed. Stand or sit up straight and show good posture(姿势). 

Once you've read the other person to see if they're interested in conversing (交谈),make a move. If you're far away, move closer. You should keep a comfortable distance where you can hear each other yet not feel awkward if the conversation doesn't work out. Find a seat near them, yet don't crowd them.

If they're standing, stand near enough to them to be able to speak with them, but don't get too close for comfort. If there's a seat next to them, ask, "May I sit here?" Try not to be nervous. Many people are just as excited to chat with new people as you are. If they engage, then keep it up!

A. Notice how they respond. 

B. Approach the person to start talking to them.

C. As you can see, your body language speaks for itself.

D. Try to make eye contact again after about 30 seconds.

E. Eye contact is the act of looking into someone's eyes.

F. Make a point to appear open, comfortable, and available.

G. You'll meet some people and perhaps even make some friends.

In July 2021, astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) planted pepper seeds as part of an experiment to test which plants could be successfully grown in space. The peppers were harvested four months later, and the team celebrated with a party and taste test.

For astronauts living mostly off prepackaged foods for months at a time on the ISS, fresh and flavourful produce is welcomed. With long missions to the Moon and Mars in focus, NASA is working to find sustainable ways for astronauts to enjoy fresh foods, which will add key nutrients to their diets and improve their state of mind.

Astronauts have grown radishes, zinnias and a variety of lettuces on board the ISS before, but this is the first time they grew peppers, which posed a new challenge, reports Elizabeth Howell for Space. com.

Biologists at the Kennedy Space Centre spent two years picking the perfect pepper. They wanted to try peppers because they're a great source of vitamins and nutrients, and they can be eaten raw or cooked. Plus, peppers are fairly low maintenance to grow.

In June, a carrier delivered supplies to the ISS along with a package of 48 pepper seeds. Astronauts on board planted the seeds in a microwave oven-sized growing container. The conditions in it—such as lighting, watering and air circulation—were controlled by a crew based at the Kennedy Space Centre. On board, the astronauts collected data and offered feedback on the flavour of the peppers. 

"This is important because the food astronauts eat needs to be as good as the rest of their equipment," LaShelle Spencer, a plant scientist at NASA, said over the summer. "To successfully send people to Mars and bring them back to Earth, we will not only require the most nutritious foods, but the best tasting ones as well."

China is betting on its successful hybrid rice varieties to fight food shortage in Africa.

"We're no longer suffering from hunger," 55-year-old Georges Ranaivomanana,a Madagascan farmer who took the lead in planting Chinese hybrid rice in his town of Mahitsy. Georges told Xinhua that he hoped that all Madagascan farmers would use the seeds to raise their living standards.

China has been helping African countries develop productive rice farming for years with its hybrid rice. For farmers on the continent like Ranaivomanana, they are "very grateful" to the Chinese as the hybrid rice is the key to better food security and higher incomes.

In May, the China National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Centre opened a research centre in Madagascar to select hybrid rice varieties based on the island nation's diverse ecological environment, in an effort to find more productive crops for a continent long troubled by insufficient grain output.

In the northwestern Nigerian state of Kebbi, Chinese expert Wang Xuemin stood in a rice field, surrounded by green rice plants. "This year, we are using a new technology," he said, adding that "it can significantly reduce labor and other costs." "The land, climate and rice farming methods in Nigeria are very different from those in China. We had a lot of problems at the beginning," said the 51-year-old who has been in Nigeria for 16 years.

In 2006, after Wang and his colleagues had sown the seeds, their field management techniques and large-scale farming equipment could not adapt to the operating environment, and hundreds of hectares of rice fields were almost completely taken over by weeds. "We came to realize that blindly copying the Chinese model is not feasible (可行的). It is necessary to constantly innovate our techniques to fit the local situation in Africa," he said.

After more than ten years of research and innovation, the Nigerian farm now becomes a major training and mechanized production centre in the country, training more than 1,000 farmers and agricultural machinery management staff.

How many bicycles do you need in your life? For 67-year-old Chai Lin, the answer is 1,300 and counting

Chai's passion for bicycles dates back to the 1960s when he saw some people riding the two-wheeled vehicle in his home city of Lanzhou, capital of north-west China's Gansu Province. However, in that era, a bicycle was still a luxury for ordinary Chinese. To get enough money sooner, Chai made use of his talent in calligraphy and painting—a skill he started to learn from six years old—by selling artworks on the street. Thanks to all the efforts and "crowd-funding" in his family, Chai got his first bike in 1980.

After becoming a businessman years later and earning enough to buy fancy motorbikes and cars, Chai's passion for bikes, however, didn't dwindle at all. He began to collect bikes of various brands and ages, especially antiques, from around the world through auctions and other ways.

With his collection growing, there was no space big enough to keep it. In 2009, with the support of the Gansu provincial government, he invested 200 million yuan for a museum just for his bikes.

After 10 years' efforts, the Gansu Sanmu Bicycle Museum, located in Chengguan District of Lanzhou, finally opened to the public in January 2019 free of charge.

The museum has been designated as an off-campus research centre for local primary and middle school students and is also popular with tourists. In the first half of this year alone, it received more than 900,000 tourists. Due to limited space, a large part of Chai's collection is not yet exhibited and has to be stored in the warehouse, driving him to improve the museum.

"Bikes carry unique and precious memories of our generation. I hope to expand the scale of the displaying area of the museum and provide a comfortable ‘home' for my bikes," he said.