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请观察所给的图片，根据图片内容和其中的角色分配，猜测并描述第三幅图的内容，使英文小故事完整、连贯。

注意：1. 写作词数应为80词左右；2. 首句已给出，不计入词数。

Tom walked into the classroom and comforted her.

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注意：

1. 写作词数为80左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置做答。

Dear William,

How's everything going?

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Yours,

Li Longjin

For decades, nets (use) to help protect beachgoers from sharks in Queensland. But that safety comes at cost of marine (海洋的) life. Last year alone, that equipment caught 958 animals, including 798 sharks, 70 percent of died. The government has a desire to replace its deadly measures camera-equipped drones (无人机) to search for sharks, and Alexandra Headland is one of the locations for a trial program that is already showing success.

The drone is capable of flying for 20 minutes in winds (record) above 21 miles per hour. When pilots detect a shark, they lower the drone to just below 100 feet (identify) the animal's size and species. The task becomes much (difficult) when it is raining or if the water is rough. In addition, if the pilots consider the shark a danger, they can evacuate (疏散) the beach while lifeguards track the animal. During many (experiment) in 2020 and 2021, which involved 3,669 drone flights at seven beaches, drone pilots discovered 174 sharks, including 48 that were greater than 6.5 feet in length.

Drones, says Leo Guida, a shark scientist with Australian Marine Conservation Society, can (entire) save people by dropping life — saving equipment to someone (struggle) in the water.

In the past, access to the Pantheon has always been free. Roman officials suggested a €2 entrance fee several years ago. Some church and culture officials signed the new policy (政策) in March 2023. Now, it's reported that entrance to the famous historic site will cost €5.

The new policy comes with a few exceptions. Roman residents will still be able to enter the site for free. So will anyone under age 18, as well as teachers keeping school groups company.

The Pantheon was originally built around 27 BCE. Then it was rebuilt around 118 to 128 CE. In 609 CE, it became a church called the Basilica of Saint Mary and the Martyrs. This was partly because it was built using ancient Rome's high-quality materials.

It stands at 142 feet tall - which is nearly as tall as the Statue of Liberty. How the structure was built is still somewhat of a mystery, and the exact method of construction has never been determined.

A. Later the suggestion was put on hold.

B. But some residents agree with the idea.

C. Tourists under 25 will only have to pay €2 to enter.

D. Every year, millions of tourists explore the structure.

E. The Pantheon is still regularly used for religious events.

F. For many years, the Pantheon had the largest dome of its kind.

G. Throughout its history, it's proved to be an amazingly strong building.

Songs have a powerful effect on us. Has anyone discovered the joy of singing in a choir? Mary works as a busy teacher, and choir practice nights are simply her "sanity". "There are nights when even I don't feel like going to choir but by the time we've finished, I'm glad I came," said Mary.

Research says choiring is really good for you. By monitoring the health signs of members of a choir, Bjorn Vickoff at Sweden University discovered the singers' hearts started to beat in step with their breathing. There seemed to be a wave of air moving through the group, making them feel connected as one. Research has proved that choiring has comforting effects similar to those that come from breathing exercises in yoga.

Singing also produces hormones (荷尔蒙) and other happy chemicals, fighting against depression and loneliness. Singers have been found to have lower levels of stress after choiring. And a later study also found that singing relieves anxiety and that group singing can be especially beneficial to the health of older adults.

At the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, choir after choir was put on stage by singers with no big names. But this is real music to Tony Backhouse's ears. The choirmaster spent three decades in Australia founding and working with choral groups. "If I were asked to redesign the Australian educational system, I would start by insisting that group singing become a central part of the daily routine. I believe it builds character and, more than anything else, encourage a taste for cooperation with others," said Tony. For him, the meaning of group singing is "cooperation, rather than competition. Singing teaches us to listen, which is a great gift. In my community choir, it's about creating something amazing together, and we really aim to make every rehearsal a thing of joy and beauty."

In some countries, it's quite traditional for people in their late teens and early 20s to live at home with their parents, but in other places, flying the nest to start their own independent life is very desirable. But there's been a growing trend, in the UK at least, for young people to return home to live — or not to leave home at all.

A survey by a price comparison website found that 18% of adult children in the UK said they were moving back home because of debt, compared with 8% last year. More young people had lost their jobs, and others couldn't afford their rent compared with the previous year. So, it's easy to see why they're increasingly becoming home birds.

The BBC's Lucy Hooker explains that many returning adult children enjoy home comforts. But for the "hoteliers", that's mum and dad; the survey found the average cost to them has gone up sharply, and that they are sacrificing luxuries and holidays to look after their "big kids". Emma Craig from Money supermarket says "they're trying to look after their children more. If your child comes home and you see them struggling financially, you feel more awkward asking them for rent or to contribute. It tugs on your heartstrings more."

With parents splashing out around￡1,886 on takeaway food, buying new furniture and upgrading their Wi-Fi for the benefit of their offspring, it's easy for the returning children to put their feet up and make themselves at home. That's before they learn a home truth — that one day it might be their own kids who'll be checking into the hotel of mum and dad!

Wu Mingzhu was born in 1930 into a scholarly family in Wuhan city. After her graduation in 1953, she was assigned to work in Beijing. But Wu had already set her eyes on her long-awaited goal. "What I studied was the science of fruit and vegetables. I wanted to work in the fields, not in an office," said Wu.

In 1955, Wu voluntarily went to work in Shanghai County, Turpan Basin, where working conditions were quite hard. She found that the Hami melon, a rare specialty fruit which was once common in the area, was in danger of becoming extinct if not properly cultivated (种植). Wu spent years visiting over 300 production teams, picking out 44 melon varieties. She overcame a variety of difficulties to produce particularly delicious melons in a scientific way, winning over the local farmers accustomed (习惯的) to folk cultivation methods. Then the promotion area covered most of Xinjiang's main commodity (商品) areas, and a group of melon-rich villages appeared.

For more than 60 years, Wu Mingzhu and her team have cultivated more than 30 varieties, brought the sweetness of melons to people, and promoted the melon series with Chinese characteristics and a complete breeding innovation system to the world. When first hearing her nickname of "a pearl in the Turpan Basin", Wu said, "In Xinjiang, there are thousands of science and technology workers like me. They have worked hard for decades on the frontline of agriculture. I'm just one of the ordinary ones."