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Having a college roommate is most people's first experience living with someone who is not related to them.It comes with both benefits and challenges. You get an instant friend，someone to confide in and keep you company during your first time away from home.However，since many colleges randomly assign your first roommate，you also run the risk of being matched with someone you find challenging.Either way，here's some good advice：

Establish some rules

In this way，you and your roommate are clear on what to do to avoid conflict.Establish what space is whose，when you need quiet time to study，which items you can share，what time you go to bed，if you like to sleep in on weekends and who's allowed to eat what in the refrigerator.

Practice direct communication

Practicing direct communication will help you in good times and bad.Dorm rooms are close quarters，so even if you get along with your roommate，there is bound to be a disagreement or two. You can't expect your roommate to be a mind reader，so if you get upset or frustrated，communicate it to your roommate right away. You'll find such way gets better reception and ultimately a better response than if you just attack or criticize.

Compromise sometimes

When it comes to doing chores around the room，listening to certain kinds of music，watching different TV shows and requesting privacy，compromise is key.If you give a little your roommate will give a little.Compromising does not refer to giving in to all of someone's requests. So，utilize positive communication，and talk through the things you and your roommate differ on until you can reach a compromise.

A. Make your preferences known from the start.

B. Instead, it means coming to a mutual agreement.

C. Handle such conflicts with open communication.

D. It refers to persuading others to accept your opinion.

E. Use a respectful tone and choose your words carefully.

F. In this situation，listening to your roommates is very important.

G. Getting along with your roommate can enhance your college experience.

Climate change leads to a threat to the world's sandy beaches，and as many as half of them could disappear by 2100，a new study has found.Even by 2050 some coastlines could be unrecognizable from what we see today，with 10% to 12% facing serious erosion(侵蚀).

Using updated sea level rise predictions，the researchers analyzed how beaches around the world would be in the future with higher seas and more damaging storms.They also considered natural processes like wave erosion，as well as human factors—like coastal building developments，all of which can affect a beach's health.The study found that sea level rise is expected to outweigh(胜过) these other factors，and that the more heat-trapping gases humans put into the atmosphere，the worse the influences on the world's beaches are likely to be.

It's hard to overstate just how important the world's beaches are.They cover more than one third of the world's coastlines，and protect coastal areas from storms.Beaches are also important for economic engines，supporting relaxation，tourism and other activities.And in some areas，the beach is more than a vacation destination.In places like Australia，life near the coast revolves(围绕) around the beach for much of the year.

Some of the world's most popular beaches are already taking action.Places like Miami Beach are trucking in thousands of tons of sand to patch up(修复) badly eroded shorelines，while others have built sea walls and breakwaters in an attempt to hold precious sand in place.But the financial and environmental costs of these projects are huge，and scientists say rising seas and more powerful storms，as well as a warmer climate，may make this a losing battle.

However，the researchers did find that humans have some control over what happens to the world's beaches.If the world's governments are able to continue cutting heat-trapping gas pollution，the researchers found that 22% of projected beach losses by 2050 could be prevented，a number that grows to 40% by 2100 if greenhouse gases are limited.

When did you last write a letter？Properly write one—by hand？In a digital world，where sending a text or email is far more convenient than using snail mail，is the writing on the wall for traditional pen and paper？Well，some people claim that writing still has many benefits，so maybe it's not time to ditch your ballpoint(圆珠笔) or fountain pen(钢笔) yet.

These days，when people request things in writing，a typed，electronic document will be accepted.Doing this on a computer means it could be saved，edited，copied and sent via email.But crafting a handwritten document is unique：It requires planning and thought，and，as well as practising your handwriting，it helps you to remember spelling and punctuation.

Some experts believe your brain benefits from using old-fashioned pen and paper.This is particularly relevant for students，where typing notes into a laptop is thought to lack the "tactile feedback(触觉反馈)" to the brain that contacts between pen and paper does.BBC Worklife website quotes Hetty Roessingh from the University of Calgary，who says that taking notes by hand involves cognitive(认知的) engagement in summarizing，adapting，organizing，concept and vocabulary mapping.Others agree that handwriting may boost fine motor skills in your hands and fingers.

There are everyday benefits to using pen and paper too.Scribbling(涂鸦) notes，shopping lists or messages on the back of an envelope can still be useful，quick and portable.But putting pen to paper in a letter to a friend or loved one can probably have the most impact.Pen pal writer Katherine Moller told the BBC："In a world where it is so easy to hop online to email or to send a fast text，it is so personal and so precious to know someone chose to turn off the virtual world to spend some time with you."

So，while digital skills remain important，don't write off your pens and pencils yet—especially if your smartphone，tablet or laptop runs out of power!

As a child, Fischer loved going to the beach and riding bikes along the coastline with his father, Karl Fischer.So when he lost his dad to pancreatic cancer, he turned to the healing power of the ocean.

At the start of this year, Fischer wrote his father's name on his surfboard and took it out to sea in Newport, Rhode Island.His father's name shone in the sun on what felt like a shared adventure.Inspired, Fischer made a video and posted it on social media the same day."If you love the ocean, or you know someone who loves the ocean, or maybe you lost someone who just loved being outdoors..., you can comment on this video with their name and a bit of their story, and I'll put their name on my board here, just like I've done with my father's name, " he said in the video."And I'll take them out in the ocean for you."

Names poured in from thousands of strangers grieving(悲伤) the loss of loved ones.And with that, the One Last Wave Project was born, the aim of which was to exchange stories with a community of people going through the same pain.They were essentially healing together.About two months later, Fischer had received over 5,000 names and written most of them on two surfboards.The first two surfboards ran out of space—he's working on getting more.He wrote the names in neat letters on the surfboard and put a clear acrylic(丙烯酸) coat over them so they didn't wash off.

Though a lot of people have been struggling with grief in the pandemic, Fischer was amazed by the responses that have poured in."If I am able to help one person or one person shares their name, that is enough for me, " he said."But I am blown away—by not just the number of people sharing, but the depth of stories and love that they are sharing." And he plans to take his project around the world and connect with even more people—through shared grief and the power of the ocean.

Xu Yuanchong was a famous Chinese translator, best known for translating Chinese ancient poems into English and French.Xu was born in 1921 in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province.His mother, who was well educated and good at painting, had a great impact on Xu in his (pursue) of beauty and literature.When studying at Provincial Nanchang No.2 High School, he excelled at English. In 1938, he (admit) to the Department of Foreign Languages, National Southwest Associated University, a school  graduates have played a central role in modern China.At university, Xu gave outstanding performances in English, Russian, French, while even hosting Shakespeare classes, clearly showing a gift for translation.

After his graduation, Xu devoted (him) to education and translation.He was the first Chinese translator (translate) Chinese poetry into English and French verse.He also translated many (masterpiece) into Chinese including The Red and the Black and Jean-Christophe.

In his last days, the hundred-year-old scholar was still working on the translation of Shakespeare's complete works. Seven hours of work in front of a computer every day is unbearable task for young adults.(surprising)，this 100-year-old scholar was never bored with his work，passionately typing his translation word by word, day after day. the morning of June 17, Xu passed away in Beijing at the age of 100.The respectable translator enjoyed a life worth (remember).

One day，Rosie,15，who has profound and multiple learning disabilities(PMLD) found her current toy broken.It had 1  her since her second birthday.After all the attempts to fix it 2 ，her sister，Josie Wheel，decided to give social media a shot.

She posted a message on Twitter asking for help to find a 3 model of the toy."The toy had stopped being 4 by the company nearly a decade ago and we're 5 the ones that work.We never expected the 6 to be so huge on the Internet，" said the 18-year-old from Coventry.

She said many warm-hearted people were so determined to help just out of the goodness of their heart 7  they knew nothing about Rosie.About 15 substitutes had so far been 8 ，but people were still coming forward.It would 9  be closer to 30 which was amazing.People had also offered to fix the broken toys after they began to break due to so much 10 .

"Rosie doesn't completely understand everything that's going on because of her 11 but when she receives all of them next month and can physically see them I can imagine her 12 ，"Lorraine Wheel，the girls' mother，13 ."Josie and her sister have the strongest 14 and Josie has done many things to 15 that Rosie is the happiest girl ever.I couldn't be more proud of her."

Almost every month，a new piece of research appears linking diets high in processed "junk" foods with obesity and poor health.It isn't yet clear if they have a cause-and-effect relationship.But deeper research is starting to appear from trials that compare diets which are based on either extremely processed foods or wholefoods(天然食品)，yet are carefully matched for nutrients in all other ways.

The links need investigating as a matter of urgency.If these processed foods really do carry essential health risks，it could mean that official advice about healthy eating has been aiming at the wrong target for decades.In almost all high-income countries，nutrition guidelines say the key to healthy eating is avoiding too much fat，salt and sugar.

While many types of processed food contain significant quantities of these not-well-thought-of ingredients，not all do，and there are wholefoods that are also high in some of them.Red meat and some dairy products come with their share of fat，for instance.It is still unclear if it is better to switch to "healthier" low-fat versions of processed foods，or to cook from scratch，whatever the ingredients.

Equally not clear is what action governments should be taking.Some campaigners are now calling for higher taxes on factory-made foods.That would be controversial，however，because these foods make up to 60 percent of people's diets in countries such as the UK and the US.Additionally，any price increase is likely to hit lower-income households hardest，many of which consume more of such products because processed foods can be cheaper than making meals from their original ingredients，and the cost difference is even greater if you take into account the time taken to cook from scratch.

Rather than taxation，a most practical approach may be for schools to start teaching pupils how to make quick and simple home-cooked meals.This approach would take many years to bear fruit，as the encroachment(侵蚀) of processed foods into Western cuisine took place over decades.It isn't going to be completely changed overnight.

Inflammation(炎症) is the body's defense mechanism.You might have experienced it if you sustained physical injuries or had an infection，like the flu，which causes a sore throat.Inflammation can occur in any organ，but it is most common and easy to see in the skin.You will notice redness，heat and swelling.

Usually this is a good thing，as it shows you have a healthy immune system that can kill pathogens(病原体) and repair damage.However，inflammation can be a double-edged sword as in some people it can target the body's healthy cells，causing what is called an autoimmune disease.

Given this danger，a new study from Cambridge University，the UK，has been looking into brain conditions that are not usually linked to autoimmune diseases.The study found that inflammation of the brain— known as neuroinflammation(神经炎症)—has been linked to several forms of dementia(痴呆). 

In this new study，researchers scanned the brains of 31 volunteers with three different types of dementia.The first scan was to highlight neuroinflammation，and a second scan illuminated(阐明) poisonous proteins that are linked with dementia.The team also examined 12 post-mortem(after death) brains.

These experiments showed similar patterns of poisonous protein build-up and neuroinflammation，suggesting a relationship between inflammation and dementia.

"Even we were surprised by how tightly these two problems mapped onto each other.Now，the big question is what role this neuroinflammation plays in the decline of the mind associated with dementia，"said Thomas Cope，one of the authors of the study.

Another of the study's researchers，James Rowe，highlighted the importance of further research.He said the frequent presence of inflammation in neurodegenerative(神经退化的) diseases，including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease，"offers hope that immune-based treatments might help slow or prevent these conditions".

When I was a child, my mother told my sister, who had a 10-inch very obvious scar (伤疤) on her arm," Nancy, if you ignore the scar, other people will ignore it. It does not mean they will not notice it, but it means it will not matter to them if it doesn't matter to you. "

It never occurred to me that something like this would happen to my son years later. Sending a child off to college can certainly be stressful for concerned parents. It was 2018 that my son went off to college. He rarely contacted us. I couldn't help asking about other aspects, which sometimes made him complain that I didn't treat him as an adult.

To be honest, my son is excellent. Some of my friends always tell me that they admire my son's characters and they hope their sons could have some of them.

Unexpectedly, it was 4 o'clock in the morning in 2020, when I received the phone call. "This is the emergency room calling and your son was just brought in with severe burns on his face, neck and arms. We have called for an aircraft and are going to fly him to the burn unit in Seattle. "Seattle was 350 miles from his college, so we knew immediately this was serious.

The doctor described the reason, which caused the burns. At 6 am, my son and his friends decided to barbecue hamburgers in the courtyard of their apartment. When they lit the charcoal, it burst into flames because they had sprayed too much gasoline. The flames caught my son's shirt tail and shot from his waist to well over his head.

Fortunately, one of the boys who was quick-minded grasped my son and rolled him on the grass. While it saved his life, it was not in shape to save him from severe burns and the terrible scars.

After he recovered from the treatments, the doctors told him they would not do plastic surgery for 6 months because it takes that long for the skin to stop shrinking and wrinkling.

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The doctors suggested he return to college with scars of severe burns temporarily.

……

So I told him about Nancy's childhood.

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Dear Jason,

……

Yours,

Li Hua

Three Chinese astronauts landed in a northern desert on Sunday after six months in space. They had been working(complete) the basic structure of the Tiangong space station, a symbol of the country's(ambition) space program. A capsule carrying commander Chen Dong and astronauts Liu Yangand Cai Xuzhe touched down at a landing site in the Gobi Desert in northern China at approximately 8:10 pm.

Before leaving the Chinese space station, they had spent almost five days with three (colleague)who arrived on Wednesday in the Shenzhou-15 spaceship,  (mark)the first time China had six astronauts in space at the same time.

The astronauts(carry) out of the capsule by medical workers about 40 minutes after landing. They all wore smiles and appeared to be in good condition, waving(happy)at the workers at the landing site.

The three astronauts were part of the Shenzhou-14 spaceship, was launched in June. After their arrival at Tiangong space station, Chen, Liu and Cai performed three spacewalks, held a live science lecture from the station and conductedrange of experiments.

Tiangong space station will be the only space station still up and running in the universe one daythe International Space Station(retire)by around the end of the decade as expected.

My mother, Donzella Washington, 80, graduated from Alabama A&. M University on Dec. 6 with a bachelor's degree in social work. Along with her1achievements, she made history as the oldest2in the history of Alabama A&. M University.

My parents had been living on a farm in California. My mother said that her3behind going back to school was my father, Jeff, who was her biggest4. He supported everything she did, 5returning to school. Although my father did not have a traditional college education, he knew the6of gaining one. My mother wanted to finish her7 in his honor.

However, my father8in 2010, and my mother9to Alabama to live with me two years later. The most challenging part was10her when she was missing my father badly. Those moments when she cried, all I could do was hold her and love her. I had seen my mother11from great sadness over my father's death and struggle to achieve her education dream. And I was very12to be there to witness her final success.

Now, my mother says she is not slowing down so soon. She's even13going back to school to obtain her master's degree. She14to inspire and motivate others that15is not a barrier. When it comes to pursuing your dreams, it's never too late to achieve them.