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True to its name, Door Step School sets up a school right at the doorstep of kids who can't get formal education due to a variety of reasons.

The team at DSS follows a direct model — they set up a classroom in any area, a footpath, construction site, or underpass, where they foresee the greatest need. They look for proper locations, and after making sure that enough resources are in place, they accept students in the area. DSS provides lessons of different levels. The organization even tries to provide classes in the local language, or whatever the students choose.

Another interesting project of DSS is a school on wheels. It uses a bus that has been changed into a classroom, which holds about 25 kids at a time.

Since it was started in 1988, Door Step School has spread from Mumbai to the neighbouring city of Pune in Maharashtra, covering a larger area and number of kids. Now DSS has a team of more than 1,000 volunteers and teachers who change more than 70,000 lives each year.

DSS doesn't end at kids. The organisation educates parents on the importance of sending their kids to school. Its efforts have made education accessible to thousands of students in the last two decades. Their belief in education for all has not only changed children's lives but also continued the fight against one of the biggest problems India faces. All children have the right to an education, and DSS is providing just that.

Wang Yaping, 44 years old now, was born in a small village in Shandong. She studied hard all those years. She was good at all subjects, especially sports. Luckily, in 1997, she was accepted by the Air Force, Changchun Flight Academy.

Wang's space dream started in 2003, when China sent its first astronaut Yang Liwei into space. She told herself, "China now has a male astronaut. When will there be a female one?" At that time, Wang was a pilot in the Chinese army. After having safe flights for 1,600 hours during nine years in the training center, Wang was a strong candidate (候选人) to become an astronaut in 2010. In 2013, Wang realized her space dream. She was sent to space by Shenzhou-10. She joined the team of Shenzhou-13 in 2021 and flew into the space for the second time.

However, it is difficult to be an astronaut. She has to experience a lot of pain that most people can't stand and keep training all the time. Wang Yaping told Xinhua, "The space environment won't change because you are a woman." She pushed herself hard, getting the same training as men, including the pull-ups and barbells (杠铃). That finally made her dream come true.

"You are on the way to success as long as you stick to your dreams." Wang Yaping said. She set a good example to the young. Millions of students are encouraged and inspired by the most beautiful astronaut.

About Our Camps

Kings Camps is part of the Kings Active Foundation and is aimed to help young people reach their potential. We provide sports camps and summer camps at over 40 places across the UK for children aged 4 — 17. We bring together the very best parts of sports and holiday clubs to provide friendship, fun and exciting adventures for young people from the UK and around the world.

Why Choose Kings Camps

※Creative, inspiring camps: We have a strong belief that sport has an important role to play in a happy childhood and our not-for-money state enables us to provide some places and invest in new and creative ways to inspire.

※Learn important life skills: Kings Camps prepare children with important life skills and an understanding that being active is important to health and well-being.

※International students are welcome: We welcome children from outside of the UK who will make friends here by communicating with kids from different backgrounds, but we do require that they at least understand English to make sure of their safety and that of others, and of course their enjoyment.

Comments

Ryan has enjoyed every part. When we've asked about his day, he's said it was "amazing and fantastic". All the staff are extremely friendly, enthusiastic and have a true belief in what they are doing.

— Tracy Lee

Fantastic and friendly staff! It's an action-packed week of multiple sports. My sweetheart made new friends, overcame swimming fears and came away more confident too! I cannot recommend it enough!

— Kay Court

A businessman was driving his horse home with a heavy load of salt. As they reached a shallow ford in the river, a crossing they had made many times without any trouble, the horse unexpectedly slipped and fell into the water. By the time the businessman managed to get the horse out, most of the salt had melted and washed away. The horse, to his surprise, found that his burden had become much lighter.

The next day, the businessman bought another load of salt. As they made their way home, the horse remembered what had happened at the ford the day before. Thinking he was being clever, he deliberately allowed himself to fall into the water again. As expected, most of the salt was washed away, lightening his load.

At first, the businessman did not realize the horse's trick. But when it happened again the following day, he understood what the horse was doing. The angry man turned around and drove the horse back, knowing exactly what had been going on.

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(2) 词汇：ford浅滩；load装载，货物；deliberately故意地；sponge海绵

This time he loaded his horse with two great baskets of sponges.

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A social media ban for children under 16 passed through the Australian Parliament on Friday, (mark) a world-first law.

The law will make platforms including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram responsible for fines of up to 50 million Australian dollars for systemic (系统的) (fail) to prevent children younger than 16 from holding accounts. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the law supports parents are concerned about the harm the internet can cause to their children.

"Platforms now have a social responsibility to ensure the (safe) of our kids is a priority for them," Albanese told reporters. The platforms have one year (figure) out how to deal with the ban before they face the fines.

Digital Industry Group Inc., supporter of the platforms in Australia, (say) there are still questions about the law's impact on children, its technical details, its overall reach.

"The social media ban has been released and passed within a week and, as a result, no one can confidently explain it will work in practice — the community and platforms are in the dark about what exactly (require) of them," DIGI managing director Sunita Bose said.

I am not suggesting wandering off to a totally strange place without opening a3. I always make a simple plan, but I'm ready to4 it if something better comes up.

A few years ago, a friend and I were driving through a sleepy stretch of coastal South Carolina. That was, until I5 a white general store with a sign outside advertising boiled peanuts. I suggested we6 for some, though I had no reason to do so. For one thing, we were7 hungry. For another, boiled peanuts are disgusting. But something about the place was hard to resist.

As I chatted with the owner, another customer started to8 my friend a technique for trapping alligators (短吻鳄) with bare hands. He picked up the9 by working in a nearby plantation (种植园) and invited us to take a tour there. We willingly accepted his10 and spent the next few hours with him, climbing around an ancient rice mill and bowing our heads into former slave quarters. It was the kind of afternoon you don't forget.

A summer trip is a rare chance to11 routine. It used to be12 to distinguish independent travelers from travelers following flag-waving tour guides. But the line between them has become less clear.13 your trip follows a tightly14 agenda inspired by user reviews, aren't you really just taking a virtual group tour, with your smartphone15 the flag?

Play

. Sometimes, we need to break free and have a little fun, just for the sake of it! Who says playtime is just for kids? Getting older doesn't mean taking things so seriously all the time. In fact, setting aside time to just have fun can do wonders for your well-being. Find ways to explore your playful side. Embrace a playful attitude and open yourself to new, unexpected moments of joy.

Make room for laughter

Life often throws us into tense situations, causing physical and emotional stress. But you can take some of that pressure off with a little laughter. Laughter acts like a pressure valve, releasing pent-up tension. It has all kinds of benefits, like higher life satisfaction, self-esteem, job performance, creativity, social bonding, and emotional resilience. , whether it's to phone the friend that makes you smile or to play the comedy that leaves you bursting into laughter.

Adult life can come with a lot of responsibilities. Sometimes, you may need to take a step back and give yourself a break. It's advisable to embrace your silly side. Success in life doesn't have to mean striving for perfection. This intense self-judgment leads to stress and unrealistic standards. So, laugh at the little mistakes. .

A. Take yourself less seriously

B. Make a little time for laughter

C. Make a habit of having more fun

D. Holding onto anger from past hurt can weigh you down

E. Lightheartedness means approaching life with cheer and optimism

F. Embracing imperfections allows self-acceptance and promotes growth

G. Adult responsibilities like busy schedules can make life too serious

For a quarter of a century Lowe has spent his considerable energy producing high-quality reproductions of paintings and sculptures for museums and galleries around the world. He describes his digital scanning technique as being more close to drawing than to photography, as four cameras are suspended above a painting's surface taking pictures from every perceived angle to create a single composite image. From this data a precise mould (模具) of the picture surface is made, with which the high-resolution digital photograph is then printed.

The Prado Museum in Madrid appointed Lowe's company, Factum Arte, to scan its collection of Black Paintings by Francisco de Goya. Lowe produced a high-resolution close-up crop of the Spanish artist's famous The Dog, a framed copy of which you can buy in the museum's shop for about 990 euros. He has taken the idea of copying even further through his Spanish Gallery where "nothing is real" — from the decorated ceiling to the paintings hanging on the walls. He declares it his "greatest achievement".

Lowe sees his creations as the 21st-century version of "cultural preservation" and thinks it ought to be funded by governments and universities. He has spoken to the mayor of Madrid about setting up a global arts center for cutting-edge digital technologies, but that ambition remains in the hands of the politicians.

I went to visit Lowe at his art-making HQ, located on the edge of Madrid. Top-of-the-range digital printers, complex cameras and virtual reality headsets dotted the 3D-printed Greek sculptures. An army of computer scientists were busy with their works.

As he sat down with a cool glass of early evening wine he seemed worn down by decades of skepticism. "People call us Factum, the factory of fakes," he complained. "What we are doing is scientific recording to give accurate information about the artwork's surface that allows you to understand it better and more deeply."

Over the last 50 years, the environmental movement has become so closely associated with the colour green that it's almost impossible to see a green poster, label or recycling bag without thinking about our planet's future. But though that connection is the product of a very recent crisis, its origins go back some way. We have identified green with nature and its processes for thousands of years. Indeed, the very word "green" comes from the ancient Proto-Indo-European word ghre, meaning "grow".

The human species, which emerged in the verdant forests and savannas of Africa about 300, 000 years ago, has a special biological bond with green. Our eyes might even have evolved specifically to see the chlorophyll (叶绿素) in plants.

With the advent of agriculture, we started to use green as a symbol for nature and its processes. The ancient Egyptians, who were farming the banks of the Nile from about 8000BCE, likewise identified their crops with green. Their term for the colour was wadj, which also meant "flourish".

All over the world, people communed with nature through green materials. Jade, for instance, was used to make objects that would guarantee a successful harvest. The Maya buried their leaders with jade death masks for precisely this reason.

Western societies took longer to embrace the beauty of nature, and by extension, green. But by the second half of the Middle Ages, European writers were infusing the colour with their new-found faith in the landscape, connecting it to fertility, growth, spring, hope and joy. By the end of the 17th Century, English poets were beginning to realise, as we do today, that green spaces can be profoundly therapeutic (有疗效的).

While the future of our planet remains uncertain, many scientists are convinced that leaves, and the miraculous green pigment (色素) that lurks within them, will prove to be a decisive weapon in our battle against climate change. This is as it should be. After all, for early farmers waiting for shoots to emerge from the soil, and for modern-day activists determined to bring about a sustainable future, green was, and is, a colour of hope—the hope that, after a long, cold winter or a drought-ridden summer, the arrival of chlorophyll will promise a new beginning.