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As my parents worked a late shift, my three small sisters looked at me. "What's for dinner?" one of them said. The last time I made dinner was when I made pizza in high school. Now, I had three mouths to feed—ages two, six and nine—but I was short on ideas. Like a deer in headlights, I searched for a possible answer.

"Where's the Twister (转盘游戏) game?"

"Not Twister," Abby, my oldest sister, scolded, "Dinner. "

I walked to the closet, pulled out the game. and tested the spinner (转盘). Then I slid a couple of sheets of paper between the plastic arrow and the cardboard base and divided it into four quadrant (象限). I looked at my sisters. 

"Who wants chocolate?" Alice, my youngest sister, screamed happily. Abby crossed her arms. "Mum wouldn't let that happen. "

"Mum's not here. "I wrote in the upper right quadrant: chocolate. Andy, my middle sister, asked, "What are you doing?"

"You'll see in a second." I pointed at the second area. "How about noodles?" Alice started dancing around in a circle.

"When we get four options written on the spinner, we'll spin to see what we do for dinner tonight."

My youngest sister said, "Dress up like superheroes. "

"Absolutely!" I wrote superheroes, with no idea how that would turn into a dinner idea, hoping the dial would land somewhere else. They debated the final section for a few seconds and then collectively decided on pizza. If they had suggested "Run around at the mall", I would have written it down. I set the spinner in the middle of the table. We gathered around the spinner, and I held up my hands. "We are going to spin it once, and whatever we land on、that's what we'll do tonight. "

Abby shook her head. "I don't think this is a good idea." "It's okay, honey. Mum will understand. "

Alice yelled, "I want to spin it. "Alice's try sent the little, plastic arrow flying around and around until it landed on... pizza. Everyone shouted, "Pizza", including me. I still had no idea what we were going to do. Abby looked at me. "But what are we going to do?"

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"Let's buy some materials for making pizza first," I said.

We were excited about preparing dinner by ourselves. 

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Be An Ocean Lover

Hello, everyone! I'm Li Hua, an enthusiastic ocean lover.

That's all. Thank you

Are you familiar with pop star Jay Chou'sBlue &White Porcelain? Its original lines, just the composer Fang Wenshan described, were inspired by Ru porcelain (汝瓷).

Ranked best among famous kinds during the Song Dynasty (960-1279), Ru porcelain is known for its unique pale blue glaze (釉). Oceans  Ru porcelain flooded onto the market around the year of 1100, but the  (exist) of Ru ware now is actually rare. Thanks to the efforts of Ru porcelain inheritors, people can now appreciate it  (close) at hand than before.

Born in Ruzhou, Henan province, Li Chao has spent a decade  (better) crafting skills. Ru porcelain goes through 72 steps, the (one) of which is knead (揉) mud. Any small errors could lead to disaster, said the 41-year-old inheritor. He then stressed that a Ru porcelain inheritor must be patient enough. Every item of artwork  (full) deserves our admiration.

Techniques of making Ru porcelain will (lose) with senior inheritors gradually passing away. So, Li spares no effort in doing is introducing it to wider masses. (achieve) this goal, he creatively uses Ru porcelain in making daily ware popular among young people. Now he's aiming to expand the market by introducing it to the whole world.

Inconvenient Truths

If doctors lie, it is surely inexcusable. One of the basic1 the public have of doctors is honesty. But what would you think if I told you that research has shown that 70 per cent of doctors  2 to lying to their patients? If I am honest, I have told lies to my patients. 

Mrs Walton was in her eighties and3 to see her husband. She would try to get up to find him, despite being at risk of falling. "He's on his way, don't worry," the nurses would say this to calm her down. I said the same thing to her. But it was a lie. He died two years ago. The truth, if I can use that word, is that it is a4 to lie sometimes.

Mrs Walton is one of the dementia(痴呆) sufferers, who lose their short-term memory and the memory of5 events, but hold memories from the distant past. Sufferers are trapped forever in a confusing past that many realize bears little  6 to the present, but are at a loss to explain. Those with dementia often feel upset, scared and confused that they are in a strange place, 7 by strange people, even when they are in their own homes with their family, because they have gone back to decades ago.

They look at their adult children  8 and wonder who they could be because they think their children are still little kids. I have had countless families break down in tears, not knowing how to react as their loved one moves further away from them back into their distant past and they are  9 in the present. And how, as the doctor or nurse caring for these patients, does one manage the anger and outbursts of distress that comes with having no  10 of your life for the past ten or 20 years? The lies that doctors, nurses and families tell these patients are not big, elaborate lies — they are  11 comforts intended to calm and allow the subject to be swiftly changed.

12 with them about this false reality is not heartless or unprofessional — it is actually kind. That's not to say that lying to patients with dementia13 is right or defensible. But what kind-hearted person would put another human being through the unimaginable pain of learning,14 again and again, that they have lost their beloved ones. It would be an unthinkable cruelness.

Sometimes honesty is 15 not the best policy.

Some of the oldest living things on our remarkable planet are trees. The record holders are bristlecone pines (狐尾松) of the western United States, quite a few of which are known to be more than 3,000 years old. One individual, discovered in 2012, is estimated to be more than 5,060 years old, making it the oldest known non-clonal tree in the world! : individuals across a number of other tree species have also been around for thousands of years.

So, how do trees survive for thousands of years? . Undoubtedly, part of the answer lies in luck. Ancient trees have obviously not submitted to deadly diseases, pests, fires, droughts, windstorms, landslides, or the human axe in the centuries and centuries that they have quietly endured.

The other part of the answer has to do with how trees age. In fact, there is quite a debate about whether ancient trees can be considered "immortal (永生的)". That is, will such trees ever die if they are not killed by an outside force? We may never know the answer to that, but, at the very least, . While cell death is an important factor in the aging of humans and other animals, one study found little evidence of cell death in the ginkgo tree vascular cambium (银杏树维管形成层). In addition, a study of bristlecone pine pollen (花粉) found no significant increase in mutation (变异) rates with age, which is another factor associated with animal aging. .

Older trees benefit greatly from having bodies made mostly of dead woody tissue. In fact, an old tree might be as much as 95 percent dead tissue! Given that it isn't alive, wood does not require metabolic (新陈代谢的) activity to maintain it, .

A．so an old tree doesn't really need to do much to keep living

B．This is a question that has something to do with the good luck of trees

C．However, bristlecones are certainly not alone in terms of the oldest creatures

D．This is a fascinating question for biologists that does not yet have a settled answer

E．What's more, some ancient trees have superior chemical defenses against pests and diseases

F．which means that trees can survive everywhere without being limited by external and internal conditions

G．we know that ancient trees age in ways that are dramatically different from the ways that most animals and even other plants age

A gene variant (变体) that causes the "alcohol flush (脸红)" reaction increases the risk of heart disease by causing inflammation of blood vessels (脉管), especially in drinkers. Around 8 percent of the world's populations has a gene variant called ALDH2*2 that impairs the body's ability to break down alcohol and causes unpleasant symptoms such as flushing soon after people drink. Now, researchers have shown why this change also raises the risk of heart disease.

"We are trying to understand why ALDH2*2 is associated with a higher risk of coronary arte (冠状动脉) disease at a cellular (细胞的) level," says Hongchao Guo at Stanford University in California.

The ALDH2*2 gene encodes one version of the enzyme (酵素) alcohol dehydrogenase (脱氢酶), which breaks down the toxic acetaldehydes (乙醛) produced when alcohol is metabolized (代谢), and also mops up other harmful substances known as free radicals.

The gene variant also impairs the growth of new blood vessels. "That means that when there is a heart attack, when there is a need of blood vessel growth, carriers have less ability to generate new blood vessels," says Guo.

The team found that an existing diabetes (糖尿病) drug called empagliflozin may reduce these harmful effects in people with ALDH2*2 who drink a lot of alcohol. But for Wu, the take-home message is clear. "If you're missing this enzyme, try not to drink," he says. "If you drink consistently, you are at much higher risk of heart disease, hypertension, diabetes and cancer."

Given its many negative consequences, there has been debate about why this change spread and became common, today being found in more than a third of people of cast Asian origin.

"My only explanation is that if you are missing this enzyme, you tend to drink less and there's therefore less chance of you becoming alcoholic," says Wu.

It is a strange coincidence(巧合) that as humanity attempts to greatly reduce its carbon emissions(排放), it is also rushing to develop a technology that could, in theory, consume an unlimited amount of energy.

Doing things against facts is a dangerous game, but you can picture a world in which, having chosen to start dealing with climate change properly in the 1990s, we would be just wrapping up the gentle path to net-zero emissions in time for a rapid AI increase fuelled by green power. Instead, we find ourselves at risk of running a 21st-century technology on a 20th-century energy supply.

If you live in the US, every time you use an AI model, around 20 per cent of the electricity required will be produced by burning coal. The explosive growth of AI makes this an even more pressing concern. According to one analysis, if Google chose to shift to an entirely AI-powered search business, its electricity consumption could match that of some countries.

Such estimates may be magnified, but evidence of rising power consumption from AI is all around. Microsoft is placing bets on nuclear plants to power its data centres, while the English government has promised to boost its national computing capacity by 50 per cent by 2025, which would help it keep pace with rapid AI developments in the world.

Thankfully, we may soon reach a turning point. As is reported, this year the global power department came close to reaching peak greenhouse gas emissions, as the switch from fossil(化石) fuels to clean and renewable sources is well underway. The question now is whether we can quicken the pace of decarbonisation (脱碳) to match the coming growth in energy consumption as AI becomes increasingly rooted in our society. Silicon Valley's intelligent machines may grab the headlines and the imagination, but the people really inventing the future are working in the energy department.

Most air conditioners and fridges rely on contracting and expanding a liquid to either absorb or release large quantities of heat. While these systems are relatively cheap and simple to produce, they aren't very efficient and require lots of energy. Besides, many of the coolants used are environmentally harmful.

Now, Emmanuel Defay at the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology and his colleagues have developed a coolant-free refrigeration device made from the metals lead, scandium (钪) and tantalum (钼). It can reach maximum efficiencies of more than 60%, almost double that of typical single-room air conditioning units. The technology is based on a principle called electrocaloric cooling, in which an electric field applied across a material changes the direction of electric charges, causing a temporary increase in temperature and a succeeding decrease when the electric field is removed.

To make their cooling system, Defay and his colleagues piled up eight strips of the material known as lead scandium tantalate, which is electrocaloric, on top of one another and dipped them in a heat-carrying liquid, silicone oil. When an electric field is switched on and the strips heat up, the liquid moves to the right, and when it cools down, it moves to the left, creating permanent regions of hot and cold of about 20℃difference. These regions can be used as hot and cold reservoirs from which the oil can be circulated through pipes to cool or heat rooms or objects as desired.

"Although the efficiency of the device is theoretically 67%, the efficiency of the current design is around 12%. This could be improved if a better conductor of heat than the lead scandium tantalate were found," said Defay.

"A highest performance has been achieved by combining known elements," said NeilMathur at the University of Cambridge. However, he added, the team only looked at the cooling power of the pile of metal strips themselves, while it would be interesting to see how the entire device performs together.

Children's museums become an essential part of our play menu. Here are 4 famous muse-ums for families.

KidsQuest Children's Museum

It features huge windows, beautifully designed exhibits and an adventurous, two-story rope ladders in the opening gallery. Kids of all ages will love building with real tools in the re-cycled room, running the cash register, doing physics experiments on water in the Water Lab and much more. Reservations are required. You can make them online.

Imagine Children's Museum

Imagine Children's Museum's new 33,000-square-foot expansion doubles the museum's previous play space and its shows. At over 60,000 square feet, its current area is much bigger than other local children's museums (which average around 10,000-20,000 square feet). Visitors can spend hours in the museum.

Children's Museum of Tacoma

At 10,000 square feet in size, the Children's Museum of Tacoma has a huge draw. Since it opened about a decade ago, it has offered pay-as-you-will admission and has no plans to change that anytime soon. This means that you can stop off for an hour, without worrying about whether you've gotten your money's worth.

Seattle Children's Museum

This kid-favorite spot is located on the lower level of the Seattle Center Armory building. Long-time museum lovers will notice a new exhibit, a post office where kids can weigh packages and slide behind the driver's seat to make pretend deliveries.

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2.象征物特色；

3.推荐理由。

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Recently our class have had a debate. Its topic focuses on if it is necessary to use high technology to beautify the Palace Museum. As for this, different students hold different opinion. 

Some are in favor of the creative idea because of the use of high technology can add beauty to the Palace Museum, thus make it more attractive to visitors. Therefore, those who are against the idea thinks that this technology will destroy the original appearance of the Palace Museum. More important, it is extremely essential to respect the history and tradition. 

From me point of view, other measures can be taken attract more visitors. And it's our duty to provide the complete and genuine ancient palace for the world.

A flood of tourists, some from overseas, have come to enjoy the unique cultural and natural beauties of the Tibet autonomous region,  has witnessed a travel boom recently.

Of the total tourists received, 30,455 were inbound visitors —travelers from overseas — increase of 494 percent year-on-year, while more than 24.21 million were domestic visitors, a 4l percent year-on-year increase.

" impressed me the most was the magnificent Potala Palace and strong (religion) culture in Lhasa.I feel something different from other (place) I visited before," said Hu Wei, a tourist from Sichuan province.

The Chinese online travel agency Ctrip Group reported that travel order volume, including transportation and hotel bookings, for destinations in Tibet during the first half of the year increased  103 percent (compare) with the same period in 2019. The figure reflects a continuous warming trend of tourism in the region.

"It is harder (get) tickets to some hot tourism spots, such as the Potala Palace, as the number of tourists (increase) significantly recently," said Chodar, a tour guide in Lhasa. "I see large numbers of tourists lined up at the entrance of the palace every day. Visitors have to make a (reserve) at least 10 days in advance."

In 2013, Alie Ward's life was falling apart. In a matter of months, her relationship with her partner ended, her dad was 1 with a rare form of cancer, and she was also feeling a gap between the career she had chosen and the person she wanted to be.

To distract herself from her 2 , Ward liked to find and take 3 of bugs which she has loved since she was a little kid. Sometimes, if she found a beetle or a bee that she particularly liked, she'd 4 it on Facebook. Those posts attracted the 5 of a woman named Lila Higgins, who studies 6 at the local natural history museum. After seeing Ward's pictures, Higgins 7 to Ward and invited her to go on a tour of the museum.

At that time Ward was emotionally fragile, and meeting someone new in that state made her nervous and teary. However, her passion for bugs outweighed her anxiety. 

Upon Ward's arrival at the museum, Higgins warmly 8 her and handed her a lab coat. She then led Ward through various 9 . "I remember she opened up this freezer, like, ‘Come check this out,' and it was full of dead bugs," Ward recalled. "Although lifeless, these samples held significance for the natural history museum, serving as evidence to nature's diversity. I was also impressed by how 10 Higgins was, which made me feel passionate about the work for the first time in a long time," Ward continued. Noticing Ward's 11 , Higgins suggested she 12 at the museum for a few hours every week.

Despite her doubts, Ward decided to 13 Every Wednesday, she'd arrive at the museum. And with each volunteer 14 , she felt a little bit better. "It gave me this sense of 15 . It helped me reconnect with my love of 16 and nature that I'd always had," Ward said.

Soon, Ward 17 her job and started working in science media. She now is the creator and host of a podcast called Ologies. Ward had Higgins on the show as her first 18 . "Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if I hadn't taken her up on her 19 . What would my life have been like? It's not a nice thought. Who would I be? You know, Lila Higgins, in one instant, 20 my whole life," said Ward.

Before we even realize it's happening, slowly but surely, we start losing confidence in who we are, what we do, and pretty much everything we ever thought we knew. You're not alone. Below are simple steps that it offers to help you restore confidence quickly.

Figure Out the Root Cause. Knowing why you're losing confidence is key to reversing that downward spiral. Not only will it get your confidence back but also it will strengthen it in the process. So, take the time to become aware of your environment, your thoughts, your behaviors, and your relationships.

Strike a Pose. Simply put you stand straight, take up some space, put one hand on each hip, chin tilted upward, breathe in, and be present. Hold this pose for a few minutes. Our attitudes often follow our behaviors, her research suggests, meaning that assuming the body language of a powerful person can make anyone who does it feel more confident.

Losing confidence means you've given your power away. And one of the fastest ways to take back your power is to utter a tiny two-letter word: NO, Practice saying "no" at least once a day. It can be to your own judgy voices of doubt, or it can be to the external factors you've identified that have caused you to lose confidence. It, along with these other suggestions: are very powerful steps in restoring your confidence.

Losing confidence in ourselves happens.I bet if you ask the people closest to you in your life, they'll shrug and nod, letting you know that they've experienced self-doubt and a loss of confidence, too. It's part of being human and part of living this thing that we call life.

A. Just Say "No".

B. You will benefit from it in the long term.

C. They may help you find out your mistakes.

D. It's happened to me on more than one occasion.

E. It's one of the power poses suggested by social psychologist Amy Cuddy.

F. In that case, you can identify the negative influences that need to be addressed.

G. According to the online therapy platform Better Health, everyone lacks confidence occasionally.

Flip-flops (人字拖) are the most popular type of shoe in the world. They're comfortable, they're easy to wear and they're inexpensive. Unfortunately, most of them are also terrible for the environment. In Kenya, this is a huge problem, and around 90 tons of flip-flops wash up on its shores annually.

In the late 1990s, when Julie Church was working as a marine (海洋的) conservationist in Nairobi, she found an entire beach "just covered in flip-flops". Around that time, Church also noticed children making toys out of the thousands of flip-flops that had made their way to the country's beaches. She began working with the kids' mothers to encourage them to not just collect the shoes, but also turn them into artworks. The families could then sell this art at local markets, providing another means of income.

The idea took off, and in 1998, Church founded Ocean Sole as a nonprofit. This year alone, the organization has upcycled more than 750,000 flip-flops and collected more than 47,000 kilos of waste. Additionally, Ocean Sole directly impacts more than 1,000 Kenyans, many of whom work as flip-flop collectors or artists, and contributes 10% to 15% of overall income to career and educational programs for residents, as well as beach cleanup and conservation efforts.

Ocean Sole is continuously growing and looking to keep waste off Kenya's beaches and out of its water. When it comes to growing the Ocean Sole organization, Church has three "mantras (真言)": trust to trade, trade to awareness, and awareness to protection. Church would like to put together toolkits and other resources to bring this concept to other places around the world that have similar problems. Ocean Sole is also encouraging companies to use more eco-friendly materials when making flip-flops. "I think it's time for us to start looking for an alternative shoe, or an alternative material, to fit that kind of fashion need," Church has said. "Our products need to develop."

The brain of a woodpecker (啄木鸟) experiences a seemingly catastrophic impact every time its beak (喙) meets wood. "When you see these birds with hard beaks, flexible tongues and strong neck muscles in action, hitting their head against a tree quite violently, then as humans we start wondering how these birds avoid getting headaches or brain damage," says Van Wassenbergh, a researcher at the University of Antwerp in Belgium.

In the past, scientists have suggested the bird's brain is protected from the impacts, perhaps by a beak that absorbs some of the force, or something in its head that acts as a cushion (缓冲物). But Van Wassenbergh wasn't convinced. So he led a team to settle the issue using high-speed video of woodpeckers in action.The videos revealed some remarkable details. For example, "they close their eyes at the moment they impact the wood," Van Wassenbergh says, to protect their eyes from pieces of wood.

The videos also showed that woodpeckers' beaks often get stuck in the wood. But they break free almost instantly, thanks to a clever beak design that provides independent motion of the upper and lower beak.

What the videos did not show is any sign that the woodpecker's brain is somehow cushioned. "The way we see the head behaving is very rigid, like a tool hitting wood," Van Wassenbergh says. That means the organ repeatedly experiences slowdowns that would cause an injury in a human brain.

Yet the woodpecker brain is unharmed even after thousands of impacts in a single day. That is possible because a woodpecker's brain is protected—not by cushioning, but by its tiny size and weight, Van Wassenbergh says. "An animal that has a smaller size can stand higher slowdowns" he says. "That's a biomechanical law."

That idea was suggested in 2006 by Lorna Gibson, a professor at MIT. Now, it has been confirmed by Van Wassenbergh's high-speed videos.A woodpecker's brain is about 700 times smaller than a human brain. "That is why even the hardest hits we observed are not expected to cause any injury," Van Wassenbergh says.

I spent my childhood collecting and pressing four-leaf clovers（三叶草）into books at my mother's house. I started with big cloth-and-leather-bound books. When I ran out of bound volumes，I began to slip my treasures into anything I could find，such as old fiction paperbacks and cookbooks. The same is true in my house today. Shake a book，and a treasure just might fall into your hand.

A few years ago，in Nova Scotia，my husband and I pulled off the road for a picnic. The ground was thick with clovers. Some shoots had four，five，or even six leaves. I lined them up on the picnic table to admire. To me，it was simple. The differences in their shapes made them stand out，breaking the pretty pattern of the common clovers with three perfect leaves.

Two summers back，while waiting for an airport shuttle in Munich，I found a tiny four-leaf clover in a traffic circle and put it in my passport. On the way home，my husband and I were upgraded to business class. All of my friends owed it to the clover. I think it's some likely that we were upgraded because a flight was postponed，which left us trapped in two cities for several hours.

People disagree about whether the luck comes for finding or possessing a clover. Some believe that the luck is lost if the four-leaf clover is shown to somebody else，while others think that the luck doubles if it is given away. I believe that positivity is compounded by sharing. I feel lucky to find the clovers so often，but I don't think they influence my life anymore than it does to share any thing a little special with a friend or a stranger.

Winter sports are constantly evolving and new sports activities are regularly being created. This makes sure your next holiday in the snow is an unforgettable experience. 

Snow biking

The snowbike — a cross between a bicycle and skis — guarantees pure fun and a unique skiing experience for snow fans above six. Snowbikes can be used on well-cared-for slopes (斜坡) and riders navigate the slopes with the additional help of short foot skis. And it can be ridden without the rider having previous experience.

Freeriding

There is no other winter sport that gets you closer to nature. Due to the truly unaffected character of the slopes, snow and weather conditions have to be taken into special consideration when freeriding. Therefore, it is very important to be accompanied by a professional guide who knows the skiing area inside out and who is able to correctly assess the weather conditions. 

Snowshoeing

Snowshoeing is the perfect activity for those who want to explore the untouched winter landscape. The snowshoes distribute the weight of the person carrying them over a larger area so that the feet only sink lightly into the snow. Handling snowshoes is easy and does not require any previous experience: Simply fasten your snowshoes, pick up your sticks and off you go!

Snowtubing

Snowtubing is an activity for winter fans of all ages and involves sliding down a snowtubing slope in a rubber tire. Snowtubing tracks are often located close to a ski lift. This gives the tuber the opportunity to immediately go back up the mountain after the ride. The activity is the perfect and fun end to a day of skiing. 

Tyra Winters was a high school student in Texas. One day, she was marching towards her home after the school day. As she slowly made her way down the street, the 17-year-old was enthusiastically planning the coming weekend party with her best friends, thinking of all the music, laughter, and excitement.

All of a sudden, a horrific scream was heard in the street. Turning back, Winters saw a boy about two years old lying on the sidewalk. And his wild mother was begging for help. "Someone help me, someone help me". The little boy, Clarke Hornback, as his mother told, had been sucking on a piece of candy when it slid down the back of his mouth. It was stuck in his throat and blocked his windpipe (气管). Clarke's face was bright red. "There was no coughing; there was no breathing!" Clarke's mother, Nicole Hornback cried in great panic.

The crowds soon gathered around the poor boy and the mother. The boy was just gasping (喘气) for air. No one seemed to know how to help.

Except for Winters, who had always had dreams of becoming a surgeon for children! She had learned the first aid knowledge for treating choking. It was time for her to save the boy's life. Knowing that the clock was ticking, she ran to the child.

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By the time Winters got to Clarke, the boy's face had tuned purple.

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It all happened so fast that Nicole even had no time to thank the girl.

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