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It was thirty years ago, and I was twenty years old as a new teacher in an elementary school in Toronto, Canada. My class was made up of thirty-eight kids, one of them named Mike. Mike was a street kid. He never knew his parents and lived with an uncaring grandmother. His clothing was in need of repair. He was ten years old and looked in bad health. Like most new, young teachers, I was full of enthusiasm and wanted to make a difference. I decided to reach out to help the kid in need.

So it was that early in September that my special "foster father(养父)" relationship with Mike began with the permission of his grandmother. I became the only parent figure he ever had. Each day, I'd take him for meals. I showed him how to repair clothes. I taught him a lot of new skills like using a computer, taking photos and knowing about nature. Mike would then help me teach the rest of the class these skills. We all had a lot of fun, and a kind of un-spoken trust began to build up between us. Surprisingly, he appeared eager to join in this new father-son relationship.

Early in our special relationship, Mike told me his dream. Most of the kids in the class wanted to be doctors, musicians, teachers or some such things, but not Mike. "I want to be a gangster(土匪), Mr. Kowalchuk!" he said. This was no joke—this was his wish, and he was most serious about it.

I believe all children have a gift. Everyone has the same chance to be the best person they can be. I realized this boy was smart, and that with a little love, attention, understanding, guidance and encouragement, he could probably achieve whatever he put his mind to. I explained to him that a good gangster had to read a large number of books on law in the law library and know criminal law(刑法) well like an excellent lawyer(律师). His young mind was eager and interested.

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If he wanted to be a "gangster", I would do something to help him.

Years later, I got married and started a new life in another city.

内容包括：1. 写信目的；2. 个人优势；3. 希望获准。

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Liu Ruying,  grandfather is a huge fan of Beijing Opera, has been interested in Beijing Opera for much of her young life. Her grandfather is a great influence  her. At the age of eight, she (begin) to practice the classical art. It wasn't easy for a little girl (experience) the difficult training, as performances combine martial arts, dancing and acrobatics(杂技).

"Sometimes I was tired," she said. "I had to balance my (course) I was interested in, such as studies and other dance. But the great charm(魅力) of Beijing Opera made me always practice it."

When Liu got the news that her region would have a cultural exchange with other countries, she had the idea of (introduce) Beijing Opera to the world in English. With  help of her mother, she took part in the activity after several months of practice.

"I (extreme) love traditional Chinese culture," she said. "Beijing Opera has a long history and (consider) a treasure of our nation. We should let (we) make great efforts to carry forward our culture and protect the cultural diversity of the world."

Many Chinese people used to 1 each other with "Have you had your meal?" to show their friendliness. Recently, a new greeting has become 2 in many Chinese cities, namely "Have you 3 weight?"

Chen Xin, a manager of a media company in Hangzhou, has 4 his friends after successfully getting 5 "Following instructions from my nutritionist, I went on a 6 and lost 10kg," Chen said with a 7 smile.

In recent years, food-delivery services have been growing fast and entering every corner of Chinese cities. Also, Chinese people can 8 buy foods from all over the world. But people are paying more and more attention to their 9 . More people are becoming 10 with various terms, such as "low calories", "sugar cut-off" and "light food".

"I used to eat a lot of unhealthy food, which brought me much 11 ." Chen said. "Now my health indicators (指标) are becoming 12 , and I can feel that my body is in good 13 again."

Chen is not alone. Many Chinese are troubled with "diseases of richness", including obesity and high blood pressure, as the quality of life has greatly 14 over the past decades. Most people need to worry about whether they have a healthy diet, 15 whether they have enough food.

Three in five people in the UK hold a library card. For some, library is a shelter from the stresses of day-to-day life.   If you're considering joining your local library, now is the time to do so. And if you need any more encouragement, here are several reasons why you should.

Most libraries in the UK allow members of the general public to come and go as they like.  You can also take out a library card and borrow books for free, although you will inevitably face a fine for late returns.

 Imagine just how many books you have at your fingertips with a library card? There are lots of modern ones, as well as originals, and you can continue to expand your learning and vocabulary all the time. It's a priceless experience, especially for kids, and also a great way to level the educational playing field.

Libraries develop with times. They have changed greatly since decades ago.  Some libraries have apps so you can see when your books are due back and even reserve books in some cases. There are also libraries which let you access books in digital formats on your mobile device—pretty cool.

Libraries are one of very few spaces left in towns and cities where members of the general public can come together and actually be and feel like a community. They have noticeboards to offer services like exercise classes or learning centers. 

A. Libraries help people learn. 

B. Libraries help educate the kids. 

C. They create a great sense of community. 

D. You can go in, settle down and read a book without being charged a penny. 

E. Most libraries now have computers and allow people to borrow CDs and DVDs. 

F. Libraries help us save money as we're borrowing books rather than buying them. 

G. For others, particularly the homeless and people in poverty, a lifeline to the world.

Healthcare professionals in four Canadian provinces can now prescribe (开处方) their patients passes to National Parks thanks to a new program, PaRX, which stresses the health benefits of spending time in nature in helping to manage physical and mental health.

PaRx was founded by the B. C. Parks Foundation in November 2020 and was officially supported by Parks Canada last month. Health professionals who register (注册) with the program can offer their patients a Parks Canada Discovery Pass, making it the country's "first national nature prescription program". The Parks Discovery Pass typically costs about $57 per adult per year.

"We're really asking doctors to prioritize patients who live close to Parks Canada sites so they'll have more access and can make it part of their everyday lives, and also those for whom the cost of a pass might be a barrier to nature access," said Melissa Lem, president-elect of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment.

Studies have shown that spending time in nature has a range of health benefits—from lowering blood pressure and improving heart health to reducing stress and anxiety. PaRx recommends that patients spend at least two hours per week in the great outdoors, and at least 20 minutes each time, to get the most benefit.

The program is currently available in the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. It will eventually spread to every province.

PaRx also has benefits outside of the national parks, with many gardens offering free admission to visitors who show their prescriptions.

"There's almost no medical condition that nature doesn't make better. Rediscovering nature and then realizing how important it is to us has really shown that nature-health connection," Lem said.

Do you ever worry that you might waste food? During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people around the world were going hungry, but people came up with unique ways to try and help. One of these was to put fridges filled with food outside for people who needed it. The movement was very popular in the US, but there have also been community fridges all around the world as well.

Back in 2016, before the COVID-19 pandemic, Pauline, a restaurant owner in Kochi, India, had the bright idea to put a fridge in the street to stop unused food from going to waste and to help the needy. The idea came to her late one night when she saw a lady searching in a rubbish can for food. Watching the woman, she had a sad thought.

"The woman had been sleeping and was woken up by her hunger, so she had to go in search of food instead of sleeping," said Pauline. She felt really sad that night because the restaurant had made lots of food that could have been given to her.

Over in the UK, the idea of communal (公共的) fridges was used in Sommerset to fight against food waste and hunger issues, encouraging people to donate and also take unwanted food. UK supermarkets and eateries like Marks & Spencer and Greggs have regularly helped the poor and hungry.

Now there is a large movement in the UK to provide communal fridges. One charity, Hubbub, now operates the Community Fridge Network. The network supports groups running communal fridges across the UK, which now number over 300 fridges. Hubbub has partnered with Co-op to provide 500 fridges so far.

"A fridge is so often much more than a fridge," said Hubbub's official website. "The fridges connect people together, address social isolation (隔绝) and provide people with the opportunity to access healthy food, try something new and save money."

Aron Ralston was a pretty normal guy, but he always had an extremely adventurous desire to travel and see the world. During his childhood, his family moved to Denver, Colorado, a place offering many opportunities to climb mountains, explore, and eventually become the adventurer he'd always wanted to be. Back in 2003, Ralston was climbing in the remote, mountainous area of Southwestern Utah, when the unthinkable happened: Aron got stuck in a crevice(裂缝) in the rocks and pinned by a big stone that weighed over 360 kilograms. The weight of the rock crushed his arm, and he was pinned by it. Aron took photos of his bad situation (which was going to get a lot worse) as he waited for rescue teams(救援队) to come to remove the rock so that he could get out and home safe.

But rescuers never came. Aron waited for them for days till he lost his hope. He knew he had to do something. He was 18 meters above the floor of the valley where he was pinned in, and he had a pocketknife. He made what must have been one of the most difficult decisions of his life: to cut his own arm in order to survive. Aron cut the lower part of his arm off, having to wrench(扭动) his forearm against the big stone to break the bones, and then got himself down to the bottom of the valley, where he would begin to walk and search for help. Luckily, help arrived in the form of a helicopter(直升机) that spotted him, covered in blood. Aron had tied off the wound to keep himself from bleeding to death pretty successfully and would eventually make it out alive.

Ralston went on to become an inspiring speaker and continued to travel and climb mountains—he didn't let an incident that forced him to cut his own arm off, stop him from doing what he really loved.

4 STEM Competitions for High Schoolers

eCyberMission

You can participate(参加) in this competition without leaving the house. eCyberMission is a web-based contest in which participants—working in teams of two to four students—use science, math, and technology to solve problems facing their communities. First-place winners receive $1,

000.

Grades: 9th

Competition Type: Regional, state, and national

Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision

Interested in what the future has to hold? Consider ExploraVision's STEM competition. Working in teams of two to four, students will research a particular technology and discuss the ways in which it may impact lives moving forward. Participants are required to write a paper and draw web pages communicating their vision.

Grades: 7th- 9th and 10th- 12th

Competition Type: Regional and national

Spellman Clean Tech Competition

The Spellman Clean Tech Competition tests students' ability to research and design—it requires participants to recognise a real-world issue, research the problem, and design a solution that uses clean technology. Participants gain a better understanding of STEM fields and may help make the earth a healthier place. In addition to the honor of winning a well-known STEM competition, there are some awards for top finishers—including a $7,000 first prize.

Grades: 9th- 12th

Competition Type: International

Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS)

The most promising young scientists in the nation compete in the Regeneron STS—one of the country's oldest and most famous STEM competitions. The competition is open to high school seniors and challenges them to carry out an independent research project and submit(提交) their findings along with a paper and up to four recommendations(推荐信). Winners can take home awards of up to $250,000!

Grades: 12th

Competition Type: National

Opening presents carefully selected by our parents is our family tradition on Christmas morning, which always pushes the festive atmosphere to the climax. However, this year's Christmas seemed not as happy as usual.

It was Christmas Eve when my sister and I decided to open our presents before our mom got home from work. Though worried about ruining my mom's original plan, we still wanted to sneak a peek (偷看at the gifts in advance, driven by a strong impulse of curiosity. Since my sister was older, and that put her in charge, she opened the first gift while I was ordered to stand guard at the big picture window in our front room. I was to report any suspicious activity or person, namely our mother, who can easily capture the details of life.

I was so excited that I could barely stand still. I also couldn't keep my eyes on the window very long. My head moved from the window to my sister and back to the window again. I felt like I was watching a Ping-Pong match.

"All right!" my sister shouted. She pulled out a jewelry box. "You know what that means, don't you?"

I jumped up and down. "Yeah, it's my turn!"

"No," she said. "It means that there must be some jewelry under here." I watched my sister rummaging (翻寻) through the presents under the tree, trying to find one she thought was small enough to be a necklace or earrings.

"Hey, that's not fair!" I complained, stomping my foot.

"Are you watching for Mom?" is all that she said. I couldn't do anything except stand guard as she opened present after present. Finally, when my sister's curiosity was satisfied and she had finished wrapping her last present back up, we traded places.

My heart hammered so hard that it felt like my chest was moving in and out. My sister reminded me to be careful so I wouldn't tear the paper, and to wrap the present back up the same way that I had found it.

After unwrapping a few presents, I found it faster to open one end of a present and peek inside. "Headphones! How can my mom know what I want! Without any hesitation, I pulled the headphones out of the box.

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Paragraph l: I was about to put them on when my sister shouted, "Quick! Mom's coming!'

Paragraph 2: Christmas morning finally approached, and we were ready to open our presents again!

Delicate, shining, and soft to the touch, The fabric called silk  (find) its way into the heart of Chinese people in the past thousands of years.  origin of it is not clear, but the ancient Chinese people  (credit) their own wisdom to Leizu, wife of the Yellow Emperor, as the inventor of sericulture(养蚕业).

The style and texture(质地) of silk are (variety). Hangluo satin from Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, is famous for its airy and thin texture, Yunjin brocade from Nanjing, Jiangsu province, a luxurious fabric often (use) for royal clothes, represents China's silk weaving(纺织) technique at its best time. Yunjin brocade is best made hand, in a complex procedure that comprises more than a hundred steps. Even the most skilled artisans can only weave a few centimeters a day.

In the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC AD 24), with Zhang Qian  (open) up the routes to the western regions, silk graced countries in Central Asia, and later other parts of Eurasia and beyond.  (appropriate), its name marked China's major international trade  (route), the ancient Silk Road and Maritime Silk Road.

As one of the wonders of ancient China, silk is not merely a type of fabric but a cultural symbol and a representative of elegance.

I have struggled with feelings of unworthiness since forever. My most painful moments were at parties. My friends made fun of me because I was rhythmically (有节奏地)1 and I couldn't get my2 body to imitate the latest dance moves. I was never chosen to dance. I felt like I didn't3 .

Around age 12, I decided that the way to4 these feelings of unworthiness was perfection. If I was just perfect then I would fit in. But this strategy didn't5 .My self-esteem (自尊心) was high when I got good grades and felt6 , but crashed when I didn't do well7 , or was left out.

After several years of spiritual growth, it8 me that for many of us, self-worth is tied to our9 . We experience low self-worth10 we fail or lose approval. So I have begun to cultivate an unconditional self-worth. It's not about doing things perfectly.11 , "Unconditional self-worth" is the12 that you deserve to be alive, to be loved and cared for.

The13 to unconditional self-worth is not always easy. It takes courage to free yourself from the 14 you've placed on your worth. But this journey is beautiful and worth taking. So I challenge you to embrace yourselves and find your metaphorical (隐喻) 15 floor and move freely.

With such a wide range of platforms and devices available to the everyday reader, the physical book, while not yet extinct, may end up going that way. Why? .

With a rapid increase in digital reading platforms, reading is no longer a common problem for bookworms. They're designed to simplify the process of reading on the go. You can select a book, track your progress, and even submit reviews. With no need to carry around physical books, readers are much more likely to pick up where they left off whenever and wherever they may be.

Readers can also carry around their favourite books within an e-reader. Common examples include the Amazon Kindle, Onyx Boox, and PocketBook. These hand-held devices offer fantastic portability, readability and variety.  They are much smaller and lighter than physical books, making them an ideal option for those always on the go.

Social media has had a great effect on our reading habits. It governs our daily life. With physical books no longer a key form of entertainment for children, it has been replaced with digital alternatives. Social media and video games have replaced the ways in which we traditionally read and tell stories. .

As is known to us all, technology has changed the ways in which we read at home as well as in the classroom.  Exposure to the digital potential of reading is introduced at an early age. Virtual learning platforms have also exploded in popularity in recent years. Technology in the classroom is no longer a luxury but a necessity to keep up with the modern age.

A. There are a number of apps out there.        

B. Books and lessons are delivered online.

C. We are still reading but just in a different way.        

D. Lots of people find it difficult to fit reading into their daily routine.

E. Some e-readers also allow users to access the Internet for various purposes.

F. There's nothing worse than realizing you have forgotten your favourite book.

G. Here are some ways technology has transformed our reading habits in recent years.

In recent years American society has become increasingly dependent on its universities to find solutions to its major problems. It is the universities that have been to blame for developing the expertise to place men on the moon; for dealing with our urban problems and with our worsening environment; for developing the means to feed the world's rapidly increasing population. The effort involved in meeting these demands presents its own problems. In addition, however, this concentration on the creation of new knowledge significantly impinges on the universities' efforts to perform their other principal functions, the transmission and interpretation of knowledge--the imparting of the heritage of the past and the preparing of the next generation to carry it forward.

With regard to this, perhaps their most traditionally acknowledged task, college and universities today find themselves in a serious situation. On one hand, there is the American commitment, especially since World War Ⅱ, to provide higher education for all young people who can profit from it. The result of the commitment has been a dramatic rise in enrollments(登记入学) in our universities, coupled with a striking shift from the private to the public sector of higher education. 

On the other hand, there are serious and continuing limitations on the resources available for higher education. While higher education has become a great "growth industry", it is also at the same time a tremendous drain(耗竭) on the resources of the nation. With the vast increase in enrollment and the shift in priorities away from education in state and federal(联邦的) budgets, there is in most of our public institutions a significant decrease in expenses for their students. One crucial aspect of this drain on resources lies in the persistent shortage of trained faculty(全体教师), which has led, in turn, to a declining standard of competence in instruction.

Intensifying these difficulties is, as indicated above, the concern with research, with its increasing claims on resources and the attention of the faculty. In addition, there is a strong tendency for the institutions' organization and functioning to fulfill the demands of research rather than those of teaching.

Released on Aug 30, a three-episode web series titled Escape From the British Museum has gone viral online for its touching and innovative narrative (叙事). The series follows the journey home of a Chinese jade teapot that has come to life as a girl. She runs away from the British Museum and comes across a Chinese journalist who helps the artifact return to China. The series, created by two Chinese vloggers, aims to raise broader awareness of Chinese artifacts that were stolen or looted (掠夺) from China and are displayed or stored in the British Museum. 

The video series echoes the Chinese people's call for the British Museum to return these Chinese artifacts. However, some UK media outlets said that the video series promotes nationalism (民族主义). In fact, every country whose artifacts are displayed or stored in the British Museum wants them back. These countries, such as Greece, Nigeria and Sudan, have already issued their demands for the return of artifacts. It's fair enough to say these demands are shared. They can correct centuries-old wrongs by having the UK return artifacts to their rightful homes.

An opinion in the UK newspaper The Telegraph said that if the British Museum gives back its collection of artifacts, then nationalism will win over humanity's common heritage. It also said that the artifacts were "lawfully acquired (合法取得) " by the UK. By "lawfully acquired", does the writer mean the artifacts were acquired with the "help" of machine guns and warships? Or does he mean that the cultural artifacts of African, Asian and American countries should be kept in the hands of looters, rather than in their land of origin?

For even the most city citizens, a quick escape into nature is always a welcome breath of fresh air. Try looking for an urban garden nearby — they often hide themselves just around the corner. Click here to know more of the coolest gardens in cities around the world.

Sky Garden   As London's highest public garden, this social space offers splendid 360-degree views of the city. With a restaurant, observation decks and beautiful plant life, there is something for everyone in this city-center escape from urban life.

The BeltLine   In a massive, 22-mile loop (环线) around the city, the BeltLine connects many Atlanta neighborhoods with parks, trails, restaurants and art shows. Although it is still under construction, the sections that are open to the public act as alternative space to enjoy the outdoors.

Jardins de Rubió i Lluch   This walled, shady garden is in the courtyard of the historic Hospital de la Santa Creu. Decorated with lilac and mandarin trees — and string lights in the evenings — this small garden square is the perfect place to sip a coffee away from Barcelona's crowded atmosphere.

Dumbarton Oaks   The garden at this historic estate in Georgetown was listed as one of the 10 best gardens in the world by National Geographic in 2014. It has both a formal, carefully manicured (修剪整齐的) garden as well as a naturalistic garden — allowing visitors the ability to choose what they want to see.