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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.

One day, Suma was walking along the beach near his home when he discovered a bottle of Coke. Suma noticed on the bottle that the price, clearly printed on the bottom, was in lire, a currency (货币) that hadn't been used in Italy since it was replaced by the euro in 2002. Could a plastic container have well survived in the Mediterranean, he wondered, for about two decades?

That led him to founding the Archeoplastica museum. It has a collection of about 500 unique pieces recovered from Italian shores and the Coke bottle is the first one of them. All collection demonstrates the unsettling life force of plastic waste in the environment. "Seeing that a product people may have used 30, 40, or 50 years ago remains still unchanged, you'll feel different. It's a great shock," Suma said to a reporter. So Suma often exhibits selected pieces from the Archeoplastica collection at local schools around his hometown of Ostuni.

"The playful side of the work allows you to arrive at the less beautiful side of things," Suma acknowledged. "Plastic is a kind of useful substance. But it's unthinkable that a water bottle, made from a material designed to last so long, can be used for just a few days—or even minutes—before becoming garbage. Clean the beaches. Clean the oceans. Recycle. But if we are still throwing out plastics, none of those are going to be long-term solutions."

Space Needle

You'll get the opportunity to climb to a few levels of the observation tower and admire the impressive views of the Mississippi River and the mountains. You'll also be able to visit the Loupe Lounge to enjoy a circling glass floor experience and seat on a Skyriser — an angled glass bench on the open-air observation deck.

Underground History Tour

This one-hour, small-group tour will take you into the fascinating world beneath Seattle's streets. You'll travel along the underground pathways constructed over a century ago and learn details about Seattle's early history from your knowledgeable guide. You'll hear stories of the Klondike Gold Rush, Skid Row and the area's original inhabitants (居民).

Seattle Harbor Cruise

On this guided cruise, you'll get a chance to admire the sweeping views of the Olympic Mountains and learn more about the history of the city. You'll head to Puget Sound to see a variety of wildlife in the inland body of water. The cruise comes with a full-service bar aboard where you can purchase cocktails, local wine, beer, snacks and much more while relaxing on the tour.

Museum of Flight

You can explore the fascinating exhibits of the Museum of Flight. Inside, you'll find 175 aircraft and spacecraft, thousands of artefacts and rare photographs. You'll learn about the history of flight from humble beginnings to the fighter planes of World War I and II. You can even step aboard a Boeing plan and view a space shuttle in the Aviation Pavilion.

Holidays are not necessarily for fun or rest. Doing something meaningful can also gain special pleasure. When the final bell rang, the students were reminded that there was no school on Monday—the Labor Day. "Enjoy your extra day off" said the teacher to her class.

An extra day off unsuited Kayla just fine. She loved breaks. She wanted to go out to play with her friends. When the school bus dropped Kayla off, she ran into the house happily.

"How was school, Kayla?" asked her mom.

"It was great, Mom. I am excited about no school on Monday."

"You just started back to school two weeks ago. Already in need of a break, huh?" asked Kayla's mom with a laugh.

Kayla slept in the next morning. Saturday was her favorite day of the week. I trained most of the day, so Kayla enjoyed playing videogames inside. On Sunday, her friends came over and they played basketball for several hours.

Then it was Labor Day, you know, the extra day off that Kayla was so looking forward to. But Kayla was awakened early that morning by her dad. He told Kayla that in honor of Labor Day, the family would be cleaning both inside and outside the house. Kayla couldn't believe it. This was a holiday. A day when she was supposed to be enjoying freshly squeezed lemonade while playing in her tree house. As Kayla wiped here yes, she began to wonder if this was just a bad dream.

"Kayla, your breakfast is ready. We have a lot of work to do today. Let's get a move on," said Kayla's mom. As she sat down at the kitchen table, Kayla asked her parents，

"Are you serious about working today? Isn't Labor Day a holiday?"

"Yes, Kayla. It is," replied her dad. "But your mom and I thought working hard today would make you appreciate why Labor Day was observed in the first place."

注意：1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右;

2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

At first Kayla felt disappointed at her parents' plan for the holiday.

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But things began to change as she was doing the chores.

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1．写信目的；

2．承认错误。

注意：1．词数100左右；

2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Mom and Dad,

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Yours,

Li Hua