Some villages in China have been named Best Tourism Villages 2023. This is an honor given by World Tourism Organization to villages around the world that have made efforts to develop their tourism business. Huangling Village in Jiangxi Province is, famous for classic Hui- style architecture (建筑). It is a style of ancient Chinese architecture, mainly found in the historical Huizhou area of Anhui. This village has a history of nearly six| centuries. Huangling is a typical mountain village. The local houses are lined in a fan shape (扇形), centered around the water source. " Zhagana" means " stone box" in the Tibetan (西藏的) language. The village is at high mountains. What's more, Tibetan- style houses built with natural rock walls get tons of attention. Today, it has changed from a closed mountain village to a beautiful area where tourists can enjoy a slow life. Zhujiawan Village in Shaanxi Province covers an area of 126 square kilometers. There are over 1,200 kinds of animals and plants. Besides, the village is also known for ancient Qinling Mountar n houses and the Niubeilian g Forest Park. Because of these, the village plans to become a natural garden to welcome tourists from the world for the Qinling Mountains. |
When shopping for clothes, my mother and I have always disagreed on what fits me well. To me, if it zips, it fits. My mom, however, usually tells me I need a bigger size.
When I was a teenager, I wanted to dress like my friends, but my body size made it impossible. When mo m told me something didn't suit me, or I needed a bigger size, all I heard was that my body was wrong.
To avoid arguments, we stopped going shopping together. This continued until I got engaged(订婚) last year and needed to buy some clothes. When I tried on a blouse. my mother looked at me, and I knew what was coming." You need a bigger size," she said.
There was no bigger size. I tried to hold back my tears. Maybe I could buy it alone, of course, but my mom is my favorite person to hang out with The idea of looking for a wedding dress without her seemed just as scary as taking her with me.
And so the day came. As I tried on a simple white dress. I saw tears in my mom's eyes. " You look beautiful! " she told me. Nothing could have shocked me more.
This one didn't zip up at the back and I did actually need a bigger size, but my mother didn't say that. She just told me how beautiful I looked. In that moment, all the argument s in the past ended. We didn't buy a dress that day.
We decided to see more, which I would never have predicted.
A few weeks later, we found the perfect dress. We both loved it as soon as I put it on. And during those few weeks, mom and I also found the perfect fit for our shopping relationship.
Recently, researchers have found that dolphins know their com name s mu ch like people. Dolphins talk to one another with whistles(口哨) and calls. Scientists have known that the animals also use unusual whistles to name each other. They had thought that dolphins only heard each other's voices. However, the scientists didn't know that dolphins listen for their names too.
To test this idea, the researchers caught 14 dolphins and recorded their name calls. The scientists then copied earth dolphin's voice. Wren the changed recordings were played, the dolphins replied strongly to the names of their relatives and group members. They paid no attention to the names of dolphins they did not know.
Dolphins live in large groups that grow and change. Each dolphin's unusual whistle helps it quickly find a friend or a family member, or call for help. Understanding their calls requires learning. It's a skill that's seen in very few animals, which include humans and elephants.
Elephants, for example, communicate with sound. Their sounds can be heard by other elephants miles away. Dolphins, too, communicate with each other by making sounds like this. Elephants also communicate by moving their head, feet and trunk(象屏) . In much the same way. dolphins communicate by their movements. They often touch each other to express friendship.
Unlike dolphins, elephants also communicate by their great sense of smeИ. They can recognize other elephants by the smells they have.
Why do dolphins and elephants share the gift of communication? Scientists think it may be because they are social and smart animals. Both have st roag family relationship. Now, whether they also have nicknames(绰号) is another question!
According to a research more than 130 billion pounds of uneaten food go to waste in Laura's country each year. That is about 30% of the yearly food supply (供应). It is a sad fact especially when you consider how many families and homeless people are in hunger.
When Laura saw her school dining hall throw away food that was not eaten at all every day, she came up with an idea. She started a project to help her school dining hall to give away uneaten food to homeless shelters (庇护所) in her community. In the past three years, the same project has spread to other schools and some fast food restaurants throughout the city. The project is called Feed& find, and has already fed thousands of people in her city.
How does it work? Through an app, Feed& amp; Find matches local homeless shelters with school dining halls and restaurants that have uneaten food to provide. When dining halls or restaurants have uneaten food left, they can use the app to share the information about the food. A truck driver working for the project is then sent to pick it up and take it to a shelter.
Pretty cool, right? It's not surprising that people in other cities have got in touch with Laura hoping that she could have developed similar projects for their communities.
Some people, however, have concerns about the safety of the uneaten food. They think such food may not be clean enough. Still, this project is a clever way to help solve the problem of food waste and it helps those in need.
___ Hang out with people you would like to have as friends and join in with their plans. ___ Share things with your friends. If you buy an interesting book, read with then and you' ll find that you' 11 get much more fun. ___Be a good listener. So that others can tell that you are really interested in what they are saying. ___Never try to ask about others' private things. Sha re " safe thoughts" with them first. What is a safe thought? It might be something about school or TV or your favorite football team. ___ Be a positive person. Talk about the good things in your life. No one wants to be troubled by problems all the time. | A. Jack always complains about everything and asks his friends for help. Soon his friends are all tired of him. B. Li Lei is too shy and quiet. He always stays alone and never goes out with others. When there is an activity, he seldom takes part in it. He wants to change this. C. Kate likes to ask others about their personal things. She thinks it is| nothing between good friends. D. Julie is very mean. She likes candies but whenever she buys some candies, she never gives some to her friends. E Jane is impatient. She always interrupts(打断) her friends when they are talking. |
I used to hate running. At secondary school I found it very tired to run around the sports field and I was always one of the 1 students to cross the finish line. Then, in 2020, my friend asked me to run with him. My 2 was, " No way!I hate running".
During the weekend I thought about his question. " Why do I hate running?" I thought, In the end I decided to 3 it. I told my friend I would like to run with him. He was 4 to hear that. He advised me to look for a running program on the Internet to 5 me learn how to run. There were lots of running programs on the Internet. I 6 a 14- week running program. I would attend a match when I finished the program. I had to run three times a week. At first, I ran for short periods of 7 and had long breaks. Then 8 the weeks went on, I had to run far longer periods of time and the breaks got 9 . I enjoyed following the running program each week. Now I can run for 10 than 30 minutes each time!I went from 11 running to loving running.
On the day of the 12 I was both excited and nervous. 13 was finally time to put my new skills into practice. My friends and family came to support me. It was lovely to have them there. With their support and my training. I managed to finish the 10000- metre run in 72 minutes. I was very 14 of that.
From this experience I 15 it was a good idea to try something before saying I hated it! Because it turned out that I really enjoyed running.
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I love traveling. I've been to many cities in China and Sanya is my favorite. Last Spring Festival, instead of visiting ___ and friends, we decided to pay a visit to Sanya.
We left for Sanya as soon as our holiday began. We really enjoyed ourselves there. We played on the beach and ___ fireworks.
Then we went to Nanshan Temple. A large ___of people visited it every day. According to the local(当地的) ___people should eat rice cakes during the Spring Festival, so we went to a local restaurant. Its rice cakes ___good and tasted delicious. We didn't return until our holiday was about to be over.
Want some advice? Keep in mind that the best time to visit Sanya is from December to January in the dry season when the weather isn't too hot.
Every April, there is a special day in China. It is the Qingming Festival, also called Tomb- sweeping Day. On that day, people___ (记念) their ancestors(祖先). The Qingming Festival is a ___ (传统) Chinese festival. It has a long history. It began over 2,000 years ago. A famous poem___.(由) Tang Dynasty poet Du Mu describes the day, " Rain falls heavily as Qingming comes, and passers- by(行人) with low spirits go."
Tomb- sweeping Day has been a public ___ (假日) in China since 2008. On this day, ___ (家), bring flowers and food to their ancestors' tombs. ___(在"之后) they put food like cakes and fruits in front of the tombs, they sweep the dirt off the tombs and remember their dead family members. Why do Chinese people do this? That's because people think that ___ (拜访) , bombs is to show respect to ___ (他们) dead family members.
___ (然而), Tomb- sweeping Day is not only about this. Families often ___ (根案) together for hiking or flying kites at this time.
On April 11th, 2024, the third day of the third lunar month, the ancestor worship(祭祀) ceremony (典礼) of the Yellow Emperor ___( hold) in Xinzheng, Zhengzhou, Henan, China. Chinese all over the world once again looked back at ___ hometown of the Yellow Emperor to worship ___( they) ancestor Yellow Emperor, Xuanyuan, pray for the motherland, and wish for a ___( peace) and harmonious world.
___( join) in the event together, overseas (海外的) Chinese hold a grand ancestor worship ceremony in local areas every year.
In Sydney, more than 400 people ___ are from the Australian Chinese community. ___( includa) more than 70 overseas Chinese ___( lead) from Sydney and other places, gathered together. In San Francisco, more than a thousand people from various social groups, civil organizations, friends, and media at home and abroad gathered to pray for China. This year marks the ___( four) year that the London Chinatown Chinese Association has hosted an Ancest or Worship Ceremony for overseas Chinese in the UK, which ___( great) helps overseas Chinese to " seek their roots and build their dreams" as well.
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