My friend Peter was kind and lovely. But as ________ 11-year-old student, he was bad at math, English and science because he didn’t have a talent for that kind of study.

One day we ________ football and the ball got stuck in a tree. Peter ________ climbed the tree to get it. A teacher ________ was looking out of the window found that he was a talented climber. The teacher is Mr. Marston. He was ________ in climbing. He climbed many mountains.

One weekend, Mr. Marston invited Peter ________ out for mountain climbing. Peter really enjoyed climbing, and he thought climbing was very interesting. Mr. Marston told Peter he was a very talented climber for his age and taught ________ to practice climbing every day. Peter learned so much about climbing ________ Mr. Marston. Peter left school three years later, but he kept ________ until he became very good at it.

In his early twenties, he became a very good climber. And he ________ climbing star in his university. He said, “I’ll always remember Mr. Marston. ”

It seemed impossible for a coffee shop to accept a hearing-impaired barista (听障咖啡师). ________, Zeng Zheng, a hearing-impaired young man, ________ at a coffee shop named Yijiao Cafe, which is in Songshan General Hospital in Chongqing. The name of it came from a famous children’s book called The Missing Piece. The book tells us that one can find happiness ________ accepting one’s imperfections.

In September 2022, Zhu Jiayun started a free barista (咖啡师) training ________ for the hearing-impaired. The program attracted (吸引) Zeng and others who ________ many jobs but couldn’t make it. Four out of the 15 people were then chosen to work at the coffee shop by Zhu ________ a strict examination. In the same month, the first Yijiao Cafe, which is in Yuzhong district, opened its doors.

In February 2023, the ________ coffee shop opened in Songshan General Hospital. In just a month, the new coffee shop sold more than 3, 700 cups of coffee. “For every 10 yuan made by the shop ________ to others in need, ”Zhu said.

Zhu plans to open two more coffee shops in 2024.“I hope that Yijiao Cafe is more than just a coffee shop, but can also serve as a model ________, where the healthy people and the disabled people can make coffee, drink coffee and work together ________, ”Zhu said.

Gestures (手势) are used to replace words in many countries. They usually have different meanings in different cultures. ▲

What does the “O” gesture mean?

If you are an English speaker or diving under the sea, it means“OK” or “good”. In fact, it’s believed that this gesture is widely used by divers. The Japanese read it as “money”. The French read it as “zero” or“no value”.

What does the “thumb (拇指) -u” gesture mean?

This gesture also means differently in different countries. English speakers use it to stand for “O”, which is the same meaning as the “O” gesture. To most people, it stands for the number “1”, beginning with the thumb for 1 and ending with the little finger for the number 5. Although Americans and British people usually ask for a ride with their thumbs raised, the gesture will not make a Greek driver stop to give them a ride.

What does it mean to stretch out your forefinger (食指)?

Extending (伸展) the forefinger means different things in different countries. The Chinese stretch their forefingers upward to indicate the number. It can refer to integers (整数) such as “one”, “one thousand”, etc. In Japan, use this gesture when asking the other person to wait. In Australia, in bars and restaurants, the forefinger is extended upward, saying, “A glass of beer (啤酒), please.” In the Middle East, it is impolite to point at something with your forefinger.

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Do you know the Silk Road has been a bridge between East and West for more than 2, 000 years? It began during the Han Dynasty (朝代). It was a network of trade routes (路线), Africa and Asia.

The Silk Road is about 7, 000 kilometers long with 4, 000 kilometers in China which includes Shanxi, Qinghai and Xinjiang.

The Silk Road got its name because Chinese silk used to be carried along this road. Besides silk, china and other products went west.

People played an important role in the Silk Road. During Western Han Dynasty, Zhang Qian visited the Western area of China twice, forming a route (外交的) trip to western China. What he has done made the Silk Road to Europe even longer. During Yuan Dynasty, Italian traveler Marco Polo reached China and he described many details about the trade route to the whole world through his book.

The Silk Road was very important to the world. During the trade, knowledge about science, arts and culture were shared across the Silk Road. The towns and cities along the Silk Road developed as well because of the trade.

In modern times, the old Silk Road routes are still used, but trains go through the Road instead of camels and horses. Now, 2022, a new train line, runs from Beijing across the Silk Road. Today, places along the Silk Road are great places of interest, Gansu.

Recently, the first “forest library”in Shanghai opened to the public.     54     can relax and read in a natural environment.

Known as Read & Joy Forest, the forest library was built     55     Pudong New Area and Shanghai Library. It is in a green space area near Shanghai Library East. With an area of 20, 546 square meters, it a    56     readers to take a nice walk in the quiet forest.

The library is in the open air. There are many things     57     as benches (长凳) and an information desk. To protect the forest, green spaces are     58     by wooden walkways.

“It is not only a place for reading books, but also an open space for enjoying     59     air and great views. It offers different reading experiences to readers,” said Chen Chao, director of Shanghai Library.

Most of the visitors to the forest library are young people and children with     60     parents. They enjoy reading and taking a walk in the forest. If you are looking for such a p    61     away from the busy world, then you must go there to enjoy reading outdoors.