Sometimes people around you can change your life. Let me share my story with you. The person ________ has changed my life is Dora. She taught me so many things that I will carry with me ________ my life.

One thing I’ve learned from Dora is how to balance ________. Dora has shown me how to ________ ahead so that I can finish all my schoolwork, enjoy sports and ________ have time for my friends.

I have also learned that you can find anything interesting ________ you connect it with something you enjoy. Last year I hated studying vocabulary, but I loved playing computer games. Dora combined (与……相结合) the two and showed me a website called “freerice. com”, where you can play a word game, I ________ about 1, 000 words in just one month.

Dora had a good effect on me. Without Dora’s help. I probably wouldn’t have ________ how easy it is to help the poor. One person can make a ________ in many ways. I’ve learned to be more grateful (感激的) for what I own. I am very ________ for the opportunities that I have been given. I will never give up helping those less fortunate (幸运的) in the rest of my life.

There are many ways for us to reduce waste. For _______, we can reuse paper and plastic bags. We can also recycle newspapers, glass and cans to make new things. Here are some useful ways to _________ waste.

● Write on _________ sides of paper.

Many people write on only one side of their paper. Why not stop wasting the other side? Some students only use half the pages of their _________ before they get new ones. Try to use up all the paper. People often give cards on birthdays or festivals. How about trying to _________ e-cards instead?

●Don't throw away your old batteries（电池）.

Maybe you do not know that old batteries make the earth _________. This is because they have poisonous（有毒的）parts in them. So, don't throw away batteries. _________ them together. Try to use rechargeable batteries for your games and CD players.

● Give off all your unwanted clothes.

There are many poor families in China. You may ask your mother to _________ your unwanted clothes. Then you can pass them on to those poor children. You will feel _________ when you are helping someone else. Also, you should know __________ your friends or relatives want them before throwing them away.

Let me tell you something very important: Never have water near you when you have something electric(带电的)not far away! Last year, my family experienced a terrible thing.

My brother Tom had just received a new train set. We decided to build a little “world” for it with mountains, streetlights and even a lake. We found a large board that was big enough to hold the train. We spent over a week building the things with paper and cardboard.

After things were finished, we showed everyone our new train set. It was very wonderful. Now, it was time to turn it on. I flipped the switch(开关)and the train began to move. Everyone was excited.

I turned to look at Tom and he looked strange. He was shaking. “Tom!” I shouted. He didn’t move, looking straight ahead. Suddenly, my dad realized what was happening. He reached quickly for the switch and turned off the train.

The water had leaked(漏)from the bag under the board and arrived where Tom was standing One of our wires(电线)had fallen under the table and was touching that water. We sent Tom to the hospital. And luckily Tom was fine. He told us that when the electricity was on he could not move at all!

We learned a lesson that day. Never mix electricity and water! It’s too dangerous.

A little boy invited his mother to attend his school's first teacher—parent meeting. To the little boy's disappointment, his mother said she would go. This would be the first time that his classmates and teachers met his mother and he was embarrassed by her appearance. There was a serious scar (伤疤) that covered nearly the whole right side of her face. The boy never wanted to talk about why or how she got the scar.

At the meeting, the people were impressed by the kindness of his mother with the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed and hid himself from everyone. However, he could hear clearly the conversation between his mother and the teacher.

"How did you get the scar on your face?" the teacher asked.

The mother replied, "When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught on fire.

Everyone was too afraid to go in because the fire was out of control, but I went in. As I was running towards his bed, I saw a burning wood falling down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked to be unconscious (无知觉的), but luckily, a fireman came in and saved both of us." She touched the burned side of her face. "This scar will be forever, but until today, I have never regretted doing what I did."

When the little boy heard this, he couldn't help running towards his mother with tears in his eyes. He hugged her and felt his mother was greater than anyone. He held her hand tightly for the rest of the day.

“Made in China” is having its moment now--and it’s a fashionable one.

The story of Chinese fashion began in 2011 when Feiyue and Huili, both Chinese sports shoe brands(品牌), suddenly got international attention. Their products were seen all over the world. Chinese sportswear brand Li Ning was at the New York Fashion Week in September, 2018. They showed their new designs—sweaters and jackets with Chinese characters.

Shaun Rein, managing director of China Market Research Group, said that the latest Chinese brands no longer catch customers’ eye by low price. He told CNN, “They are sure that they can go head to head with foreign brands. ”

Maybe it is because China’s young people are now more confident about their own culture. They don’t show immediate interest in western culture any more.

“Today’s young people in China are crazy about Chinese cultural elements(元素), ”. Jin Qu, the manager of a clothing shopping website, said at a cultural festival in 2018. “They like these elements printed on their clothes, even the brand picture of Laoganma in China, which was once seen as outside of fashion. But now young people are proud of these Chinese symbols. ”

In fact, many stars in the West are now interested in Chinese cultural elements in fashion. Rihanna, a US singer, for example, wore a Chinese red dress to the 2015 Met Gala in New York. The dress was designed and made by Chinese designer Guo Pei.

“We have to move from making to creating, ” Chinese-American designer Aric Chen once told The New York Times. “We want to replace the words ‘Made in China’ with ‘Designed in China’. ”

Hello, readers and friends. My name is Xin Xiaowei. I’m very happy to be here and to introduce myself to you.

I’m a 3-D AI-powered news anchor(主播), the world’s first one. Born in China on May 21, 2020, I was developed by the search engine Sogou and Xinhua News Agency. You may already be able to guess who I look like. But let me tell you anyway! I was modeled after Zhao Wanwei, a real-life reporter for the news agency.

As a digital news anchor, I’m not alone at all. I have several 2-D colleagues you might have known about. In 2018, Xinhua introduced its first digital anchor called Qiu Hao. He was designed through the use of machine learning to simulate(模拟)the voices, facial movements and gestures(姿势)of real-life broadcasters. Then in early 2019, the agency introduced another digital news anchor called Xin Xiaomeng, considered as the first-ever female AI-based news anchor.

Like my dear workmates, I can accompany you 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. I can also be endlessly copied and presented at different scenes to bring you the news. But as a 3-D anchor, I’m a little different from them. For example, I can broadcast(播报)news more naturally and smoothly. More interestingly, I am also able to change my clothes and hairstyles based on various sceneries.

I completed my first task last month. It’s a great honor for me to report for Xinhua on the Two Sessions(两会). In the future, I will walk out of the studio to offer more audience a refreshing viewing experience!

How much do you know about the garbage（垃圾）? Do you know how to deal with it? Whether you know or not, you should know the following things because they are closely related to your life.

If you don’t deal with your garbage, all of it will go to a landfill（垃圾场）and be buried together. These landfills can take up large areas of ground. The electronic waste you throw away can pollute the soil and groundwater.

Shanghai announced the garbage classification（分类）in July. It says that garbage will be divided into recyclable waste, hazardous（有害的）waste, household waste（湿垃圾）, and residual waste（干垃圾）.

Paper, metal, glass and other things that can be reused are recyclable waste. Hazardous waste includes things like medicine, batteries and fluorescent bulbs（荧光灯泡）. These things cannot be recycled. Household waste means things you don’t want but that pigs can eat. Some waste such as plastic bags, beer bottles and other man-made things will go into the “residual waste” bin.

Many other Chinese cities, including Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Xi’an plan to use this way to deal with their garbage. If we pull together to deal with garbage, our cities will be cleaner and cleaner.

61. 习主席在全国教育大会上强调，中学生要做德智体美劳全面发展的社会主义建设者和接班人。假如你是李华，请根据以下要点提示写一篇英语演讲稿，简单谈谈如何做一个新时代合格的中学生。

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