Welcome home! On April 16th, astronauts Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu safely came back to Earth from the Tiangong space station after six months’ space travel. There are many interesting facts about their landing. Let’s take a look!

When the Shenzhou XII came back from the space station last year, on October 17th, 2021, it took about 28 hours. This time, Shenzhou XIII took just 9 hours to return! Its number of orbits (绕地圈数) was 5.

The re-entry capsule (返回舱) landed upright (直立的). This landing position is not usual in China’s space flight history. Only Shenzhou VI and Shenzhou XIII have successfully done so. To achieve this, astronauts must let go of the parachute (降落伞) with exact timing. Landing upright makes sure that astronauts have the softest landing.

The astronauts felt good after landing. But they still needed to sit on chairs. The long space journey changed their bodies. Their muscles (肌肉) and bones became weaker. In the next few months, they have to keep taking exercise.

The astronauts said they missed food on Earth! A tasty and healthy meal was waiting for them. They had noodles, porridge, Sichuan sausages and yogurt.

Anger is a kind of feeling. Many things can make you angry. When your teacher gives you too much homework, when your team loses an important game, when a friend breaks(打破) your favourite thing, you may get really angry.

Usually, ▲ . For example, you breathe(呼吸) faster, your face turns red, and you may want to break something or hit someone, but sometimes, you hide(隐藏) your anger. For example, you may hide it in your heart. The problem is that if you do this, you may get a headache or your stomach may hurt (疼痛).

In fact, it’s not good to hide your anger. Everyone can get angry and it’s normal for you to get angry sometimes. But anger must be let out in the right way, without hurting others or yourself. When you get angry, you can talk about it with other people. It’s helpful to talk about your anger with an adult, such as parents, a teacher, etc. When you talk about anger, those bad feelings can start to go away. Here are some other things you can do when you start to feel angry: talk to a good friend; count from 1 to 100; give someone a hug; go for a bike ride; think about good things, etc. Remember that how you act when you are angry can make everything better or worse. Don’t let your anger control(控制) you. You can follow the ways mentioned above to deal with(处理) your anger.

A famous speaker started his speech (演讲) by holding up a $20 bill (钞票). In the room of 200 people, he asked, “Who would like this $ 20 bill?”

Hands started going up. He said, “I am going to give this $20 to one of you. But first let me do this.” He crumpled (揉搓) the bill. He then asked, “Who still wants it?” Still the hands were up in the air.

“Well,” he said, “What if I do this?” He dropped it on the ground and started to grind (碾压) it into the floor with his shoe. He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty. “Who still wants it?” Still many students put up their hands.

“My friends, you have all learned a very important lesson. Whatever (无论什么) I do to the money, you will still want it because it is still $20.”

“Sometimes we feel like we are not valuable because we did something wrong. But whatever happens, you will never lose your value (价值) and you are still valuable to those who love you. The value of our lives comes not in what we do or who we know, but by who we are.”