There is a small town in the northwest of Chicago, America. The other day the town’s education department held a large _______ exhibition for an unknown woman teacher called Mary. She is in her forties now. She has _______ in a primary school in this town since 1991. She is a(n) _______ woman. She used to lose her job. She sometimes quarreled (争吵) with her husband _______ they were short of money. Why was there a photo exhibition for _______?

Mary has a daughter named Jenny. When Jenny _______ the world, Mary took the first photo of her. Then she took photos of Jenny every day. She wrote the _______ and main ideas on each photo.

Mary kept on taking photos of her daughter. When Jenny was 20 years old, Mary had taken 7,300 photos of her daughter. The photo exhibition showed all the photos. Everyone was very _______ to see so many photos and over 2,800 reporters from the US came to see the great mother and the photos. And this made a new photo _______ in the US. “Why do you take so many photos?” a reporter asked.

“Because my daughter is ________ every day,” answered Mary. Life is not always easy but it’s always not difficult for a mum to love.

On September 17th, 2019, “Bing Dwen Dwen” and “Shuey Rhon Rhon” were chosen as the mascots（吉祥物）for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games and the Paralympics（残奥会）.

	It’s a cartoon image of a panda wearing a spacesuit. It looks like a winter sports player from the future. “Bing” means “ice” in Chinese, which is a symbol of winter sports. “Dwen” suggests health. “Dwen Dwen” gives the image a more friendly feel. Altogether, “Bing Dwen Dwen” shows the spirit of the Olympics, including a strong mind and a healthy body.
	It looks like a red lantern hanging on homes and streets, celebrate Chinese New Year. On its head are paper cuts of pigeons in the shape of the Temple of Heaven. “Shuey” means “snow” in Chinese. “Rhon Rhon” are two different Chinese characters with the same pronunciation. The mascot, “Shuey Rhon Rhon”, symbolizes（象征）communication among different cultures.

The idea behind these two mascots is to connect traditional Chinese culture with the Games. The panda is designed with its modern look to show our great wishes for the Games and our welcome to the whole world. The lively red image of “Rhon Rhon” reminds people of the celebration of China’s Sprig Festival.

A zero-waste life is a lifestyle that hardly creates any rubbish.

“Zero waste” was first suggested by a French woman called Bea Johnson. Her idea is: live a life and try not create any rubbish; use different kinds of ways to save the environment, such as stopping the use of one-off object, giving unwanted things to others or giving away these things to organizations like the Red Cross.

A zero-waste life follows the 6R rule—Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Rot. Chen Yuan, 27, is deeply interested in this idea. She and her boyfriend Joe have lived in Beijing for many years. Over August—October when Chen followed the rule of zero waste 6R, She and her boyfriend both produced only two cans（罐）of rubbish. Now the couple have opened a small shop in Beijing, where they use wood products to take the place of plastic and cloth bags printed with environmental logos. The store also has second-hand books and CDs to make the best the used things.

“The zero-waste lifestyle is not for ascetics（苦行僧）. It is just around us.” Chen expects some of her friends to join her on the road to zero waste.

AI (人工智能) makes our lives easier and better. Let’s see the amazing AI.

Cool driverless bus

A bus door opens and you get on. Wait! Where is the driver? Here is a new kind of driverless bus called Apolong. It has 14 seats and doesn’t need a driver. The bus follows traffic rules. It stops as soon as it sees a stop light.

Your close friend

Hi, everyone. I’m Xiaobing, a chatbot (聊天机器人). I speak like a 17-year-old girl. If you feel lonely, you can talk with me. I’m talented at singing, writing poems and telling stories. I want to be your friend!

World’s first AI anchor (主播)

Hey, look! The famous Chinese anchor Qiu Hao is reporting the news for us. But, is “he” really Qiu Hao? The answer is “no”. This is the world’s first AI anchor. It looks and speaks just like a real person. It can work 24 hours and doesn’t make any mistakes. You might see it on TV soon.

Popular AI artist

This beautiful painting was at an auction（拍卖）in 2020. The painting is worth about 3,000, such as Vincent van Gogh. It was painted by an AI artist. Three Frenchmen created the AI artist. It studied over 15,000 paintings. In this way, it learned to paint.

Our school’s science festival just ended a few days ago. What interested me most was the time we spent making a car. It was made out of corrugated cardboard（瓦楞纸板）, but could still hold a person, as well as move.

We were excited about this idea, but we found it hard to make the car. It seemed impossible for a cardboard car to carry someone. Our physics teacher showed us a video. There was some corrugated card-board shaped like a “V” or “W” in the video. It could hold more weight. This gave us the idea to make the car after getting the proper materials（材料）.

Because there was not much time left for us, we had to finish it as quickly as possible. We talked about how the car should be made and how to test it. I was glad that we were able to work closely with each other. Everyone saw the work as an interesting way to relax. When the car was finally finished, we all wore a smile on our faces and found that all our work had been worth it.

We joined the competition after we finished the car. Though we didn’t win any prizes, we found something meaningful than success. We leaned new tings about physics and learned how to get along with each other.

On May 22, 2021, the whole nation was saddened by the news that Chinese scientist Yuan Longping died.

Dr Yuan Longping worked most of his life growing better rice. As a result of his research, Chinese people are no longer worried about getting starved. His great work also helped the world produce more and more rice.

In the 1960s, Yuan saw many people die of hunger every day. Since then, he has researched how to grow much better crops.

In 1964, he happened to find a natural hybrid rice（杂交水稻）plant that had great advantages over others. He then began to study the parts of this unusual plant.

In 1973, he started to develop a type of hybrid rice species（种类）. It produced 20% more rice per unit than common ones. The seeding（种植）was very successful in the following year. This progress made China the world’s leader in rice production.

More than 50% of China’s total rice fields grow Yuan’s hybrid species. People call him the “Father of Hybrid Rice”.

Yuan once said he had two dreams—to “enjoy the cool under the rice crops teller than men” and that hybrid rice could be grown all over the world to help solve the food problem of the whole world.

A teacher once told her students to bring a bag and some potatoes to school. When they didn’t want to forgive (原谅) a person, they chose a potato and wrote the person’s name on it. Then they put it in the bag. Some of their bags became heavier and heavier.

They were told to carry their bags with them everywhere for one week. They would put them beside their beds at night, on the seats when sitting on buses, and next to their desks at school. Carrying the bags everywhere made the students very tired. They felt heavy stones in their hearts. And they had to pay attention to them all the time, so they didn’t forget them. The potatoes went bad and smelt terrible soon.

Forgiveness is a gift to other people. However, it is also a gift to us at the same time. If we keep our sadness and hatred (仇恨) in our hearts, we will have to carry them around all our lives. So we should learn to forgive.

61. 近年来，国家提出了将劳动教育（Labor Education） 纳入中小学国家课程的方案。“为此，我快乐”为主题，开展征文活动。请你根据以下提示写篇短文。

The Joy of Labor