April 23 is known as World Book Day. The idea of setting a day to encourage reading came out from UNESCO (联合国教科文组织) in 1995. In fact, it started long before that in Spain. In 1922, Spanish writer Vicente Clavel Andrés suggested the idea as a way to honor their famous writer Miguel de Cervantes. Four years later, the first celebration took place on October 7, Cervantes’ birthday. In 1930, it was moved to April 23, the date of his death.

Every year since 2001, one city around the world is chosen to be the UNESCO World Book Capital for a year. The task of the city is to carry out activities to encourage “a culture of reading and spreading its values in all ages in and out of the country.”

Though no Chinese cities have been chosen as the World Book Capital so far, a recent national survey shows a steady (稳定的) rise in reading as a habit in China. According to the survey, each Chinese adult read an average of 4.78 printed books and 3.33 e-books in 2022, both a bit higher than the figures from 2021. Besides, listening to audiobooks(有声读物) was another rising habit, with 35. 5 percent of adults saying they were used to listening to them.

Reading books gives people the chance to look into different worlds and meet new people both real and imagined. Ancient Chinese believed in the saying: Read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles. Reading is a way to learn from the past, understand the world, and get life wisdom (智慧). So make every day World Book Day!

AI (人工智能) can help teenagers and students learn in several ways.

Personalized learning: AI can know better about students, including their advantages, weaknesses, skills, learning favorites, learning needs, and so on. Then it can create a proper learning plan for each student. This can help students concentrate on areas that they need to improve at their own speed.

Interactive (交互的) learning: AI has the ability to make learning more interactive and interesting. Things like interactive learning apps and educational games can make subject learning more interesting. What’s more, they can make students interested in a subject at once. This kind of active learning is sure to be more helpful than studying alone.

Automated (自动的) advice and help: AI can provide automated advice and answers to questions. It can examine students’ work and provide personalized help. For example, ChatGPT can answer students’ questions quickly in a private, low-pressure way. This kind of advice and answers can help students better understand knowledge and use their knowledge.

Greater resources (资源): AI can make many of the students’ learning resources richer and wider, like electronic textbooks, online courses, and study apps. For example, a biology textbook with AI technology may provide interactive 3D models of a human body that students can study more carefully. AI can provide interactive examples, introduce important passages, and offer assessments (评价).

In a word, AI has a great ability to improve studying and learning. By using AI, students can study smarter and reach higher levels of learning and success. The future of AI in education is hopeful as technologies continue to develop.

Podareva, 28, was born in the hometown of Russia’s famous poet Sergei Yesenin. She has loved poetry (诗歌) since her childhood. Growing up, she wrote many poems in both Russian and English. After she came to China to study Chinese in 2013, the world of Chinese poetry opened up before her.

Podareva has had colorful experiences in China in the past ten years. She has won prizes in many Chinese poetry writing competitions and published her own Chinese poetry collections. Her most unforgettable memory is that one of her Chinese poems written in 2020 was turned into a song. And even better: She sang it herself.

“Some people may praise China in a direct way, but I prefer to express my feelings about the country and describe the friendship between China and Russia through different styles of poems,” Podareva says.

Podareva has always wanted to be a cultural ambassador (使者) between the two countries. In 2020, she began to make videos and shared them online. Besides sharing Chinese poems she had written, Podareva also produced videos about cultural differences between China and Russia. Sometimes she made humorous videos to explain the misunderstandings that Chinese people have towards Russians.

Besides writing poetry, Podareva has also been painting. She doesn’t think the two art forms are different from each other. “Wang Wei was a famous Chinese poet, and he was also a painter,” she says. In December 2022, Podareva held an exhibition in Shanghai with 66 of her paintings on show.

“All art is a way for the creators to express their spirit,” Podareva says. “I hope to create a website in Russia and introduce China—through my poetry and paintings-to Russians, so that the friendship between the two countries will be much deeper.”

A survey shows that the number of lonely adults is increasing. According to recent research, loneliness can have harmful effects on health. So if you feel lonely at times, be sure to care about it. Here are some tips for you to avoid being lonely.

Make time to meet people

Maybe it seems that you don’t have time to meet new friends, but you need to consider your social life first.     16     You can even offer to take a neighbor’s dog for a walk. The neighbor will surely like to make friends with you.

Build your community online

Without doubt, it’s difficult for you to move to meet like-minded people. However, the Internet can easily bring people with the same interests together.     17     Try some safe meetup websites, which list local groups and events, bringing people with common interests together.

Know more about your friends

In order to find possible friends, try to know more about them. What do they like doing? Join one of their activities. What subject (话题) are they interested in?     18     In this way, you can know each other much better.

Work as volunteers

Volunteering is good for both body and mind. It gives you the chance to communicate with people. Helping at the local food store or in a charity (慈善) shop will give you a warm feeling and you’ll get to know other volunteers.     19    

Plan ahead

    20     Rather than just suggesting meeting together, carry it out with an exact date and a careful plan. If you plan to meet more people, making a survey about the plan ahead of time will make the meeting more successful.

Recently an old friend phoned me to ask about the success I had in my life and how I achieved it. He has _________ goals as me: get in shape, get into music more seriously, and be good at Japanese.

I haven’t completely reached my long-term goals yet in any of these 3 things. He thinks that I’ve made some progress on my journey to _________ these goals and I can give him some advice.

We had a nice talk for an hour on the phone and he seemed pretty encouraged. A week went by and he sent me photos of him learning _________ and music. He also trained with the help of a personal fitness coach. He developed the habit of posting (发布) _________ online all of the progress he was making. He was doing great. Every weekend he would post his new progress and I really enjoyed reading it!

Of course, I’ll have to let him know that making progress isn’t _________. He’ll meet some difficulties on the road. However, I’m letting him _________ the new achievements now and will help him out when that time comes.

I’m thankful for him giving me the chance to serve him and give him _________, and I’m thankful to see that he’s spending the time and money to _________ his life. He has even told me how thankful he is with all the recent _________ in his life.

Even if you haven’t reached your goals, it’s good to __________ how far you’ve gone. Be proud of yourself and know how much you can help others achieve the same.

During this year’s May Day holiday, Yemeni (也门) student Mohammed Saleh Ahmed and his Chinese friends visited Pingyao ancient city in Shanxi Province. They even experienced the ancient way of getting money in the     31     (early) bank of China.

“The historical relics (遗迹) in China’s ancient     32     (city) have made me want to learn more about the country’s past,” Mohammed said. In recent years, tourism industries have developed     33     (rapid) and these relics have become new favorites of tourists.

Xinzhou ancient city in Shanxi, with a history of more than 1,800 years,     34     (have) over 500 stores and restaurants. During the five-day holiday, Xinzhou ancient city received more than 400,000 visitors.

“    35     (I) restaurant is always busy. During the peak (高峰) season, the yard is     36     (crowd) with tourists waiting for dinner,” said Wang Guodong, a businessman     37     owns a restaurant in Xinzhou ancient city.

Geng Yeqiang, an expert from Shanxi University, said that historical relics can form a cultural tourism circle during their protection and development. The process can increase local economic(经济的) growth.     38     expert also said, “At the same time, relics protection organizations and the tourism organizations should work together     39     (make) this economic model better.

When a modern city meets its old past, not only can the tourism be developed better, but the local culture and history can also     40     (know) by more people.

Cristina Zenato, a world-famous shark expert and diver (潜水员), was born in Italy and grew up in Africa until the age of 15. In 1994, she went on a vacation to Grand Bahama and fell in love with both diving and the island. So she decided to make Bahama her home and make diving her life.

Cristina learned to feed sharks when she was a child. In 1996, she became a shark feeder trainer. She created a course that educated divers about the beauty of sharks and the need to protect them and their environment. Through the “shark feeder course”, she has created more shark lovers.

Cristina is talented in communicating with sharks. With just a touch on a shark’s head and face, she can lead it into a state of sleep for 15 minutes. Cristina’s special talent has been used to study shark behavior by scientists. It also helps to save sharks. Cristina still remembers clearly the first time she managed to take out a huge hook(钓钩) from a tiger shark’s mouth. Up to now, she has taken out hundreds of hooks and fishing lines from shark mouths and skin without hurting them. Her work has saved many sharks from possible death.

Cristina has received many prizes and honors for her great work in shark research and protection. She also acted in several films including “Saving the Sharks” by the BBC. Until today, she continues to give speeches to let the public know the importance of shark protection.

46. 假定你是李华，在外教Mr. Brown的指导下，你在学校组织的英语戏剧大赛（English Opera Competition）中获得了一等奖。请给Mr. Brown写一封感谢信，主要内容包括：

l. 对Mr. Brown表示感谢；

2. Mr. Brown的帮助、你取得的进步及比赛的结果；

3. 邀请Mr. Brown到家里做客。

要求：

1. 词数100左右（开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数）；

2. 须包含所有要点提示，并可适当补充，以使语句通顺，行文连贯；

3. 信中不得出现个人姓名、校名等真实信息。

Yours,

Li Hua