“Hey, Ben, let’s go riding to the park,” called Dion. He and Thomas were on their bikes and wanted Ben to come along.

Ben shook his head ________. All of his friends had bicycles. He did not. Ben wished he had one so he could go riding with his friends. He used to have a tricycle (三轮车) when he was small, but he was much too big for that now. When he asked his mom for a ________, his mom said, “Not yet, Ben.” She told him he had to ________ until his birthday. Ben did not want to do that. He was feeling sad.

One day, Ben went to the park near his house. When he got there, he saw there were no other kids to play with—the park was empty. He was about to go back home when he ________ something. There was a nice bike near the swings. The bike was not locked up (锁住). There was nobody around. It would be easy to take the bike. Ben ________ if he should do it.

Ben touched the bike. If he took it, he would not have to wait until his birthday. He could ________ with his friends. That would make him happy. He wanted to take the bike. What should he do?

Ben thought about it. This was not his bike. It belonged to somebody else. That kid would be very sad to ________ the bike, Ben thought. He knew he would be sad if a kid took a bike from him. This was a bad idea.

Ben turned away from the bike. He decided to wait until his birthday. As he walked home, still without a bicycle, Ben felt ________.

Teens (青少年) will have a duty on caring for the environment. However, according to a new study, teens’ low interest in nature may be something we should worry about.

The study finds that teenagers’ interest in nature wanes. Researchers asked 1,269 students, ages 8 to 14, to take part in an online survey across four weeks in March 2017. The questions were designed to help researchers tell how much the kids’ interest is in nature. The findings show that for children ages 8 to 11, one out of two felt very close to nature. However, in the older age group, only one in five felt the same closeness.

How did this happen? Natural reasons, such as the beginning of puberty (青春期) and hormonal changes, could lad to teens’ changing interests. Experts note other reasons could include teens’ activities, such as spots and spending time with friends, which could take more of teens’ attention. And of course, computers and technology also take their attention.

The effects (影响) of nature on our health are too many to be told. The findings said that spending time in parks, forests and other green spaces as a child lowered the risk (降低风险) of developing a number of heath problems. Kids’ interest in nature is not just good for themselves, but to others, and the world as a whole.

So it is important to help kids keep an interest in nature. There are many ways that parents can play a part. You can encourage kids to spend time outdoors doing fun activities or visit places that focus on the beauty of nature. You can also set an example for your teens. Recycling and volunteering to help clean up the community show that you are interested in protecting the environment, and that will influence (影响) teens as well.

People recently expressed great surprise at a map. It clearly shows the country’s historic sites and cultural relics (历史古迹和文物). The map was made by Wu Yungjie, who was born in the 1990s, CCTV News reported.

Wu is crazy about cultural relies and has a deep interest in history. When he was in college, he would often make use of his free time to travel around the country, exploring and recording the details of historic sites. In 2020, he started collecting information on cultural relies and making the map.

Wu spent a lot of time on research and carrying out on-site visits. Though faced with many difficulties, Wu has joy in “this job”.

So far, Wu has traveled to nearly 30 provinces (省) and cities across the country, visited over 2,000 cultural relic sites and more than 200 museums, and taken over 300,000 photos.

Now, the map he made has nearly 10,000 historical landmarks with different colors: Red signs (标记) show the cultural relic sites under state protection (国家保护) or the national-level museums, while green signs stand for the provincially protected historical sites.

The map is popular online, and a person posted, “I actually found the old tower (塔) around my house on the map!” However, in Wu’s eyes, the map is not perfect. It cannot be shared as an online map yet.

But Wu has been working on improving it. “If possible, I also want to record the cultural relics that have been lost overseas. They may not be able to return to their homeland right now, but the stories that they carry are what we need to know.”