I am writing to tell you about my stay at your hotel. My wife and I arrived on ________, 15th May and stayed for the whole weekend. We were treated (招待) well, ________ there is one or two things that make us unhappy.

First, we hoped for a good holiday from our busy work, and you said your hotel was “comfortable and nice”. We want to have a chance to ________. But we are surprised to find that there are repairs (修理) early in the morning. It is so ________ that we couldn’t get a good sleep.

Second, we hoped to swim in your “wonderful ________ ”. To our surprise, we find that it is ________ all the time!

I hope you do not mind (介意) me writing to you about these things, but I would be happy if you could give me the answers. Thanks.

Mr. Hector Bradley

A mother and her young son get into a bus in a village and sit down. The bus conductor (售票员) comes to them for their money. The mother says, “I want one ticket to the park,” “How old are you, young man?” The mother begins to speak, “I’m four at home and two in the buses.” At last the mother has to take fifty cents out of her pocket (口袋) and gives it to the conductor.

Weather (天气) Idioms

	On cloud nine Meaning: a person who is on cloud nine is very excited because something great happens. —I am on cloud nine when I know I will go to New York on holiday!
	Heavens open Meaning: When the heavens open, it suddenly (突然地) starts to rain hard. —When we leave school, the heavens open and we get wet (淋湿) all over.
	In the dark Meaning: If people are in the dark about something, they don’t know about it. —I keep my parents in the dark about the party.
	Chasing rainbows Meaning: A person chasing rainbows is trying to get something impossible for him. —He wants to become an act or but I think he is chasing rainbows. He can’t make it.
	Reach for the moon Meaning: If you reach for the moon, you get something successfully even if (即使) it is difficult. —I am a hard-working student. Finally I reach for the moon and get an A+ in my exam!

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Come and meet the world’s only painting pig! Pigcasso the pig is from South Africa. She gets her name from the great artist Picasso (毕加索). She knows how to use different colors to paint. She paints with the pen in her mouth. She even “signs” her paintings with her snout (猪鼻).

This all started when Joanne saved Pigcasso from a factory farm. She was only 4 months old then. “To make her happy, I gave Pigcasso some balls, pens and other toys to play with. But she basically ate or destroyed everything except these pens. She loved them so much.” Joanne says. So Joanne began to teach her to paint. Soon she did very well in it.

So far Pigcasso has painted 400 paintings. Last year, one of her paintings, “Wild and Free” was sold (卖) 1,000. The money goes to an animal group. Now Joanne wants to have a show of Pigcasso’s work sometime next year. She wants more people to know that factory farms are not nice places for animals to live. She wants animals to have better living places.

This year, tech company (科技公司) has made a computer program (程序) that can do a lot of things.

If you type in (输入) “A cat wants to go to space” and ask the program to write a bedtime story. Just one second later, you’ll get a story of a cat called Max, who wishes to go and sing on the stars.

This computer program is called ChatGPT. People around the world begin to try ChatGPT and become surprised by what it can do.

One good thing of ChatGPT is that it can understand and talk with people, write songs, stories and even books. It can also learn new things and get better over time. Another good thing about it is that if you ask dark harmful questions, such as how to kill an animal, it will not give you an answer.

ChatGPT shows AI is becoming better at doing creative (有创造性的) things. The things they create are the same, and even better than those made by people. _______. It could make the copyright (版权) of art or writings unclear. And some people worry it will take the place of people and result in more people losing their jobs. So, what do you think of this powerful AI?