Most of us know the love story Romeo and Juliet. It was written by William Shakespeare, one of ________ writers in the world.

William Shakespeare ________ born in Stratford, England, in 1564. He came from a rich family, but at the age of fifteen, ________ father lost all the money. William was not able to stay on at school, so he left for London and soon worked as ________ actor in a theater.

At that time, actors often helped to write the plays as well as act them. That was how William discovered that he was good ________ writing. He wrote about important ________ like love and hate, good and evil (邪恶). The crowds around the stage in the theater loved William’s plays.

William always worked very hard. Later, he and his friends built their own theater and it ________ “The Globe” in London. The theater soon made him rich and famous.

When he was fifty, William decided ________ to leave London. He bought a big house in Stratford for his family and went to live there. He died in 1612.

He left money ________ the poor and his actor friends. A statue (雕像) was put up in memory of him. You ________ still see his statue today and visit the place where he was born.

Do you know what the word “Taikonaut” means? Compared with the word “astronaut”, we find both of the two _______ have the same last five letters. It has a relationship with the word “astronaut”.

“Taikonaut” is made up of “taikong” and “astronaut”. It means “Chinese astronaut”. It was _______ by a Malaysian Chinese called Zhao Liyu. In Western countries, there was a word “astronaut”,   _______ in Russia, there was a word “cosmonaut”. So he thought that China should have her _______ word to call astronauts. The using of the word “taikonaut” shows that China’s space industry is developing _______ , and has a place in the world.

In Nov. 1999, China sent Shenzhou-1 successfully. In Oct. 2003, China’s first taikonaut Yang Liwei returned from _______ safely. On Oct. 16, 2021, the Shenzhou-13 mission (任务) sent three taikonauts to the space station for a six-month stay. And China _______ the building of its space station in 2023.

On Feb. 15th 2022, Wang Yaping, one of the taikonauts on China’s space station offered people on Earth a zero-gravity (失重状态) musical performance to _______ the Lantern, Festival. The video of the performance received much enthusiasm (热情) after it was shared online. They also sent the best wishes to _______ at the Beijing Winter Olympics: “We hope that you all achieve ________ , win friendship and get your best Olympic experience. ”

Boys and girls, let’s do an experiment in today’s lesson.

Things you need to prepare:

Instructions:

1) Fill the glass or jug about 2/3 full with water.

2) Drop the egg carefully into the glass and watch it going down towards the bottom.

3) Take the egg out and add about 5 spoons of salt. Test to see if your egg goes up.

4) Add more salt if the egg is still at the bottom.

The science behind it:

Things go down in the water when they are denser (密度更大的) than the water. By adding salt we make the water denser. Once the water is denser than the egg, it goes up.

You can also try other things to see if you can have the same result.

Example in daily life:

The Dead Sea is the lowest sea in the world. The Dead Sea has a high concentration (浓度) of salt. So there is nothing living in the Dead Sea. As the experiment above, people can also float (漂) in it. But it is not good to float for a long time.

“Too much sitting is shown to be connected with health problems and bad study performance in students,” says Taija Juutinen Finni, a professor of health sciences.

▲ Jumping and playing with a ball can be fun ways to draw younger kids’ attention. You could also mix study and sports, helping both seem less boring. “In maths, students could do some exercises, and then perform as many jumps as the last answer,” Dr. Juutinen Finni says.

Whenever possible, get outside. Not surprisingly, young people move more when they’re outdoors. In a 2019 study of almost 6,500 children in 12 countries, they did more exercise when they went outside than they stayed indoors.

Young people should also aim (以……为目标) to be strong, and some of them, especially teenagers, may be more pleased to do weight training than to go family dancing.

“If your kids don’t want to walk, run or ride bikes but like to lift a weight, you can let them do some push-ups and jumps!” Dr. Juutinen Finni says. “Exercise like these is safe for kids,” she adds. “And it can be done with little or no equipment.”

Young people could also allow their friends or parents to join in for competition. “But it’s essential for parents to remember that they shouldn’t try to be the PE teacher,” says AliMc Manus, a professor of health and exercise.   “If we pay attention to how exercise should or must be done, children and teenagers may feel down.”

Courage is often thought to be one of the most important spirits everyone needs. Then what is courage?     31     One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential (潜力). Kids build courage as they are growing up.

Many people talk about connections between courage and fear.     32     If there is no fear, there is no need for courage. That is to say, courage is the ability to do what makes you feel afraid. Courage doesn’t only mean great actions such as saving one’s life or taking a big risk.     33     For example, we show courage when we raise our hand to answer a hard question during class or try a new sport.

Courage is in everyday choices we make. Can you be kind to the new kid in class?     34     Or can you stand up for someone in need? Often, these things don’t come with praise, but they need courage.

    35     When we become brave enough to face failure, we’ll be more willing to try new things and try again after we fail. Courage doesn’t always shout. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says, ”I’ll try again tomorrow. “

Once, my mother told me a story. When an antelope (羚羊) wakes up every morning, the     41     thing it thinks about is, “I must be able to run faster than the fastest lion or I will be     42    .” And the first thing the lion thinks about is, “I must be able to catch one of the     43     antelopes, or I will be hungry.”

Life is full of competitions. Whether you are an antelope or a lion, you must go ahead. For us students, it is just the same. If we don’t study hard, sooner or later, we will     44     behind other students. At first, I didn’t know what the word “exam” meant. Later, I knew an exam was a kind of competition. In competitions, there were always     45     and losers. As I grew up, I got to know competitions well. In one’s life, there must be competitions, so people could try     46     best.

Each time I saw children playing games and heard their laughter, I wished I were that age again. But I remembered my     47     words. They always tell me, “You must work very hard for a good future.” So I picked up my pen and began to study hard again. However, I was still not sure what competition     48     meant. One day, I took part in an English-speaking competition. When I went to the stage, I     49     other students looking at me kindly. Suddenly I knew what competition was. It is not as cruel (残酷的) as my teacher and parents told me. In fact, sometimes it could be     50    .

I learned a lot from this fact. Now I know more about competitions.

Do you know what birds use to build their nests? You may say that birds usually build their nests with sticks, leaves or grass. But do you know that birds are also building their nests with rubbish these years? The rubbish includes cigarette butts (烟头) and plastic bags.

A group of European scientists looked into about 35,000 studies on bird nests.

They found that birds have used man-made things in nests almost everywhere on Earth except Antarctica.

Some rubbish seems to be helpful. This is why birds “like” putting it in their nests. For example, cigarette butts have special smell, so they can keep insects away and protect the baby birds. Plastic bags are useful in keeping the animals warm, and other hard things, such as paper cards, can make nests stronger.

However, in the end, human rubbish may only bring more harm to birds. The toxic (有毒的) chemicals in cigarettes hurt the baby birds. They may get sick or have shorter lives, according to a study. What’s worse, if the cigarette still burns when the bird brings it back to its home, it may set fire to the nest. Pieces of fishing net may also trap birds, and it’s impossible for them to get out by themselves. If the baby birds eat other kinds of rubbish by accident, they will also get hurt. Our bird friends in the air are feeling the bad impacts of humans polluting the environment.

61. 丰富多彩的课外活动让我们的校园生活更加充实。假设你是李明，你校将要举办以“Colorful Activities After School”为主题的英文演讲比赛，请根据以下思维导图的提示内容，用英文写一篇演讲稿。

There are lots of after-school activities in my school. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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