A Picture of My Own City

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② Write down the idea behind your painting in 150 words.

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It was dark that night and it wasn’t easy to see where we were going. Suddenly, a big steamboat（汽船）came at us very fast. Jim and I jumped off the raft（木筏）into the water. The boat hit the raft and went on up the river.

When I came up out of the water, I couldn’t see Jim anywhere. I called out his name again and again, but there was no answer. “He’s dead!” I thought. Slowly, I swam to the side of the river and got out. I was near a big old wooden house. Suddenly, a lot of angry dogs jumped out at me and someone called from the house, “Who’s there?”

“George Jackson,” I answered quickly. “I’ve fallen off a river boat.

The people in that house took me in and gave me some new clothes and a good meal. I told them that my family were all dead, so they said I could stay with them as long as I wanted.

A few days later, a slave（奴隶）in the house came to me and said, “Come with me!” Together, we went down to some trees by the river. “In there!” he said and went away.

On the ground, I found a man, asleep. It was Jim! I was really happy to see him. When the steamboat hit the raft, Jim told me, the raft didn’t crash. Jim swam after it and caught it. Then he began to look for me.

We decided to leave at once. It’s all right living in a house for a little while, but we feel more free and easy and comfortable on a raft.

——Adapted from The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin

As French author Andre Maurois once said, “Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles (颤抖) with the cold.” Indeed, loving families are important in life.

In my family, we all love each other, but even so, misunderstandings happen.

One day, I was doing my homework in my room when my sister entered. Busy with homework, I didn’t talk to her and just kept working. But when I took a rest, I turned my head to see my notebook had messy drawings on it.

I was full of anger and shouted at my sister. “You are really a troublemaker, and I hate you.”

Hearing the words, my sister began crying and tried to explain herself. But I didn’t want to hear it. The “silence” afterward lasted for a long time between us.

To solve the problem, my father asked, “Have you seen what the drawing is on your notebook?”

I shook my head. Then, I looked at it carefully. It said, “Happy birthday”.

At that moment, I realized how inconsiderate (考虑不周的) I was being. Though drawing on my notebook wasn’t right, my sister’s love was sincere (真诚的). Feeling guilty (内疚的), I said sorry to my sister, and she smiled back at me.

After this, I knew that sometimes families have little conflicts (冲突). But you shouldn’t take them to heart because they are between the people who love you most.

Children’s games in ancient China

During ancient times, children didn’t have smart phones, iPads or computers to entertain them. Instead, they came up with interesting games to play in their childhood. Let’s take a look.

It was another hot, dry day in the forest…

A little ant was thirsty. So he went to a river     51    (get) a drink. But the ant got too close to the river. He    52    (carry) away by the flow (流动) of the river.

“Help! Help!” cried the little ant.

A dove (鸽子)    53    (sit) on a tree nearby. She saw what happened to the ant. She pulled a leaf from the tree and held it in her mouth. Then she flew over to the little ant. She dropped the leaf into the water. The ant     54    (climb) onto the leaf and got to safety.

“Thank you for saving me,” said the ant to the dove. “One day, I     55    (do) something to help you.”

“That is very kind,” said the dove. “But I     56    (not, think) a little ant like you could ever help me.”

A few days later, the ant saw a bird catcher     57    (stand) under a tree. He was waiting to catch the dove with a net.

“Oh, no! My friend Dove     58    (sleep). She is in danger! I    59    (help) her.”

So, he ran over to the bird catcher and stung (刺痛) him in the foot. The bird catcher cried and threw down his net in pain. The dove was able to fly away.

“Thank you, my dear friend. You    60    (save) my life. Now I come to see I was wrong. I am sorry for what I said.” the dove said to the ant.

Children don’t go to school on Saturdays and Sundays, but they usually have homework to do over the weekend. Some do their homework on Friday afternoon.

T    61     they can enjoy the whole weekend. Others decide to r    62     first and do their homework on Sunday afternoon.

Saturday morning is a popular time for sports and other activities. A lot of schools have sports matches against other schools. Sports centres are usually very b    63     too. They usually have classes for different things like tennis, basketball, swimming and so on.

Saturday afternoon is normally the time for professional sports matches. There’s always lots of sport on TV. Most rugby and football matches s    64     at three o’clock.

In the evening, most people want some kind of entertainment(娱乐). Older teenagers go to the cinema or they go dancing at a club. At home, the television has many p    65     for family entertainment, such as The X Factor Merlin or Doctor Who.

On Sunday mornings, people often have alie-in (懒觉). That means that they get up l    66     than they do during the week. Some people go to church on Sunday mornings. Families often have a big Sunday lunch together. The meal is usually roast meat (beef, chicken, etc. ) with v    67    . And there’s usually a big pudding, too.

After that, a lot of adults spend the afternoon having a nap (sleeping) in front of the TV!

Shopping centers are popular p    68     to go on Sunday afternoons. All the big shops are open usually 11 a. m. to 5 p. m. , b    69     most smaller shops are closed all day.

Then it’s Sunday evening, and your parents say: Come on, it’s school a    70    tomorrow. So it’s time to do your homework if you haven’t done it yet, then pack your school bag and have an early night.

Recently, my 15-year-old daughter asked me for help with her homework. Unfortunately, I was already busy helping her brother. When I finally came to her 30 minutes later, she told me that it was too late and that she had asked ChatGPT for help. Through several rounds of questions and answers, the bot (机器人程序) had explained her phvsies lesson as well as helped her solve the problem. I checked the that. The explanation (解释) were perfect.

I wouldn’t call this cheating—she had not asked the bot to do the work for her. Instead, through her interaction (交互) with the bot, she gained a better understanding of the problem and how to solve it. This year seems to be the tipping point (爆发点) for AI. Below let’s take a closer look at what GPT is, how it works, its weak points and problems.

ChatGPT is a big language model. It is trained on a large amount of text, which allows it to produce human-like answers to different kinds of questions. 3.As a free tool, ChatGPT has allowed students to complete their homework without much work. This has raised worries about cheating and the loss of learning ability. Educators fear that students will become lazy thinkers. They will fail to develop lifelong skills like critical thinking (批判性思考), researching and writing.

For sure, ChatGPT is a powerful language model. It has the power to completely change the way we learn and interact with machines. 4.As the Chinese saying goes, “Water can carry a boat but it can also turn it over.” I think it’s important for us to remain aware of (意识) the problems that it may cause.