Thousands of years ago, Shennong, who had an ox(公牛)head and a human body, lived in south China. Seeing that local people were suffering from diseases, he built ladders and houses on a high mountain to store hundreds of medicinal plants.    1    

This legend(传说)has made Shennongjia in Hubei an inviting place for tourists. Traveling there is a unique experience.

    2    “When the bottom of the mountain is summer, the top is spring and while the foothill is autumn, the top is covered with ice.” local people say of the special climate(气候)of Shennongjia.

Shennongjia is also home to 5,000 species of animals and plants.    3    For example, the golden monkey, the clouded leopard(云豹)and the Asian black bear live in this area.

One interesting and mysterious thing about Shennongjia is its “Bigfoot” legends. Some people have claimed that they have seen huge footprints or large man-like beasts.    4    Some say they are just bears.

    5    On July 17, 2016, the Shennongjia Forestry District was added to the United Nations World Heritage list as a natural site. It was China’s 50th world heritage site(遗址).

【推荐2】The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics were more than a sporting event. They were also a show for science and technology. They are helping athletes (运动员) become “faster, higher, stronger” and offering you a great game-watching experience with the support of 5G. Let’s look at some technologies behind the Beijing Winter Olympics.

The National Speed Sating Oval is said to have“the fastest ice”, as 12 new Olympic records and one world record were set there. The secret is the new ice-making technology. Liquid carbon dioxide (液体二氧化碳) is put under the ice to keep temperature changes on the ice surface only in half a degree. That keeps the ice a level surface and it is easier to skate on.

In events like freestyle skiing and ski jumping, the direction and speed of the wind can have a great influence on an athlete’s performance. A Chinese research team developed a system to measure wind. The system uses AI technology. It allows athletes and coaches to “see” wind with real-time data (数据) on their iPad and decide when and where to jump.

During the speed skating race, athletes can reach speeds of up to 18 meters per second. To catch every exciting moment of the competition, Lie Bao has been used for the event.

Lie Bao is a 4K high-definition (高清) camera system developed by China Media Group (CMG). It can record speeds of up to 25 meters per second. It closely follows the athletes’ movements and catches different scenes during speed skating.

【推荐3】In 1981, the Chinese women’s volleyball team first stood at the top at the World Cup. And in 2019, it defended(保住) its World Cup crown with a record of 11 wins. The women’s volleyball team has been the pride of the Chinese people. To honor it, a film named Duo Guan or Leap in English has been made.

Based on the volleyball team’s stories, the film shows the struggles(奋斗) and achievements of the Chinese women’s volleyball team over the past 40 years. Gong Li, a world-famous Chinese actress, plays the role of Lang Ping, who has won the world championships many times with the team and is now the team’s head coach. In order to play the role well, Gong came to the training site of the team, observing Lang’s words and deeds carefully.

Zhu Ting, captain of the Chinese women’s volleyball team, also plays a part in the film. It is the first time that she has taken part in the shooting of a film and she says it’s a little bit difficult. However, her playing volleyball is more difficult than being an actress. It took her at least 10 years to rise to fame in the field but playing herself in the film could be realized in a short time.

The Chinese women’s volleyball team not only is a competitive sports team but also shows the spirit of struggling and never giving up.

【推荐1】Maybe you are not so interested in basketball. But you must know Kobe Bryant, One of the greatest basketball players of all time, he died in a helicopter crash with his daughter Gianna on January 26, 2020. He was only 41 and his daughter was only 13. His death caused great sadness for his family, friends and fans all over the world.

Kobe Bean Bryant was born on August 23rd 1978 in Philadelphia, Pennysylvania, the US. His father was a professional basketball player. Bryant started playing basketball when he was three years old. When he was six, his father moved his family to Italy to play professional basketball. Bryant spent his early school years there.

His family moved back to the US in 1991. When Bryant was in high school, his performance on the court caused excitement and got attention. People thought he was the top high school basketball player in the country. He played and practiced hard. He wanted to be a great player like Michael Jordan.

Bryant entered the NBA straight out of high school when he was 17. He played for the Los Angeles Lakers for 20 years. During his time with the Lakers, Bryant led the team to five national championships. He also helped lead the US Olympic team to win gold in 2008 and 2012. Along the way, Bryant became one of the most famous and popular basketball players of all time.

In 2016, Bryant retired. After he retired, he spent most of his time with his family, his wife and their four daughters. Bryant started basketball camps and programs for kids, to help share his love of the game. He was also the coach of Gianna's team. They were on their way to one of his games when the helicopter crashed.

People will always remember the name Kobe Bryant.

【推荐2】We can know the weather on the radio and TV every day.

If we read the signs around us in right ways, we can tell what the weather will be like. This way of telling what the weather will be like on the next days is the weather report.

Hundreds of years ago, people began to study the weather to make weather forecasts. Some birds fly high if fine weather is coming, but they fly near the ground if rainy days are coming. If you see a rainbow during rainy weather, fine days are coming. If the stars twinkle clearly at night, people can have more fine days.

Now, people have more ways to make the weather report. And people can have much better weather reports because of science.

【推荐3】There was a beautiful garden. Every year the king would go to the garden to decide which flower was the most beautiful one.

For the last few years, the rose was always Number One. Because of this, the rose Gulaab became arrogant. It would never let birds stay on its flower. Then all the birds started staying away from Gulaab.

Behind Gulaab, there was a little yellow flower. People called it Junglee. Junglee wasn’t more beautiful than Gulaab, but it welcomed the birds to stay on its flower. All the birds in the garden liked it.

This year the king went to the garden as before. The gardener pointed at the rose and said to the king, “Your favorite flower, my king.”

Of course, the king also saw the yellow flower behind it and asked, “What flower is that?”

“Oh! That’s Junglee, a wild flower.”

“I didn’t see a flower like it before. There are so many birds on it. I think it’s much more beautiful than the rose. It will be the King Flower of this year!” said the king.