【推荐1】In 2021, three Chinese astronauts (宇航员) Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo were sent into space on June 17, and landed successfully at the Dongfeng landing place on September 17.

Spending 90 days at the space station, the three members have set a new record and got rich experience for future space journeys.

From building “new home in space” to entering the space station and carrying out extravehicular (舱外的) activities , and from one day of the Shenzhou-5 to 90 days of the Shenzhou-12 in space, China’s footprints in outer space show the progress of its space program and the results of people’s hard work for the program.

It is joked that they returned to the earth from a business trip to space just in time for the Mid-Autumn Festival. During the Tokyo Olympic Games, the Shenzhou-12 astronauts congratulated (祝贺) Chinese players on their excellent performances, and the players expressed their thankfulness and wishes. Their communication has become one of the most discussed subjects on the Internet.

At the same time, the sci-tech innovations behind astronauts’ wonderful life in the space station and the amazing pictures taken from space have connected China’s space program. It encourages teenagers to dream of traveling and learning about the unknown, interests them to set off for a beautiful future.

ChatGPT, a powerful AI chatbot (聊天机器人) tool, has swept the world in the past months. It hit the 1 million-user mark in five days and won 100 million users in just two months.     1     It can also learn things by itself. For example, if it provides a wrong answer, you can tell it the right one and it will make corrections.     2    

According to a survey covering over 100 educators and 1000 students, around 89% students said they’d used it on homework. About 48% said they’d already used it to complete at-home tests.     3     34% of the educators said they believe ChatGPT should be banned (禁止) in schools and universities while the rest supported students having access (使用权) to it.

Some universities and schools have banned the use of ChatGPT such as public schools in New York City. The move comes from growing worries that the tool could make it easier for students to cheat and be used to spread wrong information.     4     In fact, the two qualities are very important to lifelong success. However, some think bans on AI software like ChatGPT are not wise. Instead of simply banning it, using it in a scientific way can free teachers and students from repetitive work so that they can pay more attention to creativity.     5     AI is a tool people will use but then change our learning and teaching so that we can continue to have honesty.

【推荐1】Happy Valley(欢乐谷) is a wonderful place full of fun. On December 15^th , Li Lei had a good time here with his classmates.

They all wanted to ride Space Shot(太空梭) first. It could send people sixty meters into the air quickly. And after only thirty seconds, people could be back to the ground. It was so exciting. But there were so many people.

Then they went to Gold Mine(金矿) Town and traveled on the Gold Mine Train. There was great excitement on the train when it started moving.

They also took part in some English activities. Through the activities, Li Lei improved his English a lot. He could introduce Happy Valley to foreigners in English.

The meeting lasted three hours. Mr. Jackson looked at the clock on the wall. It was a quarter to eight. “The last bus started fifteen minutes ago,” thought the man. “It means I’ll have to stay in a hotel for night today.”

The man always drove home after work. He and his wife lived outside the city. It was about an hour’s drive. But something was wrong with his car two days ago. He had to take a bus to his office. They had to discuss something important that afternoon and he couldn’t catch the bus.

At last the meeting was over. It began to snow after he came out of the warm office. He wanted some warm food and soup first. Most restaurants were full of people and he went into a small one. The waiter came up quickly and showed the menu to him.

“Bring me some hot soup first,’ said Mr. Jackson.

About twenty minutes later the young man brought the soup to him. Drinking, he found something in it. “Come here, boy.” he called out. “Look! There’s a grey hair in my soup!”

“It’s very strange, sir,” said the waiter. “It’s usually a fly. Oh, I remember. Flies are sleeping in winter.”

【推荐3】A man lived happily in a village because everyone praised him. One day, he heard some people talking about him. Hiding behind a tree, he started listening to them. But what they said made him sad. They said he was too proud.

From that day on, whenever he saw others talking, he thought they were saying something bad about him. He was unhappy all the time. His wife noticed this and took him to a wise old man.

The man told the wise old man everything.

The wise old man said, “Stay in my house tonight.”

The man agreed. When he went to sleep at night, the croaking of frogs (青蛙呱呱的叫声) fell in his ears. A pond (池塘) was behind his room and the sound was coming from there. The more he wanted to ignore (忽略) the sound, the louder the frogs seemed to croak.

The next morning, the man went to the wise old man and said, “I couldn’t sleep well last night. It felt like there were hundreds of frogs in that pond. You must also have trouble because of them. Can I take them out and put them far away?”

The wise old man agreed.

So the man went to the pond. To his surprise, only ten frogs were caught. Then he went to ask the wise old man where the other frogs were.

The wise old man said, “Even at night there were only ten frogs. Because you paid a lot of attention to the noise, you thought there were hundreds of them. It is the same in your life as well. And always remember, no matter how good you are, there will always be some people that will talk bad about you.”

The man understood the wise old man’s words and thanked him.

【推荐1】Bullying (欺凌) has become a big problem in schools, which has caused serious attention of society.     1     There are many factors (因素) that make a child involve (涉及) in bullying.     2     They don’t get love or warmth from their parents. Children who are bullied are easier to bully others. Some children bully others to get respect from other kids.     3     Movies and video games also play a role in a child’s bullying action.

    4     As students, you should respect others and not make fun of their weakness.     5    

It may be difficult to start high school. Think about making new friends might make you feel nervous.     1     You are going to school with a group of students of your age. Here are several suggestions for you to follow.

Forget your fear and just talk to someone.

It’s easier said than done. But try to take a deep breath and find your voice. Don’t be afraid to approach (接近) people.     2     Sit in the middle of the classroom with as many new friends around you as possible.

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Take part in after-class activities that interest you. Try to make friends in the clubs. If you don’t join anything, you will be going to class and then going home. Being in a club makes you more social.

Stay clean.

No one likes a bad smell that could knock someone over. Shower every day, bush your teeth and wash your hair.     4    

Be respectful of people’s differences.

    5     And everyone believes in different things. It is a good thing to have different friends with different opinions because you can each share your own.