【推荐1】My name is James.

In my family there’s my mother—Anna, and my father—John, and my brother—Jeff. Jeff is the joker(滑稽的人) in the family, and we like him.

My mom’s parents will visit us this Sunday. They’re very cool. Tony, that’s my grandfather, He likes music very much, and Grace, my grandmother, can dance (跳舞).

Look at the photo. These are my mom’s brother and his wife, Uncle Peter and Aunt Emma, and their son, Bill. Bill likes to play computer games, and we have a good day this Sunday.

“OK, class. Count off by fives.” When your teacher gives you that instruction, it means the start of a “group project” and you’ll be working with a few classmates.

Have you ever wondered why this type of project is so popular in school? Few of us act alone in the real world. Most things are done with the help or ideas of other people. Group projects are great practice for high school, college and real life, especially when you are going to have a job that requires working with others. Group projects can be fun and they often allow you to successfully do a bigger and more interesting project than you could alone. With group work, you can actually learn more in less time.

Group projects also give you a chance to get to know the kids you might not notice or talk with before—maybe the quiet kid in the third row, the boy who lived down the street when you were in kindergarten, or the girl you’re sometimes shy to say hello to.

Group projects are also a great way to practice skills you’re not so sure of, such as staying organized or being patient. And if you’re a little nervous when talking in front of a group, a joint project can help you become more comfortable with it.

Maybe your group will pick you to tell the whole class about your project. If so, you’ll know your whole group is supporting you!

Will ChatGPT be good for humans?

ChatGPT is a type of AI that has been “trained” by looking at over 8 million web pages. You can ask it anything and it will give you an answer. You can also ask it to write texts. The technology is so hopeful that some people believe it will take the place of Google in the near future. ChatGPT is a great example of a modern technology that is causing mixed feelings. Below we will see some of ChatGPT’s good points and bad points.

ChatGPT: good points

Because ChatGPT is free to use and easy to use, it could make learning easier. When we use Google, we have to look at individual (单独的) web pages to find answers to our questions. With ChatGPT, we are getting information supported by thousands of other web pages with the information being given to us in simple and easy to understand language.

ChatGPT can also help people who struggle (挣扎) with language production. ChatGPT can be used to help people who don’t speak the same language communicate, and help people who have language-based disabilities to communicate better. When used in this way, ChatGPT could be a great tool for bringing the world closer together.

ChatGPT: bad points

ChatGPT is amazing, but it also makes people worried. For thousands of years, students have been required to find information using books and, more recently, the Internet. This requires a level of effort that usually rewards students who work hard and allows learners to see lots of different information. With ChatGPT, finding information becomes much easier than using the Internet or a book. This could make cheating (作弊) much easier, and make students feel their hard work isn’t rewarded.

Conclusion

It’s too soon to say what kind of influence ChatGPT will have on our lives. Let’s hope that ChatGPT will become bigger and more popular.

【推荐1】What would you do if you felt anxious （焦虑的）? Would you feel better if someone else could share his or her experiences with you? In the United States, two teenage girls set up a mental health camp called “Healing （治愈） Hearts” to help people deal with anxiety.

The idea of creating the camp came from Dinah Martinez, 17, and her schoolmate Janet Martinez, 18. Both girls suffered from anxiety.

Dinah Martinez always did well in school. “But then I just started to collapse （崩溃）,” Dinah Martinez said.   She stopped talking to her friends, stopped going to school for three weeks and stayed at home.

Janet Martinez was anxious in elementary school. Things got even worse in junior high. “It was a lot of pressure I put on myself. I would wake up in the morning and it was like my heart was racing,” she said.

The girls’camp idea got support from Girls Leading Our World （GLOW） in the US. The organization awarded them $ 5,000 to put on the camp for other teenage girls.

The “Healing Hearts” camp was created to “help deal with anxiety, especially with girls in high school because that’s when they are the most vulnerable （脆弱的） ”, Janet Martinez said.

On the first day of the camp, 10 girls were there. Experts at the camp talked about anxiety. They helped girls who were experiencing anxiety. The girls learned how to calm themselves when they are anxious. They learned about calming methods like deep breathing.

“It’s good to know that someone else is going through the same thing as me and we can both help each other out,” Dinah Martinez said.