【推荐1】Huawei is firing back against the US-led campaign(战役) to push it out of major markets, insisting it’s till on track to lead the world in the introduction of 5G technology.

Despite efforts in markets creating fear for Huawei, using politics to interfere(干预) with growth, customers continue to trust us and continue to work with us and build networks with our technologies, Deputy Chairman Ken Hu told reporters in the Chinese city of Dongguan on Tuesday.

Hu was speaking during a turbulent period for the Chinese company, one of the world’s biggest markers of smartphones and telecommunications equipment. Its chief financial officer Ms. Wanzhou Meng is under irrational arrest(不合理的逮捕)in Canada, facing possible extradition(引渡) to the United States, and its products are coming under increasing scrutiny(详细审查) from businesses and governments over security concerns(安全问题).

Despite decisions this year by Australia and New Zealand to stop wireless operators(无线设备)from using Huawei to build their 5G networks, Hu expressed confidence that the company’s technology is“ significantly more advanced” than that of its rivals(对手), giving it a head start of 12 to 18 months and the ability to attract new customers.

【推荐2】Online schools are becoming very popular with many people today.   And now, even common students are going in for online education, as it leaves them with enough time to do other things, such as a part-time job or a hobby, along with studying.   However, as with everything, there are two sides about online schooling.

Let’s start with the good side.   Online schools cost very little.   You don’t have to spend money on books, or bus tickets.   Also, since you can work along with studying at an online school, you would not need to take an education loan (贷款).   Another advantage of going to school online is the freedom it provides. You can study wherever you want—in your house, at a café or even in a park. Some people who want to study further, now no longer have to take a break in their jobs, thanks to online schools.

However, those students who often need a push from their teachers to do well have a very high chance of not doing well at online schools.   When studying in a class, different topics(话题) in a given subject are discussed and different students give their points of view.   This is something that online schooling cannot provide.

Also, there are many employers(雇主) who like students with a traditional degree(学位) better than those who have an online degree.   The employers feel that students who go to full-time colleges have more knowledge than those who have online degrees.

In general, it can be said online schools are good for some, while others should give them up! A person should see the situation he is in and then decide whether or not to choose an online school.

【推荐3】Reading can be a social activity. Think of the people who belong to book groups. They choose books to read and then meet to discuss them. Now the website Bookcrossing. com turns the page on the traditional idea of a book group.

Members go on the site and register the books they own and would like to share. Bookcrossing provides an identification number to stick inside the book. Then the person leaves it in a public place, hoping that the book will have an adventure, traveling far and wide with each new reader who finds it.

Bruce Pederson, the managing director of Bookcrossing, says, “The two things that change your life are the people you meet and books you read. Bookcrossing combines both.”

Members leave books on park benches and buses, in train stations and coffee shops. Whoever finds their book will go to the site and record where they found it.

People who find a book can also leave a journal entry describing what they thought of it. E-mails are then sent to the Bookcrossers to keep them updated about where their books have been found. Bruce Pederson says the idea is for people not to be selfish by keeping a book to gather dust on a shelf at home.

Book Crossing is part of a trend among people who want to get back to the “ real” and not the virtual.The site now has more than one million members in more than one hundred and thirty-five countries.

【推荐2】“I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning to surf the Internet.”       

“I check my e-mail almost forty times a day.”

“I seldom spend less than three hours each time on the net.”

“I spend more time in chat rooms than with my ‘real-life’ friends.”

Do you know any people like these? They are part of a new addiction (瘾) called Internet addiction. According to experts, Internet addicts (迷) spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week. They lose control of the time they spend on the Internet.

For example, one college student was missing for several days. His friends were worried and looked for him everywhere but couldn’t find him. They called the police. The police found the student in the computer lab: he was surfing the Internet — for seven days straight.

A study shows that about six to ten percent of Internet users become addicted. The teenagers spend more time on the Internet than with friends and family. That's why some experts worry most about young people.

Is “surfing the Internet” a hobby or an addiction for you? You may have a problem if you have one of the following symptoms (症状):

● You go out with your friends less and less.

● You can’t wait to get online again.

● You’ve decided to spend a short time online, but then you spend several hours.

● You do not go to important family events or you do not do school projects because you like to spend hours on the Internet.

What is the solution? Some experts suggest that people set strict limits on their time for Internet use. You have to learn to control it, or the Internet would control you.

With the development of the society, the level of our life has improved. We have all kinds of food to choose from. However, we all waste food, you and me, every day, millions of tons of it. In China, plenty of food is wasted in restaurants every year to feed 200 million people. And the amount(数量)of food wasted by Chinese customers is increasing fast. So our country is being encouraged to prevent wasting food.

Thus, what should Chinese customers do to stop food waste?

◆ Keep a kitchen diary

All of us should keep a kitchen diary, and we can know how much food we waste at home. The first thing for us to do is stop throwing away food that we can still eat. We should eat everything we buy and if we cannot, we should buy less.

◆ Buy only what we need

We should ask for smaller ones in the supermarket. We should also check how much food we have ① buying more. We shouldn’t bring much food we don’t need home even if large posters ask us to do so.

◆ Develop the habit of ②      food

Chinese customers are generous(慷慨的)and friendly. In restaurants, often too much food is ordered and served. So when eating out, we are supposed to exclude(排除)the food in the menu if we don’t plan to eat it. And order smaller servings in restaurants and take home what we cannot finish.

Don’t put it off! Let’s stop food waste today!

For a long time, scientists didn’t study animal thinking.

Most of them didn’t believe that animals could think. They thought humans were the only thinking animals.

Now more scientists are studying this subject. But it’s very hard to prove things that no one can see or measure. So some scientists decided to take a look at brains.

Is bigger brain better? No. Cow brains are bigger than dog brains, but that doesn’t make cows smarter than dogs. And squirrels (松鼠) have some of the biggest brains of all for their body size. But squirrels aren’t even close to being the smartest animals in the world. So the size of a brain may give some clues (线索) about brain power, but it doesn’t prove anything.

Other scientists study thinking by watching how animals solve problems, who watch animals in the wild or set up thinking tests in a lab. For example, a scientist might put some food just out of an animal’s reach. One kind of animal may grab (夺取) a stick and use it to slide the food over. Another kind might not be able to figure out a way to get the food. Some scientists think animals that have lots of problems to solve must be smarter than animals with simple lives. Scientists also study certain kinds of behaviour for clues about thinking. They watch for three things: whether animals use tools, how they act with each other, and how they communicate.

【推荐2】Huayang Ancient Town(华阳古镇) is a small town in Hanzhong, Shaanxi. And now, it's also a good place to relax. For people around it, they usually go there to spend(度过) the weekend. They usually take the bus in Hanzhong to get there. It’s a three-hour drive.

Why do people like to go there? First, Huayang Ancient Town has a long history. Some people go to the town to learn about old stories there. Then parents also take their children to watch rare animals(稀有动物), like monkeys and pandas. Animals in Huayang are not afraid of people. Sometimes they play with children to get some fruit. And people can also take many interesting photos of these animals. Next, if you have enough time, you can enjoy nice foods there. Lots of them can only be tasted in the town.

Do you like this town? Where do you like to go if you have time?

【推荐3】We all mess up (把事情搞砸). We’re humans and it’s not always easy to get along well with everyone all the time. Sometimes we hurt people’s feelings, so we apologize.

Apologies are one of the tools we use to build good relationships. When you say “I’m sorry”, it’s because you probably feel bad that something you did or said hurt another person. Saying you are sorry is more than just words. You’re also saying that you respect the other person and you care about his or her feelings. After apologizing, you might feel a little better. The other person probably will, too. When you apologize in a caring way, you can feel good because you are trying to make things right again.

When we find ourselves in any of the following situations, an apology can probably make a big difference.

●If you hurt or teased (嘲弄) someone, even you didn’t mean it.

●If you lost or broke something that belonged to someone else.   

●If you did something you knew was wrong－like telling a tie or breaking a rule on purpose.

●If you didn’t do something you should do－like keeping a promise.

When someone apologizes to you, you may welcome it and be ready to forgive (原谅) and moved on. Or you might not feel like being friendly right away. You don’t have to be friends just because someone apologizes. It’s polite to accept and acknowledge (承认) the apology, but anything more is up to you!