1 . When I was 9, we packed up our home in Los Angeles and arrived at Heathrow, London on a gray January morning. Everyone in the family settled quickly into the city except me. Without my beloved beaches and endless blue—sky days, I felt at a loss and out of place. Until I made a discovery.

Southbank, at an eastern bend in the Thames, is the center of British skateboarding, where the continuous crashing of skateboards left your head ringing .I loved it. I soon made friends with the local skaters. We spoke our own language. And my favorite: Safe. Safe meant cool. It meant hello. It meant don’t worry about it. Once, when trying a certain trick on the beam(横杆), I fell onto the stones, damaging a nerve in my hand, and Toby came over, helping me up: Safe, man. Safe. A few minutes later, when I landed the trick, my friends beat their boards loud, shouting: “ Safe! Safe! Safe!” And that’s what mattered—landing tricks, being a good skater.

When I was 15, my family moved to Washington. I tried skateboarding there, but the locals were far less welcoming. Within a couple of years, I’d given it up.

When I returned to London in 2004, I found myself wandering down to Southbank, spending hours there. I’ve traveled back several times since, most recently this past spring. The day was cold but clear: tourists and Londoners stopped to watch the skaters. Weaving(穿梭)among the kids who rushed by on their boards, I found my way to the beam. Then a rail—thin teenager, in a baggy white T—shirt, skidded(滑)up to the beam. He sat next to me. He seemed not to notice the man next to him. But soon I caught a few of his glances. “I was a local here 20 years ago,” I told him. Then, slowly, he began to nod his head. “Safe, man. Safe.”

“Yeah,” I said. “Safe.”

4 . How to stay healthy on holiday

Taking time to relax on holiday may be good for our health.     1    . Here’s how to stay healthy when you travel.

Plan before you go

Besides the stress of organizing your break in the first place, there’s the added anxiety of remembering to buy and pack everything you need, as well as getting where you need to go on time. To avoid this, as soon as you’ve booked your holiday, list the travel documents you’ll need. Check you have them and they’re valid (有效的). Then start packing several weeks in advance, giving yourself time to buy some daily necessities.     2    .

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Try to forget the cares of everyday life. You can achieve this by ensuring you don’t check emails or social media, or feel obligated to use it to record your best holiday moments. Ideally, turn off notices, limit your screen time and try to focus on the present moment. That will enable you to relax and make special memories.

Eat and drink well and mindfully

    4    . Take time to really enjoy all the flavors. However, you should be aware that too many alcoholic drinks can cause “holiday heart”, characterized by an irregular rhythm. What’s worse, if you’re holidaying in a hot climate, that can also result in dehydration (脱水).

Get active

Try a new activity. Consider walking and swimming or tennis.     5    . Remember that being active not only helps you stay fit during the holiday, but also makes you feel fitter and more refreshed once you’re back.

Chinese astronauts in Tiangong space station opened a science lecture on December 9th, 2021 as they traveled around     1     Earth.

There     2     （be）a lecture and some interesting activities on that exciting day. First, Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu, all members of the Shenzhou XIII mission crew, greeted students, teachers and other participants as the lecture began at 3:40 pm. They then showed viewers the place     3     they live and work. The astronauts carried out experiments     4     （show）interesting physical phenomena（现象）in space,     5     （include） "disappearing buoyancy（浮力）" and a "water ball". At last, before the end of the livestreamed activities, they     6     （happy）answered questions from students.     7     （million）of primary and middle school students across China watched the 60-minute televised event, which was the first lecture of the Tiangong Class, China' s first extraterrestrial（地球大气圈外的）lecture series to make students interested     8     space science.

The manned space agency said that more lectures would     9     （hold）based on the country's manned spaceflights and would also be presented by some     10     （profession）Chinese astronauts. Such activities are intended to spread knowledge about manned spaceflights for science among young people.

8 . Do you often feel nervous when speaking English?     1     I’ll tell you some tips for improving your confidence when speaking English.

●Concentrate on the positive, not the negative (消极的).     2     Don’t think or say things like “My English is so bad” or “I’ll never be good at English”. Those negative beliefs will make you less confident. Instead, think about your successes and strong points. When you concentrate on positive things, your confidence will improve.

●Understand that most mistakes aren’t so serious. Understand that most mistakes don’t matter very much. If you’re always worrying about mistakes, then you’ll feel nervous about your English. But the truth is that when you’re speaking, most people won’t notice your small mistakes.     3    

●Stand up straight, make eye contact, smile and breathe. One involves what you do with your body when you’re speaking English, and that is to stand up straight or sit up straight, make eye contact, smile and remember to breathe.     4     So when you act confidently with your body by having good posture and making eye contact, and when you relax your face by smiling and breathing, these will make your spoken English more confident and comfortable as well.

●    5     The more you practice something, not only do you get better, but you also get more confident. If you only speak English once a week for a couple minutes, then it’s going to take a long time to build up your confidence! Look for other opportunities to practice your speaking.

9 . Katie Stagliano was 9 years old and she was in the third grade. At the beginning of the new term, she began a gardening project as part of a school _________. Her teacher told her to plant vegetable seeds in her home garden. Katie took this work _________. She carefully planted the seeds and she felt _________ as she found three tiny green cabbage leaves grow to become a huge and 40-pound cabbage.

Later, as a(n) _________, Katie and other students started planting vegetable gardens throughout the community. They donated (捐赠) their _________ to the local soup kitchen. Katie dreamed of one day _________ her hobby into a harvest movement where the vegetable gardens would help support soup kitchens and food shelter organizations. She _________ ending food insecurity (不安全) worldwide by growing one vegetable garden.

In 2010, the only local soup kitchen in Katie’s community _________ because of money. The closure _________ her to turn her dream into a reality when she started Katie’s Krops. Through the non-profit (非营利的) organization, volunteers __________ meals using vegetables donated by the gardens, and anyone in __________ within the community was invited. In the beginning, Katie’s Krops hosted weekly community __________ that provided up to 200 meals at a time.

The student-run gardens __________ with Katie’s Krops now include 100 gardens across the United State. Totally, they have donated 500,000 pounds of fresh vegetables and have served more than 40,000 meals to those __________ with food insecurity.

In addition, the Katie’s Krops outdoor classroom provides gardening classes and hands-on __________ to children, adults and families. The organization hopes to teach children how to become good stewards (管家) of the Earth.