Escape to a New Life describes the Welsh countryside as a beautiful and peaceful place and its people as very caring and happy. The series director believes that this is what young people want today. She says the success of the series is because teenagers want a happier and healthier life away from the     1     of homework and exams. She thinks this series offers a form of getting out of their fast and     2     live.

However, many parents and teachers are     3     about the effect this is having on young people. Parents report that their children are just watching this series and doing nothing else, using Escape to a New Life as a(n)     4     for not finishing homework, or refusing to     5     for exams.

Shan took my     1     and joined the school volleyball team. Six months later she was hardly     2    : she had lost weight and was looking     3     and healthy; she had more friends; her schoolwork had improved, and best of all, she was no longer     4     or moody. Her mum told me she was a changed person. She took the idea I gave her and accepted it with enjoyment and     5    .

The world’s first ship with     1    intelligent unmanned system was launched in Guangzhou. The ship     2     the world’s first scientific research ship     3    can work by remote control in open waters. It will provide an     4    tool for China     5    out marine scientific research and develop the marine economy.

The equipment on the ship is highly localized (本十化的), because the key parts have all been     6     developed by Chinese scientists. The ship has a     7    of 88. 5 meters, width of 14 meters and a depth of 6. 1 meters. With a broad deck, the ship can carry a dozen different observation instruments. Construction of the ship     8    on July 20, 2022, and it is expected to be put into use by the end of this year. In the future, the use o the ship will be     9    great importance for getting real-time ocean observation information,     10    the level of ocean observation.

Norman Bethune was Canadian, but he is one of the most famous       1     in China. During the war in Spain, he     2     the wounded soldiers there. He invented special tools to use outside hospitals. His     3     saved many lives. In China, he tried his best to help sick and wounded soldiers. He often worked without taking a rest and did not look after himself. During an operation, he cut his     4    , and finally died of his wound. He is still     5     in both China and Canada.

Last year, I returned to Fuling, a river town near the Yangtze River. I visited the White Crane Ridge Underwater Museum. It’s a very strange museum    1     is under 40 meters of water, I knew its director even before the museum and the Three Gorges Dam     2    .

I taught English at the local college in the town of Fuling     3     1996 to 1998. Fuling was then quiet. Foreigners were very rare(稀小). When I ate my lunch in the town centre, often a crowd came to watch me. There weren’t any traffic     4     I couldn’t find a car.

During my visit, I     5     some of my old students. They told me about their old classmates, many of whom had left Fuling. I also visited Huang Zongming and his brother.    6     I lived here, they were fishermen. When the first stage of the dam was     7    ,they left their home. I was sure that their lives were     8     changed. But now l discover that everything is almost the same for    9    .They are still fishermen and go     10     every day. The fishing on the river is still good.The dam has not changed some things in Fuling.