3 . In 2017, Sharon Cohen founded an after-school program in Harlem after a group of parents invited her to teach their daughters how to skate. It began as a circle where they could express themselves. Now, it has ________ to serve over 170 schoolchildren between the ages of 6 and 18.

“As I think about the ________, there is one video that stands out in my mind. It is about the ________ at the 2020 United States Figure Skating Championships,” Ms. Cohen said. “Jonni Carter and Raven Williams, who had been so shy when they just ________ the circle, skated with so much ________ and ease that whenever I think about it tears begin to ________ in my eyes. Their achievements are really beyond my ________ expectation.”

Actually, the program had not ________ to be a training ground for future national ________ or Olympians. Instead, the program’s goals covered, and still covers, three key ________: figure skating, academic and leadership development. The figure skating includes ________ just twice a week. The ________ part, which Ms. Cohen stresses is equally ________ is designed to help the children improve their skills in reading, writing and math. The leadership training activities ________ cooperation and dealing with conflicts. Each week, they ________ about 10 to 11 hours on the program. The three parts of the program work together to ________ them physically, academically and emotionally.

“When I skated I just felt free,” said Jonni Carter, who joined the program at age 16. “When I was skating on the ice, the wind pushed against me and I just felt like I’m ________.”

“This program has worked very ________ for me.” said Raven Williams, 13. “It has not only helped me improve my skating and ________ skills, it has also built up my ________ and made me feel more confident.”

5 . Sales of green tea are rising in the US and the UK, driven largely by evidence of the health benefits. So it’s funny that a little over a century ago, this so-called super-food was considered as super-toxic.

“For most of the 19th century, there was less concern about the dangers of taking drugs than there was about the negative side effects of drinking green tea,” writes Matthew Sweet in his book Inventing the Victorians. “Readers of Victorian journalism were used to seeing reports that green tea led to horrible illnesses. Therefore, tea drinkers eventually turned to black tea.”

To be fair, the refusal of green tea should be blamed to the businessmen. Though both black and green teas are made from the leaves of the same plant, black tea is drier than the green tea, so more could be packed into the ship with lower risk of damage. But the real problem with green tea was that dishonest businessmen added the leaves of other plants to the tea leaves in order to increase the weight. Adulterated (掺假) tea was so common that when shops in London attempted to sell pure green tea, people just refused to buy it because it was considered the “wrong” color.

Fears of drinking green tea were heightened in 1839 by a paper in the famous British medical journal The Lancet. In the paper, Dr. George Sigmond studied the positive and negative effects of tea. While stating that green tea had medical benefits and was a great improvement on alcohol, he warned against overuse. He described a case, in which a woman was attacked with terrible pain at the stomach. He blamed her symptoms, on solid evidence, to drinking strong green tea on an empty stomach, first thing in the morning, without mixing it with milk, cream or sugar.

Of course, this toxic of the Victorian sitting room has now had its reputation firmly restored. Science has shown that green tea has been linked to health benefits like lower risk of stroke and some kinds of cancer.

6 . Tales of the homework-burdened American students have become common, but are these stories the exception or the rule.

The National Education Association recommends that homework time increase by ten minutes per year in school. For example, a third grader would have 30 minutes of homework, while a seventh grader would have 70 minutes. Studies have found that schools tend to follow these guidelines.

A study out of the University of Michigan found that students aged six to eight spend 29 minutes doing homework per night while 9- to-12-year-old students spend 50 minutes doing homework. For high school students, they spend an average of 6. 8 hours on homework outside of school per week.

To be more specific, 45 percent of students in grades three to 12 spend more than an hour a night doing homework, including the six percent of students who report spending more than three hours a night on their homework. The study also found that 70 percent of students in grades three to 12 had at least one homework assignment in math each day. 62 percent had at least one homework assignment in a language class (English. reading, spelling, or creative writing courses) every two days and 42 percent had at least one in a science class each week.

Regardless of how much homework kids are actually doing every night, most parents and teachers are happy with the way things are; 60 percent of parents think that their children have the “right amount of homework”, and 73 percent of teachers think their school assigns the right amount of homework.

Students, however, are not necessarily on board: 30 percent of students in grades seven through 12 and 28 percent of students in grades three through six report being “very often/often” stressed out by their homework.

7 . Best Summer Camps for Teenagers 2022

Catalina Sea Camp

Catalina Sea Camp is an adventure camp in Catalina Island, California. It’s perfect for kids aged 8～17 who enjoy being out in the ocean and participating in thrilling water sports and activities. It also has an educational aspect, focusing on marine ( 海 洋 的 ) biology, making it perfect for those interested in a future career in the field.

Camp Wicosuta

This is a summer camp in New Hampshire. This particular summer camp is intended specially for teenage girls that want to spend a little time outdoors. Each sleep-away camp session is broken down into four individual weeks and the entire program is based on celebrating confidence, competence and communication.

iD Tech Camp

iD Tech Camp is a virtual technology camp for teens. At their online camp, teens receive a STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education while making friends with other students. Their expert instructors have years of experience and often come from well-known universities like Stanford, California Institute of Technology and New York University. The vast majority of students who attend the camps take part in STEM programs at universities, making it perfect for high school students who want a future career in the STEM field.

Fusion Academy College Camp

If you’re looking for a different kind of camp experience, Fusion Academy is offering College Admissions Camps this summer, Fusion is a private middle and high school with a personalized learning model. They offer the unique college camp on the Internet, so high school students can attend it from anywhere. Fusion Academy provides a nurturing (培养) environment where students can become the best versions of themselves on an academic and personal level.

10 . Pilot becomes a real-life hero

I would like to introduce a movie, Sully, which tells us about an airplane crash due to mechanical failure.

After leaving New York City, US Airways Flight 1549 is struck by some birds, which _________ both engines. The _________ of the flight, Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, _________ to make an emergency landing on the Hudson River, as he believes that the damage will keep them from reaching the closest airport. Luckily, all passengers and the crew are _________ evacuated(疏散). However, his decision is _________ by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), as its simulation(模拟)shows that there was enough _________ to reach the closest airport. The NTSB thinks that Sully’s actions put all the people on the _________ at risk. The incident has already hurt Sully’s _________, but he still has to _________ suspicions(怀疑)and rumors. He __________ that the simulation is not reliable, and they should reconsider it. At that moment he didn’t have much __________ to analyze the situations, consider all possible ways and weight the risks before making the final decision. Considering those human factors, the NTSB runs the simulation again and shows that Sully has made the __________ decision.

After watching the movie, I was so __________ by Captain Sully. __________ an emergency that endangers hundreds of people, most leaders might feel fearful and anxious and be unable to think __________. However, he takes responsibility and saves the passengers’ lives. He follows his gut(直觉)and logically defends himself in the hearing(听证会).