3 . Students at West Side Elementary School in California, with the help of their art teacher, created a telephone hotline to offer cheerful advice during difficult times. In just days, the hotline began getting thousands of calls an hour. The hotline, available in English and Spanish, offers the happy voices of children of different ages sharing positive messages.

Most people agree that with concerns like Covid-19, extreme weather, and the climate crisis, the last years have been stressful.

“To hear the pure joy from kids is extremely comforting in these difficult times,” art teacher Jessica Martin says.

Ms. Martin called the project “Pep Talk”, which later changed to “PepToc” to draw an ad for the hotline. The project had two parts, one the hotline, and the other creating encouraging posters. Along with artist Asherah, she worked with students from kindergarten to sixth grade. Students working on the hotline thought of what they would like to say. When they were ready, Ms. Martin recorded each one. Later, she sorted out the recordings into the different parts of the telephone hotline. For example, pressing 2 results in words of encouragement and life advice. This includes messages like: “The world is a better place with you in it.” and “You are okay!” Pressing 4, you hear the sounds of children laughing — a sound certain to bring a smile to anyone’s face. Other students took part in making encouraging posters to hang up around the town. Many posters had strips of paper that people passing by could tear off and take with them.

Ms. Martin thought the project would attract interest from people near the school. But word of the hotline spread quickly on social media. The hotline has become popular with stressed adults, patients in hospitals, older people in homes, and others to beat stress by hearing the happy voices of children.

Chinese lovebirds flood to register marriages on Tuesday, February 22, 2022,     1     translates into a very unique number “20220222” that many felt is unique and memorable. Also     2    Chinese, the number “2” sounds like “love” . Many Chinese in Zhengzhou     3     (report) to have come to the local marriage registration center to line up a day earlier. Some even hired other people     4     (stand) in line for them.

A man said he     5     (come) on Monday at 5 pm only to see that there were already many people there.     6     total of 4, 718 couples reserved for marriage registration on that day. Beijing authority also said that they would prolong (延长) service time and would not get off work until     7     (finish) registration for these couples.

Marriage     8     (reserve) in Chengdu in Southwest China’s Sichuan province has also been fully booked. In response, local marriage registration     9     (center) prolonged their service time on that day so that people can come    10     (direct) to the site to register even though they do not have reservation.

5 . Michelle Obama once said, “You have to go to college. You have to get your degree. Because the one thing people can’t take away from you is your education. And it is worth the investment (投资).” How unfair is it that she is trying to decide people’s future for them? There are many different ways a person can choose to live their life. A common lifestyle that is followed by many people is the lifestyle that leads you to college. Once you make it through high school, college is followed. This is where the college experience is achieved, the schooling is leading you to a so-called bright future, and the living experience is building up the responsibility, so that one day you will be ready to have a family and keep economic independence on your own . But, is this life really the life for everyone? Not all jobs need a college education. People have other plans besides continuing education after high school. Besides, college is just really expensive. Going to college is certainly not for everyone.

Granted, some people would argue that students could apply for scholarships to help pay for college, but this still is only helping pay for parts of the schooling bill. Another argument someone could make is that college will help a person become more responsible. In fact, a person who will start living on their own will cause them to have to make more responsible decisions. Also, becoming responsible is something that is done on its own. It is mostly self taught. There are a ton of more ways to become a responsible adult other than college. Lastly, someone could insist that education gives you a chance of more open future. This is a poor argument considering how many jobs are out there that don’t involve a college education.

In conclusion, college is not meant for all high school graduates.

6 . Hosting an international sports event is an important thing that has to be prepared well. Due to that, many opinions exist.

Firstly, positive views need to be talked about. When a country gets to host such a famous event, it will probably get well-known by other nations, and surely that can help the country a lot. For instance, the government and residents have a chance to use the opportunity to advertise their culture to foreign people. Above all, by doing that, the country’s economy might increase sharply during the event. Besides, it will satisfy some people’s wish to meet famous sports players. They have a high rate of talking to their favorite players whom they really want to talk to once in their life.

However, the risk of hosting a big event still exists. An important event is not necessarily good at all. That is why there is a debate about this topic. If a country can’t be able to prepare for the event in a period, they have to do as many ways as possible to finish preparation on time, and serious results may happen. The most obvious thing is that people attending that event will have a bad experience and are sure to make grumbles. This then affects the country’s image. For example, Qatar is a country that will host the 2022 World Cup. The government has to rush to finish building big stadiums, over 6,000 migrant workers sacrificing (牺牲)their lives for that. Hearing the sad news, some people around the world disagree to go to Qatar to attend the World Cup. The result is that Qatar has been badly affected.

In conclusion, hosting an international sports event is both good and bad, and good things or bad things depend on that country’s attitude and responsibility.

10 . E-commerce (电子商务) is causing some damage on the streets of Shanghai. According to the city’s Information Office, there were 325 traffic accidents and five deaths involving delivery drivers during the first half of 2019. While for the whole of 2017, there were only 117 delivery-related accidents in the city.

Shanghai’s data shows a global problem: Cities are unprepared to absorb the physical effect of e-commerce. For now, most problems don’t yet rise above the level of annoyances. But the risks will grow quickly.

The industry has grown exponentially (以指数方式) since those early days. Between 2009 and 2018, the number of parcels delivered by the US Postal Service doubled to 6.2 billion annually. The mountains of cardboard in apartment trash rooms are proof, In New York, about 4 in 10 residents receive at least one delivery per week. And many packages are sent to offices rather than homes during peak business hours. In London, where congestion (拥堵) charges have reduced the number of private cars on the road during the day, delivery trucks and ride hailing services have more than made up the difference. Researchers in Seattle found that about half of the trucks making deliveries downtown were parked illegally, blocking and slowing other traffic.

The problem is only going to get worse. There are no easy fixes. New York and other cities have demonstrated that forbidding peak hour ones can help reduce urban congestion. More bike lanes(车道) and parking spots will cut down on accidents and traffic in developing world cities.

Finally, public education activities could better inform consumers about the effect of e-commerce on the shared urban environment. More than a few consumers might choose to give up some individual convenience for a safer and less chaotic city.