2 . At the foot of the Tianmu Mountain in Zhejiang, a homestay (民宿) is attracting travelers from far and wide, which has won architectural medal at the 2021 German iF Design Awards.

The owners of the homestay are a couple in their late 30s who decided to return to their hometown three years ago. Li Xiumei used to be in charge of a division at a company in Hangzhou, and her husband was a sales director. It was an ordinary situation where Li’s husband was on business trips a lot and Li still worked on weekends. City life sometimes is not easy.

In 2018, they quit jobs and went back to Dongtianmu village, which lies in a forest of bamboo. The first time they drove into the village was one late afternoon. The cooking smoke was rising from the foot of the mountain, which gave them a very different feeling from the city.

The homestay was built beside her husband’s old countryside house. The old house is preserved (保留), while a brand-new building was built on its side and the whole site is made up of four courtyards. It has been updated to have a hall, a tea room, a kitchen, a dining room. Japanese cherry trees are planted in the east courtyard. A swimming pool is placed in the west courtyard, with a bar located on one side.

Li and her husband love gardening and music, and their new home gives them enough space to continue their interests and relax in the heart of nature. Li wants to share the quiet country life, so she makes her new home a homestay. In 2019, the homestay became an online hit after guests shared their experiences on social media. “The longer I stay here, the more I feel it was the right choice to come back, and this is more meaningful than making money,” Li says.

3 . An international team of researchers from the University of Ox ford have found that the way people use the Internet is closely tied to seasonal movements in the natural world. Their online species searches follow the patterns of seasonal animal migration.

Migratory birds flood back to where they reproduce (繁殖) each spring. That migratory behavior is accompanied by some human behavior. “The online searches for migratory species tend to increase in spring when those birds arrive in the United States,” said the lead author John Mittermeier.

And not just birds. Mittermeier and his team surveyed nearly 2.5 billion search records, for 32,000 species, across 245 languages. They also saw variable search rates for insects and flowering plants. Seasonal trends seemed to be widespread in online searching behavior for many species of plants and animals.

This finding suggests new ways to monitor changes in the world’s biological diversity. It also shows new ways to see how much people care about nature, and which species and areas might be the most effective targets for protection.

Mittermeier is encouraged by the search results. He commented, “I think there’s a concern among conservationists (环保主义者) that people are losing touch with the natural world and that they are not interacting with native species anymore. And so in that sense, it was really exciting and quite unexpected for me to see people’s interest closely related to changes in nature.”

Richard Grenyer says search data is useful to conservation biologists, “By using these big data approaches, we can direct our attention towards the difficult questions in modern conservation: which species and areas are changing and where are the people who care the most and can do the most to help.”

5 . The moon had gone behind a cloud and there weren't many stars in the sky. As I took a glance (一瞥) at my neighbour's house, I saw a flame (火焰) in his_________. I thought he was having a midnight fast food so I went back to my _________.

Soon, there was a burning smell in the air and I guessed something was wrong. _________, I jumped out of bed and went downstairs to _________. I saw fire coming out of my neighbour's kitchen. Right away, I _________ "Fire! Fire!" But there was no one nearby to hear my shouts for help.

I _________ into my house, called the fire department and went back to my neighbour's house. I rang the doorbell, hit on the door and called out my neighbour's name but there was no _________. I managed to _________ the house and rescued a cat and a rabbit.

I tried to throw water through the kitchen window _________ it was no use; the fire was too strong. __________, a fire engine arrived and soon the firemen put out the fire. They arrived just in time as the fire was going to __________ to the other rooms in the house.

When my neighbour came back, he was__________ because his kitchen was burnt down, but he thanked me for calling the fire department and for saving his __________. He wanted to give me some money in return but I did not accept it.

Weeks later, my neighbour repaired and restored his kitchen. He __________ me to see his new kitchen and there he gave me a medal that he had __________ ordered from a factory. It made me feel very happy.

6 . There are too many fat people in America, so many Americans are fighting against overweight. But the ________thing is that the French,who consume rich food, tend to stay thin. Now a ________by Cornell University suggests ________life style and decisions about ________may affect weight. Researchers concluded that the French tend to stop eating when they feel ________. However, Americans tend to stop when their ________are empty or their favorite TV show is over.

According to Dr. Joseph Mercola, a health expert, the French see eating ________an important part of their life style. They enjoy food and therefore spend a ________time at the table,while Americans see eating as anything to be squeezed between the other daily activities. Mercola believes Americans ________the ability to sense when they are actually full. So they keep eating long after the French would have stopped. In addition, he points out that Americans drive to huge supermarkets to buy canned and ________foods for the week. The French, ________tend to shop daily, walking to small shops and farmers' markets where they have a choice of fresh fruits, vegetables, and eggs as well as high-quality meats for each meal.

After a visit to the United States, Mireille guiliano, author of French Women Don't Get Fat, decided to ________about the importance of knowing when to stop rather than suggesting how to avoid________. Today she continued to stay slim and rarely goes to the gym.

In spite of all these differences, evidence shows that recent life style ________may be affecting French eating habits. Today the rate of obesity (肥胖)—or extreme overweight—among adults is only 6%. However, as American fast food gains ________and the young reject older traditions, the obesity rate among French children has reached 17%—and is growing.

7 . The latest sports craze is not even a sport. According to a recent article, “e-sports” are attracting a large number of audience.

In e-sports, players and teams compete in popular video computer games such as Dota 2 and Ovenvatch. Fans fill arenas to watch the action live on huge television screens.

The games have gone way past kids playing against each other while sitting on a sofa at home. The International, a major competition for players of Dota 2, awarded $24 million in prizes, with the winner taking home almost $11 million. A recent e-sports competition attracted more than 80,000 fans to the Olympic Stadium in Beijing, China.

I have to admit that I am not a big fan of computer games. I know that some games can be educational, but I think too many kids spend too much time sitting in front of a screen shooting space aliens. I think it would be better if kids spent more time reading or playing real sports such as basketball, baseball and soccer.

And please don’t tell me that competitive gaming is real sport because it requires hand-eye coordination. According to my American Heritage Dictionary, a sport is “an activity involving physical effort and skill.” I don’t think anyone works up much of a sweat playing video games.

Too often, regular sports send kids a kind of message. Competition starts early, when lots of kids are not ready for the ups and downs of games. Tryouts and travel teams come next, giving too many kids the message they are “not good” at sports. So lots of kids quit sports and start playing more video games.

Maybe everyone in youth sports, including coaches, parents and kids, should think more about the advantages of real sports.

9 . Poor sleep and junk food contributes to poor performance at school among primary school children, a leading nutritional expert has warned. Her speech comes after a report showing that one in five Irish teachers has reported their young pupils are suffering from a lack (缺乏) of sleep and basic nutrition.

Nutritional expert Dee Daly, who runs classes teaching healthy eating habits for the whole family, said: “If you haven’t slept well, it affects your appetite (胃口) and you are more likely to reach for sugary foods and carbohydrates (碳水化合物). Studies in the US and UK have shown that this in turn creates difficulties in terms of behavior, concentration and performance in the classroom.”

An international study recently found that in Irish 22% of primary teachers reported their pupils were suffering from a lack of basic nutrition and 4% said this was completely limiting their teaching. And the study also found that about 66% of 10-year-old pupils in Irish were suffering from a lack of enough sleep, which is almost 14% above the international average in 60 countries.

TVs and computers in children's bedrooms are being blamed for sleep disturbance (干扰), with 54% of 10-year-olds here reporting that they have both in their rooms.

She recommends a combination of "sleep hygiene” and proper nutrition.

“Your bedroom should be like a bet cave-cool, dark and quiet. Blue light from computers, iPads and TV screens keeps your brain awake for longer and children shouldn't be texting under the covers on their mobile phones.”

She stresses the importance of creating a sleep pattern where children calm down before they go to bed and eat a proper breakfast with a balance of proteins and complex carbohydrates to set them up for school.

10 . While you visit the happiest place on earth, hope you don't hear these two phrases-or the tour might be about to turn into an unpleasant situation.

Disney World and Disneyland are well-known for being the happiest places in the world, but sometimes, some bad things happen. When they do, staff have code words（暗语）to let other staff know what has taken place without destroying your perfectly happy day with terrible details.

According to the New York Post, one of the code words you can hear a worker say at Disney World is "White Powder Alert", which means that guest has brought the ashes（骨灰）of dead relatives in order to make the happiest place on earth their final resting place. According to Susan Veness, author of Walt Disney World Hacks, this most commonly happens on the Haunted Mansion. This is illegal and can get those with ashes refused from Disney forever.

The second Disney code word you never want to hear is "E-stop." This one is a bit straighter and isn't used just for Disney. In order to remain as perfectly clear in an emergency situation as possible, workers in most amusement parks use the same phrase. It means "Emergency Stop". If ride must be shut down due to sanitary（卫生的）issue-like someone getting sick or pouring ashes-or a safety issue, an E-stop is called and the ride is quickly shut down while park officials decide if the ride should be evacuated（疏散）immediately or simply paused for repair.

No matter what code words are said, you will never want to hear a Disney cast member use these words.