3. —Now more and more people like to buy things on the Internet.

— You’ re right. Because of that, my aunt ________ selling things on live stream（直播）last year.

On December 31, 2022, a young woman jumped into the cold water to save an elderly man. Her _______ was widely shared online.

The policewoman Zhang Xinyuan, walked with her _______ along a lake in a park. Suddenly, she heard cries for help. An old man fell into the frozen (结冰的) water by chance. He was _______ able to keep his head above the ice surface (表面). Without thinking, Zhang stepped on the ice to save the man. Suddenly, the ice _______ and she fell into the lake, too.

Zhang’s mother worried about her _______, so she cried after her, “Come back or you’ll be sick.” But the young woman _______, “I’m fine! I can swim!” She caught the old man in the icy water and used all of her strength (力气) to bring _______ near the shore (岸). At the same time, some people passing by came to help. The old man returned to normal _______ he was treated (治疗) in time. Zhang said, without others’ help, she couldn’t make the rescue (救援) _______.

The young, nice and shining woman warmed us with her jumping into the lake. She perfectly ended her 2022. In the __________, we all felt warmth and love from her.

On a working day in late April, a large open space with 10 barbecue (烧烤) restaurants in Zibo is full of diners (用餐者) at about 5 p.m. Many of them are waiting for ___ out of the restaurants. Some even go ___ the restaurants to get skewers (烤串) by themselves because the waiters are too ___ .

A 51-year-old native (本地的) man says, “Nowadays, we ___ come to the open space for barbecue food because there are so many diners. We have to wait in line ___ we don’t arrive early. Reading the license plates (车牌) of cars, we know that ___ of the diners are out-of-town visitors.”

Huang Yang is also a native (本地人) of Zibo. And he works outside his hometown. He recently (最近) ___ home for a visit and wants to have some barbecue. But he can’t find seats ___ four different restaurants.

Zibo does so well in barbecue that many officials (官员) from different ___ show great interest in it. They come to Zibo to study how Zibo’s barbecue industry (产业) becomes ____ on the Internet.

Do you know what astronauts eat in space? Is it the same as what we eat every day? Is it more delicious or less delicious than what we eat every day? Is it difficult for astronauts to eat in space? To get all the answers, we need to have a better understanding on food for astronauts.

On Shenzhou XII, there are more than 120 kinds of food for the astronauts. The food is in small size which is easier for astronauts to eat. There are many different kinds of food. Scientists make a research on astronauts’ taste before they are sent into space. With the research, Chinese scientists can know astronauts’ taste and make menus for them. This makes the food for astronauts both delicious and nutritious (营养丰富的). Here is one example of their menus.

Look at the picture. How cute they are! They are the mascots (吉祥物) of the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2023. Their names are Chenchen, Congcong, and Lianlian.

The mascot Chenchen is blue in color. It represents (代表) the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand canal. It gets its name from the Gongchen Bridge. The bridge is a very famous one along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and has a history of over 400 years. Congcong takes yellow. It represents the Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City. The name is from the Cong jade pendant (玉琮). The mascot Lianlian is green in color. It represents West Lake. It takes its name from the lotus leaves (莲叶) in West Lake.

Together, the three mascots are warmly inviting everyone to meet in Hangzhou for the Asian Games 2023. Do you like them?

The live-streaming by New Oriental（新东方直播）is very popular now. You can learn English and shop online at the same time.

Dong Yuhui, one of the teachers at New Oriental, became a famous star on Douyin. There were about 108, 000 people in the online studio（工作室）on Friday, with sales hitting（销售额达）15.34 million yuan. Such a way of teaching English and selling things at the same time made young people show great interest in it. For example, when Dong sold rice, he also introduced the English word “rice”, and how to use “rice” in a phrase or a sentence. In this way, Dong sold more than 6,700 bags of rice in just a few minutes. Many people left messages in the comment section（评论区留言）, saying it seemed to send them back to class at New Oriental.

Yu Minhong, the company’s leader（领导）, also showed in the studio, selling things with the teachers or hosts（主持人）. So far, the studio has had about 2. 5 million followers. On the evening of December 28, 2021, Yu just had the first live streaming of agricultural products（农产品）on Douyin. But it set his studio “on fire” in less than a week. Yu talked about selling products in two languages, and he said this was a very important change for New Oriental.

“They have changed from being teachers to being live-streaming hosts.” Yu said.

A good hobby is an important part of a student’s life. With hobbies, students can learn more about history, geography and culture. Hobbies help students have a good time! Here are some hobbies for students.

Collecting

Coins may be too expensive for students, but telephone cards, postcards, even T-shirts can be great things to collect. Some students have collected many old bottles. Students can collect things that don’t cost much. Many students enjoy collecting things when they visit a place. When students collect things, the most important thing is that they can learn more about the world.

Writing

Writing can make students write better. It can be a great hobby for students. Writing a diary can help students go into their own world. It is important for them to know how they really feel. They can also write stories about the people and things around. Writing can help them have many new ideas, so students can have good creativity.

Music

Do you dream to be a music star?Music can give students self-confidence. They can sing songs and play the music. Sometimes students can learn music in a music club and make friends with people who have different hobbies.

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These days, people show all kinds of things on the Internet like good food, nice clothes, wonderful vacations and so on. Now showing the number of steps is becoming popular.

Now more and more people find it important to be in good health. To keep healthy, many people go to work on foot. When they start walking, they open the step counter (计步) app on the phones to record (记录) how many steps they walk that day. After a day’s walk, some people show the number on WeChat or Weibo. This can make them learn from each other and keep exercising.

“This helps me to exercise much and keep a good habit,” Miss Liu said. “I can also talk about how to keep healthy with my friends on WeChat. We are in the same group to encourage each other to keep exercising.”

Mr. Wu likes to exercise. But in the past he was kind of lazy and didn’t want to exercise every day. “After I use the step counter app, everything is different. It is great to exercise with my friends. Sometimes there are prizes for those who walk more steps. I really like it.” he said.

Walking is a relaxing and useful way to exercise. Both the old and the young like it. Recording the steps helps people develop a good habit of walking and showing the number can make people more interested in walking. But don’t take the number too seriously.

Chinese runner Su Bingtian made history by becoming the first Asian athlete (运动员) to compete in the men’s 100m final at the World Athletics Championships (世界锦标赛). Su set a national record in the semi-final with a time of 9.99 seconds to become one of the nine fastest men in the world.

“In my dreams, I never expected to reach the final of the World Championships and now that I’ve done it, I still can’t believe it has happened and I want to thank my coach (教练) because he helped me a lot. I can hardly succeed without his help.” Su said after the semi-final.

However, his coach said Su did not have the talent of a runner. Su is only 172cm tall. Besides, compared with other countries, China’s running career (事业) starts later, and few runners choose sprint (短跑) as a lifelong career.

Although it was a challenge for Su to start his career when he was 15, which is quite late for a runner, Su overcame all the difficulties because of his spirit (精神) of never giving up. His coach said, “I think that’s one of the reasons for his success.”

What’s more, to make his dream come true, he kept on training for a long time every day. He felt worried every time he had to stop training because of his injuries (伤病), but Su strongly believes that only through hard work can one get success.

61. 时光飞逝，2023年已经过去了，假如你是Wei Hui，请依据下面思维导图的提示，与你在英国的笔友Tom谈论一下自己在这一年的经历和成长感悟以及在新的一年里你的计划和决心。

How are you doing? How time flies! Today I want to share what I experienced in the past year and my resolutions for the new year with you. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes to you!

Yours,

Wei Hui