One day, I was so angry with my parents that I left home. I said that I would ________ return. I was upset because my parents refused to buy me a ________.

But in my anger, I didn’t even realize that I had taken my father’s shoes and his wallet. As I ________ my way to the bus station, I felt some pain in my ________. I noticed that the shoe had a hole in it.

There ________ no buses around at that time. Not knowing ________ to do, I looked in my dad’s wallet. I was ________shocked. There wasn’t much money inside. I also found a note ________ was from his manager. He told my father to wear nicer-looking shoes to the office.

I remembered my mother asking him ________ a pair of new shoes, but he said that his current (现在的) pair of shoes should last ________another six months.

I started to walk home. All of a sudden, I remembered something. ________ I left home, my dad’s motorbike wasn’t there. Maybe he had sold it. I felt ashamed(羞愧). I started feeling ________ in my legs and wanted to cry. I ran home as fast as I ________.

When I got home, my dad ________ for me there. I hugged him tightly(紧紧地) and said, “Sorry, Dad. I don’t need a bike.”

I understood ________ pain and hardship(苦难) our parents go through sometimes, and how great their love for us is. Everyone should do a good job of remembering this from time to time.

About five years ago, my grandma came to Australia from the Netherlands(荷兰) to live with us. She loved cooking and collecting different kitchen things. She didn’t use all of them, but she loved seeing her kitchen with all kinds of nice cups, glasses, and plates. Before she came to Australia, she had to make hard choices. She stood in the kitchen and didn’t know what to bring with her and what to leave behind. She spent many hours looking at everything and in the end she made a decision to take a set of plates made of china(瓷).

Then she came to Australia with the beautiful plates. Several weeks later, a new friend invited my grandma to have dinner in her house and asked her to bring a plate. My grandma was confused(困惑的), but her English was not very good at that time and she couldn’t ask clearly what her friend meant. On that day, she picked out her most beautiful china plate and brought it to her friend’s house. She was sure everyone would like it. When she arrived at her friend’s house, she was proud and put the plate on a table. Around her empty plate were plates filled with different kinds of food. “There must be something wrong,” she said to herself. Her friend smiled when she saw her empty plate. “‘Bring a plate’ means ‘bring some food’ in Australia,” her friend said.

Grandma learned a good lesson that day. Since then, she has never brought an empty plate to anyone’s house again.

A few days ago, a friend gave me a restaurant gift card, and I picked a sunny Sunday afternoon to use it. It felt good taking my family to a nice restaurant. The meal was delicious, and we all had a good time together. The gift card covered almost all of the check(账单). I reached into my wallet to get enough cash(现金) to cover the rest. I saw two bills(钞票) inside, a smaller one and a larger one. The smaller one would only cover the rest of the check. The larger would also cover a nice tip(小费) for the waitress. I decided to pick the smaller one.

At that time, my mind went back to 30 years ago. I was working as a cleaner in a restaurant much like this one. It was long hours of hard work for low pay. I always worried about how I could pay the rent(房租).

I blinked(眨眼晴) and was back in the present again, with my fingers touching the smaller bill in my wallet. I smiled, put it back and picked out the larger bill. I handed the gift card and the larger one to the waitress. “You keep the change(零钱),” I said with a smile and a happy heart.

We are all one family in this world. Do your best to be kind. Do your best to be a good person.

“Every day, we see the sunrise 16 times. Do you know why? Well we circle the Earth every 90 minutes!”
56． On June 20, 2013, Chinese astronaut Wang Yaping gave a science lesson in space. Sixty million schoolchildren and teachers across China listened to it.
57．

On October 16, 2021, she and two other Chinese astronauts set off for the Tiangong space station. Wang became the first-ever woman to work in Tiangong.
58．That made millions of people very excited.

Wang’s space dream began when Yang Liwei became China’s first man in space in 2003. “
59．” she thought to herself. Wang was then a fighter(战斗机) pilot. Because of her excellent performance, in 2010, she was chosen to train as an astronaut.
60． And she became the first Chinese woman to ever complete a spacewalk on November 8, 2021.

This time, Wang and her team stayed in space for 183 days. We also heard the first-ever Chinese New Year’s greetings coming from space.

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar(阴历) divides the year into 24 solar terms(节气). Lichun, the first of the 24 solar terms, lifts the curtain(窗帘) of spring. After that everything turns green and is filled with energy. People clearly see that the daytime is becoming longer and the weather is becoming warmer. Here are some things you might not know about Lichun.

As a solar term, Lichun entered people’s lives in the Spring and Auturmn period. At that time, there were eight solar terms. According to some experts, the 24 solar terms were used for the first time in books during the Western Han Dynasty, when people set Lichun as the Spring Festival.

Wearing fabric swallows(织成的燕子) is a custom in some areas in Shaanxi. Every Lichun, people like to wear a swallow made of colorful silk on their chests(胸部). The swallow is a sign of spring and a symbol of success, wealth and happiness.

In China, it is said that the egg can be set upright on the first day of Lichun. It is believed that if someone can make the egg stand on the first day of Lichun, he will have good luck in the future.

In many parts of China, people follow the custom of “biting the spring” on the first day of Lichun. They eat spring pancakes, spring rolls(春卷) and so on.

Look back at Beijing 2022. As the first city to ever host(主办)
76． the Summer and Winter Olympics, Beijing has left the world with some wonderful memories. The Closing Ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games
77． (hold) in Beijing’s Bird’s Nest.

The Chinese team was the
78． (three) on the medal(奖牌) list, with 9 gold medals and 15 in all at the Games,
79． (good) than ever. The Chinese people take pride
80． the great improvement in winter sports. Sui Wenjing and Han Cong
81． (final) got the last gold medal for China, making the Chinese team have a happy ending.

Many people
82． (do) a lot for the Games in the past few years. During the Games, volunteers from across China helped the players and
83． (visit). Doctors, workers and reporters also worked hard. They all worked for the success and
84． (safe). “It’s one of the safest places on the planet, if not the safest place on the planet, and this is
85． great achievement,” said Thomas Bach, International Olympic Committee President.

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s idea “one world” becomes one of the Olympic spirits. A stronger China shows itself to the whole world.

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随着义务教育“双减”政策的实施，学校的作业少了，课外辅导班叫停了。作为政策的亲历者，你的课余生活发生了哪些变化？你如何看待这一政策？现你校英文报刊就“双减”这一话题开设专栏，展开讨论。请根据思维导图以“Changes after the ‘Double Reduction’ Policy”为题写一篇短文，向该栏目投稿。

Changes after the “Double Reduction” Policy

Since the “double reduction” policy was carried out, my life has changed greatly. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________