You are leaving our class soon. You will set out on your new journey. It’s going to be strange and new to you for a while, and I hope it will be good to you.

As your _________, I am proud of you, because you have grown up and you can make your own decisions. You see, up to now, I have been around to take care of you all the time and make you feel better. But now things are going to be different. You are going to _________ goodbye and start a new journey, and it will be _________ the unexpected. Living in the world will _________ love and courage, so I hope someone will take you by your hand and teach you the things you will have to know. At the same time, whenever you celebrate an achievement, _________ remember to be thankful to those who made it possible.

Give yourselves quiet time to _________ the birds flying in the sky and the flowers smiling on the green hill.

Remember the _________ are fantastic, and you can find your favorite articles there.

Remember that it’s better to fail than it’s to give up, and the key is to learn from your failure(失败). But along with difficulties, there will also be _________ wonderful waiting for you.

Remember to believe in yourselves, _________ someone tells that you are wrong. Treat yourselves gently(温柔地), but don’t _________ yourselves away from everything. Facing difficult situations will make you stronger.

Just for today! Please believe that as you give to the world, the world will give to you.

Yours,

Mr. Green

Anna is a 6-year-old girl, and she lives in a big house with her parents, grandparents and her brother.

“What are you busy with, mom?” Anna asked her mother on a cold afternoon.

“Making dinner for our neighbor,” her mother replied.

“Why?” the girl asked.

“She lost her daughter very recently. She’s quite sad now. We should take care of her,” her mother answered.

“Why does she need our care?” the girl asked again.

“Her daughter passed away a few days ago. Now, she can’t do the same things she used to do with her daughter. She doesn’t know what to do. Even little things like making dinner and cleaning the house are harder for her to do now. Maybe you can think of a way to help her,” her mother said.

The little girl thought about this for some time. She wondered what she could do. She decided to go over to her neighbor’s house and pay her a visit. She knocked on the door. The woman came to the door, looking quite tired and down.

“Can I help you?” the neighbor asked.

“My mom told me you’re sad because you lost your daughter...” the girl said slowly as she handed a bandage to her neighbor. The woman looked at the girl in surprise. “Put this on your chest(胸口). Maybe then your heart won’t hurt so much,” the girl continued.

The neighbor was soon moved to tears(眼泪). She gave the girl a big hug and said, “Thank you. This bandage will help more than you even know.”

Xu Yuanchong, China’s most famous master translator, died in Beijing at the age of 100 on June 17th, 2021.

Xu Yuanchong was born in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, in 1921. He began to translate some works during his college years. In 1939, as a freshman, he published an English translation of a poem as his earliest work. Since 1978, Xu has published more than 100 translated novels, anthologies（选集）, and plays.

Xu worked on translating for more than 70 years. He has tried his best to pass on the beauty of ancient Chinese poetry all his life. In his opinion, a translated work should be as beautiful as the original（原著）. Instead of directly translating words from one language to another, he made the translated words clear and enjoyable to readers. In 2014, Xu became the first Asian winner of the Aurora Borealis Prize for Outstanding Translation of Fiction Literature（北极光杰出文学翻译奖）, which is one of the world’s highest prizes.

Xu pursued（追求） the beauty of language all his life and his works have served as a cultural bridge linking the East with the West. His translations are so beautiful that English and French-speaking readers are able to better understand Chinese literature（文学）. At the same time, Chinese readers can understand foreign works in the same way they would read novels and poems written in their mother tongue（母语）.

Imagine wearing a magic hat that allows you to write words down just by thinking of them. In your opinion, it may only appear in a science fiction,
33． They used brain-computer interface (BCI, 脑机接口) technology to write the Chinese “fu”. “It’s ‘written’ by a robotic (机器人的) arm controlled by our researchers’ minds,” said Xu Mingpeng, a teacher at the university.

In the lab, two researchers wore hats with sensors (传感器) while keeping their eyes on a computer screen to “mind write” “fu” on the red paper. At last,
34．

In fact, BCI technology has already been used in several different areas. In 2016, Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong used it in the Tiangong Ⅱ space lab. They tested a BCI system (系统) in space for the first time. It is hoped that in the future, astronauts can use these systems to do difficult tasks,
35．

BCIs can be used in smart homes in the future. For example,
36． BCI technology can also help with the disabled. The people who have lost their hands or arms can use BCIs to write messages and surf the Internet.

During the Jin Dynasty (266-420), there was a child called Che Yin. He was smart and loved to read. He grew up in a poor family and couldn’t
43． lamp (灯) oil to study at night.

One night, he
44． fireflies (萤火虫) outside his house and came up with an idea. He caught some fireflies and put them
45． a cloth (布) bag and hung the bag up as a lamp. It was said that he
46． all of his summer nights reading like this.

Another child named Sun Kang lived during the same
47．. At that time, a lot of people loved reading very much. One night during
48．, Sun used up all of his lamp oil and couldn’t study at night. When he suddenly
49． up at midnight, he noticed the thick snow reflecting the moonlight. His first thought was “Oh, I can use the reflected light to read!” He still took out his books and read, even if it was very
50．.

Both of the kids later became
51． government officers. People were touched by their hard-working
52．. Their stories inspired (启发) the Chinese idiom(成语) nangying yingxue, or “to read by the light of bagged fireflies or the reflected light of snow”.

Mike and Dave lived in a small village far from the city. One Sunday morning, they walked in the forest and found a big, deep hole. Mike looked at it and said, “Wow! That looks deep.” “It sure does,” said Dave. “Let’s drop some stones into the hole. We can count until we hear the stones hit the bottom.” They threw some stones and waited. There was no sound.

Mike said, “Wow! That is really deep. Let’s throw some big rocks down there. Those should make a noise.” So they picked up a few soccer-sized rocks and threw them into the hole. Again, they heard nothing. They looked at each other in surprise. Mike found a big log (木头). He got an idea. “Help me carry that log,” he said. Finally, they carried the heavy log together and dropped it into the hole. Still, no sound.

Suddenly, out of the forest, a sheep showed up, running like the wind. It rushed towards the two boys, and then right past them. All of a sudden, it jumped into the air and down the hole. Mike and Dave looked at each other. “What just happened?” asked Dave.

Before Mike could answer, a farmer came out of the forest, too. “Hey, did you see my sheep just now?” Mike said, “Yes, we did. It’s the craziest thing that I’ve ever seen. It came running like crazy and jumped into that hole!” “Nah,” said the farmer. “That can’t be my sheep. My sheep was chained (被链条拴住) to a big log.” Hearing this, Mike and Dave felt guilty (内疚的). And then...

假如你是李华，你们学校将组织一次主题为“用行动温暖世界”的志愿者活动，活动地点在养老院。你打算邀请你校的交换生Peter参加，请你用英语写一封电子邮件，告诉他活动的时间、地点、内容以及需要做什么准备。

How’s it going? I’m writing to invite you to join us for the volunteer activity “Acts make the world warm”.

Yours,

Li Hua