My name is Kevin. The first twelve years of my life were nearly perfect until my parents told me some terrible news that would change my life forever. But before I tell you the bad news, let me tell you about a ______ day in my life.

Every morning, my mom wakes me up softly and takes time to listen to my _______. She laughs at the strange ones and pretends (假装) to be afraid when I tell her the scary ones. Then the _______ of breakfast carries me downstairs. During the drive to school, I choose the music we listen to. Mom, Dad, and I sing along ________. At dinner, we eat and tell stories about our day happily.

Well, it’s the time for me to tell you the bad news. A few months ago, my parents told me that soon I’m going to ______ a little sister. Ugh! For twelve years, I have been the center of attention. I haven’t had to share my parents with ______. One more person will make our house too ______. I will have to share my room with the baby. Mom won’t have time to listen to my dreams anymore.

I told Mom that I don’t want a baby sister. But it didn’t work. Today, Mom and Dad are coming home from the hospital with my new sister, and I’ve decided to tell them they should just _______.

Well, here they are. Suddenly, Mom hugs me and kisses the top of my head. ______ I say anything, Dad puts the baby in my arms. My baby sister ______ out and grabs (抓) my finger! I think she knows that I’m her big brother and she likes me already.

Hey, maybe having a little sister won’t be so bad. I believe Mom and Dad have enough love for both of us.

How do you greet your friends? People from different cultures have different answers; shaking hands, nodding, bowing, kissing on the face. But have you ever wondered how animals “say hello” to each other? Here are some examples.

	Everyone knows how similar chimpanzees (黑猩猩) are to humans. So it’s no surprise that their greetings are also close to ours. The most common ways of greeting between chimpanzees are hand touching and hugging. Sometimes they also kiss each other. Some chimpanzees can even learn simple sign language.
	Giraffes seldom make loud sounds. Their necks can reach two meters in length, making them useful in greeting each other. When two giraffes meet, they may “shake” their necks and rub (摩擦) them against each other. This is to feel how strong and tall the other is.
	Dolphins greet one another with whistles (哨声). They can hear other dolphins from many kilometers away. Every dolphin has a different whistle. When two groups of dolphins meet, they each choose a member to “talk” to the other group. The two groups can then travel together. Unlike most of the other animals, dolphins are smart enough to learn a new language by inventing and copying new sounds.

China has accepted western fashion and technology as it has developed these years, but a lot of young people are turning to the past for their clothes choices and putting on traditional “Hanfu”.

Hanfu is the traditional clothing of the Han people who lived in China before the Qing Dynasty. It has been around for about 3, 000 years and changed greatly across different dynasties.

As the government encourages the renaissance (复兴) of traditional culture, Hanfu is getting more and more popular with the teenagers. Every year, we can enjoy different Hanfu shows around the cities. And now quite a few Hanfu clubs have been set up in universities. Members usually wear Hanfu at their graduation ceremonies or during holidays. Some even wear Hanfu on regular days, too. And these fans created a special day—China Haniu Day to celebrate traditional Chinese clothing. It falls on the third day of the third month in Chinese lunar calendar (阴历).

In modern China, the Hanfu lovers are from history fans, cartoon fans to clothes fans.

“Clothes are the basic part of culture, so both the traditional clothes and modern clothes play the same role in culture,” said Zhang Jun, a famous reporter. “If the people and the country do not even understand our traditional clothes or don't wear them, how can we talk about other important parts of our culture?”

This is a story of a man who works in a big factory. I have seen him for years, but I’ve never paid any attention to him. He was a little bit weird (怪异的). He always wore an old red hat and carried a rubbish bag. He usually spent his break time and his lunchtime walking around in that old big factory and collecting used tins (铝罐).

One day, I was fixing one of the broken machines in the factory when this “tin man” came with his bag. As usual, he picked up the tins, which were all around the place. My manager was standing there, watching me.

When I finished my job, I heard my manager ask the “tin man” about what he was going to do with those tins he had collected. I never even thought about this kind of question, because I always assumed that “tin man” would take those tins to the recycling center.

Unexpectedly, the “tin man” answered, “I will give these tins to my neighbor. He has been ill for many years and cannot work.”

I was so shocked to hear that, so I asked him: “You mean you collect all those tins just to help your neighbor?”

“I know this does not help much,” he said. “But I give everything to him, because he cannot work. He needs help.”

It was the most beautiful moment in my life. It has made me feel humble (谦卑的) every day since then.

The second live class from China’s space station was held on the afternoon of Mar. 23, delivered by Shenzhou-13 crew (机组) members Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu to students on Earth. Wang performed several scientific experiments. In one experiment, Wang used a toy of Bing Dwen Dwen, the popular mascot of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, to show how objects fly in a weightless (失重的) environment. They also showed students two pieces of cutting-edge scientific equipment inside the space station. Hundreds of students in Beijing, Lhasa and Urumqi watched the event.

Before ending the class, the astronauts answered questions taken from members of the public and raised by students. The questions covered different facets of life and work in space, such as how to take care of their skin, whether hot water is available, if the moon looks different from the Tiangong station, and how tears move in a microgravitational (微重力) environment.

Pang Zhihao, a retired spaceflight researcher from the China Academy of Space Technology and writer of several space-themed books, said the class will be an “eye-opener” for youngsters, especially students, by implanting (植入) the love of science and creativity in them. “Many well-known scientists were created by their interest and curiosity about ‘strange things’. The experiments done by the astronauts will put ‘question marks’ in our students’ mind, and the youngsters will then move to find answers and explore (探索) more places unknown to humankind,” he said.

One day, I decided to tidy my bookshelf up. Suddenly, a white envelope（信封）fell to the floor. I was
51． (surprise)! I couldn’t remember
52． (put) the envelope on my shelf. It must have been years ago! Anyway, I opened the envelope
53． (careful). Inside it, there was a folded piece of paper. I read it. It was a letter
54． (write) by my mom.

I was
60． (silence) for a long time, holding that letter. I thought how much I loved and missed my mother.

Known as the birthplace (发源地) of kites. Weifang in Shandong Province has a long history of making kites. Made from bamboo and decorated with traditional Chinese paintings. Weifang kite-making was included in the national-level intangible cultural heritage (国家级非物质文化遗产) lists in 2006. The International Kite Festival has been held in Weifang every year since 1984.

Yang Hongwei, 56, is an inheritor (传承人) of Weifang kite-making skill. She was born in a kite-making family. Yang often saw kites with bright colors and different shapes in her grandfather’s workshop.

Having a special connection with kites. Yang learned the skill from her grandfather at the age of 16. After practising the skill for 10 years, she started her own shop in 1992.

In her free time, she also travels to different countries including Germany, Australia, the US and New Zealand to tell people about Chinese stories seen on kites and the traditional ways of making kites. “I’m an inheritor of the culture. It is also an important job of mine to spread the Chinese culture around the world.” she said.

假定你是李华，最近你的笔友刘明发来邮件，向你诉说他的困扰；他的父母不让他用手机APP给英文电影配音，认为会影响学习和休息。请你根据邮件内容用英语给他回封邮件，内容包括：

1.表示理解，并予以安慰；

2.提出合理的建议；

3.希望情况有所好转。

参考词汇：dub（v. 配音）

I’m sorry to hear that you had an argument with your parents when dubbing foreign films by using mobile apps.

Yours.

Li Hua