In 2000, when I was around seven years old, my parents, sister, brother, and I were coming back from a T-ball game. There, in our driveway, we saw two adult geese and a small gosling (幼鹅). The adults were startled by our return and flew away, but their baby was still too young to fly and couldn't follow. Hours passed, and night fell. The tiny little thing was wandering around our yard, unaware of what could happen.

And then another morning. And still another. Each morning, we would try to drive the goose over to his parents, who kept coming back to our yard. He wouldn't go to them, though, and they wouldn't come close enough to collect him. My sister Joanna decided to call the little guy Peeper, because he would follow us around the yard making a peeping noise, nonstop.

Almost a year passed. My family filled our days with feathery hugs and my dad would throw Peeper up into the air so he could fly a circle around the house.

One evening, my uncle came, and my dad wanted to show him Peeper's circle. He threw him up in the air, but this time, Peeper just flew off. Everyone was very, very sad. We looked for him for days, calling his name, but he didn't come back. Twenty years passed, and Peeper became a fond memory for my family.

Geese are very loyal, and never forget their first home. Even so, it came as a total shock to me when, in 2019, an aging adult goose came to my home. At first, I assumed it was just another goose. After two weeks of the goose coming back repeatedly, it became clear to me that this wasn't a random goose. My old best friend returned, 20 years later.

People desire connection with the natural world. Through Peeper, I have learned so much about myself and about the nature of love.

LONE TREE, colorado-patanjali Rao, a 15-year-old Colorado high school student and young scientist, who has used artificial intelligence (AI) and created apps to deal with social problems, has been named Time magazine's first-ever "Kid of the Year".

Time says Rao stood out for creating a world-wide community of young inventors and inspiring them to go after their goals. Rao insists that starting out small doesn't matter, as long as you have a passion (热爱)for it.

Rao's sense of invention started early. At age 12, she developed a portable device to discover lead in water. She has also created an app called Kindly that uses artificial intelligence to help prevent cyberbullying (网络欺凌). It allows teens to type in a word or phrase to find out if the words they are using are bullying and lets them decide what they are sending.

She said that "Work is going to be in our generation's hands pretty soon. So if no one else is going to do it, I'm going to do it. "

Rao has partnered with schools, museums, and science, technology, engineering and math organizations, and other societies to work for thousands of other students.

In a world where science is increasingly questioned or challenged, Rao insists that devotion to science is an act of kindness and the best way that a younger generation can better the world. "We have science in everything we're involved in, and I think the biggest thing to put out there is that science is cool, innovating is cool, and anybody can be an innovator," Rao says.

"Anybody can do science. "

Sustainability(可持续性), one of the biggest topics of the last decade, has become the ray of hope to protect the planet. It's a topic we can't ignore and we must act now in a more sustainable way.

What does that mean for the world of technology? E-waste is one of the planet's biggest contributing waste problems.

Not only e-waste, but the materials that go into tech products are part of the problem. Take the smartphone industry for example, dozens of metals, minerals which have to be taken from the earth (including 16 of 17 rare metals) go into making phones. And with demand for mobile phones bigger than ever, it's a problem that needs to be solved.

With a challenge comes an opportunity, and there's already some progress happening - great news for those of us wanting to be more sustainable with our tech. People used to turn their noses up at the idea of a second-hand product, but there's been a huge increase in demand for refurbished tech(翻新技术). For example, refurbished smartphone sales in the US have risen by 28% in the last 12 months while brand new sales have fallen by 21%.

Many communities are making an effort to deal with e-waste as well. Cities, schools, or churches will sometimes hold events to collect e-waste and send it to recycling centers. Some companies even offer buy-back programs where people will be given cash if they turn in old devices.

So the next time you want to deal with your e-waste, whether a smartphone, a laptop, an MP4 player or other, consider the more environmentally-friendly choices. It is possible to be sustainable with your tech after all.

Chinese is one of the two world languages with over a billion speakers. While the Internet has referred to English as the most used language, Chinese still holds the top position as the most used mother tongue.  Just think of how many more people you'd be able to talk to after learning some Chinese!

There are five traditional forms of Chinese calligraphy. These are considered classical arts and representatives of Chinese art styles.  It first appeared during the Zhou Dynasty and is still popular among calligraphy artists today, This makes it quite difficult for non — native speakers to tell words from sound combinations (组合). When you add in the tones, it adds up to make Chinese one of the most difficult languages to listen to and understand.

Various factors contributed to making Chinese one of the hardest languages to learn for foreigners. Usually, you must learn 3,000 characters in order to be considered fluent enough to read the morning newspaper. However, the language consists of tens of thousands of characters that make fluency a difficult task.

When you're walking around China, you might be surprised at the amount of words you're able to pick up quickly. Thanks to an increase in exposure to Western culture, Chinese has many loanwords, or words borrowed from English, in use today.

The origin of Chinese comes from the discovery of the famous Oracle Bones and what is believed to be the earliest symbols of Chinese. These bones were first used in the Shang Dynasty. With such a rich history, Chinese has obviously experienced many changes and influences due to wars and cultural shifts (变迁).

A. Ancient Chinese characters were used 3,000 years ago.

B. However, the language still existed and continued to grow.

C. In 2010, the number of Chinese native speakers totaled 955 million people.

D. People who wish to study Chinese must put in years of work to reach fluency.

E. Thanks to its unique sound system, Chinese is filled with similar sounding words.

F. The world's most natively-spoken language, Chinese, still remains a puzzle to the West.

G. The most popular calligraphy style is the Seal Character style developed by the Han people.

Chris was born in a cardboard box with three other kittens. He was in a smaller cardboard box marked "free kittens" when Emily 1 him and took him home. After that, he loved boxes. He would be 2 a box to sleep in.

Chris slept in different boxes, even in Emily's sock drawer, if she left it 3 . He didn't just sleep in boxes, though. He also enjoyed sleeping in the bedroom of Emily's dollhouse with 4 everywhere. Emily's mother suggested Chris need a(n) 5 house of his own, but Emily thought little of it.

One day, Emily came home from school and she searched everywhere, but no Chris. 6 , she found the big cat 7 himself inside her mom's new glass vase. His fatty body almost 8 the vase. "We have to 9 the vase to get him out!" Emily cried. "No," said her dad, "If the vase is broken, the glass pieces might 10 Chris, maybe we can 11 butter (黄油) to the inside of the vase and pull him out. "

Emily's mom buttered a lot inside of the vase and her dad tried to 12 the unhappy cat out, but they 13 . Realizing the 14 situation, Emily suggested visiting a 15. Soon they were at his office with a（n） 16 , frightened, buttery cat in a vase. The vet had Emily and her parents 17 in the hall while she gave Chris a shot to make him sleepy.

An hour later, Chris was brought out to his 18 family. Not only Chris, but the vase was still in one 19 ! The next day, Emily brought home a refrigerator box and made it into a rocket ship. Now Chris sleeps in it and dreams of 20 space mice.

What will post-pandemic (疫情后)travel look like? People are anxious  (get) out of their houses, but they may not take the plane as their first choice.

One way is a good old-fashioned road trip. Recently, many states  (relax) their rules on tourism, so they're encouraging people to move around within their home state to help promote local  (business). A road trip in one's own car allows for a sense of control.  is easy to get home when you need to, and you know whose germs (细菌)are in your space.

Also, with post-pandemic comes the golden age of camping. That  (be) because travelers will be nervous about crowds and dying to avoid them. It will result in an increasing number of visitors to  (nation) parks, mountains, beaches, and other places  crowds are less likely to go. In this case, people choose to camp while keeping social distance,  (use) their own cars, and spending less money.

Whatever travel will look like, health is  major concern in everyone's mind. Meanwhile, people are sick of being indoors, so it's likely  tourism will reflect a growing need to promote good health while getting outside.

He the history class project and explored the local temple which can the Song Dynasty.

A soccer player should not to fall down in a game it helps his team.

Measures to the wildlife habitats are well protected.

There was a time he three times a week to keep fit.

Only when younger generations their own actions a country be full of hope.

1）社团名称； 2）活动内容； 3）你的感受。

注意：

1）词数80左右;

2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。