The story of the red-crowned crane

    Have you ever heard of the song "The story of the red-crowned crane"? It is about a girl called Xu Xiujuan.

    Xu xiujuan was born in Zhalong, Heilongjiang Province in 1964.Her father's job was to look after red-crowned cranes. Xiujuan started helping her father when she was young. She soon showed a great love for these white birds. She become good at raising them.

    When Xu Xiujuan was 21, she got a job at a nature reserve in Jiangsu Province . She enjoyed taking care of the baby cranes. If a bird become sick, she took good care of it stayed with it every day until it was strong enough to fly again.

    In September 1986, one of the birds went missing .The workers in the nature reserve looked everywhere, but no one could find it. Xiujuan was very worried. She looked for it day and night for two days. On the second night, while she was looking for the missing bird, she fell into a river and died. She was only 23.

    Later, a song was written in memory of Xiujuan. Though Xiujuan died young, people always remember her when they hear the song or see a red-crowned crane.

    An elephant and a monkey were arguing (争论).

    “Look, how big and strong I am!” The elephant said.

    The monkey didn't agree, “Look, how fast I can run and climb! Can you?”

    At last they asked a clever tiger, “Which is better—to be strong or to be quick?”

    The tiger said, “Go across the river and pick the fruit on that tree for me, then I can tell.”

    So they went to the river, but the water ran fast and the monkey was afraid.

    “Get on my back,” said the elephant proudly (自豪地), “I shall carry you.”

    Soon they crossed the river. There stood the tree. But the fruit was too high for the elephant to reach. He tried to pull the tree down, but failed.

    “Don't worry.” The monkey climbed quickly up the tree, and picked the fruit.

    Then they came back and gave the tiger the fruit. “Which is better — to be strong or to be quick?”

    The tiger smiled, “Both of you could not get the fruit alone. It took both the elephant's strength and the monkey's quickness to get it.”

    Jim is an American. He is now living(居住) in China. He gets up at about half past six and has breakfast at seven o'clock. After breakfast, he says goodbye to his parents and leaves home at half past seven. He usually goes to school on foot. He gets there at five minutes to eight. He has his first class at eight.

    Morning classes are over at ten past twelve and he has lunch five minutes later, at about a quarter past twelve. After lunch he plays with his friends.

    Afternoon classes begin at half past one. Usually there are two lessons in the afternoon. They finish at half past three. Usually he plays games or other things at school, and he gets home at about a quarter past five. He has supper at six and then does his homework and then watches TV. He goes to bed at about half past ten.

If you look at the top of your phone，you'll usually see a little symbol that says 3G or 4G. The "G" stands for the "generation（代）" of your mobile network. But the symbols will become things of the past after 5G networks fully arrive. Shanghai became the first city in China to start testing 5G networks. 

About 100 times faster than 4G networks，5G lets people download and upload data（数据） faster than ever before. But 5G doesn't just bring faster mobile internet. People can use it for many other things as well. For example，5G helps to make self－driving cars safer. 

5G could also be used to power the Internet of Things（IoT，物联网），that is，a large online network that connects all things and people. Fast internet speeds are the key to developing this technology. 

The IoT could be used in a lot of ways. For example，with IoT，your fridge could automatically（自动地） place an order online for eggs when it finds that there are no eggs left inside. 

A new high-speed railway opened on January 22nd, 2021. The new line which connects Beijing with China's north-eastern provinces not only shortens travel time. but also has high technologies, Besides, it also has an environmentally-friendly design. Importantly, it shows China's strong ability to build the high-tech and green high-speed railway, 

The new line connects Beijing with Shenyang, Changchun and Harbin- the capital cities of China's three north-eastern provinces.▲But now the newline shortens the travel time between Beijing and Harbin to less than 5 hours. People have never stopped realizing the goal of a higher speed. 

A part of the way from Harbin to Shenyang was put into work in 2012. The newline has 46 bridges and 30 tunnels（隧道）, " The building of the station is based on the idea of environmental protection, " the station's designer Wang Qingyi said. Also, an electricity-saving system has been used to save energy, Because of the new design lights will not need to be turned on during the day. Because the hall is bright enough for passengers. 

A new type of train that can work under temperatures as low as -40℃ runs on the line. The new train can stand the coldest weather and provide Braille (盲文). It has become attractive in the world. Many foreigners come to China to experience the new type train. Chinese people use their wisdom and hard work to tell the world that they are going to have a bright future.