Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival is the first festival in China forfarmers. The festival starting from 2018, falls1theAutumnal Equinox (秋分) each year. The Autumnal Equinox is one of the 24 solarterms (节气) of the Chinese lunar calendar and usually falls between September22nd and 24th, during2harvest season.

    As we all know, China has the3populationall over the world. It was difficult4somany people in the past. After reform (改革) and opening, with the5ofmodern agriculture (农业), people's life is getting better and better, and theirliving conditions6a lot. Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festivalshows7our government is paying more attentionto agriculture and farmers' life. It will greatly encourage farmers to farm anddevelop8modern agriculture. China has  a long history of agriculture. ChineseFarmers' Harvest Festival, the cultural symbol,9toshow China's long farming culture to the world. It also connects the excellent traditional Chinese culture to modern civilization (文明) andimproves the cultural self-confidence and national pride.

    Since the festival is especially created for farmers, they10tothink of their own ways to celebrateharvest. The celebrations will be11basedon local customs. Someactivities are held across the country,12mostof the celebrations will take place at a local level that comes from localcustoms. Also, local government usually hosts all kinds of activities13attractvarious people for the festival, such as folk culture performances and foodtasting.

    Some people think the festival is the happiest time of a year, evenbetter than the Spring Festival,because food gives people14sense of safety and hope. For15people,the harvest festival is a time to look back at the past and look forward to thefuture.

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Alice Hou, started Girls in STEM club(俱乐部) in America, tries to help more girls interested in science, technology, engineering and math. 

Do you know Girls in STEM? It's a club for girls. They can learn science here. Alice Hou, a 16-year-old girl from the US, set up(创立) the club. 

Alice loves science, and now she learns computer science at the University of North Texas. She is also good at Chinese dance, and she won the title of Miss Arlington's Outstanding Teen(阿灵顿杰出少年). "When I'm dancing on the stage, I just feel relaxed," Alice said. "But I feel worried(担心的) when I have my science lesson. There are 100 students in my class, but only 11 are girls. " To help more girls to be interested in science. Alice set up STEM. Now,a lot of girls are in the club. They often come to the club after school. In the club, they can learn science by playing interesting games. They can also talk about the school subjects with their friends. 

People in the US like this club. Now many schools have the same clubs. They want more girls to love science. 

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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.