It was Christmas Eve. When everyone went to bed, Bunny couldn't fall asleep. He still couldn't think of what he wanted as a special Christmas present. He wondered how Santa — Father Christmas would know what to bring him if he didn't know himself.

    As he was sitting up in bed, Bunny heard a big noise on the roof and a sound downstairs. It was Santa Claus, he realized. Bunny jumped out of bed and ran down the hall to the stairs. He hoped to take a look at the old m an before Santa left for his next stop.

    By the time Bunny was at the bottom of the stairs, everything was silent again. Lots of presents were put under the Christmas tree, but Santa was gone. A little disappointed(失望的), Bunny turned to climb back upstairs when he heard a cry.

    “Hello,” said Bunny. “Is somebody there?”

    He was answered by another cry. Bunny looked around the big pile of presents to see what was making the noise. Right under the tree was a funny looking brown animal with big feet and sad eyes. It also had antlers(鹿角) on its head. Bunny almost mistook it for a dog.

  “Are you a reindeer（驯鹿）?” asked Bunny.

  “Yes,” replied the brown animal with antlers. “My name is Ralph.”

  “And you were pulling Santa's sled(雪橇)?”

   “I was until I got air-sick,” replied Ralph. “Santa had to leave me here and go on with the other seven reindeer.”

   “Isn't it a bit unusual for a reindeer to get air-sick? I mean, isn't flying what reindeer are famous for?”

   “Not me, I'm afraid. It makes me frightened. I always feel sick when it comes to flying,” replied Ralph. “But everyone wanted me to pull Santa's sled, so when it was my turn I gave it a try. I'm afraid I just wasn't cut out for the job. Now I'm trapped here and I don't know how to get back to the North Pole .”

“Well, if you like, you can stay with us as a friend,” said Bunny. As he made the offer, Bunny suddenly realized the special present he wanted from Santa was a new friend!

    Isaac Newton, the great British scientist, is often so deep in his thoughts that he will forget to eat his dinner.

    One day his friend came to have dinner with him. Dinner was put on the table but Newton didn't come out of his study（书房）. His friend sat down and waited for him. After waiting for quite a long time, he decided that Newton must be so deep in some new theory that he forgot all about the dinner. So he began to eat the chicken without Newton.

    When he finished, he thought he would play a joke on his friend. He put all the chicken bones（骨头）back on the dish and covered them with the dish over. Then he left Newton's house. He was quite certain that his joke would work.

    Several hours later, Newton came out of his study, feeling very hungry. He saw the table was ready for dinner and so he sat down. When he lifted the cover and saw the bones of the chicken, he was greatly surprised. He turned, looked at the clock, and saw that it was long past his usual time for dinner.

    "Well, well," he said to himself, "I thought I ate nothing, but I am wrong." He got up from table and went back to his study and began to work again.

"Our teas can help protect your teeth and your heart, possibly even helping to prevent cancer," said Luo Shengkai, one of four student hosts from Sichuan University High School. They 1 introduced three self-made health teas through a livestream (直播) on Douyin 2 March 27, 2022, and they 3 for several weeks by now. The livestream got over 60 4 likes and many online orders, with all profits (收入) going to local tea farmers.

"It's 5 first time we have sold tea online. We not only need to introduce 6 tea, but we also need to interact with the audience and answer their questions," said Luo. "We've learned a lot from the process, 7 it's tiring."

Luo is one of a group of students 8 take part in a two-year course on tea research. They learn about tea planting and picking, tea making, package design and marketing through research and fieldwork.

However, 9 a new and popular tea isn't easy. Luo and his team members 10 a tea to better protect students' eyesight. They first met with a professional from Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and researched the properties (特性) of local tea. Then they learned 11 functions of ingredients such as goji berries (枸杞), mangosteen (山竹果) and cassia seed (决明子) and did experiments to find what would happen if they 12 all together. They ended up with a cassia seed tea and then added 13 ingredients based on people's feedback.

"Through the tea course, students 14 learn how to be creative and improve their hands-on skills. They also learn to respect tea workers and how to contribute to rural vitalization (乡村振兴). That's 15 our educational means." said Mi Yunlin, the principal of the school.

Did you ever eat cartoon steamed buns (馒头)? If not, you can b{#blank#}1{#/blank#}them in Bi Chenggong's shop.

Bi is from Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), China. He looks a little heavy. You may wonder if he can make those lovely steamed buns. The a{#blank#}2{#/blank#}is yes, and he is really good at that.

About six years ago, Bi found many people liked to buy creative steamed buns to show their best wishes w{#blank#}3{#/blank#}they celebrate their children's 12th birthday. However, there were few creative steamed bun shops in Hohhot (呼和浩特). So he d{#blank#}4{#/blank#}to open one.

To learn h{#blank#}5{#/blank#}to make cute steamed buns, Bi read cookbooks and watched videos online. He even went to Shandong and Shanxi to learn f{#blank#}6{#/blank#}local people. He also tried and practiced really hard. "That's very important," he said.

Bi's steamed buns are lovely. They are in different s{#blank#}7{#/blank#}_ , such as Peppa Pig, Mickey Mouse and Snow White. Bi is s{#blank#}8{#/blank#}about the food materials (材料), too. Although his steamed buns are colourful, they are healthy. The colours are from v{#blank#}9{#/blank#}like spinach (菠菜) and carrots. Children like them very much and call him "Steamed bun man". Bi is g{#blank#}10{#/blank#}about that. He promises to make more cartoon steamed buns for them.

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. 

Albert Einstein is known as a great scientist. Many people c{#blank#}1{#/blank#} him a genius. But actually he is also a person with a great s{#blank#}2{#/blank#} of humor. He often made people laugh. He received many invitations to explain his theories. One day, he was invited to give a lecture at a university. However, he was so tired that he wanted to a {#blank#}3{#/blank#} doing that. But he didn't want to let his audience down. His driver, Hans, said he had learned the lecture by h{#blank#}4{#/blank#}. Einstein trusted him and let him give the lecture i{#blank#}5{#/blank#}. It wasn't difficult for Hans to do it. He felt relaxed and gave the lecture successfully. In the end, they left the university pleasantly.