Weather has a strong effect(影响) on people. It influences health, intelligence (智力) and feelings. In August, it is very hot and wet in the southern part of the United States. People there easily have heart trouble and other kinds of health problems during this month. In the Northeast and the Middle West, it is hot at some times and very cold at other times. People in those states will have heart trouble after the weather changes in February or March.
      The weather can also influence intelligence. For example, in a 1983 study by scientists, the IQ scores of some college students were very high during storm, but after the storm, their scores were low. Storms can increase intelligence. Very hot weather, on the other hand, can decrease(减少) it. Students in many schools of the United States often do badly in exams in the hot months of the year(July and August).
      Weather also has a strong effect on people's feeling. Winter may be a bad time for thin people. They usually feel cold during these months. They might feel depressed during cold weather. In hot summer weather, on the other hand, fat people may feel unhappy. At about 65F, people become stronger.
      Low air pressure(气压) makes people feel free, but it also increases forgetful- ness. People leave more bags and umbrellas on buses and in stores on low pressure days. There is a“perfect weather”for work and health. People feel best at a tempera- ture of about 64F with 65 percent humidity(湿度).
      Are you feeling sick, sad, tired, forgetful, or very intelligent today? The weather may be the reason.

    Most cars run on gas. Gas cars work verywell. But there is a problem. Cars that run on gas make the air dirty. Thedirty air is not good for people, animals or trees. Gas cars make the air dirtyfor all living things. What can we do? We can drive electric cars!

    Electric cars do not use gas. These cars donot make the air dirty. These cars have batteries that power their motors (马达). The batteries can be charged (充电) manytimes. They can be used again and again. This makes electric cars great.

    But electric cars have problems too. Theyare slower than gas cars. They are also very quiet. This means that some peoplecan't hear them when they go by. They may not think a car is coming. So theyhave to be careful.

    People are finding ways to make electriccars better all the time. Maybe one day all cars will be electric. That wouldbe much better for the world.

What season is it in October? If you ask people from UK, they will tell you it's "autumn". But if you go to US, you will find that people use "autumn" or "fall". 

According to Dictionary. com, both words have been around for a long time. but neither of them was first to describe this season. During this season. crops would become ripe（成熟）and farmers would have a big harvest. So in Old English, this season was simply called "harvest". 

Then, in the 1600s, more people left their farms and moved to cities. With fewer people farming the word "harvest" became less useful. English speakers needed a different name for the season. They knew leaves fell from trees during the season, so people started calling it "the fall of the leaf", or "fall" for short. 

But at the end of the 1600s, autumn, from the French word "autompne" and the Latin "autumnus", came to English. "Fall" as the word for this season disappeared slowly. 

At the same time, people in UK were making their first trip to North America. They brought the words "fall" and "autumn" with them. That's why today Americans have two names for one season. 

When people talk about sports, many think of basketball or swimming. Did you know that arm-wrestling (扳手腕) is also a popular sport around the world? Many countries have competitions (比赛) for the sport and lots of people are good at it. One of the 1 arm-wrestlers is a 54-year-old British grandfather.

Mark Waldon's journey in arm-wrestling began three years ago. He got sick and had to stay in bed 2 a long time. That was when he started watching this sport on the Internet and became really 3 in it. When he got better, he joined a club in his town and he felt welcome there.

Mark does exercise all 4 time, so he is quite fit. But a strong body is not enough 5 in arm-wrestling. At first, Mark lost every match. However, that didn't stop 6 . He worked hard and became much better after 7 for half a year.

In September 2022, Mark flew to France for a world competition and won fourth place in his group (组). In 2023, he 8 a European competition in Finland. This time, he got first place.

These days, Mark still 9 every day. He hopes to show people that everyone can make their dreams (梦想) 10 true through hard work, even when they are at the age of a grandpa.

I often hear some students say English is difficult and gives them a headache. So they can't learn it well. But English is very easy for me. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} I'm very glad to tell you something about how I study English. 

{#blank#}2{#/blank#} When I was in Grade Three, we had a new subject— English. It was new to me. I was interested in it, so I worked hard at it. Soon we had an English exam and I got a very good mark. How happy I was!{#blank#}3{#/blank#} Our English teacher often teaches us English songs, and the songs sound nice. I often think how interesting English is!

Second, as English is a foreign language, I learn it well in the following ways:{#blank#}4{#/blank#}Then practise again and again, and never be tired.{#blank#}5{#/blank#} Whenever I have a question, I must make it clear by asking our English teacher. How happy I am when I understand it!

A strange way to get relaxed has become popular to cities across China. That is hugging trees. Young people feel comfortable after tree-hugging. 

Hundreds of people online share their tree-hugging experiences. They think they feel less stressed（有压力的）and worried. It is also a way of keeping a close relationship with the natural world. By hugging a tree, some of them feel the tree is hugging them back. 

Jenny gave up her job because of too much work stress. According to her, hugging trees helps her a lot. She enjoys herself in hugging trees. "Hugging trees helps me relax and lets me go back to a natural state（状态）. I feel so free and feel the world is so big. "

In fact, hugging trees is a kind of psychological therapy（心理治疗）. It first came from northern Europe. In northern Finland, there's even a tree-hugging competition every August. A study shows that hugging can lead people to give off hormone（荷尔蒙）. Hormone can give people feelings of love and make people less stressed. 

Though tree-hugging is helpful for people's body and mind, there are many things we should think about before we do that.