My name is Paul. My parents and I live in a small house in the forest(森林). There are many trees around our house. A lot of animals live in the forest. Sometimes we can see cute deer(鹿) near our house. Deer are my favorite animal. I also like birds. They always sing happily in the trees. There is a lake behind our house. The water is very clean. I often swim in the lake in summer. My father likes fishing in the lake. My mother is good at cooking, so we often have delicious fish to eat. My pet cat Angela can enjoy a big fish dinner often.

    Many years ago, there was an old man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge(判断) things too quickly. So he told them to go and look at a pear tree. It was far away from his home.  The first, son went in winter, the second in spring, the third in summer, and the youngest son in autumn.

    When the sons came back, the old man asked them to say what they had seen.

    The first son complained the tree was ugly. The second son said the tree was covered with buds and full of hope. The third son said the tree was full of green leaves. The youngest son said that the tree, bent down with heavy fruits.

    The old man explained that all of his sons were right, but each of them had seen just one season of the tree, He told them that they couldn't judge a tree or a person by only one season. "If you give up when it's winter, you will miss the hope of your spring, the beauty of your summer, and the harvest of your autumn." said the old man.

    It is true that we shouldn't let the hard season break the happiness of other seasons. Never give up during the difficult days and better times are sure to come some day.

①Our body language tells the world a lot about us. But can it change the way in which we see ourselves? The answer is Yes.

②Two scientists, Amy Cuddy and Danna Carney, who know much about body language, did a famous research. According to the result of their research, body language can change the chemistry of our brains. Some high-power body language can make you become confident. For example, you will feel confident when you hold your head high; you will feel confident too when you put your arms out wide as if you have won a race. However, some low-power body language can make you feel unconfident, such as sitting with your arms close to the body, sitting with your legs together or walking with your head down.

③Why do all these happen? The scientists think the reason is that body language changes the amount of something special in our brains. It's called hormone(激素). One kind of hormone can increase your confidence; another kind can increase your stress(压力). But too much stress hormone is bad for learning. It also increases the risk of health problems.

④The result of the research is helpful for your studies. Please remember: try to use more high-power body language in your studies, and you will be confident. That is, always believe you can study well, act as if you were doing well, then you will make greater progress in real life.

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. 

 According to the United Nations, later this year, India's population will surpass China's. With 1, 428 billion people, it will be the most populous country in the world. 

 What is driving India's population growth? Well, one of the biggest reasons is its young people. Nearly half of the country's population is under the age of 25. Because of this, scientists believe that India's population will reach the top in 2065. They say that India has a lot to learn from China. Giving better education is actually one of the best ways to control population. 

 Becoming the world's most populous country means an important turning point in India's development. Have you ever heard the term"demographic dividend(人口红利)"? It means that the more working people a country has, the more likely its economy(经济) is to grow. In 2021, the working-age population of India stood at 900 million. That was a surprising number. However, the U. S. working-age population is only 207 million. 

 Nearly 40 years ago, many young, clever Indians started moving to the West. They were looking for better chances for their skills. At that time, many scientists were worried about this. Many of them have become CEOs of top companies in the world. They can help develop their home country. 

     ▲      . There are, for example, not as many new non-farming jobs as people expected. Millions of young Indians feel hopeless about the future of their jobs. They choose to continue their studies rather than look for jobs. India's unemployment rate (失业率) climbed to 8. 11% this past April. 

 India still has a long way to go before it starts to take full advantage of its population size.