Raising chickens seems a difficult task for teenagers. Gracie Goodpasture, from Virginia, US, not only raises them, but also tries to breed (喂养) the “perfect chicken”. And she even won an award for her love of science.

      Gracie started breeding chickens in her third grade at Steward School. At first, she worked on some farms for her school project. But later, the 14-year-old started to have some ideas of her own.

    “Some have thicker eggshells (蛋壳), and they're hearty (健壮的) throughout the winter,” said Grade.

      Since then, the young science lover started to try to find the healthiest free-range (散养) chickens. And she ended up breeding a type that now bears her name.

      The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) gave the 2015 Angela Award to Gracie Goodpasture. Her interests don't end with chickens and eggs. She is also into building robots and testing preservatives (防腐剂) in fast foods. In her words, she wants to go to Virginia Tech for poultry (家禽) sciences in the future.

 For me, living in Canda for 25 years, China is a new world that I have longed to explore. This spring, I chose Yangzhou to be my first stop on a 16-month trip around China. It was like love at first sight. At 15, I bought a book of collection of poems about Tang Dynasty. Through it, I heard of Yangzhou for the first time. I was deeply attracted by a poem written by Li Bai-“Sailing to Yangzhou in March”.

Yangzhou,sitting 2,500 years at the crossing of the Yangtze River and the 2,400-year-old Grand Canal(大运河),is one of the first 24 historic and cultural cities in China. In the old town,there are many streets and houses. It's best to visit the city in spring. Spring oaints the city in brigth colors.

 Yangzhou has always been famous for its gardens. Among them ,the Slender West Lake, one of the biggest attractions in the city,was my first stop. The park with its fantastic landscape and lots of history has enough to keep a tourist busy for the whole day. What a shame I simply could afford half a day!

 My next stop was He Garden,one of the best prottected gardens in Yangzhou. It was once owned by the family of He Zhidao in Qing Dynasty. He Zhidao successfully brought Chinese and Western architectural(建筑的) features together.

Yangzhou is also the starting point of the Grand Canal tour. Taking a boat along the part of the canal in Yangzhou, I was amazed at the liveliness of this ancient waterway and the city's history and culture.

 Luckily, my two-day trip to Yangzhou was filled with pleasure and wonder. It made me hungry for more China.

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    There was a little boy called Peter. He lived in a village close to the sea. The villagers built seawalls to keep sea water from the doors of the houses. But once the sea walls almost put the village in great danger.

    One day, Peter was walking on his way back home along the sea wall when it began to rain. All of a sudden, he saw a hole in the wall, from which the sea water was running.

    Peter shouted for help because he knew the hole meant that the sea was making its way through the sea wall, but no answer came. He realized he should do something else as quickly as possible, of the sea water could be pouring over the whole village. He started to rush towards his village.

At the same time, the rain became heavier and heavier.

    It was getting dark, but Peter rushed on and on. He felt cold and hungry in the rainstorm, he fell down over and over again. Many times he thought about giving up, but he fought on.

    He remembered his father's words, "Lots of strong men have made every effort to build the walls which can keep the village safe from danger.

The sea walls are really important. "Finally, when the boy's father saw him. Peter had been black and blue all over. The boy told the villagers what had happened to the sea wall. They repaired it in time. "Thank God! He saved the village." They praised Peter. All the villagers called him "Peter the Guard" from then on. Peter's parents were really proud of him!

    Today, almost everyone has a smartphone. We use it to communicate (交流) with our friends, listen to music and pay for the things we buy. Smartphones make our lives convenient (方便的).

    However, many people are too dependent (依赖的) on them: We often see people sitting together with nothing to say, just playing on their phones by themselves. We often see family members playing on their phones at home without talking to one another.

    I want to tell everyone that it is time for us to think carefully about this problem. We must stop using our phones so much. Friends need to talk face to face. Families need more communication at home. Only in this way can people get closer to each other. Let's do it together.