I was 8 years old when I found out my father was ill. It was 1993, but I can remember my mother's words as if it were yesterday. “Jessica, I don't want you to take food from your father, because he has AIDS. Be very careful when you are around him.”

    AIDS wasn't something we talked about in my country when I was growing up. From then on, I knew that this would be a family secret. My parents were not together anymore, and my dad lived alone. For a while, he could take care of himself. But when I was 11, his condition worsened. My father's other children lived far away, so it fell to me to look after him.

    We couldn't afford all the necessary medication for him, and because Dad was unable to work. I had no money for school supplies and often couldn't even buy food for dinner. I would sit in class feeling completely lost, the teacher's words muffled as I was thinking how I was going to manage.

    I didn't share my burden (负担) with anyone. I had seen how people reacted to AIDS. Kids laughed at classmates who had parents with the disease. And even adults could be cruel. When my father was moved to the hospital, the nurses would leave his food on the bedside even though he was too weak to feed himself.

    I had known that he was going to die. But after so many years of keeping his condition a secret, I was completely unprepared when he reached his final days. Sad and hopeless, I called a woman at the nonprofit (非营利的) National AIDS Support. That day, she kept me on the phone for hours. I was so lucky to find someone who cared. She saved my life.

    I was 14 when my father died. He took his secret away with him, having never spoken about AIDS to anyone, even me. He didn't want to call attention to AIDS. I do.

People have always been interested in the deep（深的） sea.However，knowing about it can be a big obstacle﹣﹣It is very dark and cold.Also，when you go down there，you feel like having 100 elephants on you!Luckily

In the early 1800s，many people thought that no animals could live in the deep sea.But in 1818，John Ross found jellyfish at 2，in 1875，Charles' team found many new animals at a depth of 5 miles.

By the 1970s，new findings were made.Sylvia Earle led women divers（潜水员） in 1970 and dived to 1，Robert Ballard found the remained body of the famous big ship，Titanic.

Today，the use of robots are helping people get knowledge about the deep sea.For example，robots with cameras can be sent to the seafloor to collect information about the animals living underneath.

In the future，young scientists will bring more exciting findings.They will continue to bravely go where no one has gone before!

Hi! Nice to meet you. We are the mascots(吉祥物）of the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games. We came out in April, 2020.