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    Do you like reading stories? Maybe you will answer, "No, I am not a child any more!" Yes, children all over the world always love stories.

    Chinese children are 1 in Monkey King's story. It 2 a popular bedtime story in China for many years. In fact, adults also love the story a lot. For them, Monkey King has become a very 3 part in the memory of their childhood. The clever and humorous monkey 4 the hearts of many Chinese people. British boys and girls all know Alice's Adventures in Wonderland well. As the name shows, it's a story full of dangerous but exciting trips. Children 5, cry and even get frightened(害怕的) with Alice together while reading the story. Most American kids have read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by the famous 6, Mark Twain. Everyone likes the brave boy who also has lots of 7. Some scenes(场景) of the story may make your heart go faster, for Tom and his friends meet some very bad men and are usually 8. Of course in the end, they beat the bad ones.

    You may also ask me 9 I like stories. Yes, I have liked them since I was very young. At that time, I often 10 all my pocket money on story books. For me, stories are much more delicious than chocolate! They help me learn a lot. So either young or old, let's enjoy stories.

    When you want the answer to a question, but your teachers aren't around or your teachers are too busy to answer your question. Then do you feel1? When you come across hard math2, are you too shy to ask teachers for help?

    Hu Xincheng, a 16-year-old3 , comes from Yongkang Second High School, Zhejiang She used to ask the teachers for help when she had to do4math problems. But now, she turns to a5 for help. She puts her test paper in the machine and it can read the problem. Within seconds, the machine's screen will show the6, as well as an analysis (分析) of the problem. She can also watch a video of a teacher explaining the problem. Moreover, she can find the answers to questions in many different subjects 7.

    How did the machines8? One of the school's information technology teachers9 the idea. The school worked with an education company to10 the machines. The machines finally came out last month. Now there is at least one such machine in 11 classroom building. Soon, the machines will be12 in over 20 primary, middle and high schools in Yongkang.

    Some people may think students will just13the machines, answers. But Hu said few students will take much14to do so. She added that the answers and analyses cannot be downloaded from the machine. Students can only15them on the screen. "Also, you have to line up to use the machines in the hallways. It's (尴尬的) to copy the answers." she said.

First Man is a picture book, it tells the story of Yang Liwei and his trip to space.

As we all know, Yang Liwei is China's first astronaut to fly into space. Yang was born on June, 21st, 1965 in the city of Huludao, Liaoning province. When he was 38 years old, he took Shenzhou-5 spaceship to space.

To help people get to know the Chinese space hero better and learn about his trip to space, the picture book was born. It is based on Yang's autobiography（自传）Long March to Space. In 2021, One Day in Space, a passage from Yang's book, was included in the seventh-grade textbook in Chinese middle schools.

Yang Liwei left for space at 9:00 on the morning of October 15th, 2003 and came back to the earth at 6:23 on the afternoon of October 16th. During the 21-hour stay in space, he flew around the earth 14 times. With great pictures and simple words, the book tells an exciting story as well as space science in an interesting way. From the book, we know that it is really ____ for people to travel in space. There is no gravity（重力）in space, so people don't feel comfortable. Yang's story tells us that nothing is impossible for a willing heart.

Wu Xiaoxi from the BSTP（北京科技出版社）came up with the idea of writing such a book. "There is a surprise in the book for readers-a picture of a rabbit looking at the moon," Wu says. "China plans to send people to the moon by 2030．We hope to write nice picture books at that time."

 Over the past few years, cars have become smarter and smarter. Some of them can even drive themselves. Now, our roads have followed the steps. In the United Kingdom alone, there are around650 kilometers of" smart roads" in use. Across the world, many more are being built. Some new technologies are being put to use.

▲ Roads that recharge(给……充电)

 Global warming has forced us to search for new energy sources. Why not look to the roads? Piezoelectric roads, a new kind of smart road, use vibrations(震动) from passing cars to produce electricity. In fact, Piezoelectricity was invented in 

1880. However, it has never been widely used before now. The U. K.'s Lancaster University is going to improve it.

▲ Built- in brain

 Roads of the future may be able to know how many people are on them, send drivers updates(最新的情况) on weather and traffic jams, and recharge electric cars while driving.

 This seems impossible, but one American company has almost made it come true. By sensing the weight of a car, the smart roads can track the speed of each wheel. The smart roads are like large touchpads(触摸屏) so that they can collect data(数据) by looking for wheels. And then the roads will send it to the drivers.

▲ Roads that never freeze

 It can be dangerous to drive in snowy weather. A tech company in Israel has developed the Snowless roads. When they find snow or ice on their surfaces, the roads will heat themselves up, melting(使融化) them away. The company has succeeded in testing this project on a few Canadian roads and in some of its car parks.

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There will be an activity (活动) about green life in our school next week.

Every week, Wu Lin, a 19-year-old college student, will wait at a store selling food nearing its expiration date (保质期) , and return to school with a bag of snacks. "These products are usually sold at 30% to 50% off and many of them are from big brands. I'm really a big fan of them," she said.

Wu is among a growing number of young Chinese who buy near-expired food. According to a report by iiMedia Research, China's near-expired food market went beyond 30 billion yuan in 2020 and 47.8 percent of the consumers were aged 26 to 35.

Unlike the traditional thought that buying such food is penny-pinching（吝啬的） or embarrassing, more and more young people like Wu regard it as a way to help reduce food waste. "I don't care much about the date, as long as I can eat them before their expiration dates. It meets my needs while saving resources and protecting the environment, which is a good thing," says Wu.

Physical stores (实体店) selling near-expired food have sprung up (突然兴起) in cities across China. HotMaxx, a chain store that opened in 2020 in major Chinese cities, has increased to more than 200 in number across the country. Online shops selling such food are growing rapidly, too. On Taobao, around 2.1 million people buy near-expired food every year.

From a food safety standpoint（观点）, which may concern many consumers, experts believe that such products won't do any harm. "Near-expired food is safe and buying these products is a good practice to help prevent waste of resources, which should be encouraged," says Zhou Yu, a professor of food nutrition (营养) and safety at Anhui Agricultural University.