It was a sunny morning. A poor(贫穷的) young man with1 right hand came to Mrs. Brown's door. He asked her for some2.

Mrs. Brown3, "You see, young man. There are some bricks(砖头) behind my house. If you help me4 them to the front, I'll pay you twenty dollars."

    "Can't you see that I lost my right hand?5 can I do it?" The old lady smiled, put one of her hands behind her body6 then picked up one brick with7. Seeing this, the young man didn't say a word and started to work right away.

    After he did the work, the young man8 with the money from Mrs. Brown and he looked a little different.

    Two years later, the young man came again with some gifts. "Thank you for9 that day. I know you didn't need me to do the work. You just wanted to make me feel better. I learnt that I could make money by working hard, too. And now I have a pancake store and a beautiful wife."

    Think10 and you will make your life better.

Tomorrow is May Day. Whatare the students going to do? Here are some students' plans.

Daming wants to visithis grandparents in a small town. He misses them very much. This time he's goingto stay there for two days. He can help his grandparents do some farm work onthe farm.

John is a boy fromAmerica. He wants to visit Beijing. He's going to the Great Wall and the ForbiddenCity. He's going there by bus. He's going to take a lot of photos and then hewants to take them back to America, because he wants his friends to know aboutChina.

Betty is unlucky, becauseher mother is ill(生病的). She is going tostay at home and look after her mother. But she is going to do her homework andwatch TV, too.

Be a Friend

Friends are important (重要的). {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. Friends are people you know and like. Do you know how to make friends with others? Here are some good ideas.

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Introduce(介绍) yourself to others. See if they want to be friends with you. Then ask questions and know each other.

Have fun together

You can play sports or games with your friends. What is your favorite thing to do? {#blank#}3{#/blank#}.

Help each other

How do you feel today? {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. When your friend is not happy, cheer him or her up (鼓励). And ask your friends for help if you need.

Do you know this? Friends do not have to be the same as you. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} They may like different things. So what are your friends like? Tell us about them please!

At just age 16, Zhen Xin, from Beijing, finished the "Five Great Mountains Challenge" in August—in only five days. She became the 1 person to do it.

The Five Great Mountains Challenge is about climbing China's five greatest mountains—Taishan Mountain in Shandong, Huashan Mountain in Shaanxi, Songshan Mountain in Henan, Hengshan Mountain in Shanxi, and Hengshan Mountain in Hunan—in 100 days.

2 the hot August weather, Zhen did most of her hiking at night."When you can't see what's coming next, many of your3 and worries go away, You're less likely to back down," Zhen explained.

Zhen said the key 4 hiking is one's mentality. Whenever she came across a vendor booth(货摊) along the hiking road, she would 5 herself to carry on until the next one. And whenever she felt she was about to 6 she would reward herself with a drink or some snacks.

Of all the moutains she climbed, Huashan Mountain stood out as her favorite due to its steeper trails(更陡峭的小径). " They're more 7 than those of the other four mountains," she said. But instead of making her afraid, the challenge 8  her concentration(专注力)。

However, Zhen said the most daunting(令人生畏) like was climbing Taishan Mountain. It was due to the largest tourist rush she had ever seen. "We could only move up one step every five 9 or so, " she recalled.

Zhen decided to climb the five great mountains when she finished middle school. "I wanted something that would allow me to 10 see my growth and changes over time. As I grow older, I want something to share with others," she said.

 Good sleep is really important to our health. But global heating is leading to increases in night-time temperatures that are happening faster than they are during the day. This makes it harder for us to get quality sleep. As global temperature increases, the average global citizen is already losing 44 hours of sleep every year, a recent study revealed. 

 The study used sleep and outdoor weather data collected from 2017 to 2022. It found that higher temperatures reduced sleep by putting off its onset. People's bodies need to cool every night as they fall asleep, but this is harder to do when it is warmer. 

"Some groups, however, will be affected much more than others. " said Kelton Minor,  a researcher from the University of Copenhagen. The sleep loss per degree of warming is about a quarter higher for women than men, twice as high for those over 65 years old, and three times higher for those in less wealthy nations. 

"Women usually have higher levels of fat than men, which may make the cooling time longer. Older people are known to sleep less at night and have poorer body temperature regulation(调节). People in poorer nations could lose more sleep, as it's harder for them to get cooling machines. " he explained. 

 The studies have also shown that rising temperatures hurt health, including increasing the possibilities of heart diseases, mental health problems, accidents and injuries. They have also been found to reduce one' s ability to work and study. Poor sleep has also been shown to have these effects. However, disturbed sleep may be a key reason why researchers are seeing these heat related health problems. 

 Worryingly, there were no signs of people being able to adapt to hotter nights. The growing numbers of people in many countries around the world are simply not getting enough sleep. 

A little girl in Hangzhou who loves baking(烘焙) has become popular. She watched videos on the Internet to learn how to bake and set up a stall(货摊) for sale during the summer holiday in2024. She can get several hundred yuan a day from her sales. 

Feng does well in making cakes. From an early age, Feng often watched her parents cook in the kitchen. She truly started baking in her second grade. She watched baking videos on the Internet first. After that, she tried to improve her baking skills. Sometimes she could spend all day baking in the kitchen. 

In the summer holiday of 2024, Feng came up with the idea of setting up a stall outside to sell cakes. She could earn(赚) up to 500 yuan a day at most. Her mother mainly wanted to develop her daughter's skills. She didn't expect her daughter to have such strong hands-on and social skills. To her surprise, Feng Rui did everything from baking the cakes to selling them. Sometimes when the cakes were not sold out, Feng Rui gave them to cleaners and friends. Now, she begins to teach some children to bake. 

Feng Rui will keep studying baking. Her mother was proud of her and said, "Stick to what you love is a beautiful thing. I hope she has a colourful life. "