The Terracotta Warriors, one of the eight wonders of the world, have enjoyed international fame. Located in Xi'an in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, they are warriors of the first-ever emperor in1China or Qin Shi Huang in Chinese, Ying Zheng.

Even though I knew they are life-sized sculptures (雕塑), I was still2 when I saw them. I was lucky enough to3 the pit (深坑) and take a close look at them for the first time.

They were made around 2, 200 years ago. When I first got down into the pit, the sculptures scared me4some of them lacked body parts.

I was told that the Terracotta Warriors are not easy to preserve (保存;保护) for over thousands of years. But to my surprise, they were actually5 in color when they were first discovered. However, the color fell off6after being exposed in the air.

The difficulty of preservation is one of the reasons why they have stopped7out other pits. Although the Terracotta Warriors are breathtaking, they are only part of the Mausoleum (陵墓) of the First Qin Emperor.

Shen Wenxi, an expert and museum librarian of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told me there's an even grander area8 man-made mountains, rivers and seas inside the emperor' s underground palace.

However, there is no plan to dig them until there are perfect9of protecting and preserving them. Experts are still busy restoring the relics (修复文物) that were10in the 1970s.

Come to learn Swedish（瑞典语）. It seems challenging, but it could be easier if you are a good English speaker. The two languages have a lot more in common than you think.

The Swedish alphabet（字母表）is almost the same as the English alphabet , but has three more letters: A, Ä and Ö. Although some letters, like O and Ö look alike, they are actually different. Take the Swedish words "lov" and "löv" as an example. The word "lov" can refer to holidays while "löv" translates to "leaves".

Many words are close in Swedish and English. "Bok" in Swedish is only a one-letter change to "book", "äpple" is an easy change to "apple" and "man" and "piano" are the same in both languages. However, there are special suffixes（后缀）, such as "-en" and "-t", to stand for "the" in English. For example, "boken" in Swedish means "the book" in English.

Another similarity is the word order. It's often possible to directly translate sentences between the two languages. One big difference is that Swedish always puts the verb（动词）in the second place of a sentence. Although in English sentences, words like "always" or "hardly" often appear in the second place. Swedish is very strict about that verb-second rule and will put them after the verb.

There are many reasons that make Swedish hard, but with your English learning experience, you'll find it easier.

"Dream may be more important than sleep. We all need to dream," some scientists say. Dreams take up (占据) about half of our sleeping time. People have several dreams each night.

Dreams are like short films. They are usually in color. Some dreams are like old films. They come to us over and over again. That may be because the dreamer is worrying about something. Dreaming may be a way of trying to find an answer.

Some people get new ideas about their work from dreams. They may think about their work all day. These ideas can carry over into dreams. Sometimes we wake up with a good feeling from a nice dream. But often we can't remember the dream. Dreams can go away quickly from memory.

But too much dreaming can be harmful. The more we sleep, the longer we dream. The mind is working hard when we dream. That is why we may have a long sleep and still wake up exhausted. We may feel sleepy the whole day.

Near the North Pole(北极) there are only two seasons: winter and summer. 

{#blank#}1{#/blank#} For over two months you can't see the sun, even at noon. In summer, days are long. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} The temperature is very low near the North Pole. Even in summer the temperature is below 0 ℃.  {#blank#}3{#/blank#}  They make their clothes from the skins(皮) of animals. From the skins they also make hats and shoes.

It's very cold, so people there have to build their houses with skins or snow. 

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When they move, they take their tents with them. Sometimes, they build houses of snow. But don't think that these houses must be cold. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} The life near the North Pole is very interesting.

1. What helps you meet a better self?

2. Why do you think it can make you a better self?

3. How will you do it in your daily life?

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