Have you ever wondered who is killing time in the cafes at three in the afternoon while you are busy at school? Linda and I found the answer when we got part-time jobs at Starbucks and KFC during the summer vacation?
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    I had a good time on my vacation. I spent my vacation trekking(徒步旅行)in Nepal, a small country in the Himalaya Mountains of Asia.

    On the trekking vacation, I walked for a long time through the mountains. There are very few roads in Nepal, so trekking is the best way to travel. It will be better if you have a guide. The guides know the best paths to take and they can also help trekkers with their bags. Sometimes our guide cooked food for us. Every day, we trekked for about four hours in the morning, and two hours in the afternoon. We slept in the large tents. It was very interesting. I didn't want to go home in the end.

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    Most people want to be happy, but few know how to find happiness. Money and success alone do not bring lasting happiness.{#blank#}1{#/blank#}In other words, we make our own happiness.

    Here are a few suggestions to help you be happier.{#blank#}2{#/blank#} Too often, we spend so much time thinking about the future —for example, getting into college or getting a good job that we fail to enjoy the present. You should enjoy life's simple pleasures, such as reading a good book, listening to your favorite music, or spending time with close friends. People who have several close friends often live happier and healthier lives.

    Another secret of living a happy life is to be active. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}Many people experience this by dancing, swimming or playing a sport. You can forget about your problems, and only think about the activity.

    Finally, many people find happiness in helping others. Studies show that people feel good when they spend their time helping others.{#blank#}4{#/blank#} You can help a friend with his or her studies, go shopping to buy food for an elderly person, or simply help out around the house by washing the dishes.

A. Having hobbies makes you forget about your problems and time.

B. Happiness depends on ourselves.

C. Happiness is important to everyone.

D. The first secret of happiness is to enjoy the simple things in life.

E. If you want to feel happier, do good things for someone.

    Chen Yujie, 15 studies at a boarding school in Ningbo, Zhejiang{#blank#}1{#/blank#}.it was not a short ride home and the trips were tiring.Chen hoped her parents could put the money on a bank card , so she didn'r have to travel so often.

    {#blank#}2{#/blank#}“It's usually the most relaxing time for our family.” Said Chen.

    She chose the right time.After a few turns of lobbying(游说) ，her parents finally agreed with Chen .{#blank#}3{#/blank#}So they have to choose a right time .

    US magazine Highnight recently surveyed 1,521 kids aged 6-12 in the country , asking questions like “{#blank#}4{#/blank#}Results show that American kids seem to know when their parents are most receptive(乐于接受的)。Meal time is discovered to be their most favorite time to talk to their parents.Bed time comes second.followed by time spent in the car.

    Chinese teenagers seem to have a similar tendency (倾向) over the problem.Qianjiang Daily ,a newspaper in Zhejiang, did a survey about it .{#blank#}5{#/blank#}

So do you have anything to talk to your parents about? Choose a good time.

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    An old lady walked into a clothes shop. She asked the salesgirl to show her a new dress in the shop window. The girl stood behind the counter, taking no notice of the request (要求) . The old lady asked again, but she still received no answer. Then the old lady said to herself, "I'm too old to see well. I can't even tell a plastic (塑料的) model from a real girl."

    When the girl heard this, she shouted. "What did you say? Did you say that I am a plastic model?" The lady was greatly surprised. She said to herself, "The model can speak! It must be a robot of a new type."

    There has been a lot of talk about Chinese bicycle sharing recently. Shared bikes are nowadays becoming the centre of attention in our We Chat friend circle. Many of our friends post photos of themselves riding bikes, especially during the weekend in natural parks, and we can see people logging in and out of shared bike apps. But are people really drawn to(被....所吸引) the idea of exercise and green transportation all of a sudden?

    Some people have tried Mobikes lately, and they don't particularly like Mobikes. They think the first generation Mobikes, the ones without baskets, are designed for athletes. They are very hard to ride, and the seat is not adjustable(可调节的). Then, they tried the yellow ofo bikes. They are easier to ride than Mobikes, but they don't usually have baskets, and you need to enter the password by hand, instead of scanning a QR code and having the lock open automatically like with Mobikes.

    We appreciate that there are shared bikes on the roads. They have saved us a lot of time during emergency situations. And on beautiful, clear days, we do enjoy riding them outside the city. But from what we've seen in our friend circles, people have been giving them endless praises, while we still saw some obvious flaws (缺陷).

    In our experience, there has never been a unanimous(一致的) decision on anything in public opinion. It makes us wonder whether these people really like riding shared bikes or are just saying this to agree with others. When we asked them individually, a friend of us, Lisa, secretly told us she tried the bikes to fit in(融入朋友圈). She doesn't like bikes and finds city's roads too harsh for bike riding. But the only way to hang out with her friends was riding out of town together. To join in social activities, she had to pick up bike riding again. Another young man, Simon admitted that he started talking about and forwarding information(转发信息) on shared bikes to appear cool and fashionable to friends. He started paying attention when Mobikes firs launched(推出). These views will give us something new to think about when we ride these bikes again.