Nearly 7,000 medical workers in the team supporting Central China's Hubei province left the capital, Wuhan, the hardest-hit city in the novel coronavirus outbreak in China, and went back to their hometowns on Tuesday, March 31, marking the largest scale departure (离开) of medics (医学工作者)since the first group left on March 17. The Civil Aviation Administration of China has organized 51 planes to support the departure.

    More than 42,000 medics from other parts of the country have joined the battle with local medics to fight against COVID-19. The support teams came from 21 provinces, cities and autonomous regions(自治区) and some of them worked on several battlefields during the past months. The support team from the First Hospital of China Medical University in Shenyang, was among those in the group. Sixty members were in charge of treating COVID-19 patients in 100 beds in the Union Hospital and treated 174 patients who have been seriously ill since they arrived on Feb 10.

    Wang Zhenning, the leader of its support team, expressed his thanks to the Wuhan people who offered great help to them. "I am proud towitness and play a role in history. We've been here, seen it happen and become better. Wuhan is our second hometown. We will forever care about the city and the people fighting with us." he said.

    Wuhan city government showed great thanks to all medics in a letter, expressing their gratefulness of the medics' efforts to save lives in the battle. "Thanks to your arrival, Wuhan welcomes today's peace and stability. We will always remember your kindness!" the letter said. In it, the city government also invited the medics to visit Wuhan in the future for sightseeing. Local people volunteered to line up and see medics off as the medics left for home after finishing their mission(使命) in Wuhan. Wuhan traffic police led the way for medics to the airport.

Mr. Smith is 100 yearsold, but he is very healthy. He can read, play chess with people, and take careof himself(他自己). Many people want toknow his secrets (秘密) about keeping healthy and livinga long life. Here is what Mr. Smith says:

"My secrets aresimple. You can learn them easily. First, you should go to bed early andget up early every day. This is a good habit. For me, I usually go to bed at9:00 at night and get up at 6:00 in the morning."

"Second, do more(更多的) exercise. I always go out for a walkbefore having breakfast. In the morning and afternoon, I do some simple exercise,too.

"Third, make morefriends. I have many friends. Some of them are old. Some of them are not. Itmakes me happy to be with them. That is also important to live a longlife."

On Nov 9, 2023, the panda parents Mei Xiang and Tian Tian came back to China from the US with their child Xiao Qi Ji. The panda couple started to live in the Smithsonian's National Zoo (史密森学会国家动物园) in 2000. Let's take a look at them!

 Most people like to make some New Year's {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (resolution) au the beginning of the year. Holly is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} school boy from Guiyang. He made his New Year's resolution yesterday. He ate lots of junk food last year. It made him a little heavy. He wants to be in good {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (healthy). This year he is going to do {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (much) exercise and eat something healthier. He likes soccer and he is good at it. He is {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(go) to make a soccer team. He wants {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (improve) his English. He also{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(plan) to have a pen friend in England or Australia. He says he is going to be an English teacher when he grows {#blank#}8{#/blank#}.

 What is your New Year's resolution? Are you going to look after {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (you) well? Are you going to do something for your parents? {#blank#}10{#/blank#} you work hard after making your resolution, you will make your dream come true.

One day during the Spring Festival, I was taking a walk near my house when suddenly there came a voice," Excuse me, sir." I turned around and saw an old beggar(乞丐)."Did you1 some money, about fifty yuan, around here? I lost it just now." He looked at me and2 my reply. "Sorry, I didn't, " I answered. He went away saying in a low voice, "Where is it?3 should I do now? I really need the money."

I could sense that he was4 . Then I got an idea.1 took out a fifty yuan note(纸币)and dropped it on the ground. "Here! Here is the money!" I picked it up and 5 it to him. Then I walked towards my house.

A week later, on a snowy afternoon, I heard someone knocking at the door. It was the old beggar with a heavy bag on his shoulder, He put down the bag 6 and said, "Thank you so much. I knew you gave me your own 7 that day, for the money I lost was in change(零钱). But my wife was8 , and I really needed it to buy some medicine for her. So I didn't return it you. He added, "I have nothing to pay for your9 . Here's some rice I got from door to door for your children. As the saying goes, ‘A child who is fed by many families grows stronger ,' I will be pleased10 you like it." Hearing his words, my wife and I were so moved that tears ran down our faces.

 It was a sunny. sky after the typhoon(台风) passed and some people found a very large hole next to their village.

 All of the villagers came out to see the hole. They looked inside, but it was dark and nobody could see anything. What happened? Was it a fox hole?

A young man was so surprised that he shouted at the hole, "Hey, come out!" However, only his voice came back from the hole. Then, he picked up a small rock(岩石) and threw(扔) it down the hole. But, still, nothing came out.

 To find out the fact of the hole, the villagers asked a scholar(学者) for help. After looking over the hole, he found nothing, but he tried to look confident, and said for sure, "It's no problem to fill(填充) it up!"

 Seeing this, a businessman came up and offered to buy the hole with lots of money. Later, he built up a company called"Hole-Filling Company". He told everyone the company could hold any litter but they had to pay for it.

 From then on, more and more people came here to put their litter into the hole:

 Hospitals got here to throw the dead people.

 The government put all the dirty water into the hole.

…

 Slowly, the sea and sky became beautifully blue. Under this clear sky, more and more buildings were built up.

 One day, a worker was working on the top of a tall building. Looking at the blue sky, clear water and green plants, he was happy that the city was getting more and more beautiful.

 Suddenly, he heard a strange shout above his head, "Hey, come out!"

 However, when he looked up, he found nothing. When he sat down for a rest, a rock flew down in front of him from the direction(方向) of the strange shout. He picked it up and wanted to know why it came from the sky.

 Of course, he didn't know anything about the rock. Only the young man in the village could know that: it was the same rock that he threw into the hole.

 Several days later, the sky was not as beautifully blue as before. More and more litter fell down from the sky-dead people, dirty water...

 Adapted from Hey, come out! by Shinichi Hoshi