My father died when I was five. It was hard on us all. My brother, who is eight years older than me, began to take care of my mother and me.

    He took on more responsibilities than expected. I remember he made sure the rubbish was taken out, and the yard was cleaned. He did on his own, without being told to do so.

    Because of my father's death, mom had to get a full time job. Brother would get me up for school and make me breakfast. While I was eating, he would lay out my clothes, make my bed, and gather my school books up.

    Hand in hand we would walk to the bus stop. As we waited, he would play games my father used to play with me. When we returned from school, we were alone for about half an hour, until mom was home from work. Before I did my homework, he would sit me down with three cookies and a glass of milk. Then he would prepare something for mom to cook dinner.

    Mom would greet us with a hug and kiss. This was our time to have some fun outside. This was my brother's time to be a kid.

    One Saturday in June several years later, my mother and I were at a store where the Father's Day cards were sold. I stared at the cards. Mom said," Cindy, I know this is hard time for you."

   "No, mom. That's not it. Why don't they have Brother's Day cards?"

    She smiled," You're right, your brother has exactly been a father to you. Go ahead to choose a card."

    I did so, and on Father's Day, my mother and I sat my brother down and gave him the card.

    As he read it, I saw the tears in his eyes. Mom said," Son, your father is proud of you, seeing that he raised a good man, and that you do your best to fill his shoes. We love you and thank you."

In the year 2070，most of you will be more than 50 years old.The good news is that travel might become smarter by that time.To catch people's eyes and increase the numbers of passengers，European airline （航空公司）（发布）easyJet 2070：The Future Travel Report.Let's take a look at some mind—blowing ideas.

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Paper passport will be a thing of the past.You will use"heartbeat passport" instead.According to experts，the machine will count how many times the heart beats in a minute，then it will tell who you are.It doesn't work hard because everyone's heart beats differently.

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The seats on the plane are only one size，which can't make passengers satisfied.But in the future，you'll be able to book a seat according to your body type.The seat might even be able to cool or warm you if you want.There will also be no more screens on the back of the seats.A special light from the seat could show the latest movie s straight in front of your eyes.

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If you like to visit great places of interest，the AR glasses will help you enjoy the journey.By wearing the AR glasses，you can see what happened at a historic place（战役）.You may even be able to sit among the cheering people at the first Olympic Games.

Are you looking forward to having those changes in the year 2070？What other changes do you think about during the flight？

At 15:40 on December 9th, 2021, the "space teacher", Wang Yaping, made some experiments in the Tianhe Core Module of the Chinese Space Station.

"Welcome to the ‘Tiangong Classroom!' " said Wang Yaping.

Taking a "spacewalk" is difficult. Ye Guangfu was working hard to walk, but his body floated! Then he tried to turn around but he couldn't. "In space, astronauts are in a weightless environment. So we need to use nearby devices (装置) to move," he said.

The paper flower "blooms". In the "Tiangong Classroom", Wang Yaping made a beautiful water film (水膜). Then she took out a paper flower and placed it on the film of water. The pink flower slowly "bloomed"! "I hope your dreams can bloom in the huge universe!" she said.

"Space Happy Ball" rings fun. Wang Yaping asked the children on the ground to put their ping pong ball in the water. The density (密度) of the ball was less than that of the water, so it floated up. In space, when she put the ping pong ball into the water, it did not float up to the surface. It stopped in the center of the water! "The buoyancy (浮力) disappears in a weightless environment in space so the ping pong ball cannot float (漂浮)." Ms. Wang explained.

I was born in Canada, so I learned my Chinese in Canada. When I first learned 1 , I made a funny mistake.

In my first class, the teacher wanted to make us know about each other well, so she let us talk about 2 names, hobbies or other things to our classmates. I introduced myself and then said, "I have a lot of friends, and they are all mu." I knew the 3 mu because I had a female（雌性的）dog. My teacher said, "When you talk about people, you cannot say mu. You should say nü." "OK." I nodded. 4 I felt confused（困惑的）, because in English, "female" is just one word.

Later that class, the teacher let everyone make a word group and 5 the word group on the notebook then share it on the blackboard. I was the first one to go up. I tried to do well and 6 wrote "nü sheep". The teacher looked at the words and then asked the students, "Do you all 7 the words?" All he students answered, "Yes." The teacher asked "Why do all of you know, but I don't? What do they mean?"

"Female sheep," 8 answered together. 

The teacher laughed and said, "Please remember that Chinese and English are 9 . The word nü is only used for people."

I sometimes make jokes（玩笑）about my 10 as I am learning Chinese. These funny mistakes help me a lot. For example, from that time on, I remembered that mu and nü are different, and I will never mix them up again. 

要求： 

1.句子通顺， 语句连贯；

2.短文中不得出现英语教师的真实姓名及所在学校的真实名称， 可以用虚拟的名字(如 Kate、 Tom等) 进行描述;

3. 词数在60个词左右。

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