From the Other Side

Lara and Tara are twins. They look like each other, but they are very different in everything else. For example, hot food is Lara's favorite, and Tara has a sweet choice.

However, this isn't the problem with the twin girls. They always argues that the opposite one was wrong. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}, while Tara thought mornings were fresh and it was difficult to stay up till midnight.

{#blank#}2{#/blank#} To put an end to their fights, their parents decided to create a small drama. They wanted the girls to understand that they were both correct from their own point of view. Their parents covered the girl's eyes with black ribbons (带、条), and brought them to the dining room. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Lara was asked to stand on one side of the board and Tara on the other. They couldn't see the other side of it. When the ribbons were taken away, they were surprised to see a huge board between them.

Now, their father asked Lara, "What's the color of the board?" She replied, "It's black!" {#blank#}4{#/blank#} She replied, "It's white!" The two girls began to argue again. While Lara was confident it was black, Tara was sure it was white. Then, they were asked to exchange (交换) their places. They couldn't believe their eyes. Tara, who insisted (坚持) it was a white board, saw a black one. Similarly, Lara, who argued the board was black, was surprised to see a white one. They understood that each of them was right in her own view. Most of us are like Lara and Tara. We are right most times, but insist that others are wrong!

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Dear Editor,

I think my friend Steve is one of the Sunshine teenagers in our school. Let me tell you something about him.

Yours

Li Hua

Here is some "breaking" news: the International Olympic Committee（IOC）has added（增加）breaking（霹雳舞）to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games! 

Breaking might be one of the very unusual sports to be added to the Games, as it's often seen as more of an art than a sport. 

The dance style first appeared（出现）on the streets of New York in the1970s. Performers dance to hip-hop music while using different movements. In the1980s, breaking swept around the world when it was adopted by pop stars such as Michael Jackson. Jackson's moonwalk became popular among teenagers worldwide. 

Why did the IOC choose breaking? Over the past few years, the Olympics has become less interesting to young people. The IOC is trying to make the Games more "youthful", with sports that young people actually do in their spare time. "We want to take sports to the youth," said IOC President. 

To be added to the Olympics, a sport must be widely practiced by men in at least 75 countries and by women in no fewer than 40 countries. Breaking certainly meets this standard（标准）, according to The Sydney Morning Herald. It is also competitive（有竞争力的）and requires strict training just like other sports. Dancers need to have the strong upper body and core（核心）strength. 

"I train at least 10 hours a week, and I've been training since I was a young kid," top Australian break dancer Lowe said. 

"It's great that it gives us more recognition（认可）as a sport," said British break dancer Karam. "Now, the efforts of break dancers are gradually accepted and even admired by a growing number of people. And for the Olympics, it will attract young people who may not follow some of the traditional sports."

In southwest China's Chongqing, more subway lines are travelling out to the rural areas around the city, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(special) Line 4 Known {#blank#}2{#/blank#}the "Vegetable Basket Line", Line 4 connects the city's northeast Shichuan town with the city center. Since its opening in since 2022, it {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (offer) local farmers near the town more ways to sell their vegetables. The vegetables used to be cheap in the town, but now they can {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (sell) at higher prices in the city. 

Every morning around 6 o'clock, the Shichuan town station is {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (crowd)with farmers. They carry baskets filled with fresh vegetables on their {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (back), or us shoulder poles(杆) to carry the baskets. The station used to open at 6:15 am. Now it {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (open)five minutes earlier every day because the workers don't want the farmers to wait outside for too long. 

In Chongqing, people {#blank#}8{#/blank#} are over the age of 65 can take the subway for free. The opening of this subway line helps the elderly not only save money but also save time. According to an elderly couple, it used to take {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (they) more than one hour to reach the city center as they had to take several buses. Now, by taking the subway, they can get there in less than 30 minutes. And they can sell all their vegetables in less than three hours {#blank#}10{#/blank#}arriving at the market. 

 Ancient coloring craft is becoming popular. Ni Shenjian can still 1 remember the  time when he started to learn the craft of making blue calico(印花布) about ten years ago. He has become an inheritor(继承人) of the craft. It started in the Song Dynasty. It 2 by people across China from that time.

It's difficult for Ni 3 much money by making the craft. He received encouragement from4 famous artist. In 2012, Ni opened a course on blue calico craft at two 5 . Some of Ni's students used blue calico elements in their designs. Others who became teachers also used 6 they learned from Ni's lessons in their own classes.

 To give blue calico something 7 than before, Ni and his family have been making a change. Over the years. Ni 8 his life is busy but meaningful. "Some jobs give you wealth, and people are often interested in such jobs. But for some other jobs, 9 you don't do them, maybe nobody else will do so 10 the future, "Ni says. "Our family are trying to keep the craft alive, "he adds.