Phil White has just returned from an 18,000-mile, around-the-world bicycle trip. White had two reasons for making thisepic journey. First of all, he wanted to use the trip to raise money for charity, which he did. He raised £70,000 for the British charity, Oxfam. White's second reason for making the trip was to break the world record and become the fastest person to cycle around the world. He is still waiting to find out whether he has broken the record or not.

   White set off from Trafalgar Square, in London, on 19th June, 2004 and was back 299 days later. He spent more than 1,300 hours in the saddle (车座) and destroyed four sets of tyres and three bike chains. He had the adventure of his life crossing Europe first, and then the Middle East, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and finally the Americas. Amazingly, he did all of this with absolutely no support team. No jeep carrying food, water and medicine. No doctor. Nothing! Just a bike and a very, very long road.

   The journey was lonely and desperate at times. He also had to fight his way across deserts, through jungles and over mountains. He cycled through heavy rains and temperatures of up to 45 degrees, all to help people in need. There were other dangers along the road. In Iran, he was chased by armed robbers and was lucky to get away with the little money he had. The worst thing that had happened to him was having to cycle into a headwind on a road that crosses the south of Australia. For 1,000 kilometers he battled against the wind that was constantly pushing him. This part of the trip was slow, hard and depressing, but he made it in the end. Now Mr. White is back and wants to write a book about his adventures.

Since 2017, Jiading, Shanghai has built community libraries under the" Home Study" program. Its purpose is to encourage its local people to read more. Community libraries get help from local people and companies. The local companies provide space for free. Community volunteers also often provide help for the local libraries. If you enter the community library in Nanxiang Old Town, you will find it has a strong Chinese style. Among all community libraries in Jiading, the one in Nanxiang Old Town is the most special. It is next to the famous Tanyuan Garden, which was the private garden of Li Liufang, a scholar(学者) in the Ming Dynasty. The library is on the first floor of a building in the ancient Chinese style. There are 4,100 Chinese picture books in it. Zhang Bo works with volunteers to provide more books for their readers of all age groups. Some time ago, Zhang noticed that a girl often came to the library after school by herself. The girl did her homework at the library, but she never talked to anyone. Zhang learned that she had trouble communicating with others, so Zhang and other volunteers made friends with her. They became her" family away from home"." That is true community spirit," Zhang said.

The 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games has come to an end. At this Asian Games, the Chinese swimming team won a total of 58 medals:28 1 medals, 21 silver medals and 9 bronze medals(铜牌), ranking first in the gold medal list in 2 . And the number of gold medals is the3 in the history of the Asian Games. Ye Shiwen is 4 the many " gold medalists"(金牌获得者). 

At the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games, 14- year- old Ye Shiwen 5 two gold medals. In  2012, she also won two gold medals at the London Olympic Games. 6 after 2014, she couldn't do as well as before. " But if I 7 like thiș, I may not be able to overcome the difficulties in my life in the future. " Ye Shiwen said. So she chose to return to the swimming po ol to train 8 , and finally won the gold medal in the Hangzhou Asian Games after 9 years. 

From 9 competitions, we can learn that we should have a strong will. When we10 difficulties, we should never give up. 

"Sha Tou" won the first gold medal in the Olympic table tennis events

At the table tennis mixed doubles final of this Paris Olympic Games, Chinese pair Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha, the "Sha Tou" combination, beat the North Korean team with a score of 4 to 2. It is China's first Olympic gold medal in the table tennis mixed doubles, and also the first gold medal in the table tennis events of these Paris Olympics.Having won almost every major prize together, including two mixed doubles world championship titles in 2021 and 2023, Wang and Sun expected their first Olympic gold together as a special one, particularly following Team China's final loss to host Japan in the mixed event's Olympic debut (首次登台) in Tokyo in 2021.

Black Myth: Wukong: the cultural meaning and global influence

    The Chinese game Black Myth: Wukong was put into the market on Tuesday. Within just a few hours of its launch, it topped the best-selling list in 29 countries and regions on the Internet, with more than 11 million online players at the same time. The game's presentation of Chinese culture has not only impressed Chinese players but also attracted a large number of foreign players. As a result, many International gamers are now reading the original book Journey to the West as a "required course" before experiencing the game. 

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Self-driving cars, commonly called robotaxis, are being used at lower prices in Wuhan. It has ambitions(雄心) to become the world's first driverless city.

 "You'll never have to buy a car," a passenger inside one of the white robotaxi said in a video that has been watched over 80 million times on Weibo since last week. 

But the rapid development of the driverless taxis has rattled (-to make someone feel nervous or angry.)And there have also been complaints about traffic jams(交通堵塞).