In February 2021, a young man in Italy posted a video on Tik Tok about his new neighbor—and their unbelievable piano talent! They 1 their friendship by two pianos separated by one wall.

One day in January, the young man 2an idea when he heard the music from his neighbor. He wrote a note to his neighbor and 3him to play a song together： the classic "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion.

The next day, hearing the music from the neighbor, the young man was both 4and moved. Their communication soon 5piano duets （二重奏）through the wall, where each of them would create great music together.

Later, the young man 6that his neighbor's name was Emil and he was 78 years old. His wife had passed away in December from COVIEM9. Emil felt so sad and the only 7 thing left to him was playing the piano. He played it for his wife at 2 pm every weekend.

8 , Emil passed away in his sleep a few weeks later. When the young man learned the news, he felt so sad. To express his feeling, the young man wrote a letter to Emil, "Dear Emil, I knew very little about you,9 you changed my life. You gave me back my passion （激情），and we shared that with the world. You'll be in my 10.keep playing, thinking of how powerful music can be. You said I was your light, but you've been mine, too. Bye, Emil. "

There are some computer programs outthere for creating art, such as Photoshop or Microsoft Paint. But you probablywouldn't guess that Microsoft Excel is one of them.

For many of us, Excel is just a type ofoffice software. But for Tatsuo Horiuchi, an 80 year –old Japanese, it is hispaints, his water colours and his canvas (画布)。About 20 years ago, shortly before retiring (退休), the artist thought that he needed a new challenge in his life. Sohe bought a computer and began making beautiful works of art with Excel.

"I didn't use Excel at work before, butI saw other people using Excel to draw pretty graphs (图表). So I thought, I could probably draw with that," Horiuchisays, "Graphics software is expensive but Excel can store on most computers.Besides, it has more functions and is easier to use than Microsoft Paint."

Horiuchi also tried using Word but waslimited (限制) to the paper sizing. Thereis far more freedom for the artist to produce his painting in Excel. Horiuchi'scolourful Excel art deeply describes the richness of traditional Japanesepaintings. It often shows highly- detailed sights, along with people, plantsand animals.

"I set a goal(目标), "Horiuchi says, "that is, in 10 years, I would be ableto paint something excellent enough to show to people. "And he hascertainly achieved that goal.

Since his discovery of Excel's artisticfunctions and his ability. to use. them, Horiuchi has got worldwide praise. He hasgone on to win competitions with his works. Not surprisingly, he took firstprize at the Excel Auto shape Art Contest in 2006. Having made quite a name forhimself, the elderly Japanese artist was given a new name-"the Michelangeloof Excel".

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{#blank#}8{#/blank#} this, Ling Mingze thought that farming was something old. But this trip changed her ideas. "I saw really cool farming {#blank#}9{#/blank#}, and they showed me how Chinese farming changes {#blank#}10{#/blank#} and gets better," said she.

Both students and teachers thought this was a meaningful activity.

Liu Yaxuan is totally a homebody. Every weekend, this 14-year-old student from Tsinghua High School watches popular TV dramas and plays with her mobile phone. She hates playing outdoor sports."It's too tiring,"she said.

She is not alone. In recent years, more and more Chinese teenagers are becoming homebodies. A 2013 survey of kids aged 2 to 14 showed about half of them spend less than one hour doing outdoor activities every day.

To some extent, heavy academic pressure (学业压力) caused this situation. Hu Huilan, 12, from Shenzhen Nanshan Language School, is busy with piles of homework and extra classes on weekends."I don't want to get behind,"she said.

Even if this isn't a problem, kids still prefer indoor life. Wang Yidi, 12, from Anhui No. 50 Middle School, often reads Harry Potter, listens to music and surfs the Internet at home."I can do so many things I like at home rather than hang out in smoggy weather,"she said.

But this causes bad health conditions. Chinese teenagers' physical conditions have been dropping for about 28 years, reported a newspaper last year.

The situation for teenagers should be changed. They should spend their free time outdoors even if it just means going to the park or reading a book under the tree. Nice weather, little homework and rich outdoor activities enable them to do that. It helps them stay energetic.

A company called SkyDrive showed its new flying car，the SD—03.The small car could stay about 1 to 2 meters above the ground，and fly around for 4 minutes with a driver on board.

{#blank#}1{#/blank#} They hope that flying cars will be used for short trips in cities in the future.Flying cars can save time and help reach places easily.

{#blank#}2{#/blank#} With lots of cars flying around，people need to control the traffic in the air.And it is too difficult for people to control in real time.

Safety is another problem.If flying cars fall from the sky，it will hurt not just the people in the car，but people on the ground{#blank#}3{#/blank#}

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Tomohiro Fukuzawa，the CEO of the company，wants the flying cars to be able to fly two people on trips of up to 5 kilometers by 2023.By 2050， "{#blank#}5{#/blank#}".