Years ago a heavy rain hit Chongqing and made the Yangtze River rise.

    When the rain stopped, people found that a dog, later named Huahua, swam across the river to an island(小岛)twice a day for two weeks. Why? Because Huahua's four children were there. The mother dog swam there every day to feed her babies. This story touched many people

    Not only humans but animals are responsible. Animals know love as we humans do, and Huahua is only one of them. British scientist Jane Goodall spent 14 years living with chimpanzees(黑猩猩) in Africa. She found that chimpanzees cared for each other when others got hurt or lost parents.

    Two birds in Chengdu showed their parental love. Their baby was hurt and fell on the street in the centre of the city. Cars were driving past but the brave parents flew down to the road and took the little bird away with their claws(爪子).

    Animals not only love their own children, but also care for other animal babies. A chimpanzee named Anjana in an American animal research centre takes care of a baby lion. She feeds the lion carefully every day. "They are just like mother and son, "said a worker at the centre.

    One can hardly imagine Chai Huilong, wearing glasses and a T-shirt, as a Chinese chive(韭菜) farmer.

    Two years ago, Chai graduated from Tianjin College of University of Science and Technology. He took over his parents' 20,000 square meter plot of land and set up a business: growing Chinese chives.

    But instead of growing Chinese chives in the traditional way, Chai plants them in garden pots and sells them directly to customers through an online sore. Now his family makes 10 million yuan a year.

    Running a business is a dream for many young graduates. Chai is one of those young graduates who have found great career opportunities in rural areas. They make good use of their agricultural knowledge and new skills, and get support form the government.

    When Chai came up with the idea of growing Chinese chives, he was not sure about running his own business. But Youth Business China, a non-profit(非盈利的) program supported by the government which helps encourage youth entrepreneurship (创业精神), gave Chai courage and confidence. The program offers 30,000 to 50,000 yuan in start-up funding to young people who have great ideas. It also assigns(分配) each of them a tutor who provides guidance on spending the money and running the company.

    "My relatives and friends regard farming as a bad job. But being a farmer is just my job," said Chai. So far, his products have been shipped to places as far as Dubai on the Arabian Gulf. Chai is confident that he can make a greater success of this job in the future.

International Women's Day is on March 8 every year. On this day, people celebrate the achievements of women all over the world and continue to fight for basic rights (权利) for women.

How did it start? 

In 1908, women in New York City wanted the right to vote. They also hoped to acquire shorter working hours and better pay. Then, in 1910 in Denmark, a woman called Clara Zetkin had the idea for an international day for women. The first International Women's Day happened the next year.

Why do we need a special day for women? 

In many countries, men get higher pay than women for doing the same job. Men get a better education and better health care, and do less work at home. Men also get better chances than women to get their jobs. We need a change for women so that women can have the same chances as men.

How is International Women's Day celebrated? 

People usually celebrate by remembering important women in history, like Emmeline Pankhurst, Rosa Parks, Marie Curie...It's a very long list! They made great achievements in their fields.

People also have special events to celebrate it. In some countries, boys and men celebrate this day, too!

If you want to celebrate this important day, you could:

⒈learn about an important girl or woman in your country (for example, in sports, science or history) and tell your classmates about her；

⒉ask your teacher if you can do a class project about this day.

Teenagers can become angry more easily. So it's quite important for you to learn how to keep calm when something makes you angry. Getting angry only makes your problems {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. All you have to do is to tell {#blank#}2{#/blank#} not to be angry. Here is some advice to help you if you get angry easily. 

Every time you get angry you should try to {#blank#}3{#/blank#} down why you are angry. Look back it later and you will see you do get angry too easily. 

Ask your friends to stop talking {#blank#}4{#/blank#} you when you're angry. This will make you feel better. 

Do something {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. When you get angry, walk away from your problems and go somewhere else. Try to laugh!

If you want to enter the subway, you have to hold your transportation card or smart phone in your hand. Would it be a trouble if you are busy with other things, such as taking care of your children or dogs. 

Now, good news has arrived for some passengers. A subway line in Shenzhen uses 3D facial recognition(人脸识别) technology to help recognize passengers. All they need to do is downloading(下载) the required app, and then they can enter the station just by looking into a screen at the gate for about 2 seconds. In this way, they can enter the subway more quickly than scanning a OR code (扫描二维码). The new technology greatly speeds up entry times. Now, about 30 to 40 passengers can pass through the entrance every minute. 

Facial recognition has been used in many other areas of our life. At KFC stores across China, customers can order their meals by scanning their faces in front of a self- serving screen. Customers used to carry bank cards or mobile phones to withdraw money, but now they can do that just by scanning their faces at the ATMs of banks. With the help of this technology, the security check(安检) step in the airport can be completed in about 12 seconds, according to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport. 

Do you think facial recognition will totally take the place of OR codes?

Hello, boys and girls! Nice to meet you! I am your new English teacher. I'm {#blank#}1{#/blank#} （来自）New York, the USA. I am Kate Brown. Kate is my first name, and Brown is my {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (姓) name. Look! It's a photo of my family. There {#blank#}3{#/blank#}（有）three people in my family. This is my husband, Ben. He is teacher, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}（也）. But he doesn't work here. He teaches American history in {#blank#}5{#/blank#}（另一个）school. I have many {#blank#}6{#/blank#}（爱好）. And I like{#blank#}7{#/blank#}（花费）time with animals best. Ben {#blank#}8{#/blank#}（喜欢）playing the guitar after work very much. This{#blank#}9{#/blank#}（英俊的）boy is our son Nick. {#blank#}10{#/blank#}（他的）favorite sport is basketball. He is also in this school. And you may have fun together after school.