Until recently，Ajayi had never gone to school.Now fifty，she attends a school in Ilorin，Nigeria，wearing the same pink dress as two（1） （百）other girls at the school.She studies with the students nearly forty years younger than she is.
Ajayi runs her（2） （自己的）business making and selling bags，but she believes it is（3） （仍然）necessary for her to learn to read and write.
In class，she answers questions（4） （积极）.She plays，talks and（5） （讨论）together with her classmates.
She is good at（6） （烹饪）.Children all like the food she makes.They enjoy
（7） （她们自己）at school.
Ajayi's（8） （女儿）used to feel embarrassed about their mother's attending school with children.But now.they choose（9） （支持）her efforts.
She plans to continue her（10） （教育）for four more years，saying it will help her business.
At 7 am，we got on the state﹣of﹣the﹣art Fuxing Hao train at Shanghai Railway Station.We stored our（1） （背包）and found our seats.Unlike other trains which start with a shake and much（2） （噪音），this train felt so smooth that if you were not looking out of windows，you could（3） （几乎不）tell we were moving.Yet，within minutes，we were passing over the rails at speeds of more than 350 kilometers an hour.
Soon，the towns of（4） （东部的）China were rushing by.I saw my wife smiling and（5） （指向）to a coin she had balanced on the table.She took another coin and balanced it next to the first，and then another，until she had a（6） （行）of coins.They stood there on the table for more than 20 minutes before one finally fell over.
After that，we（7） （两个都）went back to reading and enjoying the beauty outside.We felt quite（8） （放松的）.Then，before we knew it，we heard the announcement that we were arriving in Beijing.For 1，318 kilometers，we（9） （花费）only 4 hours and 38 minutes.Thanks to high speed trains，we can travel in China much more conveniently.No（10） （疑惑），they will also bring the people of the country closer together，and in time bring about deep social changes，the full nature of which no one can fully guess.
Thailand Literacy Program
Omkoi is one of the mountainous areas in Thailand.It is an area of （1） （北 方的）Thailand.There are neither schools（2） （也没有）libraries there and people cannot read or write.The government of Thailand hopes to change that with a program.It
（3） （包括）bringing books to the villages.
A number of these villages can be reached only on foot，and there is always a very long rainy （4） （季节）in Thailand.So how do the villagers get books that they need most，especially （5） （ 在...期间）the rainy days？Of course，teams of （6） （大象） !
Now there are several teams carrying books in Omkoi.They spend almost a month covering （7） （ 七）or eight villages.These special teams make it possible to provide education for almost two thousand people in Omkoi.
In Bangkok，the capital of Thailand，there's a program called "Train Library for Young People"，The train serves the homeless children on the （8） （街道）.Years ago，the railway police of Bangkok realized that those children（9） （真正地）needed a good place for learning and they began to act immediately.Now they have cleaned up and
（10） （修理）some old railway cars.These cars are turned into libraries for the children.
Things Spotter
If you often lose things，you'll be happy with a new（1） （发明）called Things Spotter.It'll look like a small key tag that can be put on your objects.The tag will（2） （连接）to your mobile phone through BlueTooth technology.When you find something missing，don't（3） （担心）!Just press a button on your mobile phone and a map on your screen will tell you where to look.
Fire Recharger
It's really fun to（4） （扎营）in the wild!But what can you do if the batteries（电池）on your mobile phone are empty？Some（5） （工程师）are working on a Fire Recharger.It（6） （生产）electricity from the heat of fire.This means you can use a small fire to charge（充电）your mobile phone.It is very useful and will be（7） （广泛地）used in the future.
DigGoggles
Those lively underwater photos are so beautiful，but not easy to take.Besides，underwater cameras are not（8） （便宜的）enough.But soon you will have the（9） （机会）to buy a pair of DigGoggles.That's the name of a（10） （特殊的）diving mask that can take photos.Open and close your eyes twice and your camera will go 'click'!
As we all know，the environment around us is getting worse and worse．Some chemical factories always pour（1） （废弃的）water into the（2） （河流）．And they also（3） （产生）terrible gas．In some places，some people even have no clean water to drink．So I think we must do something to protect the environment．
How to protect the environment？First，as a student，we should use cloth bags instead of（4） （塑料的）bags when we go shopping．（5） （第二），we'd better reuse the old textbooks as possible as we can．Third，we should never forget to turn off the lights when we leave the classrooms．In a word，we must try our best to protect our environment．I believe we can make the world a better place to live in．
Last year I went on an amazing trip by boat along the west coast of Canada． It was my brother Harry's idea． He's a （1） （记者） who's also a great fan of boats．But I'd dreamed of visiting the area．So I kept asking Harry if I could go，too﹣ （2） （直到） he agreed at last!
A few weeks before we left home， there was much （3） （雨） in the area we were going to． But luckily the weather was OK at last． However， I was （4） （忙碌的） at work so I didn't think about what needed doing．But Harry promised he'd take care of everything，so I knew everything would be all right．
After arriving in Canada， we packed our （5） （工具） into small boats and set off．Since very few people now lived along that coast， the only other living animals we saw for the first few days were dolphins and birds．
We often stopped for hours to explore the （6） （岩石） pools on the beaches． And we never （7） （忘记） lunch or dinner， though， which we all made together over camp fires．When we （8） （最后） fell asleep on the boats each evening， even though the beds were hard， it really felt like stress﹣free living!
When the time came to leave， I was sad．How could I return to （9） （正常的）life again？ But I knew if I stayed， I would （10） （想念） my family and friends． I was also looking forward to telling everyone at home about our experiences．
Mark Quinn is trying to make the world happy ﹣ one person at a time． He hit upon the idea after studying how a person's happiness could be（1） （影响） by social media （媒体）． Instead of just thinking about his own happiness， he wondered if there was a （2） （秘密的） way to make people around the world happy．
Quinn turned to something he（3） （他自己） loves．"All my life I've been taking photos，" he says， "and for the past（4） （七） years，I've spent a lot of time making scrapbooks（剪贴簿） filled with photos， （5） （明信片）， tickets .. It gives me such joy to look back on these． I just thought ﹣ maybe I could create an online scrapbook that everyone could（6） （分享） in． "
From his idea came the book The Happiness Scrapbook． Quinn travelled in America taking pictures and asking people the （7） （相同的） question： what makes you happy？ "I've got． photos and answers from strangers， friends， family， as well as others who （8） （清楚地） have something to say，" he says．
Quinn hopes to start a（9） （网站） or a book， which can be something for people to turn to when they are（10） （充满的） of sadness．" That idea makes me more than just happy，" says Quinn．
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Cooking was once regarded as a necessary part of education in England． But in recent years， it has become less important in schools． As a result， （1） （基础的） cooking and food preparation skills are being lost． It is also making more children overweight， as parents use too much fast food that is（2） （有害的） to their health．
The government is worried and is looking for ways to （3） （解决） the problem． A new law has been passed． All secondary schools should offer cooking （4） （课程） to students aged from 11 to 14 years old． They hope that this will encourage people to cook instead of eating （5） （准备好的） meals， fast food and snacks．
Students will learn to cook for one hour a （6） （星期） for one term． They will learn to use simple and fresh ingredients（原料） to prepare healthy， tasty food， following （7） （说明）． These cooking skills will be helpful in their future life． Schools are also setting up cooking clubs all over the country． The clubs will （8） （提供） more children with the chance to learn to cook．
There are still difficulties． Head teachers are worried about the things they will need for the cooking． And about 15% of schools do not have （9） （厨房） and there are not enough teachers．
The speaker from the government （10） （允诺） to train 800 teachers and to give schools million pounds a year to help children from poorer families to pay for ingredients．
Confucius， a pioneer in the field of （1） （教育）． He was born in the year 551 B． C． He was a great thinker who had many wise ideas about human nature and behavior． His main ideas are about kindness and good manners． He was also a famous philosopher whose wise sayings have （2）i many people in （3）d countries． For example，one of his famous sayings， "He who learns but does not think is lost； he who thinks but does not learn is in （4）d "， tells us the （5） （重要性）of learning and thinking．
Curt von Badinski is an engineer of a company in San Francisco． （1） （然而）， his home is in Los Angeles， which is 770（2） （英里） away from his workplace， so he has to take a plane work and back．
Every workday morning， von Badinski gets up at 5 a．m． for the 15﹣minute drive to the airport． After（3） （停放） his car， he goes straight to take the plane． After a 90﹣ minute flight， he（4） （着陆） at Oakland Airport and drives to his company． The（5） （整个的） trip takes him about 3 hours．
Von Badinski pays the airline 2,300 dollars monthly so that he can fly（6） （自由地） at any time to and from San Francisco．
Flying to work every day is not（7） （容易的） for von Badinski because he can only sleep five hours every night， but he believes（8） （没有什么） could be more important to him than his family． He had thought about several ways to solve the problem， （9） （包括） moving his family to San Francisco， but none of them worked．
"The six﹣hour round trip shows that I have the（10） （能力） to have all the things I want． "he explains．" I am always excited to start a new day．"
Charlie's life dream was to become a soldier， but he would never be able to because of his leg condition ﹣﹣﹣ he couldn't stand on his right leg． He was very （1） （伤心的） about it．
One day， Harris， an army officer， （2） （听说）the story． After communicating with Charlie's parents， Harris started to plan secretly to give the poor boy a big （3） （惊奇，惊喜）．
A month later， one day in （4） （八月） 2016， Harris appeared in Charlie's classroom． In front of his classmates， Harris asked the boy， "Would you （5） （介意） taking a ride with me？"
Charlie was taken to the army Reserve Center， where he （6） （真正的） dreamed to go． Harris said to Charlie， "Today you will become a member of our team．" Charlie was too （7） （激动的） to say a word． Charlie raised his right hand and repeated the oath （8） （大声地） ， "I volunteer to join the army and make all my efforts to protect the people and the （9） （国家）．"
Charlie's parents were so thankful． Harris said that it was simply part of his job， "When I joined the army， I made a （10） （承诺） to protect the people， which also means protecting the dreams of a child．"
While being on my year abroad， I have tried to collect small things such as train tickets， postcards， and I have been taking lots of photographs． Living in（1） （法国）， I take the metro（地铁） every day． I have my own personalized map on which I have（2） （圈出） all of my favorite restaurants， cafes， parks and other places． I have even colored it to say if these places have（3） （免费的） wi﹣fi or lunch deals． What I plan to do with all these things is making a scrap book．
For those of you who have never heard of the word" scrap book"， it's an（4） （空的） book which people usually take away with them on holiday， and fill it with "scraps" of paper， tickets， maps， （5） （邮票）， photographs etc． It is like a memory book． You will always have the memories of your favorite places and why you liked them so much， all in your scrap book! It is really（6） （有价值的） to own it if you ever want to（7） （回到） to that place． My scrap book started in September and after eight months was （8） （几乎） full!
Why not create a scrap book of your time while traveling？ Isn't it nice to be able to open a book of your life and time（9） （作为） a traveler？ You can't imagine how happy you can be by just looking at an old ticket with a special （10） （日期） on， or a napkin from your favorite restaurant． It's the little things that can make you．
Curt von Badinski is an engineer of a company in San Francisco． （1） （然而）， his home is in Los Angeles， which is 770（2） （英里） away from his workplace， so he has to take a plane work and back．
Every workday morning， von Badinski gets up at 5 a．m． for the 15﹣minute drive to the airport． After（3） （停放） his car， he goes straight to take the plane． After a 90﹣ minute flight， he（4） （着陆） at Oakland Airport and drives to his company． The（5） （整个的） trip takes him about 3 hours．
Von Badinski pays the airline 2,300 dollars monthly so that he can fly（6） （自由地） at any time to and from San Francisco．
Flying to work every day is not（7） （容易的） for von Badinski because he can only sleep five hours every night， but he believes（8） （没有什么） could be more important to him than his family． He had thought about several ways to solve the problem， （9） （包括） moving his family to San Francisco， but none of them worked．
"The six﹣hour round trip shows that I have the（10） （能力） to have all the things I want． "he explains．" I am always excited to start a new day．"
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Deer Future Self，
This is you from ten years ago， the same girl that you used to be．I am sitting in my grade seven
classroom， staring outside． Now， trees with green leaves seem so tall and （1） （笔直的）． Do you still find them large？ Or perhaps they seem small to you now？
Do you still find the squirrels cute？ Do you still have a strong love for（2） （动画片）？ Or perhaps are all of these childish for you？I （3） （想知道） if my friends now are still friends with you， ten years later？Are you still in touch with them？
Can you tell me how my high school graduation went？ Did you like sitting and（4） （听）to the headmaster and teachers speak？ And can you tell me what I will become in the future． Am I a doctor？ Am I a teacher，engineer，officer，（5） （科学家）， or writer？I' m not sure what I want to be but I'm sure that you have （6） （已经） known． That reminds me， did I do well on my math test （7） （昨天）？
Oh， I've always wanted to travel around the world! Did you visit Japan， （8） （加拿大）， Italy，the United States or Chins yet？ Or did you visit Russia， South Korea or Australia instead？
Life will always （9） （继续）． Please remember all the happy times and all the terrible times．Please remember me， the you who（10） （生活） ten years ago．
Yours，
Ten Years Past Self
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