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West County Mandarin School was started by Eric Peterson in 2017. To get its first (41) students, Peterson personally introduced the school to parents at local shopping centers. From his efforts, the number of students has grown to 530 this year. "We've seen a...

When I was at school, I didn't think I was good at anything. The other children learned things (31) easily, but I didn't. The only thing that (32) interested me was cars. I spent ages looking at how my grandpa's old car worked. But my mom wasn't interested in ...

A: Have you decided what to grow for our farming project? B: I'm considering growing watermelons. Are you interested in it? A: Yes. What should we do first? B: I think we should start by finding a space. A: Why not ask Mr. Green for a perfect space? B: Good id...

West County Mandarin School was started by Eric Peterson in 2017. To get its first students, Peterson personally introduced the school to parents at local shopping centers. From his efforts, the number of students has grown to 530 this year. "We've seen a grow...

The Civilian Mobile Library offers books for free. Readers are invited to take one book every 15 days. They are encouraged to pass it on to someone else once they've finished reading. And they are not expected to return the book. The library is just seven squa...

Relationships with your siblings (兄弟姐妹) can help you practice social skills. Having a good relationship with them can help you communicate with other people, and understand other people's feelings. You can even learn things when you don't get on with your sibl...

Sanket Reddy has spent years in forests around the world taking photos of wildlife. While the animals have always interested him, the people who live alongside them have changed how he sees the world and himself. "Life lessons from those people have truly move...

Deep in the woods lived a little squirrel (松鼠) called Nico. One day, Nico saw some orange leaves falling off the trees. "Fall is here!" Nico shouted excitedly. "It's time for Nut Hunt Day!" All the little squirrels did exercises to get ready for the big day. T...

The New Year party was usually held at my aunt's house and my favorite part was the apple cake. At the age of 11, when I first found out that my grandfather, who was never in the kitchen, was the master behind it, I was greatly surprised. And I thought that th...

When I was young, flowers filled my mom's garden each spring. I never thought that Mom had done much about them behind the scenes (在幕后), until she shared her secret with me. One day last November, Mom and I spent a whole morning planting flower bulbs. I droppe...

Imagine a robot. What comes to your mind first? A machine stronger than the human body? However, this same quality is now causing a big problem—it's creating tons of long-lasting e-waste that could flood our planet. What if, instead, the machines we use were d...

People are talking a lot about artificial intelligence (AI), viewing it as a force that could reshape how society works. But there is something important missing from this discussion. It isn't enough to ask how it will change us. We also need to understand how...

We do everything in a hurry—finishing our meals, completing our tasks, running to the gyms... We choose fast living because we think we have no control of time. We try to do as much as we can each day, checking off tasks on our to-do lists. Living in a rush fe...

Wen Yan is a doctor of China Medical Team to Africa. She often thought of the fight to save Beauty, a baby who was born with only 800 grams. She had weak lungs and could hardly breathe. It was believed that she couldn't live long in a hospital short of necessa...

The earth is our home. There are some ways that you and your family can use to help the planet and make a difference. 1 Use less water. Take shorter showers. A 10-minute shower or a full bathtub (浴缸) can waste a lot of water. Also, turn off the tap as you brus...

Mary's uncle Ted was an engineer. He told her great stories about the rockets he helped design, and he often brought Mary science books. He also taught her some knowledge about space. Mary loved technology and science, and she was also adventurous (爱冒险的). For ...

As we often use eyes to touch nature, most of us “lose” the ability to listen to the world. Peter writes music. He likes sounds and uses natural sounds as part of his music. He often went out to the wild with his microphone and recorded interesting sounds to p...

Deep under the Pacific Ocean lie coral reefs colored by some algae that live with corals. Corals usually provide nitrogen to algae, and in return they get carbon, which gives them energy. In the early 1980s, a huge heat wave turned more than 90 percent of thes...