Today's post is about signs in English. You will see signs on the road while driving or when walking down a street. Now let's take a closer look at the signs in the picture below, so you can fully understand what they mean in case you come across one of them.

Starting with the top row, we have:

Yield sign- This sign indicates(标示) that you need to slow down, but you may not have to come to a full stop.

Crosswalk- This is a sign which indicates that people have the right to cross the street, so cars have to stop when they see a person waiting next to the sign.

Second row:

Do not enter- This sign indicates you are not allowed to enter a road at that point.

Buckle up! -There are often signs on roads in the United States reminding people that wearing seat belts is mandatory(强制的) (seat belt laws differ depending on what state you are in, but all US states have seat belt laws)

Third row:

Be alert(警惕) for bears- This is another sign that is sued to indicate that you should be alert for wildlife in the area.

Playground - This is the sign use to alert drivers that there is a playground nearby, so it is a good idea to slow down and watch for children.

Before she could even talk, Ellie Heath spent hours drawing pictures every day. When she grew older, the 15-year-old girl discovered the joy of sewing(缝纫). She said that she found it calming. She started out to make small things, like jewelry and soft toys. Over times, she began making clothing. Her love of the creative work led her to pen a business. Three Blue bunnies is the name of her company, which makes what she calls "wearable art."

"My definition of wearable art is something that makes you feel unique. It's one of a kind, and often handmade."

All the pieces Ellie created were made of used or donated fabrics. She worked a lot with jean jackets, renewing them with artistic additions. The process stated with finding a piece of material that looked good with the jackets." Then, I find out the design that works on it through trial and error(反复尝试) and the design comes to me," she added.

Ellie sharpened her creative skills at school. Cheryl Crow was one of her teachers early on. Crow called Ellie" a dream student". She said Ellie worked hard and made progress." She is always not only very creative, but also very kind and helpful to the other students."

Ellie has many dreams. She wants to be a teacher and to spread the joy of creativity among children. She also dreams her business will grow and become a model for other young people who have a dream they want to come true.

What is success? I am not going to try to explain success. I think a precise meaning is impossible! Is it winning a gold medal in the Olympic Games or winning Wimbledon Championships, or being awarded a Nobel Prize? What else? Ｉ believe personal success could be anything - it does not have to involve public recognition. Who is more successful? A millionaire who is unhappy, or a common person who lives a simple, quiet, sincere and happy life? The simplest definition of personal success, I think, is to set out to do something and to succeed in doing it.

The first step on the road to success starts with belief. Believe you can succeed and you will. Achieving success in whatever endeavor(努力) you choose may be the goal of life because it gives you freedom from worry. Could that be?

Success means different things to every one of us. Some people believe it is measured in the financial term; others believe it is helping others rather than helping themselves. However, most people are motivated to a great extent by public recognition. How many people are really happy? How many people are really doing what they want to do with their lives? Incidentally, the ability to imagine makes us different from animals

Most important of all, I believe success is a matter of personal growth. If every day you are developing or growing just a millimeter, I believe you are successful. For me, just being a slightly better person each day is success. I've got a very long way to go!

Finally, always remember success is a process and is not simply a matter of arriving at a destination. It's the journey that really matters. Success is what you become in the often very difficult and dangerous journey down the river of life.

The endangered pandas in Qinling Mountains might face a new threat(威胁): the loss of their food, bamboo, which makes up 99% of their meals.

Adult pandas spend most part of the day eating bamboo and have to take in a t least 40 pounds a day to stay healthy. However, a new study published in Nature and Climate Change warned that they may soon find their food gone because most of the bamboo in Qinling Mountain Mountains might disappear by the end of the century as a result of the rising temperature worldwide.

A team made up of researchers from Michigan State University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences has studied the effects of climate change on the bamboo in Qinling Mountains. They have found that bamboo is very sensitive to climate change. "80 % to 100 % of the bamboo would be gone if the average temperature increases 3.5 degrees worldwide by the end of the century." Said Liu jiangguo, one of the report's authors.

He added, "This is how much the temperature would rise by 2100 even if all countries keep their promises in the Paris Agreement. But you know what is happening around the world."

In recent years, China has been trying its best to protect the endangered pandas by setting up more and bigger nature reserves.

"But it is far from being enough and protecting the endangered pandas needs cooperation with the rest of the world, because their future is not just in the hands of the Chinese," said Shirley Martin from World Wildlife Fund but not a member of the team.

The Qinling Mountains, in the southwest of China, are home to about 260 pandas. That is about 13% of China's wild panda population. In addition, 375 pandas are living in research centers and zoos in China.

Communication is possibly one of the most important business skills. Good communication makes you more popular.  Here are some tips to help you become a better communicator.

Listen. Most of us are terrible listeners. Instead of truly listening to what the person is saying, we interrupt (打断), prepare our reply, or think we already know what the speaker is going to say next. .

Pay attention to body language. Body language can tell you just as much as what a person says, if not more.  Is your partner saying she can finish her task on time, but wringing her hands(搓手) while she says it? She might be afraid to tell you it will be hard to meet the deadline.

 Not everyone likes to communicate in the same way. Email works for some, but others would rather pick up the phone and talk, text, or even use social media to say something. Respect the person you're trying to communicate with and use the method he/she accepts more easily.

Consider your tone(语气). The problem with email and social media is that it can be difficult to determine the tone.  But if it comes out pushy or angry, you could cause a misunderstanding with the one you are talking to. Make sure your language is clear, and if you are angry, take a few minutes to calm down before you type.

A. Try to avoid being too serious.

B. You may mean something as a joke.

C. Consider communication preference.

D. Watch carefully how they act when they talk.

E. See how others reply to your communication.

F. It's impossible to understand what someone needs if we don't pay our full attention to what he is saying.

We have all heard how time is more valuable than money, but is it possible to have too much time?

I 1 back in high school I spent most of my day at school since I also 2 a team sport. By the time I got home, I only had a few hours to do my homework, so I had to do it at once.

When I got into college, things 3. I suddenly found myself out of class before noon time. Because of all this 4 time, there was no need to do my school work immediately. I waited until it later became a 5. Once that happened, I just kept 6 my studying further and further back in my day. Then I got to the point where I have to 7 really late at night to get my work done.

One day I 8 a former classmate of mine of mine who was 9 a lot of money running a sideline(副业). Since his regular job was 10 , I asked him why he just didn't do his sideline full-time. He said without the job, he would 11 have too much time and would just do what I did back in 12 . He said that if he quite the job, he would lose his 13 to work and succeed.

So, try to 14 up your time with other work. That is why there is a 15 that if you want something done, ask a busy person to do it.

Edinburgh,  (lie) in the southeast of Scotland, is the capital of Scotland.

With  (it) museums, shops, wonderful historic castles (城堡) and many restaurants, there are many interesting things for visitors  (enjoy) all year round.

Besides, there is more to have fun in Edinburgh. Each year, the Edinburgh International Festival  (take) place in the city. In late summer, for three weeks, the festival presents classical music, theatre, opera and dance throughout the city. Whatever your cultural  (taste) are, you are sure to find something to enjoy.

So far, the Edinburgh International Festival has earned its reputation(声誉) as one of the world's (great) celebrations of the arts. The founders believed that the programmers should be of the highest possible artistic standard presented by the best artists in the world, that  festival should enrich(丰富) the cultural life of European  that it should provide a platform(平台) for the flowering of the human spirit.

The popularity of the festival led  the birth of another festival soon- the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Both of them have been  (wide) popular over the past 70 years.

1）表达歉意；

2）说明原因；

3）目前的学习情况。

注意：1）词数80词左右；

2）可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯；

3）短文的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：新型冠状病毒肺炎COVID-19

Dear Mr. Johnson,

……

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

My father asked me to chat with him for a while. Actually, I was unwilling to listen to his talking endlessly as he always did. My father unwilling to listen to his talking endlessly as he always did. My father was lawyer, but I never wanted to go to law school or follow his path through life.

As expected, he cleared his throat and started to say, "Er… What… What do you really want to do in the gorgeous future?"

I was silent for a moment playing with the cellphone. I kept thinking, "Should I tell him my true thoughts? What if he gets angry? What if I let him down?" later I replied, "Well, I want to be a writer."

I guessed this may be not the answer he would expect. But he answered surprisingly, "Interesting idea!" I was shocked, speaking in a low voice with hesitation(犹豫).

"Are you serious, Dad?"

"Well, you need confidence and good preparations, and you still have plenty of time. You need to find out what you really enjoy now. Look, it's late. Let's take the boat out tomorrow morning, just you and me. Maybe we can catch some crabs for dinner, and we can talk more. "

Early next morning we packed up the equipment and set off along the coast. We didn't talk much, but enjoyed the sound of the seabirds and the sight of the coastline.

There were no big waves and bright sunlight at that time. "Let's see if we are lucky," he said, and picked up a cage with a rope tied to it and threw it into the sea. We waited a while, then my father stood up and said, "Give me a hand with this." Then we pulled up the crab cage onto the deck(甲板).

To our joy, the cage was filled with dozens of soft shell crabs. Squatting (蹲) down, we watched them for a moment. At first they fought against each other to climb out hard, trying to escape(逃跑). Many were pulled back into the cage. Later, some gave up, but there were still some crabs trying to escape again and again.

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At that moment, my father pointed to the cage, "Look at that crab, there!" Paragraph 2:

From that day on, I was determined to make my dream come true.