Four months into her pregnancy (孕期), my mother learned that my brother would be born with Down syndrome (唐氏综合症). Never having dealt with anyone with the disease, the entire family began to 1. Would he learn to walk and talk 2 like the other kids? Would he be liked by others? Would he have some 3? All these thoughts and every detail 4 us, though we knew we would 5 him exactly the way he is.

    Thankfully, after birth, Lipe was 6 than we expected, with no heart problems in general connected with Down syndrome. He is the most 7 person I have ever met. Anything is a reason for him to flash a smile. Even if it took him some extra 8 to learn new things, he always did extremely well. Although we were glad to see that, we still9what others would say about him. In order to10him, I kept his condition a secret. I was also afraid of being treated11by others because of his condition. But I soon realized12I truly loved him, I shouldn't be13of him. The first time I told a friend about Lipe's disease, she just reminded me that all that my brother needed was my love and14. It was my friend's understanding that15me to be proud of Lipe.

    Because of my brother, I have learned the meaning of16. Before his birth, if I saw someone who acted or looked differently, I simply thought it to be17and started laughing. I am now glad that I have changed in these ways. I now consider what they could possibly be18in life, and the many reasons why they could be behaving like that. We may live in a world in which the society coldly 19every inch of you, but we can at least treat others with20. Only in this way can we expect to create a better society.

Foreseeing a time when a patient's own cells may be harvested, multiplied, and fashioned into a replacement organ, researchers in Boston have successfully transplanted laboratory grown bladders (肾) into six dogs.

For a century, physicians have replaced diseased or damaged bladders by removing sections of a person's intestines (肠子) and shaping them into a substitute bladder. While the procedure offers some relief to patients, complications often develop because nature designs intestinal tissue for a purpose-absorbing nutrients-other than holding waste liquid of the body. "You start absorbing stuff that should be removed," says Anthony Atala of the Children's Hospital in Boston.

Other physicians have turned to human-made materials to create artificial bladders, but those efforts have also run into problems. Consequently, to build a better bladder, Atala and his colleagues decided to employ the organ's own cells.

To turn the cells into an organ, the researchers first form plastic which can break down naturally into bladder-shaped shell. They then coat its outside and inside with layers of cells needed.

To test this strategy, Atala's group obtained bladder tissue from dogs and grew it into organs. After removing the dogs' bladders, the investigators implanted(移植）the artificial ones coming from the dogs' own cells. Within a month, the organs began to perform like normal bladders.

Within three months, the plastic shells had broken down naturally, and the implanted organs were hard to distinguish from natural ones, Blood vessels(血管) quickly grew into them. Moreover, nerves seem to form proper connections with the new organs, allowing the dogs to regain normal control of their bladders. Some dogs have had the artificial bladders for nearly a year without any problems nearly a year without any problems.

While the bladders of dogs closely resemble those of people, Atala warns that more testing of this transplant strategy must occur before artificial bladders are ready for the clinic.

    World records can be set even if you are over 100 years old. Robert Marchand was born in 1911 in northern France. He enjoys riding a bicycle, and started cycling seriously when he was in his 60s.

    On Wednesday, a crowd gathered at the Velodrome National, about 30 kilometers outside of Paris. The record for one hour is held by Britain's Bradley Wiggins, a former Tour de France winner. Wiggins covered 54.5 kilometers in 2015.Evelyn Stevens of the United States holds the women's record. She went almost 48 kilometers in an hour last year. In 2012, Marchand set a record for riders over 100 years old when he traveled almost 27 kilometers in an hour.

    Marchand set off on his record attempt as sports lovers cheered and photographers watched. He moved slowly, but steadily, around the cycling track.

    Marchand is relatively small. When the hour ended, he completed 92 times around the track. That is just over 22.5 kilometers. He did not see his trainers telling him he only had 10 minutes remaining.“ I would have gone faster. I would have posted a better time,” he said. But the news was still good, as he did set a new record for riders 105-years-old or older.

“I'm now waiting for a rival,” he said.

A. Marchand is now 105 years old.

B. Marchand does well in riding a bicycle.

C. They were there to see how far he could travel in one hour.

D. They knew Marchand could travel over 22.5 kilometers.

E. He is only 1.52 meters tall and weighs 52 kilograms.

F. After the event, Marchand said he could have done better.

G.So the question many people asked this week was: “Could he break his own record?”

    Every year, the ancient Town of Fenghuang,of China's most well-known ancient towns, is visited by a large number of people from all over the world.(fortunate), it was under water as heavy rain hit the centre of the country, tens of thousands of people leaving from the area. Heavy rain and floods lasted for the past few days. Waters in the nearby river called the Tuojiang River rose by almost one meter above warning level, (cause) heavy rainstorms. More than 120,000 local people and tourists have been helped to leave there because of the terrible disaster. And more than 4,000 shops in the town (shut). Several bridges on the Tuojiang River have been damaged or destroyed. Water has flowed into many bars, restaurants and hotels in its ancient town, and electricity in the ancient town has been cut off. the heavy rains have stopped, the popular tourist spot remains closed for local people's (safe).

    shoe shop owner named Kuang said the flood was the (bad) the town had experienced. They could only live in an old factory many homeless people had to stay together.

    An international group of coffee experts has considered Ethiopia's coffee as the best in the world. Coffee is a top export of the country. But at home, it is seen as national pride. Ethiopians feel good about their coffee, and enjoying a drink with friends is a long tradition.

    International coffee experts travel the world to find the best coffee. They keep returning to Ethiopia. Some people say the climate produces quality beans. Morton Wenner is a coffee importer. He said, “Ethiopia has different ancient types of coffee. They are planted in places with perfect soil, perfect altitude, and climates that are really suitable for coffee processing, such as drying and things like that.”

    Finding the best quality beans is often an issue of taste. The process is known as cupping — tasting and comparing coffee from different roasted beans, grading and then pricing them.

    But before international experts come to taste, coffee beans are studied in small coffee laboratories. Helen Assefa, a lab technician, describes the process, “When the coffee comes to the lab, we assess its quality first by recording the details. Then we weigh the wetness level and screen the beans for analysis. After that we polish the coffee beans and taste the samples. At the end we check for imperfect beans.”

    Ethiopia is making big profits on its coffee reputation by exporting coffee to more than 120 countries. The country has an export income of more than $840 million a year. But not all the best coffee leaves Ethiopia. Forty percent of the coffee grown in the country stays there. It remains an important part of everyday life at work, at home and at ceremonies just to celebrate that special cup.

Here are four fantastic experiences for you to enjoy wonderful countryside spots, breath­taking scenery and clean, fresh air. Pack your bags and get outside!

Horse­riding

Here's a novel way of chasing the Northern Lights—on horseback, which is a back­to­nature experience hunting for the aurora borealis. You'll saddle up (给马备鞍) at dusk and head deeper into the wilds near the Pallas Yllas National Park.

GO: Three­night full­board guided trip, including two nights in a cottage and one night glamping, from ￡965 per person. See aurora zone. com.

Mountain­biking

You can choose from guided downhill or cross­country mountain biking to road cycling and families can enjoy peaceful, slower paths and farm trails.

Extra activities include hiking, water park.

GO: Five­night B & B packages including transfers and guided biking, from ￡374 per person. Bike hire from around ￡15 a day. See wizzair. com.

Camping

Get back to basics on a campsite with none of that fancy glamping. The pitches are large so you can light your own campfire at night. Walkers are in heaven here, hiking among the limestone hills filled with traditional stone walls.

Also a great destination for fishing, sailing and windsurfing on nearby Lake Semerwater.

GO: Non­electric grass tent pitches from ￡20 a night. Tipi already pitched from ￡70 a night. See pitchup. com.

Whale­watching

Scotland's west coast, one of Europe's best places to catch sight of whales, has launched a new whale trail. It features 30 top places offering opportunities to see the wildlife and showcases whale heritage sites.

GO: Accommodation along the trail is reasonable including B & B in a double room at Torran in Ullapool from ￡70 a night. See bandbullapool. co. uk.

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