Even though the epidemic(流行病) continues to keep you at home, you still have to study. Luckily, online learning resources and platforms (平台) are here to help. Let's see how you can better learn from home.
Kids all over the country are studying online now.
The novel coronavirus might have stopped Chinese students from going back to school. But it hasn't stopped them from learning. Many of them are now studying at home.
Most schools across China started their new semester (学期) online on Feb 17. They have moved offline (线下的) classes online. Students can have classes at home through livestreaming (直播) and recorded broadcasts (录播).
Besides school courses, students can also find many free resources (资源) online to learn by themselves at home.
On Feb 17, the Ministry of Education (MOE) made a national cloud learning platform for primary and secondary schools. The cloud platform covers all major(主要的) subjects, so 180 million students can keep learning even with schools closed. In some countryside areas, students might not have the Internet. But they can learn through their own educational TV channel (频道), according to Xinhua.
Online education companies have also offered help. Yang Zhengda is the founder (创始人) of online education startup (初创公司) vipJr. He said that the company's recorded classes are all available for free online. The company has also helped several schools build a platform called Air Classroom. It can give students learning resources and question-answering services.
Epidemic prevention and control efforts are also part of the online classes. According to the MOE's guideline (指导意见), students should learn about the novel coronavirus, as well as how to protect themselves and tell rumors (谣言) apart from facts. They can also get mental health advice online.
In recent history, there have been some amazing inventions which have changed our lives. The plane has made international travel faster and easier. The Internet has brought people closer. And you must know the names of some famous inventors like Henry Ford or Steve Jobs. But there are many everyday objects which you probably don't notice and you don't know who invented them. Take for example Nils Bohlin who invented the modem-day car seat belt (安全带).
Before 1959, only two-point seat belts were available, and the only people who often wore them were race car drivers. The two-point seat belt couldn't protect passengers from internal injuries (内伤) during serious car accidents.
In 1958, Bohlin joined Volvo Car Corporation as a safety engineer. Then he came up with the three-point seat belt to keep passengers from flying out of their cars during collisions. The three-point seat belt used one strap (带子) across the chest (胸部) and another across the legs and then the two joined at me same place.
Amazingly, this was a very simple idea which no one had tried before. The three-point seat belt was introduced on Volvo cars in 1959. For more people's safety, Volvo made the new seat belt design available to other car makers for free. Since then, engineers have worked to improve the three-point seat belt, but the basic design remains Bohlin's.
At the time of Bohlin's death in September 2002, Volvo announced that the seat belt had saved more than one million lives since it was introduced.
Johnnie Martin was born in a worker's family. His parents lived a simple life, saving money for the day when they could send him to a good university. They had dreamed that their son could get a good job and live a better life. However, to Johnnie, school lessons seemed like a wall that was impossible to go through. They were not so easy for him.
One day when he was in Grade 11, Johnnie went to the school psychologist's (心理学家的) office to ask for help. "I've been trying hard, but…" Johnnie was about to cry.
The psychologist put his hand on the boy's shoulder, "People have different kinds of talents, Johnnie. There are painters, who were never able to learn math, and some day you will find what you are good at. When you do, you will make all of us very proud of you."
Johnnie didn't go to university. He found a job in the garden in the town. Soon something amazing happened. People began to notice that Johnnie had what they called a "green thumb". The plants grew well and the roses were in bloom (花). People started to accept his advice for gardening (园艺).
One day while he was walking, he found an unusual dirty land. He volunteered to make it into a garden. That afternoon he started the work, but he couldn't afford all the tools or the plants. People gave him young trees, rose-bushes, benches and many other things. Before long, it had become a beautiful little park.
Today Johnnie is the head of the business in gardening. Wherever he and his men go, they spread beauty before the eyes of people.
—Yes, we're proud of our home town.
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On a bright autumn night,my friend David and I were watching meteors (流星) in the yard. We saw a large triangular(三角形的) thing flying across the sky. It was traveling from south to north. It seemed to have orange light. It only took 5 to 8 seconds for the thing to travel across the sky and disappear. The most amazing thing was that it was very quiet when it traveled. We live near the airport and often hear the sound of planes. However, this one was really quiet. We were both surprised and we began to describe it to my father. What we said about the strange thing was the same. Then we went into the house and drew what we saw. We believed that someone must be looking at the sky at that time and see what happened.
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Dear Mum and Dad,
Greetings from Hawaii! It has so beautiful sunshine here! We (have) a great time now.
This week we (be) in Honolulu, the capital of Hawaii. It has the most famous beach — Waikiki. The water is very clear and the waves (波浪) are very high. It's good surfing (冲浪). So it's full of (tourist). I learned surfing Tony last month. Yesterday we went surfing in the sea and it was such great ! We enjoyed a lot. Tony is a very good surfer and he's also good teacher. So I can surf very ( good) now.
Next week I (return) home. And I will take presents for you. That's it for you now. I miss you, Mum and Dad.
Love,
Sarah
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