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He ran between two players and past a third one. A few seconds later he threw the ball in the basket. He is Dwyane Wade. On April 11, 2019, he played his last game for the Miami Heat and scored 25 (分数).
During his 16-year career, Wade played more than 1, 200 games. He also won some medals, (包括)a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Wade was born in Chicago in 1982. He didn't have many good (回忆)of his childhood.
His parents divorced (离婚) when he was young. At (起初), he lived with his mother and then moved to his father's house. He often played basketball with his stepbrothers. That changed Wade's life. He made a big (决定)to be a basketball player.
Wade was not good at basketball when he was a child. In high school, he met Gary Adams, an assistant coach. Adams developed special training (方法) for Wade. After a while, Wade's jumping (能力) and basketball skills improved a lot. In 2003, he (打破)down the door to the NBA. He took practice seriously and often trained at the stadium by himself in his free time. That's why he had so many excellent (纪录)in every season.
Though Wade will never play on the NBA basketball court (球场), his story doesn't end. In 2003, he (创建) the Wade's World
Foundation. It provides support for education, health and family service projects. He will continue to make himself valuable in a different way.
Recently, a little girl named Zhou Zhaoyan or Miumiu from Nanjing has become well-known online for her videos of playing the guitar. She's just 6 years of age, but she has touched the hearts of many people.
Miumiu learned the guitar at age 3 from her father, a guitar teacher. Since then, her parents have been posting her videos of practising the guitar online to record her growth. In March this year, some followers shared her videos on YouTube and they soon caught huge attention in and out of China. Miumiu's parents also opened an account (账号) there which has attracted more than 157, 000 fans.
Although Miumiu didn't understand it herself, her beautiful singing voice brought a lot of warmth and happiness to people who had to stay at home because of COVID-19. Emails in different languages filled up the mailbox of her mother, thanking the girl for healing (治愈)their nervousness with her songs. "When I watch your video, listening to Fly Me to the Moon you played over and over again, I am full of hope and the world looks better, "one wrote in the email.
Musicians from different countries were also encouraged by the videos. They picked up musical instruments and played online with Miumiu.
Each video on Miumiu's YouTube channel comes with the words, "Thank you for your encouragement. I will continue to study hard to achieve my dream to be an excellent guitarist. "The six-year-old girl will continue to brighten our days and put a smile on our faces.
Camping is a popular way for many people in the United States to spend their vacation. Camping makes people1their comfortable home and drive to2a few nights or more in the great outdoors.
When people go 3 they can sleep in a tent, a camper, or a cabin. Some people like to have a really simple but hard life, so they use no shelter except for a sleeping bag and 4under the stars. Some people 5across the US in a big car that is known as a recreational vehicle or RV. Inside there are beds, a(n) 6 bathroom and a kitchen.
There are campgrounds all over the United States. These are 7where campers gather and usually pay some money to set up a tent or place a camper in a designated outdoor spot. Many of these campgrounds offer water and electricity 8 people can wash dishes and use a radio or their computers. Most campsites also have a fire ring or pit, which is a hole in the ground 9 people can safely make a fire for cooking meat or fish. There usually 10 a picnic table for people to 11 their meals, too. Many of these campgrounds also have shared bathrooms with showers. Some campgrounds have playgrounds, pools, and game rooms. Some also organise activities for people who like 12, where people will get together and sing songs. Usually it is not13 to camp in a place not designated as an official campsite, meaning you can't just 14a tent in a forest.
When people go camping, they often do other15 activities like fishing, boating, hiking, swimming, horseback riding and mountain biking.
Doing "Clean" Exercise
When you go for a run outside, chances are that you'll find litter all around you. Do you just go past it, or do you stop to pick it up? If you choose the second, you are part of the latest popular sport in the west: plogging.
The word" plogging" is the Swedish phrase "plocka upp"(pick up) and the English word "jogging" (running slowly) put together.
What a plogger needs is a rubbish bag and a pair of gloves to protect your hands. While collecting rubbish, ploggers learn to classify(分类) and deal with it correctly, too.
Plogging seems simple but it does a lot of good to both the environment and your health. It can not only make the world greener, but also get you full body exercise. For example, a 30-minute plogging burns around 288 calories (卡路里), compared to 235calories burned from just jogging.
So next time you go out jogging, why not carry a rubbish bag and collect some litter along the way? Your body and the environment will thank you.
★Let's go ! The latest popular sport! Just need and a pair of gloves! Correctly classify and the rubbish! It's simple and helpful to both the and your body! Make the world and yourself a lot healthier! Join us now! The world says THANK YOU! |