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Imagine walking around a fashion store. You see a beautiful leather bag and want it. But in fact, it's made from recycled fruit and food waste. Would you still buy it?
Song Youyang, a 30-year-old material designer, works on developing products. She studied material design at a university in Germany and now lives in China. she was designing some new products, she couldn't find any suitable biomaterials (生物材料) to work with. So, she and her team decided to develop own new material from fruit waste.
The resulting material a lot like leather. It keeps the fruits' texture (质地), sense of touch and nice smell. Song and her team have used this new material to make fashion , such as bags, lamps and so on.
The designer thought these products would be . But in fact, not many customers have bought them. "Many people have their old ideas about biomaterials," said Song. "They think these materials are too expensive or of quality." As a result, it's quite difficult for these materials to become used. But Song still believes biomaterials will shape the . She and her team will working on new types of "green" materials and products.
Besides Song's team, many other fashion companies are working towards the same goal. They are showing us that fashion can be environmentally friendly.
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Are you nervous when you stand in front of the public? Are you 1 to make a speech(演说;讲演)? Li Jun, a middle school student, felt shy 2 he was making a speech the other day. Li had thought it would be quite easy to speak in front of 3 classmates.
"I was wrong. It was very different and much 4 than talking to my classmates during playtime,"Li said."I tried, but it was really difficult to speak. I felt like a mute(哑巴) and wanted to leave the classroom 5 ."
Li is not alone. Many middle school students now have the same6 as Li. After class, most of them can 7 their ideas freely with their best friends. But they 8 speak well in public. According to Zhou Hong, a teacher from a university, the main reason is that schools in China pay more attention to writing than 9 .
Zhou hopes schools can give students more chances to open their 10 , such as speech competitions, English corners and class discussions.11 can join in any one. 12 he also gives some advice to students."During your free time, you should 13 more. When you're speaking in public, take it easy. Just imagine you're talking to 14 and speak out your ideas clearly," Zhou said."That15 a fine public speech and you'll feel confident."
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Did you know that the Beijing Winter Olympic Village had a rooftop (屋顶) farm? It covered 4,620 square meters. To relax, athletes and coaches could try growing vegetables there.
It shows just how much Chinese people growing vegetables. China has a lot of available land for planting things. For , Chinese people made a living through farming. The Book of Songs《诗经》, written 2,500 years ago, records many of vegetables.
Nowadays, even though some Chinese people no longer have a lot of land, they still grow vegetables they can. Xue Ling, 35, is one of them. Since 2010, she has been planting vegetables on the balcony (阳台) of apartment in Jinan, Shandong province. "It's the only way to keep my food, at least the vegetables, clean and ," she said. Caroline Ma from Hong Kong grows vegetables a hobby. In 2020, Ma started farming on her rooftop and planting seeds that she collected during her travels. For Ma, is a meditative (冥想的) experience. "I am in my own little world and I can forget about my problems," she said.
It seems that planting vegetables brings than just food for Chinese people.
Life in space is much different from life on the earth. How do astronauts live in space?
Eating
In the past, astronauts (eat)only small pieces of dried food. But now astronauts are able to have more everyday food like fruit, vegetables and ice cream.
Sleeping
All the people in the ISS(国际空间站) have (they) own rooms. They have to tie (绑) themselves to their beds, or they'll fly away! That seems like strange way to sleep. But astronauts say it's not so bad
(sleep) in space.
Exercising
This is (important) in space than on the earth. Astronauts exercise on bikes and other machines
ab out two hours every day. In this way, they can be healthy when they get back home.
Having Fun
Astronauts can read books, play cards, listen to music or send emails to their friends and families they aren't working. Sometimes they just sit and look out of the window (quiet). It's also much fun!
Astronauts are hard-working whether in space or on the earth. the work sometimes is difficult, they still show interest in it and love the job. Many students think (astronaut) lives is very funny and they also want to be astronauts in the future.