Stand back! A famous train is coming into the station! It's called the Shinkansen, although many people call it the bullet train (子弹头列车) because of its long round nose.

These Japanese trains by Hideo Shima in the early 1960s. They are one of trains in the world. The journey from Tokyo to Nagano used to take three hours. Now, with the bullet train which travels at 300 kilometers per hour, it's only 80 ride. Bullet trains are always on time, and they're comfortable. As you sit on the train, you feel like you aren't at all. And they run on electricity, they 're very quiet. But don't fall asleep. There is a lot to see. The bullet train travel 300 bridges, and you can see the wonderful Mount Fuji out the windows, too.

A player recently bought himself a two- meter- long golden cudgel(金箍棒) after playing the video game Black Myth:Wukong. It is similar in every de tail to the magic stick from the game.

The stick is now a popular product on Taobao and Tmall. On these platforms, other products co- branded with the game are also selling well.

Black Myth is China's first AAA video game. Since it came out on August 20, it has taken the gaming world by storm. It sold 10 million copies within the first three days. This makes it one of the fastest- selling video games.

Beyond that, the game has had a" Black Myth" effect across several industries. Sales of home video game consoles(游戏机) have increased greatly from last year. Other gaming- related goods like laptops, keyboards, mice and headphones have all seen big increases in sales.

Moreover, its success has led to a travel boom in parts of China. Many scenes in the game are from real places. Players want to follow their hero and visit the same places. As a result, several sites have reported increased tourist activity. Some have even seen ticket sales three times higher than before. For example, the Yuhuang Temple in Shanxi Province, has become one of the most popular tourist destinations in China. Large number s of visitors go there to see its famous coloured sculptures(彩塑) from the Jin, Yuan and Ming dynasties.

What season is it in October? If you ask people from UK, they will tell you it's "autumn". But if you go to US, you will find that people use "autumn" or "fall". 

According to Dictionary. com, both words have been around for a long time. but neither of them was first to describe this season. During this season. crops would become ripe（成熟）and farmers would have a big harvest. So in Old English, this season was simply called "harvest". 

Then, in the 1600s, more people left their farms and moved to cities. With fewer people farming the word "harvest" became less useful. English speakers needed a different name for the season. They knew leaves fell from trees during the season, so people started calling it "the fall of the leaf", or "fall" for short. 

But at the end of the 1600s, autumn, from the French word "autompne" and the Latin "autumnus", came to English. "Fall" as the word for this season disappeared slowly. 

At the same time, people in UK were making their first trip to North America. They brought the words "fall" and "autumn" with them. That's why today Americans have two names for one season. 

You might have seen beautiful rainbows in the sky before. They form when sunlight falls on water drops in the air. But in fact, moonlight can also create rainbows in the same way. They are called "moonbows". They are similar to rainbows, but they are created by moonlight instead of direct sunlight.

Moonbows are less common than rainbows. Different weather and astronomical(天文学的) conditions have to be just right for moonbows to be created.

The moon has to be very low in the sky-only 42 degrees from the horizon(地平线). The moon period has to be a full moon or nearly full. The sky must be very dark for a moonbow to be watched clearly-any bright light can obscure it. Water drops must appear in the air in the opposite direction of the moon.

Moonbows appear on the opposite side of the moon and usually look white to the human eye. This is because their colors are not bright enough to be noticed by the human eye. It is possible, however, to view the colors in a moonbow using long exposure (长时间曝光) photography.

Moonbows more often appear in some locations around the world. Most of these locations usually have waterfalls, which create thin fog in the air. Some of these locations are the Yosemite National Park in California and Cumberland Falls State Resort Park in Kentucky, US; Victoria Falls on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe; and Waimea in Hawaii, US.

Moonbows do really happen. So at a certain time and a certain place, when a moonbow happens to appear, you can't miss it if you're right there.

Have you ever seen pop-ups (弹出窗口) when you go online?

These days it's common for you to get a pop-up which lets you (put) the App in "teen mode (模式)" every time you begin to use Apps like QQ or Tiktok? A lot of Apps, especially video Apps, have added this feature (功能) to protect teenagers. It's said that it will bring teenagers (good) experiences than before and make sure they're using the Apps in a healthier way. For example, Apps like Tiktok have the feature to prevent teenagers from watching videos for long and with the feature, they might only be allowed (watch) for 40 minutes. The videos that teenagers can watch are made sure to be safe and even educational. There are no advertisements and teenagers cannot pay any m for the videos. In QQ's teen mode, teenagers can only talk to people on their contact lists. (they) chat records show pinyin, which is useful for primary school students.

However, the teen mode does not work for all Apps, a to a recent report by the National Consumer Council. There aren't any (different) between the teen mode and the normal mode in some Apps. And in some video Apps, the teen mode won't start users watch videos for 40 minutes. But users can get past it b clicking (点击) " I know " and continue watching.

Though you can learn a lot from short videos, it's n to control the time.

Many studies worldwide show that girls have more friendships than boys. In fact, many teenage boys can't name a single best friend. When they, they often think for a while before answering, "My best friend? I can't  that. I am busy with my homework, and I have so many different friends that it is hard to choose just one best friend."

Girls, however, can usually answer the question , "A best friend? Of course. We have a lot to share with each other. We get much more  from talking, daydreaming."

We have to realize: boys share activities, while girls share feelings. The qualities (品质) that boys and girls consider important in a friend seem to be the same, regardless of (无论) the basis of these friendships. The important thing to remember is that both of them are friendships. We all need friends in our lives.

My friend, Robert, has a twin sister named Amanda. Though they get along well, there  some things about Amanda and her friends that puzzle （困扰）Robert. He can't understand how girls can talk for so. For example, sometimes when he leaves home to play football, Amanda and her friend, Sharon, are sitting on the sofa, talking. When he comes back two and a half later, they're still staying in the same place, continuing the same conversation on the same topic. One day Robert was so curious(好奇的) that he asked Amanda what they talked about, but she , "We're best friends. We talk about almost everything— film stars, pop songs, recipes, everything!"

Boys and girls have different attitudes(态度) towards friendship. Friendships between girls are usually based on shared feelings and support (支持), but friendships between boys are based on shared activities or interests. A boy might be about sharing his feelings with his close friends. Aclosest friend, however, might be eager(急切的) to tell her about something that has happened in her life.