“WELCOME TO HELL, LADIES!” says Mr. Smith, the ____1____ of the adult ballet class. I force a smile as he presses down on my stiff（僵硬的）back, attempting to be a little more ____2____ .

When I was a little girl, I ____3____ elegantly dancing across the stage like the Swan Princess. With several reasons, my hopes of taking ballet lessons were killed. But every so often, usually while watching a brilliant performance of Swan Lake, those little ____4____ of unfulfilled desire would speak up and say that I should take lessons before it’s too late.

And here I am — more than 50 years — finally ____5____ for it.

I’m an absolute ____6____ , but 30 years older than the rest of the participants in the adult class. We are practising “port de bras”, a ballet term for the ____7____ of the arms. I flutter（挥动）my arms, awakening my inner ____8____ , “Your hands, they look like claws of a chicken,” Mr. Smith ____9____ , “No one wants to look at that. It’s ugly.” He points his finger at various body parts while ____10____ giving feedback, “Head up, neck long, chest proud, stomach in, back straight, bottom tight.” Every time he looks at me, I instantly know that I’ve missed something. So I take note of every previous adjustment to gain his approval.

After a few sessions, I find myself looking forward to taking ballet classes with a mix of anxiety and excitement. Between classes, I ____11____ my posture in every window I pass. I’m _____12_____ . My hands are less claw-like and my posture a little more straight. And I constantly imagine I’m on stage, holding the audience entirely in my _____13_____ .

Learning ballet as an adult has been a much bigger _____14_____ than I expected, but I’m glad that I took action and that ballet still _____15_____ to me as it did when I was a little girl.

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Signature Taco Day Tour

To avoid tourist traps and dive deeper into Mexican culture, our Signature Taco Tour is for you! Our Foodie Guides will show you the best Mexican cuisine, tell you the best stories, and do their very best to keep you eating until you explode. Not only will you go “behind the scenes" and see the deliciousness made for tourists, you'll also learn about Mexican culture and history, plus extras like.

Las Caletas Beach Hideaway

Spend a relaxing day at Las Caletas Beach. The use of diving gear, canoe, and stand-up paddle boards is all available, as well as a scenic nature walk and admission to Kids' Adventure Park for the young ones. Away from the beach, you can seek out plenty of other fun activities including cooking classes and jungle walks.

Jungle Zipline（索道）Tour

Cheer and scream as you zip across the Rio Cuale and above the jungle along 11 lines that run from treetop to treetop. The ziplines get progressively longer and allow plenty of time to take in the tropical scenery from the air. When you reach the Tom and Jerry lines, prepare to race against a friend as you will be able to fly at speeds up to 60 miles per hour （96 km/h）.

Rhythms of the Night-Sunset Cruise（游船）

As a blanket of stars covers the sky, enjoy authentic Mexican cuisine by candlelight. The buffet-style menu offers a wide-variety of items such as freshly grilled steak, tender chicken, grilled fish, pasta salad, and a mixture of fresh fruit and vegetables. And more importantly, watch the lively performance of ancient ceremony and learn historical and religious stories. Book a place in advance and enjoy your night.

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Good Morning Britain’s Susanna Reid is used to grilling guests on the sofa every morning, but she is cooking up a storm in her latest role — showing families how to prepare delicious and nutritious meals on a tight budget.

In Save Money: Good Food, she visits a different home each week and with the help of chef Matt Tebbutt offers top tips on how to reduce food waste, while preparing recipes for under 5 per family a day. And the Good Morning Britain presenter says she’s been able to put a lot of what she’s learned into practice in her own home, preparing meals for sons, Sam, 14, Finn, 13, and Jack, 11.

"We love Mexican churros, so I buy them on my phone from my local Mexican takeaway restaurant," she explains. "I pay 5 for a portion（一份）, but Matt makes them for 26p a portion, because they are flour, water, sugar and oil. Everybody can buy takeaway food, but sometimes we’re not aware how cheaply we can make this food ourselves. "

The eight-part series（系列节目）, Save Money: Good Food, follows in the footsteps of ITV’s Save Money: Good Health, which gave viewers advice on how to get value from the vast range of health products on the market.

With food our biggest weekly household expense, Susanna and Matt spend time with a different family each week. In tonight’s Easter special they come to the aid of a family in need of some delicious inspiration on a budget. The team transforms the family’s long weekend of celebration with less expensive but still tasty recipes.

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New smart wheelchairs are designed to allow users more freedom of movement. Some even allow them to raise or lower the seats or to go up and down stairs. Now, Scewo, a Swiss company, has designed their futuristic motorized wheelchair Scewo Bro that is a complete solution with multitasking innovation. This smart wheelchair is so advanced and multifunctional that it won the Design Prize in 2018 and has been recognized as a pioneer in the medical technology industry.

With clearly defined lines and a reduction to the essentials, the design team developed a clear design language. That way, Scewo Bro is seen as a new generation of wheelchairs at first glance. Scewo Bro users can control the wheelchair either by a touch interface（界面） or a smartphone. They can switch from one to the other and can also choose from three different modes: park mode, drive mode, and track mode. This allows for any terrain（地形） and for people with mobility disabilities to be independent.

Built with safety in mind, the seat always balances itself so the user stays in a sitting position. This feature allows users to deal with different terrains without the risk of tipping over. Besides, the foot rests, seat, and arm rests are designed to be comfortable and adjustable.

The smart wheelchair can go up to 35 kilometers on one charge and can go 10 kilometers per hour. If a break is needed, just put the chair into the relaxation position. The smart wheelchair comes with two secure storage areas for people on the go to store valuables. It can fit in the trunk of a car and can be charged in just five hours.

Scewo Bro is available in Switzerland, Austria, and Germany. While the first batch（首批） has sold out, people can pre-order for delivery at the end of 2021. This futuristic wheelchair will allow for increased movement and a better quality of life for people with mobility issues.

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Many parents worry that showing negative emotions in front of their children will cause them to suffer. For example, children may end up thinking it's their fault or simply "catch" the emotion. Indeed, this worry has a sound basis — the phenomenon of “emotional contagion”（情绪感染）is real, and one recent study found that parents can transfer their fear of going to the dentist, for example, to their children.

On the other hand, there is the natural idea that we should “be real" with our children, and that they will benefit from watching a parent who struggles and eventually deals with their negative emotions like any other human being.

There are three concepts to consider when it comes to emotional display in front of children: suppression (压抑), “uncontained” expression, and talking about emotions. Suppression of emotion is when you hide the outward signs of an emotion. Unfortunately, it doesn't work very well — the act of suppressing your emotion actually increases your blood pressure. Observers can pick up on your distress despite your efforts to hide it, making them feel stressed. The recent research has also found that when parents feel negative emotions and keep them from their children, they experience lower relationship quality and decreased responsiveness to their child's needs.

On the other hand, “uncontained” expression of anger and sadness by the parent is also not salutary for the child. Uncontained means high intensity emotion, with no attempts to regulate or take ownership of it. Shouting, smashing（摔）things and blaming someone else for "making you angry" are all example of this.

So, what is the middle ground? That would be talking about emotion taking ownership of them and showing your child that you are trying to deal with them. Classic research found that six-year-old kids had better emotional understanding and perspective-taking skills if their mothers had talked to them about their emotions at the age of three. In fact, the more the mothers had talked, the better the outcome would be.

So next time you feel sad, angry or frustrated and your child is watching you expressing emotion, do explain what's going on in terms they can understand.

Screen time is a big topic of conversation in today's households, particularly during the pandemic when online education hours have multiplied for many students. ___31___ They hope to spare their kids from the countless challenges that technology can bring. Yet the challenges of screen time overuse seldom come from kids' devices themselves, but rather from the tense relationships that technology can bring to families. ___32___ But technology has positive benefits too. Since every child and family is different, managing screen time calls for joint family decision-making.

If parents believe they can manage a child's screen time through adolescence, they are not only fooling themselves but also inviting relationship trouble with their teens. It is a myth to think that parents can or should manage their kids' screen time through authoritarian restrictions, even during elementary school. ___33___ When children are left out of those decisions, they often become less communicative with parents and siblings. This is the opposite of what parents want to achieve.

___34___ From early ages, children are quite capable of understanding that a good life involves awareness and balance. Just as they learn right from wrong, and good from bad, they can also learn to use technology in healthy ways. Learning how to regulate oneself and develop healthy behaviors is one of the primary tasks of childhood and adolescence. What happens when an adult tries to regulate a child is that the child misses out on the opportunity to learn for themselves. Enforced restrictions can also make children feel helpless and less confident.

To be clear, this article is not suggesting that families never use apps or trackers, or that there should be no restrictions on screen time. ___35___ Parents should give voice to children and involve them in the planning and decision-making process.

Sima Qian, one of the greatest historians in Chinese history, was born in either 145 or 135 BC. ___36___ (influence) by his father, who was also a historian, Sima Qian took an interest ___37___ history when he was a child. He learned Chinese classics from great literary masters, and at the age of 20, he began travelling extensively across the country. He interviewed the local people to get ___38___ wide range of information. Learning and travelling were exactly ___39___ helped him in his later career as a historian.

His father's dream was that one day he could write a great masterpiece recording what had happened in history. After his father died, Sima Qian ___40___ (succeed) his father as Grand Historian, which facilitated his access to, ___41___ (office) books and files. However, his work proved difficult, because ___42___ (sort) out all the available resources and checking facts of historical materials required painstaking efforts, His chief concern was whether he could do his job more effectively and ___43___ (efficient).

As he carried on with his work, something awful happened to Sima Qian. He was put in prison, ___44___ he suffered a lot of pain physically and mentally, ___45___, he was not defeated. He never forgot about his father's dream, in good times or bad times. After more than 10 years of hard work, the Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian), his masterpiece, was completed.