八年级阅读版-第27期
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The Metaverse Is Having a Moment
Last October, CEO Mark Zuckerberg changed his company’s name from Facebook to Meta. He said the metaverse was not only the future of his company, but also the future of the Internet. His words sent lots of people running to look up the word “metaverse” in their dictionaries.The thing is, the word isn’t new. It comes from Snow Crash, a 1992 science-fictionbook by American writer Neal Stephenson. In the book, humans live through their avatars in a virtual world called the metaverse. Today the metaverse is still being created and understood and not everyone agrees on how it should come about. However, we are starting to get some idea as tech companies have begun to build it. The metaverse is believed to be a shared 3D virtual world and in it we can do real-life things like meeting friends, exercising or taking classes. Zuckerberg believes almost anything people can do in real life can be done in the metaverse.Picture this. Zhang Yixing is putting on a big concert in Beijing and you are t
oo busy to go to the city for it. When the concert begins, instead of watching it online, you put on a VR headset and come to the virtual concert. You sit, listen and shout with other fans. You even shake hands and talk with your idol. How exciting!The growing interest in the metaverse can be seen as a result of COVID-19. As more peoplehave started working from home, there has been an increasing need for ways to make online interaction more lifelike.Zuckerberg said it might take around ten years for the metaverse to arrive. Are you looking forward to it?
THEME READINGTo Live a Happy Life in Middle School YearsMiddle school years are important and bring great changes to children’s lives. We have some advice for you in the hope of helping you live a happy middle school life.Your health is the most important thing for you.Health is agreat treasure — always protect it. Many teenagers think they don’t have to worry about their health because it is just there. Never take your good health for granted and never waste it, or you’ll regret it later on.You can’t please everyone.      It’s human nature to want to be liked and respected. Actually, it is impossible for you to please everyone. You just need to be yourself, love and respect others so that they will give
the same things back to you.You don’t always get what you want.      No matter how carefully you plan and how hard you work, sometimes things just don’t work out the way you want and that’s okay. Sometimes our dreams fail; sometimes we just have to try a few things before we find the right direction.There’s no shame in not knowing.headset      Nobody has all the answers. Pretending to be perfect doesn’t make you perfect. It will only bring you more trouble. We all make mistakes. We learn as we grow — that’s life.To sum up, ahealthy mind in a healthy body is the key to a happy middle school life. Actually, it will continue to be the case when you move to the next stage of life.

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