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A Dog's Way Home Type: Adventure, Drama, Family Release Date:1l January 2019 As a puppy, Bella finds her way into the arms of Lucas, a young man who gives her a good home. When Bella becomes separated from Lucas, she soon finds herself on a 400-mile journey to reunite with her beloved owner. Along the way, the lost but spirited dog touches the lives of an orphaned mountain lion and some friendly strangers. |
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| The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part Movie Type: Adventure, Family Release Date:8 February 2019 The citizens are now facing a huge new threat: LEGO DUPLO invaders from outer space. The battle to defeat the invaders will take Emmet, Lucy, Batman and their friends to unexplored worlds. It will test their courage, creativity and building skills, and reveal just how special they really are. | |
| Captain Marvel Type: Action, Adventure, Fantasy Release Date:8 March 2019 It follows Carol Danvers, an Air Force pilot, whose DNA is combined with that of an alien during an accident. The resulting change gives her the superpowers of strength, energy, and flight. | |
| Spider-Man: Far from Home Type: Action, Adventure, Fantasy Release Date:5 July 2019 Our friendly neighborhood Super Hero decides to join his best friends on a European vacation. However, Peter's plan to leave super power behind for a few weeks is quickly given up when he agrees to help Nick Fury uncover the mystery of several violent attacks. | |
An artist has carved a giant SOS message into an Indonesian palm oil plantation（棕榈油种植园）to draw attention to the damage done by forest destruction and stress the impact on people and wildlife.
Emest Zacharevic created the Save Our Souls（SOS）project as part of a campaign on the impact palm oil plantations have on local communities and endangered species such as the orangutan（褐猿）. The SOS carving, which he completed last month, runs for about half a kilometer inside a plantation in North Sumatra, and can be seen from the air.
Environmentalists say land-clearing for agricultural plantations in Indonesia, the world's biggest palm oil producer, is responsible for forest destruction-forest cover has dropped by nearly a quarter since 1990.
Zacharevic's SOS project comes during growing pressure on companies to adopt sustainable（可持续的）practices. PepsiCo and British firm Lush have committed to ending the use of palm oil, which is found in products from soap to cereal.
Indonesia has been a focus of global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions（排放）caused by the forest destruction to make way for plantations.
These forests are often in remote areas long occupied by native peoples, who might not have documents proving ownership or be able to contest land acquisitions in the resource-rich Southeast Asia. The forests are home to about 14,600 orangutans remaining in the wild in Sumatra.
"We are all contributing to the destructive effect of unsustainable palm oil, whether it is by consuming products or supporting policies that affect the trade," Jacharevic said. "This project is an effort to appeal to the consciousness of a wider audience."
Snoopy House is a house in Southern California known for its Christmas displays. Jim Jordan created the display of Snoopy and other characters from Charles Schulz's "Peanuts"about forty-five years ago.
Mr. Jordan is sixty now. He started the project as a teenager in the yellow, single-story house in Costa Mesa where he was raised. Litle by little, Jim Jordan expanded the display until it became a holiday tradition. Thousands of people came each year to see the Christmas lights, the artificial snow─even a Santa Claus that flew through the air and down a chimney. Snoopy House became so popular that countless visitors and school groups came each year. Some people who grew up visiting the display were now old enough to take their own children.
But last year Jim Jordan lost the house. It was closed because he stopped paying his loan. Mr. Jordan felt terrible that he couldn't bring that to the community. Several years ago, Mr. Jordan's business fell along with the economy. He asked for changes in the loan terms, but was denied. He followed poor legal advice and stopped paying the loan. As a result, he lost his family's home. It was closed in November last year, Afterwards, Mr. Jordan submitting legal papers to try to get his house back, but in vain. When neighbors learmed the news about Snoopy House. They collected donations and called reporters to try to help Jordan fight to recover the house.
Earlier this month Costa Mesa city officials offered to host the display on the lawn outside City Hall. The lights went on last week in a song-filled ceremony attended by a large crowd, who were very happy that Costa Mesa came forward and the display found a new home at City Hall─temporarily called Snoopy Hall. It's really a miracle.
A few days after registration（注册）opened at Yale for Psyc 157, that is, Psychology and the Good Lie, roughly 300 students had signed up. Within three days, the figure had more than doubled. After three more days, about 1200 students, or nearly one-fourth of Yale students, were registered, making it the most popular course in Yale's 316-year history.
The course, taught by Laurie Santos, a psychology professor, tries to teach students how to lead a happier, more satisfying life in twice-weekly lectures.
"In reality, a number of students are anxious, stressed and numb, adopting harmful life habits that led to mental health problems. They want to change, to be happier themselves, and to change the high-stress campus culture, "Dr. Santos said." With one in four students at Yale taking it, if we see good habits, things like students showing more gratitude, delaying less, increasing social connections, we're actually seeding change in the school's high-stress culture."
The course focuses both on positive psychology─the characteristics that allow humans to be healthy and happy─and behavioral change, or how to live by those lessons in real life. Students must take quizzes, complete a midterm exam and, as their final assessment, conduct what Dr. Santos calls Hack Yo'Self Project, a personal self-improvement project.
Dr. Santos is not monitoring whether students complete weekly assignments, like performing acts of kindness and forming new social connections. But while others might see easy credits, Dr. Santos refers to her course as the "hardest class at Yale". "To see real change in their life habits, students have to hold themselves responsible each day," she said.
Dr. Santos has encouraged all students to register in the course, arguing that the things Yale students often connect with life satisfaction such as a high grade or a good-paying job─do not increase happiness at all. "We have this moment where we can make a difference in Yale's culture, where students feel like they are part of a movement and fighting the good fight," she said.
Reading is a very active process. You have to imagine a scene in your head and understand what the writer is trying to say.
Advantages of reading
You will encounter new words while reading. If there are too many new words for you, then the level is too high and you should read something simpler. But if there are a maximum of five new words per page, you will learn them easily. You can guess the meaning from the rest of the text or use a dictionary.
A reading text can be a model for writing. What you read show you structures and expressions which you can use later in your writing.
You can see "Correctly Structured" English while reading. When people write, they use "correct" English with a proper grammatical structure. This is not always true when people speak.
Reading tips
Try to read at the right level. Read something understandable. If you need to stop every three words to consult a dictionary, you will soon be discouraged.
Build up your new vocabulary. If there are four or five new words on a page, write them in your vocabulary book. Instead, try to guess their meanings as you read, then come back when you have finished reading to refer to a dictionary.
For example, read for a short time once a day. Fifteen minutes every day is better than two hours every Sunday. Fix a time to read and keep to it. You could read for fifteen minutes before you go to bed, or after you get up, or at lunchtime.
A. Try to read regularly.
B. Work at your own speed.
C. Learn vocabulary in context.
D. You don't have to write them while you read.
E. Reading gives you a good example of writing.
F. So by reading you learn grammatical English naturally.
G. That means that you are using your brain in a very active way.
Events began to unfold on Saturday on the beach when Amy and her husband saw their two sons screaming for help in the sea. The couple tried to rescue the boys, 1 they also became caught in the riptide（裂流区）. Several other family members, 2 to save the struggling boys, became trapped as well.3 there was no lifeguard there. The 4 was getting more serious. The victims had been struggling to keep their heads 5 water for a while, and became 6 .
Beach goers started 7 the crowd of onlookers to form a human chain. Although several of them couldn't 8 swim themselves, they linked arms and 9 into the sea. Among the onlookers was Simmons, whose husband told the crowd to 10 a chain. As she watched the human chain 11 to the victims, she knew that she could help. "I am a(n) 12 swimmer," Simmons said "I was 13 I could get them to the human chain."
Simmons and her husband then 14 surfing boards and swam down the chain until they got close to the struggling swimmers. First, they helped the two boys 15 the human chain. Then, they went back for Amy, who was just starting to lose 16 . When the last 17 was brought back to the beach, the crowd cheered.
Over eighty onlookers formed a human chain to save nine people from a 18 riptide. This courageous rescue proves that anyone 19 be a hero. It is the onlookers' quick action and 20 that saved several lives.
内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 If it weren't for the, ninth BRICS Summit（金砖峰会）held in Xiamen last year, many people would probably never have realized rich the culture in Fujian is.
The welcoming ceremony displayed the traditional local culture, including (various) of art forms such as children's folk rhymes and Hui'an women dances, However, one of the most (impression) performances was Nanyin, which is translated as "the music in the south". Nanyin is a type of musical performance art based on southern Fujian dialects. (general) considered to date back to the Song Dynasty, Nanyin has been called precious treasure of China's music history and is (old) traditional music form in China today. When (interview), a Nanyin performer said. "Some people say such old music isn't necessary or suitable modern people, but I don't think . As a matter of fact, Nanyin can be a social communication break for modern people who (feed) up with the fast-paced lifestyle." Another performer added, " (get) involved in Nanyin performance makes me remain young. Anyway, who can be older than this kind of 1000-year-old music? "
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：⒈每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；⒉只允许修改10处，多者（从第l1处起）不计分。
Last week, some thief forced into Tom's house. When leaving, they took nothing away. The windows were broken into and all the cupboards were opened, and nothing was missing. In his surprise，he found a handwritten note on the table said, "This is to help you to get by." Beside the note is some money. It seemed that they realized what poor Tom was and decided not take anything but to help. His neighbors were also amazing at this event. Tom kept the note and used the money to buy some gifts for his children. Tom said merry, "I'm the most fortunate person in my community. "
