I never thought I would be a "runner". I was the girl who ran slowest in the PE class. A few years ago, I was walking with a group of friends in the Race for the Cure, a 5km race designed to raise money for the fight against breast cancer until one lady caught 1attention.
Wearing a T-shirt with the word "Survivor", she was one of the2women I've ever seen. She must have been close to 70 years old. She was so small that it seemed as if she could even be turned over by a strong wind, 3she was running. When passing me and my group of friends, she waved and didn't4. She just took a deep breath and ran slowly, but5 as if each step had pushed her cancer out of her body. Right at that moment, I6that in the next Race for the Cure, I'd be running along with her.
A week later, I found myself in the gym, running on the treadmill. Three7after I started, my face was bright red. I felt like my lungs were going to burst. I preferred to8to walk. At that time, I thought of the9at the race. I kept it up. I continued to practice. At last, I was able to hold on a little10each time. Three and a half minutes. Four minutes. Five minutes.
A year later, I was at the Race for the Cure11, but this time, I ran with the other runners. When the race started, they passed me by. I ran forward. I worried about12I'd be able to finish it, but then I remembered the13woman again. I ran as fast as I could until I finally crossed that finishing line. I had just14my first race! I looked down at my legs, amazed. They had done something I'd never thought possible. I had never felt so strong before and I knew it was a15that I wanted to create again.
When winter comes, it seems that everyone looks forward to seeing snow. How much do you know about snow? Let's learn some fun facts about it!
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What is the ▲ of a snowflake? A diameter of a snowflake is≥2mm. One cubic meter of snow includes 6 to 8 billion snowflakes. |
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As for the snow in the northern and southern part of China, which is heavier?
The same amount of snowfall may cover an area differently in northern and southern China because the snow in the northern part of China is loosewhile the snow in the southern part is tight. |
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Is snow always white? Snow is not actually white but clear. It looks white because of the way the light reflects off of the ice crystals. However, it is made of water. Large amounts of frozen water really are pale blue, so a lot of snow, will show this blue color. But white and blue are not the only colors of snow or ice. Algaecan grow on snow, making it appear more red |
It happened long time ago, but I clearly remember the painful feelings as if it happened yesterday. I had prepared for a project for days, but my manager told me he decided to change another person to do it. I stood there and tried to hold back my tears.
I am sure many of us can think of a sad thing like this in our lives, but we can be cheered by it. The key to our success depends not on the incident, but on how we react to it and the actions we take afterwards. Our success depends on our "growth mindset"
A growth mindset comes from the belief that one's basic qualities can be developed through efforts. People greatly differ from each other in talents, interests, or personalities
Needless to say, a growth mindset can act as a pathway to one's success. Here are actions that helped me：
Be open to bad feedback. It's never easy. Let's accept it, although it hurts!
Have an honest self﹣reflection. Reflect on what went wrong, why it went wrong, and what could have been done differently. It's important not to blame others at this stage.
Find a confidant, with whom you can have a heart﹣to﹣heart conversation. He will truly guide you to keep your plan.
Believe in yourself and just go for it. Whenever you fail at something, try to tell yourself, "No one has been born doing this, I can too."
It's a pity that deaf people or those who have hearing problems can't enjoy music. Now a vibrating suit brings them hope—it can allow them to "feel" music through their skin, rather than hear it.
Designed by the US technology company Not Impossible Labs, the suit consists of a body harness, ankle and wrist straps.
Music is sent to the suit wirelessly. Then the suit is able to translate it into a range of vibrating pulses, which can be felt at a total of 24 contact points all over the body. The users can adjust the intensity of the vibrations.
Chase Burton, 33, a deaf filmmaker from Texas, has been testing out the suit for four years. He understands that a deaf person's experience with music is very different. "When I was a kid, I'd sit on the floor above our garage so I could feel the vibrations from my brother's band rocking out below my body
Now when he wears the vibrating suit, he says the sound hits different parts of his body. "Maybe it will strike me down in my ankles first. And then I'll start to feel the vibrations in my back. And then I'll feel some pulsations in my wrist," Burton said.
The designers have been working on extending the tactile musical experience to a larger deaf community. In 2016, a dozen prototype suits were tested at Lady Gaga's concert in the US. The suit was also tested at a special concert in Las Vegas in 2018. It was given to 150 audience members at the concert, where half the audience members were deaf and half could hear.
At the same time, the company has been improving the technology, saying it's ready to go to market soon. The suit may be used in live sports broadcasts
"We truly think that anything that has an audio element can also have a vibrational experience associated with it as well," the company's talent and business development director, Jordan Richardson said.
On 8th August, 1914, 27 men who had replied to an advertisement in The Times got on a ship leaving for the Antarctic. The name of the ship was the Endurance and the captain was an Irishman called Ernest Shackleton.
The goal of the journey was to cross the frozen continent through the South Pole﹣ a journey of 1, 800 miles. Shackleton thought the journey would last six months.
But when land came into sight, the Endurance became trapped in the ice. At that time, there was nothing they could do. And soon, pulling three lifeboats behind them.
After six days, bad weather forced them to give up and the men set up camps on a huge piece of ice which began slowly moving across the Antarctic Circle.
They survived on the ice for five months. Then, on 16th April, 1915, but much better than a floating piece of ice. When they reached the island, Shackleton came up with an idea﹣ it was a risk but he would have to take it. He and five men would take one of the lifeboats and sail 800 miles to South Georgia
It took Shackleton 17 days to reach South Georgia. Unluckily, he landed on the wrong side of the island and had to walk 36 hours over mountains to reach the camp. The whale hunters at the camp couldn't believe their eyes when they saw the six men walking down from the mountains.
Shackleton kept his promise. More than three months later, he returned to Elephant Island to rescue the crew he had been forced to leave on the island. He had failed to reach the pole but he had saved the lives of all his men successfully.
a. The Endurance was trapped and broke up.
b. Shackleton reached Elephant Island with his men.
c. Camps were set up on the ice which moved slowly.
d. The six men took a lifeboat and sailed to South Georgia.
e. Shackleton and his men pulled three lifeboats towards north
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If a box of strawberries go bad in your (冰箱), you may throw it away without thinking. (然而), it's more than just strawberries that you are wasting.
The life of a strawberry starts from a seed. A farmer (种植) it and waters it. Later people pick it and put it in a box. A truck takes it away to a supermarket. Time and money must (花费) in order for a strawberry to come to you. If you waste the berry, you waste all of these things.
It's hard for people (意识到) how much work goes into the food we eat every day. That makes food waste a big problem (围绕) the world. Every year, 1. 3 (十亿) tons of food is wasted in the world.
In fact, many children in the world are in desperate need of food, and 3. 1 million of them die from (饥饿) each year, according to the UN. The COVID﹣19 pandemic has made the situation even (差的).
"Wasting food means wasting (自然) resources and missing the opportunity to feed a growing population in the future, " said UN Food and Agriculture Organization Director﹣General Qu Dongyu. It's time to take action now.
