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I have run a restaurant in a small town near Manchester for seven years.The restaurant is not very big but the people in the neighborhood usually have meals and chat here.
One day.a strange man came1my restaurant.He did look like a2 ， with a camera around his neck and a white cap hanging out of his big bag.He ordered some potatoes and3 and sat at the table near the door.He drank his lemonade，pretending to 4a colorful guidebook.
His sunglasses covered his eyes.but I knew he wasn't：he hadn't turned a5for the last ten minutes.
As I brought him his fish,he said "thank you" and had a quick look at me.I6not to look at the tiny scar*across his left eyebrow.I walked back inside with me7tray，shaking my head.He looked familiar.8I couldn't quite think of him.
Then it hit me：The car accident seven years ago.This was the mysterious stranger9helped me out of my car，just before it exploded.I10 back to his table.He was gone.I moved his plate and found his tip，along with a card：
I am deeply11to you.The night of your car accident, I was on my way to steal money from a store.Saving your life brought things back to the right way.I now live a／an12life, thanks to you.God bless you!
The night of my car accident，I was13an interview in a dance club which I disliked at all.Seeing human kindness through his heroic action turned my life around and brought faith back into my life.14was more important than this in my life.
I put the card and the tip he left into my pocket15Then I got back to work，smiling with a silent "good luck" for him.
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Libraries are wonderful places，full of stories，nice and quiet，and free for everyone．Here are some of the most breathtaking libraries in the world．
Binhai Library：Tianjin，China
Since its opening in October，2017，people have been interested in the eye—shaped of the building which is quite modern and unusual．They call the library "the eye of Binhai"．The library can house 1.2 million books．It has round bookshelves built into the walls from floor to ceiling，and these bookshelves can also serve as stairs and seating areas．
Central Library：Seattle，U．S．
It's shiny，modern and unusual and has tourists from around the world paying visits and taking tours．In its first year，more than two million tourists visited the library．The library holds different art exhibitions，book signings and other events．The library offers free selfguided cell phone tours，along with group tours．
Trinity College Library：Dublin，Ireland
It's the oldest library in Ireland．founded in 1592 by Queen ElizabethⅠ．It has rights to receive material published in the Republic of Ireland free of charge．It is also known as the Long Room，which has more than 200,000 of the library's oldest books．One of the most famous manuscripts is "The Book of Kells" ．Every year more than 500,000 visitors visit the library because of it．
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When you build a house，you use a blueprint．What's a blueprint?In general，a blueprint is a drawing that you use to build a house and shows where to put all the parts of the house．DNA is a drawing,too．It's the blueprint of life．
But building a living thing is far more complex*than building a house．It takes millions of years for nature to change the DNA in living things to make them fit the world they live in．
How tall are you?What color are your eyes?What size are your feet?All these things are strongly influenced by your DNA before you are born．
DNA is fantastic!
★Except for some twins，every living thing has its own unique*DNA．
★Some health problems can be caused by problems in your DNA．Scientists can look for these problems and，sometimes，help you if you become sick．In the future，scientists might be able to change your DNA．
★There are copies of your DNA in every part of your body．For example，your finger has the same DNA as your hair．
★You have your own unique DNA，which repeats patterns from your parents' DNA．but not exactly the same．From your DNA，scientists can identify not only you，but also people who are related to you．Your parents and grandparents are related to you，and you have their DNA．When you have a grandson or granddaughter，he or she will have your DNA．
Your DNA has billions of instructions that explain why you are the way you are．It's one of the most amazing things on the earth !
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Once upon a time，there was a king who had gone to visit neighboring kingdoms．He was gifted a pair of baby parrots by the king of the last kingdom where he was visiting．They were the most beautiful birds that he had ever seen．so，after returning to his kingdom，he called for a bird trainer and asked him to train parrots．
The king also set up a place in the palace garden for the parrots．He often looked at them from his palace window．As time passed，one day the trainer came to the palace and told the king that though one of the parrots was flying high in the sky，the other one was not moving from its branch since the day it had arrived．
When hearing this,the king summoned the best trainer from all his land and the nearby kingdoms．They came quickly and tried their best, but none of them could make the parrot fly!He even asked his courtiers to try to find a good way to make the parrot fly but they all failed．The parrot was not moving from his branch at all．Finally，after trying everything，the king thought to himself："Perhaps I need someone who may be more familiar with natural habitat．"He asked his courtier to get a farmer from the countryside and take him to the parrot to see if he could understand the problem with the parrot．
The next morning，the king was surprised to see the parrot flying high above the palace gardens．He asked his servant to call that farmer to meet him．The servant quickly went and found the farmer．The farmer came and stood before the king．The king asked him，"How did you make the parrot fly?" With his hands folded with respect，the farmer said to the king，"It was very easy．I just cut the branch where the bird was sitting．"
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Born and raised in a digital age，today's young people are generally tech savvy．But when it comes to basic life skills，things are quite different．
According to a recent study by YouGov，a UK—based market research company,69％18—24-year—olds in the UK have no idea how to fix the furniture．About 35％of them don't know how to sew on a button，while about 11％of them don't understand how to change a light bulb or iron clothes．
"It appears young people are losing the skills their parents took for granted，"reported the Daily Mail．
In fact，the problem is shared by young people in the United States．According to a report by Forbes in 2014，most young people don't know how to fix their bikes．Cooking is another basic life skill that has been dropped as young people are much more likely to order food deliveries than their parents.
This situation may be caused by technology．"Skills at using phones and computers are the ones valued these days．and the practical hands-on skills of yesteryear are now seen to be easily replaced，''Sandi Mann，a Doctor at the University of Central Lancashire，UK，told the Mirror．
Indeed,improvements in technology have made young people unfamiliar with many basic life skills.For example，with GPS always at hand，young people have had no need to learn how to read physical maps．
However,this change has been cared by many people．"If you have your doctor's degree and you can't live within your ways or go home from your job and feed yourself a healthy meal，you're not a complete student，"Chris Moore，a professor from Brigham Young University，US，told HuffPost.
That's why there's an increasing call for the return of"home ec"in the US，short for home economics,which teaches basic skills like cooking and how to wash clothes．It was very popular in the early 20th century，but was later taken out of schools and universities because the government didn't have enough money．But recently，home ec was reintroduced in a small number of schools and universities·
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In the Czech Republic,there is a small village like an art gallery．That's because Agnes，a 90-year-old grandma．makes it look like a man—made(奇观)．Every spring and summer，Grandma Agnes paints beautiful flowers on the walls of the houses in the(整个的)village．
Thirty years ago，Grandma Agnes was a (工人)．She picked up the hobby when she was no longer able to do the heavy work．She learned painting from one of her neighbors and (练习)in her own garden and house．
From traditional art in the (南方的)Czech Republic，she gets ideas and draws flowers．She usually(刷)the walls and makes them clean first，and then paints different flowers with bright blue paint．She never plans out her work．(代替)，she lets her imagination decide the final results．She stops her work when cold (节期，季节)come but continues to beautify her village when the weather becomes warm．
Grandma Agnes's family take pride in her．(无论什么)she does，they are always behind her． Now in her 90s，Grandma Agnes is aiming to make her village more beautiful and make the villagers(自豪的，骄傲的)of the village．
To her，age is nothing but a number．It's never too old to do anything．
