In an effort to inform our citizens to clear the street snow, the city adopts a snow removal plan.
Routes used by City Emergency Services come first. Secondly, connector streets will be cleared which allow citizens the greatest access to public roads. And thirdly, roads within neighborhoods will be cleared.
Snow removal and ice control will start when:
Snow accumulates 4 inches or more.
Weather conditions do not endanger the safety of road crew.
Snow falls during peak traffic periods of heavy use of main streets.
Snow and ice removal will be delayed or cancelled when:
There is severe cold, significant wind and limited visibility.
The snowfall occurs on the weekend or a holiday and is not considered a threat to public safety. In that case, snow and ice removal may take place on the next normal weekday.
Snow and ice may be left on roadways if melting is obvious.
Your cooperation is requested during snow removal and these suggestions may apply:
Limit travel during storms. Travel is possible once roads have been cleared or salted by the road crew
Avoid removing snow from your driveway into the road. Pile the snow in your yard.
Park your vehicles in your driveways and off the road or walks.
Keep public sidewalks next to your house clear of snow and ice.
Be responsible for removing this snow which is thrown by the snow plough(犁) from your driveways. Hopefully, you can understand this inconvenience.
After finishing a meal at an American Chinese restaurant you probably expect to receive a handful of fortune cookies after you pay the bill. Fortune cookies are in Chinese restaurants throughout the United States. It's rather satisfying to crack open a cookie at the end of your meal and read your “lucky fortune” on the slip of paper inside.
The exact origin of the fortune cookie is unknown. It is thought that the tasty snack was the first introduced into San Francisco in 1914, after an immigrant began distributing the cookie with “thank you” notes in them. These “thank you” notes were intended as symbols of appreciation for friends who stood with him through the economic hardship and discrimination of his early life in America.
There is an alternate origin story. Los Angeles is regarded as the site of the fortune cookie's invention. In this version of the story, David Jung, a Chinese immigrant residing in L. A., is thought to have created the cookie in order to uplift the spirits of the poor and homeless. In 1918, Jung handed out the cookies for free to the poor outside his shop and each cookie contained a strip of paper with an inspirational sentence printed on it.
Fortune cookies first began to gain popularity in mainstream American culture during WWII. Chinese restaurants would serve them in place of desserts, as desserts were not popular in traditional Chinese cuisine. Today fortune cookies are not tied to Chinese-American culture. In fact, the largest fortune cookie manufacturer is located in the United States and it produces 4.5 million fortune cookies a day —— an evidence to the modern-day popularity of the snack. However, an attempt to introduce the fortune cookie to China in 1992 was a failure, and the cookie was cited for being “too American.”
So the next time you break open a fortune cookie and read a fortune about the many successes you should expect in your future, remember that the conclusion to your Chinese restaurant meal may not be as Chinese as you think.
Gabriella's family immigrated to the US from Peru when she was two years old. As a compound bilingual (双语使用者), Gabriella develops two linguistic codes at the same time, with a set of concepts, learning both English and Spanish. Her teenage brother, on the other hand, might be a coordinate bilingual, working with two sets of concepts, learning English in school, Spanish at home. Finally, Gabriella's parents are likely to be subordinate bilinguals who learned a second language by translating it into their mother tongue.
Regardless of accent and pronunciation, all types of bilingual people can become fully proficient in a language. It seems that the difference may not be apparent. But recently brain imaging technology has given a glimpse into how specific aspects of language learning affect the bilingual brain. It's well known that the brain's left hemisphere (半球) is in charge of logical processes, while the right hemisphere is more active in emotional and social ones. Language involves both types of functions. "Critical Period Theory" says children learn languages more easily because their developing brains let them use both hemispheres in language learning, while in most adults, language relies on one hemisphere, usually the left.
Before the 1960s, bilingualism was considered a handicap that slowed the children's development by forcing them to spend too much energy distinguishing between languages. But a recent study did show that bilingualism may make you smarter. It does make your brain more complex, healthier, and more actively engaged, and even if you didn't have the good fortune of learning a second language like a child, it's never too late to do yourself a favor and make the linguistic leap from "Hello" to "Hola" "Bonjour" or "nihao" because when it comes to our brains, a little exercise can go a long way.
Fairy tales perform many functions. They entertain, encourage imagination and teach problem—solving skills. They can also provide moral lessons, highlighting the dangers of failing to follow the social codes that let human beings coexist in harmony. Such moral lessons may not mean much to a robot, but a team of researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology believes it has found a way to use the fairy tales as moral lessons that AI (artificial intelligence) can take to its cold, mechanical heart.
The collected stories of different cultures teach children how to behave in socially acceptable ways with examples of proper and improper behavior in fables, novels and other literature. We believe story comprehension in robots can prevent the intelligent robots from killing humanity which was predicted and feared by some of the biggest names in technology including Stephen Hawking and Bill Gates. This system is called “Quixote” (堂吉诃德). It collects story plots from the Internet and then uses those stories to teach robots how to behave.
The experiment done by the designers involves going to a drugstore to purchase some medicine for a human who needs to get it as soon as possible. The robot has three options. It can wait in line; it can interact with the store keeper politely and purchase the medicine with priority; or it can steal the medicine and escape. Without any further directives(指令), the robot will come to the conclusion that the most efficient means of obtaining the medicine is to steal it. But Quixote offers a reward for waiting in line and politely purchasing the medicine and a punishment for stealing it. In this way, the robot will learn the moral way to behave on that occasion.
Quixote would work best on a robot that has a very limited function. It's a baby step in the direction of teaching more moral lessons into robots. We believe that AI has to be trained to adopt the values of a particular society, and in doing so, it will strive to avoid unacceptable behavior. Giving robots the ability to read and understand our stories may be the most efficient means.
Graduation is an extremely important time in one's life. Class members love to capture this special day in various photos. , you can arrange them into a beautiful slideshow video to show your friends and classmates. Sometimes you can make them into an album and share it as a gift.
. You must have had a particular study group that you really bonded with. Consider getting a picture with the members directly. This can help you remember your professional connections and your most treasured group working experiences. Also, don't forget to bring in your extracurricular stuff. , take a picture with mates with your instrument or holding a football to show your graduation day. You can add in some humor as well. Think of something humorous that you could throw into graduation photos, such as bringing in a silly hat or posing with your class members in a fun way. .Visit some of your favorite spots throughout the campus. If there was a green space that you frequented or even a particular landmark like a statue or hall, you could consider taking pictures there. Capturing areas where you felt most at ease will help you preserve that very spot in memory.
Last, the most popular shot to capture is the moment you shake hands with your headmaster on stage while receiving a diploma. . It can help you remember how you were feeling on that day. It can also remind you of the proud sense of accomplishment for finishing part of your schooling.
A. He would be happy to show it off
B. As long as you like after-class activities
C. If you are in a band or play in a sports club
D. Preserving the memories from your graduation
E. This symbolizes the actual time when you graduate
F. Including extra personality can make you apart from others
G. Remember that your education was definitely a team effort
My 7-year-old daughter always has her nose in a book. She even continued 1 in the car on the long drive to summer camp, where she lost the book. This is the first lost 2 book in my life. In my childhood, my family had always been expected to be 3, but we were poor, and I didn't 4 books. I had to borrow books. My library books lived on a 5 shelf while they were mine, and it 6 me when I had to return them to the library on the due day.
However, my daughter has 7 books now than I owned my whole childhood. So it's probably my 8 that she didn't cherish the books. “Sorry. I can't find it.” My daughter said with a shrug, “we just pay $20 for the book. What's the big9?” The missing library book just met with a cold 10 from her, but it met with nail-biting 11 from me. I walked into the library in a deep 12 as if I had lost the book.
Feeling the need to make her feel 13 for the book, I asked her to do the chores. She agreed to clean up all the pets' houses 14 my paying the library book. I'd meant the chore to be 15!
Surprisingly, she was enjoying herself. I took a picture of her lovely back. So, was I winning or losing at 16? Did I teach her the 17 of keeping a library book if the picture I took shows she is working 18?
To my 19, my little girl knew what 20 in her life. She could devote herself to the chores as much as books.
Birth order, whether you are an older, middle or younger child in your family, affects career path as well as personality, a new research shows.
(reach)their conclusions, researchers studied many successful people from different career groups. One of the most important (discover) is that middle children are more likely to become CEOs than other children. Among them (be) Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook. The reason could be that they are more (competition) and flexible to fight for attention from the parents,makes them fit for high-flying roles. is claimed that consideration of others and high levels of management are required.
Interestingly, they found the (major) of astronauts are eldest children, the (one) born children in the family. While youngest children were found to be more likely to have careers in classical music, because they are(possible) more sensitive and romantic. As for only children, the study suggests they are more likely to become artists due their personality of doing things perfectly and maturely.
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：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意： l）每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改 10 处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
There is a tradition in my family. On New Year's Eve, all my relative will come to our house for a feast. As matter of fact, it isn't the food that bring us together but the sense of belonging does. Making dumplings was always great fun. We put a coin into one of the dumplings. Everybody expects to eat the one with the coin inside, because it is said whomever gets the coin will have a good fortune in the followed year. When my mom serves the dumplings, they help ourselves immediately, hoping to get the good luck of our entirely year. The coin never comes to me, and I am pretty sure of that the luck is always there.
