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It's natural to think about what goes into producing the food in your daily lunch bag. But have you ever stopped to consider the production techniques behind the bag itself? At the center of it is a woman named Margaret Knight.
From her earliest years, Knight was a restless creator. In the article titled "TheEvolutionoftheGroceryBag", its writer mentions a few of her childhood projects. She was "famous for her kites", and "her sleds were the envy of the town's boys."
To support her mother, she took a job at a cotton factory when she was 12. That same year she invented a shuttle system which helped to prevent injury. At the time, she had no concept of patenting(得到……的专利权) her idea. What strengthened her place in history was her working experience at the Columbia Paper Bag Company. Here, instead of folding every paper bag by hand, Knight wondered if she might be able to make them cleanly and rapidly via an automated machine. The result was a working model of her elegant paper-folding machine. But this time, she wanted to go to the extra step and secure a patent on her creation, a brave move for a woman in the 19th century, when an extremely small percentage of patents were held by women.
Not only did Knight file for a patent, she bravely defended her ownership of the bag machine idea. A man named Charles Annan said the creation was his own, arguing no woman could be able to design such a machine. Knight fought a legal battle against him and handed Annan a courtroom(法庭) defeat by presenting her detailed hand－drawn blueprints. Finally, Knight received her rightful patent in 1871.
After making the machine, she continued to invent many other things like a paper feeding machine and a skirt protector. Knight, at the age of seventy, worked twenty hours a day on her 89th invention.
Research shows that some orchestral(管弦乐的) instruments are in a danger of dying out.YouGov research, asked by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) to find the most popular instruments among schoolchildren, has revealed the increasing popularity of the ukulele(尤克里里琴), with one in eight expressing a desire to learn, making it the highest ranked instrument behind the typical rock-band grouping of the guitar, piano, keyboards, drums and bass guitar.
But younger generations' interest in"more complex instruments"is decreasing, with the three least popular being the French horn, the double bass and the trombone.
James Williams, managing director of the RPO, believed the changes reflect the increasing pressure schools are under to provide music education, and went on to say that more needs to be done to interest secondary school students in the wider range of instruments. His concern was for the composition(构成) of future orchestras if the trend towards instruments like rock-band grouping were allowed to continue. But there may be yet another death, one that few would be quick to sorrow over：the recorder(竖笛).
Cheap, convenient, easy to learn, and suitable for individual and group performances, the recorder was once the go-to instrument for children's early musical education.But in many schools it has been replaced by the ukulele, which, for teachers, offers many of the same benefits with none of the lasting damage to hearing. Plus, from a student's viewpoint: you can play Metallica on one.
Not all hope is lost for the cream-colored, 10-pound Yamaha recorder with a long history, however. About 13% of girls and 4% boys surveyed by YouGov said they wanted to learn the recorder.Surprisingly high! Unlikely as it may be, these children's interest in the recorder must be encouraged.
PARIS—A scaffolding(脚手架) firm that has worked on the roof of Notre Dame said some of its workers had smoked on the site, but ruled out that a cigarette butt(烟蒂) might have started the fire that destroyed the cathedral's oak－framed roof last week.
A spokesman for family－owned Le Bras Freres, confirming a report in French weekly Le CanardEnchaine, told Reuters that some workers of its Europe Echafaudage scaffolding unit had informed police that they had "sometimes" smoked on the scaffolding, despite a smoking ban on the site.
"We blame it. But the fire started inside the building...so for company Le Bras Frères this is not a hypothesis(假设), it was not a cigarette butt that set Notre Dame de Paris on fire, " Le Bras Frères spokesman Marc Eskenazi said. TheCanardEnchaine reported that police had found the remains of seven cigarette butts in the burnt－out cathedral."This is not wrong, " said a source close to the investigation, who declined all other comment. Eskenazi said it was impossible to set a log on fire with a cigarette butt and questioned how cigarette butts could have been found on the site."If cigarette butts have survived the fire, I do not know what material they were made of." he said.
Europe Echaffaudage also ruled out the possibility that the fire might have been started by an electricity incident at one of the two lifts on the site."The lifts' electricity was perfectly within specifications and well maintained, " he said. He added that the two lifts were on the outside of the building, situated at 45 and 65 metres from the base of the spire(尖顶), where the first smoke and flames had been spotted and that the workers had cut the power to the lifts at 17:50 when they had left the site for the day.
TheCanardEnchaine also reported that electrical wiring ran through the roof of the cathedral, but the church administration denied that safety norms had not been respected."Nothing was ever done without the approval of the state...There were no wires dangling, everything was properly installed," Notre Dame spokesman Andre Finot said.In 2012, electrical engines had been installed to sound the bells in the spire.
Ask fishermen why they fish and you will get a variety of answers. The book and movie ARiverRunsThroughIt tried to answer that question.
What are mine? Like most fishermen, I love the peace and quietness of most trips. Imagine the still water at your feet, not a ripple(涟漪) on it. And everything around you looks soft. A splash(飞溅的水) breaks the calm, letting you know there is a fish feeding there. You are totally alone with your thoughts, almost as if you were floating in an isolation(隔离) tank.
Trying to make a fish think your lure(诱饵) is its food is not easy. Figuring out where the fish is and why it is there is another part of the challenge. And learning enough about them to consistently catch fish is a challenge most of us don't overcome.
The pull of the fish you hook and the efforts to land it without losing it are part of the fun. Struggling with a fish on a rod and reel is very interesting. Good fresh food is another reason why many people go fishing. Getting your own food is another basic need that fishing provides.
Competition has become a big part of fishing. I like it, where a group of people go out and try to catch fish. It is nice when you win, but you try to listen and learn from the winner when you are not on top.
For many years, I had an irresistible desire to go fishing. I could not wait to get to the waterside and try to show my skills against those fish. I was not happy except when fishing. However, that strong urge is no longer there. Sometimes I miss it.
A.The challenge of being cleverer than fish is part of it.
B.You must have enough patience when fishing beside a river.
C.The truth is that every fisherman has his or her own reasons.
D.The fog is just thick enough so trees disappear in the distance.
E.As I get older, I still enjoy fishing and all the things mentioned here.
F.At the end of the day, you get to compare how many fish you have caught.
G.That part of the fishing experience lasts for only a few minutes each day.
A kind－hearted stranger donates kidney to save a mum's life after seeing Facebook plea(请求). Stacey Hewitt, from Redcar, received the kidney from donor Louise Drewer, of Scunthorpe, who became the first British woman to donate a kidney to a 1 as a result of Facebook. A mum suffering kidney failure has received a transplant 2 her dad's making a plea onFacebook. Stacey Hewitt, 26, was facing a bleak(暗淡的) 3 so her father Darren 4 the SOS in the search for a donor.
Louise Drewery, 37, was so 5 by the message that she decided to go under the knife—becoming the first British woman to donate a kidney to a stranger as a result of a Facebookplea. The transplant was a(n) 6 and Stacey could feel the 7 immediately. She said: "It's amazing and I can't 8 Louise enough.
Before the operation, Stacey was 9 tired and could only walk short distances as her kidneys failed. Without a transplant she would have become very sick and 10 lifelong dialysis(透析).
Darren's Facebook message said: "Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, is there anyone out there that would like to donate a kidney to help my daughter？" He added: "She has kidney disease and needs a transplant as soon as possible. She is the mother of our three－year－old grandson and finds it hard to 11 properly because of the illness."
The message soon spread. 12 the reaction, Darren said: "Within seconds my inbox went mad." Mum－of－two Louise said one of the reasons why she 13 to help her was that she was worried about Stacey's son Alfie. "When I saw the message, I knew that 14 I could help, I would."
After 13 months of 15, it was concluded that Louise, of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, could donate a kidney to Stacey, who lives 70 miles north in Redcar.
Stacey's 16 parents visited Louise before the transplant, with Darren calling her "an absolute 17". The operation was 18 at the Institute of Transplantation at Freeman Hospital in Newcastle.
Professor Derek Manas, director of the institute, said: "A lot of people just want to give to humanity and it has opened my 19. It's amazing that people are20 to do this."
He's an old cobbler (修鞋匠) with a shop in a historic area in Paris. When I took him my shoes, he told me, "I haven't time. Take them to other fellow on the main street.
Just looking at his bench (load) with tools and pieces of leather, I knew the craftsman (手艺人) was rather (skill). "No," I replied, "the other fellow can't do it well."
"The fellow he mentioned" is one of those shopkeepers who fix shoes and make keys without knowing much about mending shoes or making keys. They work (careless), and when they have finished sewing back a sandal strap (鞋带), you might as well just throw away the pair. The reason I wanted to have my shoes repaired in the shop is that the man works very carefully.
The man (have) me write my name on one shoe with a piece of chalk and said, "Come back tomorrow."
I was about to leave he took a pair of soft leather (boot) off a shelf.
"See what I can do?" he said with pride. "Only three us in Paris can do this kind of work."
The cobbler was something out of an ancient legend, this old craftsman with his way of speaking familiarly, his very strange, dusty hat, his funny accent and, above all, his pride in his craft.
In such a period it is a rare comfort to find a cobbler who gets his greatest (satisfy) from pride in a job well done.
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：1．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。
I'm glad to write to share with you my happiness of being admitted to my ideal college, and particularly I'm writing to express my sincerely thanks to you.
Having been received the offer, I knew all my efforts finally paid off. College life distinguished a lot from senior school life. Undoubtedly, it's another life combined with challenge and sweet memories. I can't wait to going to college.
A million thanks to your encouraging words, which never fail to brighten my way ahead. There was a period where I was totally at the loss, doubting whether I could make any progress in my study. It's you helped cheer me up. Never will I forget what you said－doors open to the very man with full confidence and instant action. But to your help, I could never have enjoyed such joyful a harvest. I really appreciate your helpful instruct. And I'll appreciate it if you could come to my celebration party on August the 8th.
