Some libraries use specially-designed buildings to encourage visitors to explore the shelves and settle down with a new book, or use movable libraries to bring books to hard-to-reach populations. No matter how they achieve it, these novel libraries are keeping the magic of reading alive.
The Camel Library Service
To improve education in the desert of Kenya, the government created a travelling library made up of nine camels bringing books to villages. The library travels four days a week serving the region's nomadic (游牧的) people. Currently the service focuses on children, but with more funding they plan to increase their reach both in distance and the titles they carry.
Beach Library
Reading a book on the beach is a classic, and in Bulgaria, one library encourages tourists to do just that. The white, weather-resistant shelves lined up not far from the waves feature 6,000 books in 15 languages, so every visitor can find the perfect beach read to enjoy while sunbathing.
Macquarie University Library
Being environmentally friendly and technologically advanced, this building in Australia was made from recycled materials, features a green roof and was modelled after the look of a tree. It is also state-of -the-art, using robots to bring requested books to the front desk.
Seikei University Library
Libraries are usually known for their quiet atmosphere, but this one encourages conversation. Hayao designed the library in Japan with rooms preventing all sound from getting in and out. In this way, it shows respect for those who need undisturbed study, while also supporting other methods of learning; the rooms are perfect for study groups and lively discussions.
In 2009, I rescued a skittish donkey. Bo came from a nearby cattle ranch and now lives peacefully on my ranch in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana. But the key to Bo's successful recovery from nervous rescue to happy ranch animal wasn't anything I did. It was my grandson, Dylan.
Dylan came with his parents to spend some days with me on their way to Canada for a vacation. Bo kept his distance from the grown-ups, but he showed an unusual fascination with Dylan. So we decided to introduce them.
"Move slowly, be quiet, and stoop down sometimes," I told my grandson. Dylan carefully approached Bo, step by step, holding a soft rubber currycomb. Bo held his ground, but he seemed interested by this little visitor. Dylan rubbed Bo's shoulders and neck with the comb, softly and gently.
It's hard for an almost four-year-old to stay still for long. Dylan made one quick move, and Bo was terrified running off. But Bo and Dylan were not ready to give up. Dylan approached again. It was amazing to witness a preschooler learn to control himself in such a short time.
As we watched, true love developed between this once distrustful donkey and a gentle boy. Over the next few days, Dylan felt free to sit at Bo's feet while Bo carefully nibbled his shirt collar and hair and rubbed Dylan's back with his bristly chin. Just as Dylan had earned Bo's trust, Bo came up to and hugged him — yes, a donkey can hug — without knocking him off balance.
They met again one week
later as the family passed through on their return trip. It was almost dark 
but Dylan and his dad travelled far to reach the ranch. Bo came to meet them cheerfully. He is now a changed and trusting donkey.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, yes, and drink all of them. Then you're ready for an adventure.
Researchers from the University of Sussex in England say they have found for the first time experimental evidence that sour tastes lead to more risk-taking behaviour in a paper published on 7 June, 2019.
In the study, 168 volunteers from the UK and Vietnam were given a 20ml solution representing one of the five main taste groups: bitter, salty, sour, sweet and umami. The tasters then took part in a computerized test that measures risk-taking: they got paid to blow up a digital balloon. The more air in the balloon, the more money they could get; they could cash out whenever they wanted. But if the balloon popped or exploded? Bye bye, potential winnings.
When the researchers studied the performance of the volunteers, they found the people who'd tasted sour were much more likely to keep pumping up the balloon compared with people who'd gotten a taste of the other solutions. On average, sour tasters were 39% more likely to push the balloon to its limits than sweet tasters, 20.50% more than bitter, 16.03% more than salty and 40.29% more than umami.
This finding makes a degree of sense—without taking risks, we don't learn anything new. And it is obvious that people with disorders such as anxiety and depression are unwilling to take risks. So, the researchers argue, if you have these disorders, maybe adding more sour foods into your diet could help keep that aversion in check. Then you'd be more likely to take chances, like talking to a stranger, and that will lead to self-improvement.
China is recognized as a world leader in the development of artificial intelligence and facial recognition systems. A Chinese company says it has created a new facial recognition system that can identify people even if they are wearing masks. Engineers at the Beijing-based company say their system is the first to be created to effectively identify people wearing face masks.
The company told a news agency that a team of 20 people built the system in about a month. The system is based on existing technologies developed over the past 10 years. The process involved adding a collection of about 6 million unmasked faces and a much smaller collection of masked faces, the company said.
The company is now selling two main kinds of products that use the new technology. One performs "single channel" recognition, which is designed to be used at the entrances to buildings.
The other product is a "multi-channel" recognition system that uses groups of surveillance cameras. It can identify individuals in a crowd of up to 30 people "within a second.
"When people are wearing a mask that covers the mouth and the nose, the recognition rate can reach about 95%, which can ensure that most people can be identified," said Huang, vice president of the company. He added that the system's success rate for people not wearing a mask is about 99.5%.
However, the new system struggles to identify people wearing both a mask and sunglasses. "In this situation, all of the key facial information is lost. In such cases recognition is tough," Huang said.
People were reacting differently to the new technology. While some citizens have been against using such tools, the majority have accepted the technology as an effective way to decrease crime and catch criminals.
You may write a summary paragraph about a short story or a novel for class. Or you may write it for an academic text or a scholarly article. Read the guidelines below and learn how to achieve it.
Answer who, what, where, and why. Consider who is being addressed or discussed in the original text. Mention where the text is set, if relevant. Finally, determine why the author is discussing or addressing the subject matter in the original text.
Have one to three sentences of supporting evidence. Aim to have one to three supporting points at the most, as you do not want to make the summary paragraph too long. Use events from the text as well as quotes or points in the text to support your opening line.
Do not copy or paraphrase the original text. Avoid using the same language or word choice as the original text, unless you are quoting it directly.
Keep the summary short and to the point. A summary paragraph should be no longer than six to eight sentences. Remove any sentences or phrases that seem repetitive. You may also show your writing to a writing instructor or a friend to get feedback on it.
A. Make sure the summary is in your own words.
B. You need to know which characters aren't important.
C. Think about what the key points or main events are.
D. There's no need to write out full sentences just yet.
E. Once you finish the first writing, read it over and improve it.
F. Actually, knowing how to write a good summary paragraph can be a little tricky.
G. For example, you may use the author's key arguments or the key events in the story.
Daniel has been feeding the students of a state university for years. As a canteen worker, he tries to make a connection with all his customers in a truly 1 way: remembering all students' names, with a smile, even if he has only met them a few 2. This amazing ability has made Daniel a(n) 3 person among students at the university.
Daniel's struggles began on his birthday in 2019, when an electrical fire 4 into life in the house he 5 with his mom. Their place was 6 destroyed, even though he got himself and his mom to safety. 7, shortly after the worker lost his 8 , his old father passed 9. Since then he and his mom have been 10 .
When the students heard of this sad story, they decided to give back to this 11 worker by starting a fund-raising(筹款) 12. "Daniel has gone above and beyond to care for students without expecting anything 13: now we have the opportunity to help out a 14 in need", according to the fund-raising page. "The fundraiser is the least that students can do to help the man that always 15our day," said a student.
Daniel was extremely 16 to the helping hand. "I do not take any of these beautiful acts of kindness 17 or for granted," he wrote. "Working in food industry isn't easy, sometimes you feel completely 18 as a person. Thank you all so much for loving me and for 19 all that I do."
When you 20 with your heart, goodness comes back to you.
As a student looking forward to college, you have many (choose) ahead of you. What will be your major? You'll need to decide what interests you as long-term career and determine what major offers you a greater chance (help) you reach your goals. Majors can (break) down into several areas including liberal arts (文科)and "Science, Technology, Engineering and Math''， perhaps better known as STEM.
Liberal arts degrees are made up of a number of majors are not related to science, technology, engineering or math. For example, language arts, literature and philosophy (be) some popular majors in liberal arts.
When it comes to choosing liberal arts or STEM, you should look (close) at what you like doing. While liberal arts degrees can set you up for future success, they lean towards people-focused careers, such as teaching, humanities and public service. STEM focuses more products — whether you are building a hospital or (create) a program, the output of your career is more product-focused. Besides, students graduating with STEM degrees usually have (high) starting salaries than those with liberal arts degrees.
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5处，多者（从第6处起）不计分。
Sometimes, body language are likely to cause misunderstanding. For example, if you keep staring someone, people in some countries may think they are just curious about him. But in other countries, it might be consider impolite. Therefore, it is of a great importance for us to "do as the Romans do"!
