When I was walking back home at around 12: 15 p. m. during my lunch break one day, an apple core(果核)came flying towards me. It 1 just before my feet. Surprised, I counted myself lucky not to get hit by it.
The apple was thrown 2 the wall by a school student. I live opposite a school. A wall 3 my apartment building from the school.
Thinking it was a one-off 4, I told my friend Lucy, and we laughed about it.
Then, the week after, I was walking along 5 the same place at the same time and bam! Another apple came over. This time it landed on the roof of a shed(棚屋). I 6 to myself: "Is it my destiny(命运)to get hit by an apple?"
Last week I was walking back home. I 7 my phone. It was 12: 15 p. m. My mind wandered to those two times before when I'd seen an apple thrown over the wall. But 8, my thoughts were interrupted(打断)by ANOTHER flying apple! This one was a big one. Only one bite had been taken out of it, and it was thrown with 9 .
Enough was enough. Someone could be really 10 by these apples. Did the students not realize that people live across the wall? Or do they not 11 ?
I told my friend about it. "You should just throw the apple back over the wall. That will 12 them," my friend Sam suggested. But I don't want to play that "game". As they say, "an eye for an eye 13 the whole world blind". Besides, I might end up hurting someone when I throw it back.
Maybe I'll call the school and let them know. The students responsible need to know that they might end up hurting someone 14 they keep throwing their waste. What's more, waste 15 to the bin, not anywhere else.
A: Hello, Pack and Delivery(递送)Services. 1
B: Yes, I need to send one package.
A: What's in the package?
B: Uh, some novels and magazines.
A: Where are you sending your package?
B: Overseas to Italy.
A: I see. 2 By air or regular mail?
B: By air, please.
A: Alright. When is it convenient for the mailman to get the package?
B: At five o'clock, Monday afternoon.
A: OK. 3
B: Yes, a medium box will do.
A: 4
B: Hudson Acket. 89 Street, Chicago.
A: And your telephone number?
B: 1t's 415-9786.
A: How would you like to pay?
B: 5
A: Yes, that's it. Have a nice day.
B: You, too.
Have you ever considered the way you spend your money? What do you buy? When do you buy? It is important to use your money wisely. Then, you will have enough for the things you want. You can make smart decisions about your money. All it takes is some careful, smart thinking.
One way to be smart with your money is to shop around before you buy. Visit more than one store, check the prices at each store, and try not to be in a hurry to buy. You don't have to buy at the first store you visit; another store might have what you want at a lower price. You can even check online and compare prices.
Another way to be smart with your money is to wait for a sale. Many stores offer special discounts. For example, suppose you want to buy a camera. Wait until a store has a sale. You can save 20 percent, 30 percent, or more on the price of the camera by waiting for a sale. Some stores also offer a discount if you buy more than one of an item. So, look for sales offering a lower price per item if you buy two of that item. You could save money.
You can also use your money wisely by buying larger sizes of things. For example, large bags of dog food usually cost less per pound than small bags cost. A large pack of pens usually costs less per pen than a small pack of pens. So, even though you may spend more on a large size, you are really saving money per item.
You can learn to be smart with your money. It takes some practice, and it takes patience. You cannot always have what you want right away. But if you are patient, you will save money. Then, you will have more money to spend on what you want.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people under lockdown feel lonely and bored. "There is a loneliness epidemic," said John Dattilo from Pennsylvania State University, US.
So he, together with an international team of researchers, studied how to reduce loneliness and increase positive feelings during the pandemic.
According to their new study, reducing loneliness has something to do with doing enjoyable activities that require both concentration (注意力) and skill.
When people are absorbed in what they are doing, they enter a state called "flow", Dattilo explained. "Flow can be achieved by doing activities that we value and that requires us to concentrate fully to use our skills."
To achieve a state of flow, there must be a balance between the challenge of the task and your skill level. For example, if you're trying to create a complex (复杂的) computer program but your skill level is low, then you're likely to feel stressed instead of achieving "flow". On the contrary (相反地), if the task is too easy, then boredom will set in and "flow" will not appear, either.
If you have artistic skills, for example, playing the piano or painting can lead to flow. So can things like skiing, writing and storytelling, depending on who you are.
"When we enter a state of flow, we become focused, and we experience momentary enjoyment," Dattilo said. "When we leave a state of flow, we are often surprised by how much time has passed." However, watching television usually doesn't help people enter flow, according to Dattilo, because there aren't any challenges.
"People tend to thrive (茁壮成长) on healthy activities and challenge," said Dattilo. "We hope this research will help people live fuller, happier, healthier lives."
Zologial Sociey of London (ZSL), which runs London Zoo, brought together 16 scientists from different organizations to make a full "heath heck" on 215 miles of the Thames. The results of the first-ever State of the Thames Report have been shown to the public and there's both good and bad news for London's main waterway.
First up, since the Thames was pronounced "biologically(生物学地)dead" in1957, the number of animals and plants growing in and around the river has increased greatly. Natural habitats(栖息地)are also on the increase, some of which can help in the fight against climate(气候)change.
It's not all good news though—like everywhere else, the Thames is influenced by climate change, mainly through changes in water temperature and sea levels. The Thames is increasing in temperature at an average(平均数)of 0. 2℃ each year, changing the natural environment.
Water levels are also rising in the Thames—at Silvertown. There has been an average increase of 4. 26 mm per year since 1990, which makes London more likely to be flooded.
As with pretty much everywhere on Earth, the Thames needs climate change to be stopped in order to make itself a living river in the future.
The Environment Agency has put together the Thames Estuary 2100 Plan which sets out a long-term plan for dealing with the influence of rising sea levels for the rest of this century, in order to protect London from floods.
James Brand, Thames Estuary 2100 Advisor at the Environment Agency said, "We are glad to support the State of the Thames Report. If we are going to stop climate change, nature needs to be at the heart of our activities, both in slowing the pace of future change and dealing with the changes that we are already seeing. "
I'd never thought of flying as something I would ever actually want to do in my free time until my family bought me what's called a ‘flying experience day' as a birthday present. Don't get me wrong, I wasn't like some of my friends, who would start shaking with fear at the thought of going in a plane of any size. I'd actually always looked forward to flying off somewhere on holiday, especially that feeling you get when the plane's just taking off. But flying a plane was something other people did, not me.
I started researching the experience day online straight away. The little aircraft I was going to fly in could only go up to 3. 000 meters, which is quite low when you realize big jets fly closer to 10, 000 meters. I found out there was a half-hour talk from the instructor(教练)about safety and the controls. This seemed more than enough to me, as I was only going to be in the air for about the same amount of time, which I couldn't quite believe. My parents were amazed that something like that was available for a twelve-year-old girl, but I'm very pleased it was.
On the day, I was quite nervous but Sheena, my instructor, was very calm, which helped a lot.
She took the controls as we took off, of course. It appeared to take ages to get high up, but it was only actually a minute or two, and then I took the controls. I was so excited, I wasn't really listening to what Sheena was saying. I was hoping to see my house but it was hard to work out where everything was from the air. Even though we were flying at 280 kilometers per hour, you could hardly tell we were moving when you looked down.
I'm now so into flying that I'm considering it as a career. I'll need to get a pilot's license, of course, and I'm happy to save up for more classes to do this. It was such fun that I'd love to do it every day and get paid for it, too. The company that organizes experience days keeps sending emails about train driving and other things, but I only want more of one particular kind of experience now!
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Boyan Slat has one huge goal. It's a goal that could be good for people and animals all over the world. , it looks like he's going to meet his goal.
When he was 16. Dutch engineering student Slat was on vacation in Greece, and he started to think about all the rubbish that is pushed onto beaches by water. The oceans around the world are all of plastic—millions of tons of plastic. , plastic doesn't just disappear. It takes centuries to break down.
The present of the oceans is bad and worrying, and Slat wanted to do something to change it. So he made it a personal goal to clean up the rubbish in the world's oceans.
Slat started with an idea for an unusual machine to "catch" the plastic floating(漂浮)in the water using the energy of the ocean. He left school in 2013 to begin work his project The Ocean Cleanup. Soon, the project received a lot of attention.
A year later, Slat was named a "Champion of the Earth" by the United Nations for his valuable work.
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Beijing Opera is one of the traditional Chinese drama art forms and the largest Chinese opera form. This opera form as the quintessence(精粹)of our country. Having a history of about 200 hundred years, Beijing Opera is developed from many other drama forms, mostly from the local drama "Huiban". It was especially popular in south China during the 18th century.
Theatrical art forms in many other countries do not have singing, dancing and spoken parts together in one single drama. An opera singer, for example, neither dances nor on stage; there are no singing or dancing parts in a modern play; in a dance drama, the dancer doesn't speak or sing. Traditional Chinese drama, including Beijing Opera, is a kind of entertainment. It includes spoken parts, singing and dancing.
Beijing Opera to many other places. Mei Lanfang, one of the most famous performers of all, was the first to introduce Beijing Opera to foreigners and made highly successful tours to foreign countries.
"You and sometimes be a little bored, but you will be interested gradually. You will be strongly attracted(被吸引)to Beijing Opera, even if you know nothing about the drama background. " This is how one traveler his first experience in watching Beijing Opera.
Beijing Opera is China's national opera and it is full of Chinese cultural traditions. Welcome to China and enjoy Beijing Opera.
I'm studying English at a school in the UK at the moment and having a wonderful time, meeting new friends and getting to know the country. We have the chance to go on lots of trips and recently we visited the famous town of Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of William Shakespeare. Our English teacher wanted us to do more than that.
Before we went, we prepared for the trip. Some students did one on the environment, while another group wrote some questions about hobbies and interests. There were five groups altogether. I'm really interested in business studies and my group had questions to ask local businesspeople and shopkeepers.
We were there for the whole day and we all thought it would be best to do the research in the morning. When we arrived in Stratford, each group went off around the town to ask local people their questions. It was really good fun. We had the chance to practice our English and the local people were very friendly and helpful. In fact, they told our teacher how polite they thought we all were.
Stratford is a lovely town and we spent the afternoon enjoying the sights. After lunch we looked around Holy Trinity Church, and of course we visited the house where the world's most famous playwright was born and grew up. I got home feeling tired but I had had a fantastic day out.
Besides being fun, it was a great way to practice our English, and not only because we were able to speak to local people. We took it in turns to stand up and explain to the other groups what our questions were about and the things we found out. We all enjoyed it so much that we're hoping to repeat it later in the year in a new location.
A. However, many of the shops were closed.
B. We could then relax in the afternoon and have a tour.
C. In class the next day we presented the results of our surveys.
D. But we didn't just walk around the town taking photographs.
E. On the other hand, the weather was better than we had expected.
F. That was followed by some fun boating on the river before we left.
G. We worked in teams and created some surveys on different subjects.
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