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High-speed railwayChina High-speed Railway is a high-speed rail service operated by China Railway. All Hexie Hao had been marked "CRH", before being changed shortly afterwards to the Chinese characters "和谐号"on the Centre of the head vehicle and the side of the walls of other vehicles. |
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Shopping onlineOnline shopping is a form of electronic commerce which allows consumers to directly buy goods or services from a seller over the Internet. Consumers find a product they like by visiting the website of the retailer directly or by searching among alternative vendors (供应商) using a shopping search engine. |
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Shared bikesOfo is a Beijing-based bicycle sharing company founded in 2014. It operates over 10 million yellow bicycles in 250 cities and 20 countries. The lockless ofo system uses a smart phone app to unlock bicycles, charging by hour. |
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Mobile paymentIt generally refers to payment services operated under financial regulation or via (通过) a mobile device. Instead of paying with cash, cheques or credit cards, a consumer can use a mobile phone to pay for a wide range of services, digital or real goods. |
Mr. Guo is a teacher from Xi'an. He asked his students to hand in their homework through a QR code (二维码). "We spent an hour or two in class learning how to generate (使产生) the codes, and in the end everything gets easier," said Guo. "When students finish the homework, they keep it on WeChat (微信). Then, each student makes his own QR code and gives it to me. So, I can check their work everywhere using my computer or telephone" .
Guo's students like the new way and think it is interesting. "We are living in the information age. Many students like to work with computers, which makes learning more fun." said Tingting, a student of Guo's.
However, some parents are worried. They are afraid that their children will spend too much time on computers and less time communicating with teachers. But in fact, it's unnecessary. Students still need to look up information in books and write it down when they do their homework. They only use the code when they hand in their work, which doesn't take them too much time. Also, for teachers, it allows them to check the students' work at any time. And it's also an easy way to share homework with other students.
What will life in the future be like? Will it be much better than it is now? And what will we be able to do in 10, 20 or 30 years' time?
Genetic engineering (基因工程) may help us make the perfect human. Babies may grow up to play basketball like Yao Ming or look like Cecilia Cheung. Also, we may be able to bring the dead back to life. Maybe people will be able to meet and talk with their dead family members.
Over the next 20 to 50 years, it will become harder to tell the difference between humans and machines. Perhaps we will be able to make copies of ourselves, so we will appear to be alive long after we are dead. People may be able to find ways of putting the life of a person into a new body.
Nanobots (纳米机器人) will be important. We will use them when we are sick. For example, when we have a stomachache, we will swallow (吞下) a nanobot and it will travel through our stomach, taking a video of what's happening there. The video will help the doctor cure us.
In the future, computers may have their feelings. They may be able to think better than us. We may be more and more interested in computers and the internet, spending all our time in front of computers. Perhaps we will forget our real needs. Perhaps we will become super couch potatoes weighing 250 kg!
People and animals have worked together for thousands of years. Some dogs protect sheep from wolves, while others help cows find their way back home. Cats hunt mice, stopping them from eating people's food. People also train some animals to help in other ways.
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Specially-trained monkeys can help people who can't use their arms or legs. The monkeys can change CDs, get food and even brush hair for their owners (主人). |
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Pigs use their noses to find delicious truffles (松露) that grow as deep as three feet underground. Truffles are one of the most expensive mushrooms in the world. |
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Pigeons can usually return to their homes from any places, so people have used them to carry messages for thousands of years. |
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You may know that some dogs can help their owners to see. But did you know that hearing dogs can help their owners to hear, making them notice the doorbells and people calling them? Dogs can also help policemen in a manhunt (追捕). Some are trained to find missing people. |
Internet is fun. And it's fine to chat. But you must be careful. Read our advice so you can be safe on the net! Use a nickname in chatting rooms. Chat in public areas, not the private areas. , as someone can use this to identify (骚扰) you. And don't give your phone number.
Use different passwords. And keep your passwords secret: this protects you from identity theft (偷盗).
When a person bullies (恐吓) you, don't respond—that is what they want you to do. Always tell a parent, trusted adult or a teacher. They can report the bully to the Internet Service Provider.
Many teenagers want to meet new online friends. This can be very dangerous. It's very easy to create false identities online. NEVER arrange a meeting on your own. Arrange the meeting in a public place during the day and take a friend or your mom or dad.
A. Don't agree to meet someone secretly
B. Make notes of names, times and contact details
C. Don't tell your friends your passwords
D. Don't give personal information
E. Online bullying is a big problem
F. That's easy.
G. Enjoy your own club!
If you want to experience the rich tradition of our city, 1 the main museums here. Remember, they are very 2, so you have to know lots of 3 visitors will rush to these places. Before you visit the museums, you 4 do the following things.
5, try to get a museum pass (通行证). A museum pass will make life much 6 for you. With a museum pass, you will not have to wait in long lines, just to get a ticket to 7 the museum.
Second, get a map of 8 city. As soon as you arrive at the 9, make sure to get a map of the city. A map can help you 10 find the main museums here.
Third, go to museums early. If you want to 11 the crowd in museums, then you need to get up early, so you can visit the main museums in the morning. 12 , if you want to meet new friends and enjoy the company (陪同) of other museum visitors, you can visit main museums in the city in the afternoon or 13 closing time.
Finally, don't forget 14 to go first. There are more than 20 major museums in the city. So, it is important to carefully make a 15 for your museum tour. You can certainly have a good time here.
It is reported that a law has been approved (通过) in Spain. Spanish children may soon (require) to help out with housework by law. The law would be part of a wider child protection, and children under the age of 18 have to (join) in all areas of family life. That includes housework and other work in the family. The rules come under a section of the law (call) "the rights and duties of children". Along with (do) housework, children would also have to be respectful to their parents and teachers, and would do (well) in their studies than before. But the law doesn't say anything about punishment for children who don't obey the law. Married Spanish men can also face punishments for refusing (do) housework — requiring men to share in household duties, and the care of children and elderly family members. Children should learn to do different kinds of housework at different ages, but it is almost (possible) for Chinese children. They seem to avoid such (usually) housework at similar ages, because their families (protect) them too much since they were born. Children should realize that they are part of the families and have responsibilities (责任) for taking care of (they) and the family members.
As Amy Hagadorn rounded the corner across the hall from her classroom, she ran into a tall boy from the fifth grade running in the opposite direction.
"Watch it, dwarf." The boy yelled as he kept away the little third-grader. Then, with an unfriendly smile on his face, the boy took hold of his right leg and imitated the way Amy limped (跛行)when she walked.
Amy closed her eyes for a moment. "Forget it"! she told herself as she headed for her classroom. But at the end of the day, Amy was still thinking about the tall boy's mean teasing (嘲弄). It wasn't as if he were the only one. It seemed that ever since Amy started the third grade, someone teased her every single day. Kids teased her about her speech or her limping. Amy was tired of it. Sometimes, even in a classroom full of other students, the teasing made her feel all alone.
Back home at the dinner table that evening, Amy was quiet. Her mother knew that things were not going well at school.
"There's a Christmas wish contest on the newspaper," Amy's mom announced. "Write a letter to Santa, and you might win a prize".
The contest sounded like fun to Amy. She started thinking about what she wanted most for Christmas. A smile took hold of Amy when the idea first came to her. Out came pencil and paper, and Amy went to work on her letter.
While Amy worked away at her writing, the rest of the family tried to guess what she might ask from Santa. Amy's sister, Jamie, and Amy's mom both thought a three-foot Barbie doll would top Amy's wish list. Amy's dad guessed a picture book. But Amy wasn't ready to reveal her secret Christmas wish just then. Here is Amy's letter to Santa, just as she wrote it that night:
注意：
1. 所续写的短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
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"Dear Santa Claus," she began.
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The next day, a picture of Amy and her letter to Santa made the front page of the News Sentinel.
