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A freezing downpour washed the street in front of the small-town bar. I sat gazing into the watery darkness,alone as usual. I had been in that old bar for half an hour, quietly drinking, when my thoughtful eyes finallyfocused on a medium-sized lump(一团) in a puddle(水洼) a hundred feet away. For another ten minutes, I lookedout through the window trying to decide if the lump was an animal or just something.

The night before, a German dog named She p had come into the bar begging for potato chips. He was starvingand just the size of the lump in the puddle. Why should a dog lie in a cold puddle in the freezing rain? I askedmyself. The answer was simple: Either it wasn't a dog, or it was, he was too weak to get up.

The wound in my right shoulder ached all the way down my fingers. I didn't want to go out in the storm. Hey.it wasn't my dog. It was just a stray on a cold rainy night. a lonely drifter(流浪者). So was I. I thought. as I tossed(扔) down what was left of my drink and headed out the door.

He was lying in the three inches of water. When I touched him, he didn't move. I thought he was dead. I putmy hands around his chest and raised him to his feet. He stood unsteadily, and his head hung like a weight at theend of his neck. His floppy ears were just hairless pieces of flesh dotted with open sores(伤口).

"Come on, Shep," I said, leading him to a corner next to the bar, where he lay on the cold cement and closedhis eyes. A block away I could see the lights of a late-night convenience store. It was still open. I bought threecans of dog food and fed him. Hecouldn't swallow but poorly look at me. He was dying!

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The local vet(兽医) was still at his office, so I loaded the poor creature into a taxi and headed there.

Three days later, when I opened the door of the vet's, Shep welcomed me with wild enthusiasm.

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Dear Chris,

Yours,

Li Hua

Acting was, is and always will be the first love of the National Peking Opera Company's new vice-president, Tian Lei, Chen Nan reports.

Huguosi Street was one of Beijing's (busy) commercial roads in the olden days. It also (house) the residence of Peking Opera master Mei Lanfang (1894-1961). Not far from Mei's address, the first theater for Peking Opera (perform) was created in 1954, five years after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

The neighborhood(change) over the decades, but the theater still stands tall and is(current) managed by the National Peking Opera Company. Tian Lei treasures the hours he spends there, trainingand rehearsing(排练). Wearing a costume and(arm) with a prop spear(道具长矛), the 42-year-oldwalks confidently across the stage,(practice) a variety of martial art movements, before ending thedrill with a liangxiang (striking a pose on the stage).

Tian has been working with the opera company for 10 years. Its premises(处所) are10-minute drive from the theater and his colleagues train there. He, however, prefers the historic stage."I come tothe theater almost every day because I enjoy the peace and emptiness this building offers. Rehearsing here helps me feel closer the Peking Opera masters once graced the stage," he says.

A new week began. Marcus entered the school. 1 , he cried out, "What happened to the stadium?" Someone had painted faces on the stadium wall!

All students were whispering with 2 about the graffiti(涂鸦). Possible explanations spread likewildfire around the school.

Later, when Brian cleaned the blackboard, Marcus suddenly spotted the paint on his hands. He 3 that it was Brian who did it. After school, Marcus followed Brian and 4 on what he was doing. When Brian opened his locker, Marcus saw small cans of paint!He decided to 5 it to Mr. Johnson.

The next morning, Brian was called to the principal's office. The moment Mr. Johnson 6 asked about the graffiti, Brian cried. 7 , Brian explained that he liked to paint, but he couldn't join the art club because he had to go 8 home after school to babysit his little brother. "I'm sorry. I'll clean the stadium," he sobbed.

Though angry at first, Mr. Johnson began to soften as he realized how 9 Brian was. "Brian, painting graffiti on school walls is a very serious matter.Of course you should clean and 10 the wall." Mr. Johnson paused, "11 I must say, those paintings are quite good. Did you do it alone?" Brian nodded, "Yes. I'm good at painting."

Mr. Johnson thought for a moment before making a (n) 12 . "Well," he said, "some teachers suggested that we hire a local artist to paint our school mascot on the school wall. Would you like to participate in that?"

"Really?" Brian hesitated, 13 to believe it.

"Yes, but it's hard work, and we can consider it part of your 14 ," Mr. Johnson said, trying to hide his 15 as he picked up the phone.

Color is in everything we touch, taste, smell and feel. It evokes(唤起) emotion without any thought. We are all familiar with it, but do you know the following facts?

Silver will save your life. When buying a new car and finding yourself facing various choices, you can't think clearly. Your best choice is to go with silver. Silver-colored cars are least likely to be involved in a car accident.Another reason is the silver color's ability to have a look of cleanliness.

Tough prisoners and crazy patients? It is the color commonly used to help calm down those who are out of control.So it surely has a useful place and a purpose, other than decorating a dress or Barbie's dream house.

Yellow makes you hungry. Yellow and orange are not recommended for use in kitchens, as they have apositive influence on your appetite.I'm not normally one for conspiracy(阴谋) theories- but perhapsthere's something in it for them if we remain ignorant of yellow's effects.

Color is an imaginary friend. Technically, it's all in our heads: color does not exist at all.So, it you start a heated debate over color combinations with someone that you are certain has a low IQ or is just color-blind, remember it's a pointless argument and you should drop it instantly. You're both wrong.

A. Pink comforts the nerves.

B. Blue is the most common favorite color.

C. They are most noticeable on the road and in low light.

D. Yellow-colored walls seldom leave us wanting more food.

E. It can be the focus of our careers, our lifestyle and the fun we have.

F. Then where would our restaurant owners be without the clever tricks?

G. Color tries to make sense of the huge amount of information from the outer world.

Humans are not the only ones who underwent self-domestication. So did our close relatives, the bonobos,and the species we call our best friend. A tiny proportion of the genome(基因组) differentiates dogs from wolves,and yet millions of dogs are comfortably curled up in our homes, while wolves move around at the edge of extinction.

When our research group began its work almost 20 years ago, we discovered that dogs also have extraordinary intelligence: they can read our gestures better than any other species. Wolves, in contrast, are mysterious and unpredictable. Their home is the wilderness, and that wilderness is reducing.

But not so long ago the evolutionary race between dogs and wolves was so close, it was unclear who would win. Dogs, in fact, did not descend from wolves. Instead, dogs and wolves shared a wolf-like ancestor.

Folklore supposes that humans brought wolf puppies into camp and domesticated them. Or as wolf expert David Mech wrote in 1974,"Evidently early humans tamed wolves and domesticated them, eventually selectively breeding them and finally developing the domestic dog from them." But this story has not held up. Taming an animal occurs during its lifetime. Domestication happens over generations and involves changes to the genome.

So how did wolves turn into dogs? Back in the Ice Age, as our human populations grew more sedentary, we probably created more rubbish, which we then dumped outside our camps. These leavings would have included tempting pieces of food for hungry wolves. Notevery wolf would have been able to scavenge(觅食，拾荒),however. These animals would have had to be unafraid of humans, and if they displayed any aggression toward us,they would have been killed.

After generations of selection for friendliness without intentional selection by humans, this special population of wolves would have begun to take on a different appearance. Coat color, ears,

tails: all probably started to change.

Animals that could respond to our gestures and voices would be extremely useful as hunting partners and guards. They would have been valuable as well for their warmth and companionship, and slowly we would have allowed them to move from outside our camps to our firesides. We did not domesticate dogs. The friendliest wolves domesticated themselves.

Last year, 138,000 San Francisco residents used Airbnb, a popular app designed to connect home renters and travelers. It's a striking number for a city with a population of about 850,000, and it was enough for Airbnb to win a major victory in local elections, as San Francisco voters struck down a debatable rule that would have placed time restrictions and other regulations on short-term rental services.

The company fiercely opposed the measure, Proposition F, with a nearly $10 million advertising campaign. Italso contacted its San Franciscan users with messages urging them to vote against Proposition F.

Most people think of Airbnb as a kind of couch-surfing app. The service works for one-night stays on roadtrips and longer stays in cities, and it often has more competitive pricing than hotels. It's a textbook example ofthe"sharing economy", but not everyone is a fan.

The app has had unintended consequences in San Francisco. As the San Francisco Chronicle reported lastyear, a significant amount of renting on Airbnb is not in line with the company's image: middle-class familiesputting up a spare room to help make ends meet. Some users have taken advantage of the service, using it to turn their multiple properties into vacation rentals or even full-time rentals. Backers of Proposition F argued that this trend takes spaces off the conventional, better-regulated housing market and contributes to rising costs.

"Thefact is, widespread abuse of short-term rentals is taking much needed housing off the market andharming our neighborhoods,"said ShareBetter SF, a group that supported Proposition F. Hotel unions haveprotested the company's practices in San Francisco and other cities, saying that it creates an illegal hotel system.

San Francisco is in the middle of a long-term, deeply rooted housing crisis that has seen the cost of livingexplode. Actually, explode is a generous term. The average monthly rent for an apartment is around $4,000.Located on a narrow outcropping of landoverlooking the bay, San Francisco simply doesn't have enough space to accommodate the massive inflow of young, high-salaried tech employees flocking to Silicon Valley.

As the Los Angeles Times reported, some San Francisco residents supported the measure simply because itseemed like a way to check a big corporation. Opponents of Proposition F countered that the housing crisis runsmuch deeper, and that passing the rule would have discouraged a popular service while doing little to solve the city's existing problems.

As parents, we always hope to develop character traits in our children that will enhance their success in life. When our daughter Meegan, the eldest of five children, lost her front tooth at the age of six, we found the following note wrapped around the tiny tooth.

Der Tooth Fairy,

Pleze leve me yor majik wand(杖). I want to be a tooth fairy, too.

Luv Meegan

Recognizing potential leadership skills, precious opportunity and the teachable moment,the "Tooth Fairy" left the following note for little Meegan:

Dear Meegan.

I have worked hard to be a good Tooth Fairy and I love my job. You are too young for the job just now. so I cannot give you my wand. But there are some things that you can start to do to prepare yourself for the job.

1）Always do your best in every job that you do.

2）Treat all people as you wish to be treated.

3）Be kind and helpful to others.

4）Always listen carefully whenever people speak to you. I will interview you one day when you are older and ready for the job

Good Luck, Meegan!

The Tooth Fairy

Meegan was thrilled at the response from the Tooth Fairy. She took the message to heart and carefully followed the instructions, always working to improve as she grew. Her character, her strength and her leadership skills grew right along with her. After graduating magna cum laude(以优秀成绩) from college. Meegan accepteda challenging management position. She excelled, and by age 27, she was the top manager of the company.

One day Meegan and I were talking about her success. She told me that the company president had once asked her what influences had motivated her toward success.

"What did you tell him?" I asked.

She replied. "My parents, my teacher and my friends. And, of course, the Tooth Fairy!"

These science-themed field trips will offer you fantastic experiences.

London's sites of scientific interest

Explore London's notable sites of scientific interest along the River Thames, starting at Kew Bridge and walking to the Thames Barrier during the day with talks in the evening with some professors.

Visit the London Wetland Centre, Kew Gardens, Battersea Power Station, and the Greenwich Observatory. You will never be far from the river as you experience a wide range of topics including wildlife, medicine, power generation, engineering, physics and astronomy.

The science history of Scotland

Discover Edinburgh and Glasgow's most famous scientific thinkers, and learn how their ideas supported our emerging understanding of the world from the 16th century onwards.

Enjoy expert talks and explore key sites from the Scottish Enlightenment(启蒙). Learn about the wide castof advocates and hear from guest speakers, take part in walking seminars (研讨会) and enjoy several museumtrips, as well as visits to two industrial wonders, the Falkirk Wheel and the Whitelee Windfarm.

Pre-Historic Southwest England

Involve yourself in the early human periods the Bronze and Iron Ages. A gentle walking tour that explores the pre-historic origins and evidence across Wiltshire and Dorset.

Visit several National Trust, English Heritage and UNESCO listed sites including Stonehenge and Maiden Castle and hear talks from the directors of the Wiltshire and Salisbury museums.

A long time ago, when I worked in Ahmedabad, we would often drive to Mount Abu for short trips—it took us anywhere between seven to eight hours to drive up. That year, my close relatives were visiting from Lucknow during the holidays, and we made a plan to visit Abu for three days. Since there were seven of us, including my brother's family who also lived in Ahmedabad, we hired two cabs. We picked ourselves into the vehicles, stacked (堆放) our luggage on the carriers on top and started out.

A good time was badby all, and soon it was time to return. During the journey back, we stopped at a Dhabafor tea and snacks near the Mehanadistrict. That's when I noticed suddenly that the rope with which the luggage was tied on and of the carriers had come loose and one of the suitcases was missing. It must have fallen off somewhere along the way.

Although it didn't contain any valuables—just clothes and some cash, we decided to retrace our steps, drawing back four kilometres, looking for the bag. But luck wasn't our friend: we could not locate it and returned to Ahmedabad depressed.

After about a month, one day, while in my office, I got a call from my assistant that a certain Mr. Shah wanted to see me. I was in the middle of a meeting so he was asked to wait. After I got done, I called him into my office.

I was looking after the development of small industries in the state at the time, so my immediate query was. "How can we help you? Do you want to set up an industry or are you facing any issues in your enterprise?"

To which he said, "No, sir. I have not come for any official help. It is a personal matter. Did you lose something recently?"

Of course, it all came back to me and I told him about the lost suitcase from the cab back from Mount Abu a month ago.

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Then Shah told his side of the story.

But the gentlemaninsisted on delivering the suitcase to me.

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Good Habits, Good Heal

The day starts early for Shi Xiaogang, a wildlife ranger (护林员) at the Wolong National Nature Reserve in Southwest China's Sichuan province. He monitors the population of giant pandas and conducts long-range patrols (巡逻) in some of the most extreme environments, is a challenging and, often, dangerous job.

(cover) about 200,000 hectares, Wolong National Nature Reserve is home to one of the largest remaining giant panda populations in China. Thanks to the rangers' like Shi's efforts, number of wild giant pandas in the reserve has increased from 104, in 2015, to 149 today. In 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (announce) that the giant panda's status had been changed from "endangered" to "vulnerable" on its Red List of Threatened Species.

As well as "the home of giant pandas", the reserve is (wide) known as a "bio-gene bank". It features a great number of threatened species of plants and animals, including other famous (creature), such as the red panda, snow leopard and clouded leopard among the 121 species of mammals (哺乳动物) (record). There are also 392 bird species.

To mark the rangers'hard work and contribution to wildlife (protect) in the reserve, last year, 20 rangers (recognize) with special commendations (表扬) at an online award ceremony for the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas'International Ranger Awards.

The commission speaks highly of their work, saying that they help stop biodiversity loss and protect the important ecosystems that serve natural solutions to climate change and other global challenges.

I used to believe in the AmericanDream, which meant a job, a mortgage (按揭), credit cards, success. I wanted it and worked toward it like everyone else, all of us 1 chasing the same thing.

One year, through a series of unhappy events, it all fell 2 .I found myself homeless and alone. I had my truck and $ 

56.I 3 the countryside for some place I could rent for the 4 possible amount. I came upon a shabby house four miles up a winding mountain road 5 the Potomac River in West Virginia. It was 6 ,full of broken glass and rubbish. I found the owner, rented it, and 7 a corner to camp in.

The locals knew nothing about me, 8 slowly, they started teaching me the 9 of being a neighbor. They droppedoff blankets, candles, and tools, and began 10 around to chat. They started to teach me a belief in a 11 American Dream—not the one of individual achievement but of 12 .

What Ihad believed in, all those things I thought were 13 for a civilized life, were nonexistent in this place. 14 on the mountain, my most valuable possessions were my 15 with my neighbors.

Four yearslater, I moved back into 16 .I saw many people were having a really hard time, 17 their jobs and homes. I managed to rent a big enough house to 18 a handful of people. There are four of us now inthe house, but over time I've had nine people come in and move on to other places. We'd all be in 19 if we hadn't banded together.

The American Dream I believe in now is a shared one. It's not so much about what I can get for myself; it's about 20 we can all get by together.