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You probably believe that weight loss has to be tied to countless hours at the gym or eating nothing but vegetables. Luckily, dropping a couple dress sizes doesn't take anything that extreme. Read on and I ensure you'll be helped in your weight loss efforts.

Stop Eating Out. Think back to when your mother fed you. Do you remember what the dinner plates looked like? Now compare that to what the " plates" look like at those chain restaurants. There are dozens of studies about eating out and they all lead to one conclusion: if you eat out, you overeat! Take a break from eating out for the next six weeks and see how easily you can drop a dress size or even two.

You don't have to avoid the foods that you enjoy — you just can't eat big servings of them. An easy way to do this is to use smaller plates for your meals. And don't think that just because something is on your plate, you have to eat it. Different from what your mother told you, you don't have to ‘clean your plate'. In fact — you shouldn't. Eat slowly and stop when you aren't hungry any more.

Make Better Choices. I know I just said that you can eat the foods you enjoy and still lose weight. The key is moderation (适量). So when you shop, go to a wet market instead of a supermarket. When you're at work, keep health snacks handy so you don't have to turn to the company's vending machine (自动贩卖机). Improving your choices will speed up your weight loss.

A. Lessen your intake.

B. Eat with smaller plates.

C. It's no wonder you are putting on weight.

D. You will find that they have a lot in common.

E. But that doesn't mean contenting yourself with candy and chips.

F. What it does take is making some small changes in your bad behaviors.

G. That way, you're not losing the fun of eating while still exercising good judgment.

"Hallucinate" — the Word of 2023

Cambridge Dictionary has named "hallucinate" as the word of the year for 2023 — while giving it an added new meaning relating to AI (artificial intelligence) technology.

The added Cambridge Dictionary definition (定义) reads: " When an AI hallucinates, it produces false information, which can vary (变化) from suggestions that seem perfectly believable to ones that are clearly non-sense. "

Wendalyn Nichols, Cambridge Dictionary's publishing manager, said: " The fact that AIs can ‘hallucinate' reminds us that humans still need to bring their critical (批判的) thinking skills to the use of these tools. AIs can draw out specific information we need from huge amounts and piece it together. That's amazing. But they just stop there. The more original (原创的) you ask them to be, the likelier they are to go wrong. "

Actually, at their best, AIs can only be as dependable as their training information. Humans' professional knowledge is more important than ever, to create the truthful and up-to-date information that AIs can be trained on.

AIs can hallucinate in a confident and thus more misleading manner. Their influences have been shown in real-world examples. In Google's advertisement for its chatbot Bard, the AI tool made an error about the James Webb Space Telescope. A US law company used cases made up by AIs in court after using ChatGPT for legal research.

"The widespread use of the word ‘hallucinate' to refer to mistakes by AIs offers us a quick look at how we're treating them as our equals," said Dr Henry, an AI ethicist at Cambridge University. "‘Hallucinate' is originally a verb suggesting someone experiencing a disconnect from reality," he continued. "It mirrors an unnoticeable change in perception (认知): the AI, not the user, is the one ‘ hallucinating '". It seems that as time progresses, psychological vocabulary will be further enlarged to describe the strange abilities of the new intelligences we're creating.

Once upon a time, there was a small village in the center of a big forest. All the villagers were used to their robotic farm work and none of them had the imagination or the will (意愿) to try something new, except for one girl named Jo. Very few could read or write, and Jo was one of them.

One afternoon, when Jo was on one of her explorations in the forest, she came upon an abandoned cottage (废弃的小屋). Though she'd been warned to stay away from abandoned places, her curiosity got the best of her. She slid in and was amazed to find a room full of books! Jo's excitement was huge when she realized she had found a hidden treasure.

She ran to tell the villagers everything, thinking that they would share her excitement but instead, she heard roars of laughter! Jo was confused by this reaction (反应) and a little hurt too, but she did not give up on her books.

She came to the cottage every day and got down to reading the books. For her, each page was an adventure with characters who challenged difficulties with their determination and who struggled for good. Knowing the power of stories in impressing on people the values of life, she decided to share the stories with the villagers, though she knew it would be a difficult journey. Making this her mission (使命), Jo started telling stories every day at her cottage.

In the beginning, only a few came to the readings. But word spread rapidly, causing more and more people to come, some of whom even traveled from far away to just listen to her stories. She also conducted workshops in which she taught people how to read and write. She was remembered and lived in her stories even after she was long gone.

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It was time to go home. "Remember to work on your class speeches for homework," Miss Walker called, as everyone started talking and packing their schoolbags. Jenny felt sick. She hated having to read aloud in class. She was sure everyone got really bored listening to her. Once, when Jenny was reading out her holiday diary, Lee was even looking at his watch, a silver and blue one which seemed just magical.

Jenny watched Lee walk ahead of her as they left school. He seemed so clever, and he had a certain sort of shining confidence. He was one of those people who were good at everything. Jenny sighed. As she turned the corner, she saw Lee's watch lying right in the middle of the path.

Jenny knew she should just pick it up and return it to him, but she didn't want to run after him. Jenny bent down quickly, picked up the watch and ran home. On arriving home, Jenny put it on almost without thinking. She was surprised it fitted so well. She walked to the mirror and started practicing her speech. Words just flooded out of her. "I'm going to talk about swimming. I have been lucky. I've won lots of competitions. But when I'm in a race, I'm not really thinking about winning. I'm just loving the feeling of being in the water..."Jenny laughed with excitement. She walked across the room. She suddenly seemed to have a certain sort of confidence. Turning back to the mirror, Jenny saw a flash of light from the watch in the glass. The flashes of silver seemed almost magical. So maybe Lee's watch really did have something magic about it.

The next day, as the lesson began, Miss Walker asked who was going to be brave and go first. Nobody moved. Jenny slowly raised her arm. Before Miss Walker could say anything, there was a shout from behind. "She's stolen my watch!" Lee said angrily. "It went missing at school yesterday."

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Everybody was fixing their eyes on Jenny, waiting for an explanation.

……

At that point, Miss Walker smiled and asked the class to listen to Jenny's speech first.

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Dear Peter,

……

Yours,

Li Hua

It has been over 500 years  the first journey around the earth in 1521. Long before the invention of trains and planes, many thought it was impossible. It nearly was. The journey (start) by a Portuguese explorer, Ferdinand Magellan, but he never saw it finished.

Magellan was following in the footsteps of explorers like Christopher Columbus. He'd traveled from Spain to America in 1492 and encouraged others (take) to the seas. But Magellan's journey was even more daring. It was a journey around the whole world that would (complete) show the still questioned idea that the world was not flat, but round.

In 1519, Ferdinand Magellan set sail from Spain, he got support from the Spanish King, Charles V. But Spanish sailors didn't feel like (lead) by a Portuguese man.

After fighting storms, losing ships and many of his men turning against him and returning home, Magellan was killed in the Philippines by local people.

After Magellan's (die), his group continued in the only ship that was left Along the way, they traveled across a new ocean and (map) new paths for European trade For better or (bad), they had made the way for modern world trade and proved that the earth was round.

The passage Magellan's team went through, between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, was named after him: the Strait of Magellan, which is 570 kilometers long. His influence on the world did not end there In 1989, NASA named  spacecraft after the explorer and sent it to Venus(金星).

When I was 19, determined not to spend my last teenage year stuck in a suburb in Buckingham, I 1  with an Australian friend and we traveled around Europe for months As budget travellers, we stayed in the 2  accommodation we could find and live on bread, cheese and the 3  bottle of red bull 

This was 1990, a time before mobile phones and the 4  , when the primary contact with home was the collection of mail from the general post office.

Before I left, Mom had made me a money pouch(荷包) to wear around my neck. She'd also made me a sleeping sheet so I could 5 unclean bedding. While she didn't want me to go, these gifts were her way of telling me to have a wonderful time.

It's only now, as my 18 year old daughter is preparing to leave on her own 6  year trip, that I have more sympathy for what Mom felt.

Working 7  jobs and saving money, my daughter has researched where to stay, how to get around and what to do when she arrives She 8  asks for my opinion and I find myself desperately 9  of whether I should wade in(介入) or back off I want to be 10  but not too involved. I want to be cool but not aloof(漠不关心的) I want to be like the perfect guide.

When she first mentioned gap year travel, I was encouraging, wanting her to have her own experiences that 11 her As I had mine, I didn't let myself dwell too long on the idea of her not being here. Our house has already got smaller in size and soon it will just be me, my son and the cat. And I'm not quite 12 for that

But this trip is about her.

This is not 1990 and I am not 13  at home waiting for a letter I have promised not to 14  her with messages, but 15  I know she can contact me when she wants to 

There are many requirements that need to be fulfilled when students apply to college, but the application essay can be the most difficult. Many students wonder: " " Here are some elements that should be included in your essay.

What makes you unique?

Your essay or personal statement is your opportunity to showcase what makes you stand out. This is your chance to humbly brag about your life. Admissions officers look for unique experiences beyond traditional education such as volunteer work, travel, or overcoming personal adversity. 

Can you write?

In college, you are going to be spending a tremendous amount of time writing. Your essay provides insight into your ability as a writer  Also, make sure that your essay doesn't have any grammar and spelling mistakes.

Your writing should be meaningful and appealing to your reader. The voice of your writing should be similar to the way you speak.

Admissions officers want to know how you will enhance(改善) your community if accepted. Colleges are increasingly aware of the value of cultural diversity in the student body  How will you bring your culture to the community and share it with students? This ties into what makes you unique.

Five months ago, a new species of box jellyfish was discovered in Hong Kong. It is a relative of the deadly Australian box jellyfish, one of the most venomous(有毒的) animals on Earth. One sting(刺伤) from it can kill a person in minutes.

A university team in Hong Kong, led by Qiu Jianwen from the Hong Kong Baptist University, discovered it at the Mai Po Nature Reserve, a local wetland area. It was the first discovery of a new box jellyfish species in Chinese waters.

But it's not the first time bi ology professor Qiu has discovered a new creature. He's made more than 30 discoveries in about 20 years spent exploring new marine(海洋的)anımals.

Qiu doesn't go looking for new species on purpose. In 2014, he did research on the health of coral in Hong Kong waters. To learn more, Qiu and his team needed to find all of the coral species involved. And in doing so, they discovered four new coral species.

Finding new species reminds Qiu of how biologically diverse Hong Kong's waters are. Hong Kong takes up just 0.03 percent of China's total marine area, yet it is home to more than 25 percent of all marine species recorded in China, a report by the University of Hong Kong showed.

However, Hong Kong's marine animals face threats, due to factors including habitat loss, climate change and overuse of natural resources.

Although action is being taken, it focuses more on bigger creatures, like dolphins and birds. "Many marine species are small and they are often overlooked. If these species were to become extinct, few people would notice or care. But for me, each one has its rightful place," said Qiu.

He hopes everyone can recognize the importance of the ocean. "When more people show concern for the ocean, we are, in fact, acting for our own benefit," he said.