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Mrs Parks finished one of her lessons, and although she had not performed any physical activity, she was out of breath. A sudden burning stomachache started, but she hoped her students wouldn't notice.

"You look pale, Mrs Parks. Are you all right?" a kid, Tony, asked. Mrs Parks started nodding, trying to explain everything was all right. But the words wouldn't come out. She became unconscious and fell down in front of her class, and there were red and blue lights, many adults, and the sounds of children crying.

"Will she be OK?" Mrs Parks heard a high voice but couldn't recognize who had said it. "Everything will be fine," she whispered, but an ambulance worker quieted her and put an oxygen mask on her.

"Tony, please. We'll see what we can do for Mrs Parks. All of you have to go back to class and listen to whatever Ms Hanson tells you," Mr Roberts, the headmaster, tried to demand Mrs Parks' students leave his office, but they wouldn't move. Tony and Hannah were at the front of the pack. They were told she needed surgery, and hospitals cost money.

"We need to raise money. Please help us, Mr Roberts," Hannah said, and all the kids nodded. "Kids, let's go back to the classroom and brainstorm together about helping Mrs Parks," Ms Hanson guided them back to the classroom. Ms Hanson instructed them to write special messages to her.

"A card is not enough to save Mrs Parks. She has to come back. She's the best teacher ever. We need a grown-up to help." Tony told his classmates during the break. All the kids were thinking hard, and suddenly, Asher spoke up, "My big sister is a senior in high school. Well, I think she can make a link on a website or something. Then we can raise the money we need and help Mrs Parks!"

All the classmates agreed and went home to tell their older brothers or sisters about this idea. Asher's big sister, Dianne, started an online group, and she made an Internet link immediately with her parents' approval.

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The link and the group were shared throughout the community quickly.

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Mrs Parks was back at school two months later.

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. Here are a few of the less-obvious reasons a smaller school might be a good fit:

1. The professors actually do the teaching. Most small colleges only teach undergraduate degrees., and more importantly, graduate students won't be teaching any of your classes.

2. More focused and direct feedback (反馈). You've heard the expression "You're just a number." Think about the homework and tests that need to be graded in a class with 450 students. . But at small schools, class sizes are smaller, and professors will have more time to read a student's work.

3. Research chances. Students at small schools are able to develop relationships with professors more easily, since there is a smaller number of students. .

4. Less red tape. It's just easier to get things done at a small school. , and there are fewer regulations. One of the biggest frustrations (令人沮丧的事物) at large schools is that important classes become full quickly, forcing students to either take them over the summer or stay an extra term.

A. Small colleges may offer more sports activities

B. Professors and administrators have more flexibility

C. That means there aren't graduate students on campus

D. The size of a school really can change your experience

E. It's great to see students make a 180-degree turn after they visit some small colleges

F. Teachers there don't have much time to offer advice on every student's piece of work

G. Most professors know their students' names and count on them to take part in their research

"Water is efficiently captured by the web. The spider doesn't need to go to the river to drink, as it traps moisture (水分) from the air," Dr. Tam said. This revelation led to the exploration of how such natural phenomena could be replicated (复制) to address the global challenge of fresh water scarcity.

Furthermore, the Namib Desert beetle showcases another masterclass in nature's engineering. Despite living in one of the dry environments on the Earth, these beetles manage to obtain water from thin air. A textured body surface that captures water droplets from fog when they face into the wind. The collected moisture then accumulates and drips right into their mouths.

Tapping into the lessons offered by these natural wonders, Dr. Tam and his team are working one particularly promising technology termed "atmospheric water harvesting." To replicate the beetle's water-gathering method, Tam's team is developing a special surface that attracts small water droplets and quickly releases bigger ones.

But that's not all. Dr Tam's commitment to sustainability shines through in his choice of materials. Using zero-carbon materials, like plant-based substances, his team has developed an energy-efficient surface that captures atmospheric moisture.

The team's innovations don't stop there. Drawing inspiration from unique mushroom structures, they've designed smart structural systems for solar evaporation(蒸发). These systems effectively use solar energy, absorbing water and transforming it into fresh, collectible steam.

The potential impact of these fresh water generation systems is enormous. Not only are they cost-effective and energy-efficient, but they also represent the essence of environmental friendliness.

In a world increasingly bothered by water scarcity, the work of Dr. Tam and his team offers a ray of hope. By looking to nature's wonderful solutions, we're reminded that sometimes, the answers to our most pressing challenges have been right in front of us all along.

Traditional computer models of the atmosphere have limited value in predicting short-lived local storms like the Edmonton tornado, because the available weather data are generally not detailed enough to allow computers to study carefully the slight atmospheric changes that come before these storms. In most nations, for example, weather-balloon observations are taken just once every twelve hours at places separated by hundreds of miles. With such limited data, traditional forecasting models do a much better job predicting general weather conditions over large areas than they do forecasting specific local events.

Until recently, the observation intensive method needed for exact, very short-range forecasts, or "Nowcasts," was not possible. The cost of equipping and operating many thousands of conventional weather stations was extremely high, and the difficulties concerned in rapidly collecting and processing the weather data from such a network were hard to overcome.

Fortunately, scientific and technological advances have overcome most of these problems. Radar systems and satellites are all able to make detailed, nearly continuous observation over large areas at a lower cost. Communications satellites can send out data around the world cheaply and immediately, and modern computers can quickly collect and analyze this large amount of weather information.

Meteorologists(气象学者) and computer scientists now work together to design computer programs and video equipment able to change weather data into words and graphic displays that forecasters can understand easily and quickly. As meteorologists have begun using these new technologies in weather forecasting offices, Nowcasting is becoming a reality.

This year's International Women's Day theme is Break the Bias (偏见). Knowing that isn't enough, action is needed badly. Gina is taking action for women all over the world to show the importance of women. Gina shared, "I will ride my old bike and carry my luggage, which weighs over 30 kg. I won't complete the challenge until June 2022, so I have 3 months to practice with my son's great help. I have previously travelled by bicycle around Europe, so it won't be my first long cycle journey, but it will certainly be my last one."

Gina Harris, a former photographer, took up cycling at 50 and joined the Cycling UK to follow her passion for charities. Alan Head, former Secretary of the Cycling UK commented, "Gina Harris has cycled with the Cycling UK for many years. We wish her all the best in her attempt to raise money for women by cycling. Because public services aren't enough, the work of charities is important. "

Faye Connelly, Fundraising Manager at Women's Aid, said, "We are grateful to Gina for her incredible support, and we expect more people to follow her example. Gina's determination to raise as much as she can helps us reach more women and children."

Will mankind continue to live longer and have a higher quality of life? In large measure the answer depends on technology and our ability to use it widely. If we keep making progress as we have over the past fifty years, the answer is definitely yes. The advancement of technology depends upon research and development, and the latest statistics(统计) show that the United States is continuing to pump billions of dollars annually(每年) into such efforts. So while we are running out of some scarce resources(少的资源) we may well find technological substitutes(代用品)for many of them through our research programs.

Therefore, in the final analysis the three major factors of production (land, labor and capital) are all influenced by technology. When we need new skills, on techniques in medicine, people will start developing new technology to meet those needs. As equipment proves to be slow or inefficient, new machines will be invented. Technology responds to our needs in helping us maintain our standard of living.

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Wein next semester.

As a player, Langping her country.

The building was completely , and he was .

Do you mind ?

Like me, this woman was here .

The idea arose because of the4 behavior of the women in the Hawthorne plant. According to5 of the experiments, their hourly output rose when lighting was increased, but also when it was dimmed. It did not   6 what was done in the experiment;7 something was changed, and productivity rose. A(n)8 that they were being experimented upon seemed to be9 to alter workers' behavior10itself.

After several decades, the same data were11 to econometric the analysis. Hawthorne experiments has another surprise store12 the descriptions on record, no systematic13 was found that levels of productivity were related to changes in lighting. It turns out that peculiar way of conducting the experiments may be have let to14 interpretation of what happed.15 , lighting was always changed on a Sunday.

American social scientist Lewis Henry Morgan introduced another theory of cultural evolution in the late 1800s. Morgan, along with Taylor, was one of the founders of modern anthropology. In his work, he attempted to show how all aspects of culture changed together in the evolution of societies..

In the early 1900s in North America, German-born American anthropologist Franz Boas developed a new theory of culture known as historical particularism. Historical particularism, which emphasized the uniqueness of all cultures, gave new direction to anthropology..

Boas felt that the culture of any society must be understood as the result of a unique history and not as one of many cultures belonging to a broader evolutionary stage or type of culture..

Historical particularism became a dominant approach to the study of culture in American anthropology, largely through the influence of many students of Boas. But a number of anthropologists in the early 1900s also rejected the particularist theory of culture in favor of diffusionism. Some attributed virtually every important cultural achievement to the inventions of a few, especially gifted peoples that, according to diffusionists, then spread to other cultures..

A. Other anthropologists believed that cultural innovations, such as inventions, had a single origin and passed from society to society. This theory was known as diffusionism.

B. In order to study particular cultures as completely as possible, Boas became skilled in linguistics, the study of languages, and in physical anthropology, the study of human biology and anatomy.

C. He argued that human evolution was characterized by a struggle he called the "survival of the fittest," in which weaker races and societies must eventually be replaced by stronger, more advanced races and societies.

D. They also focused on important rituals that appeared to preserve a people's social structure, such as initiation ceremonies that formally signify children's entrance into adulthood.

E. Thus, in his view, diverse aspects of culture, such as the structure of families, forms of marriage, categories of kinship, ownership of property, forms of government, technology, and systems of food production, all changed as societies evolved.

F. Supporters of the theory viewed as a collection of integrated parts that work together to keep a society functioning.

G. For example, British anthropologists Grafton Elliot Smith and W. J. Perry incorrectly suggested, on the basis of inadequate information, that farming, pottery making, and metallurgy all originated in ancient Egypt and diffused throughout the world.

Any discussion of this topic is bound to question the aims of education. Stuffing children's heads full of knowledge is far from being foremost among them. One of the chief aims of educations is to equip future citizens with all they require to take their place in adult society.

Now adult society is made up of men and women, so how can a segregated school possibly offer the right sort of preparation for it? Anyone entering adult society after years of segregation can only be in for a shock. A co-educational school offers children nothing less than a true version of society in miniature. Boys and girls are given the opportunity to get to know each other, to learn to live together from their earliest years. They are put in a position where they can compare themselves with each other in terms of academic ability, athletic achievement and many of the extra-curricular activities which are part of school life.

What a practical advantage it is(to give just a small example)to be able to put on a school play in which the male parts will be taken by boys and the female parts by girls! What nonsense co-education makes of the argument that boys are cleverer than girl or vice-versa. When segregated, boys and girls are made to feel that they are a race apart. Rivalry between the sexes is fostered. In a coeducational school, everything falls into its proper place. But perhaps the greatest contribution of co-education is the healthy attitude to life it encourages.

Boys don't grow up believing that women are mysterious creatures-airy goddesses, more like book-illustrations to a fairy-tale, than human beings. Girls don't grow up imagining that men are romantic heroes.

A mule probably will not even know the name of the person who gives him his instructions, nor how to get in touch with him. Usually he even does not know the person to whom he has to make delivery.

He will be told just to sit tight in a certain hotel or bar until someone contacts him. In this way if he is blown, coming through airport customs he cannot unwittingly lead agents to the next link in the chain.

All the persons at the receiving end do is to hang around the airport among the waiting crowd, and see that the mule comes through safely. If he does not, he is dimply written off as a loss.

To make identification of mules easier, several syndicates have devised their own "club ties" so that a mule wearing one can immediately be picked out.

Mules often receive careful training before embarking on their first journey. One Beirut organization, for example, uses a room with three airline seats in it. There the trainee mules sit for hours on end wearing weighted smuggling vests beneath their clothes, so that they become accustomed to standing up after a long flight in a natural way, and without revealing what they are carrying.

An outfit in Brussels maintained a comfortable apartment where the mules could relax and get a firm grip on themselves on the night before their first journey; they were helped to dress before setting out for the airport in the morning. More often than not a courier will not know precisely where he is going or what flight number is until he is actually handed his tickets at the airport. This prevents the careless boast in some bar or to a girl friend the night before.

Mules occasionally run off with the goods to keep the profit themselves. As insurance against this, a syndicate often sends a high-up on the same plane to keep a wary eye on couriers, particularly new ones. Even then things can go badly wrong. One international currency smuggler who was having trouble getting money out of Britain was offered help by a group of men who said they were in a position to "fix thing"— for a fee of course. Foolishly, the smuggler agreed to accept their help.

Unfortunately, banks' lobbying now seems to be working. The details may be unknowable, but the independence of standard-setters, essential to the proper functioning of capital markets, is being compromised. And, unless banks carry toxic assets at prices that attract buyers, reviving the banking system will be difficult.

After a bruising encounter with Congress, America's Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) rushed through rule changes. These gave banks more freedom to use models to value illiquid assets and more flexibility in recognizing losses on long-term assets in their income statement. Bob Herz, the FASB's chairman, cried out against those who "question our motives." Yet bank shares rose and the changes enhance what one lobby group politely calls "the use of judgment by management."

European ministers instantly demanded that the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) do likewise. The IASB says it does not want to act without overall planning, but the pressure to fold when it completes it reconstruction of rules later this year is strong. Charlie McCreevy, a European commissioner, warned the IASB that it did "not live in a political vacuum" but "in the real word" and that Europe could yet develop different rules.

It was banks that were on the wrong planet, with accounts that vastly overvalued assets. Today they argue that market prices overstate losses, because they largely reflect the temporary illiquidity of markets, not the likely extent of bad debts. The truth will not be known for years. But bank's shares trade below their book value, suggesting that investors are skeptical. And dead markets partly reflect the paralysis of banks which will not sell assets for fear of booking losses, yet are reluctant to buy all those supposed bargains.

—Posted by Catherine Chung.a great writer

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

This collection contains several maths stories. The one I recommend is Division By Zero,about Jane Parkinson,a brilliant German mathematician.To her great despair,she ends up proving that mathematics is inconsistent and is able to prove that any two numbers are equal.A beautiful,thought-provoking(发人深省的)story about belief,understanding，and faith.

The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa

It's about a woman who comes to work for a once-great mathematician.Due to a brain injury,he has only 80 minutes of short-term memory available to him before he forgets everything. It is filled with beautiful maths,simply and clearly described alongside finely drawn relationships between the characters.

Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro

Kovalevskaya was a 19th-century mathematician at a time when women were not allowed in most of Europe to attend university. She married a man who promised to take her to Germany to study. She made major contributions to the field and became the first woman in Russia to obtain a doctorate in mathematics.

The Ore Miner's Wife by Karl Iagnemma

It is about a miner who thinks he's discovered the proof to the problem: construct a square,equal in area to a given circle. His wife, not knowing what has suddenly taken his attention and his time, fears he is being unfaithful. A moving exploration of the joys of entering a problem whole and the desire and impossibility of truly knowing those we love.

The Tomato Seedlings

Every spring, Mom and her two girls,12-year-old Mabel and 9-year-old Lila, turned their backyard into a tomato wonderland. "More seedlings(幼苗)than we can eat! Let's share them." Mom laughed that May, her hands caked in soil.

Mabel smiled, stuffing seedlings into recycled cups. For days, the sisters became tomato fairies, leaving plants on doorsteps across their Leeds neighborhood. Number 15 Park Street got one for her famous tomato jam. Number 16 received three.

Then came Number 17 Park Street.

The girls cycled past it daily—an old brick house hid behind weeds taller than Lila. Mom once said, "Some gardens grow food. Others grow miracles(奇迹)." "This one grows sadness," Lila whispered as they stopped their bikes that afternoon.

"That's Ms. Hart's place," Mom said later, cleaning tomato jam from Lila's cheek. "She used to grow prize-winning SunGold tomatoes, the sweetest... Then... well, some changes...She stopped gardening." Her voice softened.

The sisters exchanged looks. The next morning, they stood at Ms. Hart's gate with six tomato seedlings.

"Go away," came a voice from an upstairs window.

"We brought tomatoes!" Lila explained.

"I've no time for this nonsense!"

"They just need sun and water!" Lila stepped forward, her voice steady. "We'll do all the work! Just let us plant them here, please? Otherwise……" she held up a seedling, "they'll end up in the bin by Friday. They' re SunGold tomatoes! The sweetest ever!"

Silence. Ms. Hart's shadow shifted behind the curtain. Moments later, the old woman slid a basket onto the ground—inside was proper gloves and a trowel(铲子)with soil.

"Take that as a ‘yes'!" Lila whispered.

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The girls dived into work right away.

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The next day, when checking plants, the girls found Ms. Hart standing there.

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