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Even before she had two successful "practices" under her belt, Deborah was keenly aware of the power of poetry. She noticed how it could bring people a positive change. This inspired her to become the "Emergency Poet" traveling the country in a vintage ambulance to offer poetry prescriptions (处方). The 1950s ambulance, which was bought on eBay, carried 200 poems, each with advice like "take this poem with a cup of tea" or "listen to some birdsong".

After about a decade of mobile medicine, Deborah parked up her practice for a permanent location in Shropshire. This became the world's first walk-in-poetry pharmacy, and — unlike the ambulance — it had central heating. From a cozy coffee corner to an inspiring physic garden, the Pharmacy is described as "a peaceful place to rest and dream". "What happens in the shops is that people who look at pills are often buying things for others. It's potentially a little theatre, but that act of giving and thinking about someone else is heartwarming." The Pharmacy also provides a more personalized service. "We ask about people's reading habits, how they relax, rather than their problems. It should be a pleasure to answer these questions," Deborah says.

Despite never having done any online marketing, The Poetry Pharmacy has a dedicated following of creative souls, including Mark Constantine, CEO and co-founder of LUSH. We don't know what the future holds for The Poetry Pharmacy and its founder, but one thing is certain-the next chapter is bound to be a good one!

Weather Laboratories

To make learning about weather accessible and fun, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) created a lot of informative weather activities and virtual labs they recommend for students and educators. In fact, their weather science content for kids features a Weather Lab application that allows middle school students to predict weather patterns, and learn what happens when ocean currents and air masses interact.

Simulations (模拟) for Science and Math

It is a project of the University of Colorado Boulder and one of the richest single databases of online science interactives and virtual labs. Investigate more than 150 physics, chemistry, math, biology, and Earth science topics. Available in dozens of languages, the interactives are searchable by grade level, subject, and accessibility.

Space Exploration Simulations

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) features many STEM learning activities for students in grades K-12. The interactive simulations are also gamified and make learning engaging and fun for your child. The app allows users to explore the universe and unlock stories of trailblazing scientists and their contributions to space exploration and science.

This voyage was the favorite dream of my early years. My education was neglected, yet I was passionately fond of reading. Uncle Thomas's library contained only books about exploration, which I read day and night. Finally, my thoughts come to the idea of making a voyage of discovery.

Six years have passed since I decided on the present voyage. I can, even now, remember the hour when I committed myself to this great enterprise. I began by making my body used to hardship. I went on whale hunting voyages to the North Sea; I voluntarily endured cold, hunger, thirst, and lack of sleep. I often worked harder than the common sailors during the day. Then, at nights, I studied mathematics, the theory of medicine, and sciences of practical importance for a sea-going adventurer. Twice I took jobs as an officer on a Greenland whaling ship. I felt a little proud when my captain asked me to remain with the ship, so valuable did he consider my services. And now, do I not deserve to achieve some great task? My life might have been passed in ease and comfort, but I preferred glory to every pleasure that wealth placed in my path.

School was out! I grabbed my backpack and headed to the library for my favorite weekly after-school activity: Writing Club.

"Hello, everyone," said Miss Lisa, our writing club leader. "Today we'll share our stories with a critique partner, who will give us helpful feedback (反馈) to improve them. Then submit your story by next week, solo or coauthored."

My partner was Penny. I was nervous. I had no problem coming up with great story ideas but struggled with spelling. And grammar. And punctuation. Penny, who always got perfect scores in those areas, didn't look at me as she pushed her story towards me. I read it without stopping. "Wow, great story," I told her, "I don't have any suggestions." She corrected some mistakes in my story hurriedly, and handed it back without looking at me.

"OK, time is up for today," said Miss Lisa. Penny looked relieved. She jumped up and grabbed her backpack. Bang! Everything fell out. She quickly stuffed it back in and hurried away.

I noticed a book under the table. The description on the back matched Penny's story exactly. I couldn't believe she had copied this idea!

Outside the school, spotting Penny on a bench, I walked over. "You dropped this," I said, holding out the book and raising my eyebrows. Penny's shoulders were slumped. She sniffed and wiped her nose on her sleeve. She was crying, "Didn't know what to write!"

All of a sudden, I wasn't angry anymore. I remembered my job as her partner was to give helpful feedback, not to make her feel bad. But what should I say?

I decided to ask Mom for advice. In the kitchen, Dad chopped vegetables perfectly while Mom stirred a sauce. She offered him a taste. "It's good," Dad said, "but I think..." "It needs something extra. I have an idea." Mom interjected. He handed her a measuring spoon. "To get the right amount." Mom added a teaspoon of a new spice.

I realized Mom and Dad had different skills, making them a great team. With Dad's attention to detail and Mom's sense of adventure, their dinners turned out delicious.

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(2)请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Watching Mom and Dad cook gave me an idea to suggest to Penny.

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"What about the true story of you and me?" Penny asked me.

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(1)你的选择及理由；

(2)你的预期收获。

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Dear Ryan,

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Yours,

Li Hua

People have been talking about Xiao Hua, hairdresser who listens and understands. They praise her with the phrase, "a cut that makes you look great," and appreciate her sincerity and devotion. people really value is her attitude of putting the customers' needs first.

Reports indicate that her sudden rise to fame, the haircut prices remain (change). This has led some of her peers to question her low pricing, (claim) it sets the industry back more than a decade. In response, she stated that her skills are currently worth this money, and her biggest wish is to see every customer leave the salon with a smile.

However, the real reason why Xiao Hua attracts customers isn't the "low prices", her respectful and caring approach, which arouses a sense of long-lost (warm). In recent years, problems like rising prices and over advertising (arise). Xiao Hua's (afford) haircuts appeal to consumers by popping the industry's price bubble. So, she encourages the industry to rethink its (practice) rather than "sets the industry back". Her success reveals a simple truth: regardless of pricing or market positioning, genuine service and customer satisfaction is the key to sustainable growth.

I would pull them out,4 my little arms till deep into the cracks of the sofa, hoping to find some spare change that had5 out of someone's pockets. Often to my6, I would find a dime or a quarter. Then I would run off to the pool happily.

It's only recently, however, that I realized I found7 there an awful lot during the summertime. I8 looking between the cushions in the winter a few times, yet9 to find a penny. Although I never saw them, I think Mom and Dad would10 change down there for me to find. They did so knowing it would make my11 and bring a smile to my face. Of course, they never said a word even after I had12. I guess some13 are too good to share.

I think that maybe an unseen act of14 has a special joy to it. You get no appreciation or thanks for it, at least not to your face. Yet, it fills your heart with happiness. You know that you are helping another, making someone's life better and this world a more15 place.

When you notice specific distractions, you can block them out. Take note of this specific distraction and then tell yourself you are going to overcome it. The next time you see it happen, remind yourself not to look. Keep doing this every time the distraction comes up, and eventually you will no longer notice it.

Life can get really busy, so it's no surprise if you find yourself distracted from studying by thoughts about everything else. Rather than acting like all of those other needs don't exist, why not give yourself an outlet? Spend 5 minutes thinking about everything that's on your plate, but then tell yourself it's time to focus on the main task for now: studying.

Prioritize your studying by setting a main goal. For example, if you have a biology exam coming up that covers three chapters, you don't have to cram everything into one study session. Breaking things down and establishing just one primary aim will make your study plan more manageable.

Go off the network. Texting, social media, calls, and other distractions that come from our electronic devices are some of the biggest barriers to staying focused when studying.

If you do these consistently, you should find that you gradually spend less and less time being distracted.

A. Set a study schedule.

B. To be distracted is common.

C. You should give yourself a worry break.

D. Try focusing first on the parts that give you trouble.

E. Luckily, the fix is easy and totally within your control — unplug yourself!

F. If you keep your phone in another room, you're less likely to use it while studying.

G. Say you're trying to study in the library and you keep getting distracted by someone texting.

The young man found himself dissatisfied with his social life — busy yet unfulfilled, and he built his friend list to diagnose why. He found that he had a small group of first-tier friends and a huge number of acquaintances. But the friends who caused him the most burden and stress were those in the middle ranks. Call them the "medium friends".

R. told me about a certain friend. They were close during college but by their 30s, R. simply did not feel as connected to her as he once did. When this friend recently reached out for his support, his initial reaction was annoyance, followed by guilt. But she was pressing him in a way that felt too heavy, given what their friendship had become. He wrestled but did nothing. Emily Langan, a communication professor who studies friendship, described this as feeling guilty for not being more involved because they were just not that kind of friend.

Medium friends are genuine friends who share history or interests. They make you laugh or offer insights. But, unlike the closest friends, medium friends test the limits of your time, love and energy. There are so many dinners in a week, and so many people with whom you can be constantly texting. Medium friends prove it impossible to be all things to all people. And that is the problem with medium friends, the invisible lines you draw around them without ever being clarified — to them or even, possibly, to yourself.

Mutual sharing and caring in a context of trust is the foundation of every friendship. The tension in medium friendship is this absence of clarity, allowing for the possibility of what Claude Fischer, a sociologist, referred to in an interview as "asymmetric expectation": You may like your medium friend less (or more) than they like you.

Turbulent flow occurs in fluids like ocean currents and storm clouds, where big swirls break into smaller ones. "These swirls aren't random. They arrange themselves in specific patterns that can be predicted by physical laws," explained Yongxiang Huang, lead author of the study.

Huang and his colleagues examined 14 main whirling shapes in a digital version of the painting. The atmospheric motion in the painted sky cannot be directly measured, so they measured the size of brushstrokes and the brightness of varying paint colors. They discovered that the 14 big swirls match a physical law called Kolmogorov's theory of turbulence. The smallest paint mixes also follow a pattern known as Batchelor's scaling.

Finding both laws in one painting is rare, and it is such an amazing coincidence (巧合). Van Gogh would not have been aware it was physics, but likely he spent a lot of time observing turbulence in nature. "It must be planted into his mind so that he could make this famous painting so convincing," Huang said.

The team performed a similar analysis and detected the same phenomenon in another painting, Chain Pier, Brighton by John Constable in 1826. While it doesn't have clear swirls, its clouds show rich structures like those seen in the sky.

Scientists have long struggled to fully understand turbulent flow, which is important for weather forecasting, flight turbulence and many other processes. Even after over 100 years of study, defining this complex natural phenomenon is still challenging. Huang also noted that artworks like The Starry Night matching turbulence models might mean the statistical methods and tools are less precise than thought.