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In 1987, I was 18 and working as a nurse in a small town about 270 km away from Sydney, Australia. 

I was looking forward to having five days off from duty. Unfortunately，the only one train a day back to my home in Sydney had already left. So I thought I'd hitch a ride(搭便车).

I waited by the side of the highway for three hours but no one stopped for me. Finally, a man walked over and introduced himself as Gordon. He said that although he couldn't give me a lift, I should come back to his house for lunch. He noticed me standing for hours in the extreme heat and thought I must be hungry. I was doubtful as a young girl but he he assured me I was safe, and he also offered to help me find a lift home afterwards. When we arrived at his house, he made us sandwiches. After lunch, he helped me find a lift home.

Twenty-five years later, in2003, while I was driving to a nearby town one day, I saw an elderly man standing in the scorching heat, trying to hitch a ride. I thought it was another chance to repay someone for the favour I'd been given decades earlier. I pulled over and picked him up. I made him comfortable on the back seat and offered him some water. 

After a few moments of small talk, the man said to me, "You haven't changed a bit, even your red hair is still the same."

I couldn't remember where I'd met him. He then told me he was the man who had given me lunch and helped me find a lift all those years ago. It was Gordon. 

The benefits of walking to school

Encouraging your child to walk to school has many benefits. 

The rates of childhood obesity and illnesses such as type II Diabetes (糖尿病) can be prevented by a healthy dose of walking.  On average around half of all children do not do the minimum one hour a day of physical activity advised by the Health Education Authority. A quick walk to school can help them get their daily exercise and arrive at school or home, refreshed and energetic. 

There was very strong evidence that walking to school improves children's social development. This related to social contacts, independence and road sense. The walkers reported a happy social experience. It is believed that getting a lift to school each day can lead to a child becoming lethargic (无生气的).

According to research, the average drive to school and back releases 800g of CO₂ into the air.  If walking to school once a week can save 20 per cent of CO₂ gas produced by driving every day, how much CO₂ can be saved a year!

Last but not least, encouraging your child to walk to school will save you money.

Since walking to school has so many health, social, environmental and economical benefits, why not let your child walk from now on? 

A. The following are some of them in different aspects. 

B. You will spend less money on transport fares or petrol, of course. 

C. Furthermore, 50 per cent of children still don't regularly walk to school. 

D. It is enough to blow over 60 balloons. 

E. Walking can have a positive effect on a child's emotional health.

F. Parents, children and teachers are asked to think about the benefits of walking to school. 

G. In fact, walking helps protect the body from many serious illnesses later on in life. 

Most people looking for ways to quit smoking worry about weight gain, and with good reason. Smokers who quit tend to pack on an average of 5 pounds after they stop smoking cigarettes. A new study, published by the journal Science, explains why this happens. 

The new research explains that nicotine appears to combine with appetite-regulating neurons (调节食欲的神经元) in the brain, besides the receptors (感受器) that bring about addiction. These neurons help regulate how much food gets consumed, but under the influence of nicotine, they lose their self-control. This is why when smokers quit, they tend to eat more and gain weight. 

The researchers believe that their discovery will lead to the development of drugs that aim at nicotine receptors on brain cells that control appetite. In the future, weight gain may no longer be a reason for smokers to delay the decision to kick the habit, but that's no reason to wait. Nicotine-replacement treatment, while not for everyone, can help. Here are a few more ways to quit smoking and stay slim.

Drink water. To improve metabolic (新陈代谢的) rates, make half of those glasses ice water. Juice can be too high in calories, something you'll want to keep an eye on your journey toward being a slimmer non-smoker. Plan your snacks. Healthy snacks help keep your metabolism working, so you continue to burn calories while stopping wild hunger pain, or fake hunger.

Keep moving. Exercise kills two birds with one stone. It helps you burn calories and prevents you from eating when you're not truly hungry. It's also a feel good stress reliever (缓解物). Focus on your fitness and how being healthy makes you feel. Make exercise a goal and think of quitting as your reward for being physically fit.

What makes one person more intelligent than another? What makes one person a genius, like the brilliant Albert Einstein, and another person a fool? Are people born intelligent or stupid, or is intelligence the result of where and how you live? These are very old questions and the answers to them are still not clear. 

We know, however, that just being born with a good mind is not enough. In some ways, the mind is like a leg or an arm muscle. It needs exercise. Mental (done with the mind) exercise is particularly important for young children. Many child psychologists (心理学家) think that parents should play with their children more often and give them problems to think about. The children are then more likely to grow up bright and intelligent. If, on the other hand, children are left alone a great deal with nothing to do, they are more likely to become dull and unintelligent. 

Parents should also be careful with what they say to young children. According to some psychologists, if parents are always telling a child that he or she is a fool or an idiot, then the child is more likely to keep doing silly and foolish things. So it is probably better for parents to say very positive (helpful) things to their children, such as "That was a very clever thing you did. " or "You are such a smart child. "

Three Boys and a Dad

Brad closed the door slowly as Sue left home to visit her mother. Expecting a whole day to relax, he was thinking whether to read the newspaper or watch his favourite TV talk show on his first day off in months. "This will be like a walk in the park," he'd told his wife. "I'll look after the kids, and you can go visit your mom. "

Things started well, but just after eight o'clock, his three little "good kids"—Mike, Randy, and Alex—came down the stairs in their night clothes and shouted "breakfast, daddy. " When food had not appeared within thirty seconds, Randy began using his spoon on Alex's head as if it were a drum. Alex started to shout loudly in time to the beat（节拍）. Mike chanted "Where's my toast, where's my toast" in the background. Brad realized his newspaper would have to wait for a few seconds.

Life became worse after breakfast. Mike wore Randy's underwear on his head. Randy locked himself in the bathroom, while Alex shouted again because he was going to wet his pants. Nobody could find clean socks, although they were before their very eyes. Someone named "Not Me" had spilled a whole glass of orange juice into the basket of clean clothes. Brad knew the talk show had already started.

By ten o'clock, things were out of control. Alex was wondering why the fish in the jar refused his bread and butter. Mike was trying to show off his talent by decorating the kitchen wall with his colour pencils. Randy, thankfully, appeared to be reading quietly in the family room，but closer examination showed that he was eating apple jam straight from the bottle with his hands. Brad realised that the talk show was over and reading would be impossible.

At exactly 11:17, Brad called the daycare centre (日托所）. "I suddenly have to go into work and my wife's away. Can I bring the boys over in a few minutes?" The answer was obviously "yes" because Brad was smiling.

According to the World Wildlife Fund, only about 3, 890 tigers are left in the wild. India is home to 70 percent of them, and its role in (make) sure the big cat's survival can't be understated. Tiger numbers in India are believed to have dropped from about 40, 000 at the beginning of the （nine）century to just 1, 800 in the early 1970s, when India launched the conservation program Project Tiger. Kanha was one of the original nine (area) set up under that program.

In the film Frozen 2, Elsa and Anna are sisters who live in a kingdom called Arendella. Elsa is born with special powers that allow her (create) ice and snow. Elsa's powers are considered dangerous, she must hide them. Eventually she loses control and changes summer to winter. Then Elsa flees from home, and Anna goes on a dangerous journey to find her sister. Along the way, Anna teams up with a man (name) Kristof and his reindeer（驯鹿）)Sven. A talking snowman, Olaf also accompanies them. In the end, it's Anna's love for her sister that saves the day.

In the early 1800s, Stanislas Baudry built public baths in the center of a town in France. To encourage people to come, Baudry drove a large vehicle around to give people a ride to the baths. He called the vehicle "an omnibus", is a Latin word meaning "for everyone". Then he (learn) that many passengers would get off at stops during the journey to the baths. So Baudry shifted the focus of his omnibus service. He created permanent(永久的) route for passengers to board and get off. Eventually, the omnibus became known (simple) as a bus.

When I was in seventh grade, I was a volunteer at a local hospital in my town. Most of the 1  I spent there was with Mr. Gillespie. He never had any visitors and nobody seemed to care about his 2 . 

I spent many days there holding his hand and talking to him, helping with anything that needed to be done. He became a close friend of mine, 3  he responded with only an occasional squeeze of my hand. Mr. Gillespie was in a coma (昏迷). 

I left for a week to vacation with my parents, and when I came back, Mr. Gillespie was no longer there. I didn't have the 4  to ask any of the nurses where he was, for fear that they might tell me he had died. 

Several 5  later, when I was a senior in high school, I was at the gas station when I noticed a familiar face. When I 6  who it was, my eyes filled with tears. He was 7 ! I got up the nerve to ask him if his name was Mr. Gillespie. He8 yes. I explained how I knew him, and that I had spent many hours talking with him in the hospital. His eyes welled up with tears, and he gave me the warmest hug I had ever 9 . 

He began to tell me how, as he lay there comatose (昏迷的), he could hear me talking to him and could feel me holding his hand the whole time. Mr. Gillespie 10  believed that it was my voice and touch that had kept him alive. 

Although I haven't seen him since, he fills my heart with joy every day. I know that I made a difference between his life and death. 

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Nowadays, many movies were adapted from the original works, like Journey to the West. But which do you prefer, the original work or the movie from the work? I prefer

The Winter Solstice(冬至) Festival is one of the most important (festival) celebrated by the Chinese on or around December 22. As early as 2,500 years ago, China determined the point of the Winter Solstice by (observe) movements of sun with a sundial (日晷).

The Winter Solstice became a festival during the Han Dynasty. The Han people (regard) the Winter Solstice as a "Winter Festival", so officials would organize activities. On this day, both officials and common people would have rest. In the Tang and Song dynasties, the Winter Solstice was a day to offer sacrifices (供奉) Heaven and ancestors. The Qing Dynasty even had the record that "the Winter Solstice is as formal as the Spring Festival," showing the great (important) attached to this day. The Chinese often celebrate the Winter Solstice Festival together with (they) families.

Generally, what people eat depends on they come from. In some parts of North China, people(traditional) eat dumplings on this day, while in parts of South China, the whole family will get together to have a meal is made of red-bean and sticky rice to drive away bad things.

A. Start them young.

B. Rewrite the kids' menu.

C. Be a role model and eat healthily yourself.

D. Offer praise and attention instead of food treats.

E. Let kids stop eating when they feel they've had enough.

F. You decide which foods to buy and when to serve them.

It is important for parents to know how to help their kids eat healthily. Here are a few easy ways:

Though kids may keep asking for less nutritious(有营养的) foods, parents should decide which foods are regularly provided in the house. Kids won't go hungry. They'll eat what's available in the fridge at home.

 Lots of parents grew up under the clean-plate rule, but that way doesn't help kids listen to their own bodies when they are full. When kids feel full, they're less likely to overeat.

Food preferences are developed early in life, so try to offer different kinds of foods. Likes and dislikes begin forming even when kids are babies. Parents may need to serve a new food on several different occasions for a child to accept it.

Food is not love. Find better ways to say "I love you". When foods are used to reward kids and show love, they may start to turn to food when feeling worried or unhappy.

When trying to teach good eating habits, try to set the best example. Choose nutritious foods, eat at the table, and don't forget breakfasts.

Need to buy something? Why go to a store? Buy it on the Internet! Need it now? Why wait? Ask to receive it the next day! Each day, more and more people try on-line shopping. In fact, online sales have doubled in the last ten years. But not everyone is excited. Some scientists now say that online shopping is bad for the environment.

"People are surprised to hear this." They think, "I don't need to drive, and the business doesn't need to build a store, so there will be less pollution," says Nuria Prost, an environmental scientist. "But it is not so simple. In fact, online shopping is wasteful. It also adds to air pollution."

In truth, the Internet is not always as good a friend to the environment as it seems. For example, most people thought that the Internet would help offices use less paper and other materials. But paper use increased by 33 percent between 1986 and 1997. "Online shopping could have similarly harmful results,"says Nevil Cohen, a researcher of environmental science. Part of the problem is what people are buying these days. In the past, people bought things on the Internet that did not require much packing material, such as books and clothing. But now people also shop online for large, heavy products such as televisions, computers, chairs and tables. These products need to be packed in lots of plastic and paper. This creates a lot of waste.

Another problem caused by online shopping is air pollution. When customers buy products and ask to receive them the next day, online businesses often have to send them by air. Airplanes use much more oil than cars and produce more carbon dioxide*. When people buy a lot of different things from different online businesses, this creates even more travel by airplane.

Online product returns are also a problem. For example, an online shoe store may allow customers to return shoes for free if they are wrong size. This doubles the packing materials and number of airline trips required to sell one pair of shoes.

"If people want to protect the environment, they need to think before they shop," says Prost. "People need to ask themselves: Is this exactly what I want? Do I really need it tomorrow, or can I wait? Online stores can also ask customers to pay money for returns. This may make people shop more carefully. "Online shopping is fast and easy, "says Prost, "but we can't forget the harmful result it has caused to the environment. "

On a boat near Costa Rica, a team of marine biologists(海洋生物学家) is helping a turtle. The animal is having trouble breathing, and the team discovers why — there is something inside its nose. A scientist tries to extract the object, but the turtle cries in pain. Finally, after another eight minutes, a long object turns up and is seen clearly: it is a 10-centimeter plastic straw.

The video of the turtle's rescue(救援) has been viewed millions of times on YouTube. It has helped raise awareness of a growing problem: The world's seas are full of plastic. Since 2000, there has been a huge increase in worldwide plastic production, but we recycle less than one-fifth of it. A lot of this plastic waste ends up in the ocean. Today, scientists think about 8.1 billion kilograms goes into the sea every year from coastal regions. Most of this plastic will never biodegrade(生物降解), or they will take hundreds of years to biodegrade, which can be harmful to the environment.

This ocean plastic hurts millions of sea animals every year. Some fish eat plastic because it is covered with sea plants, and it looks and smells like food. Typically, eating plastic leads to constant hunger. "Imagine you ate lunch and then just felt weak .... and hungry all day.", says marine biologist Matthew Savoca. "That would be very confusing." In some cases, eating sharp pieces of plastic can seriously hurt sea animals and even result in death.

Plastic is useful to people because it is strong and lasts a long time — but this is bad news for sea creatures who eat or get stuck in it. In light of Savoca, "Single-use plastics are the worst." These are items that are used only once before we throw them away. Some common examples include straws, water bottles, and plastic bags. About 700 sea species (including the turtle from the video) have been caught in or have eaten this kind of plastic. Luckily, the turtle survived and was released back into the ocean.

How will plastic affect sea animals in the long term? "I think we'll know the answers in 5 to 10 years'time," says Debra Lee Magadini from Columbia University. But by then, another 25 million tons of plastic will already be in the ocean.

If you have a chance to go to Finland(芬兰), you will probably be surprised to find how "foolish" the Finnish people are.

Take the taxi drivers for example. Taxis in Finland are mostly high-class Benz(奔驰) with the money of two US dollars a kilometer. You can go anywhere in one, tell the driver to drop you at any place, say that you have some business to do, and then walk off without paying. The driver would not show the least sign of being nervous and worried.

The dining rooms in all big hotels not only serve their guests, but also serve outside diners. Hotel guests have their meals free, so they naturally go to the free dining rooms to have their meals. The most they would do to show their good faith is to wave their registration card to the waiter. With such a relaxing check, you can easily use any old registration card to take a couple of friends to get the meals free.

The Finnish workers are paid by the hour. They are very much on their own as soon as they have agreed with the boss on the pay. From then on, they just say how many hours they have worked and they will be paid accordingly.

With so many mistakes in everyday life, surely Finland must be a place to those who love to take"petty advantages"(小便宜). But the strange thing is, all the taxi passengers would always come back to pay their fare after they have done their business; not a single outsider has ever been found in the free hotel dining rooms. And workers always give an honest record of the exact hours they put in.

As you can see, living in such a society has turned everyone into a real "gentleman". In a society of such high moral(道德) practice, what need is there for people to be on guard against others?

The Chinese-born American architect(建筑师) Ieoh Ming Pei is one of the most creative architects of our times. He has incorporated(混合) both eastern and western ideas into his designs.

Ieoh Ming Pei was born in Guangzhou, China on April 26, 1917. His father was a famous banker. In

1935, at the age of 17, he came to the United States to study architecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1942, he entered the Harvard Graduate School of Design. In 1964, Jacqueline Kennedy chose Pei to design the Kennedy Library. After that he became well-known all over the world. People named it one of the best buildings in the United States. In 1968, Pei started working on the East Wing of the National Gallery of Art, in Washington D.C. Over one million people visited the building during its first 50 days in existence. Following the East Wing project Pei's fame has continued to grow widely. In 1983, French President commissioned(委任) Pei to help make the Louvre more modern. Ten years later, the completion of Pei's glass pyramid at the Louvre created a new historic landmark for Paris. Pei described it as "the greatest challenge and greatest achievement of my career". At Fragrant Hill, a 300-room hotel in the Chinese capital, Pei has tried to bring to his native China his often-quoted(被引用的) "third way of making buildings". Avoiding both an entire(完全的) copying of traditional Chinese features as well as the modernism of the West, Pei has managed, at Fragrant Hill, to make one of his most convincing statements.

Pei has designed nearly 50 projects in the United States and abroad. About half of these projects have won major prizes. Pei has been presented the highest honors from nations all over the world. In 1990, Pei was presented the Medal of Freedom by President George Bush for his contributions(贡献) to world peace and service to the US government.

"Why is my smile strange?" asked my ten-year-old son Kevin suddenly. I remained speechless for a good while and then Kevin went into1 room silently.

It reminded me of the day of his birth. Kevin was born with a large tumor(肿块), covering his left2 , squeezing(挤压) shut his left eye and pushing his nose to the right. Right after his birth, the doctor sent him away quickly to another hospital. I3 saw Kevin again until he was eight days old. However, not only did the treatment leave a scar(伤疤) on his face, but it 4 him from smiling, not fully. Thankfully, Kevin sailed through childhood, being able to eat food, go to school and play football like 5 kids.

I stopped thinking and entered his room. "Kevin, how was the 6 today?"

"Some players from another school kept asking why I looked funny." He 7 ,with tears rolling down his face. "They made fun of me all day long for I 8 smile on my left. I only smile on my right.

Why does everything go 9 me?"

"I'm still wondering about the match today." I continued asking, wiping away his tears. "Did you score a goal?"

Turning his face away to hide his 10 , he seemed to ignore my question. "I got the best score in the match,11 what good will it do? I only have a half-smile!"

"You're right, Kevin, that you look12 " I hugged him. "There's always someone that's special and I'm afraid that you don't 13 what goes deeper than the surface."

He looked up, "So, Mom, I don't have to look a certain way?"

"Sure, you're great just the way you are, not 14 what you look like. Just watch yourself on the playground! There's no scar to your ability. When you grow up, you'll find out that the difference has become your greatest15 ."

Kevin stared at me and showed his most beautiful smile ever.