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A tradition for my wife and me is to make holiday snacks and drive around town to deliver them to about 15 friends. We have done this over two years and gained a lot of 1 . Last night, a thing 2  our heart and made us determine to 3  it.

First, we showed up to deliver treats to our 95-year-old neighbor 4  she was ready to go to sleep. Next, we delivered treats to friends who had just finished dinner and were expecting something 5  to eat. An eighty-five-year-old neighbor was talking with friends online about what Christmas meant and he said that our 6  was the 7  example.

One friend was not at home when we 8 . We could judge that she was 9  on the phone, but when we told her that we were leaving some 10  for her. She told us she was on her way and asked if we would 11 . She said that she really needed a 12 . She told us that she had just 13  from the ER (急诊室). Her husband had an accident and suffered 14  to his spine (脊柱) and needed an operation. We gave her hugs. From a perfect dessert after a good meal to supporting a friend who was worried about her husband, our sweets 15  a lot to many.

After entering high school, you must wonder how to study well. Here are some good skills for you, which will be helpful to you.

Go to class.

If you want to do well at school, going to class is the first step in studying well. As a result, you'll miss what is the most likely to end up on the test. So if you want to study well, go to every class.

Take good notes.

Try not to write down everything. All you need is to put the main points in your own words. Write down unfamiliar terms.  You can fill in details that you missed and review the material while it is still fresh on your mind.

Talk to your teacher if you need help.

If you are struggling in class, talk to your teacher.  Most teachers have sympathy (同情) for students who just become worried about failing during the last few weeks of the grading period.

Take part in class discussions.

In order to learn more in class, it is helpful to take part in class discussions. Asking questions and having eye contact (交流) with your teachers and classmates can increase your participation (参与) and your focus during the class discussion. If the material is difficult, you'd better read it before class.

Get students together who want to do well in class. Make sure that everyone is familiar with the material because you do not want to spend time re-teaching material to people who do not understand it. Be careful! Sometimes group sessions can become chatting sessions.

A. Form study groups.

B. Don't be late for your class.

C. You should write down all the new terms.

D. This helps you make your point clear in class.

E. After class, review your notes as soon as possible.

F. If you miss classes, you will miss what the teacher thinks is important.

G. He or she may be able to give you more help or tutor (指导) you before or after class.

My family would describe me as anything but a risk-taker. "Grandma drives faster than you!" my younger son likes to joke with me. So when I announced I was going to step outside my comfort zone and sign up for a self-defense course, my children, my husband, and even my mom were a bit doubtful.

A gym near my house was offering free two-hour classes including boxing, wrestling and judo (摔跤和柔道). I signed up for it and for the next days I questioned whether yoga would have been a wiser choice. The morning of the class, I pulled up to the gym, grabbed my water bottle along with a bit of courage I brought with me, and walked inside. We learned how to kick and knee someone where it counts and how to strike using the palms of our hands, After the instructor showed various escape techniques, I wondered what I was doing there. Seconds later, I reminded myself that I was on a search to push my boundaries (极限). By the time class ended, I was full of energy.

Before I entered the gym, I never imagined I would have the confidence and courage to throw a punch that could discourage someone twice my size. Almost two years later, I still attend classes. As the oldest female in the class, I push myself to keep up, try harder and, more importantly, not quit.

Between increasing my strength and feeling confident about protecting myself (although I hope I never have to test my skills outside of the gym), I'm proud of the risk I took in signing up for the course. I know that defending myself is not about strength; it's about strategy. At the same time, I'm calmer and less anxious—a benefit my family enjoys. As for my driving, after a recent lunch date, my mom suggested I speed up to at least the speed limit. She didn't want to be late for her tennis match.

"Shuan Q" is a meme (网络流行语) which can be used as a popular way to say "I'm speechless" with a matching emoji (表情包) attached behind. No-one can deny the power of the Internet. Some believe it makes language weaker, but some see a brighter side, believing it makes online communication easier between strangers.

An elementary school teacher in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, says that the evolution of Internet slang is not all fun and carefree. From his daily observations, he believes the "geographic boundary" between Internet slang and formal language is disappearing. On many occasions, the compositions he has received from pupils have been flooded with abbreviated slangs (网络梗).

During last year's Two Sessions, several representatives put forward proposals such as "regulating online language" and "banning vulgar (粗俗) words", specifically to address this issue, expressing the need to reduce online language misuse and strengthen the protection of Chinese.

However, many experts and scholars of linguistics and communication including Feng Zhiwei, disagree. Feng, believes that Internet language is a natural product of the dynamic development of language, and it is not necessary to ban it.

Reading can be a social activity. Think of the people who belong to book groups. They choose books to read and then meet to discuss them. Now, the website BookCrossing.com turns the page on the traditional idea of a book group.

Members go on the website and register (注册) the books they own and would like to share. BookCrossing provides an identification number to stick inside the book. Then the person leaves it in a public place, hoping that the book will have an adventure, traveling far and wide with each new reader who finds it.

Bruce Pederson, the managing director of BookCrossing, says, "The two things that change your life are the people you meet and books you read. BookCrossing combines both."

Members leave books on park benches and buses, in train stations and coffee shops. Whoever finds their book will go to the site and record where they found it.

People who find a book can also leave a journal entry describing what they thought of it. E-mails are then sent to the BookCrossing to keep them updated about where their books have been found. Bruce Pederson says the idea is for people not to be selfish by keeping a book to gather dust on a shelf at home.

BookCrossing is part of a trend among people who want to get back to the "real" and not the virtual. The website now has more than one million members in more than one hundred thirty-five countries.

Etiquette (礼仪) Matters Centre presents 2-Day Confidence and Manners Workshop

Always wanted to give yourself the cutting edge that sets you apart from your peers (同龄人)?

Our 2-Day Confidence and Manners Workshop will give you much needed improvement and empower (赋予) you with the soft skills that will set you apart from your peers and serve you well into adulthood.

This highly-respected, incredibly effective workshop is a hot favourite among parents and children. Through this workshop, our center aims to empower you with confidence in your interaction in various social situations.

Highlight of the Workshop

Day 1

Building self-esteem (自尊) through positive self-talk.

Recognizing the importance of effective listening.

Mastering the art of public speaking with confidence.

Obstacle Course Confidence Challenge.

Day 2

Manners in social media.

Dining manners experience.

Observing respectful manners in social settings.

Presentation of certificates of completion to participants.

Hurry! Slots are Limited!

Dates: 12 December (Saturday) & 13 December (Sunday)

Timing: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Age of participants: 9 to 12 years old

Fees: $650 per child (inclusive of course material and lunch and tea for 2 days)

Early bird discounts: 5% off for participants who register before 1 November and a free goodie bag worth $60.

To register:

Book through sistick.com or come down to our head office at 65 Bras Basin Road.

For more information, please visit our website, call us or follow us on social media.

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Plastic garbage is a problem around the world. In Guatemala, in Central America, many towns have trouble collecting garbage. So large amounts of plastic garbage；so plenty of plastic garbage  (leave) in the streets. Susanne Heisse came up with  idea to help solve this problem.

Her idea was to help communities (社区)work together  (build) plastic-bottle schools. First, people collect plastic bottles, and then they fill the bottler with plastic garbage. By  (push) a large amount of garbage into the bottle, the bottle,  becomes strong, can then be used to make walls. In the end, an entire school can be built.

One group in Guatemala, Hug It Forward, first     (start) using this idea in its projects. Because plastic bottle schools are  (cheap) than the other schools built in the     (tradition) way, other groups have also started similar projects around the world.

Now, plastic-bottle schools can be found in (place) such as South Africa, Cambodia and the Philippines. Through such projects, garbage is turned  something useful.

Adam is a freshman in America.     (attend) senior high school is a big challenge to him. He was (confuse) about which courses to take. From an early age, he  (prefer) English to Cbinese because he thought Chinese was a very difficult language.  he hoped to speak Chinese     (fluent) after graduation. Luckily,  the help of his adviser, he finally chose the suitable ones. He also had to choose extra-curricular  (activity), He once failed to join the school football team and was  (happy) , but he didn't quit. Instead, he made up his mind to improve himself to make the team the next year. Also, he joined  volunteer club to help homeless people in the community. And he'll have to study harder and get used to being responsible for a lot more  (prepare) for university or whatever else comes in the future.

I suffered a serious head injury（损伤）as a kid. It led to a constant 1 even in a special reading class. When I met my teacher, Jill Kinmont, for the first time, I felt 2 because l'd never known anyone who was 3 . She was young but was in a wheelchair (轮椅）. She 4 during a race as a skier and injured her back. She never acted like she felt 5 for herself. Instead, she 6 at us at the beghmiag of every class.

She taught us 7 through reading cards, spelling lessons and writing practices. I was a slow reader, but she showed me it was okay to take my 8 . I remember the day when I was ready to 9 . To other teachers, spelling the word "furniture" might be a 10 thing, but my teacher treated it as a great 11 . "You did it, Sandy!" she smiled. "You spelled a difficult word and 12 the tests. Now you can return to a regular (常规的) classroom!"

She 13 a ten-year old girl who was hardly able to read and write and changed her world forever. Looking back, I wish Pd thanked her for making such a big 14 in my life. I'll always remember what she 15 me: With patience and love, no mountain is too high to climb.

How to Keep Building Your Vocabulary

No educative process is ever the end. It is always die beginning of more education and more learning.  The following are the ways that can help to keep your vocabulary growing and growing.

Read more. As an adult, you will find most of the sources of your supply of new words in books and magazines. If your aim is to have a superior vocabulary, you will have to make the time to read at least om book and several magazines eveiy week Not just tins week and next week-but every week. 

Guess the meaning of a new word in the context. When you meet with an unfamiliar word, do not skip over it impatiently.  Then work out its possible meaning in the context of the sentence. Whether you come to the right conclusion or not will make a difference because you are, in this process, becoming more clearly aware of the word. As a result, you will suddenly notice that this very word pops up unexpectedly again and again in all your reading. And of course after you've seen it a few times, you will know fairly well not only what it means but the many ways it can be used.

 Think of the areas that may possibly be unknown to you - psychology, science, art, music or whatever. Then explore them by reading books in the fields. In every field, there are books written for average, untrained readers that will give you both a good knowledge and at the same time add dramatically to your vocabulary.

Set yourself a soal. If you do nothing about your vocabulary, you will learn, at most, twenty-five to fifty words in a year.  This may sound ambitious-but you will discover vocabulary snowbalk as soon as you start actively looking for new words.

A. Get prepared in advance.

B. Open you mind to new fields.

C. And so it is with vocabulary building.

D. You must be willing to learn new words.

E. I have never seen a single person with a rich vocabulary who is not a book addict.

F. Instead, stop for a moment and read it aloudget used to its sound and appearance.

G. However, with a clear goal, you can leam several thousand in the same period of time.

Cats are commonly seen licking（舔）themselves and animal companions. But once in a while your cat will lick you.

"From birth cats explore the world through their mouths" says Anita Kelsey, a cat expert. Though cats use their nose to smell, they also taste and analyze scent（气味 using their mouth to learn about things. When a cat licks you, it is trvingto more information about you.

But more than tihat, cats lick who they like. "Cats lick us as a sign of closeness," says Kelsey. "It's a form of getting us clean as they do with other cats. They are also enjoying taking in our scent. They love armpits （腋窝）, for example, as there is a strong scent there."

Addition to its love for you, a cat might lick you for plenty of other reasons. To start with, if your cat is regularly coming at you widi its tongue, maybe it wants to maik vou as its person. What better way to tell other cats to back off than by painting you with the special perfiunc（芳香）from their mouth?

To deal with stress of fear, cats also lick This behavior is especially common in cats which were taken away from Iheir mothers very early, but it can happen in any cat. If the behavior seems to worsen over time, or is accompanied by nervous body language, you need to ask your vet about treatment.

It's very sweet that your cat likes you, but sometimes the licking can get to be too much. Especially because the sandpaper tongue can really hurt! To keep your cat from licking you, you can draw its attention away by a toy, brashing it with a brush or simply walking away, or even just putting a cardboard box in the middle of the floor. It's worth a shot!

Travel allows us to experience the world. But as we travel, we are also leaving our footprint on every place we visit This is why culturally immereive（沉浸）travel is so important. Because the wrong kind of travel badly influences the world. One of the reasons we started this blog was to help others travel better and feel comfbrtable getting off the beaten path, communicating with locals, and take you "Beyond the traditional Buckedist", if you will.

People who only get 2-weeks off per year are often just looking for an easy destination with a beach to relax on. This isn't travel. This is a vacation. But "Timncrsive Travel" or "Cultural Travel" is an entirely new type of trip. It is about experiencing and protectmc the various traditions around the world. It's about being open to new experiences and willing to step into another's shoes. Cultural travel is jumping in with both feet and leaving your idea about what your trip should be behind you. It's eating local dishes and sleeping in . guesthouses. It's building genuine connections wifli locals. It's learning about the history of a countiy and leaving your trip with a greater understanding of the place you came to see and the people who live there.

Often times in today's age, "travelersT will visit a countiy just to snap some photos of the famous sights to post on Instagram or to drink the night away, or even just to relax on a tropical beach. But that kind of vacation can be haimful to the very communities you're traveling to.

Beyond supporting the local communities and the protection of local customs and traditions, you'll also experience some personal benefits trough cultural travels. There's simply no way to travel this way with a closed mind. You'll get to know different cultures intimately and understand them a lot better. You'll also become less judgmental （评头论足的）of others the more you travel.