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I sank down in my canvas(帆布)camp chair at the end of the driveway, our new house standing behind me. A folding table with snacks and drinks sat a few feet away. What if no one shows? Upstate New York was quite different from my native South America. In Cap Town, where I grew up, our whole neighborhood would spill outside in the evenings to socialize. There were no fences, no sense of where one family's yard ended and another's began. People set out long tables. My father grilled fish, enough to share. A neighbor offered biltong and biscuits. Mom handed out juice boxes, and all of us kids grabbed for our favorite flavor, lychee, a sweet tropical fruit. Maybe people here thought it was strange for us to throw our own welcome party. I stared at the two sloping(倾斜的)sections of the corn hole game I'd set up. The whole thing suddenly felt embarrassing. How long should I sit here, I wondered, before packing up? 

The idea had come to me the day we moved in, literally as we drove down our new street a month earlier, in June 2021. With each basketball hoop and swing set we passed, my excitement grew. Families! I could picture us all hanging out together. At last, a real community, something I'd been searching for since moving to the United States after law school! "Let's invite the neighbors to a get-to-know-you party! "I announced to my wife, Sarah, and our 11-year-old twins, Olivia and Holly.

A week earlier, Sarah had designed the invitations: Hello! We're new to the neighborhood. The Sprout Family. We'd love to meet you. Monday, July 5, anytime between 6 pm and 8 pm. We'd like to keep it simple, so no RSVP. She and the girls had gone house to house, putting an invitation in each of the 12 mailboxes. But we hadn't heard a word since. Wouldn't at least one family have told us they were coming? I checked my watch. 6:10 pm. Maybe I'd misjudged. Maybe this was a keep-to-yourself kind of neighborhood. 

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Another 10 minutes dragged by.

"This is such a great idea," I overheard someone say.

假定你是李华，得知你市下个月将举行一场马拉松比赛，请你给你的交换生好友 Tom 写一封电子邮件，邀请他报名参加。内容包括：1. 写信目的；2. 活动简介（包括举行的时间、地点等）；3. 你的建议。注意：1. 词数 80 左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Tom,

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

Three days after she attempted suicide and (rush) to hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region-based singer and songwriter Coco Lee died at the age of 48. While Lee is no more, the disease that claimed her, depression,  (deserve) society's attention.

A research team from Peking University Sixth Hospital published an essay saying that of the 1,007 people surveyed with  (depress) disorder, only 9.5 percent, had received treatment, while only 0.5 percent had received ample treatment.

One of the major reasons for this is failure to acknowledge depression   a mental disorder caused by changes in the secretion of hormones in the brain. Most people think depression is nothing more than an unhappy mood and don't see the  (necessary) to consult a doctor.

  Many avoid consulting professionals also because of the social shame   (attach) to "mental disorder" that can even lead to discrimination in society. That's  , a lot of times, people sweep anxiety under the rug as just nervousness that you need to get over, but anxiety is so much more than that. 

To prevent another Lee from killing herself, it is (increasing) necessary to strengthen psychiatry（精神病学） departments at hospitals, and create a growing awareness   depression is a disease. That is the first step toward treating  .

My heart pounded wildly as I saw three missed calls. After a half-dozen rings, my mom called me back. "Daddy had a heart 1 while he was surfing today. He's dead. I'm so sorry." I 2 to my knees in the grass, shaking with sobs.

That evening, I 3 a one-way ticket to my mom. I emailed my adviser on the way to the airport. His4 brought a wave of relief: "I am so sorry! Please take whatever time you need." During the next few weeks, my research 5 crossed my mind, and my adviser reminded me with unconditional 6 , "Please don't feel any pressure to rush back to lab."

After a month, I felt the 7  thing for me would be to try to force a return to school. But as graduate students and professors offered well-meaning 8 , I felt embarrassed and isolated by my sadness. I was 9  and uninterested in my research. I began to doubt whether my fascination for science would ever return. 

Then a senior graduate student asked me how I was going. I didn't 10  her well, but something about her made me 11 . I broke into tears, and she shared with me her experience of losing a loved one during graduate school. It was the first time since I returned that I felt somewhat 12 . 

From then on, I slowly began to feel a bit more 13  each day. I am still learning how to handle my 14 . That sadness will never go away. But I also feel proud that I 15 .

Meat is an indispensable part of Chinese cuisine. But not everyone is fond of eating meat. As early as the Tang Dynasty(618-907), compassionate people invented "mock meat" from tofu and vegetables, a tradition that has lasted until the present day. Now, people who want to cut down on cholesterol, reduce their carbon footprint or express sympathy for animals may have found some answers from plant-based meat.

Plant-based meat is commonly used in many foods and the most popular case can be found in veggie burgers, whose :meat: part is often made from ingredients such as beans, nuts, grains and mushrooms. If you tried veggie burgers years ago and thought them as rubbery, flavourless, it's a good time to give them another chance.  It is even more real and delicious than you can imagine. 

 Many meatless manufacturers don't reveal their total emission, but research shows they do generate much fewer greenhouse gas emissions compared to their meat equivalence. One study found that making a Beyond Burger, a veggie burger, uses 99 percent less water, 93 percent less land, and nearly 50 percent less energy. 

More and more people are looking to limit their meat consumption. A lot of research supports the idea that a plant-based diet can boost your health, decrease the risk of heart disease, type II diabetes and certain cancers, and help you stay at a healthy weight. 

Physical and economic benefits have drawn companies and manufacturers to devote themselves to the plant-based meat industry. But it is not so easy as we expect.  They are patiently planning to increase their employee count, purchase manufacturing facilities, and expand their sales and distribution channels. Despite these challenges, the plant-based industry is continuing to grow rapidly and many in the industry are optimistic about the future.

A. Doubts have been raised over food safety issues.

B. Old habits die hard and it takes time to accept new things.

C. Popularity goes with reducing negative environmental impacts.

D. Plant-based meat industry will soon substitute the traditional one.

E. It can even lengthen your life and be good for your mental health.

F. Newer varieties mock the look, flavor, and texture of the real thing.

G. People's reasons for not eating meat are as varied as people themselves.

Back in 1964, in his book Games People Play, psychiatrist Eric Berne described a pattern of conversation he called "Why Don't You — Yes But", which remains one of the most annoying aspects of everyday social life. The person adopting the strategy is usually a chronic complainer. Something is terrible about their relationship, job, or other situation, and they complain about it endlessly, but find some excuse to dismiss any solution that's proposed. The reason, of course, is that on some level they don't want a solution; they want to be validated (认可) in their position that the world is out to get them. If they can "win" the game — dismissing every suggestion until interlocutor (对话者) gives up in annoyance — they get to feel pleasurably righteous (正当的) in their anger and excused from any obligation to change.

Part of the trouble here is the so-called responsibility/fault fallacy (谬误). When you're feeling hard done by — taken for granted by your partner, say, or obliged to work for a stupid boss — it's easy to become attached to the position that it's not your job to address the matter, and that doing so would be an admission of fault. But there's a confusion here. For example, if I were to discover a newborn at my front door, it wouldn't be my fault, but it most certainly would be my responsibility. There would be choices to make, and no possibility of avoiding them, since trying to ignore the matter would be a choice. The point is that what goes for the baby on the doorstep is true in all cases: even if the other person is 100% in the wrong, there's nothing to be gained, long-term, from using this as a justification to evade responsibility.

Should you find yourself on the receiving end of this kind of complaining, there's a clever way to shut it down — which is to agree with it. Psychotherapist Lori Gottlieb describes this as "over-validation". For one thing, you'll be spared further complaining, since the other person's motivation was to confirm her beliefs, and now you're confirming them. But for another, as Gottlieb notes, people confronted with over-validation often hear their complaints afresh and start arguing back. The concept that they're utterly powerless suddenly seems unrealistic, not to mention rather annoying — so they're prompted instead to generate ideas about how they might change things.

"And then, sometimes, something magical might happen, " Gotlieb writes. The other person "might realize she's not as trapped as you are saying she is, or as she feels. " Avoiding responsibility feels comfortable, but turns out to be a prison; whereas assuming responsibility feels unpleasant, but ends up being freeing.

On your busiest days, you may not be thinking much about what ends up on your plate. In fact, you may count yourself lucky if your meal doesn't come out of the convenience store. But abandoning your healthy eating goals can impede your health. After all, a diet rich in produce offers valuable nutrients not just to your body, but to your mental well-being.

But here's the irony. If you focus just on the mental and physical health benefits — instead of how delicious healthy foods can be — you may have a harder time getting those benefits, says a new study. "We are used to thinking about how nutritious foods will help our bodies, but these aren't our top priorities when we're hungry," says Brad Turnwald, study co-author from Stanford University. This can lead to a mindset that healthy eating is boring and even depriving(剥夺的). So to really use food to fuel your body and mind, it may help to try having delicious dishes that also happen to be nutritious.

Before you change your diet completely, Vagdevi Meunier, a professor at St. Edwards University, suggests making one change at a time. Instead of turning down both bread and fries at your next meal, she advises starting off by making just one swap, such as trading the fries for boiled broccoli, but letting yourself have a piece of bread. This will help your mind adapt to the changes instead of triggering（触发）your deprivation mode.

Eating food is not just about getting nutrients. Some elements such as a colorful feast for the eyes, and yes, good flavors are also important. Turnwald's study found that being mindful of these elements of eating could help you choose wisely. This could be as simple as topping a dish with some fresh herbs, or keeping a bottle of hot sauce at work to add the flavor of an otherwise "boring yet nutritious" meal. 

Planning your diet in advance is a research-backed strategy for keeping your desires in check. Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University found that people who decided on their lunch orders in the morning consumed five percent fewer calories than their colleagues who made their choices in the moment. By planning your lunch menu ahead of time — and planning something nutritious yet delicious — you'll get to eat what you want and your brain will benefit, too.

Paul O'Sullivan walked around his Baltimore apartment one evening in 2014 with nothing better to do. So he logged on to Facebook to find out just how many others on the social network shared his name. Moments later, Paul O'Sullivans filled his screen. Then, the then-27-year-old decided to send friend requests to them all. Many Paul O'Sullivans ignored him, but three of them, such as Paul O'Sullivan from Rotterdam, felt too curious to pass up his invitation.

As Baltimore Paul scrolled through the other Paul O'Sullivans' profiles, he noticed something four of them had in common: they all love music. Like Baltimore Paul, Rotterdam Paul sings and plays the guitar. Another Paul in Manchester plays bass. And Paul from Pennsylvania is a drummer. Baltimore Paul had an idea. Wouldn't it be funny if they formed a band called The Paul O'Sullivan online? Yes, it would be, they all agreed. And so they did.

Starting a virtual band across different time zones proved to be tricky. Thus, they created a sort of musical assembly line. Baltimore Paul and Rotterdam Paul wrote and recorded a basic track, and then e-mailed it to Manchester Paul. Once Manchester Paul recorded a bass track, he e-mailed it back to Baltimore Paul, who then built it into the main song. Later, Pennsylvania Paul added the drumbeat.

The Paul O'Sullivan released its first song "Namesake" in March 2016. But just months after the song's release, Baltimore Paul began experiencing health issues that forced him to take time off from making music. The other Pauls decided to take a break.

But they didn't press pause on their friendships. Instead of supporting one another on music, they supported one another more generally. The other Pauls made sure Baltimore Paul never felt alone, even with the miles between them.

It was about four years before Baltimore Paul was well enough to start making music again. The first thing the band did was create a music video for "Namesake" which debuted on YouTube. When COVID-19 shut down the world, the Pauls didn't miss a beat. They used their time during the pandemic to record their first EP. Titled Internet Famous: A Retrospective, it was released last April.

A random Facebook request led to not only new music but also lasting friendships. 

No summer is complete without a good book in your hand. Here are some of the best books of this season and YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS A WORD! 

Re-Making the American Dream

By David Vaught www. authorhouse. com 

Hardback | Paperback | E-book $23.99 | $12.99 | $4.99 

The U. S. Military Academy at West Point's mission is "to educate, train, and inspire the corps of cadets (军训生)". The challenge by cadets to its requirement arose from the values of the American Dream and also re-made them through the resulting events.

The History of College Nicknames, Mascots and School Colors

By Gary Hudson www. xlibris. com 

Hardback | Paperback | E-book $29.99 | $19.99 | $3.99

College nicknames are fun. They are filled with history and if you ask 10 people how the nickname came about, you are more than likely to get several different answers. The History of College Nicknames, Mascots and School Colors explains the history behind them. 

WWII+V

By Johan Zwaan www. xlibris. com 

Hardback | Paperback | E-book $29.99 | $18.99 | $6.99

1,500 troops. 7,000 ships. 4,000 American and British people died. Johan Zwaan narrates his memories of war as a kid 75 years after witnessing the Normandy invasion. The book has been translated into different languages and is a prize-winner. 

Have Knife, Will Travel

By Hugh Cameron www. authorhouse. com 

Hardback | Paperback | E-book $19.99 | $12.99 | $3.99 

A story of the development of artificial joint replacement, and how a band of surgeons known as Traveling Road Show crossed the world teaching this new technology to thousands of other surgeons.

That night, I quarreled with my mother, then stormed out of the house. While on the road, I remembered that I did not have any money in my pocket, and I did not even take my cell phone with me to make a call home. 

At the same time, I went through a noodle shop. Picking up the sweet fragrance, I suddenly felt very hungry. I wished for a bowl of noodles, but I had no money! The seller saw me standing before the counter and asked, "Hey, little girl, you want to eat a bowl?"

"But…but I do not carry money…" I shyly replied.

"Okay, I'll treat you. " the seller said. "Come in, I will cook you a bowl. "

A few minutes later the owner brought me a steaming bowl of noodles. After eating some pieces, I cried. 

"What is it?" He asked.

"Nothing. I am just touched by your kindness!" I said as I wiped my tears. "Even a stranger on the street gives me a bowl of noodles, and my mother, after a quarrel, chased me out of the house. She is cruel!"

The seller sighed, "Girl, why do you think so? Think again. I only gave you a bowl of noodles and you felt that way. Your mother has been taking care of you since you were little, why were you not grateful and why did you hurt your mom?"

I was really surprised after hearing that. 

Why didn't I think of that? A bowl of noodles from a stranger made me feel grateful, and my mother has raised me since I was little and I have never felt so, not even a little. I thought she was supposed to take care of me and love me. 

On the way home, I thought in my head what I would say to my mother when I arrived home: "Mom, I'm sorry, I know it is my fault, please forgive me…"

注意：1. 所续写短文的词数应为150词左右；2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。

Paragraph 1：Meanwhile many memories came back into my mind. 

Paragraph 2：When arriving home, I saw my mother sitting at the dinner table, worried and tired. 

你校将举办英语演讲比赛。请你以Be smart online learners 为题写一篇发言稿参赛，内容包括：1. 分析优势与不足；2. 提出学习建议。注意：1. 词数 100 左右；2. 题目和首句已为你写好。

Be smart online learners

Online learning has become an important way to study. 

Tu Youyou was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2015 for her research,  led to the discovery of artemisinin. Artemisinin (save) a large number of lives since it was discovered. After  (graduate) from university, Tu Youyou worked at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine. In 1967, Tu Youyou  (choose) as a researcher of a team of scientists with  purpose of discovering a new treatment for malaria. They(evaluate) 280. 000 plants and tested 380 distinct ancient Chinese medical(treat). One medical text suggested using the extract from sweet wormwood to treat a fever. Tu Youyou analyzed the medical texts again, and  chance, she found one sentence suggesting a different way. Soon she found a substance that worked by(boil) the sweet wormwood at a lower temperature. The team's hard work (event) paid off in 1971. 

Tu Youyou thought the discovery of artemisinin was a team effort and the Nobel Prize was an honor for China's scientific research and Chinese medicine to be spread around the world. 

This was my first year teaching in a special needs school. I was uncertain what to 1  at our annual Special Sports Meeting. My students had different 2 , from mild learning disabilities to severe brain diseases. 

Mark was one with the latter, limited to a 3 . However, he 4  greeted everyone with huge smiles. His classmates loved him and often took their time to make sure of his participation in group activities, especially Mike, Andy and Lucas, all 5  at sports. Mark imagined being like them. Watching and cheering for their elegant 6  on the playground seemed to fill him with wonder. 

The big day came at last and the final 7  was the 400-meter race. Everyone was invited to 8  according to their own ability. Mike, Andy and Lucas 9  to prove who the best athlete was. But when they reached the finish line they paused and looked behind them. At the back, determined not to be left behind, was Mark, 10  on the track in his wheelchair with half the distance left to 11 . Looking at each other, a 12  thought passing between them. Slowly, they jogged back towards their friend, 13  him on as he had done for them before. 

The progress was 14 , but eventually they crossed the finish line together to the cries of their teachers and classmates. I came to understand what makes the Special Sports Meeting so 15 .