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I work as a meteorologist (气象学家) now in Florida. It's my job to follow hurricanes and provide information about them to scientists. I was working for the National Meteorological Office near London in the autumn of 1995, and I saw a documentary (call) Storm chasers. It was about hurricane hunters and I thought, "Wow, that's an interesting job!" Two months later, I came across an advertisement for a meteorologist to work in Florida. I (interview) over the phone, moved to the US, and started to work here in May 1996.

I like most about my job is the travel. I have been all over the world hunting hurricanes. It's (inspire) to end up in different cities and different countries day after day. As a meteorologist, I have to love flying. I also love working with (gift) scientists, from I have learned so much. People often ask me what average day is like. In fact, there's nothing average in my job! It all depends on the weather, and you can't control that. We often take off at a moment's notice (hunt) storms.

Next, I would like to join a space program and be the first meteorologist in space. (fortunate), I haven't come up an experiment to do in space yet, for there aren't any hurricanes.

Mary's unsung hero was8. Years after the two women first met. With tears in her eyes, Mary expressed just how much Linda's help made a9 in her life. "There's really no10 to adequately convey my gratitude for what you did for me. That was really the turning point of my11," Mary said. "If there's one thing I12, it's that I know I was so lost that I didn't convey that to you." Linda repeatedly13 to downplay (轻描淡写) what she'd done and instead14 what Mary had been going through at the time. "At the time, helping you seemed like a no-brainer," Linda said and also15 Mary for coming a long way in the past 15 years.

Social media may be the single best way to stay in contact with family and friends you can't see on a regular basis. Just like the Christmas cards you may have received weeks ago, there's an opportunity for an ongoing update of what's happening in their lives.

Whether it's a phase where they need to dress themselves, or paint their rooms a new color, all kids want is to be able to express themselves. What they write, post, or engage with will give you a window into what they think is important.

Whether it's new dance moves, or baking recipes, the opportunities are endless.

Even if it's just saved in their brain and never posted, they had a chance to think creatively.

A. Social media puts the world right at your kids' fingertips.

B. Within healthy boundaries, there are benefits of social media.

C. These things can generate a deeper passion for communication.

D. It's a great supplement to stay engaged between in-person interactions.

E. The clear disappointment in his voice led to an argument about social media.

F. As kids begin to produce their own content, it gives them a space to be creative.

G. Social media can be a platform for your kids to express what's meaningful to them.

Using Charles Dickens' 19^th century as a dividing line, it would be useful to look at the familial (家庭的) and social uses of reading aloud and reflect on the functional change of it. Dickens usually read his work to friends. Lots of chapters of reading aloud also appeared in Dickens' own books. More importantly, he took into consideration the Victorian method when writing so much that his books are meant to be heard, not only read on the page.

Reading aloud in a Victorian family is well documented. Besides setting up a pleasant family relationship, reading aloud could protect young people from the danger of solitary (孤独的) reading. Reading aloud was a tool for parents' guidance: introduce literature to their children and combine leisure and more serious purposes such as religious cultivation in the youths.

Reading aloud in the 19^th century was as much a class phenomenon as a family event, which shows that Victorian readership meant a middle-class readership. Those who fell outside this group tended to be ignored by Victorian publishers. Despite this, Dickens managed to provide books to people from different social classes by reducing the price of novels.

Since the literacy level of this part of population was still low before the Education Act, many people from lower classes would listen to texts. Dickens' readers, who were from such social backgrounds, might have heard Dickens in this manner. It was typical for his texts to be read aloud in Victorian England, and thus illiteracy (文盲) was not a barrier for reading Dickens. Reading was no longer a form of entertainment practiced by the middle class at home.

A working-class home was often not convenient for reading: too many distractions, bad lighting, and so on. As a result, the Victorians from the non-middle classes tended to find relaxation outside home, like in parks and squares, which were good places during their limited spare time. Reading aloud, especially public reading, in some way reduces the differences between classes. The Victorian middle class defined its identity through differences with other classes. Dickens's popularity among readers from the non-middle classes helped the creation of a new class of readers who read through listening.

Different readers of Dickens were not reading solitarily and "jealously". Instead, they often enjoyed a more common experience, which is generally too few in today's world. Modern audiobooks can be considered a version of the method. However, while the 20^th- and 21^st-century trend for individuals to listen to audiobooks keeps some features of traditional reading aloud — such as "listeners attentive to a reading voice" and the ear being the focus — it is a far more solitary activity.

My mother raised me with several fixed rules. One was that a gentleman always has a clean handkerchief in his right rear pocket, a piece of simple cotton, roughly 15 inches square and less than four inches when folded. I was a dutiful son, but as a child, I had been wondering what it was there for. After 60 years, my body weight now feels wrong if I'm heading out of the house with an empty back pocket.

I am sure this habit has sometimes struck friends but in polite company nobody comments on somebody else's business. Children like my kids think of my hankie ridiculously old-fashioned and they have their arguments. If you have to be prepared every day for allergies or a cold, why not choose a little packet of tissues, which saves you from that disgusting business of blowing your nose in the thing and then stuffing it back in your pants?

I understand their point. But a handkerchief is more durable and has a far wider variety of uses. Can you grab the handle of a pot that's boiling over with a Tempo tissue? Or do you recall the cases of skinned knees and drippy noses that hankie wiped? In fact, my wife gave me several new handkerchiefs as gifts. Neither of us can count the number of times she wiped her tears at a movie, or, as it happens, she's needed to blow her nose.

Yet not even my mother could have predicted the hankie's new role as an Essential Public Health Appliance. All of us have learnt how hard it is to follow advice from medical experts about not touching your face. Here is an answer. Use your hankie. In case of emergency, your handkerchief can become a makeshift DIY mask that can be pulled over your lower face like a robber entering a bank.

And it will certainly give me the chance to lift my chin and look at my adult children through one eye, asking in her good-hearted way, "What do you have to say now, smarty-pants?"

Yes — pumpkin is perfect

Three reasons why pumpkin pie is better than apple pie

1. As one of America's first crops, pumpkin has become fall's signature flavor since the early 18th century. Even 300 years ago, Americans knew it was the best pie.

2. With its warm, comforting mix of cinnamon (肉桂), nutmeg (豆蔻), and other spices, delicious pumpkin pie gives you perfect bites that melt in your mouth, which simply can't be beaten.

3. As a bonus, pumpkins are packed full of vitamins and nutrients that are good for your body. So cut a perfectly shaped slice of pumpkin goodness and dig in.

No — apple pie all the way

Three reasons why pumpkin pie is not better than apple pie

1. Apple pie is just about as old as our country and even appeared in America's first cookbook. Have you heard the expression "It's as American as apple pie"? No one says that about pumpkin pie!

2. There are countless variations on the classic, with different spices and flavorings, dried fruits and nuts, and different crusts (酥皮). Apple pie is the clear winner for people who love the balance of fruit and buttery pie crust.

3. To quote another expression, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." That means apples are nutritious and help keep us healthy.

Now that you've read a bit more about this issue, click here to vote in our debate. Vote YES if you think pumpkin pie is better than apple pie or NO if you don't. We'll publish the results next week.