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As you've just found out, opening a book doesn't require much effort. However, even that would be i 1.if you spent the night on the streets.
After lying for hours on cold ground, with only a thin sleeping bag to protect you from rain or
ice, your fingers would probably be so numb(麻木的)that you could hardly m2.them. You'd most likely spend the day trying to find something to eat and somewhere to shelter from the freezing cold.
You might be surprised to hear that the number of people sleeping rough(露宿)in London has
doubled in the last five years and has i3.by 30% across the rest of the country during the last two years.
Once we bring a homeless person out of the freezing cold, we need your help to give him a
w4.welcome at St Mungo's very much.
Will you please give a Christmas gift of £25, which could p5.a homeless person with a
St Mungo’s welcome pack? It could have a towel, shampoo, soap(肥皂), so a homeless person can have a hot s 6.and a proper clean up. The difference you could make won't end there. You see, welcoming someone into warmth and safety is just the b7.. You really could enable someone to change their life for good.
For Harvey, it was losing his job that led to him becoming homeless. Since Harvey was welcomed into St Mungo’s, he has received t 8.for his health and so much more. After he took courses in useful life skills, he recently moved into his own flat.
With your gift, you could help us offer a warm welcome to someone I9.Harvey who's come in from the freezing streets. I'm sure you'll a 10.that’s a wonderful present to give at Christmas. I hope you will send £25, or as much as you can, today.
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Small talk and chitchat(闲谈) are the short conversations we have at parties, while we wait in line at the store, at family events or work.
Sometimes we make small talk with people we already know but not w1.. Often we have to make small talk with complete strangers.
Many people find these small conversations about unplanned subjects difficult. Some people say they hate it. Others say small talk is a w2. of time. They may even call it useless chitchat or useless chatter, meaning it doesn’t do anything. They c3. small talk not important.
However, small talk is important. These exchanges can open doors that may lead to l4., more meaningful conversations. When you first meet someone or talk to someone you don’t know well, it would be awkward(尴尬的) to b5. a conversation about a really deep subject such as war, politics or the meaning of life.
Small talk also gives you the c6. to decide if you want to get to know that person better–or not. Let’s say you make small talk with someone at a party. But they only want to talk about cats. You may not want to build a friendship with them u7. you really, really love cats.
Chitchat can also increase your feeling of understanding toward people you know but not well. Chatting with a workmate about their child may help you to understand more of their life outside the o8.. This could help build healthy work relationships.
Researchers at the University of Chicago find that those who make small talk with strangers are happier than those who sit a9.. Also, another similar study showed that people who talked with a cashier(收银员) in a coffee shop felt happier t10. those who simply went in, ordered and left.
Small talk may make us happier.
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Chinese social network companies began to take away the smoking emoji(表情符号) from their products to support China’s new indoor smoking ban(禁烟令).
The smoking emoji usually s1. for the feeling of “cool” or “relaxed” in many apps before. Since the new ban was announced, China’s technology companies have been a2. to take this kind of emoji away.
“Smoking is not cool,” said Zhang Jianshu, head of the Beijing Tobacco Control Association. “It’s not p3. to take smoking as being cool”. He pointed out that the major social network users are younger people, who were much e4. to be influenced.
In response, Sina Weibo took away the emoji of a smoker in September on its smart phone apps and c5.. Two months later, Tencent followed Weibo’s footsteps on November 6, 2017 to change the smoking emoji w6. a green leaf. However, the action was only taken on QQ’s mobile app. QQ on PC still r7. the same. Tencent’s another popular social app, Wechat, has also been required to change the emoji.
China is home to 300 million smokers and produces the world’s l8. number of cigarettes. It is reported that about 27.7% people s9. in China in 2017, according to the government. Zhang said, taking the smoking emoji away was to prevent it spreading the wrong i10. among the public.
The BTAC hopes to use the social network to make more people develop a healthier lifestyle.
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Imagine the scene: You come home after work feeling too tired to cook—only to find a delicious m 1. waiting for you.
It sounds like a dream. However, it could be about to come true thanks to a robot cook i 2. by British scientists. They have come up with a set of robotic arms which are able to cook nice food. Perhaps people can b 3. the device in 2017 as a part of high-tech kitchen. Since it seems to be so useful in the future, scientists spent a 4. 18 years developing the hands, which are each controlled by 24 motors, 26 micro-controllers and 129 sensors (感应器).
Some people prefer to go to well-known restaurants, b 5. they are not cheap and may be quite far from the home. It is a chance for people to enjoy very good food cooked by robots at a suitable p 6. . The only dish that is off the robot’s menu at the moment is sushi, which r 7. nimble (灵活的) fingers to make, but the team plan to solve this problem as well by the time it goes to the m 8. .
Users will be able to ‘order’ dinner on their way home, or breakfast for next morning when they w 9. up. They can use an app on their smartphone. Picking menus depends on the ingredients (配料) they have. They will also be able to c 10. dishes based on personal needs.
And just in case, the unit has emergency equipment if there’s a fire.
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Sam and Tom were identical(同样的) twins. They were so identical that even their mother found it d1.to tell one from the other. But except for their looks, everything else about them was different.
Tom had no friends, w2. Sam was a great friendship maker. Sam loved sweets, but Tom loved spicy food and h3. sweets. Sam was generous and selfless, Tom was greedy and selfish!
As Sam and Tom grew up, their father wanted to s4. his fortune equally. However, Tom did not agree, and he argued that whoever proved to be smarter and stronger would have to get a b5. share of the wealth.
Sam agreed. Their father decided to organize a competition b6. the two. He asked the two sons to walk as long as they could, and return home before sunset.
The following day, Sam and Tom set out to walk. It was a rather sunny day. Sam walked slowly and steadily, while Tom ran q7. as he aimed at winning the race and gained a greater portion of his father’s wealth.
Sam knew that it would be ideal to walk as far as possible till noon, and start for home at noon, as it would take the same amount of time to walk back home. K8. this, Sam decided to turn back for home at noon so as to reach home on time.
However, Tom, with his greed to earn more w9., didn’t try to return home even after mid-noon. He walked twice as long as Sam, and thought he would still be able to return home before sunset. U10., he lost the race at last only because of his greed.
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For a long time, people thought that the floor of the ocean was a very quiet place. Some thought that it was almost without any s1. at all.Scientists were surprised when they put a microphone (麦克风) under water and heard all kinds of noises. They heard grunts, growls, snarls and whistles. The b2. of the sea sounded like a zoo! The scientists were puzzled (迷惑的) when they found out these noises were c3. from fish.Some fish make noise by grinding their teeth. Others scrape their bones together. Still others make noise with the sac of air in their bodies. W4. fish make these sounds is somewhat a mystery (谜). Some scientists think that the fish use these noises to s5. to one another. Most people believe the sounds have no meaning.Scientists have found out that the dolphin k6. the meaning of some sounds. Tests show that it is one of the smartest a7. in the sea. People say that they have been able to teach the dolphin many human words. At Marineland of the Pacific, it is said that dolphins have even been taught to sing. They rise to the s8. of the water and sing for visitors. At least it sounds somewhat like singing!
Who knows? We may be able to talk with the dolphin and learn many secrets of the sea sometime soon. Just think what the dolphin could tell us. We could learn the location of treasure ships u9. the sea. We could learn where to find great schools of fish. We might e10.learn the location of submarines (潜艇). It could be an exciting moment when we first begin to find out what those voices from the ocean floor are saying.
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Hip-hop dancing(街舞)is popular with many young people today．They like it b1.they can invent their own moves．They use this dance to s 2. their love for life．It a3.shows that they feel good about life，that they just want to be themselves and enjoy life，and that they are not afraid of problems．
Hip—hop dancing has a h4.of more than 20 years．It f5.began in the 1980s in the US．In early times，it was seen in New York and Los Angles．At that time，many young black people often danced to the m6.in the streets．They used their l7.，arms，heads and even shoulders to dance．Many young people still use most of these moves today．
Hip-hop dancing became popular all over the world because of the 1983 movie Flashdance. Some people performed Hip-hop dancing in the movie．People enjoyed their performance. They began to dance l8.them. Then it became popular．There are t9. kinds of Hip-hop dancing：new school and old schoo1．More and more young people are l10.Hip-hop dancing．People believe that it is a good way to exercise their bodies，and that it is good for their health．
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Many people have cars in the city. But pollution is a problem because of the t1.. Nowadays some downtown(市中心) areas around the world don’t have cars. These car-free zones(无车区) are a2. for people, bicycles, and public transportation only.
Eight million people l3. in the center of London and anther two million go to work there every day. The downtown area is very n4. with hundreds of cars, buses, and taxis, but there are a5. a lot of beautiful parks with free music concerts. At lunchtime, many people go there for a rest a6. they get off work.
Parts of Tokyo are always crowded with hundreds of people — but no cars! These modern car-free zones are r7. popular and people like shopping there.
In the past, Bogota was polluted because there w8. lots of cars and traffic. Now the downtown area is car-free zone and the air is c9.! Many people don’t have a car and half a million people take the bus to w10.. There are lots of stores. It’s not expensive.
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What can little money do? It’s w1. thinking it over.
A few weeks ago, I got $120 from a f2. in a Smile Group. He asked me to do good things with the money. Since then I have used the m3. to help strangers, and raised a lot of smiles.
One day I was in a shop, looking at the second-hand b4. . It happened that the book shelves were next to the toy shelf. I n5. that a poorly dressed woman standing behind me. A little girl about 3 years old came over to the toy shelf. At once her attention was c6. by a toy dog. She spoke to her mother and her mother asked the shop owner how much it c7. The answer was $3. Then she said "no". The child said n8.. Maybe "no" was not new for her but she couldn’t keep the disappointment away from her face.
I had a total of $5. I put the money in the m9. hand and said, "Buy her a book too.＂ I didn’t wait to see the end. I walked out of the shop.
The money the friend gave me was to help me find happiness in the world. Was there any better way to get so much happiness with so l10. money?
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Once upon a time, there was a man with a fine house, healthy animals and fertile land. He also had a handsome, lovely son. But the man was worried about his son, b 1. the boy grew up knowing only good times and comfortable life.
“What will happen when something goes w 2. for him?” wondered his father. “How will he know what to do?” So one day, the man asked the boy to go into the f 3. and collect wood. To help him carry the wood home, the man gave the boy an old cart and two horses. As he was l 4. , the man said to his son, “If the cart breaks down w 5. you are in the forest, don’t worry. Real Need will teach you what to do.”
The boy collected as m 6. wood as he could and put it onto the cart. But when the cart was filled with wood, it broke under the weight of the wood. “I hope that Real Need lives n 7. ,” thought the boy, and he started crying out,“Real Need! Real Need! Where are you? Can you help me?” The boy called and called, but n 8. came, so he had no choice but to repair the cart h9. .
When he arrived home he said to his father, “You said Real Need would t10. me to repair the cart, but I couldn’t find him anywhere. I had to fix it all by myself.” The man smiled happily and thought,“Real Need really is the best teacher.”
