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Did you know that you can help the environment if you buy recyclable products instead of non-recyclable ones? Look for the recycle s________1.________ – three arrows that make a circle – on the package. Recyclable products are usually made out of things that already have been u________2.________. It usually takes less energy to make recycled products than to make new ones. The more energy we save, the b________3.________.
Imagine that it's a hot summer day. You put an ice cream on the sidewalk, and it melts. W________4.________ does this happen? Well, you probably know that the sun causes the ice cream to melt. But you may not know that the sun produces solar energy. Solar energy is a________5.________ way of saying "energy that comes from the sun." Solar energy can be used to heat homes, buildings, water, a6.________ to make electricity. Today, more than 200,000 houses in the United States make use of the s________7.________ energy.Cars are an important part of life for most people. But cars also cause pollution and give out a lot of greenhouse gases into the air. L________8.________, there are some cars that are better for the environment. These cars can travel longer on a smaller amount of gasoline. They don't p________9.________ as much, either. Using these kinds of cars can help reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the air.
Many things, l________10.________ computers, TVs, stereos, and VCRs, have special labels on them. The label says "Energy" and has a picture of a star. Products with the ENERGY STAR® label are made to save energy. Buying products with ENERGY STAR® labels will help protect the environment.
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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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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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Are you a fan of traveling? Well， in 20 years， there may be a new place for you to spend your v 1. - the moon. Last month， the European Space Agency (ESA) published ideas for b 2. an international moon village by 2030. The village aims to open the door for deeper space exploration， and it will a 3. be a tourist center.
In 1969 after US astronaut Neil Armstrong first arrived on the moon， he said the famous w 4. “One small step for a man， one giant leap for mankind”. A 5. to the head of the ESA， Johann， the moon village could be “the next giant leap for mankind”， because the technology for this is about 20 years away from coming true. One of the biggest challenges is getting the building materials into space w 6. costing too much， said Matthias from the German Aerospace Center. Scientists s 7. using the ice water and rocks on the moon to print 3-D building materials， so people don’t have to carry e 8. from the Earth. When asked why the ESA chose the moon rather than Mars as the next goal， Johann said it’s b 9. the moon is about 144 times closer to the earth than Mars. The ESA i 10. the US， Russia， China， India， Japan and some other countries to join in its moon plan. It hopes that “in the future， the moon can become a place where the nations of the world work together”.
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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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Nowadays, studying abroad is becoming more and more popular in China. Many parents send their children abroad instead of letting them receive e1. at home.
There are many advantages for people to attend school abroad. Firstly, he can use the foreign language in his everyday life so that his ability in the second language may be greatly i2.. While studying in a foreign country, he will meet many students from abroad and it is much easier to make f3. with them. Also, he can get familiar with the latest knowledge in different fields. In this w4.,
there is every chance that he is a5. to widen his horizon (眼界) and broaden his mind.
Of course, attending schools abroad may b6. a lot of problems. The most serious one is language barrier(障碍). Most of the students who go abroad don’t have e7. skills in the language spoken there. As a result, on arriving there, they will find it difficult to u8. what the teachers say. Moreover, they don’t know the customs(风俗) of local people very w9., and they may have trouble dealing with some situations.
Therefore, one must think of both sides carefully before m10. a decision. The place where you study is not very important, but the desire(渴望) to learn matters the most.
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February 21 is International Mother Language Day. The United Nations (联合国) n 1. it in 1999. The day aims to protect all languages around the world. In China, most people speak Chinese as their mother language.
More people speak Chinese than any other language in the world. About one fifth of the world’s population speaks a form of Chinese, the BBC r 2. .
The e 3. known written record of Chinese is the oracle bone script(甲骨文) of the Shang Dynasty . These are animal bones, especially tortoise shells with writing on them. Most Chinese characters are ideograms(表意文字) w 4. combine(组合) two or more words together to make a new one, for example, jia(家) means “a pig under a roof”. This shows that people in ancient times t 5. of home as a place to hold treasures..
As time went on, hundreds of thousands of words developed. However, people only use a few thousand of them in everyday life. Today, new words are still being a 6. to the Chinese dictionary, such as dishi(的士) for taxis, xiu(秀) for TV shows.
With the fast d 7. of China’s economy(经济), more people from other countries are showing i 8. in Chinese. In a survey in the US last December, 2007 people were asked,”Which new foreign language would you learn?” Chinese placed second, a 9. Spanish, with 15 percent of the vote.
Confucius Institutes(孔子学院) around the world are more p 10. than ever. More than 300 colleges in over 90 countries have Confucius Institutes, USA Today reported.
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February 21 is International Mother Language Day. The United Nations (联合国) n 1. it in 1999. The day aims to protect all languages around the world. In China, most people speak Chinese as their mother language.
More people speak Chinese than any other language in the world. About one fifth of the world’s population speaks a form of Chinese, the BBC r 2. .
The e 3. known written record of Chinese is the oracle bone script(甲骨文) of the Shang Dynasty . These are animal bones, especially tortoise shells with writing on them. Most Chinese characters are ideograms(表意文字) w 4. combine(组合) two or more words together to make a new one, for example, jia(家) means “a pig under a roof”. This shows that people in ancient times t 5. of home as a place to hold treasures..
As time went on, hundreds of thousands of words developed. However, people only use a few thousand of them in everyday life. Today, new words are still being a 6. to the Chinese dictionary, such as dishi(的士) for taxis, xiu(秀) for TV shows.
With the fast d 7. of China’s economy(经济), more people from other countries are showing i 8. in Chinese. In a survey in the US last December, 2007 people were asked,”Which new foreign language would you learn?” Chinese placed second, a 9. Spanish, with 15 percent of the vote.
Confucius Institutes(孔子学院) around the world are more p 10. than ever. More than 300 colleges in over 90 countries have Confucius Institutes, USA Today reported.
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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.