One day, I had a meal in 1 expensive restaurant. A young couple with a small boy ordered a piece of the cheapest beef steak. "Sir, anything else? One piece is not enough for all of you!" The waiter said.
The dad was a little 2 . He said, "Thanks. It's enough. We just want to bring the guy to have beef steak, and we 3 supper. "
I watch 4 for a while. I found that the parents not only took the boy to have beef steak, but also regarded as a process of 5 . The parents taught the kid 6 to use the knife and fork and told him some table manners.
I'd like 7 good friends with the family. Then I walked over and asked 8 . "9 I offer each of you a cup of coffee?" They accepted my coffee with a smile. We began to chat. "To be honest, we are very poor, 10 we can't afford any expensive food at all. However, we have every confidence in our boy. He lives in a poor family, but I believe he 11 great success in the future. That's why we teach him the good table manners," said the dad. "We hope our kid can be a person 12 respects himself and others. "
We became friends and got on well 13 each other. Afterwards, great progress 14 by the kid, and he succeeded. And I have the honor to drink a cup of coffee from him, especially in 15 restaurants in England.
Laughter is natural for people. We start to laugh at about four months of age. We start to laugh even 1 we start to speak.
Laughter connects us with others. We laugh more when we are with Other people. It's difficult to pretend to laugh. Laughter is 2 . When people pretend to laugh, most people know it's not real.
When do people laugh?
Only 10 to 20 percent of laughter is about something 3 . Most laughter is about being friendly with other people. Most laughter says, "I don't want to 4 with you. I want to be friendly with you. " This kind of laughter brings people together.
We often laugh when we feel nervous. In movies, there is often joke at an exciting moment when everyone feels nervous. It is usually a(n) 5 joke, but we laugh a lot. Our laughter helps us 6 .
Why doesn't everyone laugh at the same joke?
Not everyone has the same sense of 7 . Some people think a joke is funny, but other people don't think so. People have different ideas about what is funny.
Our idea of what is funny changes with 8 . For young children, the world is new. They are interested in many things, so they laugh 9 . Teenagers often laugh to protect themselves. Adults laugh at themselves and other people with similar problems. They laugh at things that give them stress. Our 10 for laughter change gradually.
Life is full of surprises and you never know how things will turn out. Sir John Gurdon is a good example of this. As a boy, he was told that he was hopeless at Science and was at the bottom of his class. Later, aged 79, the very same Gurdon shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Japanese stem cell (干细胞) researcher Shinya Yamanaka.
Like so many scientists, Gurdon shows us where the power of curiosity and perseverance can lead to.
At the age of 15 in 1948, Gurdon ranked last out the 250 boys at his high school in Biology. Gurdon's high school science teacher even said that his dream of becoming a scientist was "quite ridiculous. "
In spite of his teacher's criticisms, Gurdon followed his curiosity and kept working hard. He went to the lab earlier and left later than anyone else. He experienced thousands of failures.
"My own belief is that we will, in the end, understand everything about how cells actually work," Gurdon said. In the 1960s, Gurdon took a cell from an adult frog and moved its genetic information into an egg cell. The egg cell then grew into a clone (克隆) of the adult frog．This technique later helped to create the sheep Dolly in 1996，the first cloned mammal (哺乳动物) in the world.
In 2006, Gurdon's work was developed by Yamanaka to show that a sample of a person's skin can be used to create stem cells. Using the technique, doctors can repair a patient's heart after a heart attack.
"Luck favours the prepared mind," Gurdon told the Noble Prize Organization. "Ninety percent of the time things don't work, but when they do, you have to seize (抓住) the chance. "
When Xiong Chuanfa, 34, blows a lifelike tiger out of sugar in just minutes, kids look at him in surprise thinking he is a magician.
Xiong has been blowing sugar figurines (吹糖人) for over twenty years.
Blowing sugar figurines is a Chinese traditional folk (民间) art with a history of over 600 years and has been listed as a state-level intangible cultural heritage.
Every morning, Xiong prepares the sugar and drives to different markets in Nanchang to start his magic show. He heats (加热) the sugar, pulls off a little to make a ball and blows it into different shapes-a rabbit, a monkey, and even Bing Dwen Dwen, the mascot of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
People, especially little kids, are interested in his skills. __▲__ he also stops by colleges.
Many college students have been drawn to the art, waiting in line for hands-on experience. Among them, Simon, a foreign student, couldn't help having a try. Though it looked easy, he found it difficult to make it. Thanks to Xiong's help, Simon finally saw a horse slowly taking shape.
Simon was deeply moved after learning about the art. "I just can't believe the traditional folk art can be kept so well here. I love it. Chinese culture should be spread around the world," he said.
This art has been passed down for four generations (代) in Xiong's family. His 6-year-old son often blows sugar balloons, just like what he used to do as a child. "We will pass on the intangible heritage," said Xiong.
We have found plastic in the ocean and in animals like birds, fish and whales. But for the first time, scientists have found plastic in human poop (粪便), USA Today reported.
The finding came from a study led by scientists from Environment Agency in Austria. The researchers followed eight healthy volunteers from different parts of the world. The volunteers wrote down what they ate for a week and then provided a poop sample for testing.
Scientists found nine different types of plastic in the samples, according to the study. An average of 20 small plastic particles (颗粒) were found in every 10 grams of poop. The particles measured between 50 to 500 micrometers.
"The smallest plastic particles are able to enter the bloodstream, the lymphatic system (淋巴系统), and may even reach the liver (肝脏)," Philipp Schwabl, who took part in the research, said to the Guardian.
However, the scientists aren't sure if this plastic is harmful to humans. They're not sure how the plastic got in the volunteers' bodies, either. But most of the volunteers said they drank from plastic bottles and also ate seafood that could include plastic from ocean pollution.
In fact, plastic is everywhere around us. Every year, an average of 8 million tons of plastic waste goes into the oceans, according to National Geographic. There, sunlight and waves break the plastic items down to the size of grains of rice. Most of the particles stay in the ocean. Others can spread into the soil and air. Could plastic in the air fall onto food and get into the human body?
Previous studies may also give us a clue. According to USA Today, 90 percent of sea salt sold globally contains plastic. And even some tap water has been found to have tiny plastic particles in it.
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Every year on 15th October, over 200 million people around the world take part in Global Handwashing Day.Well, research shows that not enough people often wash their hands with soap. Experts believe that leads to the deaths of millions of people every year.
Sidibe, a public health expert says soap is "the most beautiful invention in public health".Handwashing with soap prevents babies from getting ill and keeps children healthy at school.
This is partly because there aren't enough resources in poorer countries, but it's also because for many people, handwashing is simply not part of their everyday life. It's not easy to get people to change habits they learned in early childhood -- but this is what Global Handwashing Day wants to do.
In 2008, the Indian cricket team joined around 100 million Indian schoolchildren in washing their hands to promote the first ever Global Handwashing Day.
Today, local and national leaders continue to use the day to spread the message about the importance of clean hands.
A. However, washing hands with soap does not happen as often as you might think.
B. The hope is that hand washing becomes a necessary part of people's lives and improves the health of millions around the world.
C. But why do we have a day for something we do all the time?
D. Every year since then, many different events have been held around the world.
E. Washing your hands with soap can have a huge influence on reducing the spread of diseases.
Vanessa is addictive (沉迷) to playing smartphone. She is using her cell phone all the time. She uses it when she is bored and when she is with friends. In another word, she is completely a by it.
Meanwhile, it seems that some young people are s from this serious problem. Cell phone addiction is bad because it leads to other problems. For example, that addition may c poor study, poor sleep, and poor work at school or the office.
There are some t which might help with cell phone addiction, such as put your phone down when you are having meals, studying or sleeping. Also, when you have free time, try to develop a h such as swimming or dancing. Then you can spend your time. Your life will thank you for that.
Theme | Love sports and care for health |
Time | 9:00 a. m. -12:00a. m. |
Place | Sports Center |
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Dear Sam,
Thank you for joining us in our voluntary activity next Saturday.
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Yours,
Li Hua
