The world is too big to take in all at once. To make sense and beauty of it, you have to look at a small part at a time.
In using a camera, you choose a small part through he view finder. You move the camera, "framing" pictures until you see one that pleases you. Then-click! If you make a good choice, your picture will please others, as well as yourself.
"Wherever you are," says photographer Ernst Haas, "you are surrounded by pictures. The trick is to recognize them." His photograph of a twist of barbed wire shows what he means.
Mr. Haas tells us of ways to practice seeing. Make a simple frame of black cardboard. Take it out of the doors and look through it at everyday things, large or small, far away or near.
At first you may see nothing to interest you. But soon pictures seem to leap (跳) at you through the frame. Oil floating on water makes a picture in rainbow colors. Three people on the steps of an old house form a picture that seems to tell a story.
Did you notice such things before you used the frame? Perhaps not. But, with practice, you soon do not need its help. You see things as artists do. Everywhere, shapes and colors catch your eye. Your mind takes "snapshots (快照)" of their patterns. Then, if you wish, you can share what you see by taking a photograph or by making a drawing or a painting.
Sometimes it's fun to "see small". Did you ever notice the design of the seeds in sliced bananas? Have you looked deep inside a lily? Or seen the starburst in the center of a wet ice cube?
Do you see colors as they really are? When you paint tree trunks, you would make them brown or black. But tree trunks are really gray, purple, yellow-green—almost any color except brown or black!
Do you notice detail? Doing so can be in many ways. Remembering what you see is often useful, too. Practice can help you.
A trick for helping you to remember detail is the double take. Look—don't look—then look again.
Generally speaking, people like those who have a good sense of humor.
Sometimes a touch of humor might well enable us to win. Consider the case of a young friend of mine, who hit a traffic jam on his way to work shortly after receiving an ultimatum (最后通牒) about being late on the job. Although there was a good reason for Brian's being late—serious illness at home—he decided that this by-now-familiar excuse wouldn't work any longer. His boss was probably already pacing up and down preparing a dismissal speech.
Yes, the boss was, as Brian entered the office at 9:35. The place was as quiet as a locker room (更衣室): everyone was hard at work. Brian's boss came up to him. Suddenly, Brian forced a smile and stretched out his hand. "How do you do!" he said. "I'm Brian. I'm applying for a job, which, I understand, became available just 35 minutes ago. Doesn't the early bird get the worm?"
The room exploded in laughter. The boss clamped off a smile and walked back to his office. Brian had saved his job, with the only tool that could win—a laugh.
Humor is a most effective, yet frequently neglected means of handling the difficult situations in our lives. It can be used for patching up differences, apologizing, saying "no", criticizing, getting the other fellow to do what you want without his losing face. For some jobs, it's the only tool that can succeed. It is a way to discuss subjects so sensitive that serious dialog may start a quarrel. For example, many believe that comedians on television are doing more today for racial and religious tolerance (忍受力) than people in any other forum.
Britain and France are two important countries in Europe. They are neighbors, separated only by the 20-mile seaway of the English Channel. And for most of the time that the two countries have existed, the French and the British have been rivals or even enemies. One conflict between the two countries lasted over 100 years, and the British and French were at war through the 18th century.
There is no fighting now, of course. But there is still a strong sense of rivalry (敌对) between the two nations. That's why a recent survey in the UK caused a major shock.
It revealed (揭露) that one third of the British people would like to live in France. It also showed that twenty-one percent of British people would actually prefer to have been born in France.
Many reasons were given. France has a better climate and a more relaxed lifestyle, with some of the longest holidays in Europe. It is thought to have better public services in every area from health to transport. People in France work shorter hours and enjoy longer vacations. And think of the food and wine!
Estimates (估计) of the numbers of Britons living in France range from 100,000 to half a million. But it is not one-way traffic. Around 15,000 French people per year come to live in Britain, mainly settling in London. They are attracted by higher pay in Britain, lower taxes, a more dynamic lifestyle. Now it seems that people can go to the place that suits them best.
Many youths want to learn how to drive cars. This year one sixth of undergraduates in Beijing have registered at driving school. The students, mostly from majors such as business management or imitational trade, will finish their driving courses within 20 days or so.
Training costs have dropped to 4, 500 yuan for students, according to the Haidian Driving School in Beijing. The price is not really low, but students will accept it, seeing it as an investment (投资) in their future. Familiarity with the operation of computers and fluent English are the basic skills graduating students need to find a job. But a driver s permit has become another factor (因素).
"In the job market, owning a driver's permit sometimes strengthens a graduating student's competitiveness for a good position," says Li Hua, an undergraduate at the China University of Political Science and law.
Cars will become a necessary part of many people's lives in the coming years, and it is difficult to get a permit out of campus because of the pressures on working people's time. "Having a full-time job after graduation offers limited time to learn to drive. We senior students have plenty of spare time, plenty of oppurtunity to learn," says another undergraduate at the university.
Wu Dong, an official at the driving school, said undergraduates were very able and serious, and could grasp in an hour what ordinary people took four hours to learn. In this driving school, middle-aged people, young women and college students are the main customers.
From March 1, 2018, to get a driver's permit, a beginner is now required to have at least 86 hours' practice before the final road test.
Now let's discuss something about people's habits.
Some of them are good ones, but some of them may be bad ones. Can you remember any of the bad habits you used to have when you were very young? Of course, you do not do that anymore, but you can surely remember your mother's efforts to train you. The good habits you now have in such matters as personal cleanliness were part of this early training.
We may not suck our thumbs any more, but as we get older we get other bad habits. Anyone who has tried to give up smoking knows this very well! In babyhood, it's thumbsucking, In childhood, it's nail-biting. In our teens, it's smoking, And if anyone tells you that he has no bad habits, you can be sure that he must have the worst habit of all. Isn't that true?
A. We can't give them up easily, either.
B Each period brings its own problems.
C. Generally speaking, a boy likes biting nails.
D. Everyone has his or her own habits.
E. We benefit from our friends, kind help.
F. In middle-age, it's over-eating, and so on.
G. Perhaps, as a baby, you used to suck your thumb (拇指).
Taking care of yourself is not being selfish. By caring enough to 1 your body well, you will be in 2 shape to take care of those around you. No one can take care of your health 3 yourself.
Believe in yourself and your4. Havea "can-do" attitude. Make a list of 5 changes that you have made in the past. It is easier to 6 a goal when you are 7. Use humor and laugh off occasional lapses (过失). Have confidence that you can get back on track with your healthy 8.
Seek out a friend or co-worker who will make you feel comfortable. You will find out 9 friends is a happy thing in the world. Regular phone calls, emails or visit over coffee could help you keep a good contact with them. 10 your cheerleader could become your exercise buddy (密友).
11 yourself as you make simple changes that in the end will 12 in achieving your overall goal. Celebration is part of successful change. Create a list of incentives (动机) that will 13 you motivated.
Adopt eating and physical activity habits that can become part of your 14. Have a backup plan 15 those days when your plans to eat well and be active are challenged. If you can't walk 16 the weather, have an exercise video to use. If you have no time to pack a 17 lunch, choose a small fast food sandwich and side salad.
Go on a 18. Work and family are two most important things in people's lives. People try to tackle the two things at once, 19 most of them fail. Just as an old saying goes: People who know how to rest 20 how to work. Go out with your family and have a good time.
In today's world many people seem to be (hunger) for money. Money does have its most useful effects on the poor. even if a person has already got plenty of money, (happy) can't be bought by money.
If money were beginning, all millionaires have real love, true friendship, good health and a long life. However, this is not always correct.
Since beginning of time no three words have ever invited more (pleased) than "I love you". But can love be bought? I'm afraid not Love (mean) to give, not to take. To every person, health and a long life are bought with money? The answer is "No".
Of all the longest (life) people in the world, few of them are millionaires. True friendship can't be bought, either in a world, where money is (dream) too much, it can cause brothers to quarrel, marriage to end, lovers to hate, and (strange) to fight. No matter how much money you have, it is still not enough to make a happy person if you have no one to laugh with, no one to cry for.
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删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
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2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
When holidays draw nearly, people usually greeted each other in a variety of ways. Some people often go on the line and send e-mails or electronic cards to their friends, relatives and teachers that others prefer to make phone calls or send short messages by mobile phone. In a word, people choose differently to exchange their best wish during our holidays.
As to me, I'd like send e-mails or electronic cards. First, it costs little and no money. What's more, a lot of paper is saving, which is environmentally friendly.
1)城市中有许多高楼大厦、繁忙的街道、舒适的生活环境，但也有许多的污染，如噪音和烟尘等；
2)乡村生活平静安宁，但也有如城市中的问题；
3)你的看法。
注意：1）词数100个左右；2）可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
