Students enter the net bar to play games.
The police have down their list of suspects.
Even a flower or a tree here moving stories.
China is now most countries in the world.
The train in Shanghai at 1:00 p.m.
Can you see some beautiful birds?
I loved working with my dad, but I hated the summer job he gave me. He owned a small(1)1in Bank Street. In his shop, the most recently(2)2person got the worst job, and the boss' son was also (3)3 .
I didn't want to spend hours(4)4the frost on the ceiling of the walk-in freezer, and it was the Saturday afternoon's job that I hated most. We received fresh(5)5every day. Chicken sat in wooden boxes and was(6)6with crushed ice.During the week, the ice and the blood of the chicken slowly leaked into the containers (7)7the chicken, creating its bloody smell.
There was only one (8)8to get rid of the blood and wash the containers: hold my(9)9 and carefully slide the containers from under the chicken, as I tried not to(10)10the contents over my clothes, and then(11)11into the drain(下水道).
Soon, students(12)12have cut lawns, painted houses, worked in offices, or maybe even worked in the butcher's will(13)13to school. Some will have great memories(14)14others will come back with (15)15ones.
Looking back, I thought my father could have(16)16me from my weekly hell. However, my dad, who'd dropped out of school to help support his family after his father died, was a teacher for me (17)17 . He knew treating me(18)18from his other employees would be an unfair thing. Most importantly, he taught me to(19)19those who do the hard and(20)20tasks in life.
For the next six summers, I returned not as the boss' son, but as one of other guys, and I cleaned the dirty containers every Saturday afternoon.
The next time you go into a bank, a store, or a supermarket, stop and listen. What do you hear?(1)It's similar to the music you listen to, but it's not exactly the same. That's because this music was especially designed to relax you, or to give you extra energy. Sometimes you don't even realize the music is playing, but you react to the music anyway.
Quiet background music used to be called “elevator(电梯)music” because we often heard it in elevators. But lately we hear it in more and more places, and it has a new name “Muzak”. About one-third of the people in America listen to “Muzak” every day. The music plays for 15 minutes at a time, with short pauses in between. It is always more lively between ten and eleven in the morning, and between three and four in the afternoon, when people are more tired. (2)
If you listen to Muzak carefully, you will probably recognize the names of many of the songs. Some musicians or songwriters don't want their songs to be used as Muzak, but others are happy when their songs are chosen. Why? (3)
Music is often played in public places because it is designed to make people feel less lonely when they are in an airport or a hotel. It has been proven that Muzak does what it is designed to do. Tired office workers suddenly have more energy when they hear the pleasant sound of Muzak in the background. (4)Supermarket shoppers buy 38 percent more groceries. (5)They say it's boring to hear the same songs all the time. But other people enjoy hearing Muzak in public places. They say it helps them relax and feel calm. One way or another, Muzak affects everyone. Some farmers even say their cows give more milk when they hear Muzak!
A. Some people don't like Muzak.
B. The music gives them extra energy.
C. Music is playing in the background.
D. Factory workers produce 13 percent more.
E. Muzak tends to help people understand music better.
F. They get as much as $4 million a year if their songs are used.
G. Muzak is played in most of the big supermarkets in the world.
The NorthIslandand the South Island make up most of New Zealand's 268,000 sq km, an area similar to that of the United Kingdom. Its has a coastline 10,000 kmlong and no inland locality is more than 110 kmfrom the sea.
New Zealand is full of every kind of physiognomy (地形,地貌), but is especially for the fact that about three-quarters of the country lies more than 200 meters above sea level. Much of the North Island's shape has been created by volcanic activity. The country lies across the "mobile" belt of the earth's crust which circles the Pacific Ocean. This represents the shape of the land by features all common to the New Zealand landscape — volcanoes, hot springs, mountain chains and active fault lines.
The centre of theNorthIsland is crowned by mildly active volcanoes reaching a height of2,797m onMountRuapehu. New Zealand's famous thermal (温泉的) region runs northeast from here, through the country's largest lake, Taupo, and Rotorua to White Island in the Bay of Plenty. It is the centre point of the500 km longSouthern Alps, a wild region of spectacular alpine peaks, lakes and remote "sounds". Beyond the mountain areas lie extensive rolling downlands in regions such as South Canterbury in the south andHawkesBay in the north.