We have all heard how time is more valuable than money, but is it possible to have too much time? I1 back in high school I spent most of my day at school since I also 2 a team sport. By the time I got home, I only had a few hours to do my homework, and I had to do it3.
When I got into college, things4. I suddenly found myself out of class before noon time. Because of all this5time, there was no sense of urgency( 紧 张 ) to do my school work immediately. I was performing this action of waiting until it later became a6. Once that happened, I just kept7my studying further and further back in my day. Then I got to the point where I was 8really late at night to get my work done.
One day I9a former classmate of mine who was10a lot of money running a sideline(副业). Since his regular job was11, I asked him why he just didn't do his sideline full-time. He said without the job, he would12have too much time and would just do what I did back in13. He said that if he gave up the job, he would lose his14to work and succeed.
So, try filling up your time with other work. This is why there is a15that if you want something done, ask a16 person to do it.
A cup of coffee is a good way for many people to start their day. It can also pass on kindness.
Manyang Kher used to be a Sudanese child refugee(难民). When he was three years old, his village was burnt in the war. He was separated from his parents and never saw them again. He became one of the 20,000 young Sudanese who had to leave their home for Ethiopia's Gambella area. He lived there as a refugee for 13 years.
When he was 16, Kher went to the United States. While he was in college, he started a program to help the refugees. Now, he owns a coffee company(公 司) called 734, which is a part of his program. The company has helped more than 200, 000 refugees living in the Gambella area till now. Kher said, "I know the difficulties and pains they face every day. You see kids die from hunger. You see kids dying of illnesses. You see kids running away from the refugee camp to find a place to be home, but die on the way."
Eighty percent of the money made by the coffee company is used to send more of the children to school. And, as Kher explains, the money helps refugees to belp themselves. For example,a cup of 734 coffee can also buy one fishing net(网)for a refugee. They can fish for themselves.
Kher sells the coffee online and to coffee stores. Megan Murphy owns a coffee store in Washington, D.C. She serves 734 coffee in her store and people love it. The coffee tastes delicious, so it's a win-win on both sides.
Artificial intelligence (AI) (人工智能）is the ability of a computer program or a machine to think and learn. It is also a field of study that tries to make computers "smart". John McCarthy, a scientist, came up with the name "artificial intelligence" in 1955. Many things such as learning and problem solving can be done by computers, though not in the same way as we do.
An unusual goal of AI research is to create computer programs that can learn, solve problems, and think logically(逻辑地). At present we use the term Al for successfully understanding human speech, recognizing(识别)human faces, operating self-driving cars and competing in some game systems like Chess and AlphGo（阿尔法狗）. Some people also consider AI a danger to humans if it develops too quickly. Professor Stephen Hawking (霍金), a well-known British scientist, was not for this kind of technology.
Math is the basic language of AI. If we raise the standard in the learning of math, our students will be more likely to become successful AI designers in the future. We not only want bright students, but also need to attract average students and give them the math skills which are needed to change them into AI designers. Besides, a good knowledge of computer science is also necessary for AI designing.
Scientists hope to create creative and emotional AI which can possibly understand human feelings or create art. Many ways and tools have been tried to discover this fascinating field.
School Report
Subject/Name | Math(100) | Art(100) | Computer(100) |
Mike | 60 | 95 | 95 |
Peter | 95 | 65 | 90 |
Amy | 65 | 90 | 95 |
Cathy | 95 | 95 | 60 |
Before there was the written word, there was the language of dance. Dance expresses love and hate, joy and sorrow, life and death, and everything else in between.
We dance from Florida to Alaska, from north to south and sea to sea. We dance at weddings, birthdays, office parties and just to fill the time.
"I adore dancing," says Lester Bridges, the owner of a dance studio in Iowa. "I can't imagine doing anything else with my life." Bridges runs dance classes for all ages. "Teaching dance is wonderful. It's great to watch them. For many of them, it's a way of meeting people and having a social life."
"I can tell you about one young couple," says Bridges. "They're learning to do traditional dances. They arrive at the class in low spirits and they leave with a smile. " So, do we dance in order to make ourselves feel better, calmer, healthier? Andrea Hillier says, "Dance, like the pattern of a beating heart, is life. Even after all these years, I want to get better and better. I find it hard to stop! Dancing reminds me I'm alive."
A. So why do we dance?
B. Dance in the U.S. is everywhere.
C. If you like dancing outdoors, come to America.
D. My older students say it makes them feel young.
E. I keep practicing even when I'm extremely tired.
F. Dancing seems to change their feeling completely.
G. They stayed up all night long singing and dancing.
A Smile is a Gift Worth Giving
A. Yesterday I was in the grocery store. I saw an older man standing with a sad look on his face. I walked by and gave him a big smile.
B. Give the gift of your smile! You never know how much of a difference you could be making in their life at that moment. Always remember that a smile is a gift worth giving!
C. People are in a rush and many are stressed this time of the year. Why not give a gift of your smile to everyone you meet？
D. I'd never really thought about giving a smile as a gift until this morning. Sometimes a smile is the best gift you can give someone.
E. Immediately, his eyes brightened and he smiled back. I don't know why he looked so sad, but for that moment in time he smiled.
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—With(乐意，愉悦).
Mr. Johnson lived in the woods with his wife and children. He owned farm, which looked almost abandoned(被遗弃的). (lucky), he also had a cow which produced milk every day. He sold or exchanged some of the milk in the towns nearby other food and made cheese and butter for the family with what (leave). The cow was their only means of support, in fact.
One day, the cow was eating grass it began to rain heavily. While making great efforts to run away, she (fall) over the hill and died. Then the Johnsons had to make a living the cow. In order to support his family, Mr. Johnson began to plant herbs and vegetables. Since the plants took a while to grow, he started cutting down trees (sell) the wood. Thinking about his children's clothes, he started growing cotton too. When harvest came around, he was already selling herbs, vegetables and cotton in the market people from the towns met regularly. Now it occurred(发生，出现) to that his farm had much potential(潜力) and that the death of the cow was a bit of luck.
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Desmond Tutu, the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984, once said, "Your family are God's gift to you, as you are to them." which tells us that
