Watching the latest Hollywood movie in a great cinema brings about a lot of excitement. Here are the best movie theaters in the world.
Prasad—Hyderabad, India
Can you think of anything better than a movie viewed on a screen measuring 97×117 feet? Prasad has the answer. It has been screening movies since 2003. Every day, it gets round 1,500 inquiries (咨询) on its phone booking system.
Castro Theater—San Francisco, United States
Back during the 20s, movie palaces with huge reception halls and video halls were put up for the pleasure of customers. This theater, with a cathedral facade (立面), is one of the last from that period.
Cine de Chef—Seoul, South Korea
Want to go out for dinner and a movie? Here you get to do both. And the food is not just the typical popcorn and soda, but a real meal made up of French and Italian cuisine (菜肴).
Secret Cinema—Worldwide
Secret Cinema is a group based in London that holds monthly screenings of a movie. You have to sign up for it, and they will tell you where and when to go for the movie. Hired actors will then act out the scenes from the film.
With the help of the car manufacturer (汽车制造商) Hound, a 13-year-old girl was able to send a message to space, where her dad works on the International Space Station (ISS).
"He gets to live and work in space and he is doing lots of experiments up there. He has to stay there for long periods of time... I miss him when he is gone," Stephanie, who is from Houston, Texas, said in a video. "I think if we could write a really big message he would be able to see it from space."
Hyundai took her wish to heart and decided to take on the challenge. Using Nevada's Delamar Dry Lake as a canvas (画布), 11 drivers drove Hyundai cars, spelling out "Steph♡s you" across 2.14 square miles of desert. A promotional video, which Hyundai made to record the process, caught her father's response and showed the picture he took of her message from the ISS.
"I am happy that he could see it and knows that we are thinking about him back home," Stephanie said. "He has seen so many things up there, but I hope that this message was the most special."
There are many misunderstandings about what can and cannot be seen from space. Contrary to popular belief, the Great Wall of China cannot be seen from space, but many seemingly less important things can be seen.
"A farmer from Louisiana could be burning wastes in his backyard, and it would make a big smoke trail that astronauts could see it from space," Mike Gentry, a photo researcher for NASA's human-tended vehicles. And with a special camera, they can see the earth in great detail and even keep up an eye on their favorite sports teams.
The bad health effects of sleep loss during the week can't be repaid by longer weekend sleep, according to a new study.
Researchers have long known that sleep deprivation (剥夺) can cause weight gain and increase other health risks. But for those who force themselves out of bed every weekday after too few hours of shut-eye, they hope turning off the alarm on Saturday and Sunday will repay the weekly sleep debt and remove any ill effects.
The research, published in Current Biology, crushes those hopes. Despite complete freedom to sleep during a weekend recovery period, people in a sleep lab who were limited to five hours of sleep on weekdays gained nearly three pounds over two weeks and experienced disorders that would increase their risk for diabetes over the long term. While weekend recovery sleep had some benefits after a single week of sleep loss, those gains were wiped out when people fell right back into their same sleep-deprived schedule the next Monday.
"If there are benefits of catch-up sleep, they're gone when you go back to your daily schedule. It's very short-lived," said Kenneth Wright, director of the sleep and chronobiology lab at the University of Colorado at boulder. "These health effects are long-term. It's kind of like smoking once was—people would smoke and wouldn't see an immediate effect on their health, but people will say now that smoking is not a healthy lifestyle choice. I think sleep is in the early stage of where smoking used to be."
Wright said that the study suggests people should put sleep in the first place—cutting out the "sleep stealers" such as watching television shows or spending time on their phones. Even when people don't have a choice about losing sleep because of child-care responsibilities or job schedules, they should think about getting sleep in the same way they would get a healthy diet or exercise.
Be a good Listener
When communicating with others, we often focus (集中) on what we should say. Try the following tips to become a good listener.
Pay full attention to the speaker. You can't listen effectively (有效地) if you're constantly checking your phone or thinking about something else. If you find it hard to do so, try repeating their words over in your head—it'll help you stay focused.
Show your interest in what's being said. Nod and smile at the speaker from time to time. These show that you are listening with interest.
Listen without judging the other person or the things she tells you. If what she says frightens you, go ahead and feel frightened, but don't say to yourself, "Well, that was a stupid move." As soon as you allow yourself to be judgmental, you've decreased your effectiveness as a listener.
Don't be a sentence-grabber. When you are trying to speed up the conversation by finishing the other's sentences, this usually lands you way off base. So what you need is patience, not speed.
A. Keep an open mind.
B. Look at each other in the eye.
C. The only way to find out is by listening.
D. But successful communication is more about listening.
E. Encourage the speaker to continue with small expressions like "yes" or "uh huh".
F. Stay focused on the moment-to-moment experience to pick up the important information.
G. You're following your own train of thought and ignore where the speaker's is headed.
I grew up as the "baby" of my family. I was the 1 of three sons. My brothers were five and seven years older than me. They 2 with most of the chores (杂务) around the house, while I spent most of my time riding my bike, 3 basketball in the yard, and etc. To say I was a bit 4 wouldn't be unreasonable. I spent my childhood with all the fun and none of the 5.
By the time I entered my early teens, however, my 6 had moved out of our home. My dad was badly 7 and became disabled. We had 8 a mountain top house heated by a wood stove (火炉) with only well water to drink. I soon 9 myself then doing more 10 than I had ever done before. I 11 our garden and mowed our lawn (割草) in the summer. In the fall I carried wood to keep us 12 in the winter months to come. And all year round I carried 13 containers of water from a mountain spring back to our house.
At first I grumbled and 14 to myself. After a while, though, I began to find 15 in helping my parents that I 16 so much. I sang to myself when I cut wood and 17 while I carried water. I 18 found myself helping my mom with the dinner dishes and cleaning. I started to 19 something that I would carry with me the rest of my life too: When your work is done in 20, it isn't work.
Chopsticks play an important role in Chinese food culture. They (call) "Zhu" in ancient times in China. Chinese people have been using them for more than 3,000 years. Wood or bamboo chopsticks are the most popular ones used in Chinese homes, can be dated to about 1,000 years (early) than ivory (象牙) chopsticks.
There are a few things (avoid) when using chopsticks. Chinese people usually.
Don't beat their bowls while (eat), since the behavior used to be practiced by beggars. Also don't put chopsticks in a bowl upright because it is a custom only used in sacrifices (祭祀)
is common in China for everyone to use their own chopsticks for getting food from the (dish) on the table. If you prefer, serving chopsticks (be) provided. Besides, don't be embarrassed by using chopsticks (poor). What matters is that you enjoy the food. Food is great importance in Chinese culture, and the Chinese is such a practical people that all around you will most likely be fine with whatever method you use to eat.
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
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。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Learning English is not so difficulty. I'm glad to give you some advices. First of all, be brave to express you in class. Speaking with others can great improve your fluency. Speaking is not about how large your vocabulary is. On a contrary, it is about how well you can use the words you know. Second, read as many as possible. There are many things can be learnt while reading. It was not until you read them for many times that you'll be able to write English correctly yourself. But in order to write well, you'd better to remember some good sentences and structures.
1）时间、地点；
2）讲座内容：中餐特点和饮食建议；
3）邀请理由。
注意：1）词数100左右；2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear David,
How are you recently?
Yours,
Li Hua
