—In my view, success is preparation and chances meet.
—Well, I am on diet, if you know.
—I to Yan Cheng, an attractive city best known for its wetlands on the Yellow Sea.
—Very great! You know, she is and she got high grades in every subject.
Michael Evans was standing in line at a Treasurer's Office in Detroit last August, waiting for his business. At that moment, he heard a 1sound ahead of him. The elderly woman at the window was 2because she couldn't pay $5,000 in back taxes owed(欠交税款). The cashier 3the woman that her house was soon to be auctioned(拍卖) and she would be left 4
Evans, a successful businessman who happened to hear their dialogue couldn't 5the idea of this woman losing her home. He 6the window. “I don't mean to 7,”he said to the cashier, “but8you can get her house back, I'll pay for her taxes.”
The woman in tears and the cashier looked at him 9in disbelief. Then, the cashier left for a moment to check the 10and that it was all right for Evans to pay it. Evans 11 to go straight to the bank and come right back with the money. And he did so.
But when he 12,he asked someone else waiting in line to hand the $5,000 check to the cashier. Quietly and secretly, Evans was trying to leave 13.”I don't want this attention,” he explained. 14paying the elderly woman's taxes, he did it” for no other15but to make sure the lady was in her house.”
A few weeks after the tax 16, Evans received the Spirit of Detroit Award for his lifetime of generosity. “It was good to see my dad finally get the recognition he deserves. I 17my life after him. When I have kids, I want them to look at me the way I look at my dad and to be18to those in need.” his son says.
Martin Luther King put it best, “Everybody can be great because anybody can 19.” When one of us can 20someone's pain and can do something to improve the lives of others, we should. It is in giving of ourselves that we enrich our communities and make a better world.
What's on in the city?
AFLW match-GWS GIANTS v Brisbane Lions
Friday 16 March from 7.05 pm
Blacktown International Sportspark, Eastern Road, Rooty Hill
GWS Giants are back in Blacktown and competition is fierce to see who will win the 2018 championship. FREE event.
Shelter-movie screening
Monday 19 March from 6.00 pm to 7.30 pm
Max Webber Library, corner Flushcombe Road and Alpha Street, Blacktown
Come and enjoy this FREE short film of ”Shelter” .An inspirational action drama about a boy who is struggling through his adolescence, school bullying and cultural shock, in the end he succeeded and became a adviser to others. You will also meet the film's producer and lead actor during Q&A session. Bookings are necessary.
Dungeons and Dragons 5”Edition
Tuesday 20 March from 4.00 pm to 6.00 pm
Dennis Johnson Library, corner Stanhope Parkway and Sentry Drive, Stanhope Gardens
Join our beginner friendly table and the quest for glory against the evils of the Forgotten Realms. Roleplaying games are a great way to learn teamwork and communication skills. They promote literacy, build up confidence, and develop community spirit. Open to ages 11-15 only. Bookings are necessary.
Tech Savvy Seniors-Introduction to Transport Apps
Thursday 22 March from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon
Surry Hills Library and Community Centre,405 Crown St, Surry llills
Benefit from being online and connected no matter where you live, how old you are or what your interests are. Tech Savvy Seniors gives older people the opportunity to develop the skills and confidence to use technology for socializing, accessing important services or conducting personal business. Bookings are necessary.
When you work out a carbon footprint(碳足迹)，a lot of factors are taken into consideration. For example, driving to the grocery store bums a certain amount of fuel, and fossil fuels are the primary sources of greenhouse gases. But that grocery store is powered by electricity, and its employees probably drive to work, so the store has its own carbon footprint. In addition, the products that the store sells were all shipped there, so that must also be factored into the total carbon footprint. Beyond that, the fruits. Vegetables, and meats that the store sells were all grown or raised on farms-a process that produces methane(甲烷)，which has a greenhouse effect 25 times greater than CO. All of those elements must be combined to understand the full carbon footprint of a given activity.
Although adding up one's own carbon footprint can be difficult, online calculators can do some of the work for you, giving a rough estimate(估算)of your carbon footprint based on the size of your household, the efficiency of your machines, how much you drive or fly, what you eat, and how much you recycle
This isn't perfect, but it is a good way to measure your activities so you can know roughly how much CO2 they produce and take steps to reduce your carbon footprint.
Methods of reducing your carbon footprint include driving more efficient vehicles (or making sure that your current vehicles are properly maintained), taking public transportation, using energy efficient machines, building your home with special materials to reduce heating and air conditioning costs. consuming food that doesn't require as much transportation, and eating less meat which has a higher carbon footprint than fruits and vegetables. People and companies can also offset some of their CO2, emissions(排放)by purchasing carbon credits, the money from which can go into projects such as planting trees or investing in renewable energy.
the author wants to tell us that____
Speaking in an interview, Naveen Jain, founder of a space exploration company called Moon Express, said that he believes moon travel is just a decade away. And his company, which is the first private firm to get approval from the U.S. government to carry out the project of moon travel, wants to play a role in helping people get to the moon surface.
''I believe in the next ten years, there is going to be gentlemen on their knees asking their sweethearts, honey, will you go to the moon with me for honey moon?'' Jain said in the interview.
Many people in the technology and scientific communities are crazy about space exploration. Space presents an unprecedented(史无前例的)number of chances for scientific and human advancement. Companies, big and small, are determining how they can create technologies that would allow people to explore space, the moon, and even Mars. Other companies are eyeing ways to play a role in space travel.
The key of that gold rush has been the declining cost of actually getting to space. Jain said that while it once cost billions of dollars to go to the moon, his company's unmanned space flight next year will cost just 7 million. As costs continue to decline(减少),he believes that within the next decade, getting to the moon will cost just $10,000.Better yet, it'll take just four hours to get there.
Still, Mars is the final prize. And even Jain, whose company will focus on moon travel, said that ''Mars is certainly the right place to be finally. '' When asked if he'd like to stage space fights to Mars, Jain said ''of course'', adding that he believes Moon Express could partner with Elon Musk's SpaceX to make that happen.
''Elon will build the rocket and we do the travelers,'' Jain said of a theoretical partnership. ''Generally, he lays the cables and we do the last mile.''
SpaceX and Musk have not said whether they would work alongside Jain and Moon Express. Either way, it looks like hopping from the moon to Mars (and back) might be just a part of our lives.
I remember her words, almost as if they were spoken yesterday.
Mrs.Mabel Price, our high school teacher in that little town of Westminster, in Western Maryland, said,
“You belong in college, and I'm going to do everything I can to get you there.” For me, college was something out of the question, something on a far distant planet, something only， those people who had special rights did. I said, ”I can't go to college because I don't have the money. There's no way I could afford it. I'm going to join the army.”
Even though I was graduating at the top of my class in that small town, and enjoyed the experience of learning and thinking, I was used to a long tradition of experience in my family. We were people of limited means, and three of my four older brothers had gone off to join the army.
“Being an army man is a perfectly respectable way of life, ”she said, ”but you have a gift that can make a difference in the world. I want you to continue your education. I think I can get you into Johns Hopkins University. And I'm working on the money. ”Finally, I was off to college.
One day I was walking from the parking lot to my first class, talking with my friend and classmate, and we passed by a group of men who were digging a deep ditch(沟渠)。Suddenly, I knew why I was in college. She was right-I had been given a gift that could take me to wonderful places. I decided then and there that I preferred to make my living with my brain rather than my back. I had been given a choice they didn't have an education.
Some years ago, as I reflected on the experience for many times, it occurred to me: ”Maybe I could locate Mrs.Price. Maybe she's still living in Westminster. I could go back there and visit her, bring her a gift, and really let her know how much I'm thankful for what she had done for me.”
So, I began to search online for information about where she might be. I soon discovered an article about her death, published in the Baltimore Sun and dated October 8,2001.
I suppose the lesson for me in this story-or one of the lessons-is this: If you love someone; if you thank them; if you're grateful to them-tell them now. One day it will be too late.
Well...anyway...Mrs.Price, wherever you are-thank you.
Do You Have' Social Jet Lag(社交时差)？
People who have different sleep patterns on the weekends than they do during the work week may experience “social jet lag”. For every hour of social jet lag, the risk of being overweight or obese rises about 33%,says researcher Till Roenneberg, PhD, a professor at the Institute of Medical Psychology at the University of Munich.
Roenneberg, who created the term, says social jet lag is caused by the shift in sleep schedule that many people experience on their days off, compared to work days.
It goes like this: You don't have to get up for work so you don't take trouble setting the alarm. That means you get up an hour or two later than you might during the work week.
As a result, many people get more sleep on their days off than they do during the week, and they sleep on a slightly different schedule-a schedule that is closer to their body's natural rhythms.
“The behavior looks like most people on a Friday evening fly from Paris to New York or from Los Angeles to Tokyo and on Monday they fly back. Since this looks like almost a travel jet lag situation, we call it social jet lag.” he says.
When you arrive in a different place, the sun is coming up and setting at a different time, and your body can reset its own clock to match. With social jet lag, the schedule disturbance is lasting because a person stays in the same place. “They have to live a life almost in a different time zone in comparison to their biological clock,”Ronneberg says.
A. Sleep he thinks ,should get more respect.
B. He guesses that it affects about two-thirds of the population.
C. A key difference between travel jet lag and social jet lag, however, is light.
D. And depending on what type of person you are, the difference can be significant.
E. Roenneberg explains switching sleep schedules this way feels like changing time zones.
F. A new study shows this shift in sleep schedule is connected with obesity.
G. You may also push your bedtime back so you can go out with friends.
Wenchuan quake survivor follows in his hero's footsteps
Twelve years ago, Cheng Qiang was a 12-year-old boy who held a sign(say) ''I want to become an airborne trooper(空中骑兵)when I grow up. ''when he saw airborne troops leave their rescue work in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. Now Cheng has become a soldier of the Chinese airborne troops, just he said he would.
Looking back on the day when the earthquake happened, Cheng had a lucky escape as he had skipped school and (go)swimming in a pond in Shifang, Wenchuan. But the earthquake destroyed his home and took away the(life)of his little niece and his classmates.
''We survived but fell into despair, not knowingto do, '' he said. Then on the second day of the earthquake came the moment he will never forget-a large number of airbome troops appeared in his hometown, carrying rescue supplies. Later, he knew Huang Jiguang was at the troop unit.
Huang Jiguang is a Chinese war hero sacrificed(牺牲)himself in the Battle of Shangganling during War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea in 1952. ''Huang and I both come from Deyang, Sichuan province. The airborne troops are just like my family.'' Cheng said. ''So I made up my mind(become)one of them who could bring people strength and hope, '' he said.
Data:28 March From: David To: LiHua Subject: Asking for advice
Dear Li Hua
Congratulations on your excellent academic performance in your exams of online courses! Paced with the COVD-19 pandemic, we now have to take online classes just as you did not long ago. So I am writing to ask you for the recipe for effective independent learning as well as the approach to avoiding a lonely life at home.
I'd like to know how you are able to ensure full-concentration while having online classes. Besides, owing to the terrible virus getting-togethers have already been called off. There is no exception to our weekly Chinese cultural activities. You are welcome to recommend some activities for me to take up alone.
I am looking forward to receiving your reply.
Love
David
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