Once I saw a great man twice. First at dinner, two tables away from us. He 1at everyone, appearing very friendly, until the food was 2 . Then he frowned (皱眉) at the 3, and his face turned from pink to red. The cook was called, and with much 4 Churchill pointed to the food and waved his hands in the air. It was 5 that he was showing how the meal should have been prepared.
Late one night, I 6 him again. He was drunk. Two men were 7 him as he moved unsteadily (跌跌撞撞地) towards his room. It seemed that Churchill8 wanted to go in the opposite direction, but the men guided him to his door.
This was not the way I had expected a 9 to act. At breakfast, I told my father what I 10. Churchill was impolite; he was not 11 .
"And you don't 12 him any more?" My father took a deep breath. "More than 50 years ago, this man escaped from prison and returned to England, although there was a(n) 13 for catching him. He is one of the greatest speakers in history and has 14 some of the greatest works since Shakespeare. And you are 15 because he was publicly particular (挑剔的) about his food and 16too much. Do you know what Lincoln 17 when people said unhappily that Grant, the commander of the Union forces, was a drunk?"
"No."
"He said, ‘I'll send him a case of whisky if it will help him win the 18 . '"
My father was silent for a moment, 19 me to think. Then he said quietly, "You are becoming a man. You should know that no one is 20 . Certainly not heroes. "
George Washington was born in 1732 in Virginia, father died when he was 11 years old. In his (young), Washington was not educated in normal schools. As matter of fact, he went to war rather than going to college. He (fight) against the French and Indians as a British Army officer.
He also led the army during the American Revolution War and became a national hero after they won the war. In 1783, with a peace treaty (条约) signed between Great Britain and the U.S., Washington considered (give) up his command of the army and returned to his quiet and (peace) life in Mount Vernon with his family. However, because his good quality to be a leader, he was first elected (选举) President in 1789. At first Washington wanted (refuse), but public opinion was so strong that finally he gave in. The United States was a small nation when he took office, having 13 states and about 4 million people, but Washington spent most of (he) time working for a better America.
In 1797, Washington finally retired and returned to his family life. (sad), he died on the night of December 14 in 1799, at the age of 67.
Climate change (气候变化) influences people in many ways. Extreme weather and sea-level rise can destroy homes. People can suffer physical harm from the effects of rising greenhouse gases. And children and teens are especially at risk of suffering from such mental problems, according to a new report.
"The brains of children and teens are still growing and developing," says Lise Van Susteren. She is an expert on the mental-health effects of climate change. Those growing brains make young people especially easily influenced by climate change. For example, many kids worry that the influences of climate change are expected to only worsen. Not every young person will have these feelings. But for many, the feelings can get in the way of their normal life.
Luckily, there are things the young can do to deal with bad feelings. For example, Van Susteren advises, " These are people who can help you let these feelings out."
Susie Burke is an expert providing mental health care in Melbourne, Australia.
Playing outside can help children keep calm. It can also improve someone's ability to pay full attention to things.
For example, 14-year-old Milou Albrecht is an activist (积极分子). Since last year, she has been one of the members of Australia's energy-saving programs. Milou says doing something to stop climate change helps her relax to some degree.
A. Talk with your friends or families.
B. She encourages students to get out in nature.
C. No part of the world has been left untouched.
D. The most important thing is to have a sense of hope.
E. It's also a great way to take action to protect the environment.
F. But climate change can also be bad for people's mental health.
G. This can cause feelings of sadness, fear, worry and nervousness.
About 400 people were brought together in some 20 positions throughout Stanford to carry out an earthquake drill (演习).
The earthquake drill was a year in the planning. It included both Stanford University and Stanford Medicine emergency operation (行动) centers. The university frequently practices emergency plans, but this drill was different from the earlier ones.
This drill asked the university to consider how everyone in the school took on duty after an earthquake. How would Stanford continue to feed thousands of people and take action in the face of damage to the university? How would it answer the thousands of people who called the university and who were worried about their loved ones?
"We wanted to create an experience centering mainly on recovery (恢 复), rather than the immediate life safety you would experience right after an earthquake," said Keith Perry, university emergency manager and training and communications manager for Environmental Health and Safety.
The actions of all the people surprised Police Chief Laura Wilson, whose job was to manage the many people in the main EOC in the Faculty Club. "I really wanted to express my thanks to the teamwork of everyone," she said. "My job was made much easier by the fact that people practice and know what to do. This is a finely honed (打磨) machine."
Peter is an experienced worker of Stanford Medicine EOC. He believes that with each drill carried out, people get better at protecting public safety, repairing the damage to the university and quickly returning the university to normal teaching and researching activities. "I think everyone learned a lot today," he said.
Chen Juzheng doesn't just pick up unusual stones when he takes a walk along the Yellow River banks, like many other people in Lanzhou, capital of Gansu Province. He also turns them into works of art by painting them according to the stones' colors, shapes and other features. The 58-year-old folk artist has now painted on these special stones his own reproductions (复制品) of many historical paintings and frescoes (壁画) found in the Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang. It is where large numbers of Buddhist (佛教的) frescoes have survived for more than 1, 000 years.
Chen's artistic works, including the nine-color deer, sleeping Buddha and Bodhisattva, were praised by many painters and the local people in the northwestern provincial capital.
"But not all the stones can be painted. Actually only a few of the stones can be used to reproduce and paint the historical Mogao Grottoes paintings and frescoes, and then become artistic works loved by the public. " A lifelike sleeping Buddha can be painted on a stone when its shape, colors and other features are fit for such an image (图像), Chen explained. "It took me many years to find such a stone for painting the sleeping Buddha, " he said.
Chen, who is very interested in the Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang, has been painting for more than forty years. Chen said, when he first saw the historical paintings and frescoes in the Mogao Grottoes, he was deeply attracted to the Buddhist art and considered the site a world treasure of art. "Mogao Grottoes should be a place many painters like to visit, " he added. Chen said he had planned in the following months to add modern and new subjects to his artistic works.
When the cat Fluffy disappeared from her home in Navarre, Ohio, her owner found her high in a tree. She wasn't immediately worried because everyone told her that cats always came down when they were hungry.
That was on a Friday. On Sunday, when the white cat still wouldn't budge and stayed high in the tree, Ellen Albert called Erie Valley Fire and Rescue for help with her pet.
"Fluffy was about 40 feet in the air. Too high for the ladders (梯子) we carry," Ryan Shanower of Erie Valley Fire and Rescue says. "She was also near some power lines that caused danger. We tried cat food on day two of her being there and hoped by evening she'd be down. High winds and hard rain on day one evening and most of day two made the rescue difficult."
Fire Chief Rick Annen made his guess about how the cat ended up so high in the tree. Annen saw hawks (鹰) sitting on a building across the street and noticed Fluffy's collar (颈圈) was missing. He supposed that a hawk had picked up Fluffy by the collar and that she had gotten free and fallen high in the tree.
By day three, the rain had stopped, but Fluffy still wouldn't, or couldn't, come down. The fire department reached out to a local tree service to see if they'd lend a hand to the frightened cat. They showed up with a bucket truck (铲斗车) they use to cut tall trees away. Once the bucket truck was up in the air, Fluffy was down in a minute or two.
It was a happy ending, for sure, but not a common day's work for these firefighters.
I guess everyone would like to set off for a journey with someone we can understand and have fun with. TRAVELLING WITH A COMPANION (同伴)
IS GREAT!
It's good to have someone with you who can watch your backpack when you want to use the toilet, find the way back home when you get lost, carry some of your luggage (行李) when you're tired, take some photos of you when you want and help you in all kinds of situations. The feeling of having someone by your side makes you feel less stressful about many things.
With a companion, you can together share the beautiful moments during the travels, experience the same things in a different way and support each other. It's much more interesting and exciting when you have the chance to share something with someone while on your road. At the same time, there is always someone whom you can shout at when you are angry, or a shoulder on which you can cry when you miss your home.
A companion can share the costs with you. You can stay in one room, buy a dinner, have it together and share the bill, etc. It's good to travel with someone who has the same or similar pattern of payment as you so you can support each other without having any arguments (争吵).
Having a companion by your side when travelling means less loneliness. You don't think about it unless you get left in the middle of nowhere, far away from your friends and family. Then you wish to have someone with you.
In short, travelling with someone is the best choice for people who are short of travel experience or just social animals and easily miss their home. We might sometimes feel like being on our own and enjoy the sights with nobody behind our back but at the end of the day you have much more fun when being with someone, especially for a long run.
