Ever since he was nine years old, Daniel Arundel has been helping his mother Elizabeth in the kitchen. He learnt to bake cakes and savouries (咸味小吃) at home. On Saturdays, he helped fill the rolls at the sandwich shop his mum ran. Now Daniel, who is only 19, has turned his enjoyment of making food into a successful business.
"I've always loved making things for people to eat and I realized I wasn't too bad at it." says Daniel, who started selling his cakes while at secondary school. "For two years every Sunday, I would sell cakes I had baked at home with Mum on a market stand."
His plan to open a bakery in his hometown impressed his teachers and they encouraged him to submit his idea to a national competition for ambitious business people. Although he didn't win, Daniel was awarded an award of €1,000 to help his project.
Arundel Bakery opened on an industrial site in Oldham surrounded by offices full of staff looking for somewhere for their lunch. So he opened a sandwich shop at the front of the Bakery. He now employs three staff, including his mum, who make food for various customers. And they also help the community later by making fresh hot meals for the elderly.
Last year Daniel was runner-up in another competition to recognize entrepreneurial (创业的) talent. The competition was organized by the Edge Foundation, an education charity, which encourages career routes to young people who can't be admitted by a university.
Daniel said, "I have been crazy in the past few years. I'm so busy and I don't have much of a social life at the moment. I want to expand our range of dairy-free cakes for those who have an allergy (过敏反应) to food like me. I've put my heart and soul into my baking and getting where I am today. I know I'm still very young and I'm learning all the time. But I love what I'm doing and want to take every opportunity that comes to make my bakery a success."
It is generally supposed that the English Romantic Movement began in 1798. However, it is not a sudden outbreak but the result of long and gradual growth and development. The Romanticism is a literary movement which took place in Britain and throughout Europe between 1770 and 1848. Politically, it was inspired by the revolutions in America and France. Emotionally, it expressed an extreme claim of the self and the value of the individual experience together with the sense of the limitless and the transcendental. In Britain, Romantic writers of the first generation included Wordsworth and Coleridge, Blake and Burns. The second generation of British Romantics—Byron, Shelley and Keats absorbed these influences, wrote quickly, travelled widely and their life stories and letters became almost as important for Romanticism as their poetry.
Romanticism does not mean one thing or one characteristic. It is, in fact, a collective term to mean certain characteristics, such as mysticism, humanism, supernaturalism, love of beauty, love of nature, love of equality. The chief characteristics of romantic poetry are as the following:
Subjectivity: All romantic literature is subjective. It is an expression of the inner urges of the soul of the artist. The poet gives free expression to his feelings, emotions, experiences, thoughts and ideas and does not care for rules and regulations. The emphasis is laid on inspiration and intuition(直觉).
Love of Nature: Enthusiasm for the beauties of the external world characterizes all romantic poetry. Romantic poetry carries us away from the uncomfortable atmosphere of cities into the fresh company of the outdoor world. All poets were lovers of nature and looked at the beautiful aspects of nature. To them, nature was a friend, a lover, a mother, sister and a teacher.
Imagination and Emotion: The romantic poets laid emphasis on imagination and emotion. The Wordsworth's romantic poem I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud deals with subjects of creative imagination, childhood memories, beauty of nature, the role of nature as a guiding spirit.
A new study found evidence that dogs developed in physical ways to present "puppy dog eyes" as a way to help connect with humans.
The study compared the facial muscles of dogs and wolves, which share ancestral history. Dogs broke off from wolves after being domesticated about 33,000 years ago. During that time dogs changed physically and behaviorally to adapt to life with humans.
The researchers examined the heads of six dogs and two wolves for comparison. They found the facial structures of both animals were mostly very similar. But one major difference was found above the eyes. The dogs were found to have two well-formed muscles around the eye that were not present in the wolves. These small muscles permit dogs to raise their inner eyebrows, the study found.
Juliane Kaminski, a comparative psychologist from the research suggests this eyebrow-rising movement causes "a warm" feelings in humans because it makes the dogs' eyes appear larger. This expression also makes the dog look more like a human baby. The eye movement is similar to that which humans make when they are sad.
"The evidence is very obvious that dogs developed a muscle to raise the inner eyebrows after they were domesticated from wolves," Kaminski said.
In a separate part of the study, the researchers observed how 27 dogs and nine wolves interacted with a human. "We also studied dogs' and wolves' behavior. And when exposed to a human for two minutes, dogs raised their inner eyebrows more and higher than wolves," Kaminski said.
The researchers suggest that the eye movements developed over time as a way for dogs to get humans to do things for them, such as giving them food, care or attention. The only dog species in the study that did not have the muscles was the Siberian husky, which is an ancient kind of dog. The husky could be the best living example of what the link between dogs, and wolves looked like.
Curling(冰壶)is a winter sport played on ice. Therefore, it's most popular in northern countries like Canada. Curling is played in the USA by about 15,000 people.Scottish winters were long and there were forms of entertainment. So people began making a sport out of sliding heavy stones on the frozen lakes. The game spread, and in the 1700s curling clubs formed. Then Scottish soldiers brought it to North America.
Men, women, and children often compete on the same team, if they can slide a forty-pound stone down the ice! Both teams slide their stones toward the same goal. After all 16 stones have been cast, the team whose stone has slid closest to the goal gets one point.
The ice is so smooth and the stone is so heavy that even the smallest misjudgment in a throw can make the stone slide much too far or stop too suddenly.Water helps the stone slide, but it can also change the stone's path.
In curling, a broom is part of each player's equipment. A good curler must know how much force to use. The player must know the exact conditions of the ice on the court.That may explain why the international Olympic Committee decided to make curling an Olympic sport in 1998.
A. Players compete on the court.
B. Then the play begins in the other direction.
C. Curling is played by teams of four people.
D. In other words, a good curler must be a fine athlete.
E. The rules are easy to learn, but playing the game is hard.
F. The melting of the ice makes things tough for the curlers.
G. Curling probably began in Scotland in the 1500s or earlier.
One Saturday morning, I did things smoothly. By 10 am I'd already taken a shower, made breakfast for my kid with a special diet, been to the bank and 1 produce at the farmer's market. Before heading to the laundromat (自助洗衣店), I decided to 2 the living room.
I 3 my way steadily around the 4 until I got to the window. As I wiped the window frame (窗框) I noticed, with some 5, that the window was not locked. I had 6 my son to re-lock the window, telling him that the one point of 7 for robbery in NYC is through open windows.
I 8 waking him from his teen-deep Saturday morning sleep to make him lock the window. Before I did so I noted I was also 9 to have discovered the unlocked window before a robber did. 10 mixed feelings, I chose to 11 first on thanking God for the terrible 12 prevented from happening, and to speak to my son when I was less 13. So I did my 14 and considered what to say to my son, and how, and when. By the time I was done, I had a plan that 15 me to talk to my son calmly, so he could hear my words instead of reacting to my 16.
Giving myself 17 turned out to be a good choice. Over the years I've learned that anger is 18 an effective lesson plan for teaching responsibility. I was far more thankful for my unlocked-window discovery than angered by it. So as I moved on to the next 19 on my to-do list, I, in a heated moment, 20 and prayed over a situation of gratitude.
In recent years many TV shows have become (extreme) popular among Chinese audience. Those programs, (range) from talent or dating shows to reality shows, have received both commercial success and public attention.
Their (popular) is mainly based on simple facts. First, they care about social concerns. Second, without exception, they explore perfect balance between the international forms and Chinese expressions.
Despite apparent highlights, much room is left for improvement. Above all, commercial interests often outweigh(education) purposes, causing many (complain) about the unbearable advertisements. In addition, some sharp remarks, they are eye-catching, may have misleading effects the youth.
As far as I (concern), such shows should shoulder more responsibility instead of merely entertaining the public. is expected that these programs should be positive in their forms as well as functions. Meanwhile, the media should also safeguard the values of our society.
1）发出邀请；
2）介绍展览信息 (例如：时间、地点、内容等)；
3）询问对方意向。
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提示词：手工作品 handicraft
Dear Jim,
……
Yours,
Li Hua
A Simple Thank
I have been in the teaching profession more than thirty years, and one of the best teachers I have ever known was Mr. Rowe. I was lucky enough to co-teach fourth grade with him.
Mr. Rowe had great patience and understanding and I learned so much from watching him. He could perform miracles, like the one he performed with Steven, one of the unhappiest kids I had ever seen. Steven couldn't stand school. He didn't like being picked last for kickball. He didn't like the kids who raised their hands and knew all the answers, and most importantly, he didn't like himself.
The first day he walked into Mr. Rowe's classroom, he ignored the other students, looking angry and annoyed, and sat into his chair, knocking a couple of textbooks onto the floor.
Mr. Rowe walked over to him and touched Steven's shoulder, but Steven pulled away. Nevertheless, Mr. Rowe welcomed him, "Hi, Steven. I'm happy you are in my class. We are gonna have a great year." Steven looked around the room as if Mr. Rowe must be mistaken. No teacher in his right mind would want Steven to be part of his classroom.
So, while Mr. Rowe seemed cheerful and relaxed that day of school, it seemed like Steven was angry and confused.
That day after classes, Mr. Rowe chose Steven to pitch the kickball at recess. "Hey, Steven," Mr. Rowe commented, "You are good at pitching. Let me show you my secret trick." Mr. Rowe taught Steven one of the tricks that not a single kid could perform. Steven learned fast and did quite well! Everyone cheered for him!
After the kickball, Steven sat as close to Mr. Rowe in classes as he could. When a question was asked, Steven lit up; he knew the answer! He raised his hands. When he answered the question, his voice shook. However, he got the answer right! He said, with Mr. Rowe, his days of the fourth grade promised wonderful.
That is not to say that every day went smoothly, but it was obvious that Steven grew to love Mr. Rowe more and more with each passing day.
注意:
1）所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2）应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3）续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
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Time passed quickly that year, and before we all knew it, it was the last day of school.
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Many years later, Mr. Rowe and I were surprised when a handsome young man walked into our classroom, dressed in the Marine Corps (海军) uniform.
