"Use up all leftovers." "Buy second-hand things instead of new ones". "Learn DIY to fix things yourself." "Invite friends over instead of going out." "Grow your own food." "Save rainwater for your garden." Nowadays, more and more people take action to save for life. Let's see what there people do in saving and how they enjoy doing so.
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"To save money in college, I decided to do the no new clothes challenge last year. This meant I didn't buy new clothes for an entire year. It was a little embarrassing to rewear the same clothes to different parties and events, but it was worth it. After all, I saved all the money!" —Eden from Mint Notion |
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"I copied a whole textbook. I didn't feel like buying a new one, so instead, I borrowed one from a classmate and copied the entire thing using the copy machine. It may or may not have taken a few hours but I saved $ 20. And for a college student who was broke, that was a lot!" —Athena from Money Smart Latina |
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"Cat litter（猫砂）is something that can set me back a couple hundred dollars every day. However, by toilet-training my cat with a $ 20 toilet trainer, I'm able to save on the costs and avoid the trouble to change it. Plus it's always funny to see the cat on the toilet." —Dustyn from Dime Will Tell |
In winter, many of us are reaching for more clothes and turning on the heat. Besides wearing a pair of long johns, increasing our food intake can help protect us against severe cold. So what food keeps us warm?
Red meat, such as beef, lamb and pork, is great when you find yourself in cold conditions because it is a fantastic source of iron, which is crucial for circulating your blood. Iron is an important mineral to help carry oxygen throughout your body. People with low iron may notice cold hands and feet or easily become tired. Eating red meat can also supply vitamin B12, which contributes to healthy nerves and a strong immune system.
Oats can keep you warm in winter. It's great thermogenic（生热的）food and is filled with nutrients that release energy slowly throughout the day to keep your body warm. You can start your day with a hot breakfast of oats or other types of porridge. Oats are a great source of whole grains and fiber. In addition to keeping you full and warm, oats are full of other nutrients.
Hot ginger tea can make you feel warm inside on a cold day. Ginger is known to be good for health. It's also a diaphoretic (发汗药), which means it will help your body warm from the inside. Ginger has the nature to produce heat and help blood circulation in our bodies, making it a great source of warmth.
Root vegetables like sweet potatoes need more energy to move through the digestion process, which raises your body temperature. High in vitamin A, vitamin C and potassium (钾), sweet potatoes add fiber and other nutrients to a warm winter meal. Sweet potatoes also have beta-carotene (β胡萝卜素) that is good for eye heath.
When a humpback whale began playing with Nan Hauser like a toy, she feared the worst. The 50,000-pound mammal swam toward the marine biologist and began to push her forward.
Nan had been deep-sea diving for 28 years, but had never known a whale like this. It seemed to keep throwing Nan on its head and back. Most of all, it wanted to keep Nan under its pectoral fin（胸鳍）. For ten tense minutes, the whale lifted Nan out of the ocean. She tried to keep cool and calm, but she was aware that at any moment, the whale could break her bones or organs. She smelt death.
Nan believed the encounter would not end well. Fortunately for her, it did! The whale left her alone long enough for her to surface and return to her research vessel.
Onboard the boat, she saw a 15-foot-long tiger shark swimming quietly on the other side of the whale. The heroic humpback wasn't playing with her or attacking her. It was protecting her from a deadly predator. Nan later learned that at the same time, another humpback whale was busy keeping the shark at bay. She was moved to tears.
In another story, biologist Adam Warwick saved a black bear from drowning.
When the authorities saw a bear wandering around the streets of Florida, they shot a tranquilizer dart（麻药枪）into the 375-pound hungry male, but he escaped into the Gulf of Mexico. The bear was attempting to swim four miles across the harbor. But after just 25 yards, he began to struggle.
Realizing the bear would drown, Adam jumped into the water immediately. He got in front of the bear and began splashing and shouting to try to make him turn around. In a panic, the bear attempted to attack Adam. The six-foot-tall bear reared up, but then fell backward underwater. Adam wrapped his arms around the half-awake animal's neck. Keeping the bear's head above water, he dragged him to safety.
The student years are not only about books and lectures. This wonderful period of time makes students' transition(过渡) to adult life easier. Students learn how to live by themselves, and network with professors and other students. Moreover, if they choose, they can join a student organization.
One of the university's main purposes is to prepare students for an intellectual job. Student organizations' functions are consistent with that. Usually, such an association on campus carries on many projects that can have a positive impact on students' life. These can be inspirational speech events and many other non-profit activities. All these interesting projects require more than just students being present. Each of them has to go through various developments regarding management, digital design, finding sponsorships, organizing events and many others. These will be valuable enough to help them get amazing work.
Besides the material effects above, researches show joining a student organization helps psychological development. It is indeed difficult to deal with both extracurricular projects and studies. However, this routine is serious training for their adult life. They will come to understand better the importance of their lectures without which they can't complete complex tasks, so they will become more committed to their collegiate education.
Once they get involved in a student organization, however, it's more than likely that they have to spend much time participating in weekly and monthly meetings and contributing their own efforts to lots of projects. Since these activities will have a huge impact on students especially off campus, many students will place extracurricular duties above college courses.
Anyway, the impacts vary in number and effectiveness depending on students' attention. However, one thing is for certain. Such organizations will provide an unforgettable experience that will unlock their full potential and deserve a shot.
"I'm sorry" are two very important words playing a big part in daily life. You might apologize while pushing your way through a crowd or using the last of the printer paper at work. It's easy to say "I'm sorry", but true apologies are a different story. You may have trouble finding the right way to send meaningful apologies. Or you may wonder how to properly demand an apology if the other person is at fault?
Apologize sincerely. It can even repair your reputation that you can be trusted. But your relationship will remain tense if your apology seems casual. So you have to be truly willing to apologize.
Apply specific principles. A meaningful apology comes down to the three R's -- regret, responsibility and remedy (补救办法). Firstly, communicate your regret. Show the other person you have recognized your error and can sense his or her pain. Then take complete responsibility. Don't make excuses or blame the victim. Offer to make up for the harm you caused or promise you wouldn't repeat it again.
Don't expect immediate forgiveness. Most people hope for immediate forgiveness while apologizing, but that may mean you don't respect the others' emotions and all you care about is yourself. So give them some time to come out of the pain after your apology.
If you're the offended one, describe what's changed in the relationship and your true feeling. For example, you could say, "Although there's a disagreement between you and me, I want us to be friends again. But I've been hurt, and I'd like an apology. I need you to acknowledge what you've done."
A. Ask for an apology if necessary.
B. Don't claim an apology if you're offended.
C. However, they would refuse to apologize to you.
D. A genuine apology can help repair your relationship.
E. With the following tips, you'll find these are not hard.
F. Lastly, show that you're working to improve the situation.
G. After all, they were hurt and it would take them a while to recover.
Have you ever thought about making a huge fortune from the things around you during your whole childhood? Actually, Zhang Yue is a person whose business became1in that way.
The place where her success happens is her 2, where Zhang grew roses to start her business. Surrounded by roses as she was growing up, she just looked on them as 3things. It was only after graduating from university overseas and 4 to visit her parents that Zhang realized the 5of her business—the conditions there are ideal to plant roses. Zhang therefore decided to stay in her hometown and grow roses, which6 many people at the beginning.
As someone who grew up in the country, Zhang already knew 7 about growing plants.8, she had to overcome a number of obstacles in nursing her business to the success. The biggest 9 at the initial phase was that few villagers in the village believed she could 10 a multi-million yuan business from 11. Her career didn't take a turning point until a major Asian manufacturer of cosmetics(化妆品)12 purchase her product and help with its 13 to the whole world. It was only then that the locals began to 14 her. Now her product is one of the best in Asia.
Like Zhang, an increasing number of young people are thinking of starting their own business. Seeing her peers who also dream of success and 15, Zhang says, "To succeed in business, you need 16 a good idea, hard work and determination. What really 17 is a sound business plan, plenty of capital to 18 equipment, good management and promoting skills." She 19,"Most of all, you should be 20enough and consult the experienced business people."
The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games concluded on February 20th most of the athletes and officials praising the event. The success of the Beijing Winter Games came as pleasant surprise to the world, not least because it (hold) amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
China has stuck to (it) own anti-epidemic policies, have helped it host a "simple, safe and splendid" Winter Olympics. The pandemic was a test for China's dynamic zero-COVID-19 policy. But in the end, China's (strong) have made it possible （prove） its anti-pandemic approach is effective.
In short, if the Beijing Summer Games 14 years ago were about showing the world a real China was like, the Winter Games are about telling it what a (peaceful) rising China can do for the world despite (face) multiple challenges.
增加：在缺词处加一个漏子符号（∧）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。
Dear Tom,
I'm delight to introduce you something about Chinese cultural heritage.
Hard-working and intelligently, Chinese people have made great contributions to the world civilization. Nowadays, many Chinese cultural heritage sites were preserved very well. If you have a chance to travel to China, I recommend yourself to visit Beijing and Xi'an, where many cultural sites are worth visited. Apart from the cultural heritage sites, the natural scenery in Guilin is such beautiful that you will be deeply impressed. Besides, some simple folk custom in the villages in Yunnan province are likely to remind you the good old days, during which living a harmonious life with the nature in the villages, as you know, are of great benefit.
Yours,
Li Hua
1）祝贺他受到邀请；
2）提出赛前准备建议；
3）愿意提供帮助并表达祝愿。
注意：1）一百词左右：
2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：中国诗词大会：the Chinese Poetry Competition
Dear Mike,
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
