"Oh my God! That blue V-neck T-shirt looks so good and it'll perfectly go with my jeans." Many times we fall in love with an article of clothing, but after looking at its price we start having second thoughts — whether to buy it or not. Don't worry. Here we can help you solve this problem by listing four stores!
* ASOS
ASOS was founded in 2000 in London. As one of the UK's largest and independent online fashion clothing shops, it offers more than 850 brands（品牌）as well as its own jeans, dresses, shirts and shoes — you name it and it gets it. You can even look at its own magazines to get style and clothing advice.
* Nautica
Nautica was founded in 1983 in New York City by clothing designer David Chu and a partner. It offers not only men's clothing but also women's and kids', along with some home collection. It serves over 75 countries.
* Gap
Gap was founded in 1969 by Donald Fisher and Doris F. Fisher in San Francisco, California. If you're looking for clothes and personal care products, do stop by this site. Its products are available to buy in over 90 countries with about 3,300 stores. It even provides free shipping on orders over $50. You are advised to sign up for its Gap card.
* Topshop
Topshop was started in 1964 in the basement of a department store. It now has around 500 shops worldwide, about 300 of which are in the UK. It ships its products to over 100 countries. It offers students discounts and gift cards to make shopping easier for them.
This is Scientific America's 60-Second Science. I am Christopher Intagliata.
The Apollo missions brought back 842 pounds of rock and soil from the moon, that's nearly 2200 different samples. But the most interesting one, according to a scientist Meenakshi Wadhwa, is a sample named "Apollo 1-0-0-8-5 collected by Neil Armstrong on Apollo 11.
"He was about to step back into the lunar module(登月舱) when he turned around and saw there were little spaces in the rock box. He knew that geologists on earth would be just so excited to study these materials, so he just scooped up nine scoops(勺) of soil and put it into the box." Wadhwa explained.
It was one of the most well studied samples of the Apollo missions. And a geologist named John Wood noticed white flecks(微粒) of rock in the soil, which inspired him to dig deeper into the moon's ancient past.
"This was quite a leap of imagination — he proposed that the whole of the moon had been almost covered with a magma(岩浆) ocean nearly 4.5 billion years ago. This was a revolutionary idea at the time, because people had thought the moon had formed cold, so it completely changed our idea how the moon formed."
But Wadhwa has a more personal reason to appreciate this sample. She met her husband Scott Parazynski also because of this rock sample. Scott, a mountaineer at that time, wanted to climb Mount Everest with a moon rock while Wadhwa was the chairman of the NASA committee that gives access to the samples for scientific purposes.
Neil Armstrong's last-minute scoop of moon dust brought two people together here on Earth and upturned our understanding of how the moon — and the Earth itself-got here.
Thank you for listening for Scientific American's 60-Second Science.
Navy officer Allen Parton suffered a serious head injury while on duty in the Gulf War. It left him in a wheelchair, unable to talk, and he lost half of his life's memories. He couldn't remember his children's first steps, their first days at school, and their being born. Allen didn't even recognize his children. And he lost the ability to feel any emotion. He had two attempts at killing himself in the process of recovery.
But all changed when coming across a dog named Endal, who failed his training to be an assistance dog and needed a home. Endal saw something on the floor by Allen's wheelchair, ran across the training centre, picked it up and put it in Allen's lap. He wanted a treat, a reward, praise, anything, but he got no reaction. Then he ran over to the mock-up supermarket, took a tin off the shelf, put it in Allen's lap. Surprisingly, that made Allen's brain switch on and he smiled for the first time in a long time. And it was the start of their relationship.
Endal became his 24-hour companion, helping with every practical aspect of his life.
Then one night, which showed the dog's devotion, Allen and Endal were both hit by a car. Although Allen had been knocked unconscious out of the wheelchair and Endal had been hurt by the vehicle as well, he got up, pulled Allen into the recovery position, and he pulled out the blanket from under Allen's wheelchair and covered him with it.
Legs bleeding, he ran to a nearby hotel and sounded the alarm. Before that, he found Allen's mobile phone in the dark, and he brought it to his face.
And for what he did to his owner he won the Victoria Cross Award.
The dog saved Allen's life, his marriage, and brought him back to his children.
a. covered Allen with the blanket
b. pulled Allen into the recovery position
c. brought Allen's mobile phone to his face
d. sounded the alarm
e. came to a nearby hotel
One might expect that the evergrowing demands of the tourist trade would bring nothing but good for the countries that receive the holidaymakers. Indeed, a rosy picture is painted for the longterm future of the holiday industry. Every month sees the building of a new hotel somewhere. And every month, another rockbound Pacific island is advertised as the 'last paradise on earth'.
However, the scale and speed of this growth seem set to destroy the very things tourists want to enjoy. In those countries where there was a rush to make quick money out of seaside holidays, overcrowded beaches and the concrete jungles of endless hotels have begun to lose their appeal.
Those countries with little experience of tourism can suffer most. In recent years, Nepal set out to attract foreign visitors to fund developments in health and education. Its forests, full of wildlife and rare flowers, were offered to tourists as one more untouched paradise. In fact, the nature all too soon felt the effects of thousands of holidaymakers traveling through the forest land. Ancient tracks became major routes for the walkers, with the consequent exploitation of precious trees and plants.
Not only can the environment of a country suffer from the sudden growth of tourism. The people as well rapidly feel its effects. Farmland makes way for hotels, roads and airports; the old way of life goes. The onetime farmer is now the servant of some multinational organization; he is no longer his own master. Once it was his back that bore the pain; now it is his smile that is exploited. No doubt he wonders whether he wasn't happier in his village working his own land.
Thankfully, the tourist industry is waking up to the responsibilities it has towards those countries that receive its customers. The protection of wildlife and the creation of national parks go hand in hand with tourist development and actually obtain financial support from tourist companies. At the same time, tourists are being encouraged to respect not only the countryside they visit but also its people.
The way tourism is handled in the next decade will decide its fate and that of the countries we all want to visit. Their needs and problems are more important than those of the tourist companies. Increased understanding in planning worldwide tourism can preserve the market for them. If not, in a few years' time the very things that attract tourists now may well have been destroyed.
Social Media Etiquette
In this day and age, if you're a young person and not on social media, it's almost as if you don't exist. For some, their entire lives are totally made up of social media. On the other hand, some people have accounts just because they forgot their password from two years ago.
⒈ Social Media is Not Your Diary
It is only one reason as to why you shouldn't post your intimate business on Facebook or Twitter. First of all, it makes you look like you're not in control of your emotions. This can be a huge turnoff for both friends and potential employers alike!
⒉ Your Language Matters
There's always an effective way to communicate. When you look back on these uses of bad words you'll feel embarrassed. Besides, bad language causes negativity. My general rule is not to post anything my grandma wouldn't want to see.
⒊ Keep Your Pictures Appropriate
I love the feeling of posting my pictures on Facebook, but when it comes to party pictures, be careful!
⒋ Stick to Who You Know
It's uncomfortable being followed by someone I don't know. Be sure to only keep up with the people you actually know. My general rule is that unless we have established a connection, there's no reason for me to know what's going on in someone's life. It's just a common courtesy thing!
A. What you say on Facebook will be spread.
B. How do they find us?
C. Everything you put on social media is public.
D. These people will spend hours writing the perfect posts.
E. The posts are being written by these people carefully.
F. Keeping things positive makes for a happier you too!
G. Because you truly never know who has access to the pictures and what they'll do.
It was the last day of school. The teacher walked around the class and1a report card to each student except me. There was everybody's2in the final exam. Then I was 3that I was failing because I couldn't4or write. My mom and I had a few 5about it but I thought would do my best to get a(n)6result. But I didn't' think I really 7the whole thing. I knew I was8of my dad and being9to read in front of the class; I knew I was the only one in our10that couldn't read and the only one in the class that didn't11the exam.
I just somehow got it in my head that I thought I didn't need to12knowledge. I thought there was no use learning it.13, the lunch bell rang. My seat was next to the door, so I just 14out of the class room across the playground and field until my hands15the fence that surrounded our school. I burst into16as I silently yelled a thousand things at myself.
I sat on the grass with my head in my knees. A couple of minutes later, I heard a rustle (沙沙声) of a lunch bag and looked up out of17, only to see a girl in my class standing over me, holding out my lunch. She18it next to me and then she sat down and didn't make a(n)19but just sat with me till the bell rang.
Because of her20, was determined to work hard. Finally was admitted into a famous university.
Not long ago, an article, entitled One Day In Space by China's first taikonaut Yang Liwei, was included in the Chinese textbook. Reading article, many people are (true) astonished at Yang's courage. Yang was 38 when he made the trip to space on Oct 15, 2003, (make) China the third country after the US and Russia (master) manned space capabilities.
In his article, Yang recalled several breathtaking momentshe thought he would not make it back alive. When an incident happened, the pain grew (bear). The near-deadly moment lasted for 26 seconds it was finally over. Yang also described what the earth, his country, and his city looked like from space.
Since Yang's first trip to space, a number of technologies(apply) to the spacecraft, including space Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, smart home applications, and (variety) of space foods. Just as Yang put, he "envied" a lot that his fellow spacemen have such comfortable space accommodations, which shows how China's space program has grown.
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。
Recently, due to the outbreak of COVID-19, everyone has "closed" at home for as longer as two weeks. Yesterday, Dad finally couldn't stand them, and began to be ready to move. He looked out of the window from the time to time. Before long, as expected, my father stood at the door, hold the car key and his usual shoes. Seeing this, I understand: Dad wanted to go out. No way! I quickly ran to my father, straightened my posture and said, "In this special times, the little supervisor will go online immediate! We have to obey the rules and answer the call of the country but don't go out!"
To my happiness, Dad returned to the room where he lived in without going out again.
1）简述该环境问题的现状；
2）分析该环境问题的成因；
3）解决该环境问题的措施；
4）恰当结尾。
注意：
1）词数100左右；
2）开头语已为你写好。
Nowadays our environment problems are becoming more and more serious.
