Adult Summer Reading
How to participate (参加):
Starting Saturday July1 sign at the Circulation Desk and receive a Summer Reading T-shirt! Enter a raffle ticket (彩票) for each book you read for a chance to win a weekly prize.
Read any book of your chance. The more you read, the greater your chance to win a prize! Entries must be received by Tuesday, August 22 at 9pm.
Notes：Send us a photo of yourself wearing your Summer Reading T-shit to framinghams ummerreading@ gmail. com for a chance to win a grand prize.
What you can win：
Weekly prizes will be drawn on the following days
July10- Gift card for a dozen donuts donated (捐赠) by Cael Bagel
July 17- $5 gift card donated by Mad Willes
July 24- $5 gift card donated by Mad Willes
July31- $10 gift card to Barnes and Noble donated by the Friends of the Framingham Library
August7 $10 gift card to Barnes and Noble donated by the Friends of the Framingham Library
August14- $25 gift card donated by Zaftig Delicatessen
Grand prize
880 gift card to Barnes&Noble or a Kindle Paper white donated by the Friends of the Framingham Library
The Finale Concert
Wednesday. August 23 at 7pm Costin Room, Main Library
The grand prize winners will be drawn, followed by a concert by The Love Dogs. Enjoy ice cream donated by Ben & Jerry's Natick.
For more information：Call 508-532-5570 x4351 or visit www. framinghamlibrary. org
What will restaurants look like in the future? What would your dinner taste like if a robot cooked it? A robot restaurant in Tianjin may give you the answers.
Covering an area of over 400 square meters with a total of 112 seats, the X Future Restaurant is a robot restaurant opened in November 2018. The restaurant has amazed customers with its fully-automated technology, which covers every step of the dining experience, from ordering to cooking to serving the dishes and even taking payment.
Entering the restaurant, one can order dishes by simply scanning the QR codes on the table. There are over 40 choices of dishes. After taking the order, "robot cooks" prepare dishes using fixed time, temperature and ingredients designed by famous Chinese cooks.
"As the cooking is controlled by a computer system, the taste and quality of dishes can be good," said Li Xiaokui, manager of the X Future Restaurant.
Robots also complete the delivery of dishes. Without following any designed route, the robot waiters serve meals thanks to automated driving technology, which helps each robot timely change its route when something is in the way.
These eye-catching technologies have received wide praise from customers. "The dishes taste surprisingly good. I couldn't believe that they were made by robots, especially dishes that were difficult to cook", one customer said. "The application of robots has increased our efficiency and cut down our costs," Li said, "I think robot restaurants will develop fast and have a bright future."
Cities usually have a good reason for being where they are, like a nearby port or river. People settle in these places because they are easy to get to and naturally suited to communications and trade. New York City, for example, is near a large harbour at the mouth of the Hudson River. Over 300 years its population grew gradually from 800 people to 8 million. But not all cities develop slowly over a long period of time. Boom towns grow from nothing almost overnight. In 1896, Dawson, Canada, was unmapped wilderness(荒野). But gold was discovered there in 1897, and two years later, it was one of the largest cities in the West, with a population of 30,000.
Dawson did not have any of the natural conveniences of cities like London or Paris. People went there for gold. They travelled over snow-covered mountains and sailed hundreds of miles up icy rivers. The path to Dawson was covered with thirty feet of wet snow that could fall without warming. An avalanche(雪崩) once closed the path, killing 63 people. For many who made it to Dawson, however, the rewards were worth the difficult trip. Of the first 20,000 people who dug for gold, 4,000 got rich. About 100 of these stayed rich men for the rest of their lives.
But no matter how rich they were, Dawson was never comfortable. Necessities like food and wood were very expensive. But soon, the gold that Dawson depended on had all been found. The city was crowded with disappointed people with no interest in settling down, and when they heard there were new gold discoveries in Alaska, they left Dawson City as quickly as they had come. Today, people still come and go — to see where the Canadian gold rush happened. Tourism is now the chief industry of Dawson City — its present population is 762.
If you've watched Gray's Anatomy, then you've gotten an insight into the complex hierarchies (等级) that rule a hospital. Over 17 seasons, the show's heroine, Meredith Grey, got promoted from a lowly intern (实习生) to chief of general surgery, learning from the presiding residents and older surgeons along the way. There's rarely doubt about who is in charge, who has more expertise, or who should be supervising and training other staff. Grey's fictional journey illustrates the complicated dynamics of a health care setting, whether it's a local clinic or a busy city hospital. Those hierarchies can help teams provide care efficiently, but what happens when those traditional roles are disrupted?
"These status barriers are tricky. "says Sara Singer, a professor of organizational behavior and a professor of medicine. "They can get in the way of medical professionals learning new skills, particularly when junior employees are asked to show more senior coworkers how to use a new technology. "But, as Singer and her coauthors reveal in a recent paper, upending these complex hierarchies can be a useful training strategy.
Singer and her coauthors studied observations from five different primary care settings over the course of nearly two years. At each, medical assistants and patient-service representatives had to learn several new digital technologies. Even though these positions are fairly low in the medical and administrative order. Singer says that within these jobs, tenure and status are still important. So when younger employees were selected to be trainers, that threw the typical power balance off the good state. At some sites, employees struggled to pick up the skills they needed. "There were some groups where the training seemed to be taking and people seemed to be following on with the work that was intended, "Singer says. "But at other places it just wasn't working out. "
By creating a system that gave everyone a chance at those opportunities, clinics could remove the jealousy that might come from selecting one younger employee over another time and time again.
When it comes to happiness and success in life, EQ matters just as much as IQ. Emotional intelligence, is known as emotional quotient or EQ. in positive ways to relieve stress, communicate effectively, empathize (同情) with others, overcome challenges and smooth out conflict. Emotional intelligence helps you build stronger relationships, succeed at school and work, and achieve your career and personal goals and make informed decisions about what matters most to you.
As we know, it's not the smartest people who are the most successful or the most fulfilled in life. You probably know people who are academically brilliant and yet are socially awkward and unsuccessful at work or in their personal relationships. . Yes, your IQ can help you get into college, but it's your EQ that will help you manage the stress and emotions when facing your final exams. IQ and EQ exist in connection and are most effective when they build off one another.
. However, it's important to remember that there is a difference between simply learning about EQ and applying that knowledge to your life. Just because you know you should do something doesn't mean you will—especially when you become overwhelmed by stress, which can override your best intentions. In order to permanently change behavior, you need to learn how to overcome stress in your
relationships..
A. If you're unable to manage your emotions
B. It can also help you to turn intention into action
C. It is the ability to understand, use, and manage your own emotions
D. Intellectual ability isn't enough on its own to achieve success in life
E. The skills that make up emotional intelligence can be learned at any time
F. You recognize your own emotions and how they affect your thoughts and behavior
G. There are four key skills to build your EQ and improve your ability to handle stress
Manny Remilus spent a lot of time in and out of the hospital as a child. Now he is a1. And using the healing powers of music, he is trying to make the hospital a2place for patients.
When he 3 his childhood, the thing Remilus remembers most vividly is how the nurses really 4 him when he was in the hospital, which made him feel like he was at home. It really helped him forget the troubles of being in a (n)5environment, where he was not always having his family with him. 6, as he grew up, he7that he wanted to do the same thing in8.
Now, Remilus has fortunately9 his dream. Thanks to the nurses, he still recalls that time
10. And he is determined to be a good11for the kids at New York's Cohen Children's Medical Center. So he12 music as he thought it is a very powerful tool. Even an impromptu (即兴的) mini "concert" can boost the patients'13. He sings all kinds of songs to the kids, from nursery rhymes to contemporary music. He hopes his hospital bedside14inspires other nurses to bring joy to their patients.
"We are all going through tough times, so whatever it is that you find can help15you and bring you back to 100%, find that thing and do it," said Remilus.
Diets have changed in China, and so too has its top crop. Since 2011, the country (grow) more corn than rice. Corn production has jumped nearly 125 percent over past 25 years, while rice has increased only 7 percent.
A taste for meat is (actual) behind the change: An important part of its corn is used to feed chickens, pigs, and cattle. Another reason for corn's rise: The government encourages farmers to grow corn instead of rice (improve) water quality. Corn uses less water rice and creates less fertilizer (化肥) run-off. This switch has decreased (pollute) in the country's major lakes and reservoirs and made drinking water safer for people.
According to the World Bank, China accounts for about 30 percent of total (globe) fertilizer consumption. The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture finds that between 2005—when the government (start) a soil-testing program gives specific fertilizer recommendations to farmers and 2011 fertilizer use dropped by 7. 7 million tons. That prevented the emission(排放) of 51. 8 million tons of carbon dioxide. China's approach to protecting its environment while (feed) its citizens "offers useful lessons for agriculture and food policymakers worldwide." says the bank's Juergen Voegele.
1）文化遗产的重要性；
2）保护文化遗产的倡议。
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1）词数80左右；
2）请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Karl walked to the back of the classroom to put his book away. There, lying on the carpet in front of the bookcase, was a golden ticket! He picked it up. His heart beat faster when he saw that the name line was blank.
The boys and girls in Karl's class could earn golden tickets by doing well in their work or by being extra helpful or kind. Once a week his teacher, Miss Evans, drew a ticket out of a jar, and let the winner choose a prize. Karl couldn't believe his luck.
The golden ticket was going to be drawn, and here was another ticket, just for him. He looked around, but no one else was near the ticket. All his classmates were at their desks, laughing and talking with each other.
Karl decided to write his name on the blank line. Then he could put it into the prize jar with the tickets he'd already earned. With so many chances, at least one of his tickets would be picked! Then he could choose the pink pig as his sister's birthday present, just like what he had been hoping for.
He smiled and reached for the pencil in his pocket. Suddenly his fingers stopped. There was a strange feeling in his chest, and it wasn't his heartbeat.
He looked out of the window and tried to figure it out (弄明白). He did find the ticket, but he hadn't earned it. Maybe whoever lost it was looking for it. But he needed this extra ticket for his great plan!
He remembered what Dad had told him and his sister. "When you make a right choice, you can feel peaceful inside. You never have to feel bad about your choice later. "
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He put the pencil back in his pocket.
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"Karl, I'd like you to have another ticket," Miss Evans said.
