—What brand of computer do you use? I want to buy one.
—Certainly. In the school playground. He____ happily with his classmates at that time.
—I agree with you.
—Thanks for your advice.
—Yes, but I'd rather ____.
—It was very tiring. ____. I felt sick with the air getting thinner.
—Sorry, I didn't notice that.
—Really? How come?
—Sorry, Dad!
—Well, I've no idea.
It was 12:45 p. m. on January 2nd, 2007. Fifty-year-old Wesley Autrey was waiting for the train at a subway station in New York. His two daughters, aged four and six, were with him.
1 , a sick man fell on the platform (站台). The man, 20-year-old Cameron Hollopeter, got up, but then fell again一this time, onto the track (轨道) between the two rails. A 2 was coming into the station. It was a fightening(引起恐惧的) moment. Everyone on the platform was nervous, and they were anxious about the man's safety.
3 Mr. Autrey wasn't afraid. He looked at the man, and he looked at the 4 that the man was in. It was about half a meter deep. And he 5 , "The train is going to travel over this man. If he tries to get up, the train will 6 him But if he lies on the ground and doesn't7 , he'll be OK. "So he knew he had to make a 8 . And there was no time to think carefully.
He 9 without a second thought. Mr. Autrey lay on top of Mr. Hollopeter and kept him down on the ground. The train driver saw them. He was afraid, but he couldn't 10 in time. Five subway cars traveled over the two men before the train stopped.
The people on the platform were 11 . When Mr. Autrey heard them screaming (尖叫) he shouted,"We' re OK down here, but I have two daughters up there. Let them know their father is OK. " People on the platform clapped (鼓掌) and 12 . They were amazed at Mr. Autrey's 13 . Subway workers helped the two men out. They had no serious injuries.
Mr. Autrey said,"I didn't do14 special. I just saw someone who needed 15 . I did what I thought was right,"
It is reported that by the end of 2020, Shanghai had a household registered population(户籍人口) of about 14. 78 million. 36. 1% of the population, that is, about 5. 335 million people, are 60 years old or above.
the population of Shanghai grows increasingly grey, many civic centers (市民中心) have been set up in the last few years. They haven't (使失望) elderly people: they provide elderly people with meals, classes and other services.
Elderly people in Shanghai e going to these civic centers. Not only can they attend classes to learn some new skills, but they can also form close f with other elderly people.
"I felt a little (使人不舒服的) when I walked，into the civic center at first, because I was not very good at communicating with people, especially with strangers. To my surprise and relief, I found there were many other elderly people just me in the center. Through taking part in different activities, we became friends. B, I also attended different classes to learn new skills. These skills are very useful in my daily life. This makes me realize the (力量) of knowledge once again. In the civic center, I have also learned the importance of p together," said Xia Juanjuan, an 85-year- old retired (退休的) math teacher.
When she was asked she would continue going to the civic center, she nodded and said, "I will keep going there.
I saw an old woman as people filled the train. As I watched the poor woman, I thought about the letters my mother wrote and how a piece of paper turned into a love litter when a person put his self into it. I would write the woman one, I decided. I could drop it at her feet. I started writing but when I looked up, the woman was gone.
Back on the train, just a few days later, my plan became clear. I was going to leave the letter I wrote to the woman for someone else to find. Then I would put other love letters all over New York City. And you want to know why? Because it made me feel something.
In the following months, I started my own site, MoreLoveLetters. com, encouraging others to write and leave letters in their own communities.
About a year later, a woman wrote to me about her friend Briana, a single mother struggling (挣扎) to pay the bills (账单). I put Briana's story on the website, encouraging anyone who read it to mail me letters of encouragement for Briana.
A week later, I felt disappointed as I walked into the post office and opened PO Box 2061. It was nearly empty.
"Oh, Box 2061," said the man at the front of the post office. "You got too much mail, dear. We moved your mail to a bigger box.
I mailed the love letters to Briana, and a week later, I got a thank-you e-mail from Briana's friend. "Thanks for your love letters,"she wrote. ‘They show we're not alone and that we're not struggling for nothing. "
After such an amazing reply to Briana's story, I was encouraged to continue. I continued mailing letters to hundreds of people who didn't expect to get mail except bills that day.
Chris Haas, a 9-year-old kid, noticed many of his classmates holding basketballs incorrectly and, as a result, not shooting (投篮) very well during a school basketball practice. He was the son of a basketball coach and knew a thing or two on the right way to aim and shoot. After trying to show his classmates the right way to hold a ball, he came up with his invention: the hands-on basketball.
The hands-on basketball is a basketball training tool for kids. It has hands painted on it, showing the correct positions to hold the ball while trying to shoot. However, when he first took his invention to a kids' invention competition at his school that year, he didn't win. But with his teachers' and family's encouragement, he went on to patent (获得专利权) his idea and he made it. Then he went to several sports companies and asked whether they would be interested in making and selling his invention. None of them was.
Chris didn't give up and a year and a half later, luckily, his invention won the attention of a sports company. And it was soon available in the market. After that he won tons of prizes. The hands-on basketball is now sold successfully around the world.
But being a famous person was just one-of the new challenges Chris had to face after he sold his invention. Chris promoted (宣传) his invention by traveling around and making appearances in cities, like New York, Las Vegas. He also had to decide how to use his money wisely. Each year, he gives away much money to children's organizations. These days, Chris is an active basketball player and writer of the book一Shooting for Your Dreams.
A. Others worry about hackers (黑客). B. It was a really wonderful experience. C. But a human driver is usually still in control. D. It knows when to stop, where to turn, and how to avoid accidents. E. It could also communicate with other self-driving cars to avoid traffic. |
Ready to go to soccer practice? Tap (轻击) an app on your smart phone and get into the car that drives up—all by itself. Unlike human drivers, it never falls asleep, texts its friends, or eats a hamburger while driving.
Self-driving cars already exist (存在). And these days many car companies are trying their best to make cars smarter—some cars can already avoid accidents or park themselves.
Luckily, Google has started building 100 self-driving cars without any human controls. Instead, computer programs drive the cars. They use sensor's (传感器) that "see" 600 feet in all directions to detect obstacles (探测障碍物). One woman who took a ride in one of Google's cars said, ""
Self-driving cars could make the world a better place by cutting down the number of cars people need and the amount of oil those cars use. The car that takes you to soccer practice could know to pick up two or three of your teammates on the way.
But not everyone looks forward to a future with self-driving cars. Taxi drivers and truck drivers would lose their jobs. What if dangerous people get into the cars' brains? They could cause accidents on purpose or stop the cars from going anywhere. Finally, many people love the experience of driving.
What do you think? Will self-driving cars make the world a better place?
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某中学生英文杂志社正在举办以"An unforgettable experience"为题的征文比赛，请你用英语写一篇短文记叙一次令你难忘的经历(包括时间、地点、过程、你的感受或体会),然后给该杂志社投稿。
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An unforgettable experience
Everyone has some experiences they can‘t forget. For me,
