Thirty engineers were working as a team in a company. They were young and eager to learn. The management decided to teach them about finding real solutions to problems.
One day, the team was called for a1in a hall. They were quite surprised and all reached the hall holding all kinds of2. As they entered, they found a box placed in the center, full of flat balloons.
The manager asked everyone to pick a balloon and blow it up. Then they were asked to write their names on their respective(各自的) balloons3so that the balloons wouldn't blow out. All tried, but not everyone was4. Five balloons blew out5pressure(压力) .
Those who failed to mark6names on the balloons were ruled out of the game. As a result, 25 engineers came to the next level. All the balloons carrying their names were7and then put into a room, here and there.
The engineers were told to pick the balloon with his or her name on. All the 25 engineers began to search for the respective balloons in a rush. It was almost 15 minutes but no one8find the right one. The second level of the game was over.
Then came the final level. The engineers were asked to9any balloon and give it to the person named on the balloon. Within a couple of minutes, all balloons10the hands of the respective engineers.
The manager announced this was the real solution to the problem. Many times in our life, sharing and helping others give us real solutions to problems
As an old Chinese saying goes, Spring Festival comes right after the Laba Festival, so get ready for a bowl of porridge while looking forward to the long-awaited family get-together.
Today, people across China are celebrating the Laba Festival. It is a traditional Chinese festival. It's on the eighth day of the 12th lunar month. What does this festival mean to Chinese people? OK, it just tells people to prepare for celebrating the coming New Year's Day and for wanderers to return home to get together with their family.
Long long ago, Laba Festival was a day of thanks for a good harvest. On this day, people usually eat Laba porridge, a porridge with eight kinds of mixed grains（谷物）. Many temples today have the tradition of giving out Laba porridge to the public. The sweet, red porridge is believed to bring luck and joy.
The festival is also the day for people to put garlic in vinegar（醋）. The garlic turns green, and this Laba garlic will be eaten with dumplings on Chinese New Year's Day. While in the past, It was used to let people remember to pay back the money they had borrowed, as Laba is near the end of the year and 'garlic' (suàn, 蒜 in Chinese) sounds the same as 'calculate'(suàn, 算).
Customs are quite different across the country. People in Qianxian, east China's Anhui Province, will eat the Laba tofu a few days before. In Xining City, northwest China's Qinghai Province, people will eat porridge with beef and mutton.
The Great Sphinx of Giza（吉萨狮身人面像）
Most scientists agree the Great Sphinx of Giza was built around 2，500 B. C. But John Anthony West says that it's much older. If he's right，"Everything anybody has learned about ancient civilizations（文明）would have to be completely revised ， "he told a magazine.
West，a writer and film-maker，first got interested in ancient history after studying the work of a French researcher. The researcher said Egyptian civilization could have developed as early as 30，000 years ago，rather than 4，500 years ago，as most experts believed.
West joined a scientist to do research together. Their research suggested that the Sphinx had been worn down over the years by water，rather than by sand and wind.
Wait a minute？Water？How could that be？The Sphinx is in the Sahara Desert, which has been dry for 12, 000 years! However, before that time, it was very green. If it's true that water wore down the Sphinx, West thinks that it must have been built centuries earlier.
Whether West is right or wrong, it's important to challenge accepted ideas. That's how science progresses.
West gave some advice to kids: If you are interested in a topic, read everything you can on it. Do your own research. Don't always believe everything your teachers tell you. Ask lots of questions, and find your own answers.
I went to the park with my older sister, Cathy, on Friday. My sister left her jacket on a bench（长椅）when we played games. When we went back to the bench, a little girl in a red T-shirt was sitting there. She looked like she was 8 or 9 and had long blonde hair. She had some money in her hand. When she saw us, she got up and walked away. I asked my sister, "Did you have any money in your jacket?" "Yes, Anna, I did." she answer. I said, "Have a quick look in your jacket."
Cathy looked in her jacket, but her money was not there. "That girl stole（偷）it!" I said, and we ran after her. We caught（抓住）her soon. My sister was very angry and she said, "Give me the money!" The girl gave the money to Cathy and ran away. Then we went home. But before we could tell our parents, my mother said to Cathy, "You left your money at home. It's on the table in the kitchen. "So the girl in the red T-shirt was not a thief（小偷）! Maybe she thought we were bad girls.
We felt ▲ .
Please call us if you know this girl. We would like to say sorry to her and give the money back to her. Our number is 512667. Thank you very much.
Anna and Cathy
Changing your day-to-day life to fit a new routine is difficult. But admit it, you're bored. Sitting back and letting routine life isn't going to take you to the heights you've always dreamed of reaching. Challenging yourself, setting goals, facing the facts, accepting the reality and living your life—that will fill you up and satisfy you. It'll put you back in the driver's seat.
Your boss needs someone to take the lead on a project, and no one else is volunteering to accept it. The only question you need to ask yourself is: how do you know you won't succeed at something like this if you're too afraid to try?
Volunteer. It'll be hard work and extra stress added to your day, but it's worth it.
Like buying the $1 chocolate bar from the kid who's selling them on the subway, or donating a dollar to a beggar on the side of the street who needs something to eat. They don't know your name, where you're from or where you're going to, but your kindness is meaningful to them—and they don't forget it.
Think about where you want to be in three or even five years from now, and what you need to do in order to get there. Think about the type of person you want to be, and what you hope you'll achieve professionally by then.
You know that person you extremely want to be? Start being that person. Today, Right now. And if you want to get there, make a list of everything that you want to change about yourself—and that you can change.
You've seen Frozen. You get the point. Just let all that things that are holding you down. It's worth your time.
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Chinese New Year's Day is called "Guo Nian" in Chinese, which means "to pass over Nian" or "to overcome Nian".
In ancient times, there was a monster (name) Nian. It had a long head and sharp horns (角). It lived deep in the sea all year round and only (show) up every New Year's Eve to eat people and animals in nearby villages.
Therefore, on the day of New Year's Eve, people would run away to far away mountains so that they would not be hurt the monster. People had lived in fear of this monster until an old man visited the village on one New Year's Eve. The villagers asked (he) to run with them. he said he had a way to deal with the monster and stayed in the village himself. He pasted (粘贴) red paper on every door and lighted candles in every house. Then he wore red clothes and made loud noises by (burn) bamboo. In this way, he (successful) frightened away (吓走) the monster. When the villagers came back, they were (surprise) to find that the village was still in good condition (完好的).
After that, every New Year's Eve, people did as the old man instructed and the monster Nian never appeared again. This tradition (continue) by people nowadays. It has become important way to celebrate the arrival of the New Year.
要求：1）语言通顺，意思连贯，符合逻辑。
2）内容可适当发挥。
3）文中不得出现真实的校名和人名。
4）词数：80词左右。
参考词汇: alone, without permission ( 未经许可), allow, ask for help, cherish ( 珍爱 )
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