—____, but are you sure it's not too much trouble?
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—No! I really have nothing ____ him.
—____. After all, they don't have their own thinking.
In her 17 years on this earth, Shreyaa Venkat has done more to help the planet and the people living on it than many adults. The non-profit organization she 1 . NEST4US, has helped tens of thousands of people in the United States. Through it, it's served over 12,000 2 people in the Washington, D. C. area by providing food and other 3 .
Venkat's passion 4 helping others started as soon as she could walk, as her parents, active volunteers themselves, brought her along on their various 5 , like some 6 ways to volunteer. By fifth grade,she'd 7 such enthusiasm for it that she started organizing her own service projects in her community.
NEST4US was born when she realized how much food waste there is,how many hungry people there are, and how simple it would be to use the former to help the 8 ."There was a homeless man standing on a corner in D.C. and he was holding a 9 that said‘Hungry Need Food',"she recalls."So I gave him my lunch and his whole face just 10 It was so easy, it only took me 30 seconds, 11 it really helped him."
Fortunately, as NEST4US 12 , with hundreds of volunteers helping to 13 thousands of hungry people, Venkat decided to branch out with her volunteer 14 , starting three other branches of NEST4US. Serving others had become such a way of life for her that she 15 celebrated her 13th birthday at a homeless shelter, bringing the party to them 16 expecting gifts for herself.
As much as she has helped others, they've helped her as well. Not only does she get a lot of joy and personal 17 from her volunteer work but runningNEST4US has taught her important life 18 like time management, public speaking, writing, and leadership."19 it's really given me is this opinion of putting other people first,"she says. Venka t has given us a wonderful example of the 20 that one person can make to help others in their time of need.
Four Great Affordable Tourist Attractions
Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort(度假胜地)& Spa, Austin
This is an attractive place. thanks to its Crooked River Water Park with two pools, the two story water slide, and a 1,000 foot-long river. You can have various forms of entertainment, like boating on the Colorado River. The $35 resort fee covers bus transportation around the spot, access to Spa Django, and other family-friendly activities such as tennis and basketball (meals not included).
Universal Orlando Resort, Florida
It's fantastic to enjoy three theme parks in American southern state Florida.There are three choices of buying tickets for you. The first choice offers a ticket of $53 per day per person—the person needs to stay for five days in the resort.The second choice offers a ticket of $82 per day per person—the person needs to stay for three days. Another choice is the S&P vacation package(套餐) designed for a family: $85 per day per person. This package includes admission to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
The Smithsonian Institution, Las Vegas
This institution is within the Mojave Desert in the Western United States.Founded in 1846, it consists of a group of museums and research centers. When you take your kids there, don't miss its Ground Zero Theater. As part of the National Atomic Testing Museum, the theater provides visitors with what it feels like when people watch atomic bomb explosion. Stays of seven nights or a longer time can save $300.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Williamsburg offers plenty for families to explore. It has theme parks and a large living history museum that makes you feel like you just have stepped into Revolutionary-time Virginia. You and your kids can do things like taking a horse-drawn carriage ride through the restored buildings from the 18th century.
The Fun in the Sun Package starts at $110 a night. Don't miss the wonderful Beer Festival from August to September.
As a young person, I never thought of myself as a sports enthusiast because I was quite clumsy. But there was one thing I enjoyed: running. It felt like I was soaring(翱翔) through the air. Sadly, this changed when I hurt my knee two years ago. I had to stay in bed for two weeks and even walking a short way was hard for me. I was so upset that I cried as I moved to the car for several days.
When therapy(治疗;疗法) wasn't working well for me, I signed up for a hot yoga class for girls, Bikram Yoga to be exact. Starting a yoga practice was truly a blessing because it helped me gain strength in my knees but, most importantly yoga helped me attain a more peaceful state of mind, body and spirit.
Since each class was heated to 105°F, every time I stepped foot in the yoga studio,I'd feel a surge(涌起) of negative thoughts come upon me like a big ocean wave. Some of these thoughts were, in the beginning of my practice, so strong that I walked out of the class several times. However, as the months passed by, I noticed that when I didn't get swayed away(动摇) by my negative thoughts, I could stay in the hot room for longer.
After 3-4months of practising hot yoga, my arms and legs were beginning to get definition. I also woke up with so much more energy than I had before starting my yoga practice and I gradually started shedding the pounds(减轻体重) from my body. Yoga literally made me feel as if I'd taken a shot of energy drink and just gave me that burst that helped my knees heal and made my overall health better.
As I saw some of my classmates do poses that looked appealing to me, I started to think maybe I could do them too. Therefore, yoga helped show me that I have no real limitations physically unless I set those limitations myself through eating junk and thinking in negative limiting terms.
Also, practising yoga in front of a mirror helped me connect with myself and practising with a group of people really helped me to feel a greater sense of connection with humanity whereas before I didn't . Overall, this yoga practice has helped me to see I'm part of a bigger picture in life!
Science fiction writers create imaginary worlds. The way things work in your imaginary worlds will be based on actual science. So it's important for you to be familiar with the scientific principles and inventions that are related to your creation. For example, if you're writing about humans living on a planet with zero gravity, then you need to know the effects of zero gravity on the human body.
Then you have to figure out the exact rules of your imaginary worlds. And you have to follow them. If humans have evolved to breathe underwater in Chapter 1, your character can't drown in a swimming pool in Chapter 3. If your robots write poetry but not fiction, then you can't throw a novelist robot into Chapter 8.The issue here is maintaining your readers'trust. That means the reader is willing to pretend along with you. If you start out with an ordinary detective novel and then throw in someone breathing underwater in the 6th chapter, your readers' reaction might be,"What the h……?"The imaginative spell is broken.You've pulled the readers out of their imagination. The same thing happens if you change the rules halfway.
Part of your preparation work for the novel is to map out its worlds for yourself in great detail. Decide: the history of the world, the geography, what possibilities it offers, how everything works in this new reality, and how all of these factors affect the way your characters think, feel, and react to things. You don't have to tell your readers all the rules in the first chapter. But you have to let your readers know enough to understand what's going on. This also allows you to work out logical problems and contradictions(矛盾) before you start writing.
When you are writing, remember to make it feel real. You are inviting readers to visit a new world. They will want to be able to see, hear, feel, smell, and even taste what it's like. Whether your novel is about a world without disease or an undiscovered planet, help your readers feel like they're actually there.
B how to raise interest in science
C. what to expect from science fictionD. how to do scientific researchAs the saying goes,"All roads lead to Rome"——but was that really the case?The answer is not as easy as an unqualified"yes"or"no". It's a little more complicated than that.
In 2015, three researchers at the Moovel Lab dropped a uniform grid(网格)of almost 500,000 points across a map of Europe. These points were simply random spots from which to start a journey to Rome. The team then developed a method to calculate the best route to Rome using modern routes from each of those starting points. The more frequently a road was used across the different points, the thicker it was drawn on the map. Their results showed many roads led to Rome, connecting other major cities along the way, such as London,Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) and Paris, which were also part of the ancient empire.
News of the map spread quickly, but it didn't actually prove that all roads lead to Rome. If the researchers had conducted the same exercise and looked at the quickest way from those same 500,000 points to Berlin or Moscow, the map would also show similar results.
The team used computer modeling to look at most logical routes that connect two points on the landscape, and then compared that with their knowledge of Roman roads to see if they're similar. Modern routes are often the same in most cases. In other words, many of Europe's multi-lane highways are the successors(继承者) of Roman roads.
In ancient times, roads were mainly built to ensure people could travel around within a short time. This has changed in recent years, however; newly built motorways avoid populated places to save money in acquiring land.
The main roads in ancient Rome were straight lines whenever geography allowed. These major roads were built with different layers like earth and rock,and finally big pieces of stone on the top. They weren't flat, but had a round roof to allow proper drainage(排水). Then came other secondary dirt roads that weren't paved. They connected smaller towns and cities, rather than offering any sort of a route to Rome.
So, was the saying in Paragraph 1 right? No, but an awful lot of important ones eventually made their way there.
My son and I had been looking for a Boston Terrier(波士频犬) for months before we found one last year. He was very thin, and looked and smelled near death. I thought the man who had him should be punished for treating an animal in such a cruel way until we were told about the story of Lucky, a black-and-white Boston Terrier with a funny face and big sad eyes.
Lucky had been owned by a man called Fred, who had a mental disorder and took medicine every day. This medicine made him sleep quite deeply, so Fred only took it at bedtime. Lucky slept by his side.
One night, Fred took his medicine, went to bed and fell sound asleep. The house wiring shorted and set the house on fire. Being under the medicine's power,Fred just kept sleeping. Lucky barked and barked, but Fred couldn't hear him.When Lucky realized Fred wasn't waking up, he jumped into the middle of his chest and started licking his face. Fred finally woke up and realized the house was on fire. He crawled out of the bedroom window. It took Fred a minute to realize he had left his dog behind. He reached through the window and grabbed Lucky,pulling him to safety.
After the fire, Fred had to move into an apartment, where he couldn't keep animals. So he had to give Lucky to a friend of his, asking him to find a good home for Lucky. My son and I saw an ad in the paper putting Lucky up for adoption and we eventually adopted Lucky.
Lucky inhaled so much smoke that night that his bar k will never be normal again. He sounds like he has a throat full of pea gravel(豆砾石) but he has the spirit of a lion. I'm proud to have him around, and I'm looking forward to many more years with this brave and worthy companion.
假设你是晨光中学学生李津。作为学校"科普月"系列活动之一，英语社团开展"科学家与我"英文演讲比赛，请根据以下提示撰写一篇演讲稿：(1)激励我的中国科学家：姓名、成就；(2)激励我的科学家精神，举例说明；(3)号召大家共同弘扬科学家精神。
注意：(1) 词数不少于 100;(2)可适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯；(3)开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇:弘扬科学家精神 promote the spirit of scientists
