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This book is based on a girl's true story. Separated from her nappy home and placed with drug-addicted relatives, Nia sinks into a depression and attempts to set herself on fire. The love of another child lights up her darkness and brings her out!
An Insider's History of the Swingin' Medallions
Author: Carrol Blessoe
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This book records the story of eight young guys, the Swingin' Medallions, born in a small town in America, who become a national sense in the music world.
Road to Freedom- My Life and Journey from a 3rd World Country
Author: Edward A. Nieto
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This book details Edward A. Nieto's life and journey. It also includes his struggles with violence, corruption and the politics of living in a third world count.
The Mister
Author: E. L. James
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This is a new romantic story. Life has been easy for Maxim Trevelyan. But all that changes when he meets an unexpected, young woman who's recently arrived in England. After some awkward moments and dramatic incidents, he finally wins the lady's heart.
There is such a group of singers in the western musical circle at present, who enter the business as online celebrities(名人)and then become top idols and giant stars globally. They become popular for their videos online and then they are discovered by talent agents and gradually cause huge storms in the musical circle. For example, Troye Sivan, a singer who is nicknamed "chuoye", became popular on You tube from an early age.
As a popular video sharing website, You Tube has given rise to plenty of stars, creating a new celebrity culture. Providing a platform where anyone can post videos. You tube presents the opportunity for anyone to achieve fame by simply uploading a short video. Sivan has been making you tube videos since he was 12 to show his singing talent. In the digital age, Sivan has already developed large devoted audience online and his sensitive video blogs have earned him extreme popularity.
A. survey has showed that US teenagers are more attracted with You Tube stars, which is a surprising result. You Tube stars are judged to be more attractive, outstanding and related than traditional stars. Looking at the survey comments and feedback, teens enjoy a close and real experience with You Tube celebrities, who aren't carefully directed by design. Teens also say they appreciate YouTube stars sense of humor and risk-taking spirit, which are often limited by Hollywood stars. As a result, singers who make their first show in the traditional way no longer have a complete advantage in front of the audience. Online platforms open up a lot of doors for people. They become the best place to be discovered.
Dr. Nancy Roman, born in 1925, who was celebrated as a pioneer for female scientists and had advanced the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, died on Dec 25, 2018.
When Nancy Roman asked for permission to take a second algebra (代数)course in high school,a teacher demanded to know "what lady would take mathematics instead of Latin". In college, a professor admitted that he often tried to prevent women from majoring in physics but Nancy stuck to it. And after receiving Doctor's degree in astronomy. , she found a professional home at NASA(美国宇航局)In 1959, Dr. Roman became the first chief of astronomy at NASA. headquarters, a role that made her one of the agency's first female leaders.
Dr Roman spent much of her career helping develop, fund and promote technology that would help scientists see more clearly beyond Earths atmosphere. But her most well-known work was perhaps leading to design the Hubble Space Telescope the first major telescope to be sent into space for the purpose of gathering photographs and data from the universe. She was, therefore, named as "the mother of Hubble".
"She made it possible to get the early telescope up into space to learn what needed to be learned," said science historian Bob Zimmerman: and her hard-nosed nature helped get the telescope built.
The telescope did not launch until 1990, a little more than a decade after Dr Roman retired, but when it did, its photographs of the universe thrilled the world. I am glad, "she once told Science, "I ignored the people who told me that I could not be an astronomer. "
It is well known that male humpback whales(座头鲸)are skilled singers. Their songs are thought to attract females in high frequency sounds while to compete with other males in low frequency sounds. Research led by the Wildlife Conservation Society has now made a new discovery.
The study looked at the songs of two humpback whale populations, based on sound recordings collected from 2013 to 2018. One group was based in the South Atlantic, off the coast of Gabon, and the other in the Indian Ocean near Madagascar. Analysis of the recordings showed that the two groups picked up musical ideas from each other and borrowed phrases and themes into their latest song. This suggested that the males from the two groups came into contact with each other over the five years and shared songs.
To uncover this musical cooperation, researchers recorded the songs and transcribe them into more than 1,500 individual sounds and patterns, or song units. They found that the units were composed into larger phrases, which were then repeated to form themes. These themes were sung for hours at a time, or even days. By 2018, both populations have been singing largely the same songs.
"This similarity in the songs shows that these two populations come into closer contact than other southern populations, explains Dr Melinda Rekdahl, leading author of the study. As well as being an interesting phenomenon, she explains that those songs allow even greater insight into the workings of the humpback whale populations.
There are so many words in English that learning all of them can seem difficult. To make things even more challenging, certain sounds are pronounced differently.
Learn the vowel元音) sounds.
In English, there are five main vowel letters: a, e, i, o, u. Each vowel letter has both a short sound(such as the a in "bat")or a long sound(such as the a in "play"). Learn and practice these different vowel sounds to help teach you how to pronounce certain words and to improve your English pronunciation.
One of the most effective ways to learn a language is to listen to someone speaking it. Once you are familiar with how a language sounds, you will be able to start picking up on more sounds, words and phrases.
Record yourself.
To solve this problem and really see how you sound, try recording yourself. Use a smart phone or tape recorder to play back how you sound when you are speaking English.
Get a spoken English tutor.
To truly understand if you are saying and pronouncing things the right way, find someone who can practice with you and act as a spoken English tutor.
A. Break down words.
B. Listen to an English speaker.
C. Sometimes the letter "y" can make a vowel sound, too. .
D. How do you know if you are saying things correctly?
E. He or she will be able to correct you and teach you how to pronounce better.
F. Thankfully, there are tips that you can learn to make things a little easier.
G. Compare your English comprehension to someone else to see if you are doing it correctly.
Clara Daly was seated on an Alaska Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles when a flight attendant(服务员)asked an urgent question over the loudspeaker: "Does anyone on board know American Sign Language?" Clara, 15, 1 the call button. The flight attendant2and explained the situation. We have a passenger on the plane who's 3and deaf", she said. The passenger seemed to want something, but he was traveling alone and the flight attendants couldn't4what he needed.
Clara had been studying ASL for the past year and was able to finger spell on the man's5. So she6her seat belt, walked toward the front of the plane, and7by the seat of the passenger, Tim Cook Gently taking his hand, she8: How are you? Are you OK?" Tim asked for some water. When it9, Clara returned to her seat. She came again a bit later because Tim wanted to know the10. Clara got him to know that it was nearly 10 a. m. On her third 11, she stopped and stayed for a while.
"Wow, this is cool," Clara said to the flight attendant. In fact, he didn't need anything. He was just12and wanted to talk. "
So for the next hour, they were both13, chatting with each other. She talked about her family and her14 for the future(she wants to be a politician). Tim told Clara how he had15become blind over time and16stories of his days as a traveling salesman.
"Clara was17, " the flight attendant told New York Times during an online18. "You could see Tim was very excited to have someone he could19with, and Clara was like a(an)20, appearing in need, unexpectedly. "
Cook's reaction: "Best trip I've ever had."
We've all heard that breakfast is most important meal in the day. It may actually be true. Recently, a study of more than 50,000 adults aged 30 and older(find) that people who have breakfast are more likely to lose(weigh) than those who don't eat a morning meal. Other studies connect not eating breakfasta higher risk of high blood pressure, heart disease and so on.
However, it's not just when you eat that matters, butyou eat also matters. (keep)fit, you should have a balanced diet with protein, fiber and healthy fats, which is the key to a satisfyingnutritious breakfast . If you want to keep(you) from being hungry later of the day, you'd better eat within 90 minutes after waking up. Also, coffee drunk on an empty stomach is not recommended because it can be(harm)to your body.
There is an old saying that advises "Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a beggar. It is worth(follow).
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：⒈每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。
⒉只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Ten years ago, my hometown is a small and poor city with few factories. And the citizens had few choice on transportation. However, nowadays my hometown has taken on brand new look with rapid development of culture and economy. The citizens' living conditions have been greatly improve and their lifestyles are different from in the past. Shop online has become popular. When they comes to transportation, private cars have become a common way of traveling beside public transportation. The best change is which all the people are living a hopeful life with confident.
