The Snowy Day
With over 485 thousand checkouts, Ezra Jack Keats' 1962 picture book The Snowy Day is the most borrowed book in the New York Public Library. The beautifully illustrated book tells the story of a young African-American child named Peter who lives in a city and experiences it with after his neighborhood's first snowfall. Keats won the Caldecott Medal in 1963.
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee's 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird is one of those rare books that are both beloved and compulsory, ending up on many high school reading lists. It's the fifth most-borrowed book with over 422 thousand checkouts. The Pulitzer Prize-winning book is loosely based on Lee's own life in Alabama in the 1930s.
Charlotte's Web
K. B. White's Charlotte's Web was published in 1952. Though it does have illustrations, it is a novel with different chapters. The plot centers on u pig named Wilbur who befriends a spider named Chariots and their gang of barnyard colleagues. With more than 337 thousand checkouts, it is the sixth most borrowed book in NYPL history.
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury's 1953 book Fahrenheit 451 is an example of dystopian fiction and features a future version of American society in the year 1999. Though some claim that the novel has not aged well, it has been checked out more than 316 thousand times, making it the seventh most-borrowed book in NYPL history, potentially thanks to it being required reading for many students.
"Why did the fox steal my shoes?" sounds like the start of a brain teaser or an annoyingly hot. But for people in Berlin, it was a real question that a local fox was behind a series of shoe thefts.
About two weeks ago, Meyer, a resident of Berlin, noticed that one of his new running shoes had disappeared from his porch and he decided lo examine the theft, German news site reported.
Meyer quickly found out that he was not the thief's only victim, and a tip helped him catch the fox. Days later, Meyer spotted the fox again; he followed it and discovered the fox's secret place of more than 100 shoes.
Meyer got a photo of thieving fox and its ill-gotten shoes, which he shared on Twitter. The shoes contained sneakers, and slippers in a range of colors, shapes and sizes, though the most numerous shoes by far were Crocs.
This isn't the first time that an urban fox has demonstrated a seeming shoes fetish(恋物). In August 2019, a fox in Melbourne, Australia, repeatedly visited a woman's porch and stole three boots over the course of a week. In a small town in Western Germany, a female fox stole about 110 to 120 shoes in just one night, possibly "for her babies to play with", according to Reuters.
It's unknown whether all of these foxes were acting independently or whether their actions were linked, perhaps as part of an international shoe-stealing group with a bad purpose that humans can only imagine.
When I worked as a global media coordinator(协调员)for the United Nations several years ago, I organized biweekly conference calls, during which I would ask my colleagues around the world to provide information by particular deadlines. My colleagues almost always responded with a yes, but all too often, the deadlines came and went without the requested material. Finally, my South African boss had to explain what would never have occurred to me: in many cultures, it is rude lo say no. So some people would say yes to anything I asked, regardless of whether they had any intention of delivering.
If communicating internally at the UN was challenging, interacting with the outside world was much harder. How would we reach people in places where newspapers are televisions are still not widely available? How could we generate media coverage there? Communicating globally may require changing the way you interviewing senior communication professionals in 31 countries about how they help clients modify their messages and strategies for particular cultures. I have found that some of the biggest factors to consider when communicating in a new culture involve emotion, context and social expectations.
As an example of emotional differences, if I were to do a media interview in the US and become visibly angry at a reporter's question, I would be seen as unstable. By contrast, in the Middle East (an area including the countries of Southwest Asia and Northeast Africa), when people are talking about a heated issue, they tend to display powerful feelings—those who stay cool and calm while discussing such a problem may be viewed as untrustworthy.
Another big cultural difference revolves around the level of "context" provided in a conversation. As an American, I am what is known as a low-context communicator (who communicates information in a direct manner that relies mainly on words rather than contextual elements such as tones and body language), so if I want something done, I say so frankly. In high-context cultures, as in Asia, people may do the opposite. You have to pick up on body language, tones, and other contextual cues to realize that your colleague who just said yes to you has actually communicated that she does not agree to your plan.
From the moon to Mars, scientists have been hunting for alien life in the solar system for decades. However, Venus was not regarded as an ideal place because of its hot temperature and dry atmosphere. But a recent discovery of truces of a gas in the clouds of Venus has excited astronomers, as it may serve as a potential sign of life.
On Sept 14, the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada announced that scientists have detected phosphine (磷化氢) in the clouds of Venus. Phosphine is a color-less, toxic gas that has a smell of garlic. Though it contains poison, it is viewed as a possible sign of life because on Earth the gas is made by microorganisms(微生物) that live in oxygen-free environments.
"I was very surprised-stunned, in fact," astronomer Jane Greaves of Cardiff University in Wales and lead author of the research told MSN," There is a chance that we have detected some kind of living organism in the clouds of Venus."
This layer of clouds is about 48 kilometers above the Venus surface with its temperature ranging from 30 to 200 degrees Fahrenheit (about-1 to 93℃). Scientists have assumed that if life exists on Venus, this cloud deck(云盖) is likely the only place where it would survive.
Scientists went through every possibility that could have led to the formation of phosphine gas in Venus clouds, including volcanoes, lightning strikes, small meteorites(陨石) falling into the atmosphere. But they ruled all of them out. It was concluded that there is no explanation for the existence of this gas in Venus clouds, other than the presence of life, USA Today reported. Although the detection of phosphine is not strong evidence for life, this finding is great enough to change scientists' view on Venus, which is though to be a completely inhospitable(不适合居住的) planet.
Online education is one of the many advances that technology has brought to us. It's really a great challenge to traditional education. However, people's attitudes towards online education are different based on the advantages and disadvantages of it.
Traditional universities have opened up many online courses for students who do not have the time to attend classes or the budget to accept actual university education. From music to cooking, we can get a number of online courses to learn.
The main advantage of online learning is that it offers an alternative to traditional classes.And it, in some ways, increases the study efficiency. For example, it saves time between our school and home so that we can have more time to learn.
The disadvantage of online learning is that it ignores the communication between students and the teacher and their classmates. Besides, its role in some areas is also limited.
Only by making full use of its strengths and avoiding its weaknesses can we achieve the biggest benefit.For example, you can learn theories online while learning hands-on skills in traditional classes.
A. The difference lies in the learning experience.
B. In recent years, there is a big growth in online learning.
C. Some skills like nursing work must be learned face to face.
D. It means we no longer have to be physically present in the classroom.
E. Combining online education with traditional education is the best choice.
F. The traditional education will be replaced by online learning in the future.
G. It's good for students with busy schedules and for those who are working at the same time.
American culture is unique because it is formed and developed under certain conditions. The major factors1to the forming of American culture are the hard environment, ethnic diversity and plural religion, which is quite different from other countries in the world.2, these elements are 3influencing American culture.
The early immigrants who were English Puritans4 in northeast part of America. From 1607 to 1892, frontiers were pushed further west. The frontiersmen 5for a land of rich resources and a land of promise, 6and freedom. 7they looked for a better life. So individualism, self-reliance, and equality of opportunity have been perhaps the values most closely8with the frontier heritage of America.
In history, people from different9in the world rushed to America three times. They brought their own culture to America and 10, different cultures were 11together. Thus the 12American culture is formed. The fundamental American belief 13individual freedom and the right of individuals to practice their own religion are at the center of religious experience in the United States. The great 14of ethnic backgrounds has produced religious pluralism, and almost 15of the religions of the world are now practiced in the United States.
Nowadays, we can see the continual 16of these elements on the current American society. American family is typically parents and their17children. Middle-aged and elderly people 18do not live with their married children. The people in America have a very strong desire to start a new life in a 19place. A number of people change residence every year. An American moves fourteen times in his lifetime20.
For people in the Netherlands, a (Europe) country, April 27 is the date of the King's Day and an excuse to dress all in orange. As the country's national day, it is the (big) party of the year and its people take their task of having fun very seriously.
There is even a special word in Dutch for the crazy eventshappen during the festival: "oranjegekte", which means "orange madness". Orange is the color of their country's royal family thus the color is special to Dutch people.
So what do people do in (celebrate) of the festival? On the day, people wear as much orange as possible. Everyone wears huge orange hats, orange dresses and fake orange hair. Even pets (dress) up in orange clothes.
The king's Day is a day of shopping too, especially in the Netherlands' capital city, Amsterdam. “As a city (build) on trade, Amsterdam loves to bargain," CNN explained." The free market gives everyone the chance to sell (they) second-hand things on the streets and parks, (create) one of the world's largest flea markets."
In the Netherlands, the king's birthday has long been a national excuse for day of orange fun.
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I still remembered that one day my backpack was stolen. All my school things were in it, including my valuable notebook with lots important class notes. Hearing from the news, I cried for half an hour. Then I had to go to school absolute with nothing. My teacher, Miss Taylor, was really kind. He gave an extra notebook to me and suggested I learned to be more careful. I was moving by her kindness. But here's something even best. Miss Taylor told me a miracle had happened and that someone had returned my backpack. How a kind act!
If something bad happens, just telling yourself that there are some good people in the world.
