One night recently, I was driving down a two-lane highway at about 60 miles an hour. A car approached from the opposite direction at about the same speed. As we passed each other, I caught the other driver's eye for only a second. I wondered whether he might be thinking, as I was, how dependent we were on each other at that moment. I was relying on him not to fall asleep, not to be put off by a phone conversation, not to cross over into my lane and bring my life to a sudden end. Though we had never spoken a word to each other, he relied on me in just the same way.
Multiplied a million times over, I believe that is the way the world works. At some level, we all depend upon one another. Sometimes that dependence requires us simply not to do something like crossing over the double yellow line. And sometimes it requires us to act cooperatively, with friends or even with strangers.
As technology shrinks our world, the need increases for cooperative action among nations. In 2003, doctors in five nations were quickly organized to identify the SARS virus, which saved thousands of lives. The threat of international terrorism has shown itself to be a similar problem, one requiring coordinated action by police and intelligence forces across the world. We must recognize that our fates (命运) are not ours alone to control .
In my own life, I've put great stock in personal responsibility. But, as the years have passed, I've also come to believe that there are moments when one must rely upon the good faith and judgment of others. So, while each of us faces the case of driving alone down a dark road, what we must learn is that the approaching light may not be a threat, but a shared moment of trust.
It was blazing hot, just like most July days. I stepped into a tiny ice-cream shop to cool off with a chocolate ice-cream. It was an old woman bent over a table near the door. Her back was so badly twisted that her face nearly touched the tabletop. I sat down facing her a couple of tables away.
"Poor woman, " I thought, "What does she get out of life? Why God let people live so long past their prime?"
As I thought, another aged lady entered the shop and sat down with her. Soon the two of them were talking about childhood days. They talked of how little the shop had changed in 70 years. In minutes, the two of them were trembling with laughter.
I looked again at the first woman, then in the mirror on a nearby wall, catching a picture of myself. I was wearing a dirty shirt. She was well dressed in white, her hands sparking with gold rings. I was sad. She was laughing, smiling. I was putting the pieces of my life together. She had millions of wonderful memories to recall. I sat alone. She was sharing the day with a good friend. I was secretly worried about getting old. She was old, but it wasn't hurting her.
As I left the shop, I thought of my foolish question about God letting people live past their prime. Why, that woman was more alive, more sensitive to life than I was. Age has not bent her spirit.
Electrical devices(仪器)could soon use power made by human energy. Scientists say they have developed an experimental device that produces electricity from the physical movement of a person walking, British scientist Max Donelan and other scientists in Canada and the United States developed the device.
The device connects to a person's knee. As the person walks, the device captures energy each time the person slows down. To do this, the device helps with the slowing sown movement of the leg, the movements of the walking person push parts of a small machine that produces electricity. Using the device, an adult walking quickly could produce thirteen watts of electricity in just a minute. Donelan says walking at that speed could produce enough power to operate a laptop computer for six minutes.
There are several possible uses for the device. Developers say it could help people who work in areas without electricity to operate small computers. The device could also he used in hospitals to operate heart pacemakers(起博器), it could even be used to assist in the movement of robotic arms and legs.
The experimental version of the device weighs about one and a half kilograms, but it is too costly for most people to buy, but the researchers hope to make a lighter, less costly version, An improved version should be ready in one year.
The developers hope the device will one day help developing countries; nearly twenty five percent of people around the world live without electric power.
A similar product was invented in 2005 by Larry Rome of the University of Pennsylvania, He created a bag carried on a person's back that also produces power from walking. The knee device does not produce as much electricity as the bag, but the bag requires the walker to carry a load of twenty to thirty kilograms.
Making Schools Safe
In school, students study and learn to work with others. They should feel safe in school. . Bullies(欺凌;欺凌者) frighten others, so they can be a big problem at schools.
Bullies make school a cruel and horrible place. But bullies are different. They pick on their sufferers over and over again.
Sometimes they hit others. But more often, they hurt people with their words. They say mean things about other students. Almost 30 percent of American students are bullied at school.
Bullying is usually worst during junior high school. But bullies don't stop being cruel when they finish school.
So what can you do to stop bullying?
Tell the bully to stop. When you see a bully bothering someone, tell him or her to stop. When people speak up, 57 percent of bullying stops within 10 seconds.
If you are a sufferer, ask for help. Only 20-30 percent of sufferers tell someone about bullying.
Help sufferers of bullying.
Together, we can make schools safe for everyone.
A. Be their friend.
B. Make friends with the bullies.
C. Not every person can be a bully.
D. Bullies hurt people in different ways.
E. Many people can be cruel sometimes.
F. Students can't study well when they feel frightened.
G. Bullying is also common at work and on the internet.
When you teach first grade, you spend a lot of time developing fluency in everything. Yet my most 1 lesson in fluency occurred on our school's playground and my student was the teacher while I was the 2.
Years ago I had a little boy in my class from a non-English speaking home. He was very 3 and shy. I wasn't 4 how much he understood me and I was 5 worried that he stood by himself at breaktime and did not 6. I tried to talk to him, but he would turn away and shut his eyes to 7 from me.
I decided to ask an outgoing girl to 8 me. I asked if she would try to get him to play and I 9 gave suggestions on how she could start communicating with him. She 10my arm to stop my talking and said. "Don't worry. I speak Kid. "
I stood there all alone, silently 11 her running off. It took less than a minute for the two new friends to run off hand in hand, 12 joining in a game.
I often think of that small 13 at breaktime, about what I learned and how 14 it is for all teachers to speak Kid. We must be ready to learn from our students because those "teachable moments" are for the 15, as well as our kids.
I live in Newquay,is a small town on the Atlantic coast in the south of England. It has got great (beach) and is the (good) place to surf in the UK. There are lots of surf schools where you can learn how (surf). I go surfing my friends every weekend. My favorite place is Fistral Beach.
I love Newquay because there are lots of other things to do as well surfing. If you like water sports, you can go water-skiing or coasteering. Coasteering is different because it combines rock-climbing, (jump) and swimming in the same activity, but you should always go with a special instructor.
you like animals you can also visit the Blue Reef Aquarium and see lots of different fish and even sharks. You can also go horse riding on the beach or visit Newquay Zoo. There (be) lots of other attractions too like mini golf and bowling. Come and see for (you)!
[1] Every few weeks, Lu Jinhua's family met for dinner at a restaurant close to her home in Beijing. But the happy mealtime almost always ended with an unhappy scene: her children would insist that Lu leave the table before she embarrassed them by asking to take the leftover food home in takeaway bags.
[2]But on Sunday, the 63-year-old lady was, delighted to discover that the restaurant had made a number of changes. A poster on the table clearly stated, "Save food, don't waste it". Instead of persuading customers to order expensive dishes, the waitress suggested a small order that could be added later if people were still hungry. At the end of the dinner, Lu's daughter even volunteered to____.
[3] "This is the happiest dinner I had in that restaurant so far, and I am so glad to see these changes. " Lu said.
[4]A campaign against food wastage is sweeping China, a country where 128 million people live below the poverty line. Every year, food valued at 200 billion yuan ( $32 billion) is thrown away in China. The volume is equivalent to the amount consumed by more than 200 million people during a 12-month period.
[5]A proposal opposing waste in January is part of a drive by China's new leaders. Many provinces have launched their own more-detailed versions. Henan province has ordered that business meals should have no more than four dishes, and alcohol is prohibited. Guizhou has set a time limit of 45 minutes on meals paid for by the public purse.
[6] The public has also adopted the idea. Many restaurants discourage customers from ordering more than they can eat. Taking leftovers home is encouraged. Some of them have started to use smaller plates and the prices are cheaper. A proposal on the Internet calling on people to eat everything on their plate attracted the participation of 2. 74 million people within the first two weeks.