Like most young couples, my husband and I didn't have money for luxurious gifts on our first wedding anniversary. We were1 to have a meal and watch a romantic movie at home. Simply being able to enjoy each other's 2 was enough. No gift on earth could come close to3 our love for one another.
So when the mailman knocked on the door, I was very 4to see a medium-sized package from my mother. Both eager and curious to see what was awaiting us in the package, I5 tore open the box and immediately my eyes were filled with tears. Inside the box was a6 folded quilt my mother had made by hand. It was white with rose7and gold thread. The backing8_beautiful tiny purple flowers.
Accompanying the quilt was a 9from my mother:
“Happy Anniversary !10is a quilt. The purple was your wedding colour and the gold thread 11the golden rings you two exchanged on your wedding day. May this quilt keep you warm when times are cold and 12you of the day you said your vows--Love, Mom.”
I was touched13words. I knew my mom surely had sacrificed to be able to afford this. The time alone to sew such a detailed quilt was14to me. I just15my mother coming home from a long day at work and staying up16 the early hours of the next morning delicately17the quilt together. We both knew a part of my mom's18was sewn right into the quilt. How could any gift ever compare to such a genuine gift?
Many years have passed since our first anniversary, but neither of us has19the beautiful quilt. My husband always jokes that the best anniversary 20I have ever received wasn't from him but from my mother, and I agree.
Visitors must present all carried items for inspection upon entry. After inspection, all bags, backpacks, umbrella, parcels and other items as determined by security officers must be left at the checkrooms, free of charge, close to each entrance. All oversized bags, backpacks and luggage must be left at the checkrooms near the 4th Street entrance of either the East or West Building. These items will have to be x-rayed before being accepted. Items of value, such as laptop computers, cameras and fur coats, may not be left in the checkrooms but may be carried into the gallery. We regret that the museum doesn't have enough space for visitors items larger than 17*26 inches in the gallery.
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It was a cold winter. The wind blew all night and the snow was blinding. When morning came, my three children and I got up and made our way to the windows. As we looked out the window, we saw that the henhouse was gone. Our three hens had been blown away.
I looked at the emptiness outside. Then I saw all three chickens sat around the edge of a white bucket. How was this violent wind not blowing them into the field beyond? I quickly pulled on long snow pants and heavy winter coat, wrapped a scarf and stuck my feet into very large boots .
I shouted at the wind as it blew. I was alone, save for my children. They stared out the window into the vast white sea of snow, their eyes peeled for any sign of movement. Outside I heard the sound of my boots as I walked against the wind.
The snow circling around me, I steadily made my way to the soft cluck-cluck-cluck sound my hens always made. When I reached them, I saw that their little feet were holding on to the edge of the bucket, heads bent forward and away from the wind. I gently lifted each hen and put it carefully into the warm inside. Then I began the freezing walk back to the small shed directly behind our house. One by one I laid my chickens on the cold floor, and they began to cluck softly.
As I shut the shed doors, my eyes went directly to the window where my children were watching. They jumped up and down cheering, and so did I! I wasn't some dragon slayer (屠龙者) from a fairy tale. I was simply a mom, but the look on my children's faces told me that they thought I was a hero mom.
For those concerned about wrinkly old skin, It might be a creative solution: an elastic(有弹性的) “second skin” that can be smoothed on to make aged tissue look more youthful.
The wearable film, developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has shown promise in a series of small experiments where it was applied to wrinkles, under-eye bags and areas of dry skin. When applied to the face or body, the thin, transparent layer sticks to the skin and supports the tissue, making it look and behave like younger skin, its producers claim.
“What we've been able to do is create a cream that you can put on the skin, and then when it's on the skin it can actually form, essentially, an elastic second skin,” said Bob Langer, who led the research. Tests in the lab found that the polymer film (高分子膜), which is only 70 thousandths of a millimetre thick, reduced the appearance of wrinkles and under-eye bags, and helped keep moisture in areas of dry skin.
The layer is designed to be applied in the morning, then peeled off at night. In previous studies, the second skin withstood normal daily wear, and the stresses and strains of exercise and swimming, without falling off or causing irritation. It also survived exposure to rain.
“It's something you can wear for a whole day or longer, depending on the physical forces thatget applied to the area where it is worn, "said Daniel Anderson, who helped develop the product at MIT. “You can't tell you're wearing it.”
While normal cosmetics can mask imperfections on the skin, the new coating changes the way skin behaves by giving it the elasticity of young skin. It was developed with help from two companies.
Humans and gorillas shared evolution for 23 million years. Their paths separated only six million years ago. Research on how gorillas communicate can help us understand human language development.
Understanding how the brain works helps us see a connection between language development and non-verbal signs. These signs or movements include things like the way we move our hands or bodies or the different expressions our faces have in different social situations. A new study on gorillas showed that the right side of the body is controlled by the left part of the brain and it is also the location for language development.
Two cameras were used to film all of one ape's movements. One of the first results was that gorillas use their right hands more when they are doing actions with their heads or mouths at the same time. This shows that there is a connection between how our brain works and the reason we use one side of our body more than the other. In addition, we can use the results of the study and our knowledge about brains to help us understand more about how language first developed in humans.
Dr Forrester, who did the study, says the results can be useful in other ways, such as understanding language development in children. For example, some children have serious illness called “autism” which can stop them communicating normally with people. It might be possible to use the same study method to find out which children have this illness when they are very young. Doctors will then be able to start treatment early.
People all have good days and bad days. And some of the bad days happen due to events beyond your control.One way to increase the possibility that you have a good day is to join “gratification(喜悦)” activities, which you enjoy and you're good at.However, if you don't have the type of job, you can take part in other activities and find the same result.
There are many little pleasures you can add to your life, such as tea, a warm bath, a walk in the park and so on. As long as you enjoy them, they can really brighten your every day .Laughter is also part of having a good day .That's why it's important to do what you can to create joy for youAfter all, if you are humorous, you can more easily center on fun things.
If you don't have much time, one way can be used during a stressful dayYou should achieve this by making your plan flexible and checking that everything in your plan is necessary. Being busy is okay, but wasting time and energy on too many unnecessary things can just lead to stress.
A. Often, bad days come from overweight stress.
B. Some people experience joy and happiness at work.
C. Good moods enable us to notice more chances.
D. Life's pleasures are also able to add a quick lift to your mood.
E. However, people do have power in creating better days.
F. So it's important—-especially if you're a busy person —-to stay balanced.
G. Besides, developing a sense of humor also helps you have a good day.
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(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Last Friday I saw the worst weather in years. In the morning, the sun was completely blocked so that I could see something clearly. I stayed at home, look outside. That came into sight was a flash of lightning. Seconds later, the noise of thunder broke the silent. Then a strong wind starts to blow into my room. Pieces of paper on my desk was blown high into the air and some flew out the open window. Then I closed the window when it rained hard and near broke my window.
What a bad weather! I hate it so I can't go out to play.
Chinese oracle bone inscriptions (甲骨文) over 3,000 years old are now being widely used as emojis by young WeChat users, thanks to a person who made them(close) to people's life than before.
“The ancient characters are not as cool and distant they are supposed to be,” said the (create) Chen Nan. “In fact, they are cute and humorous, and they could totally serve our needs for online expression.”46-year-old professor of fine art at Tsinghua University has been working to make oracle bone inscriptions into emojis. For example, the character for “zui,” means “drunk” in English, was created (look) like a stumbling figure.
Chen has also combined the ancient Chinese characters with cartoon figures. A cartoon video clip (feature) oracle bone inscriptions designed by him was viewed 31 million times and shared 140,000 times.
Chen worked on the road of innovation 19 years ago. In 2016, the ancient typeface(include) into the font library under his efforts to let the ancient words walk into people's life. Now the library has as many as 3,500 characters,Chen's research on the project still continues, as he plans to extend the library to 7,000 characters. In the future, he will apply the ancient characters education and development of games and apps.
