What you will become in the future depends a lot on what you are doing to yourself now.
You can be brilliant, unforgettable or interesting as long as you believe that you are the creator of yourself.
Don’t hope that life is easier. Don’t let others get you down and stop you from achieving what you set out to achieve.
Learn to be courageous. Go and discover your unique attributes and learn to move away from your comfort zone. Take a vigorous action.
A.Don’t stop being the best of yourself. |
B.You can also be a failure if you are not responsible for your future. |
C.So you don’t need a fortuneteller to tell you what your future life will be. |
D.Remember, you are the creator of yourself. |
E.Be in charge of yourself and as you move towards your life goal, |
F.Tell yourself that you are in charge and the world will not be able to resist a person on a successful path. |
G.Once you know what you want to achieve each little step you take every day will bring you closer to your goal. |
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【推荐1】NEED A GOOD ADVENTURE
Adventures expand our world by allowing us to engage with ourselves and others in a new way. Ready for your adventure? Here’s some advice.
Start small.
Pick a manageable activity you can do soon — this weekend — close to home.
Research from Harvard University shows that people who interpreted their nervousness about activities such as karaoke singing and public speaking as excitement enjoyed the experiences more and performed better than those who tried to press down their anxiety. This changed their threat mindset into an opportunity mindset.
Use your imagination.
Write yourself a letter.
Think of it as an uplift talk. Start by addressing your fear. “I know you’re nervous. This is normal because you’re leaving your comfort zone.”
Relax about the outcome.
If you could do this whole thing perfectly, it would not be the adventure you’re looking for. Remember: Whatever happens, it should make a good story. Imagining how fun it will be to tell your friends about your adventurous story later will help you stop complaining now.
A.Picture the worst-case scene. |
B.Arouse your anxiety. |
C.This will break your inactivity and help you build up to bigger adventures. |
D.Shift how you view anxiety. |
E.And you’ll feel connected to others. |
F.This can boost your mood and change your thinking by making you feel more stressed. |
G.Then write about the skills you have and the past experiences that went well. |
【推荐2】Have you promised that you are going to get healthier? Maybe you want to lose weight, get stronger and have more energy. Maybe you are under the doctor's orders to eat right and take exercise more. Well, those all sound great.
Eat right. Healthy eating is harder than before. Now many supermarkets or restaurants are packed with unhealthy choices that cause weight gain and weaken energy. Over time, making poor food choices can cause illness. But you don't have to be concerned about it. Eat natural and organic foods as often as possible.
Keep healthy.
Reduce stress. In the US, 77% of people often experience physical stress.
A.That is not a group you want to be a part of. |
B.Choose happiness. |
C.Cut out the junk food. |
D.Get happy for free. |
E.But with so many choicest it can be hard to get started. |
F.So you don't need to care about this. |
G.People who often take exercise are generally happier and healthier than people who don’t. |
【推荐3】Fooling the Eye— Camera Tricks That You Can Do
Here are some easy tips and tricks that can create images that fool the eye.
Play with Perspective
One of the easiest tricks is called forced perspective. To do this, you set up a camera shot with someone closer and someone farther away.
Fly Superheroes
How can you take a photograph of a friend so that they seem to be flying superheroes?
Is the sky full of big, puffy (松软洁白的) clouds? Hold up an empty ice cream cone so it looks like it’s filled with clouds instead of ice cream. Have a friend draw funny eyeballs on the back of their hand and then hold their hand across their real eyes for a funny face photo. You can create your own trick photos by exploring other ways to use all these tricks.
A.Try Other Tricks |
B.Hold up Ice Creams |
C.There are two methods for this |
D.The person in front will look large |
E.Another is to have your friend lie flat on a sheet |
F.The only rule is not to do anything risky and to have fun |
G.Position yourself low and take the photo looking slightly upward |
【推荐1】Don’t you want to talk less and smile more? That seems to be Amazon’s vision for the future of the smart home. According to the company, talking to their devices is just a temporary stage. Next, their gadgets (小玩意) will just know what we want and do it for us without a single command. To plot this route, the consumer tech giant showed off a series of new gadgets at its annual hardware event in September, 2020.
This vision of a smart home has been the road map for home automation for decades. A true smart home doesn’t just react to commands, it can foresee what will happen and take action accordingly. This could include lights switching on when you arrive home, heating turning off when the house is empty, or security drones (无人机) activating when somebody breaks in. Amazon says it’s ready for this domestic revolution, even if it’s still a few decades off.
Connectivity is the guarantee of a true smart home. The updated Echo smart speaker line that was recently displayed doesn’t just have a showy new look, it comes with a suite of tech to keep everything connected. This extended network, which will be launched in the US in later 2021, is designed to support expanding the smart home out to the smart garden and the smart driveway and beyond to the smart neighbourhood.
At the event, Amazon also showed off an actual robot. The Ring Always Home Cam ($ 250, coming in 2021) was perhaps the most fancy offering from the event, and certainly raised a fair number of eyebrows. At roughly 13cm high, the Always Home Cam is a drone with a camera. It rises up from its docking station and flies on pre-set paths. If a security event is detected, it will send warnings to your phone.
Ultimately, a true smart home won’t just rely on voice commands or drones. The less aggressive tech such as sensors, computer vision, and AI will work together to respond to our needs without violating our privacy. But, as Limp says, the true smart home “is a long-term vision, and there’s still lots to be done to make that a reality”.
1. According to Amazon’s vision, a true smart home ______.A.is already available to the consumers last September |
B.will be active and predictive |
C.will be limited to indoor activities |
D.can only act at its owner’s request |
A.it only connects things in one’s own home | B.it is necessity for a true smart home |
C.it has an attractive new look | D.it enjoys great popularity |
A.Call the police. | B.Detect invaders. | C.Send messages | D.Take photos. |
A.Introducing the company of Amazon. |
B.Advertising the benefits of the smart home. |
C.Talking about how Echo smart speaker line works. |
D.What the true smart home is like and some related gadgets. |
【推荐2】Japanese automaker Toyota has announced its “Woven City” plan, which aims to create a “smart city of the future". It will be a “living laboratory” for technologies including self-driving systems, high-speed internet connectivity to link major information and communication systems.
The main streets in Woven City will be divided for different purposes. One part will be used for faster vehicle traffic. Another will be designed for people riding bicycles. The third part will be used for walking. To move people through the city, only fully-autonomous, zero emission Toyota vehicles will be allowed on the roads. In and throughout Woven City, Toyota e-Palettes will be used for transportation and deliveries.
The city will be fully sustainable(可持续的),with buildings made mostly of wood to cut carbon footprint to the minimum. The rooftops will be covered with solar panels to produce power in addition to power produced by H2 fuel cells. Houses will be equipped with the latest AI technologies, such as in-home robotics to assist with daily work and to check people' s health, Both neighborhood parks and a large central park for recreation and social gatherings are designed to bring the people together.
Toyota plans to populate the city with Toyota Motor Corporation employees and their families, visiting scientists and industry partners. The plan is for 2, 000 people to start, adding more as the ;project develops.
“Building a complete city from scratch, even in a small size like this, is a unique chance to develop future technologies. With people, buildings and vehicles all connected and communicating with each other through sensors, we will be able to test connected AI technology in both the virtual(虚拟的) and the physical areas to maximize its potential,” said Akio Toyoda,president of Toyota Motor Corporation.
Experts say smart cities, like Toyota's“Woven City”,will greatly improve our living conditions.
1. What is the “e-Palette” in paragraph 2?A.An intelligent robot, | B.A driverless car. |
C.An autonomous bike. | D.A slow vehicle. |
A.All the houses are built with wood only. | B.Only Toyota workers live there. |
C.It is designed to hold 2,000 people, | D.Just green power is used in the city. |
A.He is not satisfied with the small size of the city. |
B.It is difficult to build a complete city of the future. |
C.The city is a good platform to test future technologies. |
D.Toyota is committed to improving the living conditions. |
A.What Does a “City of the Future" Look Like? |
B.Can Toyota's Woven City Become a Reality? |
C.Toyota's Plan for a “City of the Future" |
D.New Technologies for Future Cities |
【推荐3】Life will probably be very different in 2050. First of all, it seems that TV channels will have vanished by 2050. Instead, people will choose a programme from a “menu” and a computer will send the programme directly to the television. By 2050, music, films, programmes, newspapers and books will come to us in the similar way.
In many places, agriculture is developing quickly and people are growing fruit and vegetables for export. This uses a lot of water. Therefore, there could be serious shortages of water. Some scientist predict that water could be the cause of wars if we don’t act now.
In the future, cars will run on new, clean fuels (燃料) and they will go very fast. Cars will have computers to control the speed and there won’t be any accidents. Today, many cars have computers that tell drivers exactly where they are. By 2050, the computer will control the car and drive it to your destination. Also, by 2050, space planes will fly people from Los Angeles to Tokyo in just two hours.
Some big companies now prefer to use robots that do not ask for pay rises or go on strike, and work 24 hours a day. They are also easy to control. And they never argue with people. They can be easily used in a variety of places — factories, schools, offices, hospitals, shops and homes.
Scientists will have discovered how to control genes (基因). Scientists have already produced clones (克隆) of animals. By 2050, scientists will be able to produce clones of people and decide how they look and how they behave. Scientists will be able to do these things, but should they?
1. Which of the following best explains “vanished” underlined in paragraph 1?A.Settled. | B.Spread. | C.Disappeared. | D.Decreased. |
A.Robots can work in different places. |
B.Robots have much to be improved. |
C.Robots work for humans for free. |
D.Robots have many advantages. |
A.He probably disagrees with the idea of human cloning. |
B.He is looking forward to using of cloning technology. |
C.The scientists have already discovered how to control genes. |
D.The scientists will face many difficulties of controlling genes. |
A.High-tech Cars | B.Life in the Future |
C.Is Cloning Really Good? | D.Are You Ready for the Future? |