Clever Ways to Organize Your Refrigerator
When you’re watching your grocery budget, a refrigerator can be your best friend. It’s great for people who only occasionally have time to cook. Because you can either buy ready-made meals or make up big batches periodically and divvy them up for convenient weeknight meals. The issue, of course, is freezer organization. Having wonderful food on hand is just annoying if you can’t actually find it when you want it!
iDesign Linus Divided Refrigerator Storage Bin
A lot of the convenience foods we put into the refrigerator come in boxes.
YouCopia FreezeUp Refrigerator Bin
Another type of “problem packaging” is the stand-up, zipper-seal bags that many kinds of fruit and vegetables are sold in. They’re convenient to use, but there’s not really a good way to pile or organize them when they go back into the refrigerator. This refrigerator bin from YouCopia, with its four or six removable dividers, is just the thing to keep them in line. It’s clear and has a low wall at one side.
Removable Refrigerator Food Labels
Physical organizing isn’t the only kind you’ll need to do to get the most out of your refrigerator and its contents.
| A．It’s popular due to its small size. |
| B．It’s just 11 inches deep and 5 inches wide. |
| C．So it’s easy to see what you’ve got. |
| D．You need to make full use of your refrigerator. |
| E．Small boxes in particular can be a pain to store. |
| F．Now we have got the clever solutions to the problem. |
| G．You’ll also need to keep track of what’s in there. |
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【推荐1】A vivid imagination is more than dreaming up stories about dinosaurs and pirates (海盗). It is the origin of creativity and innovation. Working on your powers of imagination will help you think outside the box — a useful skill at both school and work.
Turn off the TV. Watching television programs is a form of passive participation. It is good for relaxing after a hard day.
Read creative literature and watch creative films. If you normally read detective thrillers, try reading a fantasy novel.
Try visual art forms. You don’t have to intend to sell your works to enjoy the visual arts. Take a pottery (陶艺) or baking class to find out ways you can use your imagination to create physical objects. You can find places in your home to appreciate them, or simply throw them away.
| A．Try to do nothing. |
| B．The same applies to films. |
| C．Inspire your imagination by killing time, |
| D．This allows yourself a free artistic expression. |
| E．Some people are more naturally imaginative than others. |
| F．However, it is not helpful in improving your imagination. |
| G．There are some ways that can help improve your imagination. |
【推荐2】Most people will experience some form of stress during their life and stress-related illnesses place a massive burden on health services worldwide. In fact, it can be self-managed in numerous ways.
•Meditate (冥想) every day
In an age where the demands on our time from family and work appear to be never-ending, this may seem like a massive commitment to make.
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In the spirit of taking more time out of your busy schedule, a number of health experts speak highly of the virtues exercising on a daily basis. Exercise helps to lift your mood, reduce anxiety and can play a hugely significant role in handling the negative emotions. Even if you are super-busy, set aside just 15-20 minutes per day for exercise.
•Buy a dog
•Get quality sleep
We head back to relaxation for our final stress reduction tip and it is a biggie. Make sure you get enough quality sleep. Stress can negatively affect your sleep and failing to sleep can cause more stress.
| A．Work out more |
| B．Form a regular routine |
| C．Spare no efforts to release your stress |
| D．Yet meditation allows your body and mind to relax |
| E．The clever creature is described as man’s best friend |
| F．Eventually it is a severe circle you need to avoid at all costs |
| G．Let’s take a look at four natural solutions for stress management |
Moving a Giant
The logistics of excavating(挖掘)and relocating a town's century-old, living sequoia(红 杉)tree. Inhabitants of Boise, Idaho, watched with trepidation earlier this year as the city's oldest, tallest resident moved two blocks. The 105-year-old sequoia tree serves as a local landmark, not only for its longevity but also because renowned naturalist and Sierra Club cofounder John Muir provided the original seedling. So, when Saint Luke's Health System found that the 10-story-tall conifer(针叶树)stood stood in the way of its planned hospital expansion, officials called tree-moving firm Environmental Design.
The Texas-based company has developed and patented scooping and lifting technology to move massive trees. Weighing in at more than 800,000 pounds, the Boise sequoia is its largest undertaking yet. "I (had) lost enough sleep over this," says David Cox, the company's Western region vice president—and that was before the hospital mentioned the tree's distinguished origin. Before the heavy lifting began, the team assessed the root system and dug a five-foot-deep cylinder, measuring 40 feet in diameter, around the trunk to protect all essential roots. After encapsulating the root ball in wire mesh, the movers allowed the tree to adapt to its new situation for seven months before relocating it. The illustration details what followed. —Leslie Nemo
1. Mark A. Merit and his team at Environmental Design installed underneath the root ball a platform of seven-inch-diameter, 44-foot-long steelbars and, just below the rods, a first set of uninflated airbags (shown in gray). The team also dug a shallow ramp.
2. In roughly 15 minutes, the movers inflated the airbags to about three feet in diameter to raise the root ball to the surface of the hole.
3. By underinflating the front bags, the team allowed the platform carrying the tree to roll up the ramp and out of the hole while staying level. A trailer hauled the tree along as team members removed the airbags from the back of the platform and replaced them in the front. They repeated the process until the tree arrived at the edge of its new home.
4. There a second set of partially inflated bags (shown in white) waited inside the hole. Soil surrounding the sequoia in its original location was relocated as well, because trees are more likely to survive a transplant when they move with their original soil.
5. Using the first set of airbags, the movers rolled the platform into the new hole.
6. The bags waiting there were then inflated further to take the weight of the sequoia while the transportation bags were deflated and removed from under the tree.
7. The white bags were then deflated in about half an hour to lower the sequoia's root ball to the bottom of its hole. The bags were removed, but the metal bars were left with the tree because they rust and degrade over a number of years.
8. For the next five years the local park service will monitor and maintain the tree in its new home.
1. Which of the following words can be used to replace the words underlined " stood in the way of" ?| A．Resisted. | B．Balanced. |
| C．Blocked. | D．Promoted. |
| A．Because the Scooping and lifting technology should be put into use. |
| B．Because it blocks local hospital expansion plans. |
| C．Because it corresponds to government’s plan of Environmental Design. |
| D．Because sequoia trees are over a hundred years old. |
| A．They will be given new soil in the new living environment. |
| B．Metal rods used to move sequoia trees will not be left on the trees. |
| C．They will be kept in transport bags all the time. |
| D．They will be managed by specialists in the next five years. |
【推荐1】The Marches were a happy family. Poverty, hard work, and even the fact that Father March was away with the Union armies could not down the spirits of Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy, and Marmee, as the March girls called their mother.
The March sisters tried to be good but had their share of faults. Pretty Meg was often displeased with the schoolchildren she taught; boyish Jo was easy to become angry; golden-haired schoolgirl Amy liked to show up; but Beth, who kept the house, was loving and gentle always.
The happy days passed and darkness came when a telegram arrived for Mrs. March. “Your husband is very ill,” it said, “come at once.” The girls tried to be brave when their mother left for the front. They waited and prayed. Little Beth got scarlet fever(猩红热)when she was taking care of a sick neighbor. She became very ill but began to recover by the time Marmee was back. When Father came home from the front and at that joyful Christmas dinner they were once more all together.
Three years later the March girls had grown into young womanhood. Meg became Mrs. Brooke, and after a few family troubles got used to her new state happily. Jo had found pleasure in her literary efforts. Amy had grown into a young lady with a talent for design and an even greater one for society. But Beth had never fully regained her health, and her family watched her with love and anxiety.
Amy was asked to go and stay in Europe with a relative of the Marches’. Jo went to New York and became successful in her writing and had the satisfaction of seeing her work published there. But at home the bitterest blow was yet to fall. Beth had known for some time that she couldn’t live much longer to be with her family, and in the springtime she died.
News came from Europe that Amy and Laurie, the grandson of a wealthy neighbor, had planned to be married soon. Now Jo became ever more successful in her writing and got married to Professor Bhaer, and soon afterwards founded a school for boys.
And so the little women had grown up and lived happily with their children, enjoying the harvest of love and goodness that they had devoted all their lives to.
1. The members of the March family were Father March, Mrs. March and their ________．
| A．five daughters | B．four daughters |
| C．son and four daughters | D．son and five daughters |
| A．Amy. | B．Beth. | C．Jo. | D．Meg. |
| A．The March Family. | B．The March Parents. |
| C．The March Girls. | D．The March Relatives. |
| A．a lot of rich relatives | B．wealthy neighbors |
| C．more girls than boys | D．both happiness and sadness |
【推荐2】Why are Chores Important for Children to Do?
You might hold back from assigning your children chores because they already have their hands full with homework and school activities.
You’ve often heard that a “family that prays together, stays together”, right?
The best way to teach children how to appreciate what they have is to give them age-appropriate household chores. They’ll also learn to sympathize with you and learn what’s involved in making a home.
When you assign your children age-appropriate household chores, you’re teaching them to be responsible. You won’t always be around to wash the dishes or set the table for them. They’ll have to assume that responsibility on their own, perhaps after leaving home. As a child growing up, you likely learned how to do things around the home from your parents.
| A．Chores give them a sense of purpose and usefulness. |
| B．Doing household chores influence your child’s maturity. |
| C．The same applies when handling chores around the home. |
| D．Wouldn’t it be nice to pass on those skills to your children? |
| E．That’s understandable, but household chores can benefit your children. |
| F．It takes effort, time, and resources to do all the things around the home. |
| G．Children learn to cherish only with the experience of doing chores at home. |
On a recent Saturday, I stepped into a MeDonald to use the ladies’ room. There I saw a woman of my age with a concerned look on her face helping her elderly father slowly make his way to the men’s room with his walker.She seemed like a loving,dutiful daughter dealing with the role reversal(逆转)that comes with age—those moments when it feels like you’re talking care of your parents,instead of being taken care of by your parents.
As a member of the sandwich generation,I can relate.I often feel like the peanut butter between two pieced of bread:I’m trying to hold it together for my two teenage daughters,and also meet the needs of my 89-year-old mom,Elinor.
My mother’s day-to-day care became a must after my father passed away last year.My parents cared for each other through Parkinson’s disease,heart disease and cancer.Now mom is living alone, in the same house in Virginia where my elder sister,my younger brother and I grew up. The house is full of 55 years’ memories about my mom and my dad. And the thought of leaving it makes her extremely sad.
But what if something happens to her and no one is there to help? What about the hours of loneliness that can’t be alleviated with a phone call? I am lucky that my brothers and sisters and I are in regular communication and we all want to do our part.
We don’t want to decide for her, of course. And we do have options: We could ensure that the house is safe for her, or bring in someone a couple of hours a day to cook a few meals and do light house-keeping. The most important thing is to keep talking about it as family,and to keep mom involved in the discussion.
Whatever we decide, we’ll do it together.Mom sacrifices her whole life for us,and we want to help her age with dignity.
1. What does the author think of the woman of her age? (no more than 10 words)2. Why doesn’t the author’s mother want to leave her house? (no more than 8 words)
3. What does the underlined word “alleviated” in Paragraph 4 mean? (1 word)
4. What makes the author think she is lucky ?(no more than 16 words)
5. What inspiration do you get from the passage? Please express it in your own words.(no more than 25 words)
