3. —What do you want to eat for lunch? 1 will prepare earlier today,

—Honey, you____________. Let's go out to have something different.

A group of adults, highly succeeded in their jobs, went to visit their old professor. Soon they began to _______ the stress(压力) in work and life.

The professor went to the kitchen and returned _______ a pot(壶) of coffee and all kinds of cups—crystal(水晶的), glass, plastic; some nice looking, some common(一般) looking; some _______, some cheap. And he told them to help _______ to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, “I’ve noticed that all the nice looking expensive cups were _______, leaving behind the common and cheap ones. While it is _______ for you to take only the best for yourselves, that is the root(根源) of your _______.

You know that the cup itself adds no quality(质量) to the coffee, _______ you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, _______ you consciously(自觉地) went for the best cups.

Now think about this: Life is the coffee. The jobs, ________ and position in society(社会地位) are the cups. They are just ________ to hold life, and the type of cup does not change the quality of our life. Sometimes, ________ only paying attention to(注意) the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee that God has ________ us. God offers us the coffee, not the cups. Please enjoy your coffee!”

The happiest people don’t have the best of everything. They just make ________ of everything.

Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak ________. And leave the rest to God.

It is reported that some developed countries have shipped broken parts of computers to China. Such a thing can be found almost every day although it is against international laws. Last month Hong Kong officers found 131,000 kilograms of broken computers, TVs and phones sent from Japan. Things like these are called electronic waste, or e-waste. Dealing with them is not an easy job because dangerous poisons like mercury（汞）and lead（铅）can be found in them. Every time an old computer breaks down, it needs to be dealt with safely. But at present, broken computer parts are usually buried. It may be hundreds of years before they are really gone in the earth.

Many places in China are polluted by e-waste. Guiyu in Guangdong Province is one of them. This town is named as "the e-waste capital of the world". It has to deal with 1.5 million kilograms of e-waste each year, from which it makes 75 million yuan. But it comes at a cost. Many of the poisons in e-waste find their way into the environment. Plastic is burned outdoors and chemical water is poured into rivers. Greenpeace, an environmental group, has found the air, the earth and the rivers in Guiyu badly polluted. The Chinese government wants the country to develop, but in a way that doesn't do harm to the environment and people's life. This year, China passed a new environmental protection law, the strictest one we have ever had. Computer companies like Lenovo and Dell will be asked to take back their old computers. This is because the companies that make computers know best how to deal with them safely. Hopefully, the problem with e-waste will be solved in the near future.

This is a tale of two friends—one is blind, the other has no arms. On their own, the two are “disabled”. But together, they are a powerful team that has changed part of their village in North China’s Hebei Province into a rich, green forest. Meet 53-year-old Jia Haixia and Jia Wenqi!

Their story began in 2000, when Haixia, who was already blind in his right eye, lost his left one after an illness. Wenqi lost his arms in an accident when he was just three. Neither (两个都不) could find a job, so the two decided to team up. They rented (租用) some poor land and began to plant trees. In return, the local officials paid them a small fee (费用).

Haixia and Wenqi never imagined (想象) that they would end up creating an environmental paradise (天堂). Their forest now has over 10,000 trees, hundreds of birds and many other wild animals. Moreover, it saves the village from river flooding during the rainy season.

When the friends work together, they focus on (集中) their strengths not their disabilities. Their day begins at 7 a. m. when the sightless (无视力的) Haixia carries Wenqi across the river to get to their worksite. Since they cannot afford to buy young trees to plant, the two use branches (分支) from existing trees. Haixia climbs to the tree-top and with Wenqi’s direction, selects (选择) the perfect branch. He then digs a hole and carefully plants it. Finally Wenqi waters the area.

Though hard-working, the men don’t make much money. But as Wenqi puts it, “We stand on our own feet, so the fruits of our work taste sweeter.”

Neither Haixia nor Wenqi cares about money. Together, they already have everything they need—a perfect pair of eyes, two strong hands, and the best friendship in the world!

Culture UK: Bristol

Chocolate!

The first chocolate bar in the world was created in Fry's, a company in Bristol. Joseph Fry invented the delicious treat around the year 1720. Fry's also produced the first chocolate Easter egg in the UK in 1873. The company continues to produce chocolates and sweets to this day.

Balloon Festival

The Bristol Belle was the first modern hot-air balloon in Western Europe and was developed and built in 1967. The Bristol International Balloon Festival is held every summer in the city, and is Europe's biggest hot-air balloon event.

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According to a new study, Bristol is the UK's most musical place, with the biggest number of musicians among the population. It's well-known for giving birth to the trip-hop scene in the 1990s. Its multicultural（多元文化的）population has really influenced the sounds of the Bristol music scene.

Famous people

JK Rowling

J.K. Rowling was born and brought up in Chipping Sodbury, just outside Bristol. It is said that she invented her famous character Harry Potter after meeting a young boy named Ian Potter in the village where she grew up.

Banksy

Banksy is a graffiti artist local to Bristol. He is famous all over the world for his street art. Some of his pieces have been sold for hundreds of thousands of pounds. Many Hollywood pop stars and famous people love to collect his work.

Beyond its influence on health, not getting enough sleep can lead to car accidents or other mistakes. Here are what sleep researchers have found about how to sleep.

It is known that all of us naturally need no less than eight hours of sleep per night. When we sleep below six hours per 24, we're at an increased risk of health problems. Some of us think we can make up any of those hours lost during the week on the weekends. Sadly there is no storage system for sleep in the brain.

As a study in 1964, a 17-year-old boy named Randy Gardner stayed awake for 264 hours. How many people could do anything close to that without dying?

When you are reading this， you might say you usually get six hours of sleep and feel just fine. Sleep experts often compare people without enough sleep to drunk drivers： They don't get behind the wheel thinking they're probably going to kill someone.

Coffee can keep us awake. Remember, too much coffee may throw off our sleep and energy cycles. So limit coffee and avoid caffeine for four to six hours before bedtime.

A new research suggests a kind of strong connection between purpose in life and sleep. People who have a greater sense of purpose usually have better physical and mental health, which in turn explains their higher-quality sleep. Perhaps developing a sense of purpose in life could be as useful at improving sleep as the healthy habits above.

71. The book ________ (translate) into four languages last year.

Is sending messages in text a little boring?

Why not put some cute emoji(表情符号) to add some colour?

Emoji are usually yellow faces w    76     human emotions(情感). But they also i    77     pictures of little animals, symbols(符号), shapes and food. People like u    78     them to show their emotions in a text message or e-mail.

Emoji came f    79     Japan in the 1990s. At that time, e-mail was popular in Japan. But people f    80     that the short and simple text couldn’t communicate well. I    81     someone sends a message that reads, “I get it”, you don’t know the emotion that it is trying to give.

“But with the help of emoji, people find it i    82     and quick to send a mood or joke in text,” Shigetaka Kurita, the creator of emoji, told US science website The Verge.

Today, emoji are popular around the world. Young p    83     like talking with emoji. US singer Katy Perry e    84     made a special video for her song Roar with most of its words in emoji.

There are about 845 emoji. Some of the most popular are the heart s    85     and laughing-crying faces, according to(根据) The Wire.

86. 假设上周你们全家去黄山湖公园游玩。请你根据以下要点提示，用英语写一篇短文参加以“How to behave politely”为主题的征文比赛，并适当加以评论。要点提示如下：

How to behave politely

Last week, all my family visited Huangshanhu Park.