【推荐1】We can’t remember clearly since when we started to take our mobiles to a dinner table. This happens a lot, especially when we eat out.     1     Later, we post the photos onto Weibo or WeChat, waiting to be “liked”. Then we check our mobiles from time to time during the meal, to see whether we get “liked” or not. We just cannot leave our mobiles for simply a meal.

Does that sound familiar to you? Do you do that often?     2    

A recent study suggests that what we are used to doing is not that good. Spending time taking photos of food makes the food less pleasant. To test this, some researchers did an experiment.       3     It turned out that the more photos they took, the less delicious the food seemed to them. So, why not stop taking photos and just enjoy the food ahead of you?

    4     After posting the photos onto the Internet, one will be unable to control himself and check his mobile many times. “Does everyone accept my photo? I hope a lot of people like it!” It seems like your mobile secretly calls your name all the time, even when you are with real people.

So, next time you go out to have dinner with your family or friends, how about not taking photos of food?     5     Trust me, it will be a wonderful time.

【推荐3】What comes to mind when you hear the phrase "space meat"? It sounds quite strange. But in fact, it could very well be the future of the human diet.

A Russian astronaut recently "grew" meat aboard the International Space Station. Yes, you read that right-he grew it using cells(细胞)provided by an Israeli company called Aleph Farms. But in fact, he was not the first person to create lab-grown meat. Dutch scientist Mark Post grew the first lab meat in 2013.

But why bother growing meat in a lab when we can get the real thing from cows? For one thing, lab-grown meat is healthier. "We gain greater control over what the meat consists of(组成), for example its fat content," Post said in an interview with The Atlantic. Lab-grown meat is also free of the chemicals that are used on farms, such as pesticides(农药)and growth hormones(激素).

Are there other ways to replace regular meat? McDonalds is trying to do so with the P.L.T., which stands for plant, lettuce and tomato. The first P.L.T. burgers are already being sold in Canada, according to the fast food company.

The "meat" in the P.L.T. is made out of Beyond Meat, a plant-based meat substitute(替代品)created by a company from Los Angeles, US. The company uses pea, rice and bean proteins to produce something that look and taste like real meat.

Experts are not sure whether these products are healthier than real meat. But they have already proven to be a success, with several fast food companies already offering such products on their menus, according to Fox Business.

【推荐1】I developed a habit of daily learning something new many years ago. It’s one of the best things I’ve ever done. It opens my eyes to the world and gives me a deeper understanding of how the world works.

Many studies have shown that learning new things can improve our brainpower (智能) and memory. When we learn something new, our brain forms new neuronal (神经元的) connections. The more we learn, the easier it is for us to get knowledge. The brain is like a muscle (肌肉). The more we use it, the more powerful it gets. Learning new things can also improve our skills, such as creative writing, math and many others we’ll find helpful now and in the future.

Understanding new information helps us develop our critical (批判性的) thinking skills. When we’re studying a new subject, our brains actively process (处理) new information and compare it to what we already know. Knowing different knowledge also helps us to avoid believing fake (假的) information on the Internet. Even when you are just writing a book report, you are training your mind to become more analytical (善于分析的).

By learning something new, we can have interesting conversations with our friends. We should let ourselves know as much as possible about others’ opinions. Next time you meet your friends, share some of the information that you’ve learned and discuss it. This will give you a deeper understanding of the topic you are trying to know more.

Where in the world can you take an hour’s train ride, and pass a forest, a London street, a scene from the Wild West, and a burning building that never burns down?     1     The scenes you see from the tourist train are film sets(布景) in the Universal Studios, one of the oldest and largest movie companies in the US.

A visit to Universal Studios brings back memories of great days of Hollywood, the films and the stars. But they are only memories.     2     Costs have gone up and confidence has gone down. Movie- makers are afraid to spend their money on expensive new ideas. Instead, they repeat old ones.

The film industry is changing fast. Teenagers still go out to the movies. The theatre is a good place to meet friends away from home.     3     These “soap operas”, as they are called, show rich, powerful families living in beautiful homes and wearing beautiful clothes. But the actors and actresses are nearly all middle-aged, like many of the people who watch them.

Though they are soap operas that are keeping the film-makers of Hollywood in business, big films are still being made in America.     4     New York is the most important new center, but there are many others as well. Movie-makers have realized that they don’t need Hollywood any more. Modern cameras and real houses instead of expensively made copies in a studio.     5     They are offering better working conditions and lower cost.

But Hollywood is fighting back. The state of California is trying hard to keep its best-known industry.