Fuchsia Dunlop decided to visit China after reading articles about the country for several months. The one-month backpacking trip exposed the English woman
The last stop of her trip was Chengdu,
After she returned to London, Dunlop made the decision to study in China at Sichuan University. When she wrote down "studying Chinese
Her journey eventually led her to become the most knowledgeable English person on Chinese food. She
According to Chen Xiaoqing,
2 . You can’t choose friends for your child, but you can help him learn to choose friends wisely.
Build your child's self-confidence.
When he succeeds or has made a great choice, tell him you are proud of him.
Give him your full attention when he talks, and really listen to what he has to say.
Discuss the qualities in a friend with your child.
Discuss with your child the qualities that matter most, such as being reliable and kind, and making good choices when it comes to avoiding alcohol and cigarettes.
Get to know your child's friends.
After-school clubs and sports programs are good places for meeting new people. Be open to exploring different activities with your child to find something that he enjoys.
A.When he does not succeed, help him feel better and keep trying. |
B.You can teach him ways to find friends who will have a positive influence on him. |
C.There are many types of friends and we should be careful when making our choices. |
D.Introduce your child to new groups of people. |
E.Friends are very important for us. |
F.Talk with your child every day and listen to his concerns. |
G.Try not to judge your child's friends according to how they dress. |
3 . A machine that takes sweat-laden (浸满汗水的) clothes and turns the sweat into drinking water is in use in Sweden. The machine makes the clothes turn round quickly, heats them to remove the sweat, and then passes the steam through a kind of special material to make purified water.
Since it has been brought into use, its creators say more than 1000 people have drunk others’ “sweat” in Gothenburg. They add the liquid is cleaner than local tap water.
The device was built for the United Nations’ child-focused charity UNICEF to promote a campaign highlighting the fact that 780 million people in the world lack access to clean water.
The machine was designed and built by the engineer Andreas Hammar, known locally for his appearances on TV tech show “Mekatronik”. He said the key part of the sweat machine was a new water purification part developed by a company named HVR.
“It uses a technique called membrane distillation (膜蒸馏),” he told the BBC. “We use a special kind of material that only lets steam through but keeps bacteria, salts, clothing fibers and other things out. They have something similar to the International Space Station, but our machine is cheaper to build. The amount of water it produces depends on how sweaty the person is, but one person’s T-shirt typically produces 10ml, about a mouthful.”
The device has been put on show at the Gothia Cup-the world’s largest international youth football tournament. Mattias Ronge, chief executive of Stockholm-based advertising agency Deportivo, said the machine had helped raise awareness for UNICEF, but in reality had its limitations.
“People haven’t produced as much sweat as we hoped – right now the weather in Gothenburg is lousy,” Mattias Ronge said. “So we’ve equipped the machine with exercise bikes and volunteers are cycling like crazy. Even so, the demand for sweat is greater than the supply. And the machine will never be produced in large numbers, since there are better solutions out there such as water purifying pills.”
1. Which of the following is the disadvantage of the sweat machine?A.The amount of water the machine produces is rather limited. |
B.It takes too long for the machine to produce water. |
C.It costs a large amount of money to build the machine. |
D.The water processed by the machine is not clean enough. |
A.show how the sweat machine works |
B.show the importance of the United Nations |
C.explain why the sweat machine was invented |
D.tell us who invented the sweat machine |
A.It could only be used in summer. |
B.It was not worth popularizing. |
C.It did not work at all. |
D.The water it produced tasted sweet. |
A.780 million people in the world lack access to clean water |
B.a machine which turns sweat into drinking water is invented |
C.a better solution to purifying dirty water is discovered |
D.the pill which turns dirty water into clean water is produced |
4 . Different Cultures
The cultures of the East and the West really distinguish each other a lot.
The origin of the Eastern culture is mainly from two countries: China and India. Both of the two cultures are developed by rivers—the Yellow River in China and the Hindu River in India.
When the two mother rivers gave birth to the Eastern culture, another famous culture was brought up on the Mesopotamian Plain—the Mesopotamian Civilization. This civilization later on developed into the cultures of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.
At the same time, some other differences add to the cultural differences. Take the language system for example. In the East, most languages belong to the pictographic language while the Western languages are mostly based on the Latin system. Other causes like human race differences count as well. But what’s more, due to the far distance and the steep areas between the East and the West, the two cultures seldom communicate until recent centuries.
The differences are everywhere.
A.Let us work together to keep a variety of cultures. |
B.And these two are well- known as the base of the European culture. |
C.One important thing is to learn about other cultures. |
D.This is because the culture systems are two separate systems on the whole. |
E.They are obvious and affect people’s ways of thinking and their views of the world. |
F.They helped the two cultures develop for centuries and form their own styles. |
G.So they grew up totally in their own ways with almost no interference from the other. |