Laugh and the world laughs with you. Even
“Adults who have a sense of humor live longer than
He
At the start, patients filled out questionnaires on
2 . Each week, the BBC Autos editors select their favourite transport-related news stories, features and videos from around the web. This week, we noticed a trend toward offering creative solutions to global transportation problems.
Carry on without your carry-on
In an effort to save money and increase customer spending, United Airlines will restrict some passengers’ access to overhead compartments. The Huffington Post reports that United will be the first US airline to limit “basic economy” flyers to a single free carry-on bag that can fit under a seat.
Grandad’s Coke pool rust-removal stunt goes wrong
Not only are fizzy drinks(起泡饮料) capable of rotting teeth, they can also remove rust(锈). One Latvian grandfather decided to put cola to the ultimate rust-removal test by submerging his car in a pool of Coca-Cola. In a video posted online, the unnamed daredevil grandad fills a lined pit with 6,000 two-litre bottles of Coke. He then settles into the driver’s seat and speeds into the hole, smashing the front of his red Audi. Whether or not the rust was removed is unknown, but the Daily Mail contends that “
| A．Improvement in the amount of rust on the car was far less than the damage to the vehicle. |
| B．The problems have stirred up heated discussion on the Internet. |
| C．Some of the suggestions are innovative and intelligent, but others are likely to make travelers feel funny. |
| D．Coca-Cola is already a food giant, which attracts children and adults alike around the world. |
| E．In other words, starting next year, those who purchase the cheapest fares will not only be allowed one personal item that fits under the seat in front of them. |
| F．United’s move to limit carry-on bags and charge more for flying perks (飞行特权) isn’t a new concept. |
Anvitha Vijay is the Apple’s youngest app developer. When you were 9 years old, what were you busy
She showed interest in apps and coding after her younger sister
Vijay works in the WWDC room like other people by walking up to developers at WWDC and handing out her business card, which has her name and a motto: “I want to make a difference in people’s lives through technology”. Back home, she used her mom’s iPhone ( under her mom’s name) because you have to wait
Asked to name her favorite app beside the ones she developed, she cites the White Tiles 4 app, which was developed in China in 2014. What does she want to be when she grows up? “ I want to be an innovator,
A 14-year-old Girl Built an App to Help Alzheimer’s patients (老年痴呆症患者）
For many teenagers, their lives typically might circle around schoolwork and spending time with friends. Not so for Emma Yang. Though the Hong Kong-born girl is only 14, she
The Timeless app, which Yang spent two years
The inspiration to develop an app that would help Alzheimer’s patients connect with their loved ones came to Yang at the age of 12, when her grandmother started forgetting things like
“I wanted to create something to help people like my grandmother stay
At present Yang works with an international team that includes a designer in California and a developer in Cologne, Germany. The chief technology officer of Kairos, the AI company
Yang urged other young, ambitious people to believe in
| A. resembles B. immediately C. peculiar D. cushion E. disciplines F. press G. refer H. shifts I . interacting J. dramatically K. classic |
Traffic science is one of those
There are two kinds of traffic flow. In uncongested stable flows, cars can move at or near the speed limit, and the "unstable regime," what laypeople (外行) call a stop-and-go traffic. What scientists have figured out over the past decade or so is when and why traffic
“We see in our models that traffic becomes unstable when the number of cars (passing a specific spot) per lane per hour reaches between 2,000 and 2,500. At that nominal capacity level, traffic is very likely to become unstable,” says Hani Mahmassani, a traffic scientist at Northwestern University in Chicago.
Consider a
The next car back has to slow down even more, again to give itself a
| 团队游(package tour) | 自助游(self-organized tour) |
| 花销少，有导游服务 | 自由随意 |
| 易结交朋友 | 可调整行程 |
| 不够自由 | 需自理食宿 |
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| A. belief B. discourage C. choices D. issue AB. try AC. characterize AD. demonstrate BC. ensure BD. incomparable CD. opposing ABC. responsible |
The unique features of colleges and universities in the U.S. are hardly shared by their competitors in Europe or Asia. Many foreign students are attracted not only to the academic programs at a particular U.S. college but also to the larger community, which affords the chance for them to absorb the surrounding culture. Clubs, sports teams, student publications and drama societies
Foreign students also come in search of
Such
Centralization (集权化) is likely to
Wearable technology can reportedly tell you a lot more than just the number of calories you’re burning or how many steps you’ve walked… That clever smartwatch can actually tell that you’re about to get a cold, days before you start feeling poorly. As New Scientist reports, researchers at Stanford University in California have discovered that wearable tech can now detect when you’re about to fall prey to (感染) a frightening winter bug, simply by tracking your vital statistics.
After monitoring 40 smartwatch users for up to two years, the team has demonstrated that the devices can be used to detect the first signs of coming illness. The participants’ pulse and skin temperature were continuously monitored throughout the period, with the scientists noting that their smartwatches recorded unusually higher heart rates and skin temperatures up to three days before the volunteers began displaying symptoms of cold or flu.
Study leader Michael Snynder said: “Once these wearables collect enough data to know what your normal baseline readings are, they can get very good at sensing when something goes wrong. We think that if your heart rate and skin temperature are elevated for about two hours, there’s a strong chance you’re getting sick.” “Continuous tracking of your vital signs is more informative than having a doctor measure them once a year and comparing them with population averages,” he added.
The team now hopes to create an algorithm (算法) that will let smartwatches notify you when you’re about to get sick. Well, at least that might give us the chance to stock up on vitamins and wrap up warm before the germ attacks!
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9 . You've been painting for a few years, and maybe you have even sold a painting or two. Are you ready to
Distinguishing green hand from professional artists is
To turn professional, people find it critical to develop a personal style. What makes your paintings
Artists talk about their
Many amateur artists passively wait for
Besides, professional artists are constantly prepared to grab new ideas for the next painting, which they believe is sure to be better than the previous one. The belief that there is always room for
| A．step beyond | B．turn off | C．see through | D．make up |
| A．rewarding | B．tricky | C．formal | D．temporary |
| A．individually | B．thoroughly | C．instantly | D．sincerely |
| A．different | B．superior | C．practical | D．reliable |
| A．get | B．transfer | C．imitate | D．analyze |
| A．recent | B．clear | C．modest | D．logical |
| A．preservation | B．employment | C．adaption | D．recognition |
| A．background | B．significance | C．motivation | D．routine |
| A．To sum up | B．In contrast | C．In addition | D．In general |
| A．academic | B．global | C．financial | D．original |
| A．inspiration | B．fame | C．guidance | D．solution |
| A．offended | B．dominated | C．distracted | D．rewarded |
| A．studio | B．bedroom | C．garage | D．garden |
| A．Reflection | B．Devotion | C．Creativity | D．Illustration |
| A．negotiation | B．profit | C．criticism | D．improvement |
10 . For the first time in its history, the International Olympic Committee has allowed a team of refugees to compete at the Games. All of the team’s members were forced to leave their home countries. Now they’ve come together to compete under the Olympic flag instead.
Making it to the Olympics is something eighteen-year-old swimmer Yusra has always dreamed of. But just last year, she was swimming for her life. She and her sister were forced to leave their home in Syria because of the war there. They were trying to get to Greece in a rubber dinghy (橡皮艇) with eighteen other refugees, when their boat broke down and began filling with water. Most of the people on board couldn’t swim, so she and her sister jumped in to help push it to shore.
Three hours later, they made it to safety, and eventually to Germany as refugees. Refugees are people who have left their home country because their lives are threatened by war, bad treatment or violence---often because of their race, gender or beliefs. Around the world, more than 60 million people are in this situation. And some of them, like Yusra, are elite athletes who have trained all their lives to compete at the highest level, only to have that chance taken away.
Now, a team of ten, including swimmers, runners, and judokas from Syria, South Sudan, Ethiopia and Congo have been given the chance to compete at the Games under the Olympic flag. They’ve also been given their own coaches, officials, uniforms and a chef, all paid for by the IOC. And in the past few months they’ve been training hard. The IOC says it wants the team to inspire and give hope to other refugees, and draw attention to the issues millions of other around the world are facing. And these guys say they are up to the task whether they win gold or not.
“These refugee athletes will show the world that despite the unimaginable tragedies that they have faced, anyone can contribute to society through their talent, skills and strength of the human spirit,” the statement continues.
1. What does the underlined sentence mean?| A．She trained all her life. |
| B．She swam for the glory of life. |
| C．She swam to escape being drowned. |
| D．She swam to escape from other refugees. |
| A．Syria | B．Germany | C．Congo | D．Ethiopia |
| A．Race | B．Violence | C．Religion | D．Nationality |
| A．help the refugees to fulfill their dreams of winning the Olympic gold medal. |
| B．offer the refugees a chance to earn bread by themselves. |
| C．light a candle of hope for all the refugees in the world. |
| D．curse the darkness of the society by forcing them to pay attention to the life of refugees. |
