Lifestyles differ from person to person. Some people, known as
One Direction was one of the most popular bands, and it
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One day in elementary school, I called out of the class. My father told with me, “Your mother has given birth to your sister.” I was so glad because I always feel lonely at home. My mom placed me next to my sister on the bed before I got home. My little sister was sleeping peaceful, with soft, rosy cheeks and closed eye. Later, our relatives came and sent our best wishes. “May she grow up to being as beautiful as her mother,” they said. “May she become a excellent hostess.” My uncle wished she would be a famous author, what he always did for every newborn baby!
4 . With the weight of its tall buildings, streets and people, New York City is sinking at an average rate of 1 to 2 millimetres each year, a new study says.
The sinking is called “subsidence”. That natural process happens everywhere as ground is compressed (压紧). But the study sought to estimate how the huge weight of the city itself is hurrying things along.
Over 1 million buildings are spread across five boroughs (自治区). The research team found that all those structures add up to 1. 5 trillion metric tons of concrete, metal and glass, equal to the mass of 4, 700 Empire State buildings pressing down on the Earth.
The rate of compression is different throughout the city. Midtown Manhattan’s skyscrapers are largely built on rock, which compresses very little. But some parts of Brooklyn, Queens and downtown Manhattan are on looser soil and sinking faster, the study said.
While the process is slow, parts of the city will eventually be under water. Researchers reached conclusions using satellite imaging, data modeling and mathematical calculations. It will take hundreds of years before New York becomes Venice, which is famously sinking into the Adriatic Sea. But parts of New York are more at risk. A researcher said Manhattan is at risk because of the borough’s large weight.
The ocean is rising at a similar rate that the land is sinking. So the Earth’s changing climate could speed up the process for parts of the city to go under water. Already, New York City is at risk of flooding because of large storms. Storms like Sandy in 2012 caused the ocean to expand inland and flooded neighbourhoods after a lot of rain.
New York City is not the only place sinking. San Francisco, California, is also at risk because of pressure on the ground and the area’s active earthquakes. In Indonesia, the government is preparing for a move from Jakarta, which is sinking into the Java Sea. The government is building a new capital being constructed on the higher ground of an entirely different island.
1. What is the main reason for the different compression rates in New York?A.Different measurement methods. | B.Different geological(地质的)conditions. |
C.Different building materials and styles. | D.Different climate changes and impacts. |
A.Its huge weight. | B.Its distance to the sea. |
C.Its similar position. | D.Various frequent natural disasters. |
A.To keep the reader’s attention. |
B.To improve the atmosphere. |
C.To show the issue is common. |
D.To point out the negative effect of sinking. |
A.New York City Is Slowly Sinking | B.The Flavour of New York City |
C.Here Comes a Future Venice | D.The Problems Caused by Dropping |
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Have you wondered how your body knows when to wake up or why you need the toilet less at night? Influencing by light, body clocks use the sun to help your body to run on time. They repeat every 24 hours and almost every living thing has them. When the sun shines across the window in the morning, your body clock tells you it’s time to wake up. When it’s dark, your body feels sleepy. Not listening to your body clock, such as by going to bed late can mess up your sleep cycle, that makes you tired the next day. Scientists have found body clocks help our whole body run smooth. The Sleep Charity, which helps people to sleep better, recommend sticking to regular sleep patterns. So you’re a night owl who stays up late or a morning lark who likes to get up early, try going to bed and get up at the same time every day. It also suggests getting lots of natural lights in the morning. Even if the sky is cloudy and grey, this can reset your body clock and make you to feel more awake.
A. confusion B. delivered C. reflection D. offer E. context F. set G. signaled H. fluent I. torn J. culture K. genuine |
This is a story about how a foreigner got confused about a Mexican word even though she could speak
In Xixian county, located in Linfen, Shanxi province, a smart pear orchard (果园)
In this orchard, every pear is given
So far, Xixian
According to Wang, the platform not only helps with production but also promotes sales, as its tracking system can collect first-hand marketing feedback data. Pear farmers can learn about the market demand through the system to
8 . “How are you?” These are the three most useless words in the world of communication. The person asking doesn’t really want to know, and the person responding doesn’t tell the truth.
But the key to making the most out of small talk, according to Harvard researchers, is, to simply ask the other person follow-up questions. In a series of experiments, researchers analyzed more than 300 online conversations and found that those who were asked more meaningful follow-up questions (a.k.a. questions that aren’t “how are you?” or “what do you do?”), found the other person much more likable.
So how do you move from tongue-tied to being an interesting person? It depends on questions you start with, and then you can focus on the stream of follow-up questions.
Open your eyes before you open your mouth. Find something to focus on in your surroundings, like the piece of art on the wall, a family picture on their desk, a race car helmet, scattered coins from various countries and so on. There’s bound to be something that will spark small talk and help lead the conversation into unique follow-up questions.
Share some news (that actually happened).
If you have “news”, share it: “I adopted a pet over the weekend” or “My 6-year-old rode a bike for the first time yesterday”. Believe it or not, most people actually do want to know more about others, especially if they both work at the same company.
If you’re new to a company and leading a team, for example, start your first meeting by going around the room and asking each person to say one interesting thing that recently happened in their lives.
It’s not just what you say.
No matter what or how much you say, your tone of voice, facial expression and eye contact will broadcast so much more. In person, look at the other person when you speak, not at the conference table or the wall.
A.Avoid any small talk in our daily life. |
B.Be in the moment and observe your surroundings. |
C.It will also contribute to your success in your work. |
D.On the phone, smile — it will make your voice sound warmer. |
E.What follows is a meaningless exchange with zero connection. |
F.Here are some strategies on having a meaningful conversation. |
G.Due to the momentary sharing, you’ve allowed everyone to feel more personally and genuinely connected with each other. |
Living Heritage: Guqin
Wandering sounds, irregular rhythms and a carrier of gentle emotions. This is the musical language of guqin, a seven string instrument
The earliest piece of guqin in China, unearthed in Hubei province in 2016,
The guqin
This graceful dialogue,
Take a moment
Some people have a vivid sense of future self, which feels
You could almost think about your future self as a relationship that should