1 . If you like tasting food from different countries, here are some events you shouldn’t miss in New York City this year.

Chinatown Restaurant Week, March 14—30

Various meals will be offered for $18.88 per person at participating Chinatown restaurants such as Golden Unicorn, Nom Wah Tea Parlor, HK Wonton Garden, Pho Grand, Red Egg and Shanghai Gourmet. Peking Duck House will offer a special at lunch only.

More Info: www.chinatownrestaurantweck.com

Martini Week, March 15—30

Martini Week is a two-week-long celebration of America’s proudest invention. It will beheld at 23 bars and restaurants across the town. They’ll be offering their own unique specialities at low prices. Choose from places, including Ava lounge, Beaumarchais, Catch, Abe&Arthur’s Sons of Essex, Bounce Sporting Club, Aspen Social, Revel, Rayuela, and more.

More Info: www.sociallysuperlative.com

Malaysian Restaurant Week, June 18—24

Malaysian restaurants will offer various $20.12 meals, while Asian-influenced restaurants will feature a special limited-time-only menu inspired by the country’s special flavours. Participating restaurants include Fatty Crab, Mechelin-starred Laut, Penang and Spice Market.

More Info: www.Malaysiakitchennyc.com

Italian Restaurant Week, June 26—July 6

Celebrate New York City’s fifth Italian Restaurant Week --the Italian Dine Out. The 11-dayevent will offer special discounted lunch and dinner prices of $23 at New York City’s most authentic Italian restaurants. Sponsored by the Italian Trade Commission,the Italian Dine Out offers diners special 3-course menus for lunch and dinner.

More Info: www.italianmade.com

Belgian Restaurant Week, July 21—28

This is your chance to enjoy tasty multi-course meals and some of the world’s finest beers. The Belgian restaurants in NY bring you amazing cuisines and great beers during a week-long celebration of Belgian food.

More Info; www.belgianrestaurantweeknyc.com

I’m sure you’ll have a great time during the events. Remember: don’t eat too much for thesake of your health.

My list of favorite books are long. I read a lot and I just keep finding new favorites. In my family, we often talk about the books we are reading and passing around our favorites. It benefits a whole family.

I discovered how share favorite books can help strength a friendship long ago. When I was a kid, my friend Liz became very sicker and was going to miss a lot of school. I fill a big bag with some of my favorite books for her read. She never forgot that. Today, she lives thousand of miles away from me, but she sometimes e-mails with me about the books she is reading.

Many of us were raised with the saying “waste not, want not”. None of us, however, can     1     (complete) avoid waste in our lives.

Any kind of waste is thoughtless. Whether we waste our potential talents,our own time, our     2     (limit) natural resources, our money     3     other people’s time, each of us should become more aware and careful. The smallest good habits can make a big difference.     4     is a good feeling to know in our hearts that we are doing our best in a world that is in serious trouble. By focusing     5     saving oil, water, paper, food and clothing, we are playing a part in     6     (cut) down on waste. We must keep reminding ourselves that it is     7     (easy) to get into something than it is     8     (get) out of it. Actually, severe damage     9     (do) to our land recenly in the history of our evolution. It’s time for us to say no to waste so that our descendants (后代)     10     (be) able to develop well. We can’t solve all the problems of waste, but we can encourage mindfulness (察觉).

5 . Liz Woodward worked as a waitress at the route 130 diner in Delran, New Jersey. One Thursday morning around 5:30 am, she was ______ two firefighters,Young and Hullings. Quite ______, she heard that they had been up all night putting out a ______ warehouse fire. It took 12 hours to get the fire under ______.

Liz decided to honor these two ______ by paying their bills and writing them a heartfelt ______ of gratitude (感谢). It read, “Your breakfast is on me today — thank you for all that you do, fueled by fire and driven by ______. What an example you are! Get some rest!"

The simple act of ______ meant so much to the exhausted fire fighters. The firefighters were ______ deeply and thanked her before leaving the ______.

To return the young lady’s kindness, upon his arrival home, Hullings posted a Facebook update to ______ his friends to go to eat at the diner, which was quickly ______ more than 3,000 times.

______ it was not until afterwards that they ______ Liz was really the one that was in need.When they found out that Liz was trying to ______ money for her paralyzed father to get a wheelchair-accessible van (面包车),Young posted with a ______ to a GoFundMe page for Liz’s dad. Then the support ______.

The total donations reached $60,000 and went beyond Liz’s wildest dreams. She had never ______ that her small gesture would, be paid in such a(n).______ way.“ To be honest,I’m truly.______ for what they have done for me,”Liz Woodward said on Facebook.

6 . Land Art, sometimes referred to as Earth Art or Earthworks, is a form of art which involves using physical landscapes to create art, taking art out of the museum and into the outside world. Modern Land Art movement really got going in the1960s, when American artists began creating Land Art on a large scale (大规模地). Today, works of modern Land Art can be seen all over the world, sometimes right alongside much older pieces of Land Art created by people who lived thousands of years ago.

Land Art , which is not necessarily unchangeable, can take a number of forms. For example, in 1970 Robert Smithson created the Spiral Jetty (螺旋状防波堤), made of a collection of stones and mud, in the Great Salt Lake. The American artist made a large jetty in a spiral shape which sticks out into the waters of the lake.

Reshaping the landscapes is a common characteristic of Land Art, which can be created by moving parts around. People can also add things to the environment to create Land Art, like salt , which s added to the Spiral Jetty. It is possible to use plants. In all case , Land Art is immovable.

Land Art is designed to gradually form, change, and eventually decay (衰落). That’s one of the biggest differences between Land Art and most of the art one sees in the museums. Some works of art can exist only for a few hours or days. Others are exposed to rain and wind so that they develop and decay over time, which is part of the attractiveness in the eyes of the artists.

7 . Everyone has goals，whether small or big.    1    .The act of writing down your goals plays an important part in closing it. Here’s how to write down your goals effectively and accomplish them.

1.Define(明确) your goals

    2    . But there are a few people who shape their lives according to their goals.Which category are you in now? Which category do you want to be in? The chances are you’re in the first group. But the good news is that if you’re reading this article, you’re probably trying to make it to the second category.Take some time to sit down and reflect.

2.Look at the details

Now is when you start to shorten the distance between where you are now and your dreams.    3    . If you want to land your dream job, think about your qualifications. Do you need to take some courses in order to be a candidate for the job you want？If you already qualify，start applying for it.

3.    4    

When setting goals，try to put things in a good way.The goal setting that lacks enthusiasm and hope is like scolding yourself for not doing better.Putting a positive spin on the language you use can make you feel excited about dealing with your goals.Such attitude will make you determined to reach your future accomplishments.

Whatever your goals are，the act of writing them down can have a significant influence on their outcome.    5    .

8 . It seems we're always being told to get more sleep. Studies suggest spending less time on sleep can lead to obesity(肥胖) and even cancer. You might even find yourself with a head full of false memories. But rarely does science explore the dark side of sleeping too much. That's because few of us in today's busy world have the luck of exploring that option.

In an August 2018 study, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, researchers researched the sleep patterns of those“fortunate”few and found they may not be so lucky after all. In fact, they found people who get more than eight hours of sleep have greater health risk compared to those who sleep together less than seven hours. What's more, sleep-aholics-those who manage to get 10 hours a night-stand a 30 percent higher chance of dying compared to the seven-hour crowd.

The wide-ranging global study involved(涉及) more than three million people who self-reported on their sleep habits and came to an eye-opening conclusion: If you tend to sleep a lot, you may want to buy an alarm clock. As with all things in life, sleep is best taken in moderation（适度）.

You may be thinking: What if I only sleep in on Saturday and Sunday, am I still at risk? The answer is yes, according to a 2019 study published in Current Biology.   Researchers discovered that even if a person sleeps more   than seven hours on the weekends but still sleeps less than that on weeknights, they are at risk of gaining weight   and developing sensitivity to insulin, which controls the level of sugar in blood.

For the study, 36 participants were divided into three groups that each had a different sleep schedule: nine   hours every night, five hours every night, and five hours from Monday to Friday and sleeping much on   weekends. People who get too much sleep tend to feel tired and lack energy. Also, both sleep-deprived（睡眠不足的) groups consume more food and gain weight.

9 . Where do you keep ice? In die freezer, of course. That’s what scientists might have thought when they were looking for a safe place to store ice from mountain glaciers from around the world. They’ve decided to store ice in Antarctica because global warming is causing some of the glaciers in places like the Alps to melt.

Jerome Chappellaz of the French National Centre for Scientific Research is involved in creating an ice vault (地下室) there. He says: “We are probably the only scientific community whose sample (样本) is in danger of disappearing from the face of the planet. If you work on rocks or on tree rings, the raw material is still here and will be for many centuries.”

And why do scientists need to study ice from the Alps, for example? Ice formed on the top of a mountain is made of snow accumulated over thousands of years. Trapped air bubbles (气泡) contain samples of the atmosphere that existed when that ice was formed. Ice is a record of climate. By examining ice, we know carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is higher now than in the last three million years. Researchers use this kind of data to build computer models and try to predict what might happen in the future.

The ice vault will be housed in a snow cave at the Concordia Research Station, which is operated by scientists from France and Italy. The ice samples will be sealed in bags and placed 10 meters below the surface. at a constant temperature of -50℃. This will put the scientists’ minds at rest. Losing the ice samples would be a disaster, and nobody wants to see a mine of scientific knowledge lost forever in a giant pool.