2 . You can tell a lot about a man by how he treats his dogs.

For many years, I enjoyed living with my dogs, Tilly and Chance. Their ______ was nearly enough to keep my loneliness at bay. Nearly. Last year, I started dating, but with ______. When I first dated Steve, I ______ he had a dog, Molly, and a cat, Flora. While I was amused that he was an animal lover, I ______ that three dogs were perhaps too many, and my dogs might attack Flora, the cat.

The next week we walked our dogs together. It was a hot day. When we paused to catch our ______, Steve got down on one knee. Was he proposing (求婚)? I liked him too, but so _____? He poured water from a bottle into his hand and offered it to my dogs. ______, I began to fall for him.

We continued to date, though neither of us brought up the future. And then in late November, Tilly had an operation on her ______. I took the dogs out four times a day, and I worried that Tilly ______ climbing the stairs could reopen the wound. Then Steve ______ his house. All worked ______. The three dogs formed a pack that, with coaching, ______ Flora’s space; Steve and I formed a good team ______ for Tilly. We made good housemates.

A year later, much to my delight, this man produced a little box with a ring and proposed to me. He did not kneel (跪) down, nor did I ______ him to. That’s only for giving ______ to the dogs that brought us together.

4 . Many libraries around the world are as amazing in their architecture and organization as they are in the huge amount of knowledge they contain. With shelves and shelves of books, various collections and amazing historical and cultural displays. there are plenty of undiscovered wonders.

Beinecke Rare Book Library (New Haven, Connecticut)

Yale University has one of the most beautiful college campuses in America, and one of its most interesting features is the Beinecke Rare Book Library. It is one of the largest buildings in the world devoted to rare books and manuscripts (手稿) of famous people. From 2015-16 the library building was closed for 18 months for major improvement. Inside there is a stat ue of its main founder that rises up high.

Vennesla Library (Vennesla, Norway)

Located near the southernmost tip of Norway, Vennesla Library is more than a collection of books—it’s a city cultural center and meeting place. The building hosts a coffee shop, open meeting spaces, classrooms for children and adult education courses. and a cinema. It is mainly built out of wood. The long. thin beams (横梁) on the inside were designed to look like the inside of a whale.

Suzzallo Library (Seattle)

Among the many beautiful features of the campus at the University of Washington, such as its cherry flowers and a light rail station, Suzzallo Library was built in the Collegiate Gothic style. Its buttresses (扶壁) are decorated with 18 statues featuring famous academics and writers such as Plato, Shakespeare, Leonardo da Vinci, Dante, Galileo, Beethoven, Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin.

Library of Muyinga (Muyinga, Burundi)

A school for deaf children, the Library of Muyinga in Burundi was built with local techniques and traditions. A rope hammock (吊床) that hangs between the first and second floors of the library serves as part of the children’s reading room, a great place for indoor activities.

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