In the past few years, I have found that mental illness has been a term largely avoided in conversation, and this has a bad impact on those     1     depression, anxiety and other mental diseases. What’s worse, the topic of mental illness     2     when the news draws our attention to it, but then the conversation quiets until the next tragedy (悲剧) happens.

It’s time for the conversation to continue. Instead of waiting for the next tragedy, we need to be open about mental health and about the struggles that come with mental illness and treatment. We need to develop an environment where people feel comfortable to seek the help they need instead of concealing (掩盖) it.

It took a long time, but I am now open about my anxiety and depression. I am open about my taking medicine to treat my mental illness. I am open about the struggle of finding the     3     that works. I encourage everyone to do the same. Be     4     and open with your conversations about mental health. The more comfortable people are with these conversations, the easier it will be for the conversation to continue. A continued conversation will     5     more ideas on treatment and more ideas on how to     6     those who need it.

We have the ability to help those we love and break the shame around mental illness. We should change the idea that it’s something that needs to be cured people of. Mental illness can actually affect anyone, impacting one     7     every four people.

So,    8    , let’s keep the conversation about mental health and mental illness open. Be sure to check up on your friends, and be open about the importance of mental health. If you’re uncomfortable, share your story, which may let others know they are not     9    . Just as Albus Dumbledo re said, “Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers     10     the light.”

E-Scooters

Over the past two years, electric scooters have become ever-present in many of Europe and America’s biggest cities. Britain is the last major western European country to hold out against the     1    . E-scooters are not allowed on public roads, though people do ride them on cycle     2     and pavements. But where they are permitted, the number of e-scooter sharing companies soars     3    . To their     4    , e-scooters are revolutionary: the “iPhone Of urban transport”. To their critics (批评者), they are dangerous, anti-social and very annoying.

As with a dockless (无桩) bike, scooters are fitted with GPS trackers and wireless     5    . Customers download an app and scan a QR code on the scooter to unlock it. They are then     6     a small amount. Bird, which launched its e-scooter in Santa Monica, California in September 2017 charges $l plus 15 cents per minute, on average, in the US-to travel where they want to go, at a maximum speed of around 15mph. At night, the scooters are rounded up, charged and returned to popularity.

E-Scooters have the potential to solve some of the worlds biggest transport problems. Most cities are already dangerously polluted and heavily congested, and it is simply not an option to put more cars and taxis on the streets. Scooters are efficient; one kilowatt hour of energy carries a car     7     by petrol less than a mile, and an e-scooter 80 miles.

Scooters are clean, cheap, and they require little new infrastructure. For a country like car-     8     America, they could genuinely transform an     9     60% of US journeys under six miles. Even in European cities, which     10     have good public transport systems, they are very useful for travelling the “final mile”. According to Bird,40% of taxi-riding journeys in London are under two miles, so e-scooters could help take a lot of cars off the streets.

What are teenagers into and what turns them off? A(n)     1     questionnaire (调查问卷) asked 1,000 senior high school students about their likes and dislikes. According to the results, taking exams and speaking in front of others are among the least popular activities for today’s     2    . Many students like to     3     interesting topics with their classmates but feel     4     or uncomfortable when they have to give a speech in class. Nearly half of the teenagers think that their     5     are too busy. They wish they had not signed up for so many courses and extra-curricular activities.