Have you ever been to the US？Do you find anything a bit strange there？No matter how many times a European visits the US，he or she just （57） get used to the culture there．Let's take a look at what they have complained（抱怨）about most．
"How are you？"is used as a greeting（问候），not a （58） ．When a shop worker in the US says"How are you？"，it's just a way of saying"Hello．"No matter how often this happens to European，they always think that the American are asking about their health or well being．Often，they will answer it and ask right back，and （59） an answer．
In European countries，you only tip（给小费）after a meal if you are very（60） with the service，or a tip is not expected．However，Americans would like to tip anyone in the service industry，（61） waiters，drivers and hotel workers．And good service means a good trip．So for some Europeans，it is hard to find out how much they should tip and （62） should be tipped．Certainly，it brings them a lot of trouble．
Curt von Badinski is an engineer of a company in San Francisco． （1） （然而）， his home is in Los Angeles， which is 770（2） （英里） away from his workplace， so he has to take a plane work and back．
Every workday morning， von Badinski gets up at 5 a．m． for the 15﹣minute drive to the airport． After（3） （停放） his car， he goes straight to take the plane． After a 90﹣ minute flight， he（4） （着陆） at Oakland Airport and drives to his company． The（5） （整个的） trip takes him about 3 hours．
Von Badinski pays the airline 2,300 dollars monthly so that he can fly（6） （自由地） at any time to and from San Francisco．
Flying to work every day is not（7） （容易的） for von Badinski because he can only sleep five hours every night， but he believes（8） （没有什么） could be more important to him than his family． He had thought about several ways to solve the problem， （9） （包括） moving his family to San Francisco， but none of them worked．
"The six﹣hour round trip shows that I have the（10） （能力） to have all the things I want． "he explains．" I am always excited to start a new day．"
Charlie's life dream was to become a soldier， but he would never be able to because of his leg condition ﹣﹣﹣ he couldn't stand on his right leg． He was very （1） （伤心的） about it．
One day， Harris， an army officer， （2） （听说）the story． After communicating with Charlie's parents， Harris started to plan secretly to give the poor boy a big （3） （惊奇，惊喜）．
A month later， one day in （4） （八月） 2016， Harris appeared in Charlie's classroom． In front of his classmates， Harris asked the boy， "Would you （5） （介意） taking a ride with me？"
Charlie was taken to the army Reserve Center， where he （6） （真正的） dreamed to go． Harris said to Charlie， "Today you will become a member of our team．" Charlie was too （7） （激动的） to say a word． Charlie raised his right hand and repeated the oath （8） （大声地） ， "I volunteer to join the army and make all my efforts to protect the people and the （9） （国家）．"
Charlie's parents were so thankful． Harris said that it was simply part of his job， "When I joined the army， I made a （10） （承诺） to protect the people， which also means protecting the dreams of a child．"
假如你是 Greenhill school的交换生，你参与了该校的一个科学实验．请根据以下实验过程补全英文实验报告．
Water in motion |
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What You Need： •clear glass tray； •warm water； •large cup with 200 ml of hot water； •large cup with 200 ml of cold water； •red and blue liquid food coloring
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Directions： ①Fill the tray with warm water． ②Set the tray on top of the two cups， with the hot cup under one end and the cold cup under the other． ③Add four drops of red food coloring to the water above the hot cup and four drops of blue food coloring to the water above the cold cup． Add both colors at the same time． |
Results：
Color |
Water |
Observations |
blue |
cold |
sinks and stays together：；moves slowly toward hot side in a band of color； spreads out over the hot cup |
red |
hot |
spreads quickly across the top； covers whole top in 1﹣2 minutes， then starts to sink． |
Hello， everybody． Here is our report on the experiment "（1） "． First， we put the glass tray full of warm water on top of two cups with 200 ml of （2） water and cold water． Then， we add red and blue liquid food colorings into the water above the hot and cold cups at the same time．
After careful observations， we got the（3） ． The blue food liquid coloring moves downward first and then to the hot side while the （4） one spreads quickly and covers whole top in a short time and goes down； the blue liquid food coloring spreads more （5） than the red one． Thank you for listening．
At the end of the term， our ethics（伦理学） professor gave us a test． He had told us （1） （expect）one and had warned us it would be included in the final grade．
The test began． Sure enough， I was （2） confident that I finished all the questions after forty （3） （minute）except the very last one： What is the name of the woman who cleans the lecture hall？
I thought it was（4） joke． I'd seen the woman many times． She'd been working in the building for at least a year． She is short （5） dark hair， in her fifties， and we'd even smiled at each other once or twice． But I didn't know （6） （she）name because I'd never thought to ask her． I handed in my test and the last question （7） （leave）unanswered﹣hoping the final result wouldn't be influenced to（8） （bad）because of it． But then one student put up his hand． He hadn't finished the test， （9） ．"I' m just wondering，" he said．" Will it really change my grade if I don't complete that last question？"
" Certainly， " our professor（10） （smile）．" In your future jobs，…"
I've never forgotten that lesson．I also learned that the cleaner's name was Sherry．
While being on my year abroad， I have tried to collect small things such as train tickets， postcards， and I have been taking lots of photographs． Living in（1） （法国）， I take the metro（地铁） every day． I have my own personalized map on which I have（2） （圈出） all of my favorite restaurants， cafes， parks and other places． I have even colored it to say if these places have（3） （免费的） wi﹣fi or lunch deals． What I plan to do with all these things is making a scrap book．
For those of you who have never heard of the word" scrap book"， it's an（4） （空的） book which people usually take away with them on holiday， and fill it with "scraps" of paper， tickets， maps， （5） （邮票）， photographs etc． It is like a memory book． You will always have the memories of your favorite places and why you liked them so much， all in your scrap book! It is really（6） （有价值的） to own it if you ever want to（7） （回到） to that place． My scrap book started in September and after eight months was （8） （几乎） full!
Why not create a scrap book of your time while traveling？ Isn't it nice to be able to open a book of your life and time（9） （作为） a traveler？ You can't imagine how happy you can be by just looking at an old ticket with a special （10） （日期） on， or a napkin from your favorite restaurant． It's the little things that can make you．
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