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After graduation from college, I started to sell. Soon I discovered that the worried expression I (wear) since childhood meant sure failure. I knew it wasn't going to be easy to change that expression on my face left by so many years of (hard). It called for a complete change in my view on life. Here is the method I tried.
Each morning during a fifteenminute bath, I determined to cultivate a big, happy smile. I found out, however, that it couldn't be a (force) smile developed just for the purpose of putting dollars in my pocket. It had to be honesttogoodness smile from down deep inside, an outward expression of happiness from within!
Let's see starting off with a good fifteenminute training of the smile muscles helped me during the day. entering an office I would think of many things I had to be thankful for, work up a big smile and then enter. Seldom did it fail (get) the same smile return from the person I met. I also found that it pleased people when I passed them on the street to give them a cheerful smile.
Give every living soul you meet the best smile you have ever smiled in your life, see how much better you feel and look. It's one of the best ways I know to stop worrying, and start living. When I began doing this, I found more welcome everywhere.
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Do you like travelling? Staying________(health)while ________(travel)can help to ensure your trip is a happy and enjoyable one.When you are travelling abroad,here are the tips you need ________ (make)your trip much ________ (easy).
Make sure you have got a signed passport(护照)and a visas.Also,before you go,fill in the emergency information page of your passport! Make two copies of your passport identification page.This will help a lot if your passport ________ (steal).Leave one copy at home with friends or relatives.Carry the other________you in a separate place from your passport.
Read the Public Announcements or Travel Warnings for the countries you plan to visit.Get yourself familiar with local laws and customs of the countries to ________you are travelling.
Leave a copy of your itinerary(旅行计划)with your family or friends at home so that you can be contacted in case of an emergency.
Do not accept packages from strangers.Do not carry too much money or ________ (necessary) credit cards.If we make enough________ (prepare),We will succeed.Have ________good time !
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Now if you’ve got nothing to do today, why not go to the east part of the city and get digging? That’s the message from No.1 Senior High School, ___ is organizing a tree planting event near East Mountain. In order to improve the environmental __ (educate) of its students and get more people ____ (organize), the school is planning to plant ____ total of 1,400 trees paid by the government over the next few days. They are hoping to plant half of them today and they ___ (look) for volunteers to come along and help. No experience is necessary, ___ there will be experts to give directions and the ____ (equip) will be provided. Everyone is welcome to come along anytime ___ 10 am and 4 pm. I don’t think you need my advice of what sort of shoes or clothes you have to wear. And of course gloves will be essential ____ (protect) your hands. So it could be ____ (real) a nice day out for all the families. Enjoy your day.
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At the end of the 16th century, most of the people_____spoke English lived in England. The language did ____ begin to be spoken in many other countries until the 17th century. Nowadays, more people speak English than ________ before. However, English ______(change) over time. The English ____(speak) in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was based more ___ German than the English we speak at present. Then from about AD800 and 1150, new settlers who ruled England spoke first Danish and later French. They enriched ____ English language and especially its vocabulary. ____ (gradual), English became less like German. In 1620 some British people moved to America and _____ (settle)there. Later in the 18th century some British people ____(take) to Australia too. English began to be used in both countries.
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Swedish businessman Nile Bergqvist is delighted with his new hotel, the world’s first igloo(冰屋) hotel.
_____ (build) in an small town, it has been attracting lots of visitors but soon the fun will be over. In two weeks’ time Bergqvist’s ice creation_______ (be) nothing more than a pool of water. “We don’t see it as a big problem, ”he says. “We just look forward to ______(replace)it. ”
Bergqvist built his first igloo in 1991 for an art exhibition. It was______ successful that he designed the present one, ______ measures roughly 200 square meters. Six workmen spent more than eight weeks______ (pile)1,000 tons of snow onto a wooden base;when the snow froze, the base______ (remove).
After their stay, all visitors receive a survival certificate recording their success. _____no windows, nowhere to hang clothes and temperatures below 0°C, it may seem more like a survival test _____ a relaxing hotel break. “It’s great fun,” Bergqvist explains, “As well as a good start in survival training.’’
The______ (popular)of the igloo is beyond doubt:it is now attracting tourists from all over the world. At least 800 people have stayed at the igloo this season even though there are only 10 rooms.
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Computer began as a calculating machine in France in 1642 Computer developed very _(slow) and it took nearly two hundred years __ it was built as an analytical machine, __followed instructions from cards with holes. In 1936 Alan Turing wrote a book ___(describe) how computers could be made to work as a "universal machine" ___(solve) any mathematical problem.
By the 1940s computer __(grow) as large as a room . As time went__ it has grown smaller, and with artificial__(intelligent), it is getting cleverer and cleverer, quicker and__(quick). In the early 1960s, computers could be connected by a network. So people were able to share their information __others through the World Wide WeB.
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It was my first day in Hangzhou,the Chinese city famous for its natural beauty and history and I didn’t have much time to spare. I wanted to see ___________much of the city as possible in the two days ___________I returned to Guangzhou. My first task was to decide where to go and ___________to get there. I took out my guide book in which there was a lot of information about the city’s wellknown tourist___________(attract)and started to read. At that moment an attractive young lady who noticed my book___________(come)up to me and introduced ___________(her).
She said her name was Miss Bai and she ____________(kind)offered to show me around the city. I was delighted and was about to accept her proposal when she suggested we first go to the West Lake and walk along the Broken Bridge. I quite liked the idea of visiting the West Lake but wasn’t so sure about ___________(cross)the Broken Bridge. If it was broken,did she expect me to jump across?And I couldn’t swim,so if I fell in then I________(drown).That was definitely not an attractive idea so I politely declined her invitation,___________(close)my book and walked away.
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When someone has deeply hurt you, it can be very difficult to let go of your anger. But forgiveness is possible --- and it can be surprisingly (benefit) to your physical and mental health. So far, research (show) that people who forgive can have more energy, better appetite and better sleep. “People who forgive show (little) anger and more hopefulness,” says Dr. Frederic Luskin, who wrote the book Forgive for Good. “So it can help reduce the tiredness out of the immune system and allow people (feel) more energetic.”
So when someone has hurt you, cool down first. Take a couple of breaths and think of something gives you pleasure: a beautiful scene in nature, or someone you love. Don’t wait for an (apologize). “Many times the person who hurt you may never think of apologizing,” says Dr. Luskin. “They may have wanted to hurt you or they just don’t see things in same way. So if you wait for people to say sorry, you could be waiting a very long time.”
Next keep in mind that forgiveness does not necessarily mean (accept) the action of the person who upsets you. Instead, learn to look for the love, beauty and kindness around you. Finally, try to see things the other person’s perspective. You may realize that he or she was acting out of ignorance. To gain perspective, you may want to write a letter to (you) from that person’s point of view.
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I have a problem. I’m not very good at (communicate) with people. Although I try to talk to my classmates, I still find hard to make good friends with them. I can well remember that there was a time a deep blue sky, the song of birds, moonlight and flowers could never have kept me spellbound. That (change) since I came here.
The (suffer) of the people was extreme. Two-thirds of them died or were injured during the earthquake. Thousands of families were killed and many children were left without parents. number of people who were killed or seriously injured reached more than 400,000. It was great fun especially as it gradually became much (warm). In the valleys colorful butterflies flew around us and we saw many yaks and sheep (eat) green grass.
Uncle Wang worked in a factory after (graduate). He is a person is always making new things and we all admire him.
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When he was a little boy, Christopher Cockerell once noticed his mother turning the wheel of her sewing machine with her hand. “Won’t it work quickly if a machine (turn) the wheel for you?” he asked. “I suppose it will.” said his mother, without paying any attention to him. Christopher knew she always had a lot of work and that she was stubborn that he could hardly do anything to change mind. But he wanted to help. In his bedroom there was a toy steam engine (buy) by his father as a gift to him. “I will make better use of it,” little Christopher said to himself. So, when his mother was not using her sewing machine, he decided to fix the toy steam engine onto it. When he finished (do) it, he was quite pleased, thinking his mother would like it. “Very clever,” his mother said when she saw it. But then she sat down and went on turning the wheel hand. “I (work) like this for too many years,” she explained. Christopher felt very (disappoint). He couldn’t understand his mother’s (behave).
This teaches Christopher a lesson that anyone tries to improve anything has to learn: many people don’t like new ideas.
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“That is my grandmother’s house,”I say, ( point ) across the baby to a shabby old house. I am in Nova Scotia on a pilgrimage with Lise, my granddaughter, seeking roots for her, retracing treasured ( memorize ) for me. Lise was one of the mobile children, moved from house to house in childhood. She longs a sense of home, so we have come to Nova Scotia where my husband and I were born and where our ancestors ( live ) for 200 years.
We soon pull up by the house and I tell her it was like here, the memories rushing back, swift as the tide. Suddenly, I long ( walk ) again in the house where I was once so gloriously a child.
It still belongs to a member of the family, but has not been lived in for while. We cannot go into the house, I can still walk through the rooms in memory. Here, my mother sat in her bedroom window and wrote in her diary. However, that was long after those childhood days. Lise Listens ( attentive ) as I talk and then says, “So this is where I began; where I belong.”
She has found her roots. To be rooted is “to have an origin”. We need that origin. Looking
backward, we discovered what is unique in ; learn the meaning of “I”. We must all go home again-----in reality or memory.
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I was on my way to the Taiyetos Mountains. The sun was setting when my car ______ (break) down near a remote and poor village. Cursing my misfortune, I was wondering where I was going to spend the night when I realized that the villagers who had gathered around me were arguing as to ____ should have the honor of receiving me _____ a guest in their house. Finally, I accepted the offer of an old woman who lived alone in a little house. While she was getting me _____ (settle) into a tiny but clean room, the head of the village was tying up his horse to my car to pull it to _____ small town some 20 kilometres away_____there was a garage. I had noticed three hens running free in my hostess’s courtyard and that night one of them ended up in a dish on my table. ______ villagers brought me goat’s cheese and honey. We drank together and talked _____ (merry) till far into the night. When the time came for me to say goodbye to my friends in the village, I wanted to reward the old woman ______the trouble I had caused ______.
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A few months ago we started a blog ____ (call) "Confessions(自白)of an English Learner."This blog is____ you to share your stories about language misunderstandings. Many of you provided advice about ____ you learned English. Thanks to everyone who __ (join) the discussion on the blog so far.
One web visitor described his ____ (difficult) with two English language words____ sound similar but are very different in meaning. Moises wrote from his home in El Salvador. He described a mistake he made on his first visit to the United States.
At the time, Moises was working on a ship. It was his second day. He was organizing some of his belongings ____ a co-worker came into the room they were sharing. The co-worker asked, "Hey, my friend, do you want soap?" Moises wrote that he was surprised by the question and excited ___ (use) his English. He answered, "No thanks. I am not hungry."
Well, everyone in the room started laughing and Moises did not understand the joke. ____ new friends then explained that "soap" is something you use to wash yourself. "Soup" is what you eat.
Moises said this incident happened ten years ago. He added, "Do you imagine that I am ___ English teacher now?"
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I can well remember that I was once asked to deliver a speech titled “A Real Test in My Life” before the whole class at the age of 9! You can imagine how (terrible) shy I was with so many eyes (fix) upon me. I had no (choose) but to prepare for it, though. First of all, I was to draft the speech, which was just a piece of cake for me, a good writer. But the hardest part (lie) in my oral presentation from my memory— for to read from the paper was not allowed. The real moment began I stood on the platform with my legs trembling and my mind blank. But my listeners were waiting patiently without any signs of rushing me. Gradually I found myself back, (deliver) my speech with difficulty. After what seemed to be a hundred years, I found my audience applauding— I made ! From then on, my fear of talking before an audience disappeared. Actually with my (confident) building up, I now turn out to be a great speaker. Looking back, I know the greatest difficulty on our way success is our fear. Overcome it we will be able to achieve our goals.
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The Chinese government has decided to end its one-child per family policy and let families have two children. A statement gives the reasons for the change, ______ (say) it is meant to balance population development, stop a declining birth rate and strengthen the country’s work force.
China _____ (carry)out the one-child policy in 1980. But the government permitted a small number of _____ (couple) to have two children. For example, some rural families were given approval to have two children if the first-born was a girl. In 2013, the government permitted other families to have two if one parent was ____ only child.
A teacher and population expert, Jiang Quanbao, explains how Chinese families will react ___ the policy. “Many young people in the cities are ______ (probable) not interested in having a second child,” he says. “People in rural villages may be ____ (much) interested, but some of them are already allowed to have two children.”
At the end of 2014, China had a population of 1.37 billion people, a total of 800 million of _____ are employed. But that job market population is expected ______(drop) by 2050. With the two-child policy, the labo__ (short) will be relieved, starting in 20 years.