We can't remember clearly when we started to take our mobiles to the dinner table． This often，（1） （ especial） when we eat out． Once a dish comes， （2） of lifting our chopsticks， we take out our mobiles and click． Later， we post the photos onto Weibo or WeChat，waiting to be "liked"． Then we check our mobiles from time to time during the meal to see whether we get"liked" （3） not． We just cannot leave our mobiles for only a meal．
Does that sound familiar to you？ Do you do that often？ If not， how do you feel when others do that while having dinner with you？
A recent study suggests that what we are used to （4） （ do） is not so good． Spending time taking photos of food makes the food less pleasant． To test this， some researchers did an experiment． Some people were （5） （ask） to take photos before they could enjoy food． As a （6） ， it showed that the （7） （many） photos they took， the less delicious the food （8） to them． Why not stop taking photos and just enjoy the food in front of you？
So， next time you go out to have dinner with your family or friends， how about not （9） （ take） photos of food？ Let the food be delicious as it is and share your life with people （10） you． Trust me， and it will be a wonderful time．
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On Sunday， the Chinese women's volleyball team won a gold medal at the Rio Olympic Games． This is their （1） Olympic gold medal since a Chinese women's team first （2） an Olympic gold medal in the 1980s．
Over the past 36 years， Chinese women's volleyball players have done （3） in the Olympics． And the spirit they showed has been called as "the fighting（4） of Chinese women's volleyball team" and it is praised （5） the whole country．
At the （6） of the gold prize game， something went wrong for the Chinese team． And Serbia won 25 ﹣19 in the first set． But the Chinese team tried（7） best， and they turned the game around by winning the following three years．
The first time China won women's volleyball gold prize was in 1984in Los Angeles Olympic Games． The Chinese team （8） the US team in the final． China's head coach Lang Ping was then the （9） important player of the team． The second time was in Athens when China beat Russia in the final in 2004．
The women truly deserved（值得）the gold medal， （10） they never lost hope and kept on trying．
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Dear David，
How's it going？ I'd like to tell you about my travel experiences．
Last month， I went to Chengdu （1） my vacation with my parents． Chengdu is in Sichuan， in the southwest of China． It's （2） for its beautiful mountains， forests and lakes． Many people go there to enjoy their vacation every year． We had a five﹣day trip and took many （3） ． We saw pandas and monkeys． They were （4） cute that we couldn't help watching them．
We had an exciting trip! I felt tired but happy． Please e﹣mail me soon （5） about your vacation．
Is it stressful and boring working at Google？Not at all!In fact，Google has the （71）b working environment among the big companies（公司）in the United States．
The working environment is quite relaxing at Google．The company encourages employees（雇员）to do （72）w they want in the office．They can write down their ideas on the wall．When they are （73）t ，they can take breaks on the sofa．Animal lovers can （74）e bring their pets to work．
Google is home to every employee．There are game rooms，hair salons（店，厅），restaurants and gyms．（75）A work，employees can have a swim in the swimming pool or enjoy a massage （按摩）．The company （76）a encourages them to learn new things．It offers a number of interesting free courses such as sign language，cooking，drawing and playing the piano．
There is an interesting rule at Google﹣no one should be 35meters away from （77）f ．
Coffee bars and open kitchens are everywhere．All food is free．There are thousands of different dishes in the main restaurant．One of its managers says，"We care for our employees'（78）h ，so we encourage them to have healthy food．Our research shows that if people are provided with enough food，they make better choices．"
To work hard and work well，you need to （79）l what you are working on and where
you are working．Google believes that an interesting and pleasant （80）s helps people think more creatively．So it is trying hard to keep its title（头衔）as the happiest workplace in the world．
As we all know，the environment around us is getting worse and worse．Some chemical factories always pour（1） （废弃的）water into the（2） （河流）．And they also（3） （产生）terrible gas．In some places，some people even have no clean water to drink．So I think we must do something to protect the environment．
How to protect the environment？First，as a student，we should use cloth bags instead of（4） （塑料的）bags when we go shopping．（5） （第二），we'd better reuse the old textbooks as possible as we can．Third，we should never forget to turn off the lights when we leave the classrooms．In a word，we must try our best to protect our environment．I believe we can make the world a better place to live in．
One afternoon，I went into an art museum while waiting for my husband．I hoped to enjoy the works of art quietly．
A young couple walked in front of me and talked （61）a the paintings between themselves all the time．The lady did almost all the talking，but the man kept listening to her．I thought the man was
very patient （62）b nobody would like to be bothered （打扰） while enjoying the paintings．
I met them several （63）t as I moved through the different rooms of the art museum．Each time I heard her talking，I moved （64）a quickly．
I was （65）p for some gifts at the museum shop when the couple walked slowly to the exit （出口）．Before they left，the man （66）t out a cane （拐杖）．Then he tapped （轻敲） his way to the coatroom to （67）g the jacket for his wife．
"He is a brave man，"the worker of the shop said．"He decided not to change his life after his eyes
got hurt．Though he is （68）b now，he never gives up．He and his wife come here whenever there is a new art show．"
"But what can he get out of the art？He can't see!"I asked．
"You are wrong．He （69）s a lot，more than you and I do．"The worker said，"His wife describes （70）e painting so he can see it in his mind．"
I fell silent．Then I realized that I learnt something about patience，courage and love that day．
If you've ever stayed up late and then gotten up early the next day， you know what it's like not to get enough sleep． It's very uncomfortable feeling． In fact， for many years scientists （1） （believe） that sleep is like food ﹣ if we don't get enough of it， we might get sick or even die． But now they （2） （start）to wonder just how much sleep we need．
Researchers at Imperial College London did a study on fruit flies（果蝇）． They found that flies that slept for very short periods of time ﹣ about72 minutes a day ﹣still（3） （live） about as long as flies that slept for normal amounts of time． One of the female slept for just 4 minutes each day on average． This has led the researchers to wonder if sleep is less necessary than we previously thought．
Humans are very different from fruit flies． Sleep（4） （help） repair tissue （组织） when our bodies perform a lot of maintenance （维护）． Sleeping allows our bodies（5） （get） well again from the stress we experience each day．
But can we really die from not seeping？ No humans have died so far from （6） （stay） awake for too long． The current（现在的）world record for sleeplessness （7） （hold） by Randy Gardner from the US， who stayed awake for 11 days and 25 minutes in 1964．
Scientist have not yet found any animals that don't sleep at all． Even animals that only seep for short periods are not completely sleepless．
Until recently，Ajayi had never gone to school.Now fifty，she attends a school in Ilorin，Nigeria，wearing the same pink dress as two（1） （百）other girls at the school.She studies with the students nearly forty years younger than she is.
Ajayi runs her（2） （自己的）business making and selling bags，but she believes it is（3） （仍然）necessary for her to learn to read and write.
In class，she answers questions（4） （积极）.She plays，talks and（5） （讨论）together with her classmates.
She is good at（6） （烹饪）.Children all like the food she makes.They enjoy
（7） （她们自己）at school.
Ajayi's（8） （女儿）used to feel embarrassed about their mother's attending school with children.But now.they choose（9） （支持）her efforts.
She plans to continue her（10） （教育）for four more years，saying it will help her business.
At 7 am，we got on the state﹣of﹣the﹣art Fuxing Hao train at Shanghai Railway Station.We stored our（1） （背包）and found our seats.Unlike other trains which start with a shake and much（2） （噪音），this train felt so smooth that if you were not looking out of windows，you could（3） （几乎不）tell we were moving.Yet，within minutes，we were passing over the rails at speeds of more than 350 kilometers an hour.
Soon，the towns of（4） （东部的）China were rushing by.I saw my wife smiling and（5） （指向）to a coin she had balanced on the table.She took another coin and balanced it next to the first，and then another，until she had a（6） （行）of coins.They stood there on the table for more than 20 minutes before one finally fell over.
After that，we（7） （两个都）went back to reading and enjoying the beauty outside.We felt quite（8） （放松的）.Then，before we knew it，we heard the announcement that we were arriving in Beijing.For 1，318 kilometers，we（9） （花费）only 4 hours and 38 minutes.Thanks to high speed trains，we can travel in China much more conveniently.No（10） （疑惑），they will also bring the people of the country closer together，and in time bring about deep social changes，the full nature of which no one can fully guess.
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（1）I'm right here waiting you come back.
（2）I an environmental project last Saturday.
（3）Carmen loves the singer Dan Dervish very much.
（4）If you're looking for some birthday gifts，here is my .
（5）It takes half an hour to get to the park from my home.
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Many studies worldwide show that girls have more friendships than boys.In fact，many teenage boys can't name a single best friend.When they（1） ，they often think for a while before answering， "My best friend？I can't （2） that.I am busy with my homework，and I have so many different friends that it is hard to choose just one best friend."
Girls，however，can usually answer the question （3） ， "A best friend？Of course.We have a lot to share with each other.We get much more （4） from talking，daydreaming."
We have to realize：boys share activities，while girls share feelings.The qualities （品质） that boys and girls consider important in a friend seem to be the same，regardless of （无论） the basis of these friendships.The important thing to remember is that both of them are friendships.We all need friends in our lives.
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Dear Marie， I've been in Beijing for a month.I stay in a modern hotel（1） lies in the center of the city.I have visited many wonderful places，for example，（2） Great Wall of China.I have also met a lot of very friendly people here.Now I'm trying to learn Chinese from them and I am quite interested（3） it.Chinese food is really delicious and hot pot is my favorite.In China，it is interesting（4） see people eating with chopsticks.I'm practicing using them and I am getting more（5） more skillful now.I want to come back again next year.I hope you can come with me. Iris |
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I took up my first job as a teacher．The（71） in my class were about sixteen or seventeen years old，only several years（72） than me．In fact，some of them looked older and seemed more like grown﹣ups．And some of them even didn't listen to me carefully in the class．
The classroom was on the（73） floor and it was directly above the street．One day，I was writing on the blackboard（74） I heard a sudden change in the noise behind me．There was a man standing in the room with half an apple in（75） right hand．
"Who threw this？"he shouted，looking around the class（76） ．
"I beg your pardon？"I said．"Someone threw this apple out of the window，"he said，"It landed on my car．"
"Who threw the apple out of the window？"I shouted to the class．There was no（77） ．"I want the one who threw this，"said the man，"I will be waiting outside for you．"And then he left，slamming（摔） the door．
The students were（78） in class and I went on with the lesson．
At the end of every lesson，as the bell rang，usually the class were all gone before it finished（79） leaving me saying"That's all for today．"to an empty room．
This time，when the bell went for the end of the lesson，no one（80） ．"That's all for today．"I said．"You go first，sir．"said one of the boys．It made a nice change，being first out．
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Leo and his father didn't talk for 10 years.10 years ago，Leo's mother （1）d ．He thought it was his father who caused his mother's illness．He hated his father．
Now they were sitting in a nice （2）c shop．Suddenly his father asked the waiter to put some salt in his coffee．Leo was surprised．His father smiled and said，"Before you were born，your mother and I often had （3）f playing in the sea．We could taste the sea，just （4）l the taste of the salty coffee．Every time I have salty coffee，I always think of your mother．I （5）m her so much．"
Leo was deeply moved （感动）．He never knew his father had such deep （6）l for his mother．One month later，he moved to live （7）w his father．Every time he made coffee for him，he put some salt in the coffee．
After 10 years，his father died．Leo received a （8）l which said，"Dear Leo，please forgive my life's lie﹣the salty coffee．Actually at that （9）t I wanted some sugar，but I said salt．It was hard for me to change，so I just went ahead．Now let me （10）t you the truth．I don't like salty coffee，but I drink salty coffee for 10 years! Having you with me is the biggest happiness of my whole life．"
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When you are busy doing piles of math homework， have you ever stopped and thought about one question：why do we need to learn all this math anyway？
It's an interesting question． Kids around the world （1） it for ages． For US students， they may get the answer from a new show called "MathAlive!"． It has 47 interesting activities designed to teach kids how math （2） in our life． For example， at one show station， visitors test the theory that a person's arm span（臂展） equals the person's height． At another station， math skills help visitors （3） the NASA robot outside a space station virtually （虚拟的）． By doing such activities， kids learn why math is important in our life．
Where else can you find math used every day？ Actually， if you go down deep enough into anything， you（4） math． Think of simple things， like clocks． They tell time， but only if you know how to read them． That means using math． How much longer until school ends？ How long did I sleep last night？ That's all math． When you go shopping， you do lots of math， too．
Even when you （5） math， it's all around you． The computer you use to surf the Internet is a machine to do binary math very fast． The house you live in is designed by people who use lots of geometry（几何学）． So enjoy math， not for exams， but for the wonderful world's helps to build．
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