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1.THE FACE-DOWN GENERATION
If you're reading this, you were probably born in the 2000s. The oh-ohs. The 21st century. That would make you young, creative, connected, ________(globe), and no doubt smart. Maybe good-looking, too. Right? But what do other people think _______ your generation?
Some adults worry that you're more ________(interest) in the screen in front of you ______ the world around you. They think of you as the "face-down generation" because you use your phone so much and they wonder how you will deal ______ school, friends, and family. Are today's teenagers too busy _______(text) and taking selfies to become successful in real life-or "IRL", as you would say?
Other adults worry that today’s youth are ______(spoil) and don’ t want to face the ________(challenge) of adult life. Many children born in the 1990s and 2000s__________(raise) by "helicopter parents" who were always there _______ (guide) and help them with a busy schedule filled ______ homework and extra-curricular activities such as dancing, drawing, or sports. With parents who do everything for them, today's youth seem ________(prefer) to live like teenagers even when they are in their 20s or 30s.
Does the face-down generation need a heads-up? Well, probably not. The fact is that many of today's teenagers are better ________(educate) and more creative than past generations. They also seem to be enthusiastic(热情的)and willing_______ (become) leaders. More young people than ever volunteer ____________(help) their communities. There are also brave young people such as Malala Yousafzai, the teenager _____ won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize for pushing girls' rights to go to school.
So if you're one of the oh-ohs, there's reason to be _______(hope) about the future. Things are looking up for the face-down generation. Chances are _______you will do GR8 (great) and LOL (laugh out loud).
What is its main idea?
2.BE A GOOD TOURIST
Tourism can be both good and bad. Yes, it brings _____money for the local economy and ________(create) lots of jobs for locals, but it may also bring some _______(problem).
One growing problem is tourists _______ want to prove that they have visited a destination. Tourists have used paint, rocks, or even keys ______(write) on the Luxor Temple in Egypt, the Colosseum in Rome, Stonehenge in the UK, memorial stones at the bottom of Qomolangma, and many, many other places. ________(thousand) of tourist sites are being destroyed by tourists who "love them to death". I have three words for people like this: please stop it. If you want to leave a mark on the world, do it by_________(change) someone's life with ________(kind) and love. Pass kindness along to future _________(generation), not destruction(破坏).
Another big problem in some places has been tourists disturbing(打扰)the local people and life. Some tourists wander around and take pictures of local people without _______(ask)for their_________ (permit).For example, Chiang Mai University in Thailand and Yonsei University in South Korea have great numbers of tourists visiting their ________(campus) and walking through their libraries and other public areas, _______(take) pictures of students, and disturbing their studies. Another example is Sanlitun, a neighbourhood in Beijing, China. Some tourists love_______ (party) there late into the night, ______(make) it difficult for locals to sleep. I have three words for tourists like this: please be considerate. Have fun in a way _______ does not disturb others.
The number of problems from tourists is endless: walking in large groups without considering others who need to walk by, crossing roads without thinking of local traffic laws, and many ______(much). The only way ________(solve) the problem of the terrible tourist is________ (make) sure that you are not one! Be the best, kindest, most polite tourist possible. Remember, whenever you step outside your country’s borders,you ________________(represent)(代表)your country to the rest of the world.
3.HOT TICKETS
What _______(make) a sports event a winner? Exciting action? Tick. Athletes competing _______(win) honor and glory for their club or motherland? Tick. History and tradition? Tick. Delicious snacks? Tick. Most people think global ________(event) such as the Olympic Games and the World Cup _______(be)the most exciting, but there is some serious competition. Here's a look at some of the_______ (hot) tickets in sports.
The World Series (baseball, USA)
The World Series is the final championship of the American baseball leagues. The seven-game series________(play) in October or November and _________(attract) a great number of _______(fan). Baseball is one of America's favorite sports and _______(have) many traditions, such as the “seventh-inning stretch(七局伸展操)”.The song "Take Me Out to the Ball Game” is played so that everyone can get up after_______ (sit) for a long time. The break is also a good time for a snack. Hot peanuts are a hit with hungry baseball fans, but the hot dog is the real winner!
Indian Premier League (cricket, India)
Cricket is from England but has become as Indian as saris and curry. The Indian Premier League has the largest audience of all cricket leagues in the world and is the _____(six) most-watched sports league in the world. Cricket is ____ unique sport and may seem a little _______(confuse) at first, but once you start _______(learn) the rules, you'll love it. The most popular cricket snacks are finger foods like biscuits and cucumber sandwiches.
Wimbledon (tennis, England)
Wimbledon is ____ treat for all tennis fans. The tournament started in 1877 and many of the rules are _____ same today. For example, the players may only wear white clothes. The event, however, is quite _________(colour) since fans often dress up for the games and wear________(amaze) hats. And when _____comes to snacks, it's "game, set, and match” at Wimbledon. Where else can you enjoy champagne and strawberries as you cheer______ the champion?
4.THE STORY OF AN EYEWITNESS (Adapted)
Jack London
San Francisco, May 5, 1906.The earthquake_____ hit SanFrancisco _____April 18 shook down hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of walls and chimneys(烟囱).But the fire that followed burned up hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of buildings and homes. Never before in history has a city been so _______(complete)destroyed. San Francisco is gone. The factories, the great stores and newspaper buildings, the hotels, and the great houses of the rich are all gone.
On Wednesday morning at a quarter past five ______(come) the earthquake. A moment later, the disaster was a fact. South of Market Street, in the working-class neighbourhoods and in the factories, fires started. Within _____hour of the first quake, the smoke could_______(see)100 miles away. The sun was red in the dark sky. There was no _________(stop) the fires. The firefighters ____whom the task was given did their best but there was no way to organize or communicate. The railway tracks were now useless and there was no water in water pipes. All of the ways man had made ______(keep) the city safe were gone in the 30seconds the earth moved.
By Wednesday afternoon, half the heart of the city was gone. At that time, I watched the disaster from a ship on the bay(海湾).Out at sea it was calm. No wind came up. Yet from every direction-east, west, north, and south-strong winds ______(blow) upon the unlucky city and those ______homes had once stood in its green hills.
Wednesday night saw the destruction of the very heart of the city. Man himself had to make ruins of some of the city's best buildings so_____ they would not be _____danger to those in the streets. Tens of thousands who had lost their homes left the city ______(look) for shelter from the fires. Some were dressed only in blankets and _______(carry) the things that they had been able _______(rescue) from the fires. But there were no fights and no pushing or shoving. Somehow this worst of disasters brought out the ______(good) in the survivors. Never in all of SanFrancisco's history ________(be) her people so kind as on this night of terror.
5.CHINA TO THE RESCUE!
The China International Search and Rescue Team (CISAR) _______(form) in 2001 and is now made up_____ several hundred rescue workers and about 20 sniffer dogs. The team _______(bring) help and hope to those _______lives are changed by a storm, flood, earthquake, or any other natural disaster.
After long and careful training, the team went on _____(it) first international rescue missions in 2003. That year, the Chinese team helped save lives after earthquakes in Algeria(阿尔及利亚)and Iran(伊朗). It was the first time that a Chinese team __________(work) outside China, and the team ______(win) high praise for their ______(brave) and skill.
Since then, the CISAR _________(complete) many missions. The list of people _____whom help has been given is long. The team treated more than 3,000 people who were _______(injury) in the 2006 earthquake in Indonesia, helped 2,500 _______(wound) people after the earthquake that hit Haiti(海地)in 2010, and spent several months _______(give) aid to over 25,000 _______(victim) of the 2010 floods in Pakistan(巴基斯坦).
Rescue workers _______(train) to find people, treat injuries, and hand out food, water, and other supplies. They have to be able to do work _____is difficult under conditions which can be very dangerous. After a disaster, there is usually no electricity or water, and there maybe diseases and _______(accident). Rescue workers get to save lives, but they must also bury the dead. That ______(mean) they have to be strong in both body and mind.
Rescue workers must have big hearts, too. It takes a lot of love and courage _________(risk) one's own life _______(save) someone else's. The members of the CISAR have plenty of both and are always ready ______(go) wherever help_________(need).
6.WHAT ARE THEY AND WHO CAN BE ONE?
Some polyglots, who can speak quite a few languages, may seem especially _______(talent). Zhao Yuanren, a Chinese American linguist, could speak seven languages and more than30 _______(dialect). England's Queen Elizabeth I could speak about 10 languages. A famous Italian ________(name) Giuseppe Mezzofanti was reported ________(have) been able to communicate_____ 30 to 40languages. Polyglots are indeed amazing, but American teenager Tim Doner is living proof that anyone can try to be one.
As a child, Tim studied French and Latin at school, but he found _____difficult to be interested in just words and grammar rules. When he was 13, Tim started listening to Hebrew rap music. One day, he looked up the words in a dictionary and ________(realize) he could put them together to make sentences! He started looking for people______ spoke Hebrew so he could practice, and then, he decided _______(sign) up for a summer Arabic class. One evening, just for fun, he _______(post) a video of himself speaking Arabic and another of him speaking Hebrew. Hebrew and Arabic speakers wrote nice _________(comment) on his videos and gave him advice. Tim loved it. He could ________(actual) communicate with people! After that, Tim started looking for new languages _______(learn), and ________(post) more videos of himself speaking new languages, ________(include) Chinese. Tim also_______(begin) to use many other methods ________(make) learning fun.
Tim ________(wish) everyone would learn more than one language and not just as a school subject. "Knowing a language is a lot more _______ knowing a couple of words out of a dictionary," Tim says. Languages are for communicating _____ people, learning about their culture, and understanding how different people think. “Open up your mind to the fact ______language represents a cultural world view," says Tim. “You can translate words ______(easy), but you can't quite translate meaning." Or, ______ Nelson Mandela said, "If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart."
7.THE BOOK THAT KEEPS ON GROWING
It is one of the most famous_______ (book) in the world; yet it has no story and no interesting characters, no exciting beginning and no _________(satisfy) ending. And yet this book keeps being printed-and it keeps________(grow)! At its last printing, it was 20 volumes, with nearly 22,000 pages. This ________(strange) popular book is one of the most famous __________(dictionary) in the English-speaking world, the Oxford English Dictionary.
The Oxford English Dictionary, or OED for short, ______(begin) in 1857 as just an idea of a group of people who thought the world needed an English-language dictionary to show the history of English words from 1150 CE to the present. It wasn't until the late 1870s, however, ______James Murray joined the project_____ it began to grow. Murray planned for a dictionary of about 6,400 pages in four volumes, completed in10 years.
James Murray (1837-1915) did most of his work in a small metal building called the Scriptorium. That small building, hot in summer ____ cold in winter, was the place ______Murray and his assistants collected millions of pieces of paper, each one with a word and an example sentence or phrase _________(write) on it. Murray and his assistants worked hard, but after five years they had only reached the word ant!
It was not until 1928 _____ the dictionary was declared complete and published: 10 volumes with over 400,000 words and phrases. James Murray did not live to see the _________(complete) of his life's work; he passed away in 1915, over a decade before the OED _______(come) out.
As soon as the dictionary was published, however, the editors started to update it! In1933, the Oxford English Dictionary _________ (reprint) in 12 volumes. Between 1972 and1986, four more volumes were added with new technical and _________(science) vocabulary and words from other English-speaking countries, such as Canada, the USA, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. In 1989, the entire dictionary was reprinted in 20 volumes! Three years______(late), all 20 volumes were put onto CD-ROM, and the entire dictionary is available online today.
With about 600,000 words and three milion ________(quotation) from over 1,000 years of English, the OED not only is a record of where the English language has come from ______ has also become an important part of the history of English-speaking cultures around the world.
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