At my heaviest I weighed 370 pounds. I had a very poor relationship with food: I used it to ________ bad feelings, to make myself feel better, and to celebrate. Worried about my health, I tried many different kinds of ________ but nothing worked. I came to believe that I could do nothing about my __________
When I was 50, my weight problem began to affect me ________ . I didn’t want to live the rest of my life with this ________ weight any more.
That year, I________ a seminar where we were asked to create a project that would touch the world. A seminar leader shared her ________ story —she had not only 125 pounds, but also raised $25,000 for homeless children._____ by her story, I created the As We Heal(痊愈), the World Heals _________. My goal was to lose 150 pounds in one year and raise $50,000________ a movement founded 30 years ago to end hunger. This combination of healing myself and healing the world ________ me as the perfect solution.______I began my own personal weight program, I was filled with the fear that I would ______ the same difficulties that beat me before. While the ________ hung over my head, there were also signs that I was headed down the right _________. I sent letters to everyone I knew, telling them about my project. It worked perfectly. Donations began __________in from hundreds of people.
Of course, I also took some practical steps to lose weight. I consulted with a physician(内科医生), I hired a fitness coach, and I began to eat small and __________ meals. My fund-raising focus also gave me new motivation to exercise _________.
A year later, I________ my goal: I lost 150 pounds and raised $50,000! I feel that I’ve been given a second life to devote to something that is __________ and enormous.
1.A.add B.mix C.kill D.share
2.A.diets B.drinks C.fruits D.dishes
3.A.height B.ability C.wisdom D.weight
4.A.temporarily B.recently C.seriously D.secretly
5.A.ideal B.extra C.normal D.low
6.A.attended B.organized C.recommended D.mentioned
7.A.folk B.success C.adventure D.science
8.A.Surprised B.Amused C.Influenced D.Disturbed
9.A.project B.business C.system D.custom
10.A.in search of B.in need of C.in place of D.in support of
11.A.scared B.considered C.confused D.struck
12.A.As B.Until C.If D.Unless
13.A.get over B.run into C.look for D.put aside
14.A.excitement B.joy C.anger D.fear
15.A.row B.hall C.path D.street
16.A.breaking B.flooding C.jumping D.stepping
17.A.heavy B.full C.expense D.healthy
18.A.regularly B.limitlessly C.suddenly D.randomly
19.A.set B.reached C.missed D.dropped
20.A.stressful B.painful C.meaningful D.peaceful
Building trust inside your team
A team without trust isn’t really a team: it’s just a group of individuals, working together, often making disappointing progress. 1. So how can you, as a leader, help your team to build the trust that it needs to develop? In this article, we’ll look at the issue of trust within teams and what you can do to build it.
Lead by example.
If you want to build trust within your team, then lead by example, and show your people that you trust others. This means trusting your team, your colleagues, and your boss. 2. They are taking cues(提示) from your behavior. Take the opportunity to show them what trust in others really looks like.
Know each other personally.
One way to build trust is to encourage your team members to know each other. Think about creating situations that help them to share personal stories, and to bond. 3. Start by sharing some personal information about yourself, and then ask someone else about a hobby, or a musical interest.
4. .
When people work together, there will be honest mistakes and disappointments, and it’s easy to blame someone for these. However, when everyone starts pointing fingers, an unpleasant atmosphere can quickly develop. This lowers trust, and is finally unproductive.
Discuss trust issues.
If you manage a team that has trust issues, it’s important to find out how these problems originate, so that you can come up with a strategy for overcoming them. Consider giving team members a questionnaire to fill out anonymously(匿名的). 5. Once you’ve read the results, get everyone together to talk about these issues.
A.Do not place blame.
B.Try to avoid mistakes and disappointments.
C.Ask them about the reasons for their lack of trust.
D.Do this by asking sensitively about their family or hobbies.
E.Never forget that your team members are always watching you.
F.Instead, encourage everyone to think about the mistake positively.
G.However, when trust is in place, the group can achieve meaningful goals.
If you follow any people who like traveling on Instagram, you’ve probably noticed they’ve posted amazing photos from Portugal in the last few years, especially during peak summer months. Mario Fernandes, a co-creator and the editor of Golisbon said he had seen increased interest in traveling to Portugal in the past five years, particularly in the last two or three. Cindy Goldberger, a travel adviser for Hiatus, an agency in Brooklyn, New York, said that she noticed an increase in Portugal trips about three years ago and that she gets more requests to plan people’s visits there every year. According to Reuters, the number of foreign tourists visiting Portugal hit a record for 2017, and in the same year the country won the world’s leading destination at the World Travel Awards.
Fernandes suggested it’s because Portugal is safe and more affordable than many other Western European countries. The country’s frequent sunshine is also attractive to many visitors. The Algarve, the southernmost area of Portugal, is home to “some of Europe’s most beautiful beaches,” according to Fenandes. Goldberger noted that many airlines have offered better routes to the country in recent years. She’s also a fan of the new hotels that have opened, including farms that have become hotels.
Eric Hrubant, the president of Cire Travel, noted that there is another reason. “It’s a small country, yet you have cities with rich history, culture and food, as well as a lot of beach and golfing options,” he said. “In five to 10 days, you can have a vacation or honeymoon that caters to all of your senses and desires.”
Hrubant pointed out that celebrities(名人) like Madonna and newlyweds Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander have moved to Portugal, which has put the country more popular.
So you don’t know where to go for a vacation this summer? Now you can make a better choice.
1.What does Paragraph 1 mainly say about Portugal?
A.It’s doing its best to attract tourists.
B.It’s been made popular by Instagram.
C.It’s become a popular tourist destination.
D.Its development depends on its tourism.
2.According to Cindy Goldberger, what encourages more people to go to Portugal?
A.Lower expenses. B.Convenient transportation.
C.Frequent sunshine. D.Beautiful beaches.
3.What does the underlined words “caters to” in paragraph 3 mean?
A.upsets. B.improves.
C.satisfies. D.frightens.
4.What’s the author’s main purpose in writing the text?
A.To encourage people to visit Portugal.
B.To recommend some Portuguese trips.
C.To tell some basic facts about Portugal.
D.To explain why Portugal has become famous.
Brush turkeys are heading back into urban Sydney areas, according to an environmental expert, and there is not much people can do about it.
The Australian brush turkey has “big feet”. They damage people’s beloved backyards by raking up dirt to make large nests which can sometimes hold up to 56 eggs in one mound(土堆). This is because one male brush turkey can breed(交配繁殖) with up to six females who can lay up to 12 eggs.
The population of brush turkeys in Australia was severely reduced along the east coast in the 1960s after coming close to extinction during the Depression as they were easy to hunt for food. As a result, they become a protected species in the 1970s which made it illegal to shoot them.
“In the 1980s, they took over Brisbane, and Sydney is about 10 years behind what happened up here,” Professor Darryl Jones, deputy director of the Environmental Futures Research Institute at Griffith University, said. “Once they get into the city they work out there’s a lot of food and they have a fair bit of protection.”
While brush turkeys have cultural significance in Queensland, they can be annoying for many in Sydney. Former Central Coast resident(居民) Paul told 702 ABC Sydney that he had “an ongoing battle for years” with brush turkeys that built nests in his garden.
“We had plague proportions(瘟疫之灾) when we lived on the Central Coast. I was trying to grow food and vegetables but I had to give up,” he said. “They just completely dug them up. I was fighting a losing battle.”
But Sydney resident Joy thinks differently. “Brush turkeys are part of nature,” she said. “I’ve been able to successfully have a flower garden and a vegetable garden and have brush turkeys wander through the yard. The way I’ve done it is just to put sticks in the ground around the plants. I haven’t had any problems at all and people need to think of ways to overcome these problems rather than kill animals.”
1.What’s one characteristic of brush turkeys?
A.They are afraid of humans. B.They often build mounds to hide eggs.
C.They usually live in coastal areas. D.A female lays a dozen eggs each time.
2.Why were brush turkeys nearly dying out during the Depression?
A.They were over-hunted for their meat. B.They couldn’t find enough food.
C.They were hated and hunted by people. D.Their natural habitats were destroyed.
3.What troubled Paul was that_____.
A.a plague broke out on the Central Coast.
B.he was sometimes attacked by brush turkeys.
C.his garden was messed up by brush turkeys.
D.he had no place to grow food and vegetables.
4.What is Joy’s opinion of brush turkeys?
A.They do much harm to gardeners.
B.Their number should be controlled.
C.Sydney is suitable for them to survive.
D.People should live in harmony with them.
In a post on Love What Matters, Hanss Mujica, 24, explains how he surprised his family by announcing he’d be graduating from college.
Mujica says he wasn’t a hard-working student in high school, but was able to pass his classes. “ In high school, teachers are always on top of you to see if you turned in your work or if you read the assigned book,” Mujica writes on the post. But when he went to college, that wasn’t the case.
“Professors tell you the work that needs to get done and it is up to you to decide if you want to do it or not. After all you are the ones that are paying to be there. That, I believe, was my downfall as a college student. My behavior caused me to be suspended(被暂时停学)from the university.”
Mujica says that at that time, he had a 1.47 grade point average. “When my parents got the news, the looks on their faces completely broke my heart.”
Then Mujica explains how he got his schooling back on track: he went in with a different attitude, applied himself, and worked at a company to pay for school.
“Since I was suspended from the university, my federal aid was suspended as well. I was paying out of pocket and it got to the point where I had to get emergency loans(贷款) from the university. Summer 2015 came by and I could not pay back the loans so I was dropped from my fall 2015 courses. I got out another year from the university and in summer of 2016 I decided to work upstate(在州的乡野地区) to raise the money I needed.
Fortunately, with help from the university dance program and the money he earned at work, Mujica returned to school in fall 2016.
In 2018, Mujica was ready to graduate. He left his parents a letter and two tickets for graduation to surprise them with. “I spent six years in and out of the university but seeing the reactions on their faces was worth every sleepless night,”says Mujica.
1.What do we know about Mujica from the first two paragraphs?
A.He couldn’t adapt to the college life.
B.He used to be a good high school student.
C.He has finally become a college graduate.
D.He was sometimes ignored by his teachers.
2.According to Mujica, what was the main reason for his failure at university?
A.Too much pressure. B.His wrong attitude.
C.Bad scores at high school. D.Lack of professors’ instruction.
3.What does Mujica explain in Paragraph 6?
A.How he paid back the loans in 2015.
B.Why he decided to refuse his federal aid.
C.How he got emergency loans from the university.
D.Why he was dropped from the university for another year.
4.What’s the best title for the text?
A.24-year-old finally wins his parents’ support.
B.Six-year college life puts Mujica under pressure.
C.College student surprises parents with the graduation.
D.A moving story on Love What Matters attracts attention.
▲Sunday Cushion Concerts
Times: 10 am.&11am.
Tickets: $5 per person
The regular Sunday Cushion Concerts introduce children and their families to different instruments and styles of music. Bring your own cushions and secure places by booking in advance! Tickets are available to book over the phone 01865 325325.
▲Christmas Show: The Elves (精灵) and the Shoemaker
17-22 December 2019
Tickets: $7 per person
A poor shoemaker is down on his luck, but as Christmas draws close, a simple act of kindness inspires some magical elves to offer their services. Their amazing shoes attract customers from far and wide, earning the shoemaker fame and fortune! But how will he ever repay them?
This classic story is brought to life for 3- to 7-year-olds and their families. Please book in advance to secure places! For other details, call us at 01865 325331.
▲Moving Music
Michaelmas Term Concert: 6 October 2019
Times: 11:30am & 2pm
Tickets: $5 per person
Please reserve your places in advance, and pay on the door.
This series of concerts is designed especially for people living with dementia(痴呆), and their families, friends, and carers, to enable them to enjoy a concert experience together and to help unlock memory and movement through the power of music. Concerts are held approximately every three months.
For more details or to arrange access for transport: Phone 01865 286660.
▲Turtle Key Opera
Friday mornings in Trinity Term: April-June 2019
Turtle Song is FREE to all participants. To sign up or for more information contact Turtle Key Arts on 01865 525265.
Turtle Song is an opportunity to compose and sing your own songs with professional musicians. The group will meet weekly over a nine-week period between April and June 2019. The aims are to help people with all forms of dementia and people with memory problems.
1.Which event should you choose if you want your kid to learn about different styles of music?
A. Moving Music.
B. Turtle Key Opera.
C. Sunday Cushion Concerts.
D. Christmas Show: The Elves and the Shoemaker.
2.Which number should you call if your 4-year-old girl likes magical stories?
A. 01865 325325. B. 01865 325331.
C. 01865 286660. D. 01865 525265.
3.What’s the similarity between the last two events?
A. They are both free of charge.
B. They are both held every three months.
C. They both benefit people with dementia.
D. They both allow people to sing their own songs.
