We know that there is nothing worse than finding yourself caught in a strange place, disconnected from your loved ones. Here are a variety of travel tips that will help make your journey a safe and enjoyable one.
Plan ahead. There is no way to fully plan for the unexpected, but you can be prepared for it.1. If traveling on public transportation, make sure you know the route and the stops. Have a well-charged cell phone with you, or take a Mobile Power Pack. You can often save time and money by planning ahead.
Inform family/ friends of your travel plans. Make sure you have someone you can contact in case of emergency. If someone is meeting you at your destination, make sure they know exactly when your lane/ bus / train arrives.
2. Do you routinely take medicine? Are you traveling with a baby who needs milk powder? These are examples of things to carry with you at all times. If travel is delayed, it doesn't help YOU if these items are part of your checked baggage.
Take identification. It is important to have photo identification with you when you travel. Identification is required when purchasing bus and train tickets. 3.
Check on prohibited items in advance. Visit the Transportation Security Agency's website (TSA) to check on what items are prohibited. 4. Better to leave it at home, since you will have to surrender (交出) the item in order to get through airport security.
Protect your money. Instead of carrying a lot of cash with you, use your card to pay. 5. Take some cash just in case, but don’t put all your cash in one place. Put some money in jackets, pockets and different bags. In case your wallet gets lost or stolen, you still have cash in other places.
A. Don't forget to take medicine.
B. Be aware of your own special needs.
C. This makes payment easier and safer to manage.
D. In case you want to tour around and look for places, maps app is a must.
E. If traveling by car, have a map with you and know your route in advance.
F. Also, it must be presented at airline counters and airport security checkpoints.
G. Remember the Swiss Army knife your grandfather gave you when you were ten years old?
Whether or not your mouth is moving right now, you are talking to yourself. As you read these words, your facial muscles are having quick, invisible movements, sounding out the words so you can actually hear them in your head. This kind of speech is called "subvocalization", and unless you're a speed-reader who has trained yourself out of this habit, you're doing it every time you read or even imagine a word.
Now, MIT researchers want to use those subvocalization to know what's in your mind and translate it into digital orders, using a wearable smart headset called AlterEgo. The headset combines human and machine in some ways.
According to the MIT Media Lab, the device would allow users to send silent orders to the headset simply by thinking of a word. A neural (神经的) network would translate the muscle movements to speech and do the user's orders—totally hands-and-voice-free. Let's say you want to ask AlterEgo what time it is. First, you think the word "time". As you do, your facial muscles make micro-movements to sound out the word in your head. Electrodes(电极) on the headset record these movements and then send them to a computer. The neural network processes these signals the same way a speech-to-text program might, and responds by telling you the time.
In a small study, 10 volunteers read a list of numbers to themselves while wearing AlterEgo headsets. AlterEgo correctly got which numbers the participants were reading with an average accuracy of 92 percent. For comparison, Google's microphone-based speech-to-text translation service has an accuracy of about 95 percent.
“We basically can’t live without our digital devices,” said Pattie Maes, an MIT professor. "But at the moment, the use of those devices is causing some problems in our life. My students and I have been experimenting with new types of experience that enable people to still benefit from all the wonderful knowledge and services that these devices provide but do it in a way that lets them remain in the present.”
1.We can learn from the first paragraph that “ subvocalization” _______.
A. is less used in life now
B. is more effective than speed reading
C. refers to a silent way of reading something
D. means reading something in a detailed way
2.What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?
A. How AlterEgo works.
B. The production of AlterEgo.
C. The disadvantages of AlterEgo.
D. How to wear AlterEgo correctly.
3.The test in Paragraph 4 suggests that AlterEgo _______.
A. has good working performance
B. has become a popular digital product
C. works better than Googles similar service
D. is unable to complete complex tasks at present
Famous Irish poet Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) once wrote: “Ah! Realize your youth while you have it.” He pointed out the important truth about how precious youth is in one’s journey through life.
However, the popular Internet slang word foxi—or “Buddhist”—is challenging this norm by encouraging young people to remain calm and peaceful and avoid conflict as much as possible—in other words, to live like a Buddha.
The phrase was reportedly created in Japan in 2014 to describe young men who no longer bother to start relationships with women or follow someone else’s life path. They prefer to stay in their own peaceful world without being disturbed and care little about passion and success.
Now, Chinese Internet users are paring the phrase with other words to describe a similar mindset. For example, “Buddhist students” are those who study just the right amount—they don’t cut class, but they don’t burn the midnight oil, either. There are also “Buddhist parents”, who interfere (干涉) little with their children’s lives and let them develop however they like—the opposite of “helicopter parents”.
In this fast-changing and competitive world, it’s only natural that people are seeking a spiritual anchor (精神支柱).
However, some would compare foxi with “demotivational culture”—a phrase that describes young people without aim and power. They say that foxi actually reflects the reality that young people are losing their will to fight. They are pretending to keep a healthy and wise attitude toward failure simply because they’re incapable of succeeding.
But no matter what, there is one thing that “Buddhist youngsters” should keep in mind: You may want to keep a calm mindset regarding failure, but you should also be passionate and positive about school, work and life.
After all, Wilde also wrote: “Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations (感觉). Be afraid of nothing.”
1.What is a Buddhist youngster unwilling to do?
A. Read books alone in a quiet place.
B. Complete assignments as instructed.
C. Get involved in a fierce competition.
D. Allow children to develop naturally.
2.What does the underlined word “demotivational” in paragraph 6 mean?
A. Aimless and powerless. B. Hopeless and realistic.
C. Discouraged and fearlful. D. Intelligent and positive.
3.What’s the author’s attitude towards “Buddhist”?
A. Supportive. B. Neutral. C. Critical. D. Doubtful.
Maureen stood by the lake. Suddenly the other children came running through the trees with sharp cries of excitement. They rushed up to the lake, leaning over the clear water, watching the crowds of tiny fish. Some children demanded loudly to go to the boats, but all at once those who had been left behind at the ice-cream stall (小摊) came running up to make some announcement or other, and they all left the water and dashed back the way they had come. With growing excitement, Maureen ran after them.
When she saw what had been run for, she stopped running. They were buying things again. The toy stall was open and they were crowding around it. Behind the stall a middle-aged woman was selling a great variety of small rubbish. She took money from the forest of small hands in exchange for little boats, plastic dolls, yellow pencils and rubbers, or anything. Maureen leaned against a tree, looking on. The idea of spending washed against her face like a strong current, trying to draw her in.
Nona Parker pushed out to the edge of the group and laid what she had bought on the ground so that she could see what money she had left in her white purse. Under Maureen's eyes lay a boat, a mouth organ, and little plates of doll’s food in coloured plaster—a brown load of bread, a joint of beef, a pink pudding—all tiny and terribly desirable. Maureen was so full of the wish for the things like that that she couldn't bear to look at them. She turned her head sharply. Her face against the tree, she shut her eyes and prayed eagerly for some money, for the price of a set of toy plates.
In a moment, she opened her eyes, but she didn't turn back to the stall. It was too painful to see the others buying whatever they wanted. She rubbed almost round the tree, her eyes on the ground. And there under her feet was a ten-pence piece.
1.Why did children dash back on hearing some announcement?
A. To watch tiny fish.
B. To buy new toys.
C. To collect various rubbish.
D. To see a middle-aged woman.
2.Maureen stopped running after the other children because she _______.
A. was too shy to push her way in
B. thought the other children were rich
C. knew the stall was selling rubbish
D. couldn't afford to buy anything
3.Maureen's strong desire for the plates of doll’s food grew when _______.
A. she happened to see what Nona had bought
B. Nona checked her remaining money
C. she saw other children buying things freely
D. Nona was pushed to the edge of the group
4.Seeing the others buying so many wonderful things, Maureen felt _______.
A. thrilled B. helpless C. curious D. annoyed
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1.Why is the plane delayed?
A. The weather is bad.
B. The plane needs to be fixed.
C. Some passengers haven’t arrived.
2.How long will the flight last?
A. About six hours. B. About four hours. C. About three hours.
3.What information can be found in the brochure?
A. Safety instructions.
B. Meals being served for lunch.
C. Details about the entertainment.
4.What will passengers do next?
A. Get aboard. B. Watch a video. C. Get some sleep.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.What is the woman doing?
A. Complain about her school life.
B. Showing the man around campus.
C. Telling the man about her experience in college.
2.What classes did the woman choose in the beginning?
A. Classes that fit her major.
B. Classes that seemed interesting.
C. Classes she thought would be important for her career.
3.What does the woman say about college classes?
A. They get harder as you get older.
B. They are challenging in different ways.
C. They always involve the same kinds of preparation.
