请阅读下面短文，并按要求写一篇150词左右的文章。
When I was mostly in middle school and high school I was tormented because I was ugly. It still happens from time to time. But it was much worse in middle school and first year of high school. Random strangers would call me ugly. Once I was walking to school and the boys behind told his friend “yo, that girl is mad ugly.” Another incident I had was in the bus filled with rowdy kids and as I pushed the door to get out, a kid I walked by saying “ugly bitch.” I had groups of girls also say that to me and would give me nasty faces. I barely have any friends due to this and that fact though I’ve been very academic all the time.
All of this has put me into depression. I do not like most boys and they don’t like me because I am not pretty enough and treat me like crap because of it. I get very anxious to be in public a lot and in school as I still have groups of mean girls staring me down and boys too. I have enough of feelings like an alien, I replay these horrible memories over and hate it, I hate I was born with this face, why couldn’t everyone be born equally beautiful? How can I get over this pain and not be so anxious? I think I am hideous, especially the sides of my face.
1. 用约30个词概括上文的主要内容；
2. 用约120个词就“如何看待一个人的外表”的主题发表看法，内容包括:
（1） 你对一个人外表的看法和理解；
（2） 如果你是文中女孩同班同学，你该如何帮她摆脱困境？(至少两条)
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1. 阐述观点或提供论据时，不能直接引用原文语句；
2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；
3. 不必写标题。
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Going broke in your golden years is commonplace, lasts a long time and is a scarier nightmare than any Halloween horror film. But by changing habits and doing some smart planning, you can avoid that terror.
Here are my suggestions:
Cheaper housing
Cutting big, unnecessary expenses is a better place to start.
For many, the best savings trick is leaving a big city. Housing, restaurants, groceries and basic services typically get cheaper the farther you get from a metropolitan center.
In Seattle, for example, a three-bedroom home can cost $1 million or more, according to Zillow. In nearby Duvall, Washington, you get that house plus a nice yard for half a million or less. Renting a three-bedroom Seattle pad typically costs $3,500 a month or more. In the suburbs? Try $2,200. That’s over $15,000 in annual savings.
Look up housing costs in any major city and its suburbs. You’ll see similar trends. In California, you get more for your buck in San Ramon than in San Francisco. Santa Clarita is hugely more affordable than Los Angeles.
Round Rock, Texas, beats Austin. Garden City, New York, beats Manhattan. Move farther out, to true rural America, and you can cut housing costs by half again, easy.
Can’t give up urban living? Consider moving to a cheaper metro area.
According to SmartAsset’s analysis, a $1 million retirement fund lasts just 10.5 years in Manhattan. San Francisco is nearly as bad, just 12.7 years.
But in some big cities, your buck stretches further. In Denver, your $1 million savings could last 21 years. West Coasters might also try Phoenix, where $1 million lasts over 25 years.
Cut entertainment spending
If you don’t want to leave family, friends or community, there is another big, easy way to save: Slash entertainment spending. Few folks fully understand what they waste unconsciously. It’s estimated that people aged 65 to 74 spend $5,832 annually on play. For a couple, that’s around $11,000. One reason it gets out of hand? In retirement, you jump from one or two leisure days a week to seven.
But there is a lot of free and cheap fun. Consider your local Shakespeare in the Park instead of spending hundreds for “Hamilton” tickets. Have picnics or experiment your way through a new cookbook instead of eating out regularly. While watching TV, make sure you actually use services you subscribe to. Many subscribe to things (streaming, gyms, wholesale retailers, etc.) they rarely use.
Rethink your old budget
Central to all this: Plan to change your habits, which can become our real Halloween goblins. Humans are habitual creatures, and our routines keep us spending the way we did before.
Just as important as avoiding old routines is setting a budget. Then stick to it. Keep records of your spending. Hold yourself accountable. Don’t forget to plan for the unexpected! Many folks forget to factor in wiggle room for car or home maintenance.
Budgeting and penny-pinching may not sound fun. But it beats the terrifying misery of going broke in old age. A little planning goes a long way later.
Title: Three tips to avoid terror of 1. out of money in retirement | |
Tip1:Reduce housing expenses | Housing expenses differ greatly because of different 2. of the houses. ◇The farther you are away from a metropolitan center, the smaller your expenses are. ◇Housing costs are higher in any major city than housing costs in its suburbs. For example, you’ll spend 3. if you choose to live in Manhattan rather than in Garden City, New York. ◇A $1 million retirement fund can 4. out twice longer in Denver than in Manhattan. |
Tip2: Spend less on entertainment | Free and cheap fun helps. ◇One reason why retired folks can’t 5. the amount of money on entertainment is that they have 7 days’ free time every week while they had only one or two leisure days when they were 6.. That means they have more opportunities to spend their money. ◇Avoid 7. to the TV services that you seldom use. |
Tip3: Think 8. about your old budget | Avoiding old routines and setting a budget are of the same importance. ◇It’s important to make 9. to your old routines. ◇10. aside some money for unexpected things, such as the expenses to maintain your car and home. |
I have happy memories of trips to Europe, but my trip to Romania (罗马尼亚) was unique. When I was there as recalled, it was like being in a “James Bond” movie. My husband was born there, but his family sent him to study in Italy. Before he left, his mother told him, “As long as I write in pencil, don’t come back. When I write to you in pen, it’s safe to return.” But she never wrote in pen.
My husband lived a poor life in Italy. He applied to go to America, but there was a limit in number and he was rejected. He was accepted by Canada, though, and from Calgary he jumped onto a train to San Francisco. There he stayed —illegally. He became a US citizen when we got married. By then he was a charming European with a Romanian accent and the manners of a prince.
With seven years’ experience in America, a US passport, and two children later, he felt it was safe to visit Romania. He hadn’t seen his mother, two sisters, and two brothers since he was sixteen. We flew to Munich, Germany; picked up the German-made car we had purchased in the States; and drove to Romania via Austria and Hungary. When we reached Bucharest, the capital city of Romania, his family was waiting outside his sister’s house to greet us. After a long time of hugging, kissing, and crying, his family also hugged me, the American wife with two young children. They had great interest in me. Few Americans visited Romania at that time, and most Romanians had little chance to travel. I had brought an English-Romanian dictionary with me and managed to communicate, using only nouns, with no verbs. My Romanian improved, and the family’s stock of English words increased, but mostly I spoke in broken, New York-accented Romanian. The sisters loved their gifts of skirts and purses, the brothers loved the radios, and the children loved the candy. We made side trips to the Black Sea and enjoyed sightseeing in beautiful mountains. Dining at outdoor cafes to the music of violins was fantastic with fancy flavor, but nothing was as special as family dinners.
Romania didn’t have many dry cleaners. Most homes had old-fashioned washing machines but no dryers, and it was a hot summer. My husband’s relatives didn’t want to risk dirtying their clothes. Their solution was as simple as it was shocking: the women only wore their bras(胸罩) and slips (衬裙) at dinner table. The men were eating without shirts. They all had jobs, so time was precious. Having dinner without proper clothes was a small inconvenience compared with the effort of washing clothes —at least in my husband’s home, perhaps all across Romania. I, of course, having just met them, ate fully clothed. I washed my clothes by hand and hung them outdoors to dry.
On the last night of our three-week stay, we had a large family dinner. I was tired of washing my clothes. So I pulled my dress over my head and placed it on the chair behind me. All men and women applauded for my action. Even with my poor Romanian, I understood that they were saying, “She’s part of our family now.”
My children were 4 and 5 at the time, but they still have memories of that trip. They know how to say, “Good morning.” and “There are apricots (杏子) on the tree.” I can still say, “Do you speak Romanian?”and “I swim in the Black Sea.” But most of all, I remember sitting at a long dining-room table in my bra, enjoying meatballs with fresh garlic .
1.From Para. 1, we can infer that ________.
A. the mother didn’t want to see her son B. a trip to Europe would be dangerous
C. the mother didn’t like to write in pen D. Romania might be unsafe at that time
2.The writer’s husband obtained an American citizenship through ________.
A. marriage B. application C. illegal stay D. academic performance
3.Which of the following statements about the writer’s trip in Romania is true?
A. The couplebought a new German-made car after they arrived in German.
B. The writer had little interest in the relatives.
C. The writer used a new language with effort.
D. The family enjoyed swimming in the black sea best.
4.What made the writer feel special about the family dinner in Romania?
A. The way people dressed. B. The way people spoke.
C. The fantastic violin music. D. The fancy food flavor.
5.The writer was completely accepted by her husband’s family when ________.
A. she offered gifts to the whole family B. she spoke her husband’s language
C. she washed all the clothes by hand D. she had dinner in bra like other ladies
6.The writer shared her story to say ________.
A. “one needs to sacrifice to find true love”
B. “east and west, home is the best”
C. “when in Rome do as the Romans do”
D. “marry a dog and follow the dog forever”
The largest-ever study of the link between city walkability and high blood pressure has been held up as evidence of the “invisible value of urban design” in improving long-term health outcomes, say researchers.
The study of around 430,000 people aged between 38 and 73 and living in 22 UK cities found significant associations between the increased walkability of a neighborhood, lower blood pressure and reduced risk of high blood pressure among its residents.
The outcomes remained consistent even after adjustments for socio-demographic (社会人口统计学), lifestyle and changing physical environment factors, though the protective effects were particularly pronounced among participants aged between 50 and 60, women, and those residing in higher density and poor neighborhoods.
The paper was published in the International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health this week. With high blood pressure a major risk factor for chronic (慢性的) and particularly heart diseases, researchers at the University of Hong Kong and Oxford University said the findings demonstrated the need to take notice of the health-influencing factor in urban design.
“With the increasing pace of urbanization and demographic shifts towards an ageing population, we become more likely to suffer from chronic diseases,” said Dr. Chinmoy Sarkar, an assistant professor at the Healthy High Density Cities Lab of the University of Hong Kong and lead author of the study. “The action taken to improve public health must consider the invisible value of urban planning and design.
“We are spending billions of pounds in preventing and curing heart diseases — if we are able to invest in creating healthy cities through small changes in the design of our neighborhoods to make them more activity-friendly and walkable, then probably, we will have significant savings in future healthcare expenses.”
To measure a neighborhood’s activity-promoting potential, researchers developed a set of index(指标) of walkability containing relevant urban elements, including residential and retail (零售) density, public transport, street-level movement, and distance to attractive destinations.
Poorly designed spaces generally reduced walking and physical activity, promoting the lifestyles of long time sitting down and not moving; and were harmful to social interactions, and as such associated with poorer mental and physical health.
Because walkability was “based on the underlying design of the city”, said Sarkar, cities could be modified or designed to encourage it. “Such investments in healthy design are likely to bring in long-term gains as they are enduring and common.”
1.By considering “invisible value of urban design”, people can _______.
A. reduce the ageing population
B. promote activity-friendly and walkable cities
C. invest in preventing and curing heart diseases
D. slow down the pace of urbanization
2.What can be inferred from the passage?
A. A set of index is essential to ensure that urban design promotes walkability.
B. Walkable cities will cure a person of his or her high blood pressure.
C. Chronic diseases are becoming common due to people’s neglect of their health.
D. Middle-aged women living in poor areas are more likely to benefit from increased walkability.
3.All of the following are the undesirable consequences of poorly-designed neighborhoods EXCEPT _______.
A. fewer neighborhoods B. unhealthy lifestyle
C. fewer social interactions D. failing health
4.According to Dr. Chinmoy Sarkar, _______.
A. cities should encourage the residents to engage in social interactions
B. the design of our neighborhoods should meet people’s needs for retail density
C. money invested in creating healthy cities is money saved in future healthcare expenses
D. chronic diseases will be common because of pollution and the environment change
Post-00s is a documentary about growing up. It covers almost every aspect of millennials’ experiences on their path toward adolescence ---their struggles with schoolwork, their relationship with peers, their confusion if a younger brother or sister is born into the family, and their growing desire to keep a distance from their parents. But this five-episode series was different from any other TV program with a similar theme.
Post-00s was filmed over a period of 10 years, during which the show’s makers followed a group of kids from when they were infants through to when they became teenagers. In other words, the show’s“characters”grow older for real, and their stories are all real.
“Coming-of-age”stories, as they’re known, have a special appeal. They satisfy our curiosity of looking at someone else’s life, and we become more and more attached to the characters as if we truly know them. And while we enjoy the truthfulness of the stories because nothing is set in advance, we also can’t help but feel the cruelty of reality. After all, there’s no re-writing of the script and there’s no turning back--- this is real life.
This realness can also be seen in Boyhood, a 2014 film that won the Silver Bear award for best director at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival. During a period of 12 years, the film follows the life of Mason Jr. --- played by US actor Ellar Coltrane --- from when he was 6 to when he finished high school.
One of Boyhood’s appeals comes from its “ordinariness”. Mason Jr isn’t some child genius... He is a quietly spoken, fairly typical American boy, growing up in the Texas suburbs. He likes riding his bike and playing video games.
While coming-of-age stories may look ordinary on the outside, they often allow us to look underneath the surface and see something extraordinary – the power of life itself.
1.In the documentary, we see post-00’s growing experience EXCEPT __________.
A. how they escape from their studies
B. how they get along with people of their age
C. how they help feel about their younger brothers or sisters
D. how much they long to be independent of their parents
2.Post-00 is different from other TV programs with a similar theme in that _____________.
A. it focuses on millennials’ life experience on their path towards adolescence
B. the stories of its main characters are real
C. It was filmed over a period of 10 years
D. It has five episodes
3.Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?
A. Life is one big story B. Actors are ordinary characters
C. Documentary is real life D. Post-00s are coming!
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$30 Off
A $30 amazon.com Gift Card will be instantly loaded into your Amazon.com account upon the approval of your credit card application.
3%BACK At Amazon.com amazon.com |
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Redeem (兑换) for instant savings at Amazon.com checkout
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