Deciding to get her money's worth out of the wedding dress on which she spent over $1,000, an Australian woman has been wearing her wedding dress, a year after her wedding.
43-year-old Tammy Hall adopted a new lifestyle-anti-consumerism (反消费主义) lifestyle in 2016, after a trip to India opened her eyes to how much we as a society consumed. She decided not to buy any new clothes or footwear for a whole year after she returned home to Adelaide, in Southern Australia, and she managed to make it.
But last year, as her wedding day approached, she faced a dilemma. She wanted to look good on the most important day of her life, but how could she spend a small fortune on the wedding dress she would only wear on that day?
"In the end I decided that if I was going to get a wedding dress, I'd make sure I could get my money's worth," Hall tells PA Real Life.
"The first time I wore it after the wedding was to vote in the Australian election in early 2019," the 43-year-old adds. "Since then, it's been to all sorts of places. Wearing it on a crowded train was especially funny, but I've worn it to do housework, to football games and to the gym."
Hall says that she has gotten some strange looks from people, but no irritating comments. It may have something to do with the fact that the dress is not the fanciest, but she believes people are just too reserved to say anything. Anyway, she doesn't really care, because she knows she has to hit the goal she has set and wearing the dress multiple times is the most reasonable way she could think of to make the most of her wedding dress.
Hall now plans to wear her wedding dress on a trip to Iceland that she and her partner will take next summer.
1.Why did Tammy Hall adopt a new lifestyle?
A.To adapt herself to Indian life. B.To cut down her consumption.
C.To save money for her next trip. D.To get prepared for her wedding.
2.What did Tammy Hall do to get her money's worth out of her wedding dress?
A.She brought fun to people with it. B.She tried to wear it to earn money.
C.She wore it repeatedly in daily life. D.She got it exchanged again and again.
3.Which of the following best explains the word "irritating" underlined in paragraph 6?
A.Thrilling. B.Annoying.
C.Amusing. D.Confusing.
4.What can we infer about Tammy Hall?
A.She is determined to turn her ideas into practice.
B.She values her wedding dress less than her trips.
C.She has been struggling to make the ends meet.
D.She has influenced people's lifestyle widely.
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1.If you are taking a baby, which one may suit you best?
A.Manhausen. B.Cedar Lakes Estate.
C.Soho Farmhouse. D.Salt House Inn.
2.What is special about Soho Farmhouse?
A.Water scenery. B.Limited access. C.Outdoor activities. D.Family-style meals.
3.Where is this text most probably taken from?
A.A magazine. B.A brochure. C.A textbook. D.A website.
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1. 个人简介：姓名、年龄、国籍；
2. 话题主题：和平、感恩、幸福；
3. 推荐理由。
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Last Friday, the evening fell, but my parents hadn’t come back home yet. I stopped doing my homework but decided to make a meal for my family instead of just wait. It was my the first cooking. I went online to find information on how cook home-style dishes. With the step-by-step direction, I managed to make a dish. Then I tried to cook other. When my parents got home, they were amazing to see the tasty dishes I made. Immediately my mum took pictures for them and my dad gave me a big hug. I real enjoyed the meal that evening.
To breed snails (蜗牛) well, you need to spray water to the container every morning and evening, change soil every two weeks, and feed them with cabbages and sweet fruits—this is what Sun Youxiang, a fourth-grade primary school student in Hangzhou, 1. (conclude) after breeding snails for one year.
From three small white snails at the very beginning 2.more than 60 snails of four generations now, he has done a great job in his assignment for his science class, 3. (witness) the reproduction of animals is a precious experience for kids. Their 4. (create), patience, and respect for life will be stimulated (激发) as they learn to take care of animals on their own.
Sun’s teacher said the assignment served as a . good example of life education. Practice 5. (be) an essential step in leaning, which will benefit the kids for 6.life time. Life education allows kids to know how to live with nature and creatures in a friendly way.
Starting from this year, Science will become an. 7. (equal) important subject as Chinese and Math in primary schools, 8.aims to improve students’ knowledge about the surroundings. 9. (draw) by curiosity, more kids will be willing to observe and think through practicing, which will add to 10. (they) recognition of the world in the long run.
What would you do if you had $5, but were limited to two hours to make as much money as possible? Buy a lottery ticket. While this is the most _______ suggestion from people, it means a significant risk in return for a _______ chance.
Tina Selling, who invented the_______ for her students of Stanford University, has a _______ story to tell.
Selling gave each of the fourteen teams a sealed envelope that contains five dollars of “seed funding”. They were, _______ to spend as much time planning, but once they had _______ the envelope they then had two hours to make as much money as possible. The next week, each team were to _______ their project in a three-minute presentation.
It _______ that most of the 14 teams didn’t use the five dollars _______. They realized that focusing on the ________ actually limited the way of solving the problem too tightly. They understood that five dollars is essentially ________ and decided to reinterpret the problem more ________: what can be done if ________ with absolutely nothing?
The average ________ on the five dollar investment was 4,000 times! So what did they ________ do?
One team started a stand on campus to check the bike tire ________for free and charged $1 to refill tires. Another team made ________ at busy restaurants and then sold each of them for up to twenty dollars to customers who didn’t want to ________ line. The team who made the greatest ________ sold their presentation time to a company that wanted to employ them to advertise. They ________ a good business for that company in the three-minute presentation and brought in $ 650,000.
1.A.fancy B.useful C.common D.interesting
2.A.slim B.big C.hopeful D.possible
3.A.form B.challenge C.plan D.method
4.A.funny B.shocking C.dull D.cool
5.A.advised B.forced C.permitted D.determined
6.A.opened B.lost C.got D.posted
7.A.study B.complete C.report D.limit
8.A.pointed out B.turned out C.brought about D.came about
9.A.at all B.after all C.accidentally D.strangely
10.A.envelope B.result C.classroom D.money
11.A.anything B.something C.nothing D.everything
12.A.accurately B.broadly C.patiently D.slowly
13.A.dealing B.working C.meeting D.beginning
14.A.number B.return C.expense D.score
15.A.actually B.roughly C.merely D.generally
16.A.air B.quality C.pressure D.size
17.A.snacks B.decisions C.appointments D.reservations
18.A.sit B.take C.serve D.wait
19.A.profit B.progress C.promise D.present
20.A.had B.created C.sold D.ran
