—Could you help me solve this puzzle, Tom?
—______________ I’m really not good at this game.
A.Never mind. B.You got me there.
C.It’s up to you. D.Sounds a good idea.
某英文杂志正在举办以“fancy yourself as an interviewer”为主题的征文活动，请你以“A Famous Chinese I Would Like to Interview”为题，写一篇英语短文。
内容包括：1. 采访的对象;
2. 采访的原因;
3. 采访的问题。
注意:词数100左右;
A Famous Chinese I Would Like to Interview
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Natural resources are things 1. exist in nature and can be used by people. Some natural resources are renewable, like trees. When one tree is cut down, we can plant a new tree to replace it. Others, 2., are not renewable, like the coal dug out of the ground. Once it is used, it is 3.. (go)
Although we all know that our natural resources are limited, we often waste them in our daily life. Paper, bottles and cans 4. (throw) away carelessly; food is wasted just because of its poor taste; clothes are rejected 5. (simple) due to their old fashion. These valuable natural resources will run out before long 6. better use is made of them.
Actually, everyone can make contributions (贡献) to 7. (protect) our natural resources. For example, 8.riding a bicycle or walking instead of driving, we can save lots of petrol. Water is a very important natural resource because we all need 9. to stay alive. We can make wise10. (choose) to save water, like reusing the water that has been used to wash vegetables to water flowers.
Whenever we hear about "the homeless", most of us think of the developing world. But the _____ is that homelessness is everywhere. For example, how many of us would expect to see people living on the streets of a_______country like Germany?
Kurt Muller and his wife Rita have spent eleven years making_______ for the homeless of Berlin, Germany's capital. They first_______ one long hot summer when most Germans were_______ on holiday. Kurt Muller and his wife stayed at home, made sandwiches, _______ a table in the street and gave food to the homeless.
The Mullers soon realized that food and clothing weren't _______. “What these people also need is warmth and______, ” says Rita. The Mullers didn’t _______to give their phone number to the street people and told them to phone anytime. Rita _______ there was somebody at home to answer the phone and their home was always_______ to anyone who couldn’t face another night on the street.
The couple were soon_______all their time and money, so Kurt visited food and clothing companies to_______ donations. Today, over thirty companies _______donate food and other goods to the cause and volunteers help to_______them to the homeless. The public also give clothes and money and a shoe producer_______ new shoes.
Kurt and Rita receive no______ for their hard work. “We feel like parents,” says Rita, “and parents shouldn’t_______ money for helping their children. The love we get on the streets is our salary. Though Rita admits she often gets_______. She says she will continue with her work because she likes the feeling of having made a_______ in the world.
1.A.result B.truth C.reason D.idea
2.A.traditional B.developing C.typical D.wealthy
3.A.preparations B.houses C.meals D.suggestions
4.A.began B.met C.called D.left
5.A.asleep B.alone C.across D.away
6.A.brought up B.set up C.put aside D.gave away
7.A.enough B.necessary C.helpful D.expensive
8.A.fame B.freedom C.courage D.caring
9.A.hesitate B.agree C.pretend D.intend
10.A.made sense B.found out C.made sure D.worked out
11.A.open B.crowded C.noisy D.near
12.A.costing B.wasting C.taking D.spending
13.A.pay for B.ask for C.look into D.carry out
14.A.completely B.calmly C.regularly D.roughly
15.A.advertise B.sell C.deliver D.lend
16.A.donates B.produces C.designs D.collects
17.A.permission B.payment C.direction D.support
18.A.borrow B.raise C.save D.expect
19.A.surprised B.excited C.tired D.amused
20.A.profit B.difference C.decision D.rule
Body language is the quiet, secret and most powerful language of all! 1.
According to specialists, our bodies send out more messages than we realize. In fact, non-verbal(非言语) communication takes up about 50% of what we really mean. 2. Indeed, what is called body language is so much a part of us that it’s actually often unnoticed.
And misunderstandings occur as a result of it. 3. Northern Europeans usually do not like having bodily contact(接触) even with friends, and certainly not with strangers. People from Latin American countries, on the other hand, touch each other quite a lot. Therefore, it's possible that in conversation, it may look like a Latino is following a Norwegian all over the room. 4.The Norwegian, very probably seeing this as pushiness, will keep backing away —which the Latino will in return regard as coldness.
5. And only a part of it is in the words themselves. And when parties are from different cultures, there's a strong possibility of misunderstanding. But whatever the situation, the best advice is to obey the Golden Rule: treat others as you would like to be treated.
A.The Latino, trying to express friendship, will keep moving closer.
B.It speaks louder than words.
C.Your body Language will give others a general impression of you.
D.And body language is particularly important when we attempt to communicate across cultures.
E.In many American cultures, it is inappropriate for men and women to touch in public.
F.Clearly, a great deal is going on when people talk.
G.For example, different societies treat the distance between people differently.
Whether in the home or the workplace, social robots are going to become a lot more common in the next few years. Social robots are about to bring technology to the everyday world in a more humanized way, said Cynthia Breazeal, chief scientist at the robot company Jibo.
While household robots today do the normal housework, social robots will be much more like companions than mere tools. For example, these robots will be able to distinguish when someone is happy or sad. This allows them to respond more appropriately to the user.
The Jibo robot, arranged to ship later this year, is designed to be a personalized assistant. You can talk to the robot, ask it questions, and make requests for it to perform different tasks. The robot doesn’t just deliver general answers to questions; it responds based on what it learns about each individual in the household. It can do things such as reminding an elderly family member to take medicine or taking family photos.
Social robots are not just finding their way into the home. They have potential applications in everything from education to health care and are already finding their way into some of these spaces.
Fellow Robots is one company bringing social robots to the market. The company’s “Oshbot” robot is built to assist customers in a store, which can help the customers find items and help guide them to the product’s location in the store. It can also speak different languages and make recommendations for different items based on what the customer is shopping for.
The more interaction the robot has with humans, the more it learns. But Oshbot, like other social robots, is not intended to replace workers, but to work alongside other employees. “We have technologies to train social robots to do things not for us, but with us,” said Breazeal.
1.What can a Jibo robot do according to Paragraph 3?
A.Communicate with you and perform operations.
B.Answer your questions and make requests.
C.Take your family pictures and deliver milk.
D.Obey your orders and remind you to take pills.
2.What can Oshbot work as?
A.A language teacher. B.A tour guide.
C.A shop assistant. D.A private nurse.
3.We can learn from the last paragraph that social robots will ______.
A.train employees B.be our workmates
C.improve technologies D.take the place of workers
4.What does the passage mainly present?
A.A new design idea of household robots. B.Marketing strategies for social robots.
C.Information on household robots. D.An introduction to social robots.
