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It was a harvest year for women activists. Here are four inspiring women in 2018.

Josephine Majani

In August 2013. Josephine Majani came to a hard hallway floor in the Bungoma District Hospital. She heard nurses yelling. She was helpless. Majani has no memory of being slapped(掌掴), but when she regained consciousness her cheeks stung. Her experience was captured on video.

In February of this year, the court issued a landmark ruling awarding Majani $25, 000, requiring that hospital staff formally apologize to her and demanded women be given quality care and treated with dignity during childbirth.

Man Kaur

Man Kaur is 101, but her routine could tire most 20s. Every day she wakes up at 4:00 a. m., bathes, washes clothes. makes tea, recites prayers until about 7:00 a. m. And then she goes to the track for an hour of sprinting(短跑) practice. And she's not just doing it for fun. Kaur is a world record holder in her age group. Now you may be thinking… is she really 101?

Nadia Murad

In August 2014, Nadia Murad was one of the women who were captured by ISIS and forced into sexual slavery. Three months later, she escaped. She has shared her painful story with international media outlets to show the world what happened to Yazidis. She has become a voice for captive women and girls in the process. In 2018, she became the co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Maria Garcia Ramos

Maria Garcia Ramos, 32, a disability activist from Mexico, has been using a wheelchair since she was 14 due to an illness. She advocates policy that advance rights for women with disabilities. She shares the biggest misunderstanding of people with disabilities: "People instantly think that a person with disabilities is broken or missing something."

Born in Philadelphia the youngest of five children, Ruiz grew up in a loving household in suburban South Jersey. But that is not her full story. Ruiz's father passed away when she was three, leaving her mother to raise the five children. The family moved more than she'd like to remember -three times when she was in 5th grade alone.

Though her mother was a working single parent trying to support her own family, she didn't hesitate to help others. Friends arrived needing a temporary place to crash and stayed indefinitely. Ruiz's aunt, diagnosed with cancer, moved in with the family after her graduation from high school and they cared for her through the end.

Ruiz became an EMT and worked nights in Philadelphia, eventually enrolling in Rowan College at Gloucester County, where she sought to develop her skills as a storyteller. Ruiz got such good grades at RCGC that she was offered a partial scholarship to study journalism at the University of Miami but realizing she could not get enough to cover everything the scholarship wouldn't, she didn't go to Miami. She applied to Rowan. She graduated with two degrees-Journalism and Radio, Television &. Film-from the College of Communication &. Creative Arts.

Last fall, Ruiz joined the staff of Rowan Radio 89. 7 WGLS-FM where she quickly became news director and this spring began an internship with the Elvis Duran and the Morning Show, a nationally syndicated radio program in New York City. The Duran program exposed her to a world of career possibilities, from behind the scenes production to on-air talent.

“I know what it's like to feel isolated, to feel like your story is not getting heard, " she said." Rowan provided me the tools to give a voice to the voiceless. My goal is to share powerful stories so that I can inspire as many people as possible to love themselves and to follow their dreams. "

With oil prices rising sharply this year, it seems remarkable to argue that water might one day be more expensive than oil. Jean-Louis Chaussade, the chief executive of the French utility company Suez, argues that water scarcity(不足）is now one of the most pressing challenges facing many industries. He told the Financial Times last year that he foresaw one day water would be more precious than oil.

It isn't only a growing world population that places demands on water - industries such as energy and agriculture are also consuming more and more. The 2030 Water Resources Group, believes that by 2030 global demand will be 40 percent higher than it is today.

The threat is now so acute that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in the US warned that disputes over water may lead to armed conflicts, particularly in areas such as Africa and the Middle Fast. A three-year drought in South Africa caused a water crisis earlier this year, with officials warning they may have to shut off most of Cape Town's taps.

The most valuable water in the world is what we actually consume. With petrol at roughly £1.29 a liter in the UK today, a bottle of water from some of big-name branded companies can already be about three times more. And it is not going to get any cheaper. The days of relying on water flowing through our taps are coming to an end. Around the world. 2.1 billion people do not have immediate access to clean drinking water. And this isn't only a developing-world problem. In almost every country people have water stress.

Over the next ten years, if we do not come together to find answers to our water shortage. We will face major supply-related issues around the globe, not just with drinking water - our industries will be affected as well.

Creating a new gene in a single day could soon be possible. The technology could one day let researchers speedily rewrite genes, enabling them to make new medicines and fuels on the fly. Researchers have been able to make DNA since the 1970s. The traditional approach takes DNA nucleotides(核苷酸）and adds them, one by one, to a growing chain called an oligo (寡核苷酸）。But the process is typically slow and error-prone, limiting oligos to about 200 letters-a tiny part of the thousands of letters that make up most genes.

Over the decades, most researchers have settled on one particular polymerase(聚合酶），called TdT, because unlike others, it can attach new nucleotides to an oligo strand without following a DNA template strand. Scientists have tried for years to make TdT add one nucleotide at a time and stop, before repeating the process with a different nucleotide. But TdT doesn't work well with these modified nucleotides. “TdT is very picky." says Sebastian Palluk, a Ph. D. student. One such system, for example, required about an hour to add each modified base, far too slow to be practical.

Ultimately, the approach should be cheap, because TdT is easy to manufacture in bacteria. It's also fast. Most new nucleotides attach to the growing oligo in 10 to 20 seconds. For now, the step still takes a minute. So synthesizing a whole gene will still likely take the better part of a day.

The new approach is not quite ready. So far, the group has made oligos only 10 bases long. And there are still a few writing problems, as the approach was only 98% accurate at writing DNA, below the 99% accuracy of the traditional approach. In order to write oligos up to 1000 bases long, the approach will likely need to be 99.9% accurate.

Daily Habits of Naturally Productive People

When it comes to being more efficient at your job. you know the basics. But research shows a whole new side of productivity you may not have realized.

Focus on being happier.

 Even if a low mood does not completely disable you from functioning, it can decrease your productivity to make you far less efficient. Also, don't hesitate to seek help. This will not only help you achieve a more stable work-life balance, but a new outlook can also open you up to new opportunities and necessary changes.

Prioritize fitness.

You know the countless benefits of exercise.  Even 30- minute bursts of moderate-to-high physical activity just three to four times a day can go a long way in helping you accomplish your personal and professional goals. If you're really not a fan of the gym, join a group class to keep yourself motivated.

Pressing pause is important. Studies show that prolonged tasks that require high levels of focus, energy, and attention can cause you to become less productive and focused over time. Take brief mental breaks. When we take 'health breaks' we are much more focused and engaged for our next work, in contrast, when we try to work continually on a project without breaks our quality of work tends to deteriorate.

Don't try to do everything at once.

People believe the more we can do at once, the better. In fact, the more we multitask, the less efficient and productive we become. Instead, to increase productivity, focus on one task at a time until it's completed and then give all of your attention to the next task.

A. Take breaks at times.

B. Make productivity first.

C. However, research shows the opposite.

D. Studies found happier people are more productive.

E. Have a look at these habits of naturally productive people.

F. It improves your mood and increase your brain's productivity.

G. Researches show that daylight exposure improves your levels of activity.

A woman was drowning and she put her hand in the air with her last energy. She was only moments away from1when she was rescued. Surf lifesaver Andrew Reid, who helped 2 the woman, said the woman was3 lucky, with a number of factors contributing to her rescue.

He had just walked in at 6:55 a. m. and a fellow lifeguard 4 because they start at 7:00 a.m. They were 5 just looking out and checking the conditions. It was then that the struggling woman was6 .

Mr.Reid said as he 7 his way towards the woman, other lifeguards were also trying hard. One of the other 8 , Troy Stewart, got to the woman quicker. He reached the woman as she began to 9 under water. Mr.Reid said the woman was 10when got above the waterline.

Another lifeguard, Anthony Carroll, raced to the rescue, and he even made a separate rescue. "She is a very lucky lady," Mr. Reid said. "She had two of the country's11 surf swimmers at the beach this morning." He added that each lifeguard took a different 12 to ensure at least one of them was able to 13 the woman in time.

The woman was 14once she had been rescued. Mr. Reid was proud of the role he and his colleagues15 in the rescue.

If you ask me what are the things that people should not do no matter how, the first thing that (come) to my mind will be to postpone today's business to tomorrow. Nothing should be postponed and nothing can be (actual) postponed. If you feel the urge (do) a thing, that means there is certain reason for you to do it today, though maybe you still don't know what the reason is. Every now and then you may get  (motivate) by some inspirational stories. But (chance) are high that you haven't really accomplished much although you once felt filled with so much energy to do them, because you didn't take any action. What you really need is not any motivation or energy. What you do need is the   (devote) to take action. When you postpone it, you get old. There will not always be a tomorrow  (wait) for you there. Your time is limited. If you don't take the chance to settle what should be settled today while there is still time, sooner  later you will find there will be no time for you to settleyou really want to settle. Time is precious. Don't waste it.

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2）球队训练时间、地点：

3）希望他参加并给一些建议。

注意：1）词数80左右；

2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Ted.

……

Yours,

Li Hua

At noon that day, I drove back to my house after the performance. Just as I entered the living room, I heard a gentle sound coming from the bedroom upstairs—it was the sound of my favorite violin.

"Thief!"

I dashed upstairs. Sure enough, as expected, a boy of about 12 years old was petting my violin. The boy had messy hair and a thin face, his oversized coat seemingly filled with something. At first glance, I found a new pair of shoes missing. It seemed that he was surely a thief.

Then, I saw his eyes full of fear and despair. My anger was immediately replaced by a smile, I asked, "Are you Mr. Ram's nephew, Michael? I'm his housekeeper. Two days ago, I heard his nephew living in the countryside will come. It must be you. You're really like him!"

On hearing my words, the boy was first astonished, but then quickly said, "Has my uncle gone out? I think I'd better first go out for a walk and visit him again in a while."

I nodded and asked the boy who was preparing to put down the violin, "Do you like to play the violin so much?"

"Yes, but I'm so poor that I can't afford it, " the boy replied.

"Then, I give this violin to you." The boy looked at me questioningly, but he picked up the violin. Going out to the living room, he suddenly saw on the wall my huge color photo I performed in the Sydney Opera House. He involuntarily trembled for a moment and ran out without looking back.

I was sure that the boy had understood what happened because no one would decorate the living room with the housekeeper's photo.

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A few years later, I was invited to be a judge at a music competition of senior high school students.

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After the competition, "Michael" ran to me, holding a violin box.