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Peter does well in basketball badminton.
— Yes. ______________ you want to pass it and be stronger, practise more.
— OK. I won't allow _______________ to enter your office until you finish it.
Lila was a smart girl, but she couldn't see things clearly. She loved to ride her bike. But she couldn't see the way before her.，But she couldn't see the ball when it was coming. Lila loved to go to school..
One day Lila's mum took her to see an eye doctor.. When Lila put on her glasses, she could not believe all the things were so clear!. She could ride her bike around the neighborhood. And she could see the words on the blackboard at school. She wanted to wear her glasses every day.
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A. Lila was so happy to be able to see things clearly. B. She didn't like to go to school. C. But she couldn't see the words on the blackboard. D. She loved to play basketball. E. The doctor said Lila needed a pair of glasses. F. She could play basketball with her friends. G. Lila didn't want to play with her friends. |
You pick up your phone and stare at it. The screen unlocks at once. But it won't do that for anyone else. The phone knows who you are. It recognizes (识别) the shape of your face. Welcome to the world of the latest iphone. It comes with a feature called Face ID.
Your face isn't the only characteristic you can use as a password. Many smartphones already accept fingerprint recognition. Other safety systems check the shape of the ear, patterns in the eye, or the way a person walks. All of these characteristics, called biometrics (生物识别技术), are unusual enough to identify someone.
People like using biometrics for safety because they're easy. You can't misplace or forget your own face. They're also usually very safe. It's hard to copy another person's body parts. But it's not impossible!
And the face may be one of the easiest body parts to copy. Most teens post plenty of photos online. These could probably help someone hack into (入侵) a safety system. In 2016, researchers at the University of North Carolina collected available Facebook photos. They used them to build 3D models of faces. Then they showed these fake faces to five different facial recognition systems. Four out of five let the cheater (骗子) in. (Face ID wasn't part of the test.)
Once a biometric password has been stolen, you can't easily change it. You can't get a new face! There's one more thing of Face ID that worries experts. It would be easy for someone else to hold your phone in front of your face to unlock it. For example, an angry sister or brother might do this to hack into your accounts.
Some people won't worry about all that. It's just so cool to use Face ID. As for me, l am always glad to use the new technology as long as it can make our lives easier and better. What do you think? Is it a good thing to you?
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Leo enjoys travelling and wants to learn how to make different typical dishes. |
A. Night Light The writer talks about his hard life as a blind person, and describes the challenges on his way to success. |
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Jeff loves the countryside and enjoys writing. He wants to develop his writing skills. |
B. Action Plan lt's all about famous sportspeople and includes lots of interviews about what they've done to succeed. |
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Chloe loves doing sports and would like to learn how top sportspeople succeed. |
C. Days in the Sun The writer describes his happy early life on a small farm, and how travelling around the countryside helped him to become a writer. |
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Mia likes books experiences exciting about happening in the past. |
D. Endless Days It's about a true story of the first pilots. With plenty of photos, the book brings history to life for readers. |
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Dan wants to read books about someone who's brave enough to face his challenges. |
E. Our Lives This is the perfect book if you're interested in cultures. It introduces recipes(菜谱) for traditional dishes from different places. |
No matter where you are, humans are always checking time. Some of us are good at it—planning and doing things way ahead of time(提前), while others are always in a hurry. And that's only if you're on time. What if you are late?
So, how late is late? Many cultures take timekeeping very seriously, while others seem to accept lateness as just a common way of things. In different countries, people's opinions are different. In Latin America, things may happen five minutes, twenty minutes，an hour or even two after they were planned. In Sri Lanka, lateness is a part of the daily habit. In Rwanda, this is a place where it is not unusual to arrive at 11 a.m. for a meeting which started at nine.
On the other hand, German and Japanese people have a stricter view about time. In Japan, it is common to arrive ahead of time to attend a meeting. Those who arrived at nine to a meeting starting at nine a.m. would be late in other people's view. In Germany, however, if a dinner party were to begin at eight, a person who arrived five minutes earlier may walk around the block to make sure that they get there at eight on time, without being too early or late.
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⒈Lateness is in some countries. ⒉Lateness is rejected(拒绝) in some countries. |
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⒈People can be late at any time. ⒉Lateness is common in life. ⒊It is to be late. ⒋Try to appear ahead of time. ⒌Try to on time. |
I walked into a stranger as he passed by me. "Excuse me," I said.
He replied with a smile and said, "Please excuse me, too. I didn't notice you. "We apologized(道歉) and went for our own ways.
Later that day, when I was cooking, my daughter was standing too near, When I turned to search for some milk, I nearly knocked her over. "Move out of the way!" I shouted.
She walked away sadly. But I didn't feel like I had to apologize to her.
While I was in bed that evening, my husband said to me. "While dealing with a stranger, you were polite. But with a daughter you love, you were unkind. Your daughter brought you some flowers that she picked herself this afternoon. You will find them in the kitchen by the door, Have you seen the tears(眼泪）in here yes?"
I quietly went and sat down by my daughter's bed.
"Honey, I am so sorry, "I said. "Are these the flowers you picked for me?"
She said, "I found them by the tree. I picked them because they're pretty like you. I knew you'd like them, especially the blue ones. "
I tearfully replied, "Sweetie, I'm really sorry for the way I acted today. I shouldn't have shouted at you. ""It's OK, I love you anyway. "She said as she kissed my face.
If we can be polite to strangers, why can't we do the same for the ones we love?
People often ask me for advice about how to learn English. As for it, everyone is different. I'll share some of my experience. I once took a school year English course in Wuhan University, but I mostly learned English on my own.
One thing I can tell you is that, once you've started learning, you should try to think in English as much as you can. If you see something when you're riding your bike or walking down the street, just think about "How would I say them in English?" At first, it might be with simple words or phrases, but later you should think about longer phrases and sentences. Now I'm in America, and for most of the time, I would think in English and speak it directly. It's amazing how much this helps.
For several years after I started learning, I was often afraid of talking with others in English because l didn't want to make mistakes. Finally I got it over. And while traveling in America, I'd try to hang out with friends who couldn't speak Chinese, so that I'd have no choice but to speak English. And I also decided that if I said something stupid and other people laughed at me, then so be it. After that, my English started improving much more quickly.
Besides, it may be a good idea to ask your American friends to look at the way you're writing, and give you some suggestions for improvement.
