Everyone needs to know how to prevent a fire. It is also important to know what to do when it (break) out.
Every year, over 11, 000 people (kill) or injured in house fires. These fires could have been avoided. Smokers who are (care) cause about 200 deaths and over 6, 000 fires. More than of those die in fires are poisoned or harmed by smoke.
If fire happens, do not attempt to fight the fire unless it is small. Try putting out a small fire with water. If fire has spread or if the flames are more than 20 inches high, shut the door on it. Warn everyone else in the building and tell them to get out. You should leave and dial 911 for the fire department.
Before (go) into a room, check the door. If the handle or the door is hot, do not open it! Instead, put clothing or a wet towel at the bottom of it to keep smoke out. If the door is not hot, open it (slow). If there is a rush of smoke heat, close it again and shout to warn (other) inside.
Now open the window and shout "Fire!". See whether you can drop safely to the ground. Use this your escape course if you can. If you are not on ground level, break your fall by pushing a mat out first. Lower yourself at arm's (long) before dropping. Once outside, stay out outside and make sure the fire department is called.
I used to be a thin little kid who was always the shortest and sickest in my class. I wasn't very athletically involved during my childhood.
When I entered middle school, a lot of my friends were signing up for the school's sports teams. On the first day of tryouts(选拔赛) for the soccer team, the coach told us to run laps for warm-up. As I struggled to keep up with the team, I found myself falling farther behind until I was the last one to finish.
I was disappointed, but at the same time, I knew I had to do something about my health and fitness. People thought I was crazy because I ran a slow 11-minute mile in the gym class, but I was determined to get into shape and improve my mile time.
It was a lot of running for me, but I kept on practising day after day. As the seasons progressed, I found that I could run longer and faster.
Eighth grade soon rolled around and I was feeling really confident about trying out for another sports meet.
Instead of attempting soccer a second time, I decided to give field hockey a try. This time, I was well prepared. After a week of tryouts, I was ecstatic (狂喜的) to see that my name made it on the list.
I was inspired, and I learned an important lesson: Once you do get into shape, don't stop or give up!
A. Again, the coach instructed us to run a lot of laps.
B. After tryouts were over, my name never made it on the list.
C. I made a big decision to sign up for the track and field team.
D. Being in shape helped me feel energetic, flexible, and strong.
E. Fortunately, I wasn't the only slow runner trying to get into shape.
F. The first day of practice was one of the hardest workouts I've ever had.
G. One of my friends convinced me to try out for the soccer team with her and I agreed.
Research carried out last year stressed the growing challenge facing employers in terms of managing and supporting the UK's ageing workforce.
Figures from the Office for National Statistics have suggested that the number of people aged 65 and over still working has reached 1.19 million—up 25,000 from a year ago. There were also now more people aged 50—74 in work than ever before. However, the overall trend was hiding the fact that 12% people are forced to stop working before reaching state pension age because of ill health or disability.
Nearly half a million (436,000) workers who are within five years of state pension age have had to leave work for medical reasons, with an apparent divide between the North (worse) and South (better). Those in the lowest-paid jobs, including cleaners, leisure industry workers and people doing heavy labouring jobs, were twice as likely to stop working before retirement age, because of sickness and disability than managers or professionals.
Within this, the needs of the "sandwich generation"—those juggling work with caring for elderly dependents as well as children—needed to be given greater priority (优先权) by employers, a white paper by insurer and healthcare provider concluded.
Its research argued that 66% of managers think the average age of retirement in their organization will increase in the next 5 to 10 years. Yet, 36% reported being unaware of anything their organization did to attract, keep and engage older staff. Fewer than a quarter (23%) of employees said they felt supported by their employer with their responsibilities for caring for a loved one.
"This was perhaps unsurprising, given that only 28% of managers said their organization had formal policies and practices in place to support these employees," argues healthcare distribution director Chris Horlick.
New lives for old phones
When a new mobile phone starts to be sold in stores, many people rush out to buy one. We all want the newest, latest thing.
Mike Townsend works at Total Recall, a mobile phone recycling (回收利用) company. "Don't throw your old phone away. If you throw it away, it goes with other rubbish to become landfill (填埋的垃圾). In other words, it is put in a big hole in the ground—and it becomes a big problem, "he says.
Mobile phones contain some poisonous materials (物质). If your phone goes to a landfill, these poisonous materials can get out and get into the water under the ground. That's the water we need to drink or water that goes into rivers or the ocean. That's a lot of landfill and a lot of poisonous materials.
"At Total Recall, we separate the old phones into pieces. Most of the materials in a mobile phone can be recycled and used again. For example, phone batteries (电池) contain nickel and cadmium. The nickel is used to make steel (钢), and the cadmium can be used to make new batteries," explains Mike.
" You can usually just take it into a mobile phone shop and they'll send it to us, "says Mike.
So, before you throw that old mobile phone away, use it one last time: search for a recycler near you and give them a call.
A. Send it to us and we'll recycle it.
B. Recycling your old phone is easy.
C. How much is our old mobile phone worth?
D. But what should we do with our old mobile phones?
E. Millions of mobile phones are thrown away every year.
F. We sell the parts and they are used to make new products.
G. Recycling materials helps keep the environment greener and cleaner.
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意: 1）每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2）只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
One of my favourite things to do in my free time is to do voluntary works. I've volunteered for a variety of difference organisations. The activities include simple, everyday ones like giving our city square a cleaning and take dogs for walks at an animal rescue centre. By volunteering, I've not only gained valuable experience and also built confidence in talking about strangers. I was used to be a shy person, but my volunteering experience gave us the opportunity to meet new people. Doing an activity I wouldn't normal do with other volunteers made me had a really fun time. These are just few of the reasons why I think volunteering is worthwhile.
