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Young Adult Groups
●Around the World in 80 Books — 9,186 members
If you love exploring the world through books, you have come to the right place! It all started as a challenge on TNBBC in 2009, and now we have our own group! Challenge participation is not a requirement of joining. Anyone who loves reading books is welcome.
Website: http: //www.worldinbooks.com
Rules: Respect each other's opinions and have fun!
●Readers That Love Giveaways — 734 members
This group is for readers that enjoy entering give-aways and finding freebies(免费物)! Follow us for the newestbargain, discounted, and free e-books, as well as new releases and book recommendations. Website: http://www.fireandicebooktours.com
Rules: Please share your items in the appropriate folders!
●Book Loving Kiwis — 706 members
A group for New Zealand book lovers（and authors）and lovers of New Zealand books（and books in general）. Aplace to share what we're reading, introduce books we have written, and discuss and recommend books. Please recommend us to your friends.
Website: http://www.kiwisbook.com
Rules: Enjoy reading! Respect all group members and their opinions.
●A Book and a Cappucino — 77 members
This group is for anyone who likes to read and likes to read at their own pace. It does not matter how much or how little you read. It's just a friendly place to discuss what you're reading and to get ideas for your next read. You can participate as much or as little as you like.
Website: http://www.bookandcappucino.com
Rules: Be respectful to all. Everyone has a right to share opinions.
In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some value it highly, believing that it is responsible for social progress and prosperity(繁荣). Others say that competition is bad; that it sets one person against another; that it leads to unfriendly relationship between people.
I have taught many children who held the belief that their self-worth relied on how well they performed at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often life-and-death affairs. In their single-minded pursuit of success, the development of many other human qualities is sadly forgotten.
However, while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed, others take an opposite attitude. In a culture which values only the winner and pays no attention to the ordinary players, they strongly blame competition. Among the most vocal are youngsters who have suffered under competitive pressures from their parents or society. Teaching these young people, I often observe in them a desire to fail. They seem to seek failure by not trying to win or achieve success. By not trying, they always have an excuse: "I may have lost, but it doesn't matter because I really didn't try."What is not usually admitted by themselves is the belief that if they had really tried and lost, that would mean a lot. Such a loss would be a measure of their worth. Clearly, this belief is the same as that of the true competitors who try to prove themselves. Both are based on the mistaken belief that one's self-respect relies on how well one performs in comparison with others. Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this basic and often troublesome fear begins to dissolve(缓解)can we discover a new meaning in competition.
An aspirin a day keeps the doctor away
Dr. Tim Johnson discusses evidence of a daily dose of aspirin's benefits. That's not the saying, but doctors have agreed, for about a generation, that an aspirin a day is good for you. It may reduce the risk of heart attacks or strokes by 20 percent or more.
The US Preventive Services Task Force, an independent group convened by the Department of Health and Human Services, has published guidelines that it says should end the confusion.
The key points:
⒈Men should start a daily aspirin at age 45, mainly to protect against heart attacks.
⒉Women should start at 55, mainly to protect against stroke.
⒊For both sexes, a baby aspirin-typically 81 milligram a day-will do the job. There is no evidence that a large dose makes a difference.
⒋And both sexes should stop by age 80, unless their doctors say otherwise. As you get older, there's a greater risk of bleeding in the brain or the digestive system, a risk that is small but can be deadly in some cases.
If people start taking aspirin as the guidelines, doctors say their risk of heart attacks will drop by about 20 percent. "People may ask themselves 'Am I at risk for a heart attack or a stroke?'" said Dr. Randal Thomas, director of cardiovas-cular health at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota "If you are age 45 and male, if you're above age 55 and female, the answer is most likely yes, and you will most likely benefit from taking a small dose of aspirin a day.
People have grown taller over the last century, with South Korean women shooting up by more than 20cm on average, and Iranian men gaining 16.5cm. A global study looked at the average height of 18-year-olds in 200 countries between 1914 and 2014.
The results show that while Swedes were the tallest people in the world in 1914, Dutch men have risen from 12th place to claim top spot with an average height of 182.5cm. Latvian women, meanwhile, rose from 28th place in 1914 to become the tallest in the world a century later, with an average height of 169.8cm.
James Bentham, a co-author of the research from Imperial College, London, says the global trend is likely to be due to improvements in nutrition and healthcare. "An individual's genetics has a big influence on their height, but once you average over whole populations, genetics plays a less key role," he added.
A little extra height brings a number of advantages, says Elio Riboli of Imperial College. "Being taller is associated with longer life expectancy," he said. "This is largely due to a lower risk of dying of cardiovascular(心血管的)disease among taller people."
But while height has increased around the world, the trend in many African countries causes concern, says Riboli. While height increased in Uganda and Niger during the early 20th century, the trend has reversed in recent years, with height decreasing among 18-year-olds.
"One reason for these decreases in height is the economic situation in the 1980s,"said Alexander Moradi of the University of Sussex. The nutritional and health crises that followed the policy of structural adjustment, he says, led to many children and teenagers failing to reach their full potential(潜力)in terms of height.
Bentham believes the global trend of increasing height has important implications "How tall we are now is strongly influenced by the environment we grew up in," he said. "If we give children the best possible start in life now, they will be healthier and more productive for decades to come."
3D printing is becoming more and more popular. We are now able to print things such as clothing, musical instruments and so on. Some scientists are trying to revolutionize the dining experience by doing this. They hope that having a 3D printer in the kitchen will become as commonplace as the microwave or blender. Scientists say that they are easy to use: You can also modify the instructions to make the food exactly how you want it. This means that it would be very quick and easy to create tasty and nutritious meals.
There would be less need for traditional growing, transporting and packaging processes as food production would be a lot more efficient.
Printing food could also help people who suffer from dysphasia（言语困难）. They could program the printer to print softer versions of their favourite foods so that they would not have trouble swallowing them.
However, some people think that a future of 3D-printed food would be a disaster. Imagine a world where there was no need for farming or growing crops and the same tastes and textures could be printed from a raw 'food ink'. Likewise, traditional cafes and restaurants might lose business. Is it really possible to get the nutrients we need from food-based inks and gels?
What's more, cooking and eating together with family and friends will disappear. It is hard to imagine a world where the pastime of cooking is dead and meals can be created at the touch of a button.
A. It will create many jobs.
B. It could take away many jobs.
C. Also, there are concerns about the nutritional value of printed food.
D. You simply have to select a recipe and put the raw food 'inks' into the printer.
E. Using 3D printers to create your meals would also be saving the environment.
F. But can you imagine printing food?
G. Printing food is great for your health.
A married lady was expecting a birthday gift from her husband. For many months she had 1 a beautiful diamond ring. Knowing her husband could2it, she told him that it was all she wanted as a birthday gift.
As her birthday approached, this lady awaited3that her husband had purchased the diamond ring.
Finally, on the morning of her birthday, her husband told her how4he was to have such a good wife, and how much he loved her. He 5her with a beautifully wrapped gift. Curious, she opened it and found a Bible. She raised her6to her husband and said, "Only a Bible?" She was so7that she left him.
Many years later, the lady8in a more beautiful house. Realising her husband was very old, she thought perhaps she should go to9him. But before she could make10, she received a letter telling her that he had11and given all of his 12to her. She needed to come back and take care of things.
When she arrived at his house, regret13her heart. She saw the14brand-new Bible, just as she had left it before. With15, she opened it and began to turn the pages, finding a sentence16marked by her husband,
"Bad as you, you know how to give good things to your children!" As she read those words, a bag17from the Bible: a diamond ring and the words "I LOVE YOU" could be seen.
If your18is not packaged the way you want it, it's because it is better packaged! Always 19little things; they usually lead you to bigger things! The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, for they must be felt with 20.
The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB), the (eight) wonder for the 21st century, opened on the morning of October 24th, 2018. The bridge links three areas, making much more convenient to travel from one to another. Since opening, the three-hour drive Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macao (shorten) to 30 minutes.
The project involved more than 400 new patents, broke seven world records, and featured (independent) developed key techniques and design. After an 8-year struggle, the success of the HZMB achieves several generations have been dreaming of, and amazes the whole world with its demonstration of perfect skills and high-level Chinese standards. The bridge is intended to be (rely) for more than 120 years. From the Belt and Road Initiative to "Created in China", there is always a group of people (provide) strong technical support for each of the country's huge projects. From the beginning in December 2009 to the day of the official opening, all (walk) of life made great contributions to the design and construction of HZMB, contributing " (wise) of China".
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A photo on my desk always takes me back to the moment that I gave a talent show for foreign friend. In the picture, I can be seen delicate performing Erhu. When I introduced myself at English, the audience applauded encourage me. I was no longer nervous. I devoted myself wholeheartedly to play. My performance was quite a success. Before the performance, an American was named Amy, who was of my age, sang the song God Is a Girl to me. We even make a deal that we would teach each other my mother tongues.
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