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    Stephen Hawking, the most famous physicist of his time, has passed away at the age of 76.

    A family spokesman said Hawking, who was British, died peace fully early Wednesday at his home in Cambridge, England. Hawking was diagnosed with a disease called ALS, at age 21.At the time doctors predicted he would only live a few years. But he proved them wrong by surviving for more than 50 years more and continuing his scientific work.

    In his 2013 book, My Brief History, Hawking wrote about first learning of the illness. "I felt it was very unfair- why should this happen to me? "He added, "At the time, I thought my life was over and that I would never realize the potential I felt I had. "But now.50 years later, I can be quietly satisfied with my life, "he wrote.

    Hawking said belief in a God who intervenes(介入)in the universe "to make sure the good guys win or get rewarded in the next life" was wishful thinking. "But one can't help asking the question: why does the universe exist?" he said in 1991."I don't know an operational way to give the question or the answer, if there is one, a meaning. But it bothers me."

    Hawking was a big supporter of human space travel to the Moon and Mars. He said such missions would help unite humanity in a shared purpose of spreading the human race beyond Earth." We are running out of space and the only places to go to are other worlds. It is time to explore other solar systems. Spreading out may be the only thing that saves us from ourselves.

    "I am convinced that humans need to leave the Earth," he said last year.

    By the time Robert Porter Allen was born in 1905, the whooping crane(鸣鹤)was already in trouble. The beautiful bird was once commonly found across North America. By 1941,the whooping crane population had dwindled to the double digits (数字).The tallest species in North America were critically endangered.

    In the1940s, the remaining cranes migrate(迁徙)every year from the Gulf Coast of Texas to somewhere in the north of Canada to breed (繁殖) The conservation(保护)community didn't know where the birds went. The wetlands where they used to spend winters were growing rarer and rarer.

    In 1942, Allen undertook the whooping crane project. Over the next three years, he did almost constant field work that took him from Texas up the cranes' migration route to Nebraska, and on into Saskatchewan in search of the nesting ground of the birds.

    In 1952.Allen wrote a report on the whooping crane. The report was a warning call to the conservation community: only 33 migratory whoopers remained, and their nesting site still hadn't been found. Two years later, the whooping cranes breeding grounds in Canada's Wood Buffalo National Park were finally found, and Allen headed north to study them firsthand. Allen's work laid the groundwork for conservationists lo save the birds.

    Their efforts paid off as the numbers reached 57 by 1970 and 214 by 2005.Today, the whooping crane is still listed as endangered, but there are roughly 600 birds alive.

    Each one of us has a set of goals. We work to reach them every day. But the wise should set goals they feel are achievable, a new study shows, as our belief of the goals has a large impact on our life satisfaction later on- whether we achieve said goals or not.

    The team examined how life goals affect people's happiness and well-being throughout adulthood. One of the key findings of the study is that people who perceive(将……视作) )their goals as being attainable(可达到的) were overall reported higher affective well-being in the follow-up surveys. The authors take this as an indication that it's the feeling of control over one's life that contributes to these positive feelings.

    Our needs also change over time, so the team also looked into how age impacts the choice of goals. Younger participants, for example, rated personal growth, social status, social relationships, and professional advancement as important. Older participants rated social engagement and health as being more important. However, this change in priorities (优先)wasn't sudden -we don't drop personal growth in favor of health the second we turn 40, for example. It happened gradually.

    It's important to find which goals work for you. But always try to keep them attainable, or break down big goals into a series of smaller ones. Even if you don't reach them, you'll probably be happier later on.

    When traveling abroad or even in your own country, you may have numerous opportunities to meet the locals of your destination.Here are some tips on how to meet locals while traveling.

    Chat with locals online..Don't be hesitant to ask them for suggestions on what to visit, where to travel, and where any locally popular attractions are located. This will let you get a sense of how the people in the area really live.

    Talk to people on your way. On the plane, train, or bus ride to your destination, try starting a conversation with someone. Chances are you may find a person native to the area or who knows someone that lives there.

    Ask questions. Upon arriving at your destination, ask the staff at your hotel..

    .Kindness goes a long way, especially from tourists visiting a foreign destination. Make sure to research the customs, traditions and cultures of the people you'll be interacting with, and always greet people in a friendly manner.

    Use community-marketplace platforms., including accommodation, dining experiences and transport. These allow you to see their lifestyles from a first-hand viewpoint.

A. Be polite

B. Visit smaller towns

C. Various travel communities allow you to use services that locals provide

D. Schedule a day or two to stop in smaller towns where more locals are usually found

E. They may give you a better answer than a traditional guidebook

F. Getting to know these people can afford a unique trip experience

G. Websites allow you to connect with people who live where you will be visiting

    As a music teacher, I found that children have many levels of musical ability. However, I've also had my1of what I call"2challenged pupils". Robby was 11 years old when his mother3him off for his first piano lesson.

    He told me it had always been his mother's 4to hear him play the piano. So I5him as a student From the beginning, I thought he was 6.As much as Robby tried, he lacked the sense of basic rhythm (韵律)7.Over the months he tried8.He always said, "My mom's going to hear me play someday." But, it seemed no hope. He Just did not have any inborn 9.

    Then one day Robby10coming to our lessons. I thought about calling him, but thought, because of his lack of ability, that he had 11to do something else. Several weeks later I got a call from Robby. To my 12he asked me if he could be in the recital (独奏会).I told him that the recital was for13pupils and because he had dropped out he really couldn't14it. He said that his mom had been very 15and unable to take him to piano lessons,16he was still practicing. I 17agreed.

    At the recital Robby18 Mozart's Concerto 21 in C Major, which made me surprised I was not19 for what I heard next. After six and a half minutes he ended and everyone was on their20in wild applause.

    There is a reason why we dream. Dreams aren't just a productour brain develops while we sleep. There is something more to it than that. It's from dreams that some of the greatest inventions of man have become a (real).

    There (be )a very simple exercise to start recalling your dreams. Before(go) to bed, for at least 24 days, keep telling yourself, "I will remember all my dreams."first, you may not see any results at all, but just insist. After a while you will  (probable) notice that vague(模糊的)memories of your dreams will stay in (you)mind when you wake up. As you continue to do this, you will notice that it's not just one dream that comes back to you a number of dreams.

    Now the fun doesn't just stop there. Try to understand what your dreams mean, and see if it applies to something that is happening in your everyday life Many of the(problem)we struggle with have already been solved in our(amaze) mind. These answers come to us in the form of dreams.

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    I enjoy getting up early so I can have early start to the day.I don't like leaving my work until the last minutes.I always do the things I like least first and then do those I like them better.When I am freely, I read books or hang out with my good friends.I will tell him about it if something bothers me.To cheering me up, they often tell me jokes and help me to find a way out.I also use a good method of deal with stress.I try to go to places that I feel really relaxed, like lying on the grass on a warmth day.The method often work and makes me feel peaceful.

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Dear Jason,

Yours

Li Hua