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It's a land where winter darkness is long, and summers bring continuous sunlight.

However, people are very happy in Finland, despite the country's natural challenges. Last month, the nation was named the happiest on Earth, according to the 2018 World Happiness Report released by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network.

The Finns certainly have a high range of happiness, Eric Weiner wrote in his 2008 book The Geography of Bliss.

There's a stereotype (刻板印象) that Finns are introverted (内向的) and shy, because they often stay silent. But in fact, “for Finns, it is extremely rude to interrupt someone. This leads to us making pauses or taking our time to talk”, Krista Huhtala-jenks, a senior officer at Finland's Ministry of Transport and Communications, explained to CNN.

Perhaps Finland's love for heavy metal music and tango reveals the country's true personality, however. Indeed, young Finns love heavy metal, while tango remains a huge part of Finnish culture for the older generation. The passionate dance started in Argentina, but it's Finland that became the tango capital of the world. Every July, the Finnish town of Seinajoki draws thousands of people from all over the world to a four-day tango festival. During the festival, a tango king and queen are chosen.

Another trademark (特征) of Finnish culture is the sauna (桑拿). According to CNN, the nation has about 3.5 million saunas – roughly one for every 1.6 people. And 99 percent of Finns take at least one sauna a week, BBC News reported.

In Finns' eyes, saunas are closely related to well-being. For example, if a person gets sick, he or she will take a sauna. Many women also prefer to give birth in a sauna, because "the walls of traditional smoke saunas were lined with naturally bacteria-resistant soot (抑菌的煤烟灰), making them the cleanest room in the house", BBC News noted.

Medical benefits aside, the sauna is also seen as a place to collect your thoughts. "Sauna is for your mind. It really helps you to calm down in a modern society where it is never quiet," Jarmo Lehtola from the Finnish Sauna Society, told BBC News. "If somebody wants to understand what it is to be a Finn, they have to understand what a sauna is. If you do not experience sauna, you do not experience Finland."

A great woman once said, "Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be a challenge to others. "These are the words of US pilot Amelia Earhart (1897- 1937), a pioneer in aviation (航空领域), who was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean

Her story ended in mystery when she disappeared without a trace (踪迹) during a flight over the Pacific Ocean. Theories about what happened to Earhart were proposed, but nothing was ever confirmed—until now. A study published in March conducted by Richard Jantz from the University of Tennessee, US, determined that bones found in 1940 on a remote Pacific island belonged to Earhart. Following the discovery, the world's memories of the legendary female pilot were brought back to life.

Earhart was born in 1897. When she was young, she was very interested in stories about women who were successful in male-dominated (男性为主的) professions, such as engineering and law. But in 1920, Earhart's life changed after her first experience of being a plane passenger. As soon as the plane left the ground, Earhart knew that she loved flying, so she found herself a teacher and started to learn how to fly for herself. To pay for the lessons and buy a plane of her own, she took all sorts of jobs.

Inl932, Earhart flew solo (独自地) across the Atlantic, becoming the first woman ever to do so. She also designed a flying suit for women and went on to design other clothes for women who led active lives. When she was nearly 40, Earhart was ready for a final challenge—to be the first woman to fly around the world. Her first attempt was unsuccessful but she tried again in 1937 with her navigator (领航员) Fred Noonan. But one month later, they disappeared in bad weather in mid-flight.

Even though it's still not clear how she ended up on the island, we're one step closer to finding the answer. And no matter what, Earhart will be forever remembered as a brave pioneer, both as a pilot and as a woman.

US author Henry Rollins once wrote: "Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better." Indeed, in the eyes of artists, loneliness never seems to go out of style. There are paintings that portray loneliness, songs that are inspired by loneliness, and many works of literature that center around this theme.

In the eyes of UK economist Rachel Reeves, however, loneliness is far from romantic (浪漫的). Instead, it's a "giant evil" that's become a serious problem in the country.

So just how serious is it? On Jan 17, UK Prime Minister Theresa May appointed politician Tracey Crouch as the country's very first "Minister for Loneliness". Her job is to tackle (处理) the loneliness that the country's been feeling – a problem which, according to UK government research, is affecting more than 9 million people in the country, and is more harmful to one's physical and mental health than smoking 15 cigarettes a day.

And the problem hasn't just appeared recently. Back in 2014, the UK was given the title of the "loneliness capital of Europe" by The Telegraph. A survey carried out by the newspaper found that British people were less likely to get to know their neighbors or build strong relationships with people than those from other European countries.

"There is something British about wanting to deal with problems yourself," Christian Guy, director of the Centre for Social Justice think-tank (智囊团), told The Telegraph.

But this doesn't mean that the problem only affects Britons. In fact, we're all suffering from loneliness now more than ever, in spite of most of the world now having access to the internet, which has enabled us to be more connected than ever.

What we need, according to Kim Leadbetter, sister of the late UK politician Jo Cox, is to have "proper human connections". "Our lives nowadays are so busy. We spend the vast majority of our time on our phones, on our laptops. We need to press pause on that and actually sit down and speak to human beings," Leadbetter said at an event last year.

But the first steps toward fighting this problem are to accept its existence and not be ashamed or intimidated (吓倒) by it. After all, without loneliness, many beautiful paintings, songs, and literary works wouldn't even exist. And "evil" or not, being lonely is simply part of the experience of being human.

How to Communicate With a Deaf Person

Communicating with a deaf person doesn't have to be as difficult as it might seem. The trick is to be patient, straightforward, and to remember that deaf people communicate visually. Before you know it, you'll forget you were ever worried!

Method 1: Staring Your Conversation

You can do this by moving into the person's field of vision and waving from a polite distance, or by tapping the person gently on the shoulder. If it's a real emergency, you can also turn the lights off and on quickly.

Position yourself carefully. Make sure that the light in the room is shining directly onto your face, and that you're not standing with your back to a light.

Find out how the person prefers to communicate. Some deaf people are better lip-readers than others. Some deaf people may prefer to write back and forth or to use an interpreter. Man interactions between the deaf and the hearing require a combination of these methods.

Method 2: Communicating through Lip-reading.

Keep your sentences simple and use plain language. The more complex your phrasing and vocabulary, the more likely your deaf companion is to miss something. Try to avoid using slang or expressions that aren't widely known.

When someone else is speaking, don't turn away from the deaf person in your group. You don't have to look at the deaf person while someone else is talking, but try to make sure your face is visible.

A. Get the person's attention.

B. It's important not talk too quickly.

C. Or, they'll miss parts of the conversation.

D. If so, it'll make them feel left out of the conversation.

E. Stand directly in front of the person, at a normal distance.

F. The best way to know which methods are most effective is to ask.

G. Try not to be too difficult when using your words in the beginning.

Lehrner always wanted to design roller coasters (过山车). Even as a(n)1, though, she knew that there had to be more to it than just hopping on board. "I started 2 how I would prepare," she says. She looked to science and math and took classes in algebra (代数) and geometry (几何学) in middle school and high school. Then she did even more advanced math and a high-level physics course.

She also 3 theme parks as often as she could and researched the teams making those coasters online. When it came time for 4, she went to the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, where she 5 a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering.

Now Lehrner works with amusement parks to design and 6 new coasters. These new coasters they design are 7 made of wood, except for a metal 8 on which the cars run. The basic design has been around for more than a century. Still, Lehrner notes each new one is different. " A lot of the same components and concepts are used when I design new coasters. But they 9 with the terrain (地势) and design. That tells us what the limits will be— how tight the bends and how 10 the hills are."

Some parks 11 their coasters to be as scary as possible. That means big 12 and quick turns and lots of inversions (倒转). Lehrner is expert at making twisted wood coasters. The coasters she 13 make you feel as if you're going 14 than you really are, because the tracks are lower to the ground. "We also try to build rides that are fun for the whole 15— children as well as their parents," she said.

If you're really interested in something, go for it and pursue it. Jobs like this do exist!

Severe locust (蝗虫) attacks in India and Pakistan have greatly damaged food crops, which might lead to a 30-50 percent (reduce) in food crops. According to one recent report(issue) by the United Nations, the world is on the verge of the worst food crisis in fifty years.  report from the National Bureau of Statistics shows that.total amount of food wasted is 50 billion kilograms, can feed million people a year. Globally, some environmentalists say the waste of food is also a waste of water, land, energy and other earth resources, (result) in greenhouse gas emissions (排放) and other forms of (environment) pollution. Last week, Chinese President Xi Jinping  (call) on the nation to maintain a sense of crisis about food security. In order to put an end to the wastage of food, a "Clean Plate Campaign" has been launched in China. response to the nationwide campaign, the China Consumers Association (CCA) has also called on the Chinese people not to waste food while eating out. Meanwhile, some other organizations have come up with creative ways (help) people form healthy food ordering habits.

1）景点名称

2）推荐理由

3）提醒防护措施。

注意：

1）词数80左右；

2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

供参考词汇：Yellow Crane Tower ; East Lake; Hubei Provincial Museum ......

Dear Tom,

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Yours,

Li Hua

When spring came to the city of Cleveland, Ohio, it did not change Gates Avenue. The people who lived on the pretty streets near Gates Avenue were making gardens, painting their houses and getting their lawn mowers ready for the summer. But Gates Avenue continued to look dirty and ugly.

Gates Avenue was a short street. But it seemed long because it was so ugly. It had no pavement and no streetlight. The railway at one end of Gates Avenue added noise and dirt.

Most of the little girls in the school near Gates Avenue wore pretty new clothes that spring. But the little girl from Gates Avenue wore the same dirty dress that she had worn all winter.

Her teacher sighed. The little girl was so nice！She always worked hard in school; she was always polite and friendly. But her face was dirty and her hair was untidy.

One day the teacher said, "Will you wash your face before you come to school tomorrow morning? Please do that for me." The teacher could see that girl was pretty under the dirt.

The next morning the child's pretty face had been washed. Her hair was clean and tidy, too. Before the little girl went home that afternoon, the teacher said，"Now, dear, please ask your mother to wash your dress."

But the little girl continued to wear the dirty dress. "Her mother is probably not interested in her，"the teacher thought. So she bought a bright blue dress and gave it to the little girl. The child took the present and hurried home as fast as she could.

The next morning she came to school in the new blue dress, and she was clean and tidy. She told the teacher, "My mother was surprised when she saw me this morning in my new dress. My father wasn't at home; he had gone to work. But he will see me at supper this evening."

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When her father saw her in the new blue dress, he was surprised to find that he had a pretty little girl.

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After supper the mother started to clean the floors.