Vision—phones(可视电话)

    Many inventions are very useful in our daily life. They have greatly changed our life. For example, radios, telephones and televisions are widely used in the world. When you turn on the radio, you can listen. But when you use the telephone, you can not only listen to others but also chat with them. However, you can't see anything at all. The television is much better than both of them. People can watch TV and listen to it, but they can't take part in what they see.

    Today, some people are using a type of telephone called the vision phone. With it two people can see each other when they are talking

    Vision-phones can be of great use when you have something to show the person when you are calling him or her. It may also have other uses in the future. Some day you may be able to call up a library and ask to read a book over your vision-phone. You may be able to do some shopping through it too. Perhaps in the future, the vision-phone will come into wide use in our everyday life.

The fear of the novel coronavirus（新冠病毒） has turned into discrimination (歧视) against certain groups of people, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(include) people from Wuhan, Chinese people or Asians in general. However, the outbreak of the disease can't be an excuse to isolate these groups. What we should do is {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(get) rid of (消除) discrimination and show sympathy (同情) instead.

Since the outbreak of novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP), many people {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(live) in fear. This is normal, as the disease is infectious (传染性的) and dangerous. However, some people turn pale at the mention of "people from Wuhan or Hubei province", the center of the outbreak.

    Ding Baixing, a doctor at Huashan Hospital in Shanghai, has seen this himself. He treated a suspected (疑似的) patient {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(name)Chen Hui who traveled from Wuhan to Shanghai. Chen appeared desperate (绝望的) and avoided {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(keep)in touch with other patients, as he worried that they would be afraid of him.

    Chen is not alone. Chen Xue, an editor {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(work) in Beijing, went to Chongli in Hebei for a ski trip on Jan 23. Though her temperature was fine and she hasn't been to her hometown – Hubei province – since October last year, the hotel she was in told her that it {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(will not) receive Hubei guests from the next day.

    However, the real enemy is the virus – not the patients or people from Wuhan or Hubei province. Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong echoed this idea in a speech at the Chinese New Year dinner. "Even though the virus started in Wuhan, it doesn't respect nationality or race (种族). It does not check your passport (护照) before it goes into your body. Anybody can be infected," he said.

    It is not the {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(patient) fault that they have been infected. There is no reason to blame them. If patients didn't go to the hospital for fear of discrimination, the virus {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(spread) to more people. "Protecting them is just as important as protecting ourselves," Ding said. 

Poem that inspires

At the CCTV Spring Festival Gala (春节联欢晚会), six hosts read a poem to inspire people across the country. It called for greater respect for medical workers, as well as called on everyone to work together to fight the virus. One of the lines – "we isolate (隔离) the virus, but we don't isolate love" – has been {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(wide) posted online.

The film YOLO （You Only Live Once） directed by Jia Ling, has become a great success recently. In the film, Jia plays Le Ying. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} One day, she meets a boxing coach, Hao Kun, and finds interest and hope in boxing training, which changes her life. The actress-director lost 50 kilograms, which became a hot topic on the Internet. 

After watching the film, many people make resolutions to lose weight. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} So how do you make sure you find a training center you like and make you feel comfortable? Here are some suggestions about how to choose a perfect one. 

Find a training center close to your home. 

You can walk to the training center to do some sports, or you can drive less than 15 minutes. If you can find a good place to park your car, your choice may be right. 

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No matter which training center you want to choose, you can know about it by reading what other people say about it. No one knows the training center better than the members. 

Visit a training center at your prime workout time （黄金锻炼时间）. 

Saturday afternoon may be the perfect hour to check out a training center. You can go and have a look at it. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}

Check for clean machines. 

Keeping things clean or not means the gym training center is good or bad. The professional staff should also be cleaning machines throughout the day. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} If not, try another training center. 

Almost everyone today has a smartphone. However, many people cannot get rid of (脱离) smartphones because phones have become part of daily life. 

As the addiction (瘾) to the smartphone has become a serious problem, it brings many results in life. Most phone users look down at their phones for a long time. When hunching (弯) or bending their neck, they put serious pressure on the neck and backbone. And this will cause a sore back or a neck ache. According to studies, as high as 45% of the young people from age 16 to 24 these days suffer back pain because of the heavy usage of smartphones. Also, trying to focus on and look at the screen of the phone for a long time will discomfort eyes and may cause loss of vision (视力). Besides, if someone brings the phone to sleep with, he or she will spend more time on the phone than sleep without noticing it. It's true that phones make life more convenient, but that doesn't mean they can take control of life. 

To get rid of phones, you can create a phone-free time. For example, turn off your phone or stop it from the Internet after 8:00 p.m. At that time, you can spend time on anything but phone so that you won't check on your phone. Just like smoking, phone addiction is habitual. You must replace the habit with another if you want to stop it. So find a few things to do whenever you are not using your phone, such as reading a book or exercising. 

Of course, it's not easy to get rid of a habit and the beginning is the most challenging. That's why having a strong mind really makes a big difference. Remember, do not let your phone become your ____. Instead, improve your self-control and put smartphones into good use.

Look around and you'll see people busy on their smartphones. Smartphones do make our lives easier. But have you thought about what they mean to your eyes?

According to a study, most of the British people own smartphones and they spand an average(平均) of two hours using them every day. There has been a 35% increase in the number of people in the UK who suffer from short- sightedness(近视) since smartphones were introduced there in 1997.

Staring at smartphones for a long time gives you dry eyes. When looking at something in the distance, your eyes automatically blink(自动眨眼) a certain number of times. However, when you look at things closer to your face, the blink slows down. This reduces the amount of tears and causes discomfort(不舒服) in your eyes. Another bad habit is using smartphones in dark rooms before going to sleep. If you look at a bright screen while your pupils(瞳孔) become larger , too much light enters your eyes. This can do harm to the eyes and cause a disease called glaucoma(i'i光眼).

While you're probably not going to stop using your smartphone, there are a few things you can do to protect your eyes. Hold your phone at least 30 centimeters away from your eyes when using it. Take a break every hour and try the following: look at something at least five meters away from you and then focus on the tip of your nose. Repeat this several times. It should reduce the discomfort in your eyes.