A "talking kitchen" teaches students how to cook French and speak French. Researchers at Newcastle University in the United Kingdom have developed the French Digital(数字的) Kitchen. Professor Paul Seedhouse led the project.

    "It works like a satellite navigation(导航) system in a car. The system can tell whether you've done what you were asked to do or not. For example, the sensor(传感器) in the knife not only knows that the knife is moving, but it also knows how the knife is moving. So it can discover whether the knife is slicing (切), whether it's scraping (刮) or what. And so it doesn't go on to the next stage of the program unless you've done what it senses(感到)you should have done," said Paul Seedhouse.

    Students can ask the computer to repeat the instructions or translate them into English. There are vocabulary(词汇) lessons before and after the cooking.

    Professor Seedhouse became interested in the idea after he visited a talking kitchen designed for a different purpose. In his opinion the French Digital Kitchen turns the process (过程) of learning language into a real life experience. "Here you're taking it out of the classroom and you're actually using the language to produce something which you can eat at the end of it. It's very enjoyable," he said.

    The system will be available for sale by the end of 2020. Adding the technology to a new kitchen could add about ten to twenty percent to the building costs. The system could also be added to an existing(现存的) kitchen.

    The researchers are also developing a new digital(的呼吸法) kitchen system that is easy to carry or to move. And the European Union has given them money to begin programs in six other languages, including English, Italian and Spanish.

①Our body language tells the world a lot about us. But can it change the way in which we see ourselves? The answer is Yes.

②Two scientists, Amy Cuddy and Danna Carney, who know much about body language, did a famous research. According to the result of their research, body language can change the chemistry of our brains. Some high-power body language can make you become confident. For example, you will feel confident when you hold your head high; you will feel confident too when you put your arms out wide as if you have won a race. However, some low-power body language can make you feel unconfident, such as sitting with your arms close to the body, sitting with your legs together or walking with your head down.

③Why do all these happen? The scientists think the reason is that body language changes the amount of something special in our brains. It's called hormone(激素). One kind of hormone can increase your confidence; another kind can increase your stress(压力). But too much stress hormone is bad for learning. It also increases the risk of health problems.

④The result of the research is helpful for your studies. Please remember: try to use more high-power body language in your studies, and you will be confident. That is, always believe you can study well, act as if you were doing well, then you will make greater progress in real life.

注意：

1. 短文须包括所有内容要点，要求语句通顺、意思连贯；

2. 可作适当发挥；

3. 词数80个左右，短文的开头和结尾句已给出，不计入总词数。

Last week, Alice made a survey about supermarkets, movie theaters and schools in her city. Here are the results.

……

Everyone feels low or down from time to time. It does not always mean something is wrong. Feeling low is common after painful events or huge life changes. But sometimes periods of low spirits happen for no clear reasons. 

____ , you may feel tired, disappointed, angry, worried and have no confidence. It will often pass after a couple of days or weeks. You can try some easy things and make some small everyday changes. They will usually help improve your spirit. 

If you're still feeling down or no longer get pleasure from things for most of each day. And this lasts for several weeks, you may be experiencing depression (抑郁) . You need to deal with it. You can do as the following tips. 

Firstly, talk to someone. Your trusted friends, family members and teachers will be OK. Or you can just call a helpline. Secondly, read a book or watch a favorite television show. Having different experiences through others can make you feel happier. The experiences may from both reading and watching well-known characters on a favorite TV show. What's more, do some sports you like. There are many different types of exercise. They can improve your heart speed. They can make you feel good and, make you keep away from the bad spirit. At last, tidy your room. You can either put messy things away or make everything in order. And you can just clean the room. All these things will make you feel happy and relieve the low spirit.

Low spirit, even depression, is very normal. The key is that we should dare to face it, choose the proper way to solve it. Everything will be fine in the future.