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广东省深圳市龙城初级中学2019-2020八年级下学期英语4月份第一次月考试卷(含听力音频)
Old people can now buy "grandkids" online if they feel lonely. Using a new app named Papa, old people can call on young people to visit them. Papa allows them to find "grandchildren" who will spend time with them and carry out small tasks.
Now Papa is available as a mobile app and a telephone line for those without smartphones in Miami, Florida. To use the service, old people first need to contact (联 系) Papa through either of these ways. Then Papa's workers provide free talks with them to see how they can find proper college students to visit the old people.
The app needs the old to pay $15 an hour and the young visitors get at least $10 per visit. According to different types of trips, the young visitors get different pay.
According to its founder, Andrew Parker, most young visitors can make $20~$30 per visit. Every visit lasts for around three hours.
Mr Parker, from the United States, founded the app because he couldn't spend time with his grandfather. He named the app after his grandfather and is now hoping more people from America, the UK and Japan can use it in the future. Besides, he believes it can also provide other groups with services in the future, such as taking care of children and caring for adults with autism (孤独症).
Papa also provides an online education, helping the old have video chat with their grandchildren.
Hello, I am Mary. I live in Chengdu. It's sunny and cool in my city now. I'm studying at home. My parents are shopping. What's the weather like in your city? And what are you doing?
I'm visiting my uncle in Beijing. He works here. It's sunny in Beijing now. And it's warm. My two cousins are playing soccer in the yard. My uncle is reading a book at home. From Sally |
I live in New York City. It's hot now. Today is my birthday. My mother is cooking and my father is helping her. My brother is making a birthday cake. I am helping him. From Eric |
I'm in Florida. It's cool and sunny, too. I'm reading a book in the library. Lots of students are in the library. Some are reading and some are writing. They all work very hard. From Jane |
Mary |
Sally |
Eric |
Jane |
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Place |
Chengdu |
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New York |
Florida |
Weather |
sunny, cool |
sunny, warm |
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cool, sunny |
Activities |
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visiting her uncle |
making a cake |
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Other persons |
her parents |
her uncle, her cousins |
his mother, his father,{#blank#}5{#/blank#} |
other students |
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