My Stay in New York

    After graduation from university, I had been unable to secure a job in my small town. So I decided to leave home for New York,{#blank#}1{#/blank#}I might have a better chance to find a good job.{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (earn) some money to pay the daily expenses, I started to work in a local café as a waiter. I believed that as soon as I{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(offer) a good position, I would resign at once.

    Over time, the high cost of living became a little burden on my already{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(exhaust) shoulder. On the other hand, my search for a{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(respect) job had not met with much {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (succeed). As I had studied literature at university, I found {#blank#}7{#/blank#} quite difficult to secure a suitable job in big companies. Mother had just said that if I wanted to have a better career advancement, I had to find work in the city. Perhaps{#blank#}8{#/blank#}my mother had told me was deeply rooted in my mind. I just did as she had expected.

    Soon I had lived in the city for over six months but I still did not like it. Apparently, I had difficulty {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(adapt) myself to life in the city, let alone finding a suitable job. After nine months of frustration, I eventually decided to go back to my small town. Not until I returned {#blank#}10{#/blank#}I realize that a quiet town life was the best for me.

    People can often see a talking parrot on a TV show, in a movie, or even in someone's home. The parrot has learned {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (copy) sounds that people make. Dolphins, bats, and some other animals also copy sounds. Now we can add elephants {#blank#}2{#/blank#}this list of copycats (盲目模仿者).

    Dr. Joyce Poole is an expert,{#blank#}3{#/blank#}studies the sounds of elephants. While she was in Kenya, she would hear strange noises {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (make) by Mlaika after sunset. Mlaika was{#blank#}5{#/blank#} 8-year-old African elephant and it lived near a highway.

    Dr. Poole says that she couldn't tell the {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (different) between Mlaika's call and the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (distance) truck noise. Why did it copy the sounds of the trucks driving by? Animals that are able to copy sounds may enjoy {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(practice) new sounds. When they {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (keep) outside of their natural environment, they may copy unusual sounds. 

    So far Dr. Poole {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(spend) 18 years with two female Asian elephants. Asian elephants make sounds like birds to talk with one another.

    Parrots, dolphins, humans, and elephants show that being a copycat is one way that animals and people make new friends and keep old ones.

    Kids would love to have more money in their pockets. With the money that {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(make) by themselves they can buy the things they want. Actually, making money when you are a kid is much{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(easy) than you think. Here is a great method of making money for you, if you are a kid. It's dog walking.

    Don't try to do dog walking as a business if you are not{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(comfort) with dogs. However, if you love dogs, this can be a good {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(choose).

    Usually your customers are in the neighborhood. Ask dog owner {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(tell) you as much as possible{#blank#}6{#/blank#} their dogs and their habits. It's very important that you keep friendly with the dogs{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(bring) a treat to the dogs can help develop a friendship with them.

    You can charge 5 dollars {#blank#}8{#/blank#}a walk lasts 30 minutes. If a dog's owner wants you to walk{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(he) dog for an hour, you can charge 10 dollars or even 15 dollars.

    The only disadvantage of this method is that you have to deal with dog waste. Be sure to take{#blank#}10{#/blank#} bag and clean up after those dogs.

    Athens, the capital of Greece{#blank#}11{#/blank#}(know)as the birthplace of{#blank#}12{#/blank#}(west) civilization. Two thousand four hundred years ago, it was the world's most {#blank#}13{#/blank#}(power)city{#blank#}14{#/blank#} (build) such as the Parthenon on the Acropolis Hill were built during this period. Greece's best writers lived in ancient Athens. Their work has influenced other writers ever {#blank#}15{#/blank#}

    Some misunderstanding is putting shark populations at risk now. Thousands of sharks are dying as {#blank#}1{#/blank#}result of people's false beliefs.

    Female sharks need males to make babies. Some female sharks have the ability to produce a baby by themselves and have young sharks {#blank#}2{#/blank#}a male shark. That's something {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(common) seen in plants and insects like ants and bees.

    Shark fins have medical function. Traditionally, shark fin soup {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(believe) to have health benefits and is quite special in China. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}modern scientists point out that shark tissue (组织)can be extremely high in poison. What's more, shark fishing kills up to 100 million animals each year, {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(endanger) several different species.

    If you're bitten by a shark, you will be a goner. You are more than twice as likely {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(die) from a lightning strike as from a shark bite, according to the Florida Museum's International Shark Attack File (ISAF). "Even if you are bitten, the large {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(major) of people survive", says Dr. Chapman. There {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(be) sixty-six unprovoked(无端的)shark bite incidents around the world in 2018, only six of {#blank#}10{#/blank#}were dangerous, according to the ISAF.