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浙江省绍兴市柯桥区联盟学校2023-2024学年八年级下学期6月月考英语试题（音频暂未更新）
17-year-old Brennan Agranoff, a colorblind boy, started his custom (定做的) sock business in middle school, with a little money he got from his parents. Up till now, he has sold over $1 million worth of socks online in the last four years.
Brennan thought of the idea for his custom sock company at just 13 years old. He was playing in a high-school basketball game in his hometown, and noticed that many kids of his age were wearing the same white Nike sport socks. The boy told himself if these white simple socks were so popular with kids, then some cool custom designs (设计) would surely be more popular.
But the boy didn't tell his parents about the business idea immediately. He spent six months researching things, like printing machines and technology and writing out a business plan. When he had everything planned out, he asked his parents for some money." They thought the idea was a little out there," Brennan recently told CNN Money, but he kept pushing, and finally got a $3, 000 from his parents to start his company. Then he began to work on his own designs. Though he was colorblind, it didn't stop him and he has created over 200 kinds of designs now.
Business was slow the first year, but then Brennan started pushing his own brand(商标)HoopSwagg socks on the Internet. Orders soon started coming in in large numbers, and HoopSwagg became a popular brand among custom sock lovers. Right now, people can find his designs on HoopSwagg website, Amazon and eBay.
Four years after starting his business, Brennan has achieved great success while balancing(平衡) school, housework and his social life. And he says he loved every minute of it.
"Robots, drones(无人机) and AI will do around 90% of the housework by 2040, " scientists from King's College said.
Mischa Dohler and Dr. Ian Pearson wrote a report to predict what homes will look like in 20 years. In it, they said that housework like washing the clothes and doing the dishes would be much easier because of technology progress(进步). If technology kept making progress, they expected that people would spend less than two hours a day in doing housework.
But most British people still don't believe their predictions. Just 2/5 of the people think that house robots will become a reality(现实) by 2040.
Predictions of Automation(自动化) by 2040 ▲ There will be house robots in people's homes. They will be able to do some of the housework all by themselves. Drones Small drones will be common. Some will keep the house clean, water plants and keep an eye on your house. Some will keep you warm with special light when you move around the house. AI Servants They will do almost everything for you. They will be able to pay the bills(账单), do some shopping and find ways to save your time and money. Super Smart Fridges They will learn what you eat. They can tell you how much food there is in the fridge, and even recommend(推荐) recipes. |
An E-mail
From: Ben and Emma To: John, Susan, Peter, Lily Subject : pen pals |
Hi everybody , We see your names on the Pen Friends list. You want to get e-mails from English children. So here we are! We live near Oxford(牛津),in the UK. We are 11 years old (Emma )and 10 years old (Ben) . We goto school in Oxford. There are 400 boys and girls between 8 and 13in our school. We have lessons from 9:00 a.m. to lunchtime. After lunch, we usually have lessons or sports. We have English, math, science, history(历史), art, P.E. and other subjects. Emma's favorite subjects are math and science. Ben's favorite subjects are art and music. He doesn't like math. There are three terms(学期) in a year, and we do different sports in each term. Autumn term: rugby(橄榄球) for boys, tennis for girls Winter term: football and hockey(曲棍球) Summer term: cricket(板球), swimming, tennis, and gymnastics(体操) We like sports but we're not good at any of them! At home we like reading books, cycling (Emma) and taking photos (Ben). Write and tellus about you and your schools. Emma and Ben |
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