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贵州省遵义市2023-2024学年八年级上学期期末英语试题
These days, if you want to travel from New York to Beijing, the flight will take about 16 hours. You also have to wait at the airport, and sometimes you have to transfer onto a different airplane. If you add up all of the time, the trip will take at last 20 hours. But in the future, the trip from New York to Beijing might only take two hours.
Right now, a company is developing (开发) something called ET3—"evacuated tube (真空管) transport technology". Here's how it works. A tube goes all the way from New York to Beijing. The tube is only a few meters wide. Capsules (舱) move through the tube. Six people can sit in one capsule.
For international travel, the capsules can travel at about 6,500 kilometers per hour. Why can they travel so fast? Because there isn't any air in the ET3 tubes, the capsules can move at such a high speed. Also, the capsules are quite light. Each only weighs 183 kilograms. There are other advantages (优点) of ET3. Because it use electricity, it's quite clean. Also, it's a lot quieter than air planes and cars. Last, ET3 tube and capsules don't need much building materials.
Of course, there are still some problems about ET3. The biggest problem is that right now it would cost a lot to build ET3. To lower the cost, we will need much better technology.
However, it's still exciting to think of how ET3 will change the travel in the future. Who knows? Maybe someday you can have lunch in New York and dinner in Beijing.
Throughout history, many women have shown the world how powerful they can be. Meet some of them here.
Helen Keller (US) Lived: 1880–1968 | Virginia Woolf (UK) Lived: 1882–1941 | Tu Youyou (China) Lived: 1930–present |
Helen Keller was a role model for the disabled. She became deaf and blind when she was a baby. She came a long way in becoming a writer. Her book Three Days to See tells her life story, which is considered as a must-read. | Virginia Woolf was a famous writer for her stream-of-consciousness(意识流) writing style. Besides writing, she often brought the best minds of the time to meet together in her home talking about art and literature. | Tu Youyou is a great scientist because she found artemisinin (青嵩素) in 1971. And it is still the best cure for malaria. In 2015, Tu received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her work, who was the first Chinese woman to win a Nobel Prize. |
A. Set up an emotional tool kit for next time. B. Anything helps, even if it is taking a walk. C. Ask friends for advice on emotional control. D. Luckily, you are often able to turn things around. E. Sometimes it is better to respond rather than react(反应). F. They can bring you little bits of joy during an awful day. |
There are some days that start off badly, which can be a rush morning, a stranger being rude, or some bad news. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Here are a few tips that may help.
Switch things up
A quick way to rescue your day is to try a"sensory (感官的) change. " Take a hot shower, buy some flowers, or get up and move. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} When you are stuck in your emotions, a little activity and a change of location can help unlock them.
See it from a different point of view
{#blank#}3{#/blank#} Ask yourself: Is this really about me, or is it about them? What is the story I created based on the thing that happened? Looking at the matter in a different way can help calm down your feelings.
Give yourself little rewards(奖励)
If you are really having a bad day, little rewards like some ice cream or taking a short break can make it less stressful than a large reward later would. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}
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I was once advised by a friend of mine that I should make an"album for happiness" to improve a bad mood on a certain day. Another friend also recommended me to collect positive messages and emails and pull them out when I feel low. Remember to get prepared.
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