Dear 17-year-old self,
When your Laker dream comes true tomorrow, you need to figure out a way to invest in the future of your family. This sounds simple, and you may think it's a no-brainer, but take some time to think on it further.
I said INVEST. I did not say GIVE. Let me explain.
Purely giving material things to your siblings (兄弟姐妹) may appear to be the right decision. So you buy them a car, a big house, and pay all of their bills. You want them to live a beautiful, comfortable life, right?
But the day will come when you realize that as much as you believed you were doing the right thing, you were actually holding them back.
You will come to understand that you were taking care of them because it made YOU feel good, it made you happy to see them smiling and without a care in the world—and that was extremely selfish of you. While you were feeling satisfied with yourself, you were slowly eating away at their own dreams and ambitions. You were adding material things to their lives, but taking away the most precious gifts of all.
Invest in their future, don't just give.
Use your success, wealth and influence to put them in the best position to realize their own dreams and find their true purpose. Put them through school, set them up with job interviews and help them become leaders in their own right. Hold them to the same level of hard work and dedication that it took for you to get to where you are now, and where you will eventually go.
I'm writing you now so that you can begin this process immediately, and so that you don't have to deal with the hurt and struggle of weaning (断绝) them off the addiction that you facilitated. That addiction only leads to anger, hatred and jealousy from everybody involved, including yourself.
As time goes on, you will see them grow independently and have their own ambitions and their own lives, and your relationship with all of them will be much better as a result.
Trust me, setting things up right from the beginning will avoid a ton of tears and headache, some of which remains to this day.
Much love,
Kobe
When people use the saying “七尺男儿”, they're usually referring a man who is tall and strong. However, it's not easy (tell) exactly how long 7 chi is. As a traditional Chinese unit of length, the (measure) of chi has changed frequently over time.
In earlier times, such as the Shang Dynasty, I chi was the same as 15.8cm. So 7 chi would be equal to about 110cm. A 7-chi-tall man at the time would be a little person.
During the Warring States Period and Han Dynasty, 1 chi (be) equal to 23cm. So 7 chi would be about 162cm.
When came to the Three Kingdoms period, 1 chi became longer and reached 24.2cm. So 7 chi would be equal to about 170cm, which would (regard) as medium height today.
In the following (dynasty), chi continued to become (long). It became 24.5cm in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, 29. 6cm in the Tang Dynasty and 31.2cm in the Song Dynasty. (final) in the Qing Dynasty, 1 chi was 35.5cm, means that 7-chi-tall man would be 248.5cm. That would be a real giant!
Today, 1 chi is measured around 33.3cm. So 7 chi would be 233cm.
Shakespeare City Walk
This 90-minute leisurely walking tour does not go to the Globe Theatre (because everyone already knows it), but instead uncovers less known monuments and locations in the City of London with connections to Shakespeare's life, his friends, his loves and his works.
The Shakespeare City Walk takes place on Fridays at 11 am. at Temple tube station.
Address: Temple tube station, London
Telephone: 44(0)790-574-6733
Camera Trails
Learn how to take better photos as you explore London with a professional photographer on a Camera Trails tour. Walk around Brick Lane and Spitalfields on the Urban East tour, or take photos of Elizabeth Tower and St. Paul's Cathedral on the South Bank tour.
Address: Trafalgar Square, London
Telephone: 44(0)798-957-9336
The Celebrity Planet
See celebrity (名人) homes, famous film locations, music landmarks and places linked to pop history on a Celebrity Planet tour. Find out about stars in Notting Hill, Mayfair, Primrose Hill or Chelsea, or try a Harry Potter, James Bond or Beatles tour.
Address: 40 Porchester Square, London
Telephone: 44(0)20-7193-8770
Email: info@thecelebrityplanet.com
Sandemans New London Tours
Sandemans New London Tours offer a completely free tour of Royal London, including the Changing of the Guard. There's also an Old City of London Tour, and a Grim Reapers of London Tour. Our expert guides are all graduates of the world's leading universities, including Yale, Cambridge and Oxford. As guides work for tips, you are guaranteed the best tour of London. Our walking tours are healthy and environmentally friendly, so you won't contribute to the pollution problem of London's cars and buses.
Email: info@neweuropetours.com
结合语境，根据汉语提示用单词的适当形式填空。
1）提出建议；
2）活动:参观博物馆，欣赏京剧等；
3）预祝开心；
注意:
1）词数80左右；
2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
It is believed that human story begins in Africa and ends about 200,000 years later with their seven billion descendants (后代) spread across the Earth, living in peace or at war, their faces lit by campfires and computer screens.
In between is an exciting tale of survival, movement, isolation, and conquest, most of it occurring before recorded history. Who were those first modern people in Africa? What routes did they take when they left their home continent 60,000 years ago to expand into Europe and Asia? When and how did humans reach the Americas? For decades, the only proof was found in a small number of scattered bones and artifacts that our ancestors left behind on their journeys. In the past 20 years, however, DNA technologies have allowed scientists to find a record of ancient human migrations in the DNA of living people.
"Every drop of human blood contains a history book written in the language of our genes," says population geneticist Spencer Wells. The human genetic code, or genome, is 99.9 percent identical throughout the world. But while the bulk of our DNA is the same, what's left is responsible for our individual differences — in eye color or disease risk, for example. On very rare occasions, a small change, called a mutation, can occur, which is then passed down to all of that person's descendants. Generations later, finding that same mutation in two people's DNA indicates that they share the same ancestor. By comparing mutations in many different populations, scientists can trace their ancestral connections.
These ancient mutations are easiest to track in two places: in DNA that is passed from mother to child (called mitochondrial DNA, or mtDNA for short), and in DNA that travels from father to son (known as the Y chromosome, the part of DNA that determines a child will be a boy). By comparing the mtDNA and Y chromosomes (染色体) of people from various populations, geneticists can get a rough idea of where and when those groups separated in the great migrations around the planet.
Summer Holidays in England
With July come examinations. When these exams finish, the summer holidays begin. Boys and girls will have two months to rest.
The summer holidays are the best part of the year for most children. The weather is usually good, so that they can spend most of their time in swimming, camping or travelling with their parents.
Of course, the most enjoyable place is the seaside. Some children are lucky enough to live near the sea. They enjoy exceptional (得天独厚的) advantages. As for those who live far from the sea, their parents will also take them to the seaside for the holidays, for they know that a week or two at a seaside town during summer holidays is their children’s eager (渴望) hope. In England not only the rich, but also factory workers or bus drivers can take their children to seaside for their holidays. In fact during the August Holidays most towns are almost empty.
Why do children like spending their summer holidays at the seaside? It is because they like the sand, the sun, the cool wind and the salty water there more than anything else. Of course there are many new things to see, nice things to eat, and exciting things to do, but it is the feeling of sand under one’s feet, of cool wind and salt water on one’s skin, and of the warm sun on one’s back that make the seaside what it is.
61．When does summer holiday begin in England? (No more than 3 words)
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62．What do children usually do during the holiday? (No more than 13 words)
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63．What is the most enjoyable place for children to spend summer holiday? (No more than 3 words)
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64．Why do children like seaside? (list one reason)(No more than 22 words)
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根据中文意思完成短文填空。
Dave wanted a pair of trainers badly, but his family was too poor to afford it. So when he read in the local newspaper that there would be a 1000-meter running race, of which the prize was a pair of trainers, he jumped at the opportunity. Day and night, he trained hard for it. On the sports day, a crowd of people gathered on the play field and there was ____77____ ( 兴奋的嚷嚷声 ) in the air. After doing some ____78____ ( 热身伸展运动 ), Dave heard the whistle. All at once, the runners set out like lightning and soon they were a blur. One after another, the other runners ____79____ ( 飞驰而过 ). Dave ____80____ ( 感到肋部疼痛 ) and his breath _____81_____ ( 开始呼哧呼哧地喘 ). But he _____82_____ ( 咬紧牙关 ) and pushed on. Now, it was the last lap. Dave gathered all his strength, gave himself _____83_____ ( 额外能量的迸发 ) and ran like mad. One…two…three…Dave overtook all the others. As the crowd _____84_____ ( 惊讶地看着 ), he _____85_____ ( 向 …… 发起最后冲刺 ) the finish. Yes, Dave was the champion! Although he was _____86_____ ( 气喘吁吁 ), Dave grinned, holding the precious pair of trainers tightly to his chest.
