注意：1）词数120左右；

2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

    A 4-year-old boy was given the chance to celebrate his favorite holiday early this year after a neighborhood in Illinois heard that he would miss the chance to trick or treat because of a vital Surgery (手术).Sonny Mead, who put on a Superman costume for the special day, hit more than 20 hours along his special trick-or-treat route and was even treated to a ride in a fire truck.

    “He thinks today is Halloween,” Jackie Mead, the boy's mom, told Fox 2 Now on Wednesday. “We let him pick his costume, and up until today he was going to be Spider-Man, and then he decided that he wanted to be Superman because he wants superpowers.”

    Sonny was diagnosed with craniosynostosis (颅缝早闭), which causes the skull bones to fuse prematurely, affecting brain growth. Sonny had pieces of his skull removed to give his brain more room to grow in 2015, and the bone was supposed to grow back but never did.

    So on Friday, doctors will use a 3-D printer and bone from a dead body to rebuild Sonny's skull. His recovery is expected to take between two and six months, meaning he'll not be able to trick or treat when Oct.31 comes.

    But once Amanda Richert heard that her friends son would miss out on the trick-or-treating fun, Goshen Meadows citizens, in Edwardsville, Illinois united in a group to make sure he had a chance for the trick-or-treat fun. Sonny's mother said their reaction was overwhelming.

    Monthly Talks at London Canal Museum

    Our monthly talks start at 19:30 on the first Thursday of each month except August. Admission is at normal charges and you don't need to book. They end around 21:00.

    November 7th

    The Canal Pioneers, by Chris Lewis. James Brindley is recognized as one of the leading early canal engineers. He was also a major player in training others in the art of canal planning and building. Chris Lewis will explain how Brindley made such a positive contribution to the education of that group of early "civil engineers".

    December 5th

    Ice for the Metropolis, by Malcolm Tucker. Well before the arrival of freezers, there was a demand for ice for food preservation and catering, Malcolm will explain the history of importing natural ice and the technology of building ice wells, and how London's ice trade grew.

    February 6th

    An Update on the Cotswold Canals, by Liz Payne. The Stroudwater Canal is moving towards reopening. The Thames and Severn Canal will take a little longer. We will have a report on the present state of play.

    March 6th

    Eyots and Aits-Thames Islands, by Miranda Vickers. The Thames had many islands. Miranda has undertaken a review of all of them. She will tell us about those of greatest interest.

    Online bookings: www.canalmuseum.org.uk/book

    More info: www.canalmuseum.org.uk/whatson

    London Canal Museum

    12-13 New Wharf Road, London NI 9RT

    www.canalmuseum.org.uk   www. canalmuseum.mobi

    Tel: 020 7713 0836

Imagine someone had a knife and told you, "This is a great knife. The only problem is that it can't cut anything." You'd think it's not a great knife.

"Telos is the Greek word that Aristotle and others use to define the end or purpose of something," Jonathan Haidt, professor at New York University Stern School of Business, says in a recorded lecture at the University of Colorado Springs. The telos of a knife is to cut. What, Haidt asks, is the telos of a university?

Truth — that's the purpose of higher education, Haidt says. The academy aims to be a stage where truth is sought, discovered, and explored. When the university is functioning at its best, students learn to present arguments and receive debate in following truth.

Are today's universities achieving their purpose?

In his lecture, Haidt suggests that changes in campus culture over the past decade have rerouted university resources away from the pursuit of truth and towards creating an emotionally and intellectually comfortable environment for students.

"From out of nowhere, students in 2014 began asking for trigger warnings," Haidt says. A growing group among student bodies and administrators seemed to believe students were fragile and needed to be aggressively protected from "bad" ideas, offensive imagery, and annoying arguments. Students began protesting speakers, and publicly shaming peers whose words made them uncomfortable.

There are many places and institutions whose purpose, or telos, is comfort. But a university is not one of those places. To make that point, Haidt quotes CNN contributor Van Jones: I don't want you to be safe ideologically. I don't want you to be safe emotionally. I want you to be strong — that's different. I'm not going to settle the jungle for you. Put on some boots and learn how to deal with adversity. I'm not going to take all the weights out of the gym. That's the whole point of the gym. This is the gym.

Putting comfort over the pursuit of truth, universities are ignoring their purpose. Higher education should be a stage of open exploration and free expression, where ideas are exchanged, tested, and inspected. A common education should be "an invitation to be concerned not with the employment of what is familiar but with understanding what is not yet understood," according to philosopher Michael Oakeshott.

What is the social influence if universities fail to achieve their purpose? New generations could lose more than academic power; they could lose the ability and interest to pursue and prioritize truth first. They could become so dependent on emotional comfort that they refuse to observe deep in thought "what is not yet understood". Anyhow, this is happening in reality. It's time for universities to realize their telos, or they'll risk losing their essential role in society.

    Eating is best when it's a social activity. Think of the meal a family enjoys in the evening when everyone's together after work or school, or the big get-togethers over food at Spring Festival. But now, in the age of the Internet and social media, anyone with an Internet connection can enjoy a social eating event.

    Mukbang-a South Korean phrase meaning “eating broadcast”-is an unusual food fanaticism that's sweeping the country. This is a meal where only one person gets to eat, while many viewers watch live shows of hosts eating large quantities of food. They leave comments on the dishes the host is taking, and the host responds to them live.

    So why have people taken to this unusual new food trend(趋势)? Jeff Yang, an Asian-American cultural critic, thinks that it's down to “the loneliness of unmarried or uncoupled South Koreans”. He believes that eating on your own can be hard in a country like South Korea, where social eating is such a long tradition. However, Mukbang gives people the feeling that they are part of something larger, it seems.

    Millions of people have trouble with food. Either they eat too much of it, or too little. Some say that the popularity of Mukbang helps people with these disorders. Those who always eat too much and put on weight can watch Mukbang live shows to satisfy their appetite (胃口). And those who don't eat enough can build their appetite by watching delicious food being eaten.

    Even though Mukbang is a South Korean phenomenon, it's also taken off in the US. But unlike South Koreans who sit down to enjoy noodles and kimchi (泡菜), Americans enjoy their own native dishes. This means that viewers of US Mukbang live shows will see locals stuffing themselves with hamburgers, fries and ice cream.

假定你是李华，是将来北京参加冬令营活动的英国高中生Tom的接待家庭。请根据以下提示给Tom写信电子邮件，告知相关事宜。

内容要点：1.机场接机；

2. 单独卧室,可以上网；3陪同浏览北京。

注意：1.  词数不少于100；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Tom,

    My parents and I are so happy that youare coming to stay with us.

1）时间：下周五下午3: 00—5:00；地点：图书馆三楼大厅；

2）参选的同学先作自我介绍和五分钟演讲，最后进行投票；

3）希望全体同学参加，不要迟到或缺席；

4）报名的同学要准备一份自我简介和简短演讲稿。

注意：词数100左右；开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：学生会：the Student Union     报名：enter for/sign up for    选举：elect

Boys and girls,

    May I have your attention, please? I have an announcement to make.……

    That's all.

    Thank you!

Sammy Armstrong was driving to his office he noticed a car was stuck on railroad tracks. Then he heard a train whistle. Sammy (stop) his car, put off his sunglasses and tried to figure out what was happening.elderly man, Jean Papich, eighty-four, sat in the driver seat, turning the key and hitting the gas. His wife, Marion, seventy-eight, was looking (nervous) at him. Then Sammy ran the car and pushed it from behind, but his boots slipped on the warm asphalt(沥青). He could see the train approaching fast.

It might be (easy) to push the car backwards than forwards, Sammy thought. He ran around to the front of the vehicle and urged Jean (put) the car in neutral(空挡). Sammy could feel the ground trembling. He put his boots against the track and pushed forcefully. Finally, the car rolled off the tracks. When Sammy looked up, the train was just a couple of (foot) away. Sammy, shocked and (speech), went back to work as crowds gathered at the scene.

Weeks later, Marion called to thank Sammy. He responded, "I just did I had to do."

For many, chocolate Easter eggs play some part in Easter. Some consider Easter eggs symbolic of the death and return of Jesus Christ. Besides, a number of countries use Easter eggs in games and contests played as part of their Easter celebration. In Germany, a prize is given to the person whose egg rolls down a track made of sticks the fastest.

Yet the Royal Society for Public Health(RSPH) has criticised shops for selling the eggs months ahead of Easter, saying that it encourages people to eat unhealthily. A 256-gram Cadbury's chocolate egg contains about 1, 375 calories (calories are a measure of energy in food). The average 10-year-old needs around 2, 000 calories a day. It's tempting to buy an egg if it's on a supermarket shelf, so shops should be more responsible and only sell them for a few weeks before Easter. That would make the holiday more exciting because you would only be able to get them for a limited time. In the run-up to Easter, some Christians take part in Lent, a religious festival which involves giving something up for 40 days. Having the eggs on sale isn't fair on those who have decided to give up chocolate. Besides, lots of treats distract us from the importance of Easter.

Although the RSPH raises a good point about people needing to eat healthily, it's difficult to see how Easter eggs are making things worse. If eggs weren't being sold, customers would just buy a different type of chocolate instead, which is on sale all year round. For that reason, shops should be allowed to sell as many eggs for as long as they want. It's up to families to decide how and when to celebrate Easter after all-you might want to give an Easter egg as a gift to a friend before schools break up for the holidays, for example. If anything, the presence of the eggs in supermarkets helps remind people that Easter is coming, which builds excitement. It should be up to individuals to decide when to buy Easter eggs.