Parents and the Young

    It is natural that young people are often uncomfortable being with their parents. They say that their parents don't understand them.  And they tend to feel that their parents are too serious and too strict with their children, seldom giving their children a free hand.

    Parents often find it difficult to win their children's trust. And they always forget how they themselves felt when young.  It is one of their ways to show that they have grown up. But older people worry more easily; most of them plan things ahead.

    Young people often make their parents angry with their choice in clothes, in entertainment and in music.  It is just that they feel cut off from the older people's world, into which they have not yet been accepted. That's why young people want to make a new culture of their own, which makes their parents worried and upset.

    Sometimes you are so proud of yourself that you do not want your parents say “yes” to what you do.  It is natural enough, after being a child for so many years, when you were completely under your parents' control.

     When your parents see that you have a high sense of responsibility, they will certainly give you the right to do what you want to do.

A. So how should you understand that?

B. But they do not mean to cause any trouble.

C. All you want is to be left alone and do what you like.

D. If you plan to handle your life, try to win your parents over.

E. They think that their parents don't keep pace with modern ways.

F. You will have better success if you ask before you really start doing it.

G. For example, young people like to act on the spot without much thinking.

    A new technology is going to ripe, one that could transform our daily lives, help to form new industries, even remove world economic powers from their present positions. Unlike the wave of industrialization that began in the West and spread later to the rest of the world, the new developments are taking place in research labs all over the globe—and Asians are in the forefront. Physicists are creating a new class of materials that display an amazing property unforeseen even two years ago—superconductivity (超导体技术).

    Used today only in specialized equipment, super conductors have the potential to radically change most of the electrical and electronic appliances found in the home, making them smaller, more powerful and efficient. They could free our cities of pollution by replacing petrol and diesel (柴油) vehicles with electric cars, and cut the cost of electricity. The new materials do something that even the best of conductors such as copper and silver cannot—they do away with all electrical resistance. The significances for energy storage are great.

    The technology is in its early stage, still accessible to countries that decide to invest brains and money. For 75 years it had remained little more than a scientific curiosity with limited practical use because the phenomenon occurred only at extremely low temperatures. It was first observed in 1911 by a Dutch scientist named Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, who cooled mercury (水银) to temperatures below -269℃ with liquid helium (氦). Then in January last year, two IBM scientists, K. Alex Muller and J. George Bednorz, found a metal oxide ceramic (氧化陶瓷) that superconducted at -243℃. Their report went largely unnoticed until last December, when it was confirmed at a scientific meeting in Boston. Today Japan, India, China and other Asian countries all have their share of experts who spend their days and nights in labs, acting as midwives (助产士) to a new technology.

    The Dickens Exhibition

    Date： 9 June, 2018—10 December, 2018

    Location: Museum of London

    It celebrates the 205th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens. By recreating the atmosphere of Victorian London through sound and projections (投影画），you'll be taken on an unforgettable journey to discover the city that inspired his writings.

    Paintings, photographs， costumes and objects will explain different themes that Dickens wrote into his works， while rarely seen manuscripts (手稿）including Bleak House and David Copper field will offer introduction to his creative genius.

    During your visit you'll discover how Dickens' childhood experiences of London were introduced into the stories he wrote. The great social questions of the 19th century will also be examined, all of which set the scene for Dickens' greatest works.

    Highlights of the exhibition will include an exciting audio-visual experience, and a special film shot by one of the UK's leading documentary filmmakers.

    Packages include afternoon entry (1:00 pm—4:00 pm) to the exhibition plus overnight accommodation at a nearby hotel. If you wish to visit the exhibition the day after your hotel stay, please call our reservation department. Call： 08712212717.

    Book a trip online with us, with tickets to Dickens London Exhibition afternoon entry and hotel accommodation included in the price. All taxes included. No credit card fees No booking fees. No discount.

    Price Information： a package costs an adult £120 and a child (age 4 — ^5)尤⑻ afternoon entry costs an adult £28 and a child (age 4 — 15) £14.

She looks like any other schoolgirl, fresh-faced and full of life. Sarah Thomas is looking forward to challenge of her new A-level course. But unlike school friends, 16-year-old Sarah is not spending half-term (rest). Instead, she is earning $6500 a day as model in New York.

Sarah(tell) that she could be Britain's new supermodel earning a million dollars in the new year. Her father Peter, 44, wants her to give up school to model full time But Sarah, has taken part in shows along with top models, wants (prove) that she has brains as well as beauty she is (determine) to carry on with her education.

She has turned down several (invitation) to star at shows in order to concentrate on her studies After school she plans to take a year off to model full time before going to university to get a degree engineering or architecture.

Sarah says, "My dad thinks I should take the offer now. But at the moment, school (come) first. I don't want to get too absorbed in modeling. It is(certain) fun but the lifestyle is a little unreal. I don't want to have nothing else to fall back on when I can't model my more."

    Do you ever throw away food at home? Have you ever thought about what happens to the food that shops and supermarkets don't sell? Well, you might be shocked to find out that about one third of food produced for humans gets wasted. What's more, around 800 million people in the world don't live a healthy life for lack of food.

    Many people in the UK and across the world are trying to do something with this situation. They are trying their best to make use of eatable food that is thrown away.

    For example, there is a coffee bar in Leeds (UK) whose meals are all cooked with unsold food from supermarkets. The spare food is turned into delicious food to feed the hungry people of Leeds. Customers just pay what they can afford or help the bar wash something. In just ten months, 10, 000 people were fed at this bar.

    Besides, the UK's first food waste supermarket opened last year. The supermarket works on a “pay as you feel” basis. Customers pay whatever they want. Some low­income families have said that it has changed their lives.

    “Fuel for School” is another food waste project. Spare food from supermarkets such as dairy, vegetables, fruit and bread is used to feed hungry schoolchildren whose families may not be able to afford to buy them lunch.

    More coffee bars like Leeds are being opened in other parts of the UK such as Bristol and Manchester, and it is now becoming a worldwide event.

    I think this is an amazing step as food waste is one of the world's biggest problems. I also believe that the law should be changed, so that supermarkets don't throw away so much good food.

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