Sir Emest Shackleton was not only a great explorer, but also he was an intelligent man. He once found himself and two of his men at the top of an icy mountain ridge (山脊) . They had no way to get down to its side. Their destination had been the tiny Whaling Station of strummers, near the South Pole. Shackleton knew if they didn't get down from the ridge, no one would ever hear from them again.
Shackleton knew there was only one thing to do. He explained that they would all have to slide (滑) down. He instructed the two men to wind(绕) their ropes into a coil(卷) .Then each of the men sat down on a coiled and slid down the icy slope into the darkness. When they found themselves at the bottom, unhurt, Shackleton said, "You know, we shouldn't do that kind of thing too often." The laughter broke the tension all the men were feeling. They arrived later than expected, but safely at the Whaling Station.
—Because he (撞上)me.
Much new and high technology has been introduced from America, great increase in production of the company.
Dear Dad,
On this date of your 50th birthday, Mom gave me the letter you wrote me when I was born 18 years ago. In your letter, you (wish) me to be strong-minded and successful. You were looking forward to (see) me fight for my future bravely and do well for myself and others.
After reading this letter, I feel quite (shock) at your expectation on me. I also feel shamed for not having performed well to meet your demand. I still remember when I was in primary school, I failed (apply) myself to studying. I was addicted computer games. As a consequence, I soon became the last one in my class. You didn't abuse me at all. On the contrary, you taught me that studying was most important object at the moment and encouraged me to study hard. Only when I have read your letter did I realize that I behaved so (bad) at that time.
I can't help (express) my gratitude and sending my best wishes to you. Wish you health and (happy). I promise that I will spare no effort to satisfy your demand of being a brave and (success) person.
—Because he had (背叛) his country.
—Because it has been (暴露) to the sun for a long time.
Liu Xiang Will Resume Training
Athens Olympic 110m hurdle champion Liu Xiang felt so relieved to return to racetrack after getting out of the great number of social activities.
Liu arrived in hometown Shanghai Wednesday night and was about to resume① training shortly after.
"I am so exhausted② from so many social activities, which made me even more tired than training," said the 21-year-old Liu, who wrote a new chapter in China's Olympic history by winning the country's first ever athletics short-distance running title in the men's 110m hurdles in Athens in August.
"I am happy that I will resume my training soon back in Shanghai," said the Shanghai native. He turned into an instant national hero with the Olympic glory③ and one of the most popular Olympic gold medalists, taking part in scores of celebration activities since he returned to China early September.
"My regular training has been interrupted for such a long time that I think I can only run at about 13.5 seconds now," said Liu, who clocked a world record-tying time of 12.91 to clinch the title.
"I would rather forget what I have achieved in the past and try my best to realize a higher goal," he said.
Liu already missed the Berlin Golden League Series on Sunday and won't be able to catch the IAAF Grand Prix final slated for September 18-19 in Monaco.
He plans on attending an IAAF all-star tournament in Japan at the end of this month.
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In families with two working parents, fathers may have more impact 1 a child's language development than mothers, a new study 2. Researchers 3 92 families from 11 child care centers before their children were a year old, interviewing each to establish income, 4 of education and child care arrangements. 5, it was a group of welleducated middleclass families, 6 married parents both living in the home.
When the children were 2, researchers videotaped them at home in freeplay sessions with both parents, recording all of their 7. The study will appear in the November 8 of The Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology.
The scientists 9 the total number of utterances of the parents, the number of different words they used, the 10 of their sentences and other aspects of their speech. 11 average, fathers spoke less than mothers did, but they did not 12 in the length of utterances or proportion(比例)of questions asked.
Finally, the researchers 13 the children's speech at age 3, using a standardized language test. The only predictors of high 14 on the test were the mother's level of education, the15 of child care and the number of different words the father used.
The researchers are 16 why the father's speech, and not the mother's, had an effect. "It's well 17 that the mother's language does have an impact," said Nadya Pancsofar, the lead author of the study. "It 18 be that the highfunctioning mothers in the study had already had a strong influence 19 their children's speech development, or it may be that mothers are 20 in a way we didn't measure in the study."
The graph showed at the time the people were suffering inequality . There was not abundant food for the poor people, while some rich people often deposited much money in the bank. Some poor people's ownership of the land was taken away. They were often in rags . What's worse, some women who were pregnant had not enough food to eat.
