Have you ever had to decide whether to go shopping or stay home and watch TV on a weekend? Now you 1 do both at the same time. Home shopping television networks(网络)have become a 2 for many people to shop without 3 having to leave their home.
Some shoppers are 4 of department stores and supermarkets-fighting the crowds, waiting in long lines, and sometimes having slight 5 of finding anything they want to buy. They'd rather sit quietly at home in front of the TV set and watch a friendly announcer describe a product 6 a model shows it. And they can shop around the clock, buying something 7 by making a phone call.
Department stores and even mail-order companies are 8 to join in the success of home shopping. Large department stores are busy 9 their own TV channels(频道)to encourage TV shopping in the future. Customers can ask questions about products and place 10 , all through their TV sets.
Will shopping by television 11 take the place of shopping in stores?Some industry managers think so. 12 many people find shopping at a real store a great enjoyment. And for many shoppers, it is still important to 13 or try on dresses they want to buy. That's 14 specialists say that in the future, home shopping will 15 together with store shopping but will never entirely replace it.
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I once went to a town in the north of England on business.
It was about 7:30 in the evening when I reached the hotel. The manageress , a strict old lady of about 60, showed me to my room. When I asked her what time dinner was, she said there was only one sitting at 6:30, and I had 1 it.
"Never mind," I said. "I' m not very hungry. I'll just have a drink in the bar(酒吧) and a sandwich. "
"Bar! " she 2 her voice."This is a respectable hotel, young man.If you want beer, you must go somewhere else. " She spoke 3 a glass of beer was a dangerous drug.
I went to a bar and had some beer and sandwiches and then went to the cinema. At about 11:30 I 4 . Everything was in darkness. I knocked at the door, but nothing happened. The 5 sound was the church clock opposite, which suddenly struck the half-hour with such force that it made me jump. 6 a window opened upstairs. The old lady 7 and asked me what was going on. I explained who I was and she let me 8 after ten minutes' wait. She was in her nightdress. She told me seriously that guests were 9 to be back in the hotel by 11 o' clock.
I went to bed but could not sleep. Every quarter of an hour the church clock struck and at midnight the whole hotel shook with the noise. Just before dawn, I finally 10 .
When I arrived at breakfast, everyone else had nearly 11 and there was not enough coffee to go round.
"Did you 12 well, young man?" the old lady asked.
" 13 , I don't think I could go through another night in that room," I replied."I hardly slept at all. "
"That's because you were 14 all night drinking!" she said angrily, putting 15 to the conversation.
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Scientists who study the brain have found out a great deal about how we learn. They have 1 that babies learn much more from the sights and sounds around them than we 2 before. You can help your baby by taking advantage of her hunger to learn.
From the 3 beginning,babies try to imitate the 4 they hear us make. They "read"the 5 on our faces and our movements. That is 6 it is so important to talk , sing and smile to your child. Hearing you talk is your baby's first 7 toward becoming a reader,because it 8 her to love language and to learn words.
As your child grows older, 9 talking with her. Ask her about the things she does. Ask her about the events and people in the story you 10 together. Let her know you are carefully 11 what she says. By keeping her in 12 and listening,you are 13 encouraging your child to think as she speaks. 14 , you are showing that you respect her knowledge and her ability to 15 learning.
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The northern parts of the United States get very cold in the winter. It snows a great deal and the temperature often goes 1 zero degree in January, 2 and March. But the northeastern and north central regions of 3 have been financial and industrial centers, and they are heavily polluted.
In recent years, people in these regions have begun to take vacations 4 these cold winter months. They go to southern parts of the country 5 it is warmer. Many go to Florida where the weather is 6 . Others go to the southwestern states of Arizona, New Mexico and Texas where they 7 dry desert climates.
It has become 8 nowadays for old people to move south to these places 9 they retire. Typically these people sell their houses in their home communities and move south to begin a new life 10 senior citizens.
Their children likely have homes 11 and many of them are moving south 12 communities where they were 13 . The southern and southwestern parts of the country are now growing 14 any other part. Business and industry 15 many offices and factories in the south. California is already the most popular state in the country.
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We were late as usual. My husband had 1 watering the flowers in the garden by himself,and when he discovered that he couldn't manage, he asked me for 2 at the last moment.So now we had only one hour to get to the airport. Luckily, there were not many cars 3 buses on the road and we were 4 to get there just in time. We checked in and went straight to a big hall to wait for our flight to be called. We waited and waited 5 no announcement was made. We asked for 6 and the girl there told us the plane hadn't even arrived yet. In the end, there came an announcement telling us that those 7 for flight No. 108 could get a free meal voucher and that the plane hadn't left Spain 8 technical problems. We thought that meant 9 it wasn't safe for the plane to 10 . We waited again for a long time until late evening when we were asked to report again. This time we were 11 free vouchers to spend the night in a nearby hotel.
The next morning after a 12 night because of all the planes taking off and landing, we were reported back to the airport. Guess 13 had happened while we were asleep. Our plane had arrived and taken off again. All the other 14 had been waken up in the night to catch the plane, but for some reasons or other we had been 15 . You can imagine how we felt!
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Drawing a picture is the simplest way of putting an idea down on paper. That is 1 men first began to write six thousand years ago or 2 .The alphabet we now use 3 down to us over a long period of time. It was developed from the picture-writing of ancient Egypt.
Picture-writing was useful in many 4 . It could be used to express ideas as well as 5 . For example, a drawing of a 6 meant the object "man". 7 a drawing of a man lying on the ground with a spear in him meant " 8 ".
Besides the Egyptians,the Chinese 9 the American Indians also developed ways 10 writing in pictures. But only 11 much could be said this way. Thousands of pictures would have been needed 12 express all the ideas that people might have.It would have taken many thousand more to express all the objects 13 to men. No one could 14 so many pictures in a lifetime. Nor could anyone learn the meaning of all 15 drawings in a lifetime.
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One British school is finding that allowing children to listen to music or even to have the TV on while studying is helping improve grades. 1 your teenager starts a family quarrel by siting in an armchair listening to music while doing his homework, why not 2 a simple experiment? Rather than taking the heavy handed(严厉的) line of ordering him to his bedroom to get on with it 3 , let him do the homework the 4 he wants. You might well find that his essay is more sparking(有文采的) than 5 he's done before.
According to the research of Millfield prep school, around 20% of youngsters 6 best with background music, 10% excel( 突出) when allowed to break up their work with short walks around the room while up to 80% can concentrate(集中注意力) 7 if allowed to fiddle( 用手拨弄) with a small object.
The research has advised the school to adopt (采取) a complete 8 approach(措施), analyzing pupils to discover which leaning style 9 them best-then letting them do their work listening to music or 10 lying down. Doubtful parents at first regarded the move as a layabout's(懒散闲荡的人) deed but many are now applying it at 11 where children are also allowed to do their work 12 the television on.
“I 13 to work on the floor with music on low," admits Susan, 13, a day-girl(走读女生).“At first my parents thought 1 was skiving(逃避),but my 14 persuaded them to look at my homework and when they saw it was OK, they 15 .”
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Los Angeles has planted 2, 000 rubber trees down the middle of one of its main streets. These trees do not 1 rubber. They are, 2 , made of rubber. Mr. Joe Dynamo, a spokesman for Los Angeles 3 council, explained the reasons. He said,“These 4 are representative of our virtual society. We have polystyrene grass on our golf 5 . We have non-milk powder 6 our coffee. We 7 copies in plastic of old wooden furniture. We have fiberglass tombstones. 8 shouldn't we have trees made of rubber?"
“At 50 miles an hour, 9 motorist will see any difference. And our preservation 10 will be lower. You give the trees an annual rinse(清洗) with detergent, and 11 them off twice a year. We 12 a lot of money because transplanting, pruning, weeding and leaf-collection are all 13 . And we have a 60-year 14 guarantee on each plant. This is rationalization at 15 best.”
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Mobile phones help us communicate everywhere, which is very important. They are good at emergencies, when you've 1 a car accident, for instance. A mobile phone 2 save your life! Mobile phones are also 3 because they have many good features- we can take photos and send them all over the world. But every coin has two sides. The 4 thing about mobile phones is that you have no privacy. My boss and friends find me whenever they want! I haven't enjoyed a whole quiet day since the day I 5 my mobile phone. 6 disadvantage is that mobile phones make us lose good habits, such as punctuality. Before, when we 7 keep in touch so easily, if we had a date with someone, we tried our best to arrive 8 time. But now, because of the mobile phone, we are not afraid of 9 late any more, so, surprisingly enough, we make people wait! The third 10 I see is that I change my mobile phone once a year, and this means 'm spending 11 too much money on it. I think it is important to think 12 we use mobile phones. We should use things such as mobile phones, laptops, cameras, the Internet, and so on, 13 our needs. We can 14 our mobile phone, when we don't want to be disturbed by 15 . If we know how to use it, we can eliminate its disadvantages.
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You have studied hard, and the day has 1 come when you must write your exam.
Try to arrive a few minutes before the 2 starts. Avoid talking to other students, especially those 3 are doing some last minute cramming. These people will make you nervous and 4 your concentration.
If you can, choose a seat that allows you to 5 . Try to sit away from the 6 to the room so you are not 7 by students leaving before you are finished. Listen 8 to any verbal instructions from the teacher or any 9 written on the board.
Here are five 10 for taking exams :
1. Catch your 11 ;
2. Read the 12 very carefully;
3. 13 through the test;
4. 14 your time;
5. Attack the 15 .
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