It was the first snow of winter.Up until now, I had been able to dress myself for recess(课间休息), but today I would need some help.Miss king, my kindergarten teacher, may still remem-ber this one.
I managed to get into my snow pants, but I struggled with my jacket because it did not fitwell.It was a hand-me-down from my brother.Finally it was time to have Miss King help me withmy boots.She said, "By the end of winter, you will be able to put on your own boots."
I handed her my boots, and she managed to get the first one into place and then worked thesecond one on, too.
I said, "They are on the wrong feet." She struggled to get the boots off and tried again.Then
I said, "These aren&39;t my boots, they are my brother&39;s boots and I hate them!" Somehow, shemanaged to act as though I was not an annoying little girl.She pushed and shoved, less gently thistime and the boots were returned to their proper place on my feet.Seeing the end of her strugglewith me, she asked, "Now, where are your gloves?"
I looked into her eyes and said, "I did not want to lose them, so I put them into the toes ofmy boots."
According to the passage, the little girl got __________from her brother. 查看材料
A. the pants and jacket
B. the jacket and boots
C. the jacket and hat
D. the gloves
W: Please allow me to introduce you to Mr. Qian, President of our corporation. This is Mr. Black, our American friend.
Q: How do you do, Mr. Qian.
B: How do your do, Mr. Black.
Q: I'm very glad you can come.
B: It's very kind of you to have invited me. I really do not deserve your kindness.
Q: We appreciate your close cooperation in the recent transaction and the trade between our two countries.
B: It's the result of our joint efforts. The purpose of my mission is to promote trade between our two countries.
Q: Please sit down and have a cigarette.
B: Excellent cigarette !
Q: I'm glad you like it. You are a veteran smoker, I guess.
B: Aha! (coughing)... I used to be. They say I smoked like a chimney, but now I'm trying to cut down.
Q: As a heavy smoker, it's no easy matter to give up smoking. I tried several times and several times. I failed. (laughing)
B: There's no harm having one cigarette or two once in a while, but heavy smoking is certainly bad for health.
W: Now, dinner is ready. To the table, please.
Q: Yes, please.
B: Please.
Look at the form. below.
You will hear three men introducing each other before dinner.
Mr. Black comes from (5)______
The purpose of the mission is to (6)______ between the two countries.
Mr. Black used to be a (7) ______
Mr. Qian is also a (8)______
More young people drink alcohol than use other drugs or smoke tobacco, and underage drinking costs the nation an estimated $53 billion annually in losses stemming from traffic fatalities, violent crime, and other behaviors that threaten the well-being of America's youth. Curbing underage drinking is an uphill battle because alcohol is legal and readily available to adults. To tackle the problem, a new report from the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine of the National Academies offers a comprehensive strategy that requires a deep, shared commitment from many institutions and individuals, including alcohol manufacturers and retail businesses, the entertainment industry, and parents and other adults in local communities.
"All segments of U.S. society should address underage drinking in a serious, coordinated, and sustained manner," said Richard J. Bonnie, John S. Battle Professor of Law and director of the Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, and chair of the committee that wrote the report. "We have to find effective ways to protect our nation's youth while we respect the interests of responsible adult consumers of alcohol. The recommendations in this report attempt to strike the right balance." The congressionally man dated study lays out a strategy that includes heightened adult supervision of children's behavior. and calls upon the alcohol and entertainment industries to take stronger steps to shield young people from unsuitable messages about alcohol consumption. Taken as a whole, the plan would have a considerable impact, the committee said, adding that the strategy should be subject to ongoing refinement.
Most adults express concern about underage drinking and voice support for public policies to curb it. Yet surveys show that youth often obtain alcohol from adults. Studies also show that many parents underestimate both the extent of the problem and their own children's alcohol consumption habits.
States and localities should use a wide range of educational and enforcement measures to boost compliance with laws that prohibit selling or providing alcohol to children, adolescents, and young adults under the legal drinking age of 21. The aim is to deter adults and youths alike, the report says. Among the recommended measures, steps are increasing the frequency of compliance checks, in which authorities monitor whether businesses are obeying minimum-drinking age laws and levy fines when necessary, and requiring all sellers and servers of alcohol to complete state-approved training as a condition of employment. Likewise, the federal government should require states to achieve specified rates of retailer compliance with youth-access laws as a condition of receiving federal funds. And states should enhance efforts to prevent and detect the use of false identification by minors who want to purchase alcohol—for example, by issuing drivers' licenses and state ID cards that can be electronically scanned.
In addition, states that allow Internet sales and home delivery of alcohol should adopt regulations that require customers to sign statements verifying their identity and age at the time of delivery. At the local level, police, working with community leaders, should create policies for detecting and shutting down underage drinking parties, the report says. Likewise, the federal government should fund and actively support the development of a national media campaign to encourage parents and other adults to take steps in their own households and neighborhoods to discourage underage drinking. Officials should carefully craft this activity to make sure that it would reach a diverse audience, the report says.
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Before I say anything else, I want to thank everyone in the room for the work you do every day to make college affordable, available and successful for millions of young people across the country.
I want to focus my remarks on a matter of central concern to American families and to the future of the nation -- restoring education to its proper role as a pathway to equal opportunity and excellence in our society.
This has been an enduring theme in higher education, with great and creative efforts made by many institutions. Earlier this year, we announced a new initiative at Harvard aimed at the students from families of low and moderate income. Under our new program, families with incomes of less than $ 40,000 will no longer be expected to contribute to the cost of attending Harvard for their children. Families with incomes of less than $ 60,000 will also see their contributions reduced.
We are proud of this effort at Harvard, but we are aware that the programs of individual institutions with means can never be a substitute for our shared public responsibility to provide adequate funding for Pell grants and other financial aid, and for the state and community college systems that make higher education accessible and affordable for the broad public.
There is something empty about undertaking initiatives that may be right for one institution without attention to their broader impact. Likewise, we fall short if we urge changes in national policy without doing what we can on our own campuses.
In this spirit, I want to address today a problem that is emerging with increasing urgency in this nation.
I am honored to be here today, (1) Harvard at this celebration of the College Board's half century of working to promote (2) and equal opportunity in higher education.
Before I say anything else, I want to thank everyone in the room for the work you do every day to make college (3) , available, and (4) for millions of young people across the country.
I want to focus my remarks on a matter of (5) to American familiesand to the future of the nation -- restoring education to its proper role as a (6) to equal opportunity and (7) in our society.
This has been an (8) in higher education, with great and creative efforts made by many institutions. Earlier this year, we announced a new (9) at Harvard aimed at the students from families of low and (10) income. Under our new program, families with incomes of (11) will no longer be expected to contribute to the cost of attending Harvard for their children. Families with incomes of less than $ 60,000 will also see their (12) reduced.
We are proud of this effort at Harvard, but we are aware that the programs of individual institutions with means can never be a substitute for our shared (13) to provide adequate funding for Pell grants and other financial aid, and for the state and community college systems that make higher education (14) and affordable for the (15) .
There is something empty about (16) initiatives that may be right for one institution without attention to their broader impact. (17) , we (18) if we urge changes in national policy without doing what we can on our own campuses.
In this spirit, I want to (19) today a problem that is emerging with (20) in this nation.
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