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John was presented with his award at a ceremony which recognized the bravery of ten peoplehad saved the life of another. John was studying in the room he heard screaming. When he and his father rushed outside, a man ran fromscene. They discovered that Anne Slade, mother of three, had been cut (repeat) with a knife. She was lying in her front garden (bleed) very heavily. Her hands had almost been cut .
It was John’s quick action and knowledge that saved Ms Slade’s life. He immediately asked many people bandages, but when nobody could put hands on any, his father got some tea towels and tape from their house. John used these to dress the most severe injuries to Ms Slade’s hands. He slowed the bleeding by applying pressure to the wounds the police and the ambulance arrived.
“I’m proud of what I did, but I was just doing what I (teach),” John said.

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In the United States, engineering is a profession that has been dominated historically by men． Even today, it’s still true that few women become civil or chemical or mechanical engineers, but that’s something www．EngineerGirl．org aims to change． Young women who visit the web site can find out about a great career choice they might not have considered．
“Women are very much underrepresented in engineering and in engineering education programs and then of course, down the road, in the engineering workforce． So only about 20 percent of engineering undergraduate degrees go to women, and then only about nine percent of working engineers are women．”
Mary Mattis in the National Academy of Engineering, says the EngineerGirl website aims to reach young women around ages 11 through 14, when they are just getting old enough to start thinking about their futures．
“We know from the research that middle-school girls are at a critical point in their lives, and that it’s a time when we need to reach them, both with an understanding, increasing their awareness of interesting fields in engineering, what a wonderful productive and exciting career you can have as an engineer． But we also need to reach them at that time because you have to take certain courses, and you can’t start thinking about taking those courses when you’re a junior in high school．”
Engineering is a demanding course of study ---there is a lot of science and mathematics, for many girls and even boys, that can be challenging． But Ms． Mattis says that the EngineerGirl website stresses that engineering can also be fun and exciting．
“It’s about designing things． It’s about changing the world for people． It’s about making a difference． And, in addition, you can make a good living, you can be independent economically by becoming an engineer． All of those things are messages that girls need to get．”
While most engineers go into traditional fields such as mechanical and electrical engineering, the EngineerGirl site also highlights unusual engineering careers in fields such as sports engineering and --- believe it or not --- chocolate engineering．
“There’s a section called ‘why be an engineer,’ and that talks about the many opportunities and increasingly different opportunities like with bio-engineering and environmental engineering, some fields that might appeal to girls who want to make a difference or have a meaning for their careers beyond earning an income．”
Even if you are not a girl in the target age group, there’s a lot of interesting information on the site, including biographies of some notable women engineers．

Title	Website______ Girls to learn Engineering
Present_____ for the engineering profession in the USA	The majority of men take up the profession throughout ______, while only a small number of women work as engineers．
_____ of the website	To make young women_____ of interesting fields in engineering and what productivity and_____ the career of being engineers can bring them．
_____ of being engineers	* It can be fun and exciting． * It can_____ the world for people． * You can make a good living． * You can gain economic_____ by becoming an engineer．
Other fields concerning engineering	Various opportunities are talked about like bio-engineering and engineering _____ to sports, and even chocolate．

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More and more middle school students in China are getting shorter sleeping time. Most students sleep fthan nine hours every night, they have much homework to do. Some homework is by school teachers, and some by parents. Also, some students don’t know to save the time. They are not careful e while doing their homework, so it takes them a lot of time. Some students have to get up early every morning on w to get to school on time by bus or by bike. It cana long way from home to school. Teachers and parents should c down some of the homework so that the children can
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I started to learn English at the age of seven. The experience ofsinging and chatting ______ English gave me the feeling that Englishis a beautiful language, ______ can bring people a lot of joy. At that time,English was indeed a very good friend to me. After I ______ (上学)middle school, I began to find English learning wasn’t so ______.In fact, I had to be as hard-working as ofellow students,but I ______ (不能) to make any greater progress. I was about togive up my English study ______ I met Miss Wang, a kind teacher,who encouraged me to pmore. With her help, I took part inEnglish competitions and won many p. Since then Englishhas absolutely been one of my ______（最喜欢的）subjects.

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Time, a faithful company of our life, is a universal topic. People are always curious about what it is, how it travels and who it meets.
Stephen Hawking, one of the world’s smartest physicists, once said. “I’m fascinated by time.”
Many of us are, and the popularity of time travel novels, movies and TV series has proved that. After Palace and Startling by Each Step achieved astonishing ratings last year, Palace 2 aired on January 20, attracting time travel fans back to TV.
Woody Allen’s movie Midnight in Paris achieved great success. It was nominated for Best Picture, Directing, Original Screenplay and Art Direction for the 2012 Academy Awards.
Dream of heroism
Time travel TV series and movies connect both today and the past, thus offering room for imagination. Imagination creates a chance for the young to fulfill a dream that is hard to achieve in reality.
Chinese writer Xi Juan is a pioneer of time-travel stories in China. In 1993 she published a love story about a young woman time traveling to ancient times. The leading role’s modern personality and perception of love help her win the heart of a cool, handsome martial art master. Such a plot satisfies female fans’ love fantasy.
Starting from the late 1990s, novels about men traveling back to the past prevailed (盛行), with a Step into the Past as the most popular example. In these stories, the male leading roles accomplish great things with their modern skills and wisdom.
It is usually “a dream of heroism come true”, along with enviable romances.
Eye candy
“I’m hooked by the shows because they are characterized by dramatic and poetic love and have eye-pleasing actors,” Xia Xiaoyan, who works for a foreign-owned enterprise in Shanghai, explained her love for time travel TV series.
Her comment echoes a 2011 survey by Creat Marketing Research Co Ltd in China. When asked about what is so appealing about time travel TV series, 21 percent of respondents answered, “These attractive characters.”
A bigger reason behind the popularity of time travel stories, however, is the relaxation they offer, according to the survey.
Cai Yinong agrees. “Many people are facing tremendous pressure in their fast-paced lives, so this genre is more relaxing than other shows as it provides people with a terrific outlet to escape reality,” Cai told China Daily.
Cultural homesickness
“Which dynasty would you like to live in if you could travel to the past?” asked a survey launched by Shanghai University and Shanghai Social Sciences Association last December.
About 60 percent of the 2,543 respondents chose Tang Dynasty, while Qing Dynasty, and the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods were the other top two destinations.
The survey results reflects people’s definition of the good days: prosperous economy and culture, steady society, fair and uncorrupted politics, and opening up to the outside world.
As for the movie Midnight in Paris, it features modernity versus cultural homesickness. The New York Times commented, “The past seems so much more vivid, more substantial, than the present. The good old days are so attractive because we were not around, however much we wish we were.”

Time travel wins fans
Phenomenon	Stephen Hawking shows great interest in___________. People prefer __________ time travel movies and TV series. Woody Allen was _________ in his time travel movie.
Reasons for its ______	Supporting details
Dream of heroism	Chances are offered for the young to fulfill __________ hard to achieve in reality. Xi Juan’s 1993 love story ________ a young woman traveling to ancient times, which satisfies females fans. From the late 1990s, novels about ________ traveling back to the past became increasingly popular. The male leading role in A Step Into the Past travels back to the past to fulfill great things by using his _______ skills and wisdom.
Eye candy	Attractive actors and travel stories make viewers under pressure _________.
Cultural homesickness	Most respondents chose to live in a certain dynasty for: Prosperous economy and_________; Steady society; Fair and uncorrupted politics Opening up to the outside world.