Kitchen Products Thai Will Make Your Life a Lot Easier
♦ Hanging Trash Bag
Speaking of clever bag that will change your world, how many times have you cut off loads of vegetables and tried to clean up the messy waste, only to make half of it accidentally drop on the floor? This hanging trash bag attachment makes clean-up super easy, so you’ll never end up with smelly chopped (切碎的) onions all over your floor again.
Available on Amazon, $ 6.99
♦ Dream Farm Spoon
How many times have you struggled for just that last little bit of something out of a jar or dish? This all-purpose cooking spoon helps scrap (刮擦) the edges of any pan, bowl, or strangely-shaped container with zero effort, so you’ll always get that last bit, every time.
Available on Amazon, $20.40
♦ Flex Pot Clip
For those of us who’d rather not balance our serving spoon or wooden spoon on the edge of the pot unsteadily, or rest it on the counter where it’ll definitely make a mess, allow me to introduce you to the Flex Pot Clip. Attach it to the edge of your pot so you can keep your counters clean and your hands free. It’s heat-resistant and dishwasher safe!
Available on Amazon, $7.88
♦ Reusable Silicone Lids
These are useful to cover your food before putting it in the fridge if you often have leftovers. These silicone lids are flexible, reusable, arid airtight, allowing you to leave your food right in its original dish or bowl and keep it fresh for days. They’re clear, eco-friendly, and super easy to store, since they hardly take up any space.
Available on Amazon, $15.97
1.What is the use of the Hanging Trash Bag?
A. To reduce waste of food. B. To make containers clean.
C. To collect kitchen waste. D. To make food easy to store.
2.Where can you fix a Flex Pot Clip?
A. On the edge of a pot. B. In a dishwasher.
C. On the counter. D. In a comer.
3.Which of the following products can make the food remain fresh?
A. Flex Pot Clip. B. Hanging Trash Bag.
C. Dream Farm Spoon. D. Reusable Silicone Lids.
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We all have a strong desire to succeed. For some the desire is great than that of the average people. In fact, everyone wants to successful but very few are willing to pay the price of hard working. Success is an attitude and has no really secrets. It all start with your belief system. Your belief system starts with what you feel about yourself. You must at the first believe in yourself. On your journey to succeed, you will find that there are no shortcuts. You will never be able to completely master every detail of your life. Attempt to do so will only lead to disappointment. Besides, it's necessary of you to have clear goals. You'd better put down your goals on paper where they are visible so that they can help to monitor your progress.
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1.To his ________（不利）, the climate was damp.
2.I know nothing about _________(组织; 筹备) any bid event.
3.Employees who have worked here for many years will be given _________(prefer)over newcomers.
4.If he doesn’t want to go, nothing you can say will ________(说服) her.
5.He is a _______（有决心的）person.
6.My whole family came to my __________(graduate).
7.The statue was ___________(运输) to London.
8.We are going on a ___________(旅程) to a strange country.
9.Miller was a quiet and ___________(可靠的) man.
10.Pete's ___________(态度) towards women really scares me.
When Dunstan Cass left the cottage, Silas Marner was only a hundred meters away. He was walking home from the village, where he had _____to buy what he needed______his next day’s work. His legs were tired, but he felt almost happy. He was looking forward to_______,when he would bring out his gold. Tonight he had an extra reason to hurry home. He was going to eat hot meat, which was_______for him. And it would _____him nothing, because someone had given him a piece of meat as a present. He left it______ over the fire. The door key was needed to hold safe in place, but Cass was not at all_______about leaving his gold in the cottage with the door____. He could not imagine that a thief would____ his way through the mist, rain and darkness to the little cottage by the quarry ( 采石场 ).
When he reached his cottage and opened the door, he did not notice ______ anything was different. He ____his wet coat, and pushed the meat_____the fire_______he was warm again, he began to think about his gold.. It seemed a long time to wait until after super, when he usually brought out coins to look at.______he decided to bring out his gold immediately, while the meat was still cooking.
But when he _____the floorboards near the room, and saw the _______hole, he did not understand _____. His heart beat violently as his trembling hands felt all round the hole. There was ______! He put his hands to his head and tried to think. Had he put his gold in a different place, and forgotten about it? He_____ every corner of this small cottage, until he could not pretend to himself any more. He had to accept the truth----his gold had been ____!
1.A. arrived B. been C. left D. gone
2.A. to B. in C. for D. with
3.A. holiday B. gold C. supper-time D. meat
4.A. ordinary B. unusual C. normal D. common
5.A. pay B. spend C. take D. cost
6.A. boiling B. cooking C. smoking D. making
7.A. interesting B. worried C. interested D. worrying
8.A. unlocked B. uncovered C. discovered D. locked
9.A. go B. lead C. find D. lose
10.A. whether B. that C. because D. as
11.A. turned off B. threw into C. threw off D. got off
12.A. away from B. farther on C. on to D. closer to
13.A. As soon as B. As well as C. No sooner D. As long as
14.A. But B. As C. So D. For
15.A. took down B. took after C. took over D. took up
16.A. dark B. empty C. small D. deep
17.A. at last B. at once C. at most D. at least
18.A. everything B. something C. nothing D. anything
19.A. searched B. searched for C. looked into D. found
20.A. gone B. missed C. lost D. stolen
Scheduling Time with Yourself
Many of us are so busy with work, school and home life that often there is no time left over to do something that you enjoy. What follows are some ways to carve out that essential time you need to slow down, enjoy life and relax yourself.
1. . Try to save certain weeknights just for you. If others ask you to do things those nights, just tell them you have plans. Use the time for gardening, reading, exercise, thinking or the ultimate luxury of doing nothing!
Monthly Treat. 2. . It could be on your lunch break, a weekend or it could be leaving work early. Maybe you get a spa treatment, go to see a movie, a haircut, play golf or whatever treat you’re always thinking about but rarely get to. Schedule it in and it will happen!
Buy Tickets in Advance. Sports, theater, concerts or any other event you would enjoy. Schedule the plans with a friend later. 3..
4.. Huh? Yes, many of us stay at work late on a regular basis. If this is you, make it a point to leave work exactly on time at least once a week, if not more. And then enjoy that time! Leave work at work.
Join a Group. Here are some ideas of groups that can allow you some time away from work and home: singing group, gardening group, astronomy society, book club, biking clubs, ski club, etc. What are you interested in? Strike while the iron is hot.5.. If you can’t find a club, consider starting one yourself!
A. Schedule a treat for yourself once a month.
B. listen to your favorite music!
C. Look up a club in your area today and join!
D. Having the tickets already in hand will force you to make it happen!
E. Evenings with Yourself.
F. Take an Adult Education Class.
G. Leave Work on Time.
When one loves one’ s Art no service seems too hard.
Joe was a man with a genius for art. Delia did things in six octaves(音阶) promisingly.
Joe and Delia became in love with one of the other, or each of the other, as you please, and in a short time were married–for (see above), when one loves one’ s Art no service seems too hard.
They began housekeeping in a flat. It was a lonesome flat, but they were happy; for they had their Art, and they had each other.
Joe was learning painting in the class of the great Magister–you know his fame. His fees are high; his lessons are light–his high–lights have brought him fame. Delia was studying under Rosenstock–you know his reputation as a disturber of the piano keys.
They were mighty happy as long as their money lasted.
After a while Art flagged. Everything going out and nothing coming in, money was lacking to pay Mr. Magister and Rosenstock their prices. When one loves one’s Art no service seems too hard. So, Delia said she must give music lessons to make the ends meet.
For two or three days she went out looking for pupils. One evening she came home overjoyed
“Joe, dear,” she said, cheerfully, “I’ ve a pupil. And, oh, the loveliest people! General– General Pinkney’ s daughter Clementina–on Seventy-first street.”
“That’s all right for you, Dele,”said Joe, “but how about me? Do you think I’m going to let you work while I play in the regions of high art?”
Delia came and hung about his neck.
“Joe, dear, you are silly. You must keep on at your studies. It is not as if I had quit my music and gone to work at something else. While I teach I learn. I am always with my music.”
“All right,” said Joe. “But I may sell some of my pictures as well.”
The next few weeks, they both busied themselves with their own business and brought back a ten, a five, a two and a one–all legal tender notes–and laid them beside each others’ earnings. One Saturday evening Joe reached home first. He spread his $18 on the table and washed what seemed to be a great deal of dark paint from his hands. Half an hour later Delia arrived, her right hand tied up in a shapeless bundle of wraps and bandages.
“How is this?” asked Joe. Delia laughed, but not very joyously. “Clementina,” she explained, “insisted upon a Welsh rabbit(一种奶酪) after her lesson. In serving the rabbit she spilled a great lot of it, boiling hot, over my wrist. Nothing serious, dear.”
“What time this afternoon did you burn your hand, Dele?”
“Five o’clock, I think,” said Dele. “The iron–I mean the rabbit came off the fire about that time.”
“Sit down here a moment, Dele,” said Joe. “What have you been doing for the last few weeks, Dele?” he asked.
She braved it for a moment or two with an eye full of love and stubbornness, but at last down went her head and out came the truth and tears.
“I couldn’t get any pupils,” she wept. “I got a place ironing shirts in that big Twenty-fourth street laundry. A girl in the laundry set down a hot iron on my hand this afternoon. I think I did very well to make up both General Pinkney and Clementina. What made you ever suspect that I wasn’ t giving music lessons?”
“I didn’t,” said Joe, “until tonight. And I wouldn’t have then, only I sent up this cotton waste and oil from the engine-room this afternoon for a girl upstairs who had her hand burned with a smoothing-iron. I’ve been firing the engine in that laundry for the last few weeks.”
“And then you didn’ t …” said Delia.And then they both looked at each other and laughed, and Joe began: “When one loves one’s Art no service seems …”
But Delia stopped him with her hand on his lips. “No,” she said– “just ‘When one loves’.”
1.What can we know about the couple from the story?
A. They both became famous for their talents in art.
B. Studying from famous teachers contributed most to their poverty.
C. Art helped them out of the poverty they were faced with.
D. They turned out to be working at the same laundry.
2.What qualities of the couple’s are best conveyed in the story?
A. considerate and giving. B. faithful and romantic.
C. intelligent and economical. D. hardworking and loyal.
3.What does the underlined word “flagged” most probably mean?
A. Became weaker. B. Displayed its power.
C. Went in a wrong direction. D. Returned to its original condition.
4.Which of the following does NOT give readers a clue that the couple were telling white lies?
A. Joe washed what seemed to be a great deal of dark paint from his hands.
B. Delia’s right wrist was tied up in a shapeless bundle of wraps and bandages.
C. Delia said she must give music lessons to make the ends meet.
D. “The iron–I mean the rabbit came off the fire about that time” said Dele.
5.What can serve as the best title of this story?
A. A Service of Art B. The Love for Art
C. A Service of Love D. No Art No Love
