At a time when almost anything can be purchased with just one click, it’s become an automatic response to simply replace what breaks. Generations raised in the earlier half of the 20th century will say that this wasn’t always so: household appliances（器具）, clothing, electronics and more used to be bought under the assumption that, with the occasional repairs, they would last a lifetime.
Now, some conscientious consumers are taking matters into their own hands and joining the Repair Café movement. Founded in Amsterdam in 2009 by sewing expert Martine Postma, the original nonprofit has expanded to more than 1,500 locations worldwide. These pop-up events, which are run by volunteers, offer lessons in how to fix anything from fixing a button to an unresponsive laptop.
“There’s juice and treats and you get to meet new people,” says Bennett, a retired civil servant and volunteer fixer at the Repair Cafe Toronto, where she mends jewellery. She brings her own specialized tools but says most items could be repaired by anyone with a pair of pliers and some determination. “Something that is broken took time and resources to make, so if you’re throwing it out, you’re wasting those resources. ”
If you can’t find a Repair Cafe near you, it’s easy to start one. RepairCafe. org offers a starter manual with step-by-step instructions.
Changing how we acquire things is necessary, but there’s also something to be said for simply not getting them in the first place. “Most of us have more than what we need,” says Marina. “This can lead to a lot of anxiety, like—think about everything packed in the back of your closet; do you own those things or do they own you?” She suggests we train ourselves to make mindful purchases.
Lazarovic, whose delayed purchase went even further, explains that less shopping has freed up more time for family activities, dinner with friends and making art. By doing so, as she puts it, “I got out of that need-to-buy-it craze and in the end I feel good that I’ve made something.”
1.How would people raised in the 1940s deal with broken home appliances?
A. Sell them at a lower price. B. Press the button to find the fault.
C. Repair them to last longer. D. Donate them to recycling stations.
2.What does Bennett say about her work?
A. She likes the good food people bring for her work.
B. Helping make repairs means saving resources.
C. She will set up her own Repair Cafe soon.
D. She learned to repair jewels after she retired.
3.Which of the following best explains “conscientious” underlined in Paragraph 2?
A. Responsible. B. Generous.
C. Powerful. D. Irreplaceable.
4.What good does Lazarovic think less shopping will do to us?
A. It’ll make us less anxious about used things at home.
B. It’ll force us to make donations of unwanted things.
C. It’ll lead us to explore the world more responsibly.
D. It will provide us more time for beneficial events.
If it were up to me, I’d write this piece next week or even later. Let the dust settle a bit. But I have my father’s insistent voice in my head: the story is now, so you write it now. No one wants to read last week’s news.
My father Michael was a journalist. He started at age 16 on his local paper, the Luton News, and after nine years there, he went on to a six-decade career that saw him write more than 40 biographies of Hollywood stars and spend a quarter-century presenting a weekly radio show.
From him I learned about deadlines and accuracy, and absorbed his rule about professional clothing, one he had been taught by his first boss. Even when he was working at home, my father would follow that rule: shirt and tie, every day.
There were other less obvious lessons. The first is about being manly. Driven and competitive, he wasn’t present for the birth of any of his three children, but he was the very model of being loving and faithful. My father never took me to the football or taught me to change a tyre. In a pub, he might manage some drinks, but his main focus would usually be the food menu. He was a model of a different kind of maleness.
But perhaps the biggest lesson I learned from him was about resilience. He got deep blows, losing both his wife and firstborn child, my sister Fiona, within two years of each other. And yet, somehow, he got back up again. He taught himself to cook and continued to dress neatly, picking out a bright jacket that ensured he stood out in a room. He would meet editors and write stories with the same hunger he had 65 years earlier. Younger colleagues keep using the same word about him: appealing.
I hope I learned his resilience, the way I learned about being a journalist. People keep telling me that my father was proud of me; and the truth is I was proud of him. Raised in a hard-up corner of wartime England, he went off to see the world—and he never stopped looking forward and upward, staring at the stars.
1.What has made the author write down the text so soon?
A. His father’s words motivated him to do so.
B. He wanted to settle down after the writing.
C. He wanted to write it before he forgot it.
D. It was the story he insisted on writing.
2.What was the author’s impression of his father?
A. He always managed to dress up following the fashion.
B. He sometimes had a hard time meeting the work deadline.
C. He trained the author to be manly and do the basic things.
D. He was competitive at work and remained a loving Dad.
3.What was the best lesson the author learned from his father?
A. The necessity of keeping good shape.
B. Quick recovery from suffering or blow.
C. The ability to get a content career.
D. The pride one takes in his/her parents.
4.What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. Dad Left a Deep Impression on Me for His Work
B. Dad Proved Faithful and Loving for the Family
C. My Dad Showed How to Be a Journalist and a Man
D. I Learned to Recover Quickly after a Suffering
The Children and Family Research Center, located in Illinois, is an independent research organization to promote public child welfare research activities. The following are our 2018 research briefs.
The Child Endangerment Risk Assessment Protocol（CERAP）
Tamara L. Fuller
CERAP is a safety assessment protocol（协议）used in child protection investigations and child services in Illinois. It is designed to evaluate the potential harm to a child and take quick action to protect children. Workers use the protocol to help focus their decision-making to determine whether a child is safe with their family, and decide what action to take to assure the child’s safety.
10 Things to Know about Child Welfare System
Catherine, Michael, and Steve
In March 2018, researchers Michael and Steve partnered with professor Catherine to present a webinar（在线研讨会）titled 10 Things to Know about Child Welfare System, focused on explaining the child welfare system. Topics included process of making a hotline call, ways to support families who have experienced childhood sufferings.
Highlights from the Child Death Review Team Annual Report
Steve and Tamara
This research brief focuses on the findings from the most recent CDRT annual report on child deaths in Illinois in 2016, presenting summary information about child deaths in Illinois by age, manner of death, and category of death, as well as recommendations to prevent child deaths.
Promoting Widespread Improvement in Practice
Ted Cross and Irit
This article by CFRC’s psychologist（心理学家）Ted Cross and Dr. Irit explores the contribution of psychology to child protection and suggests opportunities for psychology to contribute more, choosing 3 selected areas. Across these areas, psychology has contributed both to the knowledge base and to available assessment and intervention（干预）methods.
1.Which event aims at determining the safety of children within the family?
A. Promoting Widespread Improvement in Practice
B. 10 Things to Know about Child Welfare System
C. The Child Endangerment Risk Assessment Protocol
D. Highlights from the Child Death Review Team Annual Report
2.Who wrote a report about prevention of child deaths?
A. Steve and Tamara. B. Catherine, Michael, and Steve.
C. Tamara L. Fuller. D. Ted Cross and Irit.
3.Which of the following deals with child protection in a psychological way?
A. Highlights from the Child Death Review Team Annual Report
B. 10 Things to Know about Child Welfare System
C. The Child Endangerment Risk Assessment Protocol
D. Promoting Widespread Improvement in Practice
假如你是李华，你的英国朋友Linda最近在中国学习。她在信中向你诉说了她的困扰:不适应新的学习环境，想家，感到焦虑。请你给她写一封信。内容包括:
1.表示理解并给与安慰。 2.提出建议并给出理由。
要求:1.词数100左右；2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
参考词汇:homesick 想家的
Dear Linda,
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Yours,
Li Hua
注意:请在错的词下画一横线，然后在横线下写出修改后的答案。
1.He devoted himself to create a peaceful world.
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2.We were sleeping upstairs while the earthquake happened .
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3.We are all fond of Charlie’s early films, that we think are more interesting.
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4.This is the first time that I had been away from my family for such long time.
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5.My parents insisted that I spoke English at home .
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
A young man and an old man were waiting for a bus. They sat next to each other. “What’s that in your bag?” asked the young man. “Gold.” answered the old man. The young man could not believe his own ears. Then he began to think about how 1. (get) the money. The old man was very tired and 2. seemed that he could hardly keep his eyes open. After a while the old man 3.(lie) down on the chair and fell 4.(sleep). The young man took 5. big bag quietly. But when he was just about to run away, he found a corner of his fur coat was under the man’s body. Several times he tried to pull it out, 6. he couldn’t make it. At last he took off his coat, 7.(think) that the gold in the bag must cost far more than his fur coat. Then the young man ran out of the station 8.(quick), until he reached a place 9. he thought the old man could not find him. He opened the bag but he just found many small stones in it. Then he ran back to the station only to find that the old man was 10.(go).
