Imagine the first days in a new time zone. Slow to respond to the (1) ______, your body clock is confused. You’re sleepy all day, but when it’s time for bed, you can hardly fall asleep. Obviously you are (2) ______ jet lag(时差反应).
Travelers have traditionally fought this (3) ______ with sleeping pills or alcohol. There are actually healthier ways that can work just as (4) ______.
For example, the moment you get on the airplane, start (5) ______ your biological block to the destination’s time. If it’s daytime in your destination, try to stay (6) ______. Walking around the cabin(客舱) can be of help. When it’s nighttime, try to sleep. In that case, eat before the flight, (7) ______ an empty stomach will prevent you from sleeping. These tips will help you start a new (8) ______ of sleep and wakefulness.
某中学生英文报正举办“The Season I Like Best”的征文活动。请用英文写一篇短文投稿,
内容包括:
(1)你最喜欢的季节;
(2) 你喜欢该季节的两条理由(如:气候、景色、活动、感受……)。
注意:
(1) 词数100左右;
(2) 题目已为你写好;
(3) 行文连贯,语篇完整;
(4) 文中不得透露个人真实信息。
Have your parents ever inspected your room to see if you cleaned it properly? Imagine having your entire houses, garage, and yard inspected at any time -- with no warning. Inspections were a regular part of lighthouse (灯塔) living, and a keeper's reputation depended on results. A few times each year, an inspector arrived to look over the entire light station. The inspections were supposed to be a surprise, but keeper sometimes had advance notice.
Once lighthouses had telephones, keepers would call each other to warn that the inspector was approaching. After boats began flying special flags noting the inspector aboard, the keeper's family made it a game to see who could notice the boat first. As soon as someone spotted the boat, everyone would do last-minute tidying and change into fancy clothes. The keeper then scurried to put on his dress uniform and cap. Children of keepers remember inspectors wearing white gloves to run their fingers over door frames and windowsills looking for dust.
Despite the serious nature of inspections, they resulted in some funny moments. Betty Byrnes remembered when her mother did not have time to wash all the dishes before an inspection. At the time, people did not have dishwashers in their homes. In an effort to clean up quickly, Mrs. Byrnes tossed all the dishes into a big bread pan, covered them with a cloth and stuck them in the oven. If the inspector opened the oven door, it would look like bread was baking. he never did.
One day, Glenn Furst’s mother put oil on the kitchen floor just before the inspector entered their house. Like floor wax, the oil made the floors shiny and helped protect the wood. This time, though, she used a little too much oil. When the inspector extended his hand to greet Glenn's mother, he slipped on the freshly oiled surface. "He came across that floor waving his arms like a young bird attempting its first flight," Glenn late wrote. After he steadied himself, he shook Glenn's mother's hand, and the inspection continued as though nothing had happened.