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Thebaldeagle...isabirdofbadmoralcharacter;

likethoseamongmenwholivebyrobbing"

heargued.Franklinwantedtheturkeyasthecountry'

snationalbird.

IfAmericanschosetheirnationalsymboldeliberately（人为地）,thesymbolofEnglandaroseoutofhistory.

KingHenryI（1068-1135）wasabravewarriorbutalsowise.HewasthefirstEnglishKingtousealionasaroyalsymbol,whichispopularlyknownasthe"

kingofthejungle"

.BytheyearRichardI,knownas"

TheLionHeart"

forhisbravery,cametothethronein1189,thefamousThreeLionsbadgehadbeenformed.NowitcanbeseenontheshirtsofEngland'

ssportsteams.

EveryoneknowsabouttheAustraliankangaroo.Legendhasitthatthekangaroogetsitsnamefromanearlymeetingbetweenlocalaboriginesandwhitesettlers.WhenaskedbytheEuropeanswhatthesestrange-lookinganimalswere,anativereplied"

kangaroo"

meaning,"

Idon'

tunderstandyou."

Thekangarooisanindividualisticanimal.Althoughitdoesgatheringroups,thekangarooisnotaherdanimal.Ifagroupisattacked,individualsrunoffindifferentdirections.Australiansthinkthekangaroorepresentspositivevalues,suchasindividualresponsibilityandpride.

AnimalsShowingNationalSpiritandCharacter

（1）_______

Country

Features

Whychosen/consideredso

Eagle

（3）_______

（5）_______

（7）_______

Greatstrength

Powerful

（8）_______

（2）_______

England

（6）_______

（9）_______

Knownas“kingofthejungle”

Kangaroo

（4）_______

Individualistic

Typicaltotheland

（10）_______

2

Haveyoueverbeenfrustrated（沮丧的）whenlefttalkingtoyourselfafteryourmobilephonebatteryrunsoutinthemiddleofacall?

Ifyes,thenherecomessomegoodnews.Scientistsarenowperfectingawaytorecharge（充电）electricalequipmentwhileonthemove.

ResearchersfromtheNetherlands,FranceandPortugalannouncedlastweekthattheyhavedevelopedverythinsolarpanels（太阳能板）thatcanbeputonclothes.Theycanalsobeaddedtofurnitureandrooftops.Theychangelightfromthesunintoelectricity.

Inaboutthreeyears,you'

llbeabletowearajacketthatwillrechargeyourphoneasyouwalk.Forcampingfans,thedevelopmentcouldleadtoatentwhichchargesbatteriesalldaysoyoucanhavelightormusicatnight.

Thebasictechnologyofwearablesolarpanelsisthesameasthatusedforconventional（传统的）solarpanels.Pairsofsheetsofsemi-conductingsilicon（半导体硅）arelinkedtogethertoformthepanel.

Butscientistsmadethemmuchthinnerbyusingdifferentsilicon.Atonemicro-metre,theyarethesamethicknessasphotographicfilm.

"

Thistechnologywillmakeiteasierforpeopletousecleanenergysources,"

saidGerritKroesen,aphysicistintheNetherlandswholedtheteamofscientists.

Butthethinpanelsarenotasefficientasthethickerones.Whilesomesolarpanelsnowoperateatanefficiencyofabout20percent,thenewflexible（柔韧的）panelsareonly7percentefficient.Butthescientistsbelievethatthisisworthacceptingforastrongerandmoreusefulpanel.

Butthethinnerpanelischeaper.AnA4sizedpanelputontothebackofajacketcostslessthanUS$13.Itcouldchargeacellphoneduringasummerwalkinthecountryside.Aslongasyoustaywithinrangeofthetransmittingmasts（发射天线）thatrelayacalltothenetworks,phoneswillneveragainrunoutofpower.

NewWaytoRechargeElectricalEquipment

Newinvention

（1）___________

（2）___________

Changelightfromthesunintoelectricity

Basicmaterial

（3）___________

Developmentintechnology

（4）___________

（5）___________

（6）___________

Easiertousecleanenergysources

Cheaper

Wheretofix

（7）___________

（8）___________

Rooftops

（9）___________

Netherlands

France

Portugal

Countryoftheleadingresearcher

（10）___________

3

Eventssuchashurricanes,earthquakes,floods,volcaniceruptions,andtornadoesareallnaturaldisasters.Theyaremostlyrelatedtotheweather.Somearepredictable----likeahurricane.Some,likeanearthquake,surpriseus.Itisnecessaryforustolearnaboutthem,sowecanbeprepared!

Floodinghappensduringheavyrains,whenriversoverflow,whenoceanwavescomeonshore,whensnowmeltstoofastorwhendamsorbanksbreak.Floodingisthemostcommonofallnaturaldisasters.

HurricanesareseveretropicalstormsthatforminthesouthernAtlanticOcean,CaribbeanSea,GulfofMexico,andinthePacificOcean.Hurricanesgatherheatandenergythroughcontactwithwarmoceanwaters.Evaporationfromtheseawaterincreasestheirpower.

Hurricaneshavewindsatleast74milesperhour.Whentheycomeontoland,theheavyrain,strongwindsandheavywavescandamagebuildings,treesandcars.

Tornadoesarenature’smostviolentstorms.Tornadoesmustalwaysbetakenseriously.Tornadoescanbeverydangerous----sometimesevendeadly.Theycomefrompowerfulthunderstormsandappearasmoving.Tornadowindscanreach300milesperhour.Theycausedamagewhentheylandtheground.Theycandamageanareaonemilewideand50mileslong.

Whilethunderwon'

thurtyou----lightningwill!

Soit'

simportanttopayattentionwhenyouhearthunder.Thunderstormshappenmostlyinsummerandeverythunderstormhaslightning.Lightningcanstrikepeopleandbuildings,whichisverydangerous.

Thunderstormsaffectsmallareaswhencomparedwithhurricanesandwinterstorms.Thetypicalthunderstormis15milesindiameterandlastsanaverageof30minutes.

Avolcanoisamountainwithalargeopeningatthetopthroughwhichmeltingrock,steam,gasesescapefromtimetotimewithviolentforcefrominsidetheearth.Whenpressureincreases,eruptionsoccur.Gasesandrockshootupthroughtheopeningfilltheairwithsmallpieces.Eruptionscancauselavaflows,hotashflows,mudslides,fallingashandfloods,whichislikelytoknockdownentireforests,causefloodsandearthquakes.Freshvolcanicashcancausedamagetothelungsofolderpeople,babiesandpeoplewithrespiratoryproblems.

TerribleNaturalDisasters

（1）___________

Reasons

Basicfeatures

Possibledamageto

Flooding

Heavyrains

Themostcommon

Snowmelts

Damsorbanksbreaks

（5）__________

Buildings

Strongwindatleast74milesperhour

（7）__________

Heavywaves

Tornadoes

Wind300milesperhour

8

（6）__________

Thunder

Lightning

（9）__________

PressureinsideEarth

Gasesandrockshootup

（10）__________

Causefloodsandearthquakes

Thepeople’shealth

4

Therearetwobasicwaystoseegrowth:

oneasaproduct,theotherasaprocess.Peoplehavegenerallyviewedpersonalgrowthasanexternal（外在的）resultoraproductthatcaneasilybeidentifiedandmeasured．Theworkerwhogetsarise,thestudentwhosegradesimprove,theforeignerwholearnsanewlanguage—alltheseexamplesofpeoplewhohavemeasurableresultstoshowfortheirefforts．

Bycontrast（对照）,theprocessofpersonalgrowthismuchmoredifficulttodetermine,sinceitisajourneyandnotthespecificsignpostsorlandmarksalongtheway．Theprocessisnottheroaditself,buttheattitudes,feelingspeoplehave,andtheircautionorcourage,astheymeetwithnewexperiencesandunexpecteddifficulties．Inthisprocess,thejourneyneverreallyends；

therearealwaysnewwaystoexperiencetheworld,newideastotry,newchallengestoaccept．

Inordertogrow,totravelnewroads,peopleneedtohaveawillingnesstotakerisks,tofacetheunknown,andtoacceptthepossibilitythattheymay“fail”atfirst．Howweseeourselvesaswetryanewwayofbeingisnecessaryforourabilitytogrow．Doweseeourselvesasquickandcurious?

Ifso,wetendtotakemorechancesandbemoreopentounfamiliarexperiences．Dowethinkwe’reshyandindecisive?

Thenoursenseoffearcancauseustohesitate,tomoveslowly,andwethinkweareslowtoadapt（适应）changeorthatwe’renotsmartenoughtodealwithanewchallenge．Thenwearelikelytotakeamorepassiveroleornottryatall．

Thesefeelingsofinsecurity（不安全）andself-doubtarebothunavoidableandnecessaryifwearetochangeandgrow．Ifweprotectourselvestoomuch,thenwestopgrowing．Webecometrappedinsideashellofourownmaking．

Title

（1）________—ProductorProcess

Product:

easilyidentifiedand

（2）______

●Theworkers（4）________

●Thestudentsimprove（5）_________

●Theforeignerslearnsnewlanguages

Process:

●（3）_________todetermine

●neverreallyends

●theattitudes,feelingspeoplehave

●（6）_________

●experiencetheworld（7）_________

●trynewideas

●accept（8）_________

●awillingnessto（9）_________

●facetheunknown

●acceptthepossibilitythattheymay“fail”

●tendtotakemorechancesandbemoreopento（10）_________

5

Boredatschoolnow?

Howdoyouthinkitwilllookinthefuture?

Lastweek,about600teenagersintheU.S.imaginedafuturechangedbyt