When something happens to shake our
culture—like the terrorist attacks—we pause, not merely from fear. A deeper
self-examination is going on all over the country. And love, family and faith
are emerging. Single people are flocking to dating services, looking for committed relationships. Bridal retailers report a surge in sales. Sales of old-fashioned board games have skyrocketed. The new appreciation for time spent with those we love poses a great spiritual question to materialistic yuppies and workaholic careerists, and that question is this: "Was your life before September 11 really working for you" To many, the answer is no. We once heard of a CEO who spoke at his retirement dinner to a group of your executives. He said, "I know you want my job, and I’ll tell you how to get it. Last week my daughter [单项选择]If something happens that stops you from keeping the appointment, you can change or cancel the appointment at once()
A. 如果某事突发,使你不能如期约会,你应该迅速对改变或取消约会做出反应。 B. 假如有防碍你约会的事出现,你最好做出更改或取消约会的抉择。 C. 假如有事需你另行约会,你可以改变时间或及时进行约会。 D. 假如你有事不能按时赴约,可以立即改变或取消约会。 [单项选择]
When stars like our Sun die, they bloat to become red giants and then eject gigantic clouds of gas and dust into space. Increasingly, however, scientists found themselves at a profound loss to explain how exactly dying stars could blow away these clouds. Now astrophysicists propose that unexpected chemical reactions during the formation of stardust could help solve this mystery. [填空题]When something bad happens on you, what you should do is to compensate, or replace it, or forget it.
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Generally, luck is something that happens to individuals. If a society or a century is considered as a whole, the random individual events that are set down to luck or fortune form more coherent overall patterns; large historical forces become discernible. But entire societies should not mock luck either. (46)The classic Mayan civilization disappeared so strangely, so unexpectedly, that some massive stroke of bad luck must have been at work--a sudden plague, say, a viral riot. 我来回答: 提交
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