Why We Need Vacations

There，s more to a vacation than can be described in travel books. Wecertainly need breaks from work. But there is even more to be said for a get-awaybresk, leaving all daily work behind and living a different life for a short time.

The benefits of taking a vacation start long before the suitcases are packed Avacation is something to look forward to. It gives us the sense that whatever ishappening at the moment will end soon.

Companies sometimes use away breaks to restore(恢复)motivation and teamrelationships. If you're able to switch off and leave your daily work behind, when youcome back, you often view old situations with fresh eyes and see them in a new way.

People don't disappear while on vacation. We're still thinking and feeling thewhole time were away. What really makes the difference is not simply getting away from the daily work, it is being able to do something else instead. we might speak to people we would not normally meet try sports we’ d not do otherwise, and discover interests we never knew we had.

Vacations also allow us to focus on the present in a way that’s hard to do athome. When you're in a new environment for a short time, your attention tends tobe on what's happening right now and in the next few days. Being"in themoment" is in itself one of the keys to getting relaxed, and this happens morenaturally on vacation.

Every vacation is an adventure full of potential discoveries. Perhaps morethan anything else, vacations enable us to raise our eyes from familiar paths sothat we can look and see that there’ s a world out there.

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On board the Central America, a ship on her way from Havana to New York,were no fewer than 491 passengers. Most of them were miners(旷工)returning withtheir gold to their homeland. At the start of the voyage, the sky had been cloudlessand the wind fair. Three days later, however, the ship was rolling in a storm

Soon water poured in the engine-room and put out the fires. This left the shiphelpless, with her engines stopped. In spite of all efforts, the depth of the waterdown below slowly increased. It became clear to all that nothing could save theship, and that she would soon go to the sea bottom.

Just at that moment, a strange sight was seen on board. Some of the minerscollected their gold and stored it in their belts. They hoped to take it with themwherever they were going. But others knew that the ship would sink and didn't wantto weigh themselves down with the heavy metal. So they threw it onto the floor.

Unusual courage was shown by nearly all on board. The captain moved aboutthe ship encouraging all He sometimes gave orders in attempts to save his ship,and sometimes kept silent, always determined. But all his efforts failed.

Fortunately, when all hope had gone, another ship, the Marie of Boston,appeared on the scene. The Marie had also suffered heavily in the storm, but hercaptain immediately arranged to move the people in boats from the CentralAmerica to his own ship. The huge waves made the work painfully slow, but therewas no disorder: Everyone waited patiently. Finally, all passengers were saved.

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Men and Women Drivers
① Men take more risks. In studies, men as a whole show less careful behaviorthan women. They drive at higher speeds and closer to other cars. They don't wearseat belts, and drive while drunk more often. They even make riskier turns and takes less time when parking.
②But ,how someone drives doesn,t necessarily equal how well he drives .Men do seem to be more skillful than women at certain driving tasks. However, this slightadvantage in ability doesn't turn into better driving records. The kinds of accidentsmen get into are generally the result of their riskier behavior. According to one study men are more than three times as likely to be fined for "aggressive driving "thanwomen, and more than 25% as likely to be at fault in an accident.
③ Despite the research, it's difficult to decide whether men are truly born betterdrivers than women. It is also not clear if men are simply more confident in theirdriving because they’re thought to be better, and thus show better skills. Similarly,the traditional view that women are weaker drivers may affect their, driving performance
④Women are catching up, which isn't necessarily good news. Men may beresponsible for more accidents than women, but the gap is getting smaller. Today,more women drive and drive more than ever before. Unfortunately, this leads toan increase in speeding, aggressive driving, and even very serious accidentsamong women
⑤So, are men better drivers than women? According to the interesting datafrom researchers, the answer is yes . and no. Therefore, the tips for both men andwomen drivers are: Learn from the strengths of both sexes, drive confidently andcarefully, and don' t forget to wear the seat belt.
Task 1
1.Paragraph①
2. Paragraph②
3. Paragraph③
4.Paragraph④
5. Paragraph⑤

A Men's driving record
B. Tips for safer driving
C. Men's driving behavior
D. Possible reasons for driving performance
E. Women’s driving behavior today
F. Physical differences between drivers

Task 2
1. Men drivers have poorer records because they drive( )
2. There is no evidence that men are born to be( )
3. People's traditional view may influence( )
4. Nowadays women drivers are showing( )
5. All drivers are suggested to drive( )

A. better drivers
C. better skills
D, more risky behavior
E. confidently and carefully
F. drivers performance

Winston Churchil
Churchill is considered not only a great British leader, but also a great worldleader.Many people believe that Churchill's strength as a leader helped Britain stand the __1__German attack. He kept his country strong __2__ to finally win the war. He made such a wise __3__about Britain's military strategy. However , Churchil is most __4__for his ability to call on the citizens of Britain to __5__ for their country. He gave many speeches to-__6__ hispeople to fight hard and never give up. In one speech, he __7__his people thatthey would fight anywhere. Churchill will always be remembered as a great PrimeMinister for his country. He will also be regarded as a __8__ for other leadersaround the world. What he did during the war helped Britain and other __9__win victory. In addition, he was a great writer and speaker, for which hewas __10__ the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953.