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Dream Big and Achieve Your Goals You are 17 years old. A wonderful age! Like all young people, you are full of hopes and expectations. At this important time in your life, I'd like to tell you about two people who realized their dreams. Put Your Dreams on Paper It is a common practice among successful people to write down their dreams on paper. They make lists of dreams and put them where they w..

The Final Touchdown With only two minutes to play, both teams were fighting for the football. It was the last home game for the seniors of Winston High, and they were determined to win. Since it had been a close game the whole evening, the best players of each team hadn't left the field. Once Winston High's coach finally knew that victory was theirs, all the seniors on the sidelines were allowed..

24강 1 Major long-term threats to deep-sea fishes, as with all life on the planet, derive from trends of global climate change. Although deep-sea fishes are generally coldwater species, warming of the oceans itself may not be a direct threat. Many of the deep-sea fishes originated during the early Cretaceous when the deep sea was warm, and the Mediterranean Sea, which is warm down to a depth of o..

23강 1 While the transportation infrastructure may shape where we travel today, in the early eras of travel, it determined whether people could travel at all. The development and improvement of transportation was one of the most important factors in allowing modern tourism to develop on a large scale and become a regular part of the lives of billions of people around the world. Technological adva..

22강 1 Among the most fascinating natural temperature-regulating behaviors are those of social insects such as bees and ants. These insects are able to maintain a nearly constant temperature in their hives or mounds throughout the year. The constancy of these microclimates depends not just on the location and insulation of the habitat, but on the activity of the insects in the colony. When the su..

21강 1 Some city planning experts called for legislation against texting while walking that would be followed by a deep change of norms. This recommendation is based on the assumption that this change is welcomed, but laws banning texting while walking failed in Toronto, Arkansas, Illinois, Nevada, New Jersey and New York. Meanwhile, high-tech firms are developing technological solutions to the p..

20강 1 In one experiment, children were told they could have one marshmallow treat if they chose to eat it immediately, but two treats if they waited. Most of the children, who ranged in age from 4 to 8, chose to wait, but the strategies they used differed significantly. The 4-year-olds often chose to look at the marshmallows while waiting, a strategy that was not terribly effective. In contrast,..

1 It is hard to believe that some great composers, possibly including Mozart, wrote music by throwing dice. But it's true! We call this aleatoric music. Aleatoric music [refers/prefers] to a style of musical composition popularized in the early 1950s, that uses some form of random chance. It has a fixed structure but leaves the details to be decided by chance. For example, musical measures can e..

리딩튜터 수능플러스 2강 1 Can climate change make the food you eat less healthy? As strange as it may sound, it could be possible. Studies have shown that the levels of minerals, vitamins, and proteins in food crops have been dropping over the past 50 to 70 years. Some scientists believe this is related to the use of crops that produce more food but contain fewer nutrients. However, others suggest it has ..

리딩튜터 수능플러스 1강 1 If you’re looking for a unique lodging experience during your tour of New England, head to the Liberty Hotel in Boston. You’re sure to find the history of the building quite interesting. Before it was renovated, it was the notorious Charles Street Jail. Millions of dollars were spent to convert the former jail into a unique structure that combines historic architecture with the l..