Green tea leaves are rich in flavonoids called catechins (pronounced “KAH-tuh-kins”). This polyphenol (plant chemical) in tea leaves acts as an antioxidant. Green tea is particularly high in epigallocatechin-3 gallate (EGCG), a ca...
My car could have broken down anywhere along the freeway. It didn’t. Instead, it broke down off the freeway, within walking distance of here. I’m still able to teach my class and arrange for the tow truck to meet me after class. I explained to her. ” “Her eyes opened wide, ...
Whenever I was tired of studying, I would involuntarily go to the window to see the big trees and the green leaves and thick branches of the old poplars, but I wanted to see the diligent magpie father feeding the baby and repairing the house, which was particularly interesting. If I want...
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Many kinds of birds are very successful at fooling other animals. A bird called the plover sometimes pretends(假装)to be hurt in order to protect its young. When an enemy gets close to its nest, the plover pretends to have a broken wing. The enemy fo...
As mentioned in Introduction, there are two main modules in Catalina: the connector and the container. In this chapter you will enhance the applications in Chap...
I often used to eat a lot of fast food. KFC and Mcdonald‘s are my favorite places. As I eat so much junk food,I become fat. Other children sometimes will play jokes on me and I realize the problem,so I decide to lose weight. ...
In the future, the team hopes to develop the technology and invent something that can be sprayed onto plant leaves in a one-off treatment that would last the plant’s lifetime. The engineers are also trying to develop an on and off “switch” where the glow would disappear gradually when...
Washington observed, “There’re two ways of one’s strength: one is pushing down; __ is pulling up.” There’re people ready to pull you up when others are pushing down. We need those people in our lives - those who use their strength by pulling us up....
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