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Cheap, fast or good
There’s an adage in engineering, you can have something cheap, fast or good
-choose two. That's
the reality of online shopping. Getting
goods
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(deliver) quickly
and
cheaply means
that good security tends to go by the wayside.
One result of making delivery as efficient as possible is
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buyers almost never get
to choose
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will make their delivery. They might know their local UPS driver and even
give
them
keys
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their
garage,
but
these
days
you
can't
count
on
UPS,
or
any
other
carrier, being the one to arrive at your house.
Various companies sell electronic locks, and locked boxes, that consumers
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put on
their
porch
for
deliveries.
But
that
assumes
that
you
have
a
porch.
And
that
the
delivery
person
6
(take) the time to use it
From the reviews of such products posted online, that’s frequently a failure point. They’re
rife
with
people
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(post)
scathing
commentary
about
delivery
people
who
ignored
large
notes saying
In fact, notes never seem to do much good. Yan Gelman lives in a four-unit condo building he
and
his
neighbors
have
a
prominent
sign
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(ask)
delivery
people
to
ring
all
the
doorbells to find
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to leave packages with.
“We have a woman who's retired and who's home a lot. We have a couple who
sometimes works
from
home and
I
always work from
home,
human resources
for a San
Francisco startup.
None of it did any good recently
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he received a text at 3: 10 p.m. from Amazon
telling him his package had been delivered.
been directly handed to me,
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delivered
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who
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to
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can
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will
take
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posting
8. asking
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Suicide rates are up 33% in the U. S.
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More
than
47,000
Americans
killed
themselves
in
2017,
the
Centers
for Disease
Control
and
Prevention reported Thursday, contributing to an overall decline in U.S. life expectancy. Since 1999,
the suicide rate
1
(climb) 33 percent.
Americans are more than twice as likely
2
(die) by their own hands, of their own will
than
by
someone
else’s.
But
while
homi
cides
spark
vigils
and
protests,
entering
into
headlines,
presidential speeches and police budgets, suicides don’t. Still shrouded in
stigma, many suicides go
unacknowledged
save
for
the
celebrities-robin
Williams,
Kate
Spade,
Anthony
Bourdain-punctuating the unrelenting rise in suicide deaths with a brief public outcry And research
suggests
American
peoples
ways
of
living
may
be
partly
3
(blame),
in
ways
that
don't
bode well for the future.
Alcohol and substance abuse are risk factors, and both are increasing. Isolation raises the risk,
and nearly half of Americans say they sometimes or always feel alone. Increasing smartphone use
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(link ) to suicidal thoughts in teens. Even climate change has been found to have roughly the
same effect on increasing suicides
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an economic recession.
“We’re trying to reduce suicide death rates in the face of a culture that's ever more
fascinated
with violence,
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has a bunch of opiates around left and right, where
family structure isn’t
getting
more
cohesive
and
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is
community
structure,”
said
Thomas
Joiner,
a
leading
suicide researcher.
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suicide is the 10th leading cause of
death
in
the
U.S.,
it
is
often
called
a
public
health
emergency.
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money
to
research
and
combat
suicide
continues
to
lag
behind
other
leading
killers
and
even
non- fatal
conditions.
The
National
Institutes of Health, the largest public funder of biomedical research in the world, spent
$$68 million on suicide last
year. It spent nearly five times that studying sleep and 10 times more
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breast cancer which killed fewer people in 2016.
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2. to die
3. to blame
4. has been linked
6. that
7. neither
8. Because/Since/As
9. But
10. on
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'Aquaman' (
海王
) is king of the box office, with $$67. 4M
NEW
YORK
-In
a
flood
of
new
releases,
easily
swam
past
Poppins
Returns
＂
（欢乐满人间）
and
＂
（大黄蜂）
to lead the busy pre
－
Christmas weekend
with an
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(estimate) $$67.4 million for the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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Without a
slate of films sought to capitalize on the lucrative holiday period in theaters.
The DC Comics superhero film
2
cost
Warner Bros. $$200 million
to
make, proved
already
to
be
a
great
success
overseas
3
it
has
grossed
more
than
$$400
million
in
three
weeks
of
release.
The
Jason
Momoa- led
reeled
in
(
卷走
)
$$72.1
million
in
U.
S.
and
Canada theaters, bringing its global total to $$.8 million.
by
James
Wan
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(prove)to
be
a
stabilizing
Justice
League
spinoff(
续集
)for Warner Bros. after bumpier DC releases outside of
garnered an A-minus from audiences on CinemaScore. For the studios, the weekend was as much
about setting themselves up for the period
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Christmas and New Years when theaters are
packed. With Christmas falling on a Tuesday, the weekend was a distraction-filled one, competing
with some of
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(busy) shopping days of the year.
aligns the stars for us in a really positive way
Returns were more modest for Disney’s
Mary Poppins
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each had reason to expect strong business through the holidays.
Poppins
Returns,
Emily
Blunt,
made
its
debut
B)with
$$22.2
million
for
the
weekend
and
$$31
million
since
opening
Wednesday.
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was
on
the
low
side
of
expectations for the musical, which cost $$130 million to make.
which
co- stars
Lin-Manuel
Miranda
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(depend
)heavily
on
legs
(
侧幕
)
through
the
holiday
season.
On
its
side
are
good
if
not
spectacular
reviews
(77
percent
fresh
on
Rotten Tomatoes), an A-minus CinemaScore from moviegoers and four Golden Globe nominations.
Taft, head of distribution for Disn
ey.
to
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long run.
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2. which
3. where
4. has proven
5. between
6. the busiest
7. through
8. That
9. will depend
10. A
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Christmas and New Years flying guide
45.7 million passengers
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(fly) on U.S. airlines during an 18-day holiday window that
begins
Thursday
(Dec
20)
and
ends.
Jan
6,
according
to
the
Airlines
for
America
(A4A)
trade
3
group.
That amounts to about 2. 54 million passengers per day during the period, an increase of 126,
000 travelers per day from the comparable window last year, A4A says.
The
busiest
days
of
the
holiday
period
will
be
Thursday
(Dec
20)
and
Friday
(
Dec
21),
according to projections from both A4A and the Transportation Security Administration. Friday is
expected to be the single
2
(busy )day of the period.
Flyers also
3
expect long lines and busy terminals as travelers head home on the day
after Christmas (Wednesday, Dec, 26),
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is forecast to be the third-busiest overall.
Passengers are the least likely to endure crowds on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Saturday,
Jan 5.
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are projected to be the three slowest days of the holiday flights window.
What else do you need to know
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this year' s holiday travel season.
Arrive early (with an updated twist)
Yes,
early
means
get
to
the
airport
early
enough
to
account
for
longer-than-normal
check-in and security lines. This may seem like a staple, and it is. But there is one caveat for the
2018-19 holiday season that, s a bit different than in years past.
During other peak periods, a number of airports have experienced
congestion not
only in
the
terminals, but also on the access roadways leading to them. That means it's taking many passengers
longer just
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(get) to the airport terminal,
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they’re in a
cab or being dropped
off by loved ones.
Similarly, some airports have hit capacity in their parking lots,
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(slow)those driving
themselves to the airport.
A good rule of thumb for the holidays: Arrive at the airport 45 to 60 minutes earlier than you
normally would. You' ll be glad you did, especially if you find yourself stuck in a security line filled
with slow-moving families making their once-a-year holiday trip.
Remember: If you miss your flight, this is a tough time of the year to find empty seats on other
flights.
What's new?
The TSA is increasingly asking travelers to take food items out of their carry-on bags when they
go
through
screening
checkpoints.
The
reason
is
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food
items
need
extra
inspection
when
the
inspectors
view
X-ray
images
of
passengers'
luggage.
Removing
those
items
allows
screeners to focus on other items and could help speed the process, TSA says.
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Keys:
1.
will
fly
2.
busiest
3.
should
4.
which
5.
Those
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for
7.
to
get
8. even if
9. slowing
10. That
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First look: Inside Norwegian Cruise Line' s new Norwegian Bliss
Named in December by Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist Malala Yousafzai, the first Nobel
honor to name a cruise ship, Edge is the prototype(
原型
)for
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groundbreaking new series
of vessels designed to be oriented to the ocean in a way
2
is unusual for big ships. Among
innovations, it boasts outward-facing cabins fronted with wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling glass-a new
concept for ocean cruising. It also
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(feature) first-of-its-kind, go-ton platform the size of a
tennis court cantilevered over its side that moves up and down to serve as a lounge, restaurant and
tender boat-boarding station.
Other
notable
new
ships
in
2018
included
Norwegian
Bliss-the
biggest
vessel
ever
for
Norwegian
Cruise
Line.
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(measure)168,028
tons,
it
features
such
over-the-top
amusements as a two-deck-high racing course where passengers compete
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each other in
electric go-carts-a first for a vessel based in North America.
Cruise
giant
Carnival
also
unveiled
one
of
its
6
(big)
ships
ever
in
2018,
the
133,
500-ton Carnival Horizon. A sister to the two-year-old Carnival Vista, it offers many of the same
features including an 800-foot-long sky ride around its top deck and an IMAX theater.
The new vessel
from
Viking Cruises, Viking Orion, is
the
fifth
new ocean ship
the
company
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(launch) since it began offering ocean voyages in 2015. Few lines in history have expanded so
rapidly.
The
vessel,
notably,
features
a
planetarium,
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that
exists
on
only
one
other
passenger ship, Cunard' s Queen Mary 2.
Luxury
line
Crystal
Cruises
also
subjected
a
15-year-old
ship,
Crystal
Serenity,
to
a
massive
overhaul, and Carnival, Norwegian and Princess each upgraded one or more ships. Still, it is luxury
line Silversea
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gets the award for the biggest transformation of an older ship. The line
spent millions of dollars to not only completely revamp its 9-year-old Silver Spirit
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to
expand its size. In a relatively rare procedure that took nearly two months to complete, the company
had the ship cut in half at a dry dock in Italy to make way for a massive new middle section that
allowed for a bigger pool area, new restaurants, a revamped spa and additional cabins.
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4. Measuring
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