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Schumacher Returning to Formula One

In December 2009， at the age of 40， Michael Schumacher， the king of car racing， announced that he would return to race in Formula One in 2010 after three seasons in retirement. He signed a three-year deal to drive for the new Mercedes Grand Prix team and he will race alongside another German， Nico Rosberg， who is 15 years younger. This could be the most exciting news of last year for the F1 fans.

Schumacher is absolutely the greatest driver the sport has ever seen. He has won seven Formula One world drivers’ titles in his 16-year career. Furthermore， he holds many other records in Formula One， including most drivers’ championships， race victories， fastest laps， pole positions， points scored and most races won in a single season. But a neck injury from a motorcycle racing accident prevented him from driving and forced him to retire in 2006.

Schumacher’s return causes a hot issue: whether he will get the eighth Formula One world drivers’ title? The former driver Mansell’s words may give the answer:“It wouldn’t surprise me if Michael challenged for another world championship.” Regardless of the question， Schumacher has already made a new record. He is the oldest driver in Formula One since Nigel Mansell raced in 1995 at 41.

Question: From which sentence can we infer that Schumacher is German?

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How Little exergise Do you Need?

Recently researchers went through a vast database of survey information about the health and habits of men and women in Scotland， hoping to determine how much exercise is needed to keep the Scots from feeling depressed. The answer is: a mere 20 minutes a week of any physical activity， whether sports， walking， gardening or even housecleaning. The researchers found that more activity brought more mental-health benefits. But their overall conclusion was that being active for as little as 20 minutes a week is enough， if your goal is mental health.

How much—or how little—exercise is enough? This is a question difficult to answer. Figuring out an ideal exercise dosage is not simple， partly because the amount of exercise needed depends on the benefits you hope to gain. Twenty minutes a week of housecleaning or other activity may increase your satisfaction， but it certainly won’t do much for your physical fitness and is unlikely to lessen your risks for diseases. It also won’t help much with weight loss.

According to the report， “It has been estimated that people who are physically active for about seven hours a week have a 40 percent lower risk of dying early than those who are active for less than 30 minutes a week.”

Question: What do the underlined words “exercise dosage” mean?

Answer:

Grovndhog DayPhil is a TV weatherman who seems charming and smart on camera， but when the red light goes off， he is self-centered and conceited. On February 2， 1992， Phil is given a job that he hates： the annual Groundhog Day festivities in Punxsutawney where the citizens wait for the appearance of Punxsutawney Phil， the groundhog who will decide the length of winter by his ability to see his own shadow. Phil is eager to go home， but because of a snowstorm he has to stay in Punxsutawney.Phil wakes up the next morning with the strangest feeling that he seems to be living the same day over again. The next morning it happens again， and then again. Soon， no matter what he does， he always stays in February 2， 1992. Neither going to prison nor killing himself nor kidnapping the groundhog gets him out of the town. But the more Phil lives the same day， the more he’s forced to look at other people’s lives， and something unusual happens： he begins to care about others， starts to respect people and tries to save the life of a homeless man.In 2006， Groundhog Day was added to the United States National FilmRegistry as being deemed “culturally， historically， or aesthetically significant.”·Idiom·★ at each other’s throats 劍拔弩張，激烈爭(zhēng)吵—That is what I want. It’s nice not being at each other’s throats.★ neck and neck 旗鼓相當(dāng)，不分上下—Their experience and working abilities are neck and neck.★ loosen up 放輕松—The teacher encourages his students to loosen up their minds and bodies through play.THE STAMP WHICH DISAPPEARSPut a stamp on your table. Then put a glass of water on the stamp. Cover the glass with a saucer， as shown. The stamp disappears! Try to walk around the glass and look into it from different sides. You will not be able to see the stamp.The explanation lies in the phenomenon of refraction. The rays of light bend when they pass at an angle from water to air. The broken lines in the picture show the refraction. There is no angle from which you can see the stamp.閱讀中，你遇到“攔路虎”了嗎？請(qǐng)參考：Formula One 一級(jí)方程式賽車Mercedes Grand Prix team 梅賽德斯大獎(jiǎng)賽車隊(duì)title 冠軍頭銜fastest lap 最快圈速pole position 桿位points scored 積分database 數(shù)據(jù)庫(kù)depressed 精神不振的figure out 計(jì)算出dosage 劑量estimate 估計(jì)Groundhog Day 土撥鼠日conceited 自負(fù)的Punxsutawney 土撥鼠鎮(zhèn)kidnap 綁架United States National Film Registry 美國(guó)國(guó)家電影目錄deem 認(rèn)為culturally 文化意義上historically 歷史意義上aesthetically 美學(xué)意義上significant 值得關(guān)注的saucer 碟子refraction 折射KeysSchumacher Returning to Formula One： Schumacher will race alongside another German.How Little Exercise Do You Need？： They mean “the amount of exercise”.