Man of Few Words

Everyone chases success, but not all of us want to be famous.
South African writer John Maxwell Coetzee is (1) for keeping himself to himself. When the 63-year-old was named the 2003 Nobel Prize winner for literature earlier this month, reporters were warned that they would find him " particularly difficult to (2) ".
Coetzee lives in Australia but spends part of the year teaching at the University of Chicago. He seemed (3) by the news that he won the U. S. $1.3 million prize. "It came as a complete surprise. I wasn’t even aware they were due to make the announcement," he said.
His (4) of privacy led to doubts as to whether Coetzee will attend the prize-giving in Stockholm, Sweden, on December 10.
But despite being described as (5) to track down, the critics agree that his writing is easy to get to know.
Born in Cape Town, South Africa, to an English-speaking family, Coetzee (6) his breakthrough in 1980 with the novel "Waiting for the Barbarians (野蛮人)". He (7) his place among the world’s leading writers with two Booker prize victories, Britain’s highest honour for novels. He first (8) in 1983 for the "Life and Times of Michael K", and his second title came in 1999 for "Disgrace". A. tells B. says C. informs D. expresses

Another (2) that she was late for a Monday class because she was recovering from drinking too much at a wild weekend party.At colleges and universities in the US, e-mail has made professors more approachable (平易近人). But many say it has made them too accessible, (3) boundaries that traditionally kept students at a healthy distance.
These days, professors say, students seem to view them as available (4) the clock, sending a steady stream of informal e-mails.
"The tone that they take in e-mails is pretty astounding (令人吃惊的) ," said Michael Kessler, an assistant dean at Georgetown University. "They’ll (5) you to help: ’I need to know this. ’"
"There’s a fine (6) between meeting their needs and at the same time maintaining a level of legitimacy (正统性) as an (7) who is in charge. "
Christopher Dede, a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, said (8) show that students no longer defer to (听众) their professors, perhaps because they realize that professors’ (9) could rapidly become outdated.
"The deference was driven by the (10) that professors were all-knowing sources of deep knowledge," Dede said, and that notion has (11) .
For junior faculty members, e-mails bring new tension into their work, some say, as they struggle with how to (12) . Their job prospects, they realize, may rest in part on student evaluations of their accessibility.
College students say e-mail makes (13) easier to ask questions and helps them learn.
But they seem unaware that what they write in e-mails could have negative effects (14) them, said Alexandra Lahav, an associate professor of Law at the University of Connecticut.
She recalled an e-mail message from a student saying that he planned to miss class so he could play with his son. Professor Lahav did not respond.
"Such e-mails can have consequences," she said. "Students don’t understand that (15) they say in e-mail can make them seem unprofessional, and could result in a bad recommendation. \

A uniform substance doesn’t cope well with knocks because only a small proportion of the material is actually (8) . All the energy from the blow goes towards breaking the material in one or two places, but often the pieces left (9) are pristine (未经破坏的).
But instead of the energy being concentrated in one place, the holes provide many weak spots that all absorb energy as they break, says Vincent. "You are controlling the places (10) the wood breaks, and it can then absorb more (11) , more safely. "
The researchers believe the principle could be applied to any material- (12) example, to manufacture lighter and more protective packaging. It could (13) be used in car bumpers, crash barriers and arm our for military vehicles, says Ulrike Wegst, (14) the Max Plank Institute for Mental Research in Stuttgart. But she emphasizes that you (15) to design the substance with the direction of force in mind. "The direction of loading is crucial," she says.