Skin Care Tips and Baseball Factors: Interesting Insights

PPT Reader s Bank Level 7 Unit 03

07 ?_1 / p. 30 Reader s Bank Level 7 We are too clean! says professor Robin Marks. That s why dry skin is so common today. He explains how hot water removes natural oils from our skin: Think of a buttery knife under hot water. Hot water melts the oil and washes it away. water washes away the natural oil that your body produces to protect your skin. If you add soap to hot water, your skin may become too dry and even get damaged. We bathe so often that soap is not really necessary. (A) , hot

07 ?_2 / p. 30 Reader s Bank Level 7 Many skin doctors also advise people not to use too much soap for different reasons. They say that soap can contain harmful chemicals. These can be absorbed through our skin and damage our nerves and organs. (B) , if overly used, soaps might remove beneficial bacteria living on your skin. Doctors suggest that, if you must shower every day, you take a warm shower without soap.

08 _1 / p.32 Reader s Bank Level 7 What kind of factors affect the outcome of a baseball game? Surprisingly, the weather is one of the most important factors that influences the outcome of a game. This is because the weather affects the density of air, which is important for baseball. On cold, dry days, the air is thick. On hot, humid days, it is thin. Hot air is thin. This means that when a baseball travels, there is less air for it to hit. So it travels farther when it is warm. When do batters hit the most home runs? It s usually in the summer. This is because it is warmer and more humid, especially during the rainy season. For example, during the 2017 KBO (Korea Baseball Organization) season, the average number of home runs per game was 2 in April, but 3 in July.

08 _2 / p.32 Reader s Bank Level 7 Home runs are more common high up in the mountains, too. Why? In high places, the air is thin, so the ball travels farther. This explains why the most home runs in the Major Leagues happen at Coors Field in Colorado, which is near the Rocky Mountains.

09 _1 / p.34 Reader s Bank Level 7 Impressionism was a famous artistic movement that began in the late 19th century. Before Impressionism, most painters focused on traditional subject matters such as motionless objects, historical events and biblical stories. However, the Impressionists took an interest in the daily lives of ordinary people. For example, well- known Impressionists like Monet and Renoir often painted . Moreover, the Impressionists had a completely different concept of color. Before the Impressionists, artists believed that everything had its own unique color. For instance, the sky was blue, apples were red and leaves were green. But the Impressionists realized that the color of an object constantly changes depending on the amount of sunlight and changes in the atmosphere. So they chose

09 _2 / p.34 Reader s Bank Level 7 to paint the objects according to how they saw them in a particular place and moment. Probably the greatest contribution of the Impressionists is that they introduced the joy of perceiving things as we actually see them rather than as we are told to. Impressionism began as a revolutionary approach toward the fine arts and soon became one of the most popular movements in art history.