请阅读下面文字,并按照要求用英语写一篇150 词左右的文章。

【写作内容】

1. 用约30个词概括上述利用排名（ratings）进行消费的现象；

2. 谈谈你如何看待消费排名，然后用2-3个理由或论据支撑你的看法。

【写作要求】

1. 写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句；

2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；

3. 不必写标题。

【评分标准】

内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。

（1）Each spring brings a new blossom of wildflowers in the ditches (路沟) along the highway I travel daily to work.

（2）There is one particular blue flower that has always caught my eye. I’ve noticed that it blooms only in the morning hours, for the afternoon sun is too warm for it. Every day for approximately two weeks, I see those beautiful flowers.

（3）This spring, I started a wildflower garden in our yard. I can look out of the kitchen window while doing the dishes and see the flowers. I’ve often thought that those lovely blue flowers from the ditches would look great in that bed alongside other wildflowers. Every day I drove past the flowers thinking, “I’ll stop on my way home and dig them.” “Gee, I don’t want to get my good clothes dirty…” Whatever the reason, I never stopped to dig them. My husband even gave me a folding shovel (铲子) one year for my trunk to be used for that expressed purpose.

（4）One day on my way home from work, I was saddened to see that the highway department had moved the ditches and the pretty blue flowers were gone. I thought to myself, “Way to go, you waited too long. You should have done it when you first saw them blooming this spring.”

（5）A week ago we were shocked to know that my oldest sister-in-law has a terminal brain tumor (脑瘤晚期). She is 20 years older than my husband and unfortunately, because of age and distance, we haven’t been as close as we all would have liked.

（6）I couldn’t help but see the connection between the pretty blue flowers and the relationship between my husband’s sister and us. I do believe that God has given us some time left to plant some wonderful memories that will bloom every year for us.

（7）And yes, if I see the blue flowers again, you can bet I’ll stop and transplant them to my wildflower garden.

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This is a real story about the bravery（勇气） and creativity(创造力) of a young painter, Jim. Determined(决心) to be an artist, Jim went to France to surround himself with beauty and inspiration. He paints every day. He visited museums, traveled to picturesque（独特的）places, bravely spoke to everyone he met, and showed his works to anyone who would look at it. One afternoon, he had a conversation at a cafe with a group of charming(迷人的) young people, who turned out to（原来是） be some fancy nobles（贵族）. They took a liking to Jim and invited（邀请） him to a party that weekend in a castle(城堡) in the Loire Valley. They said this was going to be the party of the year. It would be attended（参加）by the rich and famous（名人）and by several crowned heads of Europe （欧洲的首脑）. Best of all, it was a masquerade ball(化装舞会), where nobody would hesitate（犹豫）in their spending on the costumes（服饰）. “Dress up”, they said, “ and join us!”

Excited, Jim worked all week on a costume that he was certain would be highly impressive. He held back on neither the details nor the imagination of this creation. Then he rented a car and drove three hours to the castle(城堡). He changed into his costume in the car and went up the castle steps. Jim entered（进入） the ballroom（宴会厅）.

Upon arrival(到达时), he immediately realized his mistake . This was a costume party, his new friends had not misled(误导) him, but he had missed one detail(细节) in translation: This was a themed（以......为主题的） costume party. The theme was “ a medieval(中世纪的) court” and Jim was dressed as a lobster（龙虾）.

All around him, the wealthy and beautiful were dressed in fancy clothes, wearing sparkling jewel（璀璨的珠宝）. Jim, on the other hand, was wearing a red coat, red tights, and red ballet slippers（芭蕾舞鞋）. Also, his face painted red. And he was the only American in the room, too.

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On Thanksgiving, Scott Macaulay is preparing a full turkey dinner for a whole bunch  of people he’s never met. His 70guests----elderly people, low-income people, at-risk teens, and others—have one detail in common: without Macaulay, they’d be alone on Thanksgiving.

“What I do isn’t a big deal, really,” the 52-year-old said. “I just cook some food.”

Macaulay’s unconventional Thanksgiving tradition began in 1985, right around the time his parents decided to get divorced. The holidays got messy that year, and Macaulay, who was 24 at the time, sensed he’d be spending Thanksgiving alone. It was a terrible feeling.

“Thanksgiving isn’t about fireworks(烟火) or band concerts,” he said. “It’s a celebration around a table with food. It’s not fun to do that by yourself.”

Macaulay placed an ad in his local paper with a simple message: If people thought they might be alone on Thanksgiving, they could give Macaulay a call.

A few people showed up at Macaulay’s place that first year. It was nice. So he placed another ad the following year, and the year after that.

In recent years, Macaulay has been hosting his Thanksgiving dinners at local churches with lots of space. He still buys and prepares all the food himself and spends about 40 hours putting the whole affair together. On Thanksgiving Day, he runs around nonstop from about5a.m. to 8p.m. Macaulay said he’d love to see other people hold similar dinners all over the country. “I think someone in every town should do this,” he said, “so nobody has to be alone.”

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