Do your children like to see adventure movies? The following are four adventure movies for kids.
Toy Story
In this story, toys come to life when nobody is watching. Woody, a cowboy doll, feels unhappy when a new spaceman figure Buzz takes his place as the favourite toy of six-year-old Andy. Buzz and Woody get into a fight and get trapped together in the next-door neighbour's house and they have to find their way home. In that journey, they form a close friendship and work together through everything.
How to Train Your Dragon
Young man Viking Hiccup wants to fight against the dragons that continually attack his town. But after finally catching his first dragon whom he names Toothless, Hiccup realizes that he no longer wants to kill it and instead treats it kindly. He learns that his people have misjudged the species.
Up
The story is about Carl Fredrickson, a 78-year-old man who sets out to realize his lifelong dream of seeing the wilds of South America. He ties thousands of balloons to float his house and to travel to Paradise Falls with an unwelcome companion Russel, who is an eight-year-old explorer.
Despicable Me
Gru wants to become the greatest thief by stealing the moon right out of the sky but he meets a challenge. The three girls he had adopted (收养) change his life in a way nobody would consider possible. The world's greatest villain (坏人) ends up being from being super-bad to a super-dad.
There were no people on the park bench as I sat down to read beneath the branches of an old willow tree, with good reasons to sigh, for the world was dragging me down. At this time, a boy approached me. He stood right before me, and said with great excitement, “Look what I found!”
In his hand was a flower, and what a pitiful sight, with its petals (花瓣) all worn. Wanting him to take his flower and go off to play, I managed a smile and then turned to the other side.
But instead of leaving, he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his nose and said firmly and clearly, “It really smells pretty and it's beautiful, too. That's why I picked it. Here it's for you.”
The flower before me was dying or dead. But I knew I must take it, or he might never leave. So I reached for the flower, and replied, “Just what I need.”
But instead of placing the flower in my hand, he held it in mid-air. It was then that I noticed that the boy was blind.
I heard my voice quiver (轻微颤抖), and at the same time my tears shone like the sun. As I thanked him for picking the very best one, he smiled and said, “You're welcome.”
And then he ran off to play, not knowing the influence he'd had on me.
I sat there and wondered how he managed to see a self-pitying woman beneath an old willow tree. Perhaps from his heart, he'd been blessed with true sight.
Through the eyes of the blind boy, I could see the problem was not with the world; the problem was me. And for all of those times I had been blind. From now on, I promised to see beauty and appreciate every second. Then I held the flower up to my nose and breathed its fragrance and smiled as that young boy.
We often ask these questions: Are African wild dogs really dogs? What's the difference between African wild dogs and the dogs we know as pets? For one thing, African wild dogs, which live in Africa, only have four toes, while domestic(驯养的）dogs and wolves have five. But you won't want to count for yourself, because they are truly wild animals.
“Wild dogs are not somebody's domestic dogs that ran away and didn't come back, although some people used to think that,” explains Dr. MeNutt, who studies these animals at Wild Dog Research Camp in the African country of Botswana. “They are actually Africa's wolves, and just like wolves, and they do not make good pets. They need to be out in the wild doing what they are supposed to do — find the food they need to survive and feed their babies.” In fact, they travel so far that researchers have to use radio collars (颈圈) to keep track of them. The collars send out radio signals that tell people where the dogs are. No two wild dogs have the same pattern of coats, so it is easy to tell them apart.
African wild dogs are smart and sociable, like pet dogs. Adult wild dogs, male and female, are willing to take good care of young ones.
Millions of domestic dogs live on the planet, but there are probably fewer than 6000 African wild dogs left. Humans hunt them and farmers who don，t want them to go after cows and sheep poison them. Humans are also destroying the wild, natural habitat (栖息地) they need to survive in. Fortunately, today more farmers are finding other ways to protect their cows and sheep from African wild dogs instead of killing the animals.
However exciting space exploration sounds, there's a necessary and important point about it that needs to be considered: food supplies. Right now, astronauts typically rely on dry food in airtight bags and cans, since there are strict weight limits on items taken into space. Foods that we take for granted, such as fresh fruits and vegetables, are out of the question for space explorers.
For those who've made an effort to try to grow food during space flights, they've faced many difficulties, including the absence of gravity, and a lack of soil, air and humidity (湿度). However, growing food to add and minimize (最小化) the food that must be carried to space will be increasingly important on long-duration flights into space. Great efforts have been made to explore the concept (idea) of space farming. Recently, a team led by Federico Maggi at the University of Sydney in Australia have worked out how plants can absorb nutrients from human urine (尿), as was reported by New Scientist on March 27.
After over 20 years of experiments, the results suggested that human urine could supply three to four out of the six nutrients that plants need. The researchers also found out that urine-fertilized plants produce no harmful by-products, such as carbon dioxide or ammonia.
According to New Scientist, human urine is 95 percent water, with the other 5 percent made from nutrients which are harmful to the human body but not to plants. The advantage of this urine-fueled life support system is obvious: By recycling liquid waste and producing food, an efficient cycle will be created.
And most importantly, said New Scientist，the duration of space flights will be greatly extended to “20 years of flight”, meaning we may be soon sending astronauts on flights to Mars, or even beyond.
More than 40 million Americans move each year, but not always by choice. Whether you're moving because of work or schooling or for better chances, adjusting to (适应) the life in a new place can be difficult. . Here are some tips to help you adjust to your new home.
Treat It as an adventure
. So stay positive and get out there and explore! Taste the local food and visit famous places and museums. Try local activities that aren't popular in your former city, such as skating if you come from a beach town or surfing if you lived in the mountains. You may discover a talent (才华) or interest you never knew you had.
Get Involved with your neighbors
Introduce yourself to neighbors and everyone else you meet. This is the best way to get advice about living in your area, and to make new friends. Attend local events that interest you, visit the markets or yard sales, take classes and so on. All of these things will help you meet people and feel connected.
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It takes time to get to know a new place, so don't expect to feel comfortable right away. . To help make the process easier, you can meet new people, find a support group near you. A fresh move is also a fresh start. Therefore it is a great time to start realizing a dream you've had, whether it is going back to school, starting a new career, or finishing a novel.
A. Find what you love
B. Be patient and go after your dream
C. Give yourself time to adjust
D. Tell them you're new in the town
E. It is especially true when you don't love your new city very much
F. Show others the photos of your favorite places in your old town
G. Living in a new place is a great opportunity to experience new things and grow up.
The school held a teacher-parent meeting. A mother was asked to attend his son's school's first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy's 1, she said she would go. This was the first time that his classmates and teacher 2 his mother and he felt 3 of her appearance. Although she was a 4 woman, there was a severe scar (疤痕) that 5 nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to 6 why or how she got the scar.
The people at the meeting were 7 by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother in spite of the scar, 8 the little boy was still embarrassed (尴尬) and 9 himself from everyone. However, he could 10 a conversation between his mother and his teacher.
The teacher asked 11, “How did you get the scar on your face?”
The mother replied, “12 my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was 13 afraid to go in because the fire was 14, so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a long piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked 15 but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us.” She 16 the burned side of her face.” This scar will be 17, but to this day, I have never 18 what I did.”
Hearing this，the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her in his arms and felt a great 19 of the sacrifice (牺牲) that his mother had made for him. He held her hand 20 for the rest of the day.
When the construction of the new factory came to the end in European village, a pump was put in. Then, all the settlers (defeat) by a severe disease characteristic was similar to cholera. An expert physician who was instructed to attend to the victims and handle this case showed great enthusiasm, he didn't foresee that it was a hard challenge. After simple enquiry, he announced that it was the (pollute) water that made the people (suffer) from the disease. But without positive (evident), people suspected and rejected his view, (say) the theory he put forward made no sense. Being much (strict) with himself than before, he contributed himself to the case. Apart from making enquiries, he made detailed charts and analyzed the data carefully. Finally, he drew a scientific (conclude), linking the disease to the radium in the pump. He found out why people there got sick immediately.
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Dear Jack,
I am extreme happy to know you are coming to our school next semester as an exchange student. I even can't wait to meet you.
When it comes to learn traditional Chinese painting, you are very lucky. Our school had set up various optional (可选的) courses, Chinese painting including. The students meet on every Wednesday afternoon from 3pm to 5pm. With a professional teacher help, not only you improve your skill, but also you will make many friends. That you have to do is to register on our website. Besides, tools like Chinese brushes, ink and paper is also necessary. If there is something else I can help, don't hesitate to let me know. Looking forward to your arrival.
内容要点如下：
1）表示理解并给予安慰；
2）提出建议并说明理由。
注意：1）词数100左右；
2）信中不能出现与本人相关的信息；
3）信的开头与结尾已拟好，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：temper n.脾气,情绪；lose one's temper发脾气
Dear Jamie,
I'm sorry to know that you're having such a bad time at the moment.
Yours,
Li Hua
