Zhang Peng is a Chinese driver in Xi'an(西安). When he checked the online wallet of his Wechat app(微信应用软件), he saw that one of his passengers had paid 6, 500 yuan for a1pay. That meant the passenger paid about $ 950, but in fact, the passenger only needed to pay$ 9.50.
Zhang Peng guessed that the payment was a 2. According to the time of the payment, he guessed that the four foreign travelers did it. He3the four travelers, from the train station and dropped them off at a nearby4.
When he5to call the four foreign passengers, Zhang Peng directly went to the hotel again where he had dropped them off. Then in the hotel he6what had happened to the waiter at the front desk.
Just at that time, the traveler7made the payment came downstairs. She was 8 to hear about her mistake. It was her first time to visit the Chinese city, and she said that it was also her first time9the app's online payment function(在线付费功能)to pay for the ride.
She was10more surprised when Zhang Peng refused to get a reward(报酬)and 11 her all her extra(额外的)money.
12is true that the traveler had a wonderful 13 of using Wechat. "I can't believe it," the woman traveler said."14some people, money is their only dream, and $ 950 is a lot of money. I felt very excited yesterday15the taxi driver came back to return the money in person. I am really grateful."
In a town there lived a little, beautiful and smart girl. Her name was Rose. Everyone in the town liked her. She was very brave, but she was scared of the doctor. One day, one of her teeth was moving. Her mom saw it. She said, "One of your teeth is moving, and you need to visit Doctor Tim."
Rose said, "No! I'm not going to the doctor." Mom said, "Don't worry. It's not so wobbly(摆动的) now, we needn't go to the doctor at once." That made Rose feel better.
After five weeks, Rose forgot about her tooth but her mom didn't. She checked her tooth again and it was more wobbly, so she said, "It's time to see the doctor."
Rose was scared but she had to do what her mom told her, so they went to see Doctor Tim.
They had to wait in the waiting room.
When it was her turn, her heart was beating very fast. She went into Doctor Tim's room. He was smiling. She sat on the chair.
Doctor Tim said," Close your eyes."
Rose closed her eyes, but just before Doctor Tim started, tears started coming down from her eyes. When she opened her eyes, she saw Doctor Tim holding her tooth, smiling.
Rose smiled. Then Doctor Tim gave her a teddy bear. From that time Rose wasn't scared of doctors anymore.
Li Shizhen (李时珍) was one of the most famous doctors in Chinese history. He was born in Qichun, Hubei in 1518.
Both of Li Shizhen's father and grandfather were doctors. Li Shizhen's grandfather was a country doctor who traveled in the countryside with a bag of herbs (药草) and medications and cured (治愈) people. His father was doctor who wrote several books.
Li Shizhen used to help his father in his medical practice when he was young. Li Shizhen's father wanted him to enter politics (从政). Li Shizhen studied for the exams and passed the country-level examination, but he was never able to pass the imperial (帝国的) examination.
When he was 38, he cured the son of the Prince of Chu and was invited to be an official in that court (宫廷) A few years later, he became an official at the Imperial Medical Institute.
Even though he fulfilled his father's dream, he didn't want to continue working for the court.
One year later, he left the court and returned to be a doctor again.
Li Shizhen. was famous for his book, Compendium of Materia Medica 《本草纲日》He spent 27 years writing the book. Unluckily, Li Shizhen died before the book was officially published. It is such a successful book. Now it is still one of the most important medical books in China.
In the state of Qin (秦国), there was a man called Shang Yang (商鞅). He was a statesman (政治家) and worked out many reforms(改革) for the state, like paying more attention to farming and giving rewards (报酬) to soldiers who were successful when at war.
But these reforms were not easily carried out (执行) at first. Most people didn't trust Shang
Yang. In order to solve this problem, Shang Yang came up wiIh an idea. He put a thin wooden pole at the south gate of the Qin capital. Many people came to see him and the pole.
Then, in front of the crowd, Shang Yang said loudly, "The man who takes this pole to the north gate will get 10 gold pieces."
It was a sample job and the reward was so large. However, some time passed and no one stepped forward. They all thought Shang Yang was making a joke.
Hearing no answer, Shang Yang stepped forward and said, "The reward now goes to 50 gold pieces."
This reward was unbelievably large. Finally, a man from the crowd came forward. He put the pole on his shoulders and walked to the north gate. True to his word, Shang Yang gave the man 50 gold pieces.
After that, the people of Qin were all talking about what Shang Yang did about the pole. They believed he was a man of his word. So when Shang Yang began carrying out his reforms, the people followed him.
Under these great reforms, Qin grew stronger and stronger. Al last, Qin made all the seven states into one empire (帝国).
Now students' English handwriting(书写)gets worse and worse. That makes their teachers feel worried. Is your English handwriting beautiful?
Use paper with lines
When you write English words or sentences, you can use paper with lines. That will make your handwriting straight. Be sure to fill the lined space completely. And make sure these capital letters (大写字母) are written properly.
Slow down
If your writing is hard to read, just slow down a little.If you write too quickly, it's hard for you to stop where you should, and you may make more mistakes easily.
When you hold your pencil in the correct way, writing is much better. Some kids press down really hard when they write. That makes the handwriling bad. Try to be relaxed and don't hold the pencil so hard. Let your writing appear nice and clean. If you do so, people will guess you are a student with a good habit.
Draw more pictures
While you are drawing pictures, you need to use the skills to cuntrol (控制) your pencil better. Even though you have no chance to draw at school, you can practice by drawing at home.
Handwriting is very important. Imagine you are a famous movie star or a well-known sports player, whad do you do when your fans run up to you? Givethem your autographs (亲笔签名) , of course!
| A. If not, here are four steps that really work! B. Hold your pencil right C. Drawing can improve your handwriting. D. We will try to learn English well. E. Going slower makes your handwriting clearer. F. Those lines on the paper can help you to write words in the right size. |
Dear Laura,
Thanks for your message. Yes, I'm having a great time on my exchange program in France. I was a bit nervous before I arrived here, but there was no reason to be. My host family is really nice.
They go out of their way(make) me feel at home. The grandmother has a teenage granddaughter about my age is really kind. She always talks to me in French to help me practice. And you wouldn't believe how quickly my French has(improve)! I'm very comfortable speaking French now. I still make lots of mistakes, it doesn't worry me as it used to.
My biggest challenge is learning how to behave at the dinner table. you can imagine, things are really different from the way they are at home. For example, you shouldn't put your bread on your plate. You (suppose) to put it on the table! I thought that was pretty strange at first, but now I'm used to it. You shouldn't eat(something) with your hands except bread, not even fruit. You have to cut it up and eat it with a fork. Another thing is that it is very(polite) to say you're full. If you don't want any more food, you should just say, "It was delicious." Also, you shouldn't put your elbows on the table. I have to say that I find it difficult to remember everything, but I'm(gradual) getting used to it. I don't find French customs so strange any more.
Dear Laura, I'll write again soon and tell you more about my life in France. Hope you are havinggood school year.
Yours,
Lin Yue
要点提示：⒈家人相亲相爱，努力学习、工作；
⒉邻里和睦，礼貌待人；
⒊爱护环境，从我做起：
⒋积极参加志愿活动，帮助贫困儿童。
写作要求：⒈词数90左有（短文的开头已经给出，不计入总词数）；
⒉根据要点提示，适当发挥；
⒊短文中不得出现真实的姓名及校名。
I'm Proud of My Family
My name is Li Lei. I have a happy family. There are four people in my family: my parents, my sister and I.
