How do you get on with your teachers? Every day, we spend hours with our teachers at school. We 1 them, and they teach us to be good people. The relationship(关系)between students and teachers is very important.
Teachers care about our studies and lives, and it seems they know everything about the subjects they teach. They also have the right(权利)to decide2 should be the class leaders or represent(代表)the class to take part in activities.
So many students want to be the teachers' helpers. We 3 teachers great respect(尊重). In class, we obey rules and keep 4 if the teacher doesn't ask us to speak. We5 have opinions different from our teachers'. When they make mistakes, we are afraid to point them out. Some of us don't want to talk with teachers after class because we don't want to bother(打扰)them.
At American6 , the situation is quite different. Teachers and students are more like friends. 7 a teacher by his or her name is common. In class, students express their opinions 8 and challenge(挑战)teachers when they don't agree. If it turns out that a teacher makes a mistake, the teacher will say " 9 " in front of the whole class. Students and teachers also communicate by email, Facebook or Twitter after class. They chat 10 studies and life experiences.
Teachers are like our parents and friends, so we should respect them.
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What is a Chinatown? Is it a town in China? Of course not! It is in a foreign(外国的) country. It is a place where many overseas(海外的) Chinese live together.
There are lots of Chinatowns in America. The biggest one is in New York. There are about 150,000 people in it. It is the home of Chinese New Yorkers. And it is also a good place to go.
Shopping in Chinatown
Shopping in Chinatown is fun. You can find lots of things there. Most of them are made in China. Mott Street is the best place to shop because the things there are very cheap.
Eating in Chinatown
Chinatown has more than 200 restaurants. You can enjoy traditional (传统的) Chinese food there. New Silver Palace Restaurant is one of the best restaurants. Why don't you have breakfast with a cup of green tea in it? You can eat some Shanghai food in Evergreen Restaurant.
Living in Chinatown
Living in Chinatown is comfortable. You can find hospitals, schools, banks, libraries and supermarkets in it. In some schools, students must study Chinese. Many overseas Chinese send their children to these schools. They want their children to learn more about China and its culture(文化).
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A bag is useful and the word "bag" is useful, too. Here is an interesting phrase, "to let the cat out of the bag". In meaning it is the same as "to tell the secret". And there is an old interesting story about it.
Long ago, when farmers wanted to sell chickens at the market, they would usually just throw the chickens in cloth (布) bags. But cats were cheaper than chickens at that time, so many farmers would put cats into the cloth bags but not chickens. One day, a woman asked a man for a chicken. The man gave her a cloth bag in which there was a cat. ________. When the man opened the cloth bag, a big black cat ran out. Not a chicken! The man's secret was out and everyone knew it.
Now when we say someone gives away a secret, we say "He lets the cat out of the bag". And that is the story where the interesting phrase came from.
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If you go into the forest with your friends, stay with them. If you don't, you may get lost. If you get lost, this is what you should do. Sit down and stay where you are. Don't try to find your friends—let them find you. You can help them find you by staying in one place. There is another way to help your friends or other people to find you. You can shout or whistle (吹口哨) three times. Stop. Then shout or whistle three times again. Any signal (信号) given three times is a call for help.
Keep up shouting or whistling. Always three times together. When people hear you, they will know that you are not just making a noise for fun. They will let you know that they have heard your signal. They will give you two shouts or two whistles. When a signal is given twice. it is an answer to a call for help.
If you don't think that you will get help before night comes, try to make a little house with branches (树枝). Make yourself a bed with leaves and grass.
When you need some water, you have to leave your little house to look for it. Don't just walk away. Pick off small branches and drop (扔下) them when you walk to go back again easily. When you are lost, the most important thing to do is to stay in one place.
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More and more children play computer games for a long time. Most parents feel quite worried about that. But in fact, not all games are bad for kids.
There is a popular game called Mole Manor（摩尔庄园）on line now. In this game, it is a world of the kids. Children can do what they want to do there. They can buy what they want and even the pets. Almost every player has one or two pets called Lam. The players can buy something for Lam and they also want to give them some food to eat. Sometimes kids must wash their pets to keep them clean. At that time, they are the parents themselves. That helps them know how much their parents do for them. There are many other games for kids in Mole Manor. Kids can be a policeman here. They can also be a teacher to help the Lams to learn more.
Get the kids to play for only half an hour on line. Don't hate all computer games and you can be a good parent.
