James Cook had a great dream to sail （航行）around the world when he was young. Born in Yorkshire in1century, little James often helped his dad with difficult farm work. The lord （领主）thought James was a clever boy. He offered2for little James to go to the village school. In the school, James loved reading3 Robinson Crusoe was his favorite. The4stories of Robinson made him dream of visiting new places.
At sixteen, James got a job5a shopkeeper in Staithes. There he often went to the beachside to listen to sailors tell stories after work. "What6wonderful experience! What might I find if I sail across the sea?" He asked7. Then he told the shop owner, "Thank you for what you8for me. But I must follow my dream." The shop owner agreed and wanted to help the young man. "9and talk to my friend John Walker. He will help you." James' dream to sail across the sea didn't come true10he met John Walker. Walker made him his apprentice （学徒）. And soon he was on a ship and started his first sailing.
Nowadays, the Moon is a wonderful thing to see. But many years ago, the Moon gave no1at all, so she felt sad and lonely in the sky at night.
T wish I weren't the Moon!” she2to the stars. UI would rather be a star like you, because you're so3. Or I might be a night-time flower. Then a pretty lady might4me and wear me on her hair!"
The stars didn't reply and kept5. The night-time flower heard the Moon's wish and felt6for her. T can't turn you into a7with a sweet smell! But I know a lady lights up people's lives with her8. She often visits this garden. I will ask her to come here to share the secret of her9with you." said the flower.
The next evening the lady came to the10. The Moon couldn't speak at first because the lady's smile was so lovely. Finally, the Moon said, "Can you tell me why you are always happy? Your smile lights up the night!"
The lady said, "I only try to be11to everyone I meet. " They talked for a long time. And the lady12to accept the Moon's invitation to meet her again.
The next evening, the lady and the Moon both shared their own stories. The Moon was thankful to the lady and said, "You have13a lot. Your kindness and smile made me feel kinder and happier, too." Finally the Moon forgot her trouble14and became brighter than ever before. After some days, the Moon could light up the night and15on every place on the ground. People down on Earth all enjoyed the beauty of the moonlight.
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The traditional Chinese solar terms （节气） The Chinese lunar calendar （农历）divides the year into 24 solar terms. People created them thousands of years ago to guide fanning. The culture is still useful in today's life.
It starts in February and ends in March. People often water the plants and corns at the beginning of spring. It's still cold, so keep warm and don't take off thick coats too early. It's healthier to have more porridge during the wet weather. •Grain Buds （小满） It begins in May and ends in June. There will be more rain and the temperature is going up. The heavy rain makes the river full. It is a good time to enjoy fish. It's also a key time for protecting farm and garden from pests （害虫）. •End of Heat It begins in August and ends in September. People will say goodbye to hot summer and enter autumn. People are busy preparing for the farm. It's necessary for people to get enough rest. •Winter Solstice （冬至） It's around December 22. It's just the time to step into Chinese New Year. To keep energy during the cold winter, people eat mutton dumplings or pancakes in northern China. But in the southeast, people like to eat Tangyuan or chicken soup on that day. |
At 12:46 p. m. on May 4th, 2022, thirteen Chinese scientists reached the top of Mount Qomolangma. They built eight world's highest weather stations from 5200 to 8800 meters on the mountain and four of them were above 7000 meters.
" The first research began in 2017 and it was an important moment of China's second scientific travel to Qomolangma. The station at 8800 meters would be the world's highest weather station,” the leader Yao Tangdong said. To finish the work, Chinese government made up 16 teams with more than 270 scientists. They've gotten a training of over three years.
This year researchers will use the newest technologies to these weather stations. They can study the natural environments and human activities on Qomolangma. The newest technologies will also help scientists study different weather, so they can make right decisions about climate （气候）change.
With these technologies, strong help from government and hard work from scientists, China will become a front-runner in fields such as information technology, science, mountain climbing and geography about the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau （高原）in the world.
Mount Qomolangma was around 8848. 86 meters from the research of China and Nepal in 2020. "There are many key scientific questions left unanswered. If our researches go on, I believe we will have more findings and developments to share with the world, " Yao added.
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⑴John's mobile phone doesn't work because something is wrong with the battery （电池）.He wonders how to deal with the battery. ⑵Ifs a Clean-up Day for Tim's family. There are some newspapers, glasses and plastic （塑料的）wastes in the house. Tim has no idea what to do with them. ⑶Betty will finish middle school and she has many old clothes which are too small to wear. She thinks it is a waste if she throws them away. ⑷Jacky collected many juice bottles. He wants to sell them so as to give away the money to the students in poor villages. ⑸Lily's grandma likes shopping online and there are many paper boxes at home. She has no room for them. She wants to find a place to put them in. |
A. Don't throw glass bottles everywhere. You can put them into the dustbins. Don't break the bottles, either. The broken glass may hurt cleaners. B. If you have useless paper, plastic bottles or glasses, please send them to the factories. The workers can use them to make something new. C. Do you have any paper boxes you don't need? Why not give them to our handmade center? We can reuse them to make toys for kids. D. In a waste collection station, people can sell old things, such as paper bags or bottles. A good price for them. E. If you have something bad for our earth, be careful not to throw it everywhere. There is a special dustbin for this kind of thing. F. You can put the waste in this kind of dustbin. Cleaners will move it to a certain place to make it good for our plants to grow well. G. The students in poor villages don't have enough clothes to keep warm in winter. If you have old clean clothes, you can help them. |
There lived a hardworking farmer with a large farm. On the farm, he grew grapes. Every year his harvest （丰收）was very great. He had three sons. They were young and strong, they never worked or helped him on the farm. As the farmer old, he began to worry about his sons' futures.
One day in late autumn, he became very . He thought that he might die soon. He called his sons to the bed and told them, "Dear sons, my death is near. I want to share a secret with you. You can't anyone else. I hid some treasure in the yard. When I am dead, you can try to find it. ”
The old farmer died the beginning of spring. His sons started looking for the treasure. Determined （下定决心的）to find it, they woke up and worked until late. They spent days digging up every part of the farm. "We have to dig everywhere and find the treasure!" they said. They dug all summer, but they found . One day, they found the grapes grew much than ever. In autumn, they made a lot of and became rich. The sons understood what their meant at that time. Treasure comes from hard work.
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Do you need a mentor （导师）? Many teenagers have trouble communicating with their parents because parents always expect them to solve problems by themselves. For many reasons, they can't easily work them out. They also find it hard to deal with the relationship with their parents. What should they do? Here comes the way. There are some mentors who can help teenagers to solve the problems. Mentors are not like parents, but they can bring teenagers personal advice and help them grow. Teenagers need to express their own point of view, even if it goes against the mentors'. They will feel relaxed because they can talk with mentors freely. Zhou Ziqian is a student from Sunshine Middle School. He learned a lot from his mentor. "I preferred to have a life journey of my own with my own stories. But my parents didn't agree. I got much help from my mentor. When I shared my problems, he helped me analyze （分析） them in different ways I couldn't see. Because of his rich experiences, he could understand me well. " said Zhou, "He made me feel good and also asked me to talk more with my parents? " |
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