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She went to Sanya by train. She stayed there for 1 days. She bought some presents for her friends. | She will go to Hangzhou by 2 . She will stay there for seven day. She will buy some 3 for her parents. |
In every language, there are words that have some interesting stories behind them. Take the word "sandwich" as an example. It is very 1 to see it in English. If we want to know the 2 behind it, we must know 3 about an English nobleman (贵族) named Sandwich.
Sandwich lives 4 a big city. He is rich, but likes 5 cards for money. He often plays for 6 , and does not 7 his meals. He asks others to bring him some 8 , and he plays when he 9 . He puts the meat 10 two pieces of bread, and he 11 the food in one hand and he plays with 12 hand. People likes Sandwich's 13 and begin to eat bread in this way. They want to remember the 14 , so we have the word "sandwich" 15 .
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Grain Rain (谷雨) falls between the end of spring and the beginning of summer, and the temperature rises much higher than it does in March. With dry soil and heavy winds, sandstorms may happen more often. |
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There is an old custom (传统) in southern China that people drink tea on the day of Grain Rain. Spring tea during Grain Rain is good for the eyes. It is also said that drinking tea on this day would prevent bad luck. |
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People in northern China have the tradition to eat the vegetable toona sinensis during Grain Rain. An old Chinese saying goes "toona sinensis before the rain is as tender as silk". The vegetable is good for the health. |
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The Grain Rain Festival is celebrated by fishing villages in northern China. Grain Rain marks the start of the fishermen's first voyage (航行) of the year. The custom dates back to over 2,000 years ago. |
a. Eating toona sinensis b. Sandstorms happen c. Grain Rain Festival d. Drinking tea
In the 13th century, the Italian traveler, Marco polo, traveled a long way to China, During his stay in China, he saw many wonderful things. One of the things he discovered was that the Chinese used paper money. In western countries, people did not use paper money until the 15th century. However, people in China began to use paper money in the 7th century.
A Chinese man called Cai Lun invented (发明) paper almost 2000 years ago. He made it from wood. He took the wood from trees and made it into paper. He then put these pieces of paper together and made them into a book.
Now paper still comes from trees. We use a lot of paper every day! If we keep on wasting so much paper, there will not be any trees on the earth. If there are no trees, there will be no paper. Every day, people throw away about 2800 tons (吨) of paper in our city. It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper. This means that we are cutting nearly 48000 trees every day. Since it takes more than 10 years for a tree to grow, we must start using less paper now. If we don't, we will not have enough time to grow more trees to take the place of those we use for paper.
So how can we save paper? We can use both sides of every piece of paper, especially when we are making notes. We can choose drinks in bottles instead of those in paper packets. We can also use cotton handkerchiefs (手帕) and not paper ones. When we go shopping, we can use fewer paper bags. If the shop assistant does give us a paper bag, we can save it and reuse (再用) it later.
Everyone can help to save paper. If we all think carefully, we can help protect trees. But we should do it now, before it is too late.
My first home was a beautiful meadow (牧场) with a pond of clear water. There were some large trees near the pond. On one side of the meadow was a field and on the other was the house of our master, Farmer Grey. He was a kind man.
My mother and I had a happy life. She worked during the day. I played with the other young horses and had great fun. At night I lay next to her.
One day, my master sold me to Squire (乡绅) Gordon. He lived with his family in a big house.
"You are a beautiful horse," he said. "You have a beautiful coat. I shall call you Black Beauty."
I learned to carry my master on my back and pull a coach (马车). I learned to wear reins (疆绳) and a bit in my mouse. I did not like them, but all the horses had to wear them.
My master had two horses. One of them was Merrylegs. He was very friendly. The other was Ginger. She was not friendly. She bit and kicked people.
Ginger told me about her life when she was young. She told me, "My master was not kind to me. My reins and bit hurt me. My master did not care."
Squire Gordon went on a long journey. John went with him and I pulled the coach (马车). The weather was rainy and windy. Mr. Gordon and John could not see well in the rain. We came to a bridge. I stopped. "Something is wrong." I thought. I did not want to go on to the bridge. Mr. Gordon and John wanted me to go on to the bridge. I did not move. Just then a man saw us. "Hey there! Stop!" he cried.
"What is it?" shouted Squire.
"The bridge is broken in the middle," he answered. "If you go on to it, you are going to drown in the river."
"Thank God!" said Squire. "Thank you, Beauty!" said John. We turned around and went along the road by the river. For a long time no one said anything. Then John said, "Black Beauty saved our lives. He knew the bridge was dangerous."
When we returned home, Squire told Mrs. Gordon:
"We are all safe, thanks to Black Beauty!"
That night, I was glad, though I was very tired.
——Black Beauty
There is a very beautiful bird and she lives in a tall tree in the mountain. Every morning she gets up very early and sings. So when she sings, many animals come to listen to her. When she sings happily, you can get pearls (珍珠) from her.
One day, a man knows that, After a few days he finds her and gets her. Then he takes her home. The man thinks a lot of ways to let her sing. But it doesn't work.
At last, he takes the bird to the king. The princess (公主) is a beautiful girl. The bird is very happy and sings for the princess. And the princess gets lots of nice pearls. From that day, the bird comes to meet the princess every day and sings for her.
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A. She sings very well. B. She is very kind and let the bird fly away. C. Because she is good at singing. D. But the bird is very sad, and she doesn't sing at all. E. he goes into the mountain and looks for her. F. The king is very happy and gives the bird to his daughter for her birthday. |
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A. Then what's your favorite sport? B. I don't like the cold weather. C. What about running? D. I don't know how to play. E. Shall we go out to do some sports? F. But what sport can we do? |
A: Hello, Peter. You're at home.
B: Yes. Please come in.
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B: Oh, no. It's too cold outside. I don't want to go out.
A: Don't stay at home. It's good to exercise on the cold day.
B: You're right.
A: Would you like to play tennis?
B: Sorry, I can't play it.
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B: I think it's boring.
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B: Let me think. Oh, I can only play football.
A: OK. Let's play it.
The world we live is full of amazing things. Do you know the following things?
Chocolate tastes nice but it may make the little dog die.
We may sleep for eight hours at a time but a snail (蜗牛) may sleep for three years.
Our ears and nose become bigger when we grow up but eyes keep the same after a person is born.
Food usually goes bad easily in summer but you don't need to worry about how to keep honey (蜂蜜) because honey doesn't go bad.
Most animals will die soon without the head. But a cockroach (蟑螂) can live for nine or ten days without the head.
Not all birds can fly. About forty kinds of birds can't fly, like the penguin (企鹅) and the ostrich (鸵鸟).
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Last weekend, I went with my dad and my brother Jim. We took a tent, sleeping bags, water and food. We reached the campsite on Saturday afternoon. It was very beautiful. There were trees all around. We could hear birds singing and see fish around. There was place to build a campfire (篝火). Jim and I collect some dry , and Dad started a campfire. There we potatoes for our supper and had some fruit. tasted nice.
Soon it was time to the tent. But unluckily, we found no poles (杆子) to hold it up. "Oh," cried Jim, "I them at home. What could we do?"
Dad at the sky. The night was clear and the air was warm. "It's OK. We don't need a tent." Then he put the sleeping bag on the ground. We slept well that night. I thought it was my camping trip.
Kite flying has a long h as an activity for adults and children. People b to fly kites more than 2000 years ago in China. Millions of people around the world like f kites. They c the kite-flying festivals every year.
Children in the USA like K Day very much. K is for kids. On that day, lots of children go out and take their kites w them. Some kites are yellow. Some are blue. They are in different c. But every kite has a long string (线).
Flying kites needs skills. To get the kites high up, the children begin to r. They let out the string from the ball in their hands. Look! The kites are flying in the s. The children are running after them and laughing. They are very h.
It's spring now. It is the best s to fly kites. Why not go out to fly kites with your family or friends?
