Three students volunteered to help others during the summer vacation. They wrote the following thoughts.
| I did some volunteer work in a children's hospital. The children there all have serious illnesses. We organized a painting competition for them. I met a girl called Cindy. She wanted to paint a picture of the park near her home. I went there and took some photos of it. Cindy used them for her painting. ——Betty |
| There are many children without parents. I met some of them with my mother. We told stories and jokes to them. This made them feel excited. We spent much time with a girl called Vivian. Her parents died in a car accident, and she is unhappy and very lonely. She needs friendship. My mother and I will continue to visit Vivian. ——Mark |
| I want to help disabled children. They have difficulty walking or moving. I taught them to sing because music can bring them joy and peace. I met a boy called Tim. He hurt his legs in an accident, but he has lots of courage(勇气). We need to help children like Tim and cheer them up. I will continue to do volunteer work in the future. ——Annie |
Estee Lauder (July 1, 1906-April 24, 2004) was an American businesswoman. Along with her husband, Joseph Lauder, she set up Estee Lauder Companies (公司), the world-famous company.
Lauder was the only woman on TIME magazine's 1998 list of the 20 greatest business(生意) people of the 20th century. She was even listed in the U. S. Business Hall of Fame in 1988.
Her childhood dream was to become an actress. She met Joseph Lauter when she was in her early 20s. On January 15, 1930, they married. The last name was later changed from Lauter to Lauder. The Estee Lauder Company was created in
1935. Then one day, when Estee Lauder was doing her hair, she was asked about her perfect skin(皮肤). Soon, Lauder came back and handed out four of her uncle's creams and showed how to use them to others. Over the next fifteen years, they made their business bigger and continued to sell their products(产品) in the United States.
As of 2010, Estee Lauder sells its products in large shopping malls across the world. It has a total of 27 kinds of products, among which Estee Lauder and Clinique are the best known.
She once said, "Beauty is about the way you think. There's no secret. Why are all brides (新娘) beautiful? Because on the day they get married, they care about how they look. There are no ugly women—only women who don't care or who don't believe they're amazing. "
Aged 97, Lauder died at her home in Manhattan.
a. Estee Lauder and her husband created the company. b. Estee Lauder was in the U. S. Business Hall of Fame.
c. Estee Lauder Companies include 27 kinds of products. d. Estee Lauder was chosen as one of the 20 greatest business people.
Have you ever heard of the Silk Road? Do you know what an important role it plays in the whole world? Did you visit any famous places along the road? Although it's called the Silk Road, people bought and sold much more than silk. The Silk Road went through Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and Europe. It was 6,500 km from Xi'an to Rome.
My dad is very interested in the Silk Road and he has told me many things about it. Last summer, my family got away for a holiday and went to some places on the road.
We started at Lanzhou and went on to Wuwei. Wuwei was a very important city on the Silk Road. It connected (连接) three main cities in the area. In ancient times, it was also a capital. Although it's now a modern city, you can get a feeling of history when you visit it. We saw lots of very old stone monuments and people there were very proud of their city's long history.
The next stop was Jiayuguan. It's on the edge (边缘) of the desert, and was also an important place on the Silk Road. It was a busy city with a lot of people coming and going. Even today, it's a city that many business people travel through. An important part of the Great Wall was also built here.
After that, we went on to Yumenguan. I first found out about Yumenguan in the famous poem written by Wang Zhihuan. It was in the Gobi Desert and was the only connection between Central Asia and China. I wonder how people ever made it through the hot desert so long ago.
This trip wasn't just a scenic (观光的) journey. It helped me understand the history of the area and see how people from different places influenced (影响) each other in many ways.
B . 
C . 
D . 
A Japanese company has found a way to turn unwanted rice into plastic (塑料的) things.
One company is working with farmers in the town of Namie. Nearby is the Fukushima nuclear (原子核)center, closed since a nuclear accident there in March 2011.
Jinichi Abe is a local rice farmer. He says people do not want to buy his rice because they worry it is radioactive (有辐射的). Now, he has a new way to sell his rice. Biomass Resin, a company from Tokyo, opened a factory in Namie in November. It turns the rice there into all kinds of things, like plastic tools and shopping bags. "Without growing rice, this town can't get back or its feet," the 85-year-old Abe said. Since the accident, he has tried selling rice as animal feed. "Even now, we can't sell it as Fukushima rice," Abe said. "So having Biomass come was a huge help. "
The government ordered people in the area to leave when the nuclear accident happened and then allowed some people to return to their lives in Namie after a big cleanup in 2017. Now about 80 percent of the town's land still has no plants and only about 2,000 people live there. There were 1,9000 more people in Namie before the accident. Since 2017, eight companies have come back and they created about 200 jobs. But things are still difficult for people in the area.
Takemitsu Imazu is the head of Biomass Resin. He says, "By building our factory here, we want to bring jobs and invite people back. " Imazu also introduces the plastic things made from rice are not biodegradable (可降解的), meaning they cannot be broken down into other things through natural processes (过程). However, mixing rice and plastic cuts down on the carbon (碳)needed during the making process, he added.
In addition, nuclear experts say rice naturally takes in few radioactive things.
You probably will have to face peer(同伴) pressure. It's such a common part of life, so you must have a plan to say no.
Be polite and calm. Let your peer know that your mind is made up and no one can easily change it. You should believe that you are strong enough to make your own decision.
Explain why you won't do what the person says. You might point out that the behavior(行为) is against a rule or a law. You might say that you have promised your parents or teachers not to do things like that.
Make sure your face shows you are serious. Do not smile and try to look at the listener when you're speaking. This will send the message that you mean what you say.
If your peer keeps putting pressure on you and you really don't know what to do, it is OK to just go away. Do not feel sorry about it.
When you meet a person who continues to make you change your idea or behavior, you can also try to turn to a trusted adult for help. The adult may have some good suggestions for other ways to work out the problem.
A. Just walk away.
B. Ask adults for help.
C. Believe in yourself.
D. Say "No" out loudly.
E. Give reasons for saying no.
F. Keep serious when speaking.
An old man pointed at the land filled with weeds (杂草) and asked his students, "Look, what's growing on the land?"
"1 ," the students answered without thinking twice.
"Tell me, how should you 2 these?"
His students were 3 : this question was too simple.
A student first said, "4 I have a hoe (锄头), the weeds will be killed off. "
The second student followed, "It would be 5 to burn them with fire. " The third student argued, "Only 6 deep can it never be born again. "
After his students finished, the old man stood up and said, "Well, when you go back, you act on your own way and come back here again in one year. "
A year later, his students came, but they were so 7 . Because whatever they did, the weeds were still there, even more somewhere. The students wanted to go to the old man for 8 very much.
9 , the old man had died, only leaving one book to his students. One paragraph in the book wrote, "10 way is impossible to kill all the weeds because they are too strong. The best way is to plant crops (庄稼) on the land. Have you ever thought the mind of people is also 11 the land?"
This world is colorful and then our hearts would 12 many wishes for different things in the world. Some of the wishes are "weeds". Without water and food, they will also grow 13 . So if we don't keep our eyes open, we will make our 14 poor. These "weeds" are called "Evil (邪恶)". Some of the wishes are "crops". They need planting and taking care of.
The more "crops" there are, the less space the "weeds" 15 ; the stronger the "crops" are, the weaker the "weeds" will be. These "crops" are called "Virtue (美德)"
Yellowstone National Park is US national park which was built in 1872. It covers about 9065 square kilometers and is one of (large) parks in America.
Yellowstone is widely seen as the first national park in the world and it is famous its wildlife. Native (土著的) Americans (live) in the Yellowstone for at least 11000 years. There were some visits by mountain men during the early-to-mid-19th century. Later, the U. S. Army began to protect the park and tried hard to make it (peace). In 1917, the National Park Service (国家公园管理) built (hundred) of buildings there. Now, these buildings are (real) important for the study about American history.
Some people don't know to do in the Yellowstone when they pay their first visit. Actually, there are many fun activities in the park, such as hiking, (camp) and sightseeing. Everybody could find something interesting to do there. So it is really a good choice for us (take) a trip to the Yellowstone National Park.
About:
places to visit: West Lake, Hefang Street.
something to eat or drink: Dongpo pork (东坡肉), West Lake fish, Longjing tea.
ways of transportation (交通): subway, bus, shared bike. . .
注意：
1. 短文至少须包含上述三个方面，建议仅供参考；
2. 文中不得出现真实姓名、学校等信息；
3. 词数80左右，首句已给出，不计入总词数
Hangzhou is an excellent city to travel around and I'd like to give you some advice to help you have a wonderful stay here.
