A Trip to London | |
People | I went to London with my1 . |
Transportation | We travelled around London by2 . |
Weather | It was always3 . |
Sights | There are so many famous sights and4 is the most beautiful in my opinion. |
The trip was5 for the writer. | |
When I was a young boy, my elder sister Becky always seemed to over-shadow(使黯然失色) me.
My sister was both a great sports player and a great student. She did 1 well. So it was 2 that people would notice her accomplishments(成就), and not notice what I was doing.
Becky was good at 3 . I didn't liked it. When I was a kid, I got water up my nose and 4 wanted to swim again. And since Becky was such a great swimmer, I was just in her shadow again.
Swimming was not for me. I liked skateboarding.
Unluckily, one day I fell off my skateboard and broke my leg. My leg was hurt badly 5 the doctors said I could never really skateboard again. They said there was only one exercise that would be good for me-swimming!
Well, I gave it a try. Every week, I got a little 6 and liked swimming a little more. I worked at it so much that one day my high school swimming coach asked me to 7 the school team. You can imagine how that made me feel, considering my sister Becky had always been the swimming star in our family.
Much to everyone's surprise, I won a bronze medal in the city finals.
Becky? She doesn't swim much anymore. But 8 ? I do. It's a big part of my life now.
For this reason, I'll say: Life has more than one 9 . And remember, life is a swimming pool. Jump in and start swimming! You never know 10 life will lead you.
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Hi, I'm David House, a writer from the UK. Here I help solve Teenagers'(青少年) problems.
Hi David, I love maths, and I dream of becoming a mathematician(数学家).But when I didn't do well in the maths exam, I felt really sad and would cry. What should I do? Eason |
Hi Eason, It's sad when we don't do well in something we really want to be good at. But you need to think. What will crying do? Nothing. Much of maths is about logical thinking. So, think mathematically and logically. What can you do to get the results you want? Instead of being sad, learn from your mistakes. Think,"OK, where did I go wrong? What are my weak points and where do I need more practice?" Make a habit of practising maths every day. Many online maths programs are interesting and useful to help your maths. And I'm sure if you talk to your teachers, they can also help you. You want to learn maths well, which means you are motivated(积极的)! That's already half way to success. David |
Do you like reading stories? Have you ever read The Ugly Duckling(《丑小鸭》)or The Little Mermaid? Do you know the writer of these great stories? It's Andersen, a Dane(丹麦人).
▲ In 1805, Andersen was born in a poor family in Denmark. As a young boy, Andersen was tall, ugly and had a very big nose. His friends always made jokes(玩笑) about his nose. Even worse, little Andersen needed to make money by himself after his father died in 1816. When he was 17, he met a manager of a theatre. With the manager's help, Anderson went back to school. He had to study with children who were six years younger than him. It was there that he began writing.
His first story book became popular and successful when it came out in 1835. The struggles of life helped him write many stories.With beautiful words and a wild imagination, his stories could always catch children's hearts. He still had a good heart and children can feel his kindness and love in his stories.The poor ugly boy from Denmark soon became more and more famous, just like the ugly duckling turned into a beautiful swan.
Today, children from different countries have read his books. In Denmark, there is a statue(雕像)of the little mermaid to remember the great writer--Andersen.
One day, when Cooper got home, he was surprised to see his mom was playing his computer games.
"Mom? Is the dinner ready?" he asked.
"Oh, honey, can you cook something by yourself? "Cooper's mom spoke to him without looking at him.
Cooper was full of questions. "Dad!" he called, trying to keep calm. He walked into the living room and found his dad was playing games just like mom!
Cooper looked around the room desperately(绝望地). He saw a yellow paper on the fridge door. He walked towards it and read:
Feeling far from your kids? Tired of losing them to screens? Cyber(网络的)-Parent has the answer. Find your answer on our website today.
Cooper hurried to his bedroom and searched for the Cyber-Parent website on his computer. Cyber-Parent said it would make parents and children get closer with only a wristband(手环).
So now he knew why his parents were acting so strangely, but he didn't know what to do. He returned to the homepage and he read a sentence-Never get your wristband wet(湿的).
"OK," Cooper said, "I need to wet the wristbands."
He found a water gun(水枪) and aimed at his parents' wrists. As the wristbands got wetter, his parents stopped playing games finally.
"Cooper, what's going on?" They forgot all the things and asked.
"Nothing. I'm just too hungry. Is the dinner ready?" Cooper said as if nothing happened just now.
"Ok, I will get the dinner ready soon." His mom went to the kitchen and started to cook the dinner.
"Are you going to play computer games for a bit before dinner?" his dad asked.
"No, I think there are many things much more important than games."
"That's a nice surprise," his dad said.
"I don't like the cyber-parents, so I think they don't like a cyber-child either." Cooper said to himself and made a big decision.
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As the youngest Asian champ, Cui Chenxi was only 13 years old when she (打败)other players and won the first prize. Before her, the youngest champ was a (十五)-year-old boy called Chen Ye.
At first, Cui was as (普通) as other girls. She liked doing almost all the sports but she was much (感兴趣) in skateboarding. Later, she spent a lot of time on practice and she won the first prize in a Chinese competition. And she got some (粉丝) after it. As the youngest girl in the national team, Cui (训练) harder than other players. Although it was difficult at first, she tried several (次) and then she could enter the Asian Games. When she played (对) other players, she did a much more difficult move, which made her succeed.
For Cui, she thinks it's only the first step. She hopes she can do more practice to get the first prize in the competition in Paris.(然而), there must be many difficulties in her way, Cui will practise more to make her dream come true. As a hard-working girl, Cui (展示)the spirits of our Chinese people.
Hanfu has become popular again these years. Many young people in China are starting to wear (tradition) Han Chinese clothing. The style has even attracted some foreigners. One of them is Rian, a young man from England.
Rian lives in Xi'an. Two years ago, he came to the beautiful city and became
English teacher. After(see) many people wearing Hanfu in the streets, Rian wanted(try) it on himself. "an interesting thing it is!" said the young man. When he puts it on, he feels as if he has travelled back to ancient times.
In the past, the only thing he(know) about China was that it had a long history and a rich culture. But now Hanfu has helped Rian learn more China.
He wants to share his feelings with friends both in Chinaother countries, so he begins to make short (video) of himself trying on Hanfu and put them on Western social media. The videos became popular(quick) on the Internet. He spreads Chinese culture in his own way.
