① buying the seafood from Japan. ② swimming in the sea between China and Japan③ eating fish no matter where it comes from ④ doing exercise to strong our body⑤ traveling to Japan
Watching movies | Playing ball games | Having parties with friends | Travelling with parents | Swimming and going boating |
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This year I decided to adopted（收养） a 1 and that's because life can be lonely when we live alone. But the 2 was more difficult than I expected. There are many abandoned（被弃养的）cats all over Beijing. Some of them are abandoned because their owners have recently had a child. Others are abandoned because their foreign owners have moved back to their home countries, 3 their pets in China. And the rest are abandoned 4 because their owners no longer want them. So pet adoption agencies（领养机构） are very 5 with the people who they allow to adopt pets. 6 I could adopt a cat, I had to answer many questions, including "Are you single?" and "How much money do you make each month?"
But it didn't 7 there. I still had to travel to a different part of the city to see the cat 8 and talk with the adoption agency face to face. They wanted to make sure that we would get along and I would take good care of the cat.
And even then, the cat you want to adopt 9 be gone by the time you can adopt him or her. For my case, a worker who took care of the abandoned cat adopted the animal ahead of me. But I'm just glad that these cats can find good homes. And 10 the end, I did finally find a sweet kitten（小猫） of my own.
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I was talking with my father about my future dream job.
I want to become a doctor. My dad has inspired me a lot today.
Well, I lived in a village when I was young many people not getting enough treatment.
Yeah, thanks for your words. So do you have any career choice?
This is a very good and popular profession right now. Good bankers and experts are important to keep the economy（经济） strong in a country.
What's your reason for wanting to be a banker?
Yeah, I think you have a pretty good sense of this.
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Felicia Grimmenhag from Sweden doesn't let anything get in her way, even a life-changing accident.
After a serious car accident, Felicia had to get used to getting around in a wheelchair（轮椅）. But that didn't stop her from following her dream of becoming a top horse rider. In early June 2011, 17-year-old Felicia got hit by a car. When she woke up in the hospital, she found both of her legs were missing. However, Felicia didn't give up trying to achieve her dream. She wanted to get back on the horse. She had ridden as a little girl and decided to try again in the hospital. She wasn't sure if she would be able to. But after ten weeks' training, she could ride once again. "The horses have meant a lot to me," Felicia said. "When I sit on a horse, I am not like the disabled Felicia, I feel like the confident Felicia." She has taken part in competitions around the world ever since, showing she doesn't need legs to win. Last year, she won silver at the Swedish Championships（瑞典冠军赛）, and now she is preparing for the Tokyo Paralympics（东京残奥会）. "What I have learned from all this is that you should dare to challenge yourself, and remember that you are the only person that sets your own limits（限制）," Felicia said.
In ancient times, copper coins meant wealth. Linking（连接） the copper coins （铜钱） one by one had the good meaning of collecting wealth. With coins, people can knit （编织） them into different shapes, from armor worn by the soldiers to protect their bodies from enemies and swords（剑）, to animals and plants. As a traditional skill in China, copper coin knitting was listed as an intangible cultural heritage （非物质文化遗产）in 2018.
Every day at 9 am, Zhang Canjin, 58 , comes to the Drum Tower Street in Ningbo and walks into a small house of less than 10 square meters. Sitting at this desk, the inheritor （继承人）of copper coin knitting（铜钱编织） starts his day.
"Knitting the coins into different shapes doesn't sound difficult, but the key is to be creative and think big," Zhang said.
So since he started his own copper coin knitting store in 2014, he has tried very hard to think big. Zhang added, "As I keep on making different works, I have more creative ideas in my mind," Zhang said.
To try something challenging, Zhang spent two months making armor with more than 8,000 coins in 2017. It got great public attention and even got Zhang a national patent for design（设计专利）. This also gave him more confidence. Now he tries to continue getting more creative ideas and hopes the art forms will reach more people.
"I think we Chinese people should pass on our own treasure and tradition," Zhang said. The house of Zhang stands there in the middle of the crowded Drum Tower Street, and inside Zhang is knitting his love for heritage into a beautiful dream.
Imagine you are studying English, then you feel the need to check your phone. Perhaps you are learning new words and expressions on your phone. This process, when repeated many times, could reduce your ability to learn new materials. It is what you might call a bad habit.
In her book Good Habits, Bad Habits, she points out that repeatedly checking the phones is one of the bad habits. She offers some ideas on how people can cut back on their cell phone use.
This will give you no excuse for looking at the phone-checking the time.
Another suggestion is to increase the number of steps you need to take in order to use your cell phone. "Silence it. Turn it off. Turn on Flying Mode," she writes. She says that you can move your phone to a place that is more difficult to reach.
Wood also suggests another way to reduce the use of your cell phone. She says you can ask one of your family members to watch you and remind you every time you check the phone.
Finally, Wood suggests one kind of reward（奖励） you could give yourself for not looking at your phone--reading a good book.
Today, we discussed ideas for reducing your cell phone use. Habit changes take time. But with planning, repetition（重复） and insistence（坚持）, you can do it.
A. For example, you can put your phone inside a backpack. B. You can also use these ideas to break other bad behavior. C. Today we will discuss how you can break such a kind of bad habits. D. Wendy Wood is a psychologist and an expert on habits. E. One suggestion is to wear a watch. |
A: Morning, Jack! What's the matter?
B: I'll have speech contest next week.
A:
B: But I'm so shy that I can't express myself well in front of so many people.
A: Oh, just relax yourself! You can do it!
B:
A: Well, you can look at something instead of the audience during the speech. It seems that there is nobody else but yourself.
B: Wow! Sounds like fun! But if I forget my words, what should I do then?
A: Take a deep breath and count to ten, and then you can become better. However, it works.
B: Thanks so much!
A: Of course, you must prepare for your speech ahead.
A. That sounds great. B. Good for you. C. I'm a little worried. D. The more you practice, the better grades you'll get. E. Could you give me some advice? F. It takes time. G. No problem. |
A: Are you very busy this weekend, Scott?
B: Not . I suppose I'll just listen to this new CD I bought.
A: Oh, what CD is this?
B: Well, it's all music singing. I like smooth music that helps me relax after a long week at work.
A: Sounds nice. Well, if you have spare time, do you want to watch a movie with me? The director is really famous.
B: Hmm, I like watching movies on which kind. I only like movies that are funny. I just want to laugh and not think too much. You know what I mean?
A: Oh, that case, I'll ask someone who likes serious movies.
B: the movie about?
A: It's about World War II. I prefer movies that give me something to think about.
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The sweetest memory of my childhood is about a round table. When I was still little, my whole family would get together on different traditional festivals to have dinner. We kids would be sitting around or playing hide-and-seek under the table while the grown-ups were having a . When I got a bit older, my aunt brought back her boyfriend and my grandma cheerfully another seat to the round table. It seemed a little more crowded, but we all felt much to each other. After my birthday, my grandpa passed away. That made us feel sad.
However, when the whole family got together once again, we agreed that his chair, his bowl and his chopsticks should remain the same, even though his seat was empty, we felt like that he had never left us.
We all have a table like this in our homes. It is a sign of reunion（团聚） of our family. Although the reason why we come together may be different, the behind it are the same. Usually different cultures are accepted by us around the table. What's more, we express the love not only for our family, but also for a , our nation and even the whole world.
The history of our nation has been the stories of or running to the round table that we belong to. The round table has been a symbol of the Chinese emotion（情感）. It was, it is and will always be.
A Frenchman, Niepce, needed pictures for his business. But he was not a good artist. So he invented a simple camera in 1826. He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his garden. That was the first photo.
The next important date in the history of photography（摄影） was in 1937. That year, Daguerre, another Frenchman, took a picture of his reading room. He used a new kind of camera in a different way. In his picture you could see everything clearly, even the smallest thing.
In 1840, photography was developed once more. Then photographers（摄影者） could take pictures of people and moving things. But the photographers had to carry many machines. With the development of science and technology, a Chinese young man, Wang Mengqiu, invented Hover Camera（无人相机）. It can record people and things more wonderfully. He once studied at Stanford University in the United States. He became famous overnight because of the invention. In the future, cameras will be designed（设计） better and better. People can take more lively photos and videos.
People can take more lively photos and videos.
More lively photos and videos can be people.
Moscow offers a mix of old and new buildings with many of the city's buildings dating in the years between1400 and 1500.The whole city looks like a wheel. Over 75 museums, many art galleries（美术馆）and theaters are located within the city. The oldest part of the city, Kremlin, is in the center. It is also the busiest area including many shops as well as cultural, and governmental buildings. Just outside the Kremlin walls is the famous Red Square, which takes its name from an old Russian word meaning beautiful and red. St. Basil's Cathedral is also on Red Square. Built about 400 years ago to honor success,it is now a part of the State Historical Museum.
| The City of Moscow | |
Features of the city | * a mix of old and new buildings with many of the city's buildings dating in the years between 1400 and 1500 * Looking like a wheel | |
Places of interest | Kremlin | *The oldest part of the city in the of Moscow |
Red | * Named after an old Russian word meaning beautiful and red | |
St. Basil's Cathedral | *Built about four ago to honor success * A part of the State Historical Museum at present | |
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