A great way to limit(限制) your impact(影响) on the planet is to follow other animals' way of eating. Squirrels（松鼠）, 1, eat nuts close to their tree houses. Elephants eat trees or plants that 2 around. What these animals are doing is eating in season and locally. We can do the same.
Most of our favourite fruit and vegetables have their own natural seasons. Modern farming techniques make it 3 for us to eat all kinds of things any time of the year. However, 4 we eat our food in their natural seasons, we will save more energy.
Eating locally means eating things that are grown close to your home. It will lower the impact that you and your eating 5 have on the environment. An easy way to 6 local produce is to shop at a nearby farmer's market.
One of the best things you can do is to grow your own food. It may seem like a lot of 7but people and communities all over the country grow some or all of their own food.
There are many 8 to grow your own food. By doing this, you can 9 where your food comes from. Besides, you can make sure that your food is fresher. It can 10 weeks for the food to get from the farm to the supermarket.
By growing your own food, those weeks become just days, hours or even seconds. Now that's fresh!
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English has become a language that is most widely used in the world. So which country, not including English-speaking countries, speaks English best? And where does China rank (排名)?
Swedish language education company EF published their 2016 English Proficiency Index (熟练度指标) this month. The Netherlands (荷兰) ranked first, followed by Denmark and Sweden. The rankings are based on English reading and listening test results of 950,000 people from 72 countries and areas.
According to the index, the English proficiency in China is still low, ranking 39th. Out of the whole country, people in Shanghai are the best English speakers. They speak better English than Italians and French. Hong Kong and Beijing follow Shanghai as China's next best English-speaking cities.
"Shanghai and Beijing rank high because they are international cities," EF senior manager Christopher McCormick said. "However, across China, proficiency in English is different from east to west."
China has 400 million English learners, reported China Daily. However, the teaching of English in some areas is not very good. According to the People's Daily Online, there are seven primary schools in Shetianqiao town in Hunan, but only one English teacher. Many students still learn English by rote memorization.
Sebastian Magnusson, an officer at the Swedish embassy (大使馆) in Beijing, gave some advice. Swedish people speak English well and Magnusson himself is also fluent in Chinese. He said TV programs, movies and even computer games could be learning tools. "Do not limit it to textbooks. What matters most is to use what you've learned," Magnusson said.
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John's mobile phone didn't work this morning because it was short of electricity. After checking it, he found something wrong with the battery（电池）. He had to buy a new one and put the old one into a certain dustbin. Tim graduated from university. He had some useful books which helped him pass the exams. But now they are not valuable to him. He wanted to give them away to others. Betty was born in a rich family. She can buy any clothes she likes from shops. But she never wears them more than three times. She thinks it is a waste. So she wants to give them away to those who need them. Jacky is fond of drinking a bottle of beer each meal. Now he has collected many beer bottles. He hoped to make some money by selling them. Lucy's sofa was broken last week. Today she bought a new set of sofa. She has no room for the old sofa and she would like to find a place to put it. |
A. Don't throw your old bottles here and there. In our park you have to put them into the dustbins(垃圾桶) around you. Remember not to break the bottles, or they may hurt you or the cleaners who go to collect them. B. This is the school library. You are allowed to do some reading here. If you have some books which you don't need, you can give them away to us. We'll be thankful to your kindness. C. If you have old furniture you don't need, you can give it away to the charity（慈善机构）. Maybe someone else needs it. Don't throw it into the dustbin. D. In our waste collecting shop, you can sell all the things you don't need, such as old newspapers, paper bags and bottles. We will offer you a very high price for your old things. E. The batteries can do great harm to the earth where you throw them. They will pollute the earth for a long time. So, don't throw your old batteries everywhere. Just put them into a certain dustbin which has the best way to deal with them. F. This dustbin is set here for the visitors to throw their waste, especially something that can be recycled. Batteries and something like them are not allowed to throw here. G. We are the students in the poor area in China. Now it is cold winter. We don't have enough clothes to keep us warm. If you have any clothes you don't need, please send them to us. We will thank for your help. |
Two years ago, I failed in the college entrance exam. It was a heavy shock（冲击） to my family and. They always wanted me to go to a great university in south of the country. I was eighteen and my family was poor. They thought that going to a good college could my life. I was under stress(压力) and felt worried. I stayed at home and didn't want to see anyone.
One night, I that I went to college and was having an interesting lesson. All the students were laughing happily. I up suddenly and found myself in my room. I realized that I couldn't let myself down. I decided to take the next year's college entrance exam. It was a difficult year. I studied day and to get ready for the exam. When the exam came, I found that I wasn't as as before.
Now I am studying in a good university. I try to pay for the education doing part-time jobs. I believe I can live a better life in the future. Please remember: The best time of your life may still be ahead of you, it won't just magically show up. So you have to create it. It's in your power to create whatever future you want for your life. If you work today, you will thank yourself one day.
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World Reading Day was set up by the UNESCO in 1995 to encourage people, especially teenagers, to discover the pleasure of reading. It is also the day to honor great writers, for example, William Shakespeare, born or dead on that day. Many countries celebrated World Reading Day. Take the UK as an example, on that day, millions of schoolchildren can buy books at a lower price than usual, in any bookstore. It has been done every year since 1998. World Reading Day 2010 in the UK took place on Thursday 4th, March. Please note that this date applies to (适用) the UK and Ireland only. Most other countries hold World Reading Day on 23rd April every year. World Reading Day is also celebrated in China. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang does lots of reading every day though he is very busy. He set out a proposal（提议） to encourage a love of reading in all Chinese people in the Government Work Report. "Reading makes a full man" (by Bacon, 1597). Therefore, it is necessary for us to spend time on reading every day. |
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"全民阅读"（National Reading）已经被写入两会《政府工作报告》，李克强总理指出，"倡导全民阅读，建设书香校园"。请你起草一份倡议书，号召全班同学为创建"书香校园"，多读书、读好书， 养成课外读书的好习惯。
内容包括：⑴现状（看电视、上网时间更多）；
⑵列举一些阅读的好处（丰富知识，享受乐趣）；
⑶建议每位同学每学期至少读1-2本好书。
作文要求：⑴不能照抄原文；不得在作文中出现学校真实的名称和学生的真实姓名。
⑵语句连贯，词数80个左右。 作文的开头已经给出，不计入总词数，也不必抄写在答题卡上。
Good morning! Boys and girls,
As we all know, the National Reading has been put in the Government Work Report in order to encourage a love of reading in all Chinese people.
