A giant panda ran away from the zoo in London. He walked and walked and became1 . He walked into a restaurant, where he found a 2at an empty table. The waiter took the panda's order.
After he 3 his dinner, the panda stood up, calmly pulled out a gun which he had hidden, and fired into the air.4 he turned around and walked toward the door.
Naturally, the waiter was horrified(恐惧的), but he tried hard to pull himself together and stopped him for a(n) 5.
The panda said to him, "What do I look like to 6 ?" .
The waiter answered, "Well, a giant panda, of course,"
"That's right," said the panda. "Look it up." and he walked out.
The waiter called the7. When they arrived the waiter told them the whole story，8 the panda's words "looking it up". So the police officer 9 a young man out to get an encyclopedia(百科全书).
The young man returned with the encyclopedia. The officer 10 "panda" and there was the answer," Giant panda, lives in china, eats shoots (竹笋) and leaves."
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Not only kids of Tiger Moms go to Harvard.
Dawn Loggins of Lawndale, N.C. is on her way to Harvard, one of the eight world-famous universities in the eastern US. Nobody encouraged her to study or paid for her special classes. This girl created her own future.
The teen was abandoned by her family last summer, when her parents and two sisters moved to Tennessee. She found herself homeless and had to spend the night on friend's sofas.
The school bus driver learned about Dawn's situation and invited Dawn to move in with her family. Soon, Dawn had a job at Burns High School. She worked from 6 a.m. to 7:40 a.m. before the first school bell rang. she swept floors and picked up trash again in the afternoons, before diving(跳水)into her studies in the evenings.
Dawn's hard work paid off. she finished school with a 3.9 GPA and scored 2,110 on the SAT.
"There were times when I felt like it would be easiest if I gave up," the 18-year-old said."But it was never in me to give up, because I realized that I was never going to be successful unless I got an education."
Even before Dawn's family left her, she led a difficult life. Her family was poor and cups of noodles were often the only food. Dawn "studied by candlelight" because her parents couldn't afford to pay the electricity bill(电费).
Dawn has now reconnected with her family. They are proud of her accomplishments(成就) and are attending her high school graduation.
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The idea that red means stop and green means go has influenced our lives in more ways than just traffic signals(信号). We have been taught from a young age that the color red means danger and green means it's okay to move forward. But why were those colors chosen for traffic lights in the first place? For something we have to look at every day, why couldn't they have been prettier colors?
Well, it's import to know that before traffic lights for cars, there were traffic signals for trains. At first, railway companies used red to mean stop, white to mean go, and green to mean warn. As you could imagine, trains ran into a few problems with white meaning go. For example, one train mistook a bright star for a white light and something unexpected happened. Because of that, railway companies finally moved green meaning go and used yellow to mean warn. And it's been that way ever since.
Red has always been a color that mean danger, long before cars were even around. This most likely started because it's the color with the longest wavelength(波长) so it can be seen somewhere farther than other colors.
But, believe it or not, yellow was once used to mean stop. Back in the 1900s, some stop signs were yellow because it was too hard to see a red sign in a poorly lit area. Finally, highly reflective materials(高反射材料) were developed and red stop signs were born. Since yellow can be seen well at all times of the day, school zones, some traffic signs, and school buses continue to be printed yellow.
So next time you are impatiently waiting at a traffic light, don't get so mad at them, they've certainly come a long way.
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Starting high school is a great experience for any teenager. Whether you are coming from a middle school(grades six through eight) or a junior high school(grades seven through nine), there are many things about high school that are different from your old school environment.
You will face being in a new school, making new friends in an unfamiliar class and getting to know new teachers. These new teachers will usually have higher academic(学术的) level than your middle and junior-high schoolteachers. In return, they expect you to work hard and develop your skills.
On top of all this, peer pressure(同伴压力) to drink and smoke often increases in high school.
Although there is a lot of pressure, it is nothing you cannot deal with. If you are feeling pressure to do something that you feel is wrong, talk to a friend, parent or counselor to find a solution(解决) . If you are not succeeding academically, find someone to help you. If you feel lonely, try to join a school club or group to make new friends.
With time, you will come to be thankful for everything about your experience. On the point of starting you high school, are you ready?
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A. You will experience many changes. B. They want to help you get into college. C. High school may seem discouraging at first. D. They are there to help you get into this great new time in your life. E. Besides, the pressure could also come from grades, loneliness and so on. |
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Nine-year-old Jimmy was given a task in school to write a story on "My family's ancestors(祖先)". The purpose was for the kids to their family history.
In search of some for his task. Jimmy interviewed his grandmother who of course nothing about the reason why Jimmy asked such questions.
When she was asked, "Granny, where did I come from?" his grandma was quite. Why didn't he ask his parents? She had to be quite careful when talking a kid about such a subject. She wanted to buy some time, she replied," Well, sweetie , the stork(鹳鸟) brought you." She said no, hoping that the subject would be dropped until Jimmy's parents came back.
"So , where did Mom come from?"
"The stork brought her also."
"Well, then where did you come from?"
" The stork brought too, sweetie"
"All right, thanks, Granny"
grandmother did not think anything more about his questions. Three days later, when she was tidying up and at Jimmy's desk, she read the first sentence of his paper," For three generations(辈)there have been no natural births in our family".
A: Hey, how's it going?.
B: Oh, all right. I'm trying to make friends.
A:Oh，that's great！Everyone needs friends.
B： ?
A: Yes. I think you should talk more often with the people who you want as friends.!
B: Okay, thanks for your advice. I have one more question though.
A: Go ahead please. .
B:Should I try to get their phone numbers?
A: .Friends need to communicate with each other..
B: Then I won't be shy to ask for their phone numbers. ?
A: You can make friends with any kind of person. I became a friend to an old man and to a young kid.
B: Wow, that's amazing. I didn't know making friends would be easy.
A: Good luck on that. Goodbye.
B: Goodbye.
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