In a history class, our teacher, Mrs. Bartlett asked us to make a poster (海报) in groups about the culture that we were studying. She told us to write the names of three friends we wanted in one group and she would think about our1.
The next day, I was told to be in a group I would2want —the boy who was too weak in English, and the two girls who wore strange clothes. Oh, how I wanted to be with my3!
With tears in my eyes, I walked up to Mrs. Bartlett. She4me and seemed to know what I was there for. I told her I should be in the "good" group. She gently (轻轻地)5a hand on my shoulder (肩膀). "I know what you want, Karma," she said, "but your group needs you. I need you to help them. Only you can help them." I was6and moved. Her words encouraged me.
"Will you help them?" she asked. "Yes," I replied. Then I7walked over to my group. I sat down and we started. Each of us did a part according to our interests. Halfway through the week, I felt8enjoying our group. We did a good job together. My group members weren't thought to be good just because no one cared enough about them9Mrs. Bartlett.
At last, our group got an A. But I think we should hand the A back to Mrs. Bartlett. She was the one who should truly10it. Mrs. Bartlett brought out the potential (潜能) in four of her students.
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Mr. Guo is a teacher from Xi'an. He asked his students to hand in their homework through a QR code(二维码). "We spent an hour or two in class learning how to generate(使产生)the codes, and in the end everything gets easier." Said Guo. "When students finish the homework, they keep in on WeChat(微信). Then, each student makes his own QR code and gives it to me. So I can check their work everywhere using my computer or telephone."
The QR codes can be sent to Mr. Guo by email, QQ and WeChat. When Guo scans(扫描)his students' QR codes, their homework appears on his phone. He finds that their homework becomes more creative(创新的), with many pictures, music and even videos.
Guo's students like the new way and think it is interesting. "We are living in the information age. Many students like to work with computers, which makes learning more fun." said Tingting, a student of Guo's.
"The paper is not easy to keep, but the code is easy to keep and share," Guo said. "It is worth trying to use new technology in education. Education itself is a kind of creation. I don't want my students to fall behind the times."
However, some parents are worried. They are afraid that their children will spend too much time on computers and less time communicating with teachers. But in fact, it's unnecessary. Students still need to look up information in books and write it down when they do their homework. They only use the code when they hand in their work, which doesn't take them too much time. Also for teachers, it allows them to check the students' work at any time. And it's also an easy way to share homework with other students.
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Kent has endless work to do every day. He is under a lot of pressure and has trouble falling asleep at night. Tom is an eight-year-old boy with a sweet tooth and he has already had four bad teeth. His mom is worried about his toothache. Jack has been a heavy smoker for 20 years. He decided to give up smoking because a body check showed he had heart problems. Recently, Betty eats whatever she likes. She found herself putting on weight week by week but just can't stop eating. Gina has a high fever because of the flu she caught at school. Her headache is so terrible that she has to stay in bed at home. |
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Frank was a teenager living with his father. He had so many family rules that couldn't stand, so he left home. Because he couldn't find a job, he had to make a by begging.
Years later, his father was old, but he was still for his son. He had been to every corner of the city. he went, he put up a big photo of himself and Frank on the wall. At the lower part of the photo, he, "I still love you, my dearest son. Please come back home!"
One day, Frank saw one of the photos. The faces on the photo were familiar to him. "Is that my father?" He thought a while and decided to go back to see his father.
It was an early morning he got home. The door was not locked. He rushed to his father's bedroom. "It's me! Your son is back home!" The father and the son held each other, full of tears in their eyes. The son asked, "Why is door unlocked? A thief could get in." The father answered in a soft , "Because I'm expecting your return. In fact, the door has never been locked since you left."
We know that many animals do not stay in one place. Birds, fish and other animals move from one place to another place at a certain time. They move for different reasons: most of them move to find food more easily, but others move to get away from places that are too crowded.
When cold weather comes, many birds move to warmer places to find food. Some fishes give birth in warm water and move to cold water to feed. The most famous migration is probably the migration of the fish which is called "salmon" (鲑鱼). This fish is born in fresh water but it travels many miles to salt water. There it spends its life. When it is old, it returns to its birthplace in fresh water. Then it gives birth and dies. In northern Europe, there is a kind of mouse. They leave their mountain homes when they become too crowded. They move down to the low land. Sometimes they move all the way to the seaside, and many of them are killed when they fall into the sea.
Recently, scientists have studied the migration of a kind of lobster (龙虾). Every year, when the season of the bad weather arrives, the lobsters get into a long line and start to walk across the floor of the ocean. Nobody knows why they do this, and nobody knows where they go. So, sometimes we know why humans and animals move from one place to another place, but at other times we don't. Maybe living things just like to travel.
