My friend Richard went far to work, so he asked me to take care of his yard in the mountains. He worked hard and often kept the yard1without any grass. But I was too lazy to sweep the fallen leaves, and I2pluck (拔) grass, allowing it to grow rapidly. In the early3, in March, the leaves were green and soft. A month later, when the leaves spread quickly, I discovered they were like wild orchids (兰花) in the forest.
As the summer came, the "grass" really flowered. The flowers looked like those forest orchids, 4 they were yellow, unlike those purple or brown red forest orchids. I picked one flower, then went to find a friend who studied 5.As soon as my friend saw it he asked me6 I picked it. "It's amazing!" He 7 explained, "This kind of orchid is hard to find. Now it is worth at least 10,000 dollars each."
I told the good news to Richard. He was8. After a while he said gently, he saw the orchid in the yard every year, but he thought it was common grass, so he always plucked it. He said, "If I could9, it would flower a few years before." Yes, all of us might miss some rare (稀有的) orchids in our own lives. We don't give them the time to flower to prove their value.
Give the "grass" time to flower and give everybody a 10 to prove his value. Don't pluck a leave of any "grass" or negate (否定) a person rudely and how many "rare orchids " we will get in our lives!
Karen has two kids, a boy and a girl, Dave and Nancy. Both of them are very lovely. And the boy loves his little sister very much because he thinks he must protect her. However, the little girl got a serious illness one day and needed some blood. And the hospital also couldn't find the same type of blood for the girl. But Karen knew both of her kids have the same type of blood. So Karen asked her son, "Would you like to give your blood to your sister?"
Dave agreed at once. After transferring (B) his blood, the boy asked his mother, " Mom, how long can I live from now on?" Karen understood that her son had thought he would die soon after he lost some of his blood. So Karen said to her son, "Don't worry, my son. You won't die if you lose a little blood."
"Really? How long can I live?" the boy asked his mother again. "I think you can live to be 100 years old." smiled his mother. The boy lifted his arms and said happily, "Well, please give half of—my blood to my little sister! Then both of us can live 50 years!"
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Beijing Opera is one of the Chinese traditional drama art forms and the largest Chinese opera form. Having a history of about 200 years, it is developed from many other drama forma, mostly from the local drama "Huiban". It was especially popular in south China during the 18th century.
Theatrical (喜剧的) art forms in many other countries do not have singing, dancing and spoken parts together in one single drama. An opera singer, for example, neither dances nor speaks on stage; there are no singing or dancing parts in a modern play; in a dance drama, the dancer doesn't speak or sing. Traditional Chinese drama, including Beijing Opera, is a kind of entertainment. It includes spoken parts, singing and dancing.
Beijing Opera has spread to many other places. Mei Lanfang, one of the most famous performers of all, was the first to introduce Beijing Opera to foreigners and made highly successful tours to foreign countries.
"You will doubt and sometimes be a little bored, but you will be interested gradually. You will be strongly attracted to Beijing Opera, even if you know nothing about the drama background." This is how one traveler described his first experience in watching Beijing Opera.
Beijing Opera is China's national opera and it in full of Chinese cultural traditions. Welcome to China and enjoy Beijing Opera!
Long ago, as people got older, there was something wrong with their teeth and it would be very painful.
Later people learned that cleaning their teeth was important, but they didn't have toothpaste(牙膏) at that time.
About 100 years ago someone finally created a kind of cream to clean teeth. Not long after that, the toothpaste tube (管子) was invented, so people could press the toothpaste right onto the toothbrush! The army gave brushes and toothpaste to all the soldiers, and they learned to brush teeth twice a day. At that time toothpaste tubes were made of metal.
Today there are plenty of toothpaste choices; lots of colors and tastes to choose from, and some kinds of toothpaste are made just for children. When you're choosing a kind of toothpaste, make sure it has fluoride (氟化物). When you brush your teeth, you don't need a lot of toothpaste: just press out a bit.
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A. They used lemon juice, salt or other things to clean their teeth. B. Tooth brushing became popular during the World War I. C. Fluoride makes your teeth strong and healthy. D. Today they're made of soft plastic and are much easier to use! E. To avoid toothache, they had their teeth pulled out. |
A: Peter, how about playing basketball together this afternoon?
B: I'm busy. Maybe another time.
A: What are you doing?
B: I'm. I must finish it on time.
A: What plan? Is it very important?
B: Yes. It's about .
A: What kind of volunteer work do you do?
B: I help out at the old people's home and I organize some activities.
A: Can I join you?
B:
at egg live kindness have protect another moving as nothing Scott often goes to supermarket for shopping. One day, he went to shop at the supermarket usual. While he was looking for a parking space, he saw a goose (鹅) standing in the middle of the road. He thought it might be injured, he parked the car and a look. However, the goose looked angry and tried to drive him away. He could do but leave.
When Scott finished shopping and walked out of the supermarket, he was surprised what he saw. The goose was still walking around the parking lot, and there was goose not far away. A few traffic cones (锥形警告路标) had been put around it. Scott knew it was a female from its feather. A man from the supermarket told Scott they had done so in order to "the family". The family? Yes, the female goose was found laying .
A few hours ago, Scott shared this story on the Inter1net. Indeed, it was just a small thing, but showing the of human nature. If all of us can peacefully with animals, we believe that our earth will become better.
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