In space, there was a little gray planet. It looked very1, because the people who lived there hadn't looked after it. They had polluted the whole planet heavily2rubbish and pollution. As a result, there were few plants and animals left.
One day, a little boy Jim was walking on the planet, when he passed a cave (山洞) and 3a small red flower inside. The flower was very sick — almost dying, so Jim4dug up the flower, with roots, soil and everything. Then he started looking for a place5care of it. He searched all over the planet, but everywhere was polluted so much that there was6place the flower could possibly live in. Then he looked up at the moon. It seemed that maybe the plant could live there.
Jim decided to go there. He7a spaceship and put the little red flower in the back, then they flew to the moon. Far away from all that pollution, the flower soon grew up, giving birth to others, and these other flowers spread onto other flowers. Soon the whole moon was completely covered with flowers. When the little boy's flowers came out, the moon gave out a soft red8. It was the most beautiful scenery he had ever seen.
Maybe the story is telling us9we don't look after the planet, a day will come when flowers can only grow on the moon. So we must be friendly to10 place that we are living in now.
Being safe in your everyday life needs knowledge (知识). If you remember the following information, your life will be much safer.
Always notice the environment around you. You shouldn't walk alone outside. Make sure where the public phones are. If anything dangerous happens you can find them easily.
Your bag should be carried towards the front of your body instead of putting it on your back. When a bus is full of people, it is easy enough for a thief to take away the things in the bag on your back.
If you are followed by someone whom you don't know, cross the street and go to the other way, let the person understand that you know he or she is after you. Next, don't go home at once. You are safer in the street than you are alone in your home or in a lift.
If you have to take a bus to a place far away, try to get to the stop a few minutes earlier before the bus leaves. This stops other people from studying you. On the bus, don't sit alone. Sit behind the driver or with other people. Don't sleep.
Mark, a young person, tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there's a big difference between "being a writer" and writing. In most cases these people are dreaming of wealth and fame, not the long hours alone at a typewriter(打字机)."You've got to want to write,"I say to them," not want to be a writer."
The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longing is never rewarded(报答). When I left a 20-year job in the US Coast Guard to become a writer, I had no hopes at all.
What I did have was a friend who found me my room in a New York apartment building. It didn't even matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used typewriter and felt like a real writer.
After a year or so, however, I still hadn't got a break and began to doubt (MWE ) myself. It was so hard to sell a story that barely made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn't going to be one of those people who die wonder in " what if".
I would keep putting my dream to the test-even though it meant living with uncertainty(不确定) and fear of failure. This is the shadowland of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there.
Leonardo da Vinci (莱奥纳多·达多奇) was a famous artist who was born in Italy. He was also a great inventor. Many of his inventions have become important in modern life. Although Leonardo hated war, he invented many different machines used for war. His most special invention was the machine gun, which was produced and used in war. Besides, Leonardo spent days thinking about how to save time. He developed ideas for something like cutting machines.
Leonard was a strange man. He never ate meat. That was very unusual in those times (时代). He never published (发表) scientific discoveries. He usually used mirror writing, which looks like usual writing in a mirror, starting from the right side of the page and moving to the left side.
Only a few of his paintings are left today. Many paintings were not finished because he thought they were not perfect.
Leonardo was talented and creative. He was regarded as one of the most intelligent men in the world.
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Leonardo da Vinci |
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His status (身份) |
Not only an artist but also an . |
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His invention and ideas |
The machine . Ideas for something like machines used to. |
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His strange behaviors |
He never ate meat. He never published discoveries connected with . He used mirror writing. |
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only a few of his paintings are left today |
Because many paintings were not finished. |
What will our world be like in 2020? Maybe no one knows. Because we never know what will happen in the future. But it's very interesting to make some predictions. Here are some exciting predictions.
Languages
English should still be the most popular language, but Chinese should be the second. Now, many foreign people are studying Chinese (A) their second language.
Water
① Water will become as expensive as oil because many rivers will disappear. We will have to save water and pay more for clean water.
Education and Science
Students won't go to school. They will stay at home and study online. Students from all over the world may study together (B) the internet.We may eat more genetically modified (转基因的) food. And more robots will be around us. ②很多危险的家务将由他们做。
Living
People will live and work under the sea. Perhaps there be big towns, factories and farms under the sea, too. Everyone will carry a pocket computer. ③ computer, the, answers, will, all, the, to, their, people, problems, give. Everyone will have telephones in the pockets, too, and they will be able to talk to their friends all of the world.
A: Excuse me, could you tell me the way to the Pacific Cinema?
B: Certainly. It's on Center Street. You can get a taxi or take the subway.
A: ?
B: About ¥40. It costs only ¥4 to take the subway.
A: Oh, I'd better take the subway there.
B: You should walk to Green Road first, and then take the subway to Center Street.
A: How long will it take me to get to the Center Street by subway?
B: It will take you about half an hour.
A: Well. ?
B: About 5 minutes' walk. Walk along Center Street, it's down the street on the left. It's between a big mall and a bank.
A: .
B: You're welcome.
要点：
1）给我生命，一直照顾我成长；
2）努力工作，为我提供良好的生活和教育条件；
3）拥有爱心，教我学会......
4）今天，我要为您.....
注意事项：
1）词数80左右，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
2）文中不得出现真实的地名、校名、人名等信息。
You raise me up. I will be with you in your life. You are an important person in the process of my growth.
I hope you will be happy and healthy forever.
