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Anna posted 15-05 10:30 |
I'm worried about my friend Jolin. She wants to be a model and she's thin, but she thinks she's fat. She always eats very little. She's getting too thin, but whenever I talk to her about this, she gets angry. How can I help her? |
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Peter posted 15-05 15:00 |
I went out with a group of friends yesterday. We saw a lady lying in the street. She looked very sick. My friends made jokes about her and laughed. Though I wanted to help her, my friends told me not to. It was terrible of them to laugh at her, and I regret (后悔) not saying anything. I feel sorry of myself. What should I do in this situation? |
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Simon posted 15-05 19:10 |
I've just started wearing braces (牙箍), but I dislike them. I don't see any advantage in wearing them. I feel terrible when I smile or open my mouth. The braces hurt my teeth, and it's difficult for me to eat. I feel it was a mistake for my mother to make me wear these ugly braces. What do you advise? |
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Julie posted 15-05 22:03 |
I have to share a room with my seven-year-old sister, and she is driving me mad! She has a habit of playing the piano when I'm studying, and she always takes my things without telling me. I try to keep the room tidy, but she always makes a mess. I love my sister, but sometimes I can't stand her! What should I do? |
①He didn't have fun with his friends. ②He didn't do what his friends asked.
③He didn't follow his heart to help the sick lady. ④He didn't stop his friends laughing at the sick lady.
Once upon a time, a great hero, Da Yu, cut a mountain with his magic sword(剑) and made a way. It was called the Dragon Gate, a place with magic. The Yellow River ran through it.
Every spring, water ran from the top of the mountain into the river. The water made great waves(浪) and big noises. The sound scared all the animals on the mountain.
The carp(鲤鱼) in the river were not afraid. They were small but brave. They jumped over the waves toward the Dragon Gate. They dreamed of making their way to the Dragon Gate. There, a miracle waited for them.
The carp began to jump, but one after another they began to fall. They tried but couldn't get to the Dragon Gate.
Soon there was just one little golden carp left, keeping jumping. He jumped higher and higher. He jumped over the highest wave. Finally, he jumped across to a cloud! He had made it to the Dragon Gate! He could see colorful clouds. He could see the sky. It was beautiful!
Then the little carp felt strange. He looked back at his tail. It grew and sparked(冒火花) and it was on fire! Suddenly, it began to rain heavily. The rain put out the fire on the carp's tail.
The little carp looked back again. His fish tail was gone. His body had changed. Golden scales(鳞) covered his body. He was not a fish anymore!
The little carp had turned into a golden dragon! He was made of magic! It was a miracle!
In the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean, one island stands alone. It is near Antarctica. But it is far away that people had difficulty finding it. At about 6.4 km long, the island is covered in glaciers (冰川). It is home to an inactive volcano（死火山）and huge amounts of ice. The sharp and high rocks around the island make sea landings almost impossible. This is Bouvet Island, the loneliest island in the world.
A French man found out Bouvet Island in 1739, but the island was so difficult to reach that nobody set foot on it for nearly a hundred years. No people live on Bouvet Island, and few plants grow there. Seals (海狮) come and go, but they haven't seen people since the government didn't allow people to catch seals and whales in the area any more. The island is cold all year round, with an average (平均的) temperature of about-1.7℃.
In recent years, Bouvet Island has been known a little more by the world. Norway, which claimed (宣称拥有)the island in 1928, set up an unmanned weather station there in 1977. Today, this quiet island near the South Pole sends weather data to a satellite (卫星), which passes the information to researchers in Norway. Scientists learn more every day about the island and its environment. Anyhow, Bouvet Island stands strong and silent in the cold weather condition.
Every year in Australia, the greatest long-distance runners race more than 500 miles (805 km) from Sydney to Melbourne. It makes many world-class professional runners interested in, who have become spokespeople for sports shoes and sports drinks.
In 1983, however, as the competitors lined up to race, they were joined by a 61-year-old farmer. His name was Cliff Young. The other runners mistook him a spectator(观众). He explained that on his family's sheep farm, he often had to round up 2,000 or so animals by himself. "Sometimes I had to run after those sheep for two or three days," he said.
Instead of chasing after them, Cliff shuffled(拖着脚走) along in an unusual way. The other runners and the spectators thought he would never finish the race. But something happened. When all the other runners took a break to sleep, Cliff kept running. The other runners caught up to him each morning, but finally Cliff was too far ahead to be passed.
Cliff received $10,000 for winning the race. He said he did not realize there would be prize money, and he shared the money with other runners. Since then, many runners have used his shuffling stride(快步走). No one sleeps during the race anymore, either. The farmer changed long-distance racing and proved that age and style aren't everything.
A. Cliff told them that he was there to race.
B. Doing this made him a hero in Australia.
C. The race takes more than five days to complete.
D. When the race began, the younger runners flew past Cliff.
E. On the fifth day, the sheep farmer shuffled into first place.
I was a young, stay-at-home mother and there never seemed to be enough money to go around. So I found myself short of a 1 for my mother's birthday. She lived 2, so there would be no one if I didn't celebrate her birthday.
My mother worked during the day, and I had a family to cook dinner for and then a young son to put to bed, so a visit seemed 3. I thought about a quick phone call but that didn't feel like enough.
In the end I 4 to make some cakes with a little note for her to find when she got home. Pretty soon, I had several pages of 5 thoughts.
I began to write to my mother and 6 my thanks for what she had taught me.
She taught me when to see shooting stars on a summer's night and enjoy the air after a rain. She taught me that helping others in need was helping 7. She taught me to care for the elderly. She taught me to 8 the neighbors after I moved to a new house.
The 9 went on and on.
By the time I finished the two-page birthday letter, I realized I had been given everything I really needed. My mother was not perfect, 10she was a good mother.
I put the cakes on the table11the letter beside it and went home. That evening, my mother called and said it was a wonderful birthday gift, and she loved me forever.
Several years later my mother died from a serious illness. I didn't realize12the letter meant to her until I found it in the drawer of her bedroom. It was clear that the letter had been13over and over again. I14that my home-made birthday gift was the best I could have ever given her. The best thing we gave to each other was our15.
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Sixto Diaz Rordriguez is an American folk (民间的) singer from Detroit, Michigan, who only recently has world famous. He is more than 70 years old now. He made some 40 years ago but they did not sell in America. He tried to do some concerts around the world but was not very . He stopped dreaming and worked years as a worker. He still liked music as a and played in bars and wrote some songs for his friends. He was still poor. In all this time, he didn't know that he became very famous, especially in South Africa. His fans thought he was so nobody got in touch with him. So, did he win America's Got Talent? No, he didn't.
The story is strange. In 2012, a movie about him called Searching for Sugar Man—by a Swedish director (导演)— an Oscar (奥斯卡) and now finally he has found fame in America too. He is getting lots of money but what does he do? He most of it to other people! Rordriguez still lives in the same Detroit house. He hasn't got a car, a computer or a television.
His daughter Regan forced him to get a mobile phone a few years ago she could never find him. He was still a quiet, modest (谦虚的) man.
I grew up with my grandparents in the countryside. They always encouraged me to do more chores by myself. I didn't understand what it brought to me until I became an adult. It already helped me learn many useful skills.
I learned to cook at the age of 10. Later, I fell love with cooking. It's a good way to relax. More importantly, thanks to my cooking skills, I live better in the pandemic (疫情). Besides cooking, I did a lot farm work in my childhood. I got to know how to plant vegetables. it was hard work, the experience taught me things that many young people don't know.
Some might say we can learn these things from textbooks. But it can't compare to the joy of learning firsthand, watching plants grow. It brings new way to look at the world. You won't waste anything on your plates.
It's necessary for young students learn simple life skills like cooking and cleaning. That's why schools and families pay attention to labor education (劳动教育).
（Peter is an exchange-student in your school. Now you are talking about his life in Henan.）
A: Hello, Peter! How is your life here?
B: Great! I enjoy everything here!
A: ?
B: For one month. But I'm going back next Wednesday.
A: ? Henan Province has a very long history, you know.
B: Yes, I have. I have been to Shaolin Temple, Mount Song and so on. They are really great.
A: Do you like the food here?
B: Yeah. It's delicious! I like Henan stewed noodles (烩面) best.
A: What do you think of the people here?
B: . They are always ready to give me a hand when I'm in trouble.
A: I'm happy to know you have a good time here.
B: Yeah. By the way, it's Saturday tomorrow. .
A: Why not go to Henan Museum? There are many beautiful treasures. We can go there together.
B: That sounds fun. I've never been there. ?
A: We can ride a bike. It's not far from our school.
B: Thank you.
