An old friend telephoned from the airport to tell me that he had arrived. I was still in the office at that time but I had gotten1ready for him to stay with me. I2him where my house was. l also told him that l had left the key under the doormat(门垫). As I was going3late, I asked him to go into the kitchen4get something to eat and drink. Two hours5my friend telephoned me from the house. At the moment, he said, he was 6 the music. He said he helped 7to some cold chicken from the fridge and he was now drinking a glass of orange. I asked 8 he had reached the house without any difficulty. He answered he had not been able to find the9under the doormat, but luckily the living room window by the apple tree was open and he climbed in. I was very 10 to hear all of this. There is no apple tree in front of my living.
Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, "I'm going to fly to New York next week because I've got some work there. ""Where are you going to stay there?" his wife asked. "I don't know yet. "" Dick answered. "Please send me your address from there in a telegram (电报), " his wife said. "All right, "Dick answered.
He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.
In the evening he didn't have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o'clock and said, "Now I'm going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner?
He found a taxi(出租车) and the driver said, "Where do you want to go?" "But Dick didn't remember the name and address of his hotel.
"Which hotel are my things in?" "he said, "And what am I going to do tonight?" But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, "Please send me my address at this post office."
You must meet with some unpleasant things in your life, and you don't know how to work them out. Now you can find the advice column(栏) in the magazine. Here are some problems and advice.
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Bob: I often can't fall asleep at night. What should I do? Editor: You can't be excited. You can count(数) the numbers again and again until you fall asleep. Mary: l am always late for school. I try not to be, but I am still late. I am very sad. Please tell me what I should do. Editor: You are late for school. I think because you go to bed too late. You should go to bed early, and I don't think you like school. You should find ways to love school. Jack: I can't get on well with my classmates. Please tell me what l should do. Editor: I think you may be too shy, or you are too bold(冒失的). I think you should get on with your classmates as much as possible, and you should be friendly to your classmates. Jenny: My parents don't allow me to go out to play, even on weekends. They hope I stay at home and study. Editor: Tell your parents that you need to relax after studying for a long time or ask your teacher for help. |
Dinner customs are different around the world. If you are a guest in Ghana (加纳), this information will help you a lot.
In Ghana, dinner is usually from four in the afternoon to six in the evening. But there are no strict rules about time. Whenever a guest arrives, a family offers food. When you go to a home, the person who receives guests takes you to the living room first. At this time everyone welcomes you. Then you go to the dinning room. There you wash your hands in a bowl of water. All the food is on the table.
In Ghana, you usually eat with your fingers, you eat from the same dish as everyone else. But you eat from one side of the dish only. It is not polite to get food from the other side of the dish. After dinner, you wash your hands again in a bowl of water.
Most meals in Ghana have a dish called fufu. People in Ghana make fufu from the powder(粉末)of some plants. Sometimes they cut the fufu with a saw(锯子) because it is very hard. You must chew fufu well, or you may get sick. You eat fufu with the fingers of your right hand only.
Why is music so important to children? Here are some of my thoughts on the subject.
Music has a positive（积极的） effect on young children's development!
New research shows that music has a good influence on young children's cognitive（认知的） skills, such as spatial reasoning（空间推理） and memory. Research also shows that offering children an interesting environment can support children's healthy growth and development.
Young children enjoy making music with others!
Making music with others gives children a wonderful feeling of belonging to the group. Children might have difficulty joining in activities with others because they are shy, have limited language ability or special needs, but they can freely take part in a music activity.
Music makes young children happy!
Children seem to experience much pleasure and joy when listening to music, making music and dancing to music. Whether they are singing along to a CD, playing an instrument or dancing to music around the classroom, most children seem to thoroughly（彻底地） enjoy participating in a music activity. How wonderful it is to offer children the chance to do some activities about music!
If you go to Shanghai, you must visit the Oriental Pearl Tower. It stands by the Huangpu River in Pudong, Shanghai. It is about 468 meters high. It is the fourth highest TV and radio tower in Asia. The designers set up the eleven beautiful globes of different sizes from the green grassland to the blue sky with two large globes. The two large globes seem like two rubies(红宝石). The upper one is the best place to enjoy beautiful views(景色) of Shanghai. The lower one is a good place for exhibitions of space.
The Oriental Pearl 'Tower was finished on October 1st, 1994. It was built in a style of Eastern taste. The whole building is like pearls(珍珠) of different sizes are dropping from the sky. Now the Oriental Pearl Tower is a famous tourist spot with beautiful views, restaurants, hotels, shopping centers and many interesting activities. It has already become one of the most famous buildings in Shanghai. And it has been regarded as one of the ten best spots in Shanghai.
An old saying goes, "When in Rome(罗马), do as the Romans do." l leaned the (mean) of this when l studied in Russia.
One day I invited some of my Chinese friends to a famous local restaurant in Moscow. My guests and l were (excite) about visiting Red Square and happy about our meeting. We had a warm chat until the waiter told me that we were being too loud. We turned our voices (low). But this didn't last long. The waiter came over to us two more (time) with the same message.
How bad an impression(印象)we must have left on the local people! In China, it's (nature) and important for a host to make a (live) atmosphere(气氛). However, in Russia and (west) countries, having a meal in a public place means you must keep your voice low. You need to be polite to others.
I felt bad about this. Even though we tried our (good), it's very difficult to develop a new habit.
Russians have their own special habits. My Russian friend, Andrea always looks around and thinks for a while before leaving home. I asked him why he did this. "Aha, "Andrea said, "in Russia, people always take about a minute (go) over things and plans in their minds before leaving. So they won't leave anything necessary behind. "
Finding the (different) between cultures is much fun. I'd like to keep my eyes and mind open.
