"Everything happens for the best." My mother said whenever things weren't going my way. "Don't worry. One day your luck will change."
Mother was right, as I discovered after I had finished my college education. I had decided to try for a job in a radio station. One day, I wanted to host (主持) a sports program. I went to Chicago and knocked at the door of every station. But I got turned down every time.
In one station, a kind lady said my problem was that I hadn't got enough experience. "Get some work in a small station and work your way up," she said.
I went back home. I couldn't get a job there, either. Then my dad told me a businessman had opened a store and needed someone to help him. But again, I didn't get the job.
I felt really down. "Your luck will change," Mom said to me. Dad lent me the car to help me to look for my job. I tried another radio station in Iowa. But the owner, a nice man, told me he had already had someone.
As I left his office, I asked, "How can someone be a sports announcer if he can't get a job in a radio station?"
I was waiting for the lift when I heard the man called, "What did you mean? Do you know anything about football?" He put me in front of a microphone and asked me to try to imagine that I was giving my opinion on a football game. I succeeded.
On my way home, Mom's words came back to me, "One day your luck will change, Son. And when it happens, you'll feel good because of all the hard work you have done." At that moment I knew just what she meant.
There are lots of friends who pepper our world. Partying friends, business partners, cool co-workers you have a drink with after work. But what makes a true friend?
⒈They don't judge you.
When something embarrassing, upsetting, or bad happens or something goes wrong and you can't deal with it alone, a real friend will listen without judging, Brene Brown says we re blessed to have just one or two friends we can trust with our "shame stories"
⒉ They speak truth.
Real friends never sugarcoat anything just to please you. And you've learned to appreciate this, because not many other people in your life will tell it like it is. They tell you the truth not to hurt you, but to help you make the right choices in your life and become a better person because of this.
⒊ You can show them all sides of yourself.
A real friend isn't there just for the good times: celebrations, happy events, when you're in a good mood. ., They're there for you in times of pain, uncertainty, and failure too.
⒋ They want good things for you.
Real friends aren't worried about you outshining(超过）them. To know if you're dealing with a real friendship or not, just notice who sticks around when you reach new heights in your life. Some people will try to tear you down, but the real friends will surely feel happy for you.
A. Instead, they celebrate your wins.
B. You can also have many online friends.
C. They tell you the truth, even if it may hurt.
D. This is often when we most need our friends
E. Trust is created when you can be met without judgment.
Johnny was a lizard (蜥蜴). One day, some boys1Johnny, and he could only escape from their hands by losing his tail and running to2
The children watched his tail moving about, but they soon felt3and left. Johnny came out to look for his tail, but could find no4of it. He decided to5doing everything else and spending all his time6his tail. Months passed, and Johnny kept looking, asking everyone7they had seen his tail.
One day, he asked a boy and the boy8replied, Why do you need two tails? After hearing this, Johnnya9and saw that he had grown a new tail. He suddenly realized it was silly to waste so much time 10a problem like it.
On the way home he suddenly found his old tail. Johnny was11to have it back. He picked it up and was about to12his journey. Just at that moment, an idea13him that he shouldn't worry about the past since it was not useful.
He then decided to14his old tail there. As he moved on, all he took with him were thoughts of the 15and the future.
As we know, it's not good to look at the past, unless it helps in the future.
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be responsible for, give up, take part in, adapt to, die from, make progress, be decorated with, be made of |
Many Chinese students have studied English for about ten years, but most of them cannot even speak English (fluent).
Actually, there are several difficulties have caused this to happen. The main one is fear! Another is the habit of (translate) from Chinese to English and then to change these thoughts spoken words and sentences. We must learn to speak as a child does. When we are learning second language we need to remember how we learned our native language. (learn) to understand and speak a language is one of the first skills a child (develop) . How does a child learn the language? He listens for a time and then he wants (repeat) the words. takes a long time before he knows anything about grammar, spelling or formal sentence structures.
As for language teachers, they should avoid criticism and be very (encourage) and generous with praise.
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分
How time flies! My first term in senior school was coming to an end, but I can remember every day clear. There are many beautiful flowers or tall trees in our school. And at present a new teaching building being built in my school. The school is such attractive that I quite enjoy my study here.
However, I also had some problems. I had difficult in pronouncing English words correctly. As the result, I often made mistakes in class. Luckily, Miss Wang, my English teacher gave me some useful advices on English learning. I also joined in an English club at school, when I made some good friends.
