These days it is found that school students hardly have any sports. Is it because they have no 1 in sports? It may not be true. They often say they have 2 more important things to do.
What are these important things? Exams! They have to 3themselves ready for all kinds of exams and tests in school. So many of them almost4bookworms(书呆子). In the past in the summer holidays, they could do5 they liked, but now they have to 6all their time preparing. So 7 have kept them away from going in for sports.
Because of the pressure(压力) from 8 parents and teachers, they 9 to work harder and spend most of their time10 books. As for the students themselves, they don't want to11 the lessons because they want to further their studies. So it is necessary to give 12 of their spare time to their studies and 13 up their school sports.
It's true a good education cannot go without physical training, the14 is true a quick mind hardly goes along with a 15body. Without a strong body, you can never do anything well, how can you make great success in life?
When my family moved to America from a small village in Guangdong, China, we brought not only our luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young people should always respect elders. Unluckily, this rule led to my very first embarrassment in the United States.
I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One time, when I was serving food to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly. I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly. As soon as I said that, her face showed great displeasure. My manager, who happened to hear what I said, took me aside and gave me a long lecture about how sensitive Americans are and how they dislike the description “old”. I then walked back to the table and apologized to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry.
In my village in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience.
However, in the United States, people think “growing old” is a problem since “old” shows that a person is going to retire or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep themselves away from growing old by doing exercises or jogging, and women put on makeup, hoping to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel they had failed to stay young. I had told them something they didn't want to hear.
After that, I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not that I don't respect them any more; I still respect them, but now I don't show my feelings through words.
By Jack
Mr. King was the manager of a hotel. One weekend all the hotels in the city were full because there was a large meeting. On Friday night, three men came into the hotel and asked for rooms. Mr. King said there were no rooms ready because of the meeting. The men were unhappy.
Mr. King wanted to help them. He remembered that Room 418, a very small room, was empty. He asked them if they would share a room. The three men said they would. Mr. King said the room would be thirty dollars: ten for each one. Each man gave him the money and then went up to the room.
Mr. King soon began to feel sorry. "Thirty dollars is a lot to ask as price for that small room. " he thought. He called his assistant over and said, "Here is five dollars. Take it to the men in Room 418. I asked too much for their room."
The assistant took the money. While he was on the way there, he started to think, "How can three men divide five dollars? I'll give them each only one dollar and keep the two dollars for myself. The men will be happy to get something back, and Mr. King will never know. " So the assistant returned one dollar to each man.
Each man had at first paid ten dollars. After the assistant returned them one dollar each, each had paid nine. There were three men, $ 9 ×3 = $ 27. The assistant kept $ 2. $ 27 + $ 2 = $ 29
Where is the missing dollar?
We use the Internet for many things: business, shopping, writing letters, talking to people, finding information and so on. In recent years, a new kind of English has grown on the Internet. There's no real word for it yet, so we'll call it e-talk.
People don't like typing too much. To save time, they turn phrases into a few letters (called acronyms). Acronyms are often used in chat rooms(聊天室). Some of them are:
BTW (by the way) BRB (be right back)
LOL (laughing out loud) IMO (in my opinion)
People also use many abbreviations. They are shortened forms of words. Some common abbreviations are:
info (information) puter (computer)
pic (picture) sec (second)
We usually don't see people when we communicate(交流) on the Net, so people have new ways to show feelings. Most people use their keyboards to draw "feelings", such as:
:-) (happy) ;-) (joking) :-( (sad) :-O (surprised)
These days, many forums (论坛) have picture feelings. For example:
There are even whole new words, like "newbies"(someone who is new on a chat board or forum). When you write something bad about someone else, it's called "flaming" the person.
It takes time for people to get used to(适应) e-talk. Also, different groups on the Net have their own special ways of communicating. Newbies sometimes have to ask other people what they mean. As the Internet grows, e-talk will continue to grow and change.
Choose the best answer:
B . 
C . LOL
D . BRB.
Sometimes people come into your life and you know that they are there to teach you a lesson, or to help you understand who you are or who you want to become.
You never know these people who may be a classmate, a neighbour or a friend—but when you lock your eyes on them, you know at that very moment they will influence your life in some ways.
Sometimes things that happen to you may seem unpleasant, painful, or frustrating at first. But in another way, you find that without getting over those difficulties you would have never realized your ability, strength or will power (意志力).
The people you meet and the success you get help to create who you are and who you become. Even the bad experiences can be learned from. In fact, they are sometimes the most important ones.
If someone loves you, give love back to them in the way you can, not only because they love you, but because in a way, they are teaching you to love and how to open your heart and eyes to things.
If someone hurts you, or breaks your heart, forgive(原谅) them, for they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being careful of people around.
Self-confidence is necessary to a person. If you're not confident，it will be hard for others to believe in you. Learn a lesson in life each day you live!
A: Have you read today's newspaper?
B: No.
A: Yes.
B: How did it happen?
A: Two pupils were playing football on their way home
B.
A. They were taken to the hospital and the doctors began to operate on them at once.
B: How are the children now?
A: They were saved at last and
B: I hope everything goes well .
A: I hope, too.
| A. What did the driver do with them? B. they are getting better. C. Anything important? D. There was a traffic accident on Zhongshan Road yesterday evening. E. A car hit them and they were badly hurt. F. I'm sorry to hear that. |
A: Hi, Bob! How was your last weekend?
B: I really had a good time.
A:
B: I played basketball.
A:
B: Twice a week. I like it very much. How did you spend your last weekend?
A:
B: Sounds interesting. Do you often go to the mountains?
A: Yes. Once a week.
B: I'd love to. But I'm afraid I can't go with you this weekend. Maybe next week is OK.
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Learn to share(分享)
One day, while I was sitting in my car in a parking area, I noticed a young boy in front of my car. "What is the boy doing?" I asked myself and looked closely. "Oh, he is up a coin from the ground. " When he up, we saw each other He was not older small than ten and wasone blue glove(手套) and One brown glove. His coat was too for him.
As he walked away, I saw his which were too old to wear, I rolled down my window and called him over.
I asked him if he some money. He replied, "No. That's okay. "
The parking area was wet, could tell that his were cold because he kept moving his weight from one foot to the other, "Please," I held out a five-dollar bill(钞票). "It's not much, but when the money is shared, it is much more " I said. He look off one of his gloves and took the money from my hand. His small hand was red and cold. He smiled and went away after saying "Thank you!" to me. That smile made me warm in the cold winter.
between people of different countries. The super star Jay Chou has cooperated with the American NBA star Kobe Bryant to create a song named The Heaven and Earth Challenge. It expresses the love for basketball. Jay Chou has learned much from Kobe's sports spirit. In the song, People can download the ring tone(铃声) of the song from the Internet. which aims to improve educational environment in poor areas in China
A. And it encourages young people to be more confident.
B. Music touches our hearts and shortens(缩短) the distance
C. Jay Chou does most of the singing part while Kobe plays a part of a rapper(说唱者).
D. All the money from the downloads will go to Project Hope.
E. That's a song written by Jay Chou whose favorite sport is basketball.
Internet has become one of the most important parts in our life. The Internet is a large, worldwide collection of computer networks. A network is a small group of computers put together.
Internet is many different networks from all over the world. These networks are called the Internet. Once you have learned to use the Internet, you can have a lot of interests in the World Wide Web. The same time you will find it is helpful and your life is more interesting than before.
Do you know that a student can produce up to 240 pounds of school waste and lots of waste gas (气体) during a term? This includes transportation, food, paper, pens, pencils and so on.
Transportation Some parents drive their kids to school every day. We all know waste gas from cars is a main cause air pollution. If parents who live in a neighborhood can take turns to drive their kids to school each day, that'll be better. Another way of going green is to walk to school if students live near their schools.
Food It's surprising that only one elementary school can produce up to 19,000 pounds of lunch waste each year. That's only one school. One way to help take care of the environment is to stop using plastic bags. There are all kinds of environmental boxes for students to put their food in.
Paper, pens and pencils Lots of paper is thrown away by American students. They throw away about 1.6 billion pens every year. They waste many pens and chemicals (化学药品) in them are bad for the environment. Many more pencils are thrown away than pens. Pencils are made from trees, so if more pencils are thrown away, more trees will be cut down. So students should reuse (再使用) paper, pens and pencils instead of throwing them away.
Backpacks As fashion comes and goes, almost every kid needs a new backpack every year. They can save lots of money and materials if they reuse the same schoolbags each year.
How to save the environment | |
Transportation | If possible, parents in a neighborhood should to drive their kids to school each day. Students can go to school if their homes are not far from their schools. |
Food | can be used to keep food for lunch instead of plastic bags. |
Paper, pens and pencils | Papers, pens and pencils shouldn't but be reused. |
Backpacks | Lots of money and materials can be saved if the same each year. |
