Alaina is a shy French college girl. Last year, she came to Beijing, 1 capital of China, for the first time. As an exchange student, she didn't know much about Chinese culture, 2 sometimes she didn't know what she should do.
One day, she dropped in at her Chinese friend. When she arrived 3 her friend's home, she was warmly welcomed. The host greeted her at the door. She 4 a cup of tea and she drank it up. Then when her cup was empty, the host would fill it up. In fact, Alaina was not so thirsty, but she didn't know how 5 the host. After drinking ten cups of tea, she had to go to the toilet twice. And then the host found she behaved strangely and knew she had too 6 tea.
At noon, 7 ate lunch at the host's home. The host served many dishes. Alaina thought the host was much too friendly but she didn't know 8 to do with the dishes. In France, each time people only have one plate of dish. So Alaina 9 get used to this method of treating guests.
After that day, Alaina has learned more about Chinese culture and has gradually become a China hand. Now she knows if she puts down the cup, the host 10 offering her tea. And if she says she has been full, the host will not serve her dishes.
Max always went camping with his grandfather by bike, but his grandfather recently had surgery (手术) and couldn't ride a bike like before. So Max came up with a 1 to make sure that he and his grandfather could enjoy their camping trip together.
Max first bought all the necessary food for their picnic. He 2 chose his grandfather's favorites to improve their camping experience with delicious food.
Then Max decided to 3 the food in a new way instead of using his or his grandfather's backpack. He bought a bicycle basket and 4 it with all the food. However Max was still 5 that his grandfather might not be able to stand long walks. So he chose a beautiful cane (拐杖) to help his grandfather 6 and increase safety.
After arriving at the camping site, Max quickly found a good place. He 7 the tent and set up the camping grill (烧烤架). He also made sure the campfire was lit and ready for grilling.
During the camping trip, Max was 8 for cooking and taking care of his grandfather. At night, they sat by the campfire and Max listened to his grandfather's 9 from when he was young.
In a word, Max brought his grandfather an amazing camping 10 . This care and attention were a valuable gift, showing the deep love between family members.
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With low temperatures and food shortage, winter is a terrible season for animals. Many animals enter hibernation (冬眠) to get through it. Hibernation can help cool the animal's body and slow its heartbeat to just a few times per minute, for up to months at a time.
But why don't humans hibernate? Our body is not fit for hibernation. Humans have only migrated into temperate and subarctic areas (温带和北极地附近) in the last hundred thousand years or so. That's not quite long enough to evolve (进化) all the metabolic adaptations (代谢适应) we would need to hibernate, according to the BBC Science Focus magazine. For example, how to settle waste is a big challenge for human hibernation. Animals that hibernate are able to stop their defecation (排泄), and sometimes save energy by taking their waste. Unluckily, humans can't do this. There are other challenges. Body temperature below 2.8℃ may hurt human's stomach and cause pain. Cold temperature can also make people ill easily, according to Smith-sonian magazine.
In fact, humans don't need to sleep through winter. We can use fire, clothes, houses and food to help us live in the cold.
Could humans hibernate in the future? According to University of Oxford in the UK, being able to hibernate would make such long-time journey less boring and save important energy for the astronauts. It's likely for long-term space travel. From 2014, NASA has worked hard to do a research on it, for it will be a way to help develop long-term space travel, according to The Atlantic magazine.
Sam is a lazy man who runs away from challenges and prefers to avoid any task that requires effort or hard work Diana wants to find the perfect dress for her upcoming job interview tomorrow. She aims to make a great impression and feel confident during the important occasion. Li Hua finds joy in watching English movies. Not only does he enjoy himself, but he also learns English in the process. Kelly spends all her time with her work. She doesn't watch TV or go online to learn about any new information around her and the world. Jim's wife comes from China. They live happily together in China and Jim falls in love with Chinese culture. | A．If a frog stays in the well, he will never knows about the things happening outside. So "The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean". B．Dogs are people's best friends in western countries. So if you love me, you should love my friends too. Love me, love my dog. C．Sometimes we can work out two problems at the same time with an action. That's the famous saying "Kill two birds with one stone". D．When someone is lucky and strong enough, we often describe him as "A cat has nine lives." highlighting his ability to undergo challenges and spring back from difficult situations repeatedly. E．Success is not achievable without putting in the effort. No one can become successful without working hard. A gloved cat catches no mice. F．Making mistakes is not frightening. Even a great person makes mistakes. A horse may stumble (绊倒) on four feet. G．People rely on clothing. Good clothes make people look better. Fine feathers make fine birds. |
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Chinese rose is a general term of many kinds of roses. It's one of the most flowers that is widely planted in China. As its English name shows, Chinese rose is native to China. In other words, it was grown from the wild rose by Chinese. This makes it different the roses which were brought in from West Asia by the Silk Road.
During the Three Kingdoms period, there a famous man in Nanyang. He travelled everywhere to collect different roses and planted in his garden. As a result, his garden became famous for its different collections of roses. He was Zhuge Liang, the first person to change wild roses into Chinese roses.
One year, a wild rose climbed over the fence and its mixed with his roses. Unexpectedly, a special kind of rose came the next year. This surprise made him excited. He realized he could get new roses by growing the wild roses and the common roses together. After many years' effort, he successfully grew more different kinds of new roses.
The new roses had more colors and their smells more pleasing. Most of all, the new roses blossom (开花) every month. After that, people were able to see beautiful flowers all year round, even in snowy . So, people called them Yueyue Hong, which means they have red flowers every month.
Does failure help or hurt us? Many famous people believe we learn from failure and need it to succeed. However, the positive effect of failure depends on the percent of failure, our reaction (反应) to it, and whether we have a plan ahead. We learn best from a little failure. How much? About 15% according to a study. If a challenge is too easy, we can't learn anything. If it is too difficult, we will stop trying. People learn fastest when they get the answer right 85% of the time. In one study with college students, researchers made an impossible task, so everyone failed. They divided the students into two groups. Researchers encouraged one group to pay attention to their feelings about failure. The other group focused on their own thoughts. Those who paid attention to their feelings about failure tried harder the second time. In a different study, some people took responsibility for their mistakes, and some didn't. Those who took responsibility were more likely to succeed in a second task. After that, researchers asked college students to write an essay (文章). They gave half the students a plan for the essay. The others didn't have one. Then the researchers stopped all students before they completed the task. Those students with a plan were more active to finish. Everyone experiences failure. Some people stop trying. Others try harder. The percent of failure, our reaction to it, and having a plan can make failure a positive experience. We need to take responsibility for our mistakes and prepare for the next time. Then failure can be a path to success. |
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参考词汇：挫折 setbacks 使灰心discourage 逆境 adversity
Growing Setbacks
Here I want to share my view on growing setbacks.
