Jack sat alone on the bus ride home from school. All his friends were 1 their class projects excitedly, but Jack remained silent. How could they understand his feelings when their parents would help them? His parents worked all the time.
When the bus stopped, he raced home, 2 his schoolbag on the floor, and walked straight to his bedroom.
"Jack?" Grandpa's 3 called out "Was that you?"
Jack stopped 4 he closed his bedroom door. "Yes, Grandpa, it's me."
Grandpa Higgins came from the kitchen carrying a sandwich. "You don't sound okay." he said as he took a bite.
Should Jack tell Grandpa the truth? What could it hurt? He quickly 5 that they should do a class project for the weekend and together they would build something with an adult. The students needed to make a 6 to explain how their projects had gone.
Grandpa listened quietly. " 7 are you so unhappy?"
Jack felt his 8 and anger rising inside him. "Because I don't have anyone to help me!"
Grandpa raised his eyebrows in 9 "What am I?" he asked gently. Jack froze. "You'd build a project with me, Grandpa?"
"Sure, I would," Grandpa said "Just let me finish this 10 "
Jack's heart seemed so 11 that he thought it would float away. He rushed to the schoolbag and 12 his assignment (任务,作业) paper. Then they studied the assignment and made a list of ideas. Finally, they 13 to build a cardboard robot from old biscuit and noodle boxes. They used glue, staples, and tape Grandpa helped a lot and he 14 found a box of eyeball stickers.
When they finished, Jack looked at their misshapen (奇形怪状的) robot. He couldn't stop smiling. "I think it's the best 15 I have ever built. Now I have to write my report," Jack said, hugging Grandpa. "Thank you, Grandpa. I had a lot of fun."
Moving air—such as the wind on a breezing(微风的) day—often seems to "stick" to solid objects(固体), this experiment shows. You'll need ①A short candle in holder ②Matches ③Salt box and large container(容器) ④An adult helper What to do Step 1 Put the candle on the table and ask the adult to light it. Step 2 Put the container on the table next to the candle. Step 3 Blow on the other side of the container(no candle side) as shown in the picture. What happened? Why? The candle flickers(闪烁) and you may be able to blow it out. This is called the "Coanda effect" after a scientist from Romania. Air from your mouth divides into two steams when it hits the container. They flow around both sides, sticking close to the container. Then they join and blow out the candle. |
Medellin, the second largest city in Colombia, used not to be a great place for kids to grow up. Today, however, the people of Medellin are working together to make it a safer and more beautiful community. How are they doing this? Through art, of course!
The local government has given artists permission to paint murals (壁画) on certain walls through out the community. Artists are able to share their feelings with others. They express themselves in their work. They also express a shared culture and shared values and memories. This builds respect among the residents (居民).
The government's interest in the community helps the residents believe in the political system. To further support the residents of Medellin, the local government also provides residents with brightly colored paint to paint their houses. As residents plan and paint their homes together, they appreciate and understand each other more.
Another way Medellin is using art to improve their neighborhoods is by giving kids art classes Community centers, such as Casa Morada, teach kids how to paint and help them plan murals for public spaces. This is not only fun, but it has a serious side to it as well. It keeps kids out of trouble and gives them a sense of pride in their neighborhood.
Because of art, bright colors surround the community of Medellin. It gives the residents joy, pride, and a sense of togetherness. As a result, Medellin is becoming a safer, more beautiful place.
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Everyone knows that friendships are important. We all need our best friends. Best friends share good times and bad. We tell our close friends our secrets. But what about casual friends? They are the friends we see only now and then. They are our classmates, the customers at the cafe, or the neighbor walking his dog. When we have a lot of casual friends, it improves our lives in several ways.
First, casual friends make us happy. We talk to them at the bus stop or the farm stand. We feel like we are part of a community. Research shows that the more casual friends we have, the more positive we feel. In one study, students felt much happier when they talked to more classmates than usual. These low-key(低调的) friendships become very important as we get older. We have the most friends at age 25, but the number goes down after that. As we get older, we have fewer friendships and can feel alone. But we feel less lonely when we have many casual friends.
Second, casual friends connect us to other groups of people. They tell us about fun activities and possible jobs. In fact, people are 58 percent more likely to get a job through a casual friend than a close friend. Casual friends introduce us to their other friends. They help when we want to know about good restaurants or exciting movies. Research shows that casual friendships are a good way to spread all kinds of information.
Finally, casual friends introduce us to a variety of new ideas. Our best friends often think like us, but casual friends may have very different opinions. When we talk to different people, we learn new ways of seeing the world. It makes us kinder and more understanding.
To have a better life, make more casual friends. Talk more to strangers. These people can become casual friends. Over time, casual friends can become close friends. And the more friends you have, the happier you'll be. Casual friends may be the secret to a happy life.
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Can you imagine being hit with two huge natural disasters (灾难) at once? That's exactly what happened in northeastern Honshu, Japan's largest island, in March 2011. A powerful earthquake unexpectedly struck about 320 km north of Tokyo. It was followed by a terrible tsunami(海啸). Very few scientists predicted these disasters. Most people did not sense they were coming, so very few people prepared for them.
The earthquake was one of the strongest ever recorded. It shook the earth as far away as parts of Russia and China. It struck in the middle of the day, while many people were working or going to school. The earthquake collapsed buildings and caused a lot of terrible damage. People were terrified because they knew that soon a tsunami would hit. Many people went to higher ground or even climbed to the top of tall buildings to get away from the tsunami.
About an hour later, waves 9m high began hitting the land at 800 km per hour. Water poured over city walls and buildings, and destroyed more buildings. The waves pushed into the land about 5 km in from the coast. There was even one report that waves went as far as 9.6 km. The waves picked up everything in their path. As the waves moved back, they carried debris (残骸), including buildings, houses, boats, and trucks, back into the ocean.
The Japanese government thought that 5 million tons of debris was swept offshore. Some remains were left staying on the surface of the ocean, but most of them went to the bottom of the sea. The tsunami destroyed everything in its path and left many areas flooded. Its effects were eventually seen on the shores of Hawaii, the Aleutian Islands, the west coast of the United states, and, finally, Antarctica where waves broke off the outer part of the ice shelf.
The Communist Youth League of China (CYLC中国共产主义青年团) was born in May 1922. It is 100 years old this year. Almost every year in May, hundreds of teenagers get together at Tuanyida Square in Guangzhou. It is the place which the CYLC was born in.
In 1932, a special school opened in a small village of Ruijin, Jiangxi. It's the first school of the CYLC. Its first 124 students arrived in December. They were between 14 and 25 in age. They learned about history, politics (政治), geography and other skills. Every night, the students read books and newspapers. They not only learned knowledge, but also put what they learned into practice.
At that time, the young people who wanted to join the CYLC made the application form (申请书) by themselves. They needed to write why they wanted to be a CYLC member and how they would do it. Now the application form is printed in a standard form. The form might be different over time. However, the spirit of the CYLC has never changed.
Do you know the song of the CYLC? In 1987, Hu Hongwei wrote the lyrics (歌词). He sees young people as a sea of flowers in May and the rising sun. Later, Lei Yusheng composed (作曲) the song, it became the song of the CYLC in 2003.
Some information on the CYLC | |
The birth | ◆It was born at Tuanyida Square in Guangzhou |
The first school | ◆It opened in of Ruijin, Jiangxi in 1932. ◆The students were between 14 and 25. They connected what they learned with. |
The application form | ◆The application form now might the one at that time, but the spirit is the same. |
The song of the CYLC | ◆The song of the CYLC was made in 2003. Young people a sea of flowers in May and the rising sun in the song. |
Cave(洞穴) paintings are the oldest pictures. They do not have written words, when we look at them, we get an idea of how the people (feel) when they drew them.
Sometime between 4000 and 3000 BCE, people in Egypt and Mesopotamia developed skill of writing. They engraved (雕刻) text on stones first. But it was impossible (carry) stones from place to place. The invention of papyrus(纸莎草纸) allowed documents to be moved (easy). Writing on papyrus made easier to correct mistakes, too.
People made the first books from papyrus and from thin animal skins. Paper (invent) in China as early as 105 CE. The quality of paper soon became very good. The (world) oldest printed book is from China, too. It came out May 11, 868 CE. In Europe, books were written manually(人工地) until the middle of the 15th century. For many people, one of life's (great) pleasures is spending a few hours in a bookshop looking through the books.
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Do you know that we are using up the Earth's fresh water faster than we can replace it? We need water to stay alive and if we don't use water wisely, it will !
Water is needed for just about everything we do. We need it to farm, to wash, to provide power, to control fires and—most importantly—to drink. water, we would all die.
So we should all save water if we want to have enough to stay alive. Using less water saving money and saving energy. Saving water is EASY. Here are some tips:
*Have shorter showers and only half fill the bath.
*Turn the tap off while you soap your hands or brush your .
*Fix any taps or hoses (软管) that drip every drop counts!
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参考词汇：果皮 skin；踩在……上摔倒 slip on sth (slipped, slipped)；救护车 ambulance；一些不文明行为 some uncivilized behaviour
To Be a Civilized Person
Last Sunday afternoon, I went to the park with my cousin.
