—Yes. I ______ it since I entered the college. This is a best-seller.
— important work it is to teach children!
— Mum, you ______ worry about it. We can pay by Alipay (支付宝).
— ______. To tell the truth, I've seen it twice.
— Ok, I'll check it for you on the Internet.
How do you get on with your teachers? Every day, we spend hours with our teachers at school. We 1 them and they teach us to be good people. The relationship between students and teachers is very important.
Teachers care about our studies and lives and it seems they know everything about the 2 they teach. They also have the right to decide 3 should be the class leaders or represent the class to take part in the activities.
So, many students want to be the teacher's pet. We 4 teachers great respect. In class, we obey the rules and keep 5 if the teacher doesn't ask us to speak. We 6 have thoughts different from our teachers'. When they make a mistake, we seldom point it out. Some of us don't want to contact teachers after class because we don't want to disturb them.
At American 7, the situation is a little different. Teachers and students are more like friends. 8 a teacher by his or her name is common. In class, students express their thoughts 9and challenge teachers bravely when they don't agree. If it turns out that a teacher makes a mistake, the teacher will say 10 in front of the whole class. Students and teachers also communicate through email, Facebook or Twitter after class. They chat about studies and life experiences.
Happy Family Salad
Ingredients:
Two adults (married, responsible and loving parents)
One child ( or more)
Two large bowls of tolerance(宽容)
A cup of understanding
Four leaves of fun and games
Two tablespoons of salad cream of kindness
A whole heap(堆) of sharing and caring
A bag of happy thoughts
A bag of smiles
Methods:
⒈Put all the ingredients except the leaves of fun and games, cream of kindness, happy thoughts and smiles, in a mixing bowl.
⒉Pour in the cream of kindness and mix well.
⒊Arrange the leaves of fun and games in a salad bowl.
⒋Sprinkle(撒上) the happy thoughts and smiles on top and serve.
Serving suggestions:
Do not put into the fridge. Always serve salad fresh and eat immediately, and together as a family. Stale salad should be thrown away before it causes sadness. The Happy Family Salad can be eaten at any time of the day as part of breakfast, lunch or dinner.
Keesh lived at the North Pole a long time ago. He was a bright thirteen-year-old boy with a strong, healthy body. His father was a brave man who had died during a food shortage. His father tried to save the lives of his people by fighting a giant polar bear. The meat from the bear kept the people from hunger.
Keesh was his only son, and he lived alone with his mother. But people soon forgot how Keesh's father had saved their lives. They were forced to live in the poorest house in the village.
One night there was a meeting in the chief's large house. At that meeting, Keesh showed how much courage he had. He rose to his feet and went on steadily, “Because my father, Bok, brought home more meat than any other hunter, everyone received a fair share, but now my mother and I were given meat filled with bones.” The hunters were shocked to hear a child speak to them that way.
Keesh waited calmly until the shouting died down. “My mother has no one except me, and therefore I must speak. My father put his life in danger and died, to offer food to this village. It is only right that I, his son and his wife should have enough good meat as long as there is plenty of good meat in this village. I, Keesh, the son of Bok, have spoken.” He sat down. They threatened to punish him by not giving him any food at all. Keesh's eyes flashed(闪烁) and the blood pounded(冲击) under his skin, he jumped to his feet.
“Listen to me, you men!” he shouted. “I shall never speak in this meeting again—not until you come to invite me to speak. My father was a great hunter, and so will I be.”
They laughed and shouted at Keesh. But Keesh said nothing more. He walked away with his head raised, looking neither to the left nor the right……
— be based on a story by Jack London
If you want to study abroad, have you thought about where to live? I've been living and studying in Canada for about nine months. As I'm still too young to rent an apartment by myself. I live with a homestay family and I feel like I'm part of it.
The first time I had a homestay was in 2013. During that time, I stayed in Ajax, a town in Canada, for a week and lived with a homestay family. Carlton lives with his nephew and his niece-in-law. Carlton drove me to an international school to learn about Canadian culture every morning, and he picked me up in the afternoons. Our leisure time was in the evening. The meals he made for me were delicious and we usually watched a movie after dinner. All experiences left an unforgettable impression on me, even if I didn't live there for a long time.
I'm now living with a Hungarian(匈牙利) family with another Chinese boy. There are two family members— Mrs Perger and her son, Robert. I've already lived here for nine months and I have been deeply moved by many things they've done. Once, my roommate went running and didn't come back for quite a long time. Mrs Perger called him, but he didn't answer the phone. She began to worry about him, and was even about to cry.
However, living with a homestay family also has its disadvantages, especially when living with a foreign family. The biggest challenge for me has been the totally different lifestyle, which took me a long time to get used to.
Living with a homestay family has given me a lot of new experiences. It has taught me how to communicate with different people. Moreover, when different lifestyles and cultures meet together, I have seen that the spark(火花) they make are spectacular(壮观的).
If you visit Beijing, the Palace Museum is a must-see. But even t you get in, you might see crowds of people, which makes it hard to get a c look at the exhibits. L, the museum has designed a series of Apps, where people can have cultural relics(文物) at the fingertips.
Last month, Apple's App Store made a l of three Apps from the Palace Museum as the most imaginative, creative and attractive Apps of 2015 made in China. The Palace Museum pusers with new information on cultural relics every day. The Qing Emperor's Wardrobe shows high-quality pictures of clothes in ancient China. Users can learn much k including the traditional hand-painted patterns as well as the process flow diagram(流程图) and so on. Especially with the help of a 3-D fashion model, it gives a person the feelings of intuitive and vivid. And Han Xizai's Night Feast is based on classic ancient paintings. It d the singing and dancing scene at the official's Han Xizai's home.
Han Xizai's Night Feast has taken the top spot a the three. It was even named the best App of 2015 in China. The painting shows the lifestyle of the ruling class (统治阶层) at that time. Users can get a general iof Han's house and take a look at the people and clothes within the App by tthe screen.
Don't you think it's amazing?
A bookstore chain(连锁书店), “Popular Bookmall(大众书局)” introduced their unique style of book distribution(分布) in Shanghai back in November. This experimental store offers books at very low prices, and there is no staff(职员) to require shoppers to pay before taking books away. Sounds like a book lover's paradise(天堂)！
Popular Bookmall had already set up such a shop in Nanjing. The organizers of the Nanjing store report that it was a great success, enough shoppers voluntarily paid for their books. But most older “honesty stores” in China did not receive enough honest shoppers. For example, a shelf-service restaurant opened in Fujian province years ago which allowed shoppers to pay whatever they chose, but about one –fifth of shoppers paid nothing. Therefore some people have speculated(推断) that Chinese are becoming more honest. The organizers of the “honesty stores” say that their goal is to encourage people in China to remember how important honesty is.
Many are cared about dishonesty in China. Even at Popular Bookmall, not everybody choose to pay for their books. How can we encourage ourselves to be honest? We should listen to our conscience(道德心). This has deep roots in Chinese culture. Confucius(孔子) taught Chinese to be conscientious and honest.
But there is also a great rational(合理的) reason for “honesty stores”: the more honest people there are in society, the more reasons we have to trust others. And if people trusted each other, they'd be more willing to share. We could contribute to a “sharing economy” where you do not have to think about saving or spending money all the time, but helping other people. For all these reasons, society is built on trust, not only trade.
阅读以上信息，用恰当的单词完成下面的句子，每空一词。
With air pollution making much difference to many of Chinese cities, parents are calling for the installation(安装) of air cleaners in classrooms. There has been much debate over whether air cleaners should be used in China's schools. Some parents have donated cleaners to their children's classrooms, while others raise money together to make the purchase(购买). “Our school bought air cleaners last year. We did a little fund raising, with each parent throwing in several hundred for that,” said one parent.
However, the idea of installing air cleaners for all the classes has been refused by some schools. Liu Liangcheng, vice-principal of Beijing's Taipinglu Primary School, says installing air cleaners bought by parents may lead to problems. “We have refused air cleaners bought by parents before, as there are clear and strict rules against educational fees. We can't just break the rules here. And without standard guidance (指示) from local authorities(权威部门), it is hard to decide on the brand of the cleaner, installation and even safety of the device(设备).”
Moreover, experts say air cleaners can cause other health problems. Deng Gaofeng who works for the China Academy of Building Research says. “ In the classroom, if we keep windows and doors closed, the concentrations (浓度) of CO2 will double from 1,000 PPM to some 2,000 PPM. According to national safety standards, the highest level should not be more than 1,500.” In addition, experts say air cleaners on the market are mostly designed for homes or offices. Evaluation(评估) is needed to know whether they are suitable in classrooms.
It seems whether air cleaners should enter China's schools is an ongoing question. It still requires a more detailed plan.
阅读以上信息，用恰当的单词完成下面的表格，每空一词。
Topic : Should air cleaners be installed for students in school?
Persons | |
Parents | They support the installation of the air cleaners by money to make the purchase. |
Schools | ● Installing air cleaners bought by parents breaks the rules of educational fees. ● Considering the safety of the device, we have difficulty making a about which one to buy. |
Experts | ● They think air cleaners may be to students' health. ● They are not sure whether air cleaners are suitable in classrooms. |
It turns out that this ongoing question needs more carefully. | |
易患病人群 | 老人和孩子 |
原因 | 1）免疫系统弱； 2）流感知识缺乏：流感病毒引起流感；口、鼻、手传播； 公共场所人与人近距离传播； 3）…… (至少1点) |
预防措施 | 1）多锻炼； 2）注意保暖； 3）…… (至少1点) |
要求:1）所写内容必须包括提供的所有信息，并适当发挥；
2）文章不少于90词，开头已给出，不计入总词数；
3）语意通顺，意思连贯，条理清楚，书写规范；
4）文中不得出现真实的姓名、校名等信息。
参考词汇：weaker immune systems (较弱的免疫系统)；influenza virus (流感病毒)
The flu (流感)season runs from October to March every year. This year it has been especially bad. It is reported that 114 children in the US died in February.
