—Oh, no. I ____ it for the past two years.
Mr. Hawkins, the headmaster, stopped Anna one day at the school gate.
“Now," he said,“ I want you to tell me the 1 , my dear. "Feeling something terrible had happened, Anna said slowly,“2.”
“I have had a most 3 accusation(投诉) made against you by Mrs. Bond.”
“MK. Bond?” said Anna, not understanding. Janet Bond was a quiet little 4of a Child. As far as Anna could remember she had never had 5to speak an angry word to the girl.
“Mrs. Bond,” went on Mt Hawkins“ told me that you scolded(责备) her daughter yesterday afternoon.
“Scolded?” cried Anna “I certainly didn't do that. 6not in school.” she added honestly.
Mr. Bond's 7 is that Janet was a little late back to school in the afternoon. She said she set out from home a little late.
“Just a minute.” said Anna, beginning to 8“She did come late, very late. I had marked her 9 of course. Then she 10slowly in, when we'd started our paper-cutting, and I believe I said she was a nuisance(讨厌 ). She didn't appear to hear, and was certainly quite11.”
“A nuisance!” Mr. Hawkins couldn't12 it and asked, “You're sure you said nuisance?”
“I may not even have said that,” Anna replied. “I was not angry at all at that moment—13I certainly didn't scold.”
“Mrs. Bond said that you called her child "nuisance". Is that true?”
“Indeed it isn't.” said Anna. “The child-or the other-had 14it up!”
After Anna's explanation, Mr. Hawkins felt15.“Just as I thought, my dear, but of course I had to make sure.”
B
During the summer holiday, some students might have been busy with traveling, summer camps and all kinds of courses. But a special group of Chinese middle school students decided to taste the hardship of life outside school.
Twelve students in a big city sold vegetables at a local market together. Within 12 days, they made more than 1,500 yuan.
Among them, the oldest is 21 years old, while the youngest is just 10. They are all cousins in a big family and eight of them are from rural areas.
“Compared to traveling, such social practice connects us and makes us learn how tough our parents are,” said Dalin, 18, to the City Morning Post. Dalin, a senior high graduate, and her 12-year-old brother Xiaolin came up with the idea.
They learned to work hard to sell their veggies. Every morning they had to wake up at 3 o'clock. Some of them went to the fanner's market to buy vegetables. Some of them went to the local market lo lake up a temporary stall(临时摊位). To lower the cost, they learned to bargain(讲价) with the sellers.
At abou16:30 am, they began to sell vegetables. They peddled(吆喝) loudly to attract(吸引) customers. After several days, they got some experience, too.
For example, it was better to put vegetables in order and bigger ones on top. When the vegetables are too heavy, they should give customers an extra plastic bag.
When they finally packed up and went home, they had a small meeting. Everyone took notes and shared their feelings.
“We are tired,” said Dalin. “but we gained a lot.
C
From a young age, I've had a really deep connection with being outside. I've been skiing since I was eight or nine years old. I've been on expeditions(探险)in many places like China, Pakistan and so on. But it was in my home country, the USA, that I came closest to death.
It was Apri1 1, 2011. I was skiing in the Tetons with my friends Jeremy and Xavier, both experienced snowboarders. That day, I was the last person to ski. They were watching me from a safe area. Suddenly, I heard someone cry loudly I turned around and saw the whole mountain start to move behind me. It was a massive avalanche(大雪崩). The kind of avalanche that destroys trees, cars, buses, even houses! Tens of thousands of tons of snow were coming straight down the mountain behind me. I felt the snow push me forward, hundreds of meters, and then cover me. It was so heavy that I couldn't breathe. And then it pushed me forward again and up, out of the snowpack. I looked around, and for a few seconds I actually stopped being terrified. I had a moment to pause and to look at the power of the avalanche.
I looked down into the bottom of the valley(峡谷). I could see trees that were 30m tall because I was so far away, they looked tiny to me.“OK, I' m going all the way to the bottom!” I thought. Then the snow pushed me again down the mountain another 450m I thought the force of the Snow would destroy me, it was powerful. But in the end, I felt the avalanche slow down and I just popped (迸出)right out of the snow at the bottom of the valley.
It took Jeremy and Xavier about 20 minutes to reach me. There was a pile of debris(碎片)across the bottom of the mountain 300m wide. They couldn't believe it when they saw me. I was so lucky.
Has the experience changed me? Do I think about life differently? I don't know, maybe. But I don't know that it's important to live your life with meaning. Life is a gift, so use it wisely.
take out/ everyday/ achieve/ changes/ sweet/ bring out |
When you're very, very afraid of something, that fear can affect (影响) you and how you live your life. When I was younger, I saw my cousin fonto an ants' nest. The ants attacked (攻击) him, and he was cin terrible bites(咬). After that I became very scared of ants. I wouldn't eat outside, and I didn't even like to play outside. I cmy bed for ants every night. But when I t thirteen, I decided I couldn't let my fear get to me. I had to learn to control my fear of ants.
First I read a lot about different ants. I didn't focus on bites, but instead I read about how helpful ants are to the p. Ants are really cool! They're hard-working, social, and organized. They help bring aand nutrients(营养)to the earth. They help plants grow, clean up decaying(腐烂的)m and help control other insects.
Next I began to wants from a safe distance. I started to look at a family of ants in real time on the Internet in order to learn how they live. Little by little, I felt more cabout ants. Finally I went outside one day and let an ant move onto my hand and tit gently. It was okay! Now that I know about all the good things ants do, I'm not so afraid of them anymore.
内容要点如下:
1）集合时间和地点:上午九点, the Dream city入口处;
2）观看楚剧,学习剪纸,制作陶土作品;
3）自由活动一小时, 可游玩、拍照等,五点乘地铁返校;
4）天气炎热,着轻便装;
5）请补充一至两点个人的想法或建议.
注意：
1）文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称;
2）词数: 60-80;
3）内容连贯,不要逐条翻译
4）开头已给出,不计入总词数。
参考词汇: entrance n.入口处 Chu Opera楚剧 clay piece陶土作品
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