I am Liu Li. I am a high school student now. It seems that my life has changed a lot in the last few years. For example, I used to have short hair, but now it grows long. I used to be afraid of the sea because I didn't know how to swim, but now I am a good swimmer in our school. I used to be short but now I'm tall. As for eating, I used to eat meat but now I eat more vegetables than meat. When I was younger, I didn't use to read any books, but now I like reading storybooks. When I was in primary school, I used to play volleyball after school, but now I have to go right home and do homework. I didn't use to like math best and I used to be terrified of tests, but now I like all the subjects and never mind tests any more. In the past, I used to have time chatting with my parents, but now I hardly ever chat. I have to study. I miss the old days.
The Chinese New Year is called the Spring Festival, which is the biggest festival in China.
It usually comes in January or February. Where there are Chinese, there is the Spring Festival. Each Chinese year has a name. We may call it the Year of the Tiger, the Year of the Pig or the Year of the Snake. And the year of 2015 is called the Year of the Goat. The year after it is the Monkey Year.
People always spend a month before the festival in preparing for it. They are busy shopping and cleaning their houses. On the eve there is a big family dinner. All the family stay up late to welcome the New Year, watching the CCTV programs or playing cards. On the first day of the Chinese New Year, people put on their new clothes and go to visit their relatives(亲戚) and friends, saying "Happy New Year", "Good luck" and some other greetings to each other. It often lasts to the Lantern Festival, which is also an important Chinese festival and people usually have sweet dumplings (yuanxiao).People always have a very good time, especially children. Children can usually get some money for the new year from their parents and the elder relatives.
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Reading is very useful for English learners. When you're learning English, listening, speaking and writing are very , but reading is also very helpful. When you read, you can both learn some new words and learn how to them. When you read, it gives you a good for writing.
Read something at your right level. Read that you can more or less understand. If you need to stop every three words to use a dictionary, it's not for you.
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Try to increase your vocabulary. If there are 4 or 5 new words on a page, try to their meanings. Then look them up in a dictionary after reading and write them down in your notebook. Try to them.
Try to read regularly. Reading for 15 minutes every day is than two hours every Sunday. Fix a time to read. For example, you could read for 15 minutes you go to bed or at lunch time.
Read what interests you. Choose a book or a magazine that you like. You can also read newspapers, for example, 21st Century. There is always in it.
Paper cutting is a traditional art in China, which has been making its way along the route of the long history of paper. It once became one of the main forms of arts, and was popular with the people of that time; even in royal families, ladies were also judged by the ability at paper cutting. The themes of their works usually include everything in people's daily life from dumb things to the surroundings. Familiarity makes them understand the real spirit of the art.
Once they are owned by a master of papercut, they will become so supernatural that the papercuts beyond imagination flow out of his/her hands. Another tool for paper cutting is carving knives which are necessary to improve a sharpened effect or to make a good job.
No doubt that arts come from life and serve life. The bright colors of red, green or light blue papercuts provide a merry atmosphere. And people like to decorate their windows and doors using colorful papercuts. Shanxi window papercuts are simple and bold; papercuts from Hebei Province are bright in color; papercuts in southern provinces are good and fine.
A. The main tool for paper cutting is scissors. B. Most of the paper cut artists are women. C. It takes a long time to become a master of paper cut. D. Paper cutting is also very popular in foreign countries. E. This kind of art went after the invention of paper in Han Dynasty. F. Paper cuts made in different areas have different characteristics. |
Mr. Green is an American doctor. He (be) a doctor since 1996. He is busy every day and (have) little time to rest, but he (love) his job.
It was a cold winter evening. While he (read), his telephone call ringed. Mr. Green received a phone call from a woman. She said she needed the doctor's help. Mr. Green decided (drive) to the town she lived in right away. It was snowy and there was ice on the road. Suddenly, his car (hit) a big tree and turned over. Luckily, he wasn't hurt. He got out of the car and walked to the nearest house. He wanted some help. The door of the house (open) by a young woman. To his surprise, she was the patient who had just called him up.
Kevin loves to read mystery books. He likes to try to solve the mystery himself before he gets to the end. He also likes solving problems. Kevin can usually solve any mystery or problem.
One day Kevin's mom was trying to find her glasses. Without her glasses, she could not drive. This was a problem because she was going to drive Kevin to his friend's house. It was also a mystery. Kevin really wanted to solve it.
"Where do you last remember seeing your glasses?" he asked his mom.
"I had them on while I was watching the news this morning," she said.
"Where were you watching the news?" asked Kevin.
His mom thought for a minute, and then she answered that she was in the living room.
She remembered sitting in her favorite chair and taking off her glasses when the news ended. She thought she put her glasses on the table, but they weren't there.
Kevin had his mom describe everything she remembered doing during the day. She mentioned watching the news, making breakfast, working in her home office and then gardening. It was after gardening that she started looking for her glasses.
After hearing about his mom's day, Kevin began to take action. He looked under her favorite chair, in the kitchen, in her office and around the garden. He didn't find her glasses.
Kevin doesn't give up easily, so he looked in each place again and he looked even harder. It was on his second go around of the kitchen that he thought to open the cabinets (储藏柜). He found his mom's glasses in the drawer (抽屉).
"Thank you, Kevin," said his mom. "I wouldn't be able to see anything without you."
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