Lisa and her friends had a money-raising show.
—For a month. The doctor suggested that I should not stay up late.
—No, I don't. She is busy preparing for her exams recently.
—I think he is too strict with us, but his teaching method is helpful.
— Yes, the traffic jam drives me mad. I don't want to be late again.
—I plan to sell them on the Internet. Maybe someone will like them.
—About fifty. I doubt whether Alice will come. She's been busy these days.
—Yes. To build it successfully, the engineers and workers have solved many difficult problems.
—Oh, I'm really sorry. I'll make another cup of tea for you.
—He offered no ________ on it.
—Neither. I am ______, so please give me some vegetable salad.
—I watched TV at home alone. I _______ not accepting Jimmy's invitation to see a film.
—It _____ me ¥4,500. I think it's a bit expensive.
—Me, too. She has a very close _______ with her sister.
—No. Many people like eating it. It is said that it has been sent to space by a rocket named New Shepard.
— Yes. He doesn't talk much, but what he says always ______.
Irene sat quietly by the window and sighed, "Where are you, Fluffy? Please 1 soon."
Her mother came in, sat beside her and stroked (轻抚) her head, "Don't worry, Irene, we'll find her." Irene hugged her mother and cried.
Fluffy was Irene's pet dog. When she came home from school, Fluffy would be the first one to 2 her. After finishing all that needed to be done, Irene and Fluffy would play a 3 of catch. Fluffy knew when Irene was too 4 to play, and she would sit 5 on her knees and let Irene stroke her. Irene felt that Fluffy was the only one who 6 her. So Irene loved her with all her heart.
Then one day, 7 terrible happened. Irene came home and found Fluffy was gone. Her mother had no 8 where Fluffy was. Irene searched and called but Fluffy was still not around. Her father went out and looked for Fluffy. However, he came home empty-handed. That night, Irene 9 sleep at all. She thought she would 10 see Fluffy.
The next morning, as soon as she walked into the living room, she saw Fluffy sitting on the sofa. What a surprise! Irene ran forward and hugged her.
This is the story of a little fir(冷杉) tree that dreamed of growing up so that he could be a Christmas tree for humans. The other older trees knew more about life and they told him that being a Christmas tree for humans wasn't as good as he thought. But the little fir tree didn't believe them.
He was so pleased that day when some children came in with their parents to pick a fir tree as their Christmas tree to decorate the living room. The children adored him at first sight. So he was dug up and brought into the living room. After they finished decorating him, the little fir tree shone with a hundred lights. Christmas was getting closer and everyone admired (欣赏) the little Christmas tree.
He was the prince of the living room, but he started to lose his leaves after January. Nobody looked at him or touched him. The fir tree started to feel sad that he had been chosen by the family. After several days, the little fir tree was replanted in the family's backyard. He was so happy to be back in the good old earth! In the following years, the family dug him up again to put him back into the living room as their Christmas tree and then replanted him. He was very happy with his new family. And yes, in the end the older trees were wrong. Some humans are good after all.
Mica and her little sister got a tree house this year. "I'm Mica! I love my tree house!" This $28,000 tree house is a gift from their parents. Almost three metres above the ground, the platform (平台) was built between two large trees. "One of the things I really wanted was a little door within the big door. If you go up, you'll find that there is a door handle, which is of the kids' height. And there is an adult size door as well. I told the designer to make it feel like a secret hideout (躲藏处)," said Mica's mother Keenan.
Bala Sundar and his wife came to America 20 years ago. Unlike Keenan and her husband, who bought a tree house for their daughters, the Sundars got one for themselves. "We wanted to have a regular place where we can relax. So we bought it," he said. With beds, tables and windows, it's a welcoming, comfortable space to spend a summer night.
Both of these amazing tree houses were created by Dan Wright. He's the founder of Tree Top Builders Inc., and has built more than 400 tree houses since he started the company in 2003. "I think the sense of freedom and independence is why Americans can resonate (共鸣) with tree houses. They get people up off the ground and, for kids, their parents can't reach them anymore. They are up looking down, getting a new perspective on life," said Wright.
Today, many endangered animals live in zoos. There, scientists work to keep each species(物种) alive. How do they do that? One way is by taking cells(细胞) from animals. Then the cells are frozen(冷冻). They can be used in the future to help animals reproduce.
The San Diego Zoo has been freezing cells for 40 years. It's also called the Frozen Zoo. Now, the zoo is the biggest of its kind, with a large gene bank. It has cells from more than 1,000 species. One of the species is the northern white rhinoceros(犀牛).
There are only five northern white rhinoceros alive in the world now. They are unable to have their children. Some scientists there want to use the bank's frozen cells to produce another northern white rhinoceros. They want to do this before the species dies out. That could happen by 2025.
Can the zoo save the northern white rhinoceros? Other species have been saved successfully. So it's possible for the white rhinoceros too.
Saving the white rhinoceros would be expensive. So some people don't think using frozen cells is the best thing to do. Some wonder whether it's worth spending millions of dollars on the species that nearly dies out. Some say scientists should work on the reasons why animals become endangered in the first place.
Today is August 23, 2025. A new chapter in space tourism was written. Rod and his wife-to-be Susan arrived safely in the Moon to spend 5 days as the first guests at the Starbright Hotel that was built two years ago.
They are not only the first hotel guests on the Moon, but also they set a new record for the expensive accommodation(住宿). The price is $3.7 million per night, per person. However, the travelling charges from the Earth to the hotel are included in the price.
The hotel itself will probably have a difficult time trying to get one star by any hotel rating system because there is no room service. The guests have to do the cleaning of the room themselves and there is no bathroom in the room. They have more stars than they need just outside their windows.
Linked by satellites, Rod and Susan will get married and the wedding, including the preparations for the trip, will be reported live by several major TV networks.
The couple was accompanied(陪伴) by six other astronauts. During the stay, they will provide further accommodations for the guests that have booked the rooms at the Starbright Hotel next year. The hotel has no employees, but only temporary staff.
There's a new kind of hotel in Nagasaki, Japan. Robots work at the front desk, helping guests to check in there. One robot looks like a person. It speaks Japanese. Another one looks like a dinosaur. It speaks English. "If you want to check in, push one," the dinosaur says. Then the guest can type in information on a touch panel screen(触摸屏).
This is all happening at the Henn-na Hotel. The workers are almost all robots. The robots are not just for fun. They do lots of work, saving time and money as well.
Robots can be seen all over the hotel. One robot lifts boxes into and out of a storage area(存储区) in the hall. Another one tells guests what's for breakfast. It also shares some information.
Hotel guests can experience technology when they get to their rooms. First, there are no room keys. A computer takes a picture of a guest's face during the check-in. Then the computer at the room door will know the face. It only opens for the correct person.
Inside the room, there's a small robot called Tuly. It's in the shape of a pink tulip(郁金香). Tuly can answer simple questions like "What time is it?" and “What will the weather be like tomorrow?" Tuly can also turn the room lights on or off if it's told to. (There are no switches on the walls.)
Running a hotel by robots seems to be costly, but it's not. That's because the robots aren't paid.
The 54-year-old British comedy actor, Eddie Izzard, achieved the challenge—a sports charity fundraising. He took part in 27 marathons and ran 707 (mile) in all. He finished the last marathon in front of Union Buildings in South Africa where the president Nelson Mandela gave speech. He said it was (difficult) thing that he had ever had. When he finished the whole marathon, people shouted his name and clapped (鼓掌) for him. He was very tired, but he was proud of (he).
He was thankful to the people who donated (捐赠) money. In the past 27 days, he suffered many health problems. He had to rest for one day he didn't feel comfortable. As a result, he had to run two marathons on the last day.
This was not his (one) time to take part in the sports charity fundraising. In 2009, it took him 51 days (run) 43 marathons through Britain. At last, he succeeded in (raise) 1.8 million pounds.
While he was running, Eddie (know) about the history of South Africa and Nelson Mandela. He also visited many communities, families and social groups that offered him a lot of help during his challenge.
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