Information about Mark Smith | |
Country | 1. |
Age | 2. |
Teaching | 3 and tell jokes in class. |
Hobby | Like 4 music. |
Talent | Play the 5 well. |
Once upon a time, there was a man called Zheng.1lived in a small town. One day he wanted to buy himself a new pair of shoes. He measured (测量) his2with a ruler and then 3down his size on a piece of paper. After that he went shoe shopping.
When he arrived at the4, he reached into his pocket (口袋), 5he found the paper was not there. So he said to the shop keeper, "I have left the paper at home and I don't know the size. I'll go back home to6it." With these words, he ran out of the shop.
He ran back home, found the paper and then ran to the shop again. But it took him7hours and the shop was8. He spent the afternoon on the way and did not buy his shoes at last. Someone asked him, "Did you want to buy the shoes9yourself?"
"Of course," he answered.
"Then why don't you10the shoes by yourself?"
"I trust the ruler more than my feet." he answered.
On a farm lived a father and a son. The father always got up early and read books by the stove. One morning, the son came up to him and said, "Dad, I read books at night but forget most of them the next morning. What's the good of reading?"
The father didn't reply to his question at once. He passed him a basket that was used to carry coal. He said, "Get some water from the river with the basket and then I'll tell you the answer."
A The son felt surprised but he did as his father said, He tried many times but every time the water leaked (漏掉) from the basket.
An hour later, the son came back with the empty basket and told his father it was impossible to hold water with the basket. The father said with a smile. "Yes, you are right, my son. The basket can t hold water. But did you notice the basket was different?" The son found the dirty basket had become clean. The father continued, "Reading is like holding water with the basket. Although we can't remember all we read, we have changed while reading."
China covers large areas and has a great population. Different living habits have always been an interesting topic in the country. Recently, another difference between southern Chinese and northern Chinese became a hot one: the way people shop at markets.
People from southern China say that they always buy what they need for just one or two meals. It is normal for them to buy half of a Chinese cabbage, two potatoes and 0.25 kilograms of beef at a time.
However, one may be laughed at if he does this in the north. Instead, buying vegetables and meat enough for a week is usual. Also, you can buy a small amount (数量) of fruit, such as a single apple or pear, each time in the south. Shop owners even help you peel and cut them. But shop owners in the north hardly offer such service. And many fruits are sold in baskets and boxes.
The difference could be due to the different weather.
Food can be kept for a long time in the north, as it is usually cold and dry there. Many northern Chinese have the habit of storing food, especially for the long winter. But the hot and wet weather in the south makes southern Chinese buy just enough food for one meal or one day, or else the food may go bad.
Every school day, we use schoolbags to carry all of our things to school. They are a big part of our lives. But have you ever thought about the history of the schoolbag?
In the Han Dynasty (汉朝), students in old-style private schools used bamboo boxes to carry books to school. People consider the bamboo boxes to be the earliest schoolbags. They were usually two or three layers (层) in the box. Kids put different things like books, brushes, ink stones (砚) and paper in the boxes.
Hundreds of years later, people developed a new kind of schoolbag called the budai, or the "hip-pocket". The budai was lighter than the bamboo box. With the founding (成立) of the People's Republic of China, military rucksacks (军用帆布包) became popular. Many people carried them when they were in school. Ask your grandparents or parents about these bags. Maybe they can tell you about their experiences of carrying them when they were in school.
A new style of schoolbags has appeared in recent years. Many of them have colorful and fashionable designs (时尚的设计) on them, such as pictures of cartoons or pop stars. And they are more comfortable to use. Some students pull wheeled bags filled with heavy textbooks and others carry backpacks.
Schoolbags are still changing. Can you imagine what future schoolbags will be like?
Making money isn't just for adults. Kids can do it, too. Making money gives you more than money.By working to make your own money, you'll learn how to succeed in the world. This includes dealing with money, understanding and getting along with other people..
Collect soft drink bottles. You can sell the collected bottles and use the money to buy a new basketball..
Make greeting cards. If you are good at drawing, try making special cards. You can sell your cards to make money
You may have some books that you have read but you don't want to keep. Then you can sell them to make money.
Win a scholarship (奖学金). If you get good grades at school, you can get some money as prize. .
A. Sell old books.
B. Borrow old books.
C. It's also a learning process.
D. However, you are polluting the environment.
E. It's easy to make money if you try the following ways.
F. This encourages kids to work harder to get better grades.
G. At the same time, you are keeping the environment clean.
