The world of the out-of-doors is full of secrets (秘密). And they are 1interesting that quite a lot of people are busy 2them.
All around us are birds, animals, trees and flowers. The facts about how they3 and grow are as interesting as anything could be.
Do you know that one of the great presidents of the USA 4 hours and hours5birds? A businessman who lived near New York became so 6in insects(昆虫) that he began to get 7 together. He now has more than one thousand different kinds of insects carefully 8in glass boxes.
Come up with me, and I will help you find some nature's secrets. Let us go9 through the woods and fields. Here we shall find how a rabbit tells the others there is danger. We shall 10 a mother bear and her young ones as they look for11and get ready for winter sleep. We shall watch bees(蜜蜂)dancing in the air to let other bees know 12 they can find food.
I will 13 you many other interesting things, but the best thing that I can14 you is to keep eyes and ears15 when you go out of doors. Nature tells her secrets only to people who look and listen carefully.
Have you heard of STEM education? STEM 1 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. It means students can learn these 2subjects in one class. And they work on many projects to practice 3 they learn STEM education is very 4 in the US.
Now more than 600 5 middle schools bring in STEM education, according to the paper, en. Beijing, Yuying School is one of them.
The school 6 the course in May. It invited college teachers to teach more than 80 students programming, robotics and other interdisciplinary(跨学科}的) knowledge.
The teaching style is quite 7, Once teachers finish teaching basie knowledge, studentes will practice it 8. For example, after learning about electrie circuits(电路),students are required to design one that could control three lights 9.They have many projects to improve their hands-on 10 as well. Once, they had a "smart home" model design project. All the students competed to design a 11 model and make it "smart" .Liu Tianyou, 12, with 12 teammates, used computer programs and sensors to finish it. "If you open the door of the house, the lights will 13 automatically, "he said. Their work won the third prize.
The class, develops students' creativity as well. 14 Learning mechanies and programming in the class, Zhao Hngyi, 14, made a Lego robot himself in eight 15.From assembling(组装)to testing he finished it on his own. The robot can catch things and walk on certain tracks under orders. " It's cool to make my idea come to life," he said.
The Spring Festival is often called "Chinese New Year" by people in western countries, because people in China 1 the end of a lunar(农历)year, and the start of a new lunar year.
At Spring Festival, people want to keep away from 2, so that the new year will 3 with good luck. There are a lot of 4 for the Spring Festival. People 5 their houses (before New Year's Day), cut their hair, and buy lots of new 6 to wear. They decorate their houses with couplets, paper-cuts and lanterns. The decorations are all 7, because red is a "lucky colour".
Older people give young people red packets 8 money in them. People eat jiaozi for New Year and yuanxiao at Lantern Festival.
Then there's the dragon dance and fireworks. These are 9 to bring good luck for New Year. It's a great time and everyone feels 10.
It's very important that we all recycle. In nature, everything can be1again. For example, when an animal dies, it becomes 2animal's food. Nothing is wasted. But humans have created things like plastic bags 3can't be broken down by nature. Our rubbish kills animals and 4water and soil. 5we continue making too much rubbish, the problem will only get worse. If nature can't reuse the rubbish, we must recycle6.
We should clean up the rubbish we've made because nature can't.
Recycling is also the right thing to do for another reason. The earth is rich in natural materials like water and trees,7these materials are not endless. We use up our natural materials much8than the earth is able to reproduce them. For example, each year we cut9more that 6,000 square miles of forest. But it takes about 25 years 10a new tree to grow.
Recycling can help us save the earth, so let's take action right now.
People think earthquakes are terrible. That's 1 to understand. No one knows when an earthquake will happen. But we can do something to 2 for it. So when it happens, we can 3 ourselves.
What governments should do
Governments 4 to teach people about what earthquakes are and where earthquakes easily happen in the country, 5people will know about earthquakes and what to do when they happen.
Governments should also make sure that some places 6 fire stations, police stations, hospitals and schools are working well when emergencies (突发情况) happen.
What people should do
During an earthquake, try to 7 away from things like buildings, trees, windows and so on. 8 yourself under a piece of strong furniture.
Move into the open places when an earthquake happens. Go out of the building if 9 because the building may fall down.
There are usually aftershock (余震) hours, days and even months after a main10. Try to protect yourself and pay attention to them.
In a word, don't be afraid of earthquakes.
Depression is a serious illness that can happen to anybody, including teenagers. People with depression1not realize they are having it. It's hard to put into words how depression feels, and people experience it 2.
Some feel sad and everything makes them cry. Some often get angry and even small things make them lose their temper. Some feel helpless and hopeless. They do too many wild or 3things: fast driving, drinking, smoking, taking drugs, etc.
For teenagers, being depressed is common. It has4 to do with the normal growth. Sometimes they get very depressed because of disturbing things. Other times depression just happens. Often teenagers react to the pain of depression 5getting into all kinds of troubles. It's important for them to get treatment for depression 6it leads to other more serious troubles.
It is very important for teenagers to be 7 in mind. If you think you're depressed, 8with someone! Teenagers should learn to tell their problems to friends, family members or teachers. Talking to friends, family members or teachers. Talking to friends may be the best 9 because they may share the same or similar feelings. It is also really important to let out depressed feelings sometimes. 10, crying is a good way to let out sadness.
Suzhou is my hometown. This beautiful city is in Jiangsu Province. 1 it is not as big as Beijing, everyone in China knows this beautiful place. People 2 it as "Venice of the East (东方威尼斯)".
Suzhou has a long history. There are many ancient Chinese3 in Suzhou. Now, these beautiful gardens are becoming famous tourist places in Suzhou.
In the past 30 years my hometown has4 rapidly in many ways. The biggest change I have found is the5. On the one hand, many people here don't live in the 6 houses anymore. They have moved into the new high buildings and are enjoying a comfortable life. On the other hand, nowadays builders have 7 thousands of modern buildings of different styles (类型). I think this change is 8 because it has made Suzhou become more modern and more beautiful.
To be honest, everything has changed9 my hometown. I think you should think about 10 the beautiful city. I'm sure you will love it.
We all know that the panda is the treasure (珍宝) of our country. Then how about its droppings (粪便)? They are treasure, too. How?
The panda keeper1an adult panda with about 25 kilos of bamboo every day. Of that, the panda will eat about 11 kilos — the most2parts. Because the panda cannot digest (消化) all the bamboo completely, its droppings3much of undigested (未消化的) bamboo. Can people make use of it? Sure, someone4in turning it into toilet paper.
"In my opinion, it's a great5 ， " a panda keeper says. "In the past, we just threw away the droppings6rubbish. But now workers come and take the droppings away. They use the droppings to make7. They also make notebooks and bookmarks. "
8 ， the paper doesn't sell well at the Panda Base. It is not popular with9. Most of them won't buy it after they visit the Panda Base. "A box of tissues (纸巾) is 43 yuan ， " they said. "That's quite10. " If you see the tissues at the Panda Base, will you buy them?
London is a beautiful city. It lies 1 the south of England. The city has 2 parts: the South and the North. There are many famous buildings, shops, big parks and interesting places. The weather in London is 3. In winter it is not very cold and in summer it is not very hot, because the city is 4 the sea. But London is the Foggy City and it often 5. The people there often go out with an umbrella.
I am in London now. Today, I meet 6 fog than before. I can't see clearly. Cars and buses move along with their lights on. In the evening, the weather 7 even worse. The fog is so thick that 8 the buses and cars stop. I 9 an important meeting on the other side of the town, but it is impossible to find a car or a taxi. So I have to get there 10.
