Long long ago, there was a crowd of antelopes(羚羊)in the forest. In this crowd there was a wise teacher. He was admired by everyone because he taught the young the tricks and strategies of survival (生存策略). One day, his younger sister brought her son to him and asked him to leach what was important to antelopes. She said, "Dear brother, this is my son, Dick. Please teach him the tricks and strategies of survival. The teacher said to Dick, "You can come at this time tomorrow for your first lesson."
At first, Dick came to have lessons on time every day. But soon, Dick became more interested in playing games with others, so he began to cut classes. However, he didn't realize how dangerous it could be for a young antelope who learned nothing but games.
Unfortunately, one day the young antelope stepped in a trap(陷阱). Knowing Dick was missing, his mother was worried. She went to her brother and asked him "My brother how is my son? Have you taught him the tricks and strategies of survival? The teacher replied, "My dear sister, I tried my best to leach him, but your son did not want to lean the tricks and strategies of survival. He cut classes. How could I possibly teach him?"
At this time, they heard that Dick was caught in a trap. They hurried to rescue him before it was too late. Dick was too scared to move and regretted deeply.
If the young antelope had kept learning carefully all the time, he wouldn't have been caught.
Dear Liza,
I will be ten years old on Friday, 22nd July. To celebrate my birthday, I will invite several friends and I hope that all of you will be able to come to the party on that day. There will be two parts in my party. The first part will be at the swimming pool near our school. Please bring your swimsuit (游泳衣) and a change of clothes. We have planned some pool games. My parents will be at the pool to protect the swimmers. The pool party will be from 2 to 3 p.m.
The second part of the party will be at my house. A bus will take us all from the pool to my house. A singer is coming to my house. He will sing popular songs for us. I am sure you will enjoy them. The home party may last till 5 p.m. Please let me know by Friday, 15th July, whether you will come to my party, so that I will know how much food to prepare.
Love,
Tracy
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A. books B. Internet C. true D. provides E. zoo F. create |
John Allen, an American scientist once said, "Theis the world's largest library, but all the in it are on the floor!" What he meant is that the Internet is full of information. But it can be difficult to find what you really need. The Internet has another disadvantage. That is--anyone cana website, so you can find websites about whatever you can imagine. Unfortunately, a lot of what is written on them is not always.
At the same time, the Internet many other things for people.
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A. surfing B. cheap C. expensive D. people E. depend on F. hate |
On some websites, you can download music and films. They are usuallyand some are even free. On some other websites, you can connect withfrom all over the world. It's true that the Internet has changed the way we work and communicate. But we should notit too much. Some people are also afraid thatthe Internet has taken the place of other healthier activities, especially for young people.
Whether you love it orit, though, you'd better get used to it but not avoid getting in touch with it.
A young man went to visit a wise man who lived deep in the mountain. He wanted to ask for wisdom of life.
"Excuse me! Is it the day we were born or the day we die? Is it the day we fall in love or the day we are successful?" the young man asked.
"None. The most important day in our lives is today." the wise man replied calmly.
"Why?" the young man was very surprised. ""
"No. Nothing has happened today."
"So is it because of my visit?"
"Even if nobody visited me today, today is still very important, because today is the only wealth we have. No matter how important yesterday is, it has gone by; No matter how ordinary and boring today is, it is in our hands."
The young man still wanted to ask something, but the wise man stopped him and said, "When we are talking about the importance of today, we have wasted a lot of it.
Having understood this, the young man nodded and then went down the mountain.
Therefore, what we should do now is to forget yesterday and tomorrow and catch hold of today!
A. Is it because there is some unusual event taking place today? B. Actually today is the only wealth and chance we have. C. No matter how wonderful tomorrow may be, it hasn't come. D. Could you tell me what is the most important day in our lives? E. That is to say, "part of 'today' has passed." F. The young man didn't understand. |
It's four o'clock in the afternoon. Some students (talk) about the future. Here is one of their predictions.
I believe we will be able to live in the space. There (be) many big clean hotels in the space. We can fly our rockets to the space hotel there. And also we (play) sports and enjoy all kinds of interesting food in the sky. — John
Lisa Hawkins loves riding her BMX bike(极限单车)and her dream is to go to the Olympics. Lisa first got interested in BMX racing at the age of ten. Once she hired(租) a bike for a pound and immediately (fall) in love with the sport. "It was the best pound I ever spent," she says. Lisa is only 16 but she (already have) lots of success, and got first prize in a world BMX competition last year. BMX racing is quite a dangerous sport. But this didn't keep her from(want) to do more competition. Lisa exercises every day. Like many sports people, she(believe) in luck as well as hard work.
Once a king got two nice falcons(猎鹰) from his son. He had never seen such beautiful falcons before. He loved them so much and he ordered the best falconer to train them to fly.
After several months, the king came to see how the training was going on. He found that one falcon had already been able to fly high in the sky, while the other one was staying on the branch(树枝) of a tree quietly without moving.
The king called all his falconers together and ordered them to try every way they could to make it fly. But none of them succeeded. One day, while the king was taking a walk in the forest, an idea came to his mind. He decided to find someone who knew the natural environment well to solve the problem. Then he sent for a farmer who lived in the forest into his palace to train it at once.
The next morning, the king saw the other falcon flying above in the sky freely. "It is unbelievable!" shouted the king. "How could you make it happen?"
The farmer replied, "It's very easy. I just cut off the branch where the falcon rested."
It is always the same to humans. We all have "two flying wings in our hearts as well, but we often seem not to notice them and stay where we feel safe and comfortable. We won't realize we can fly so high and freely until the "branch" we are resting on breaks.
