Students learn their lessons in class. In class 1 teach them. Students sit in the classroom listening to the teacher. This is a way of 2. Is this the 3 way for students to learn something? Of course not. There is 4 way to learn. Students can teach 5. For example, if you can't remember something 6 you are doing your homework, you can look at your book to find the 7. This is a way to teach yourself. And it is not a 8 thing. We can do this at any place and at any time.
How do you teach yourself? The first thing you must do is 9. Read something you are 10 in, or you have to read. The second is that you must ask yourself questions. The question is something you don't 11 or you want to know more about. You can write down these questions. A 12 student is usually good at asking questions. The 13 you must do is that you must answer the question yourself 14 thinking hard, by reading the text of other books, but 15 by asking other people. This is the way of teaching yourself. And you must do this by yourself. If you keep doing like this for a long time, you are sure to be successful in your study.
Have you ever paid attention to the Air Quality Index (空气质量指标) or AQI reported in the newspaper? The AQI helps us understand what the air quality around us means to our health. The AQI uses colors, numbers and words to tell us about the air. Let's see what these colors and numbers mean.
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Colors |
Numbers |
Health word(s) |
What to do |
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Green |
0-50 |
Good |
Just enjoy the clean air! |
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Yellow |
51-100 |
Moderate (适中) |
Air quality is fine for most people. |
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Orange |
101-150 |
Unhealthy for sensitive groups |
Active children and adults with lung(肺) disease should spend less time outdoors. |
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Red |
151-200 |
Unhealthy |
People with lung disease and active kids and adults shouldn't spend too long time outdoors. Everybody else should try to spend less time outside. |
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Purple |
201-300 |
Very unhealthy |
People with lung disease and active kids and adults should not spend any time outdoors. Everybody should try not to go outside. |
Do you know "Weibo Addicts" (微博控)? Do you write a Weibo? If you don't, you are "out"!
Weibo means microblog. People may spend much time writing a blog, but it takes a little time to write a microblog. Why? Because every message on a microblog is less than 140 words.
Microblog started in the USA. It came to China in 2009 and it grows very fast. In 2011, the number of Chinese micro-bloggers grew to 300 million. People write microblogs for many reasons. For many microblog users, it is a great way of learning the freshest news, talking with friends and sharing different kinds of information, including news, everyday life, pictures, music, videos and so on.
It is easy and fast to send a message on a microblog. However, this can also bring problems and even panic (恐慌). For example, when the big earthquake and tsunami (海啸) hit Japan in March, 2011, messages like "Salt can help people fight radiation (辐射)" were hot on microblogs. Then a crazy buying of salt followed. Later people knew it was just a rumor (谣言).
In a word, microblog plays a new part in the life of Chinese people.
A few days ago, I walked into a stranger as he passed by. I said sorry to him, and we were very polite. Then we went on our way after saying goodbye.
Later in the kitchen at home, as I cooked our meal, my daughter Betty walked up to me, very quietly. When I turned around, I nearly knocked her down. "Get out of the way!" I shouted angrily. She ran away, crying.
That night, when I lay in bed, my husband said to me, "You were so rude to Betty. Go and look around on the kitchen floor, and you'll find some flowers there. Betty brought those for you. She picked them herself, pink, yellow, and your favourite blue."
When I heard this, I thought deeply, "While meeting with a stranger, I was calm and polite; but with my daughter, I was not patient (耐心的). I felt sad and tears began to fall.
I quietly went to Betty's bed, "Wake up, my dear," I said, "Are these the flowers you picked for me?" She smiled, "I found them by the tree. I knew you'd like them, especially the blue. " I said, "I am so sorry that I treated (对待) you that way today. " And she whispered (悄声说), "Mommy, that's okay. I still love you anyway. " I kissed her and said, "I love you too and I do love the flowers. "
That day Betty gave me a lesson on how to get along with each other in the family. I spent much time on work before and didn't realize how important family life was. I decided to do better in the future.
In every country, there are thousands of people who want to help out. Many join organizations run (管理) by their governments, for example, the Peace Corps in the United States and Voluntary Service Overseas in Britain. Since the powerful (猛烈的) earthquake took place in Sichuan, more than 200 thousand volunteers across China have been helping there! They do all kinds of work or come up with ways to help improve life. Some offer their professional skills for free. Others have no qualifications (资历), but they love to work hard to help.
One of the most famous volunteers in the world was Mother Teresa. She could be the best volunteer because she gave her life to helping the poorest people of Calcutta. She helped the homeless, cared for the sick, gave out food, and became the mother of those without families.
Now more and more teenagers actively look for volunteering opportunities, too. They volunteer because they think it will be fun or they will learn something. They also like the idea of being helpful to others, even if it is just handing out books for the teacher. As they get older, these reasons are still the same, but there are other important reasons for volunteering such as learning on-the-job, getting work experience, and improving their social life.
All volunteers bring joy to the people they help in so many ways. They might read books to the blind, fix up broken homes, find ways to get water for villages, Could you be a volunteer? What kind of volunteer work could you do? There is someone in the world who needs you.
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she knife neither success lonely |
Tommy is a 15-year-old boy who is poor but smart. Three years ago, his parents left him (永远) in a car accident because their heads and necks were badly hurt and they lost too much blood. The boy was very sad because of his parents' (死) and he had to live (独自一人).
But one thing (改变) his life. One day, he found a wallet on the street (当……的时候) he was walking. Bill didn't put it into his own bag. (代替), he returned it to its owner, Mr. Black. And Mr Black thanked him by (主动提供) him a job in his toy factory. Bill was (兴奋的) about the job. So he made a （决定）to work hard there. (无论什么) he did, he always tried his best. Two years later, he got a chance to take toy designing lessons.
Are you feeling very busy all the time? If you always think much work to do, it will make you feel (bore). You should know that you'll also have so many things to do tomorrow. Why do the things you have to do today? So if you have a little time to relax, just enjoy yourself. It doesn't mean you are lazy. That is because only when you are relaxed, you can do best. Here are some (way) for you to relax.
Firstly, show love to everyone you meet. Talk to your friends smile to a stranger. (volunteer) at a hospital is also a good way. The more you give, the you will get.
, take away the old things you don't need or send them to someone needs them.
Thirdly, watch the world as a child does. Go a walk in a park and have a picnic. It is helpful (lie) down on the grass and look at the blue sky. You can also sit down and listen to your favorite music or even dance to it. You'll find your life more interesting.
Peter lost his friend's book. He felt very sad. Kate broke her mom's favorite cup. . She was so sorry for her mistake. We all make mistakes because we're human. And it's not always easy to get on well with everyone all the time. Sometimes we hurt people's feelings although we don't do it on purpose. Sometimes we hurt people's feelings on purpose, . So we apologize (道歉).
An apology tells someone that we're sorry for our mistakes. It's a way to show that we'll try to do better in future.
Apologies are one of the tools to build good friendships and relationships. When you say "I'm sorry", you probably feel bad because what you did or said hurt another person. , you're also saying that you respect the other person, and care about his or her feelings. Apologizing shows you have empathy (同感).
After apologizing, you might feel a little better. . When you apologize in a caring way, you may feel good because you are trying to make things right again.
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A. When you say "I am sorry" B. but we feel bad later C. The other person will probably feel better, too D. Then she cried |
要点提示：①饭菜很可口,但是邻桌青少年在大声说笑、打电话、吸烟。
②你请他们不要那样做。
③他们不听，反而嘲笑你
④你认为:他们在公共场所那样做是不对的；青少年是未来，应该……
参考词汇：smoke吸烟；in public在公共场所
要求：①词数:80～100。
②开头已给出，不计入总词数。
③要点齐全，行文连贯，可适当发挥
Last Saturday evening, all my family were having dinner in a restaurant.
