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Young Chinese would like to wear sweaters with messages. They expect to stop family members from nagging(唠叨) in the1 traditional Chinese Spring Festival period, beginning on Feb, 16.
One such sweater features(特载) messages such as "Please don't ask me the grades in final examinations", "Your child is really great" "No 2 salary, "I am on a diet, I can't eat too much" and so on.
Sweaters with these messages become3because they provide answers to nagging questions from some youths' parents or relatives.
During the Spring Festival, family members gather together and some of the elder ones always ask the4members of the family questions which they feel unhappy to answer. For example, "How many points did you get in final examinations?" or "When will you be5?"
Many internet users6the logo sweaters are lovely, and help them not need to answer questions if they wear the clothes during the holiday.
7, some internet users are not that optimistic (乐观) about the sweaters.
There are also many8 methods to keep people from family nagging during the Spring Festival holidays. For example, some netizens (网民) suggest we can please our parents or other elder relatives by9their words and doing what they want us to do.
Other internet users hoped they could share with their family members a song10What I Do is for Your Own Good, with the lyrics "My dear family members, I have my own life."
World Book Day is coming. What's your favorite book? Here are the answers of four students in Sunshine Middle School.
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My favorite book is A Friend like Henry. It's about how a family dog helps a boy deal with his autism(自闭症). When I felt sad, my best friend gave me this book. It cheered me up. —David |
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Reading in the holiday is an interesting thing. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is my favorite book. It's about a captain's travels under the sea. The story is very interesting and the pictures are fantastic. This book can make you relaxed. —Tony |
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I like reading the Four Great Classical Novels of China although I'm a foreigner from Sydney. I can't wait to tell the book Romance of the Three Kingdoms(《三国演义》). I learned a lot about the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu. If you are interested in history, don't miss it. —Bob |
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In my opinion, The Little Prince is the best one. In this book, a young prince falls to the Earth from a small planet and experiences a lot. It's not just a fiction, and it also tells us about the correct values. —Mary |
As an old Chinese saying goes, Spring Festival comes right after the Laba Festival, so get ready for a bowl of porridge while looking forward to the long-awaited family get-together.
Today, people across China are celebrating the Laba Festival. It is a traditional Chinese festival. It's on the eighth day of the 12th lunar month. What does this festival mean to Chinese people? OK, it just tells people to prepare for celebrating the coming New Year's Day and for wanderers to return home to get together with their family.
Long long ago, Laba Festival was a day of thanks for a good harvest. On this day, people usually eat Laba porridge, a porridge with eight kinds of mixed grains（谷物）. Many temples today have the tradition of giving out Laba porridge to the public. The sweet, red porridge is believed to bring luck and joy.
The festival is also the day for people to put garlic in vinegar（醋）. The garlic turns green, and this Laba garlic will be eaten with dumplings on Chinese New Year's Day. While in the past, It was used to let people remember to pay back the money they had borrowed, as Laba is near the end of the year and 'garlic' (suàn, 蒜 in Chinese) sounds the same as 'calculate'(suàn, 算).
Customs are quite different across the country. People in Qianxian, east China's Anhui Province, will eat the Laba tofu a few days before. In Xining City, northwest China's Qinghai Province, people will eat porridge with beef and mutton.
Ou Pingqin was a teacher in a special school (for deaf and mute（聋哑）students）,who has recently been considered the Most Beautiful Teacher in China.
After graduating from a college, she went to this school alone and worked there for nearly twenty years. The headmaster of the school said, “She worked hard and taught well. She was a backbone teacher in our school. She was also the most welcome teacher among the students. For students, she was like a mother. They called her Little Mother.”
One day, when she was talking with her students in the dormitory. It looked as if something heavy would fall off. It was dangerous. At that time, without any hesitation（犹豫）, she pushed two students away, but she was hit heavily. However, she continued working with great pain later.
One of her officemates （同事） said, "Ou Pingqin was not only a teacher but also a mother to her students in her class. She cared about their studies and even their life. She was very strict in her work."
A student's parent said, "She was very warm-hearted. My son lost his father who supported the family. Every month, the teacher gave him 100 yuan to buy books from her own income." She gave all her life to the teaching and her students, but she didn't marry when she died at the age of 36.
Ou Pinqin's deeds have drawn much attention in the country. She was the students' Little Mother, but gave them great love.
Sophia is a robot in Saudi Arabia. She made history at a meeting that was held in the country on Oct 25. On that day, she became the first robot in the world to get citizenship (公民身份), according to The New York Times.
In the future, Sophia may have the same rights as a human Saudi Arabian citizen.
Sophia looks like a human woman. In 2015, a US company built her and gave her an artificial intelligence system (人工智能系统). This means Sophia can talk and act like a human. She also has the ability to learn from people, books and the Internet.
"I will do my best to make the world a better place," Sophia said at the meeting.
But not everyone is happy with Sophia's citizenship. Some think robots like her could be dangerous. They could become enemies of humans if they go out of control.
For this, Sophia said she also had values like wisdom and kindness. "Don't worry, if you're nice to me, I'll be nice to you," she said.
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A. This can help me relax and be healthier. B. So many classmates study harder than me and get better grades than me. C. Thanks for all the good advice. D. My parents are giving me too much pressure about school. E. Playing with your friends is a good way to relax. F. It's because they want you to get good grades. G. You shouldn't compete with your classmates to get better grades. |
A: Elizabeth, help me!
B: Hey, Xiaowei. Although you may be unhappy with your parents, you should talk to them. Ask them why they give you so much pressure.
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B: But life shouldn't just be about grades. Free time activities like sports and hanging out with friends are important, too.
A: I totally agree. I need more free time to do activities I enjoy.
B: Yes, you won't get good grades if you're stressed out all the time.
A: I also keep worrying about getting better grades than my classmates.
B: You should all be helping each other to improve.
A: You're right. Elizabeth.
People spend almost a third of their lives doing one thing—sleeping. Every year, there is a day for people around the world to celebrate the (important) of good and healthy sleep—World Sleep Day.
Sleep is like food for the brain. Healthy sleep helps the body and brain grow and develop. People of different ages need different amounts of sleep. It is said that eight hours per night (consider) the average amount of sleep. For students aged 10 to 17, a healthy amount is about eight to nine hours per night. However, last year, the China Youth and Children Research Center (report) that about four (five) of middle school students didn't get enough sleep. For some students, they want to sleep early, but they keep (worry) about their schoolwork and can't fall (sleep) quickly. A lack (缺乏) of sleep can greatly affect (影响) a person's life. Students who don't get enough sleep may get poor grades. They cannot pay attention in class or do well in sports.
(solve) this kind of problem, scientists advise that students should have (little) schoolwork and more time to sleep. There are some other ways to help people get enough sleep, such as (take) a 20-minute nap (午睡) during the day, trying to go to sleep earlier and so on . Good sleeping habits are also (help). For example, try to go to sleep and wake up at the same time every day, even on weekends and during the day.
There were two fishermen who were close friends. Since they were busy in their personal work and family, they hardly spend time together. It was a Saturday and they decided to drive to a nearby pond to enjoy their day in fishing. Also, they wanted to have some feast with the fish they caught.
After they reached the pond, they sat at a distance and started hunting for fish. The first fisherman got a big and beautiful fish in a few minutes. He decided to cook the fish as a whole fish at noon. He spent some more time and caught a few more fish. He decided to make a grand meal with the fish. Also, he froze a few fish to take them back home.
It was almost more than an hour since they fished. He then went to the second fisherman and asked him if he needed any help. The second man said no. In a few minutes, the second fisherman caught a large fish. However, he put that back into the lake.
The first man was surprised at his act. He remained silent. The second man caught many big fish, but he just put back all those fish into the lake.
Very annoyed by his act, the first fisherman angrily asked him, “Are you mad? Why do you put your fish back into the water? They were beautiful and big!”
The second fisherman replied, “I know they were big, but I don't have the big pan to cook the big fish! So I'm looking for a smaller fish that fits my cooking pan! God is troubling me today.”
By hearing this, the first fisherman was surprised. He advised the second fisherman to cut the big fish into small pieces to suit in the pan and cook them properly.
Many people are just like the second fisherman. We are provided with handful of big opportunities, chances and even fortune that we many times overlook. We need to work out just the same like the big fish fit into a small pan!
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培养良好的习惯 |
认真听讲，及时复习，从错误中吸取教训 |
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Good morning, everyone! It is my great honor to be here to share with you my opinions on how to become a successful middle school student.
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