牛津版（深圳·广州）英语八年级上册Module 4 Unit...

    A magician (魔术师) was working on a ship. The audience (观众) would be (difference) every week, the magician did the same tricks over and over again. There was only one problem: parrot saw the shows each week and began to (understand) how the magician did every trick. Once he understood, he started shouting, "Look, it's not the same hat", "Look, he is (put) the flowers under the table." The magician was (anger) but couldn't do anything. It was, after all, the captain's parrot. One day the ship had accident and sank. The magician found (he) on a piece of wood in the ocean the parrot. They stared at each other with hate, but did not say a word. This went on for some (day). After a week the parrot said, "OK, I give up. Where's the boat?"

    A man stopped at a gas station and bought a soft drink. He stood by his car to 1 and he watched a couple of men 2 along the roadside.

    One man would dig a hole two or three feet 3 and then move on. 4man came along behind to fill in the hole. While one was digging a new hole, the other was about 25 feet behind 5 in the old hole.

    The man with a soft drink was confused. "I can't stand this," said the man walking toward the men. "Stop it," he said to t e men. "Can you tell me what's 6 here?"

    "Well, we work for the county government," one of the men said.

    "But one of you is digging a hole and the other is filling 7up. You're not accomplishing anything. Aren't you 8 the county's money?"

    "You don't understand," one of the men said.

    "Normally (通常地) there are 9 of us: I Rodney and Mike. I dig the hole Rodney sticks in the tree and Mike here puts earth 10."

    "Yeah," said Mike. "Today Rodney is sick. But that doesn't mean we can't work, does it?"

A

    As we all know, having a powerful memory is important. A powerful memory can help you succeed in school, in your job, and in life. It also helps you learn faster, and fast learners are always in demand. With it, you can succeed more easily.

    If you're willing to make a few changes in lifestyle, you should improve your memory first. My goal is to explain every skill that can help you improve your memory.

    You can not only learn memory skills on this website, but also learn how to improve your memory through diet, exercise, sleep and other ways.

    Memory improvement can be achieved in two ways: Improving the health of your brain and using memory skills. These are easier to do than you might think, but you have to make the effort(努力).

    Memory improvement requires time and effort on your part. Of course, I believe that a more powerful brain is well worth the effort!

    Here are a few of the great memory improvement tips. I'll give you the tips in the following part.

B

    It's the end of a day, and I can't leave my thoughts alone; I have a lot of things to be thankful for in my life. I have gone a long way, visited many places and made many mistakes, but one thing I have learnt is to be thankful.

    Thankfulness is like an arm that picks you up and holds you Thankfulness is an encouraging word from a friend that comes at the time you need it most. Thankfulness is a brother who believes in you. Thankfulness is a parent who tells you how he / she is proud of you. Thankfulness is your husband or wife who tells you how thankful he or she is for you, and all you do.

    I say these things, not just because today is the special time of a year ——Thanksgiving Day, but because I have experienced all of the above in my life. I realize that not everyone comes from a loving family, and many of us feel very lonely, but I hope you can regard my words as something from a friend. I hope my words can encourage you.

C

    Many people have forgetfulness (健忘). And, yes, I was one of those forgetful people before. So I've had to develop some kinds of ways to improve it.

    How do you know you are forgetful?

    You know it: when people ask whether you've found the answers they wanted, but you can't recall them; if you often have trouble remembering where your keys are, or where you have parked your car in the parking lot; if you miss appointments (约定); or if you can never remember a person's name even a few seconds after being introduced.

    The following are some of my tips for fighting with forgetfulness.

    Can't find the keys. Right now get a small bowl (碗) and set it on a table in your kitchen. When you come back home, always put your keys in this bowl. The "key" to remembering where your keys are is to always put them back in the same place at once ever}r time you come back home.

    Can't find your car in the parking lot. I kept running into this problem until one day I solved it quite simply. Now I always park in the first or second row(排) to the left of the entrance (入口). That way, when I come out, I naturally start walking toward where my car is parked because it has become a habit.

D

但是, 他发现自己的学习效果并不是很好。经常会忘记刚刚才记住的知识。他很苦恼, 在网上发帖向大家求助。请以Peter的名义给Jim写封信提一些建议。

要求: 语法正确, 语言通顺, 80词左右。

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