— Your teachers' idea is right. The more friends you make, __________ you will be.
—It goes ___________ easily if you don't keep it in the fridge.
—Yes, but if you are not a sports fan, you might find it a bit___________.
— Yes, and _____ of us was late for school this morning.
—Exactly. _____ can be enjoyed from it ______ you have a deep understanding of it, however.
—By speaking more.
—Ten minutes on foot.
— ________ them __________ over twenty.
—_________. It has attracted plenty of TV audience.
Three1ago, my family got our first computer. 2 the beginning of this summer, I found it was too old and I wanted to get a 3 one. After my father and I talked for a long time, he 4 . We went to many shops and read many ads 5 we bought an HP computer.
During the first week, I noticed 6 our computer had some problems. I spent many hours 7 to fix it, but it 8 work. So I 9 to phone the HP company and ask them 10 to work out my problem. They told me to wait until the next morning because all their workers were 11 that day.
The next morning two workers came. It took them many hours to mend it, but the computer 12 did not work. My dad had no other way but to return the whole thing. A few days later, we decided that I should go on the Internet and order some parts to build a new computer by 13 .
It was not an easy job for me to build a new computer. I tried many times, and in the end I was successful. From these setbacks(挫折), I have learned a lot. Now I believe that if the HP computer hadn't had any problems, 14 I would not have learned how to build the new one. Even though I spent lots of time on it, I know it wasn't 15.
Friendship Restaurant
We have different kinds of Japanese food here. The food menu is in Japanese and Chinese. All the waiters and waitresses can speak at least one foreign language.
Tel: 312-9997
Time: 11:30 a.m.-10:00 p.m.
Volunteer Project
Maybe you want to help others but don't know how to do it. Then Volunteer Project will help you. Here you will get the best idea of volunteering.
Call 822-5566 to join it.
E-mail address:lisa@hotmail.com
Dream corner
Do you want to improve your English? Do you want to practice your English with native speakers? If yes, why not join the Dream Corner? Come here on Friday afternoon every week.
Red Bird club
Do you like dance? Do you want to show off your cool dance at parties? Join us and make your dream come true.
Closed on Tuesday.
Call 822-3331 for more information.
The Underwater World
Here you will find different kinds of fishes and even some kinds of sharks. You will feel you are in the sea but of course this is not true. If you like fishes, I suggest that you pay a visit to it.
Tel: 846-3809
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Idioms(成语) are phrases and sentences that do not mean exactly what they say. Even if you know the meaning of each word you see or hear, you may not understand the idiom because you don't understand the culture behind it.
For example, if an American boy asks his mother what's for dinner tomorrow, she may say “I'll play it by ear”, that means she doesn't have plans for dinner and she will decide later. “Play by ear” used to mean playing music using the sheet music(活页乐谱), but now people often use it when they're not talking about music.
There're many idioms in English. If you learn to use them, your English will be more vivid and colorful. English idioms are more common in spoken English. They can be difficult to remember sometimes. Next time when you hear somebody saying to you, “Give me a hand”, you don't necessarily reach out your hand to him/her, but you do need to be helpful. And when the situation is out of hand, you usually can do very little to manage all that. What about a green hand? It's not about the color of your hand! You're a green hand when you are very new at your work and don't have much experience. If you and your partner always work together hand in glove, you two certainly work together very well.
Can you guess the meanings of some common English idioms to do with parts of your body?
Can you match them?
1) to learn something by heart a. to depend on oneself
2) to have sticky fingers b. to know something very well
3) to stand on one's own feet c. to do something secretly
4) to go behind someone's back d. to have the habit of stealing
The Man of Many Secrets — Harry Houdini — was one of the greatest American entertainers(表演者) in the theater. He was a man famous for his escapes（逃走；逃生） — from prison cells（囚室）, from wooden boxes floating（漂浮） in rivers, from locked tanks full of water. He appeared in theaters all over Europe and America. Crowds came to see the great Houdini and his “magic” tricks.
Of course, his secret was not magic, or supernatural powers. It was simply strength. He had the ability to move his toes as well as his fingers. He could move his body into almost any position he wanted.
Houdini started working in the entertainment world when he was 17, in 1891. He and his brother Theo performed card tricks in club in New York. They called themselves the Houdini Brothers. When Harry married in 1894, he and his wife Bess worked together as magician and assistant. But for a long time they were not very successful. Then Harry performed his first prison （监狱）escape in Chicago in 1898. Harry persuaded（说服） a detective（侦探） which to let him try to escape from the prison, and he invited the local newspapermen to watch.
It was the publicity(宣传) that came from this that started Harry Houdini's success. Harry had fingers trained to escape from handcuffs(手铐) and toes trained to escape ankle chains. But his biggest secret was how he unlocked the prison doors. Every time he went into the prison cell, Bess gave him a kiss for good luck — and a small skeleton key, which is a key that fits many locks, pass quickly from her mouth to his.
Harry used these prison escapes to build his fame. He arranged to escape from the local prison of every town he visited. In the afternoon, the people of the town would read about it in their local newspapers, and in the evening every seat in the local theater would be full. What was the result? Worldwide fame, and a name remembered today.
Sixteen is a special age in the United States. There's often a special celebration for a girl's 16th birthday—a big party called Sweet-16. It is like a wedding reception(结婚晚宴) in the number of guests and gifts handed out.
About a month before the party, the girl's family sends out invitations to the guests. They must buy a special present for the birthday girl and the girl guests find good dresses to wear. A sweet-16 present usually costs $40 to $60. This is about $20 more than the usual-cost of a birthday present.
The party itself is not held at someone's house. The hostess rents(租赁) a reception hall for the event. Food, cake and a DJ are provided. Around 6'clock, guests arrive and meet the birthday girl. Then the girl and her father have a special father-daughter dance. After that, guests dance for about 30 to 45 minutes.
Then there is the most important part of the Sweet-16 party, the candle-lighting ceremony.
The sweet-16 hostess stands behind 16 unlit(未点燃的) candles and dedicates(献给) each candle to her friends, family, and anything that she feels is important to her. A lot of crying and hugging goes on at this time.
Afterwards, people sit and eat. Most guests begin leaving around 11 o'clock.
This school year, I have been to two Sweet-16s. I am one of the youngest students in my grade (My birthday is in December). I'll have to wait another year before I can have my own special Sweet-16 party. I can't wait for it!
This week, our topic is pollution. What are the answers to all of our pollution problems? We asked two experts to give their views.
◇Forest Smith is a member of Green First, an environmental group.
Our future on the Earth looks very bad. We are dumping waste on our land. We can't breathe the fresh air. The sea is polluted too.
I visited some relatives recently in a small village. They grow their own food and cycle everywhere. They are not wealthy, but they are happy and healthy.
We must close the factories producing useless products. That will reduce rubbish and air pollution. We must recycle more, give up all cars, and improve public transport.
A big problem is overpopulation in big cities. We must give up big cities and factories, and go back to a simple way of life.
◇John Green is a scientist at a university.
Things are not as bad as Forest says. We'll have a bright future. We don't need to give up cars but we need to invent better, cleaner engines.
This won't stop the problem of traffic jams. So we need better public transport. We should also recycle more.
But some things are getting better. My sister returned last month after living abroad for five years. She said, “Our old neighbourhood doesn't look the same as before－it is cleaner and greener now.”
In a word, science has brought many improvements to our life.
Forest Smith: A member of an group | Our future on the Earth looks bad. | ◇We're waste on our land ◇The air can't be in. ◇People have polluted the sea. ◇The population in cities is very large. |
What we can do | ◇ some factories will reduce rubbish and air pollution. ◇We must recycle more and the public transport better. | |
Conclusion: We must go back to a simple way of life | ||
John Green: A at a university. | We still have a future. | ◇We better and cleaner engines because we can't give up cars. ◇We also need better transport and to recycle more. |
Conclusion: Life has been a lot because of science. | ||
One day when Nasreddin was having a bath, he began to s . The bathroom was small with a stone floor. His song was very b , he thought.
“Oh”,he said, “I sing very well. I will sing to o people, too, and maybe I'll be a famous s , and most people will want to hear me.”
So after his bath Nasreddin went up onto the roof (屋顶) of the house and began to sing his song very l.
A man was w in front of the house and he h Nasreddin, he said, “What are you doing? You are m a terrible noise. Nobody wants to hear it.”
“Oh, you think so, don't you?” answered Nasreddin, “Well, I r sing very beautifully. Come to my bathroom and you'll hear h beautiful I can sing.”
喜爱的节目 | 内容和特点 | 原因 | |
朱红 （Zhu Hong） | Animal World | 各种动物 节目生动有趣 | 喜爱动物 获得知识 |
王刚 （Wang Gang） | CCTV News | 中国和世界新闻 每晚七点开始 | 获知国内外新闻 |
陈园 （Chen Yuan） | Comedies | 演员滑稽 故事有趣 | 放松自己 |
Yourself | …… | …… | …… |
注意：1.文中不得出现你的真实姓名和学校名称；
2）语言通顺，意思连贯，条理清楚，书写规范；
3）词数：100左右，开头已经给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：获知国内外新闻 learn news at home and abroad
There are many different types of TV programmes now. Different people have their favourite programmes.
内容提示如下：1）节目由五个明星爸爸和他们的孩子主演，深受各年龄段观众的喜爱：
2）目的是鼓励亲子双方重视交流，对于人们有良好的影响；
3）爸爸们以前没有时间陪孩子，现在已学会如何悉心照顾孩子；
4）观后感想。
注意：1.观后感须包括所有内容要点，要点语句通顺，意思连贯；
2）观后感的开头已给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：明星爸爸star father; 对于…有良好的影响 have a good effect on…
The program Dad, Where Are We Going is one of this year's hottest TV programs. I saw it last Friday.
