—Yes, it's something ______.
—Yes, ______ we should also take away our rubbish when we leave.
—He is doing very well, so there is ______ to worry about.
—Yes, I ______ it with my parents the first day it was on. I think the movie is meaningful.
—The yellow one.
—Poor boy, but I'm still ______ him.
—______. I believe we'll have an unforgettable time.
One hot afternoon, a poor farmer was digging his field. Suddenly, his spade(铲) hit something. It was a big metal1, which was big enough to boil rice for more than one hundred people. "It does not seem to be of any use to me. I will dig2.
Maybe I will find something else," thought the farmer. He3to dig.
Feeling tired, he threw the spade into the pot and sat under a tree to4.
When he got up to leave, he could not5his eyes. There were one hundred spades in the pot. What a6pot!
After that, he put a7into the pot. Then he found one hundred mangoes in the pot.8that pot, he became a rich man. The King came to know of the pot, 9he was very greedy(贪婪的). "I want to find out the10of the magical pot. If it is valuable, it should be11," the King thought. So, at once, he ordered his men to bring the farmer and his pot.
The King12the pot and did not know what to do. He thought," Let me see what is inside this pot that makes this pot so magical." He slipped (滑) and13 inside the pot. After climbing up out of the magical pot, he was14to find that there were one hundred Kings.
All the Kings then15among themselves and died. This magical pot has killed the King himself!
Roger: Hi, there! It was my 15th birthday last Saturday. Some of my friends and Alan.my cousin, came to celebrate it. Everyone brought me a gift, we played games, sang songs and had a big birthday cake. It was really a wonderful day! Did you do anything special last week?
Jessica: Yes, My class were on a school field trip last week. First, we went to the University of North Carolina to learn about the history of its basketball team. Many basketball stars were students there. Then we visited a museum. We learned about how the plane was invented and took many pictures there.
Sara: Well, I was lucky enough to go to a conference(会议) on charity(慈善) last Wednesday. I was excited to meet a lot of kind people there. One of them was a boy named Richard. He spoke at the conference about the charity work that he had done in the past few years
Martin: It was a different week than usual, Last Thursday, my school band(乐队) went to Atlanta to perform in a competition. I played the violin and we won a prize! On Friday we went to the Georgia Aquarium and got to see different kinds of sea life from over the world. It was really cool!
Every night in Jinan University in Guangzhou, a group of students plays diabolo(空竹) as a crowd watches on in amazement.
Chen Zhelun, 25, a Malaysian-Chinese started the diabolo club, which helps to increase the popularity of this traditional Chinese game. He is one of many students expressing their interest in the country's cultural heritage(遗产) by starting clubs.
The diabolo, which came from China, is popular among Chinese living in Malaysia.
"We played diabolo from primary school onward. I thought I could find someone to play with in China, but only a few students knew about it. So I started a club to develop it." says Chen.
To Chen's surprise, the old game has interested a huge crowd-more than 1,000 students have joined the club.
"It keeps your body strong and it's fun," says Chen.
But some prefer quieter activities. Every weekend, one classroom in Shenzhen University is always crowded, but it's unusually silent. The members of Lanting Calligraphy Club are writing Chinese characters with traditional brushes.
Fan Dongling, 21, a student in Shenzhen University, says it's a shame that young people no longer enjoy the beauty of Chinese characters.
Although her club is quiet, Fan says it keeps members healthy, mentally and physically.
"Some student think traditional things are outdated. They like celebrating Western festivals like Christmas or Valentine's Day, but they seldom pay attention to traditional ones," says Kong Yanquan, 21, a student in Guangxi University.
As head of the traditional Chinese local operas club, Kong plans to put modern elements(元素) into traditional culture to get students to join his club.
"I think it's everyone's duty to save and develop China's traditional culture among young people," he says.
Shyness can be an unhappy feeling. But the good news is, you're not alone.
Scientists say that more than 40 percent of teenagers and adults consider themselves shy. Shyness is feeling a little nervous or as if you want to hide when you're around other people or in a new situation.
______ Scientists say such things as genetics(遗传基因),life experiences, and environment can influence whether a person is shy. For example, in some families, everybody seems to be shy.
What happens if you are shy? Well, being shy may cause you to avoid or miss opportunities you would enjoy.
How do people overcome (克服)shyness? This is what Gilbert tells us. "When I started off trying to get over being shy, I decided to do little steps at a time, including practicing smiling and saying hi to people. And it worked for me."
But shyness is not the kind of thing that most people can get over overnight.
Overcoming shyness take time and needs practice.
Here are some tips given by scientists.
Think of what to talk about before you leave home. Prepare things to talk about before you're in a social situation. For example, if you know your classmates are interested in an upcoming event, learn about it so you can join in the conversations.
Let people know you're shy. If you're shy, just show it. Instead of letting people guess, tell them the truth. Explain that you are shy and feel nervous but enjoy talking to people.
Make things easy for the other person. Remember, you're not the only shy person around. Do what you think might help others feel good-for example, say hello or smile.
Pick one social skill to practice at a time. Start simply. For example, smile or be the first person to say hi. Choose skills you feel comfortable enough with to practice.
In his lowest days when few people bought his records, Taiwan singer Steve Chou lived alone in Canada and did little. One day, he passed by a local CD store and heard a song that greatly attracted him.
"My heart tells me that music is the thing I truly want to do, not for fame(名誉)or money," Chou said. That's how we luckily have such a music genius, who has since then composed(作曲) lots of hits for the pop music charts (排行榜).
"Sometimes we need to get close to nature to look deeply into our souls and see what we really want to follow," he said.
Recently he has made public his latest work Lovers Genesis(《恋人创世纪》). In this album, he explores human relationships in the Internet age.
"Technology itself is a good thing, but it depends on how you're going to use it," is Chou's advice to teenagers.
Chou often gets his music ideas from trips. He has traveled to many places around the world and believes that learning a country's language is the fastest way of experiencing the culture behind it.
Chou has worked hard on learning English to push forward his music career(事业).
He has flown to the UK to attend month-long English training schools three times. There he lives with local families and practices daily conversations.
"So I could easily read the English instructions on recording machines and communicate with the local music producers," said Chou, "The music reviews of the US or British singers that I appreciate could help me learn and grow with them."
a. He made public his work Lovers Genesis.
b. He passed by a local CD store and heard a song that greatly attracted him.
c. He composed lots of hits for the pop music charts.
d. Few people bought his records.
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Curt von Badinski is an engineer of a company in San Francisco.(然而), his home is in Los Angeles, which is 770(英里) away from his workplace, so he has to take a plane work and back. Every workday morning, von Badinski gets up at 5 a.m. for the 15-minute drive to the airport. After (停放) his car, he goes straight to take the plane. After a 90-minute flight, he (着陆) at Oakland Airport and drives to his company. The(整个的) trip takes him about 3 hours.
Von Badinski pays the airline 2,300 dollars monthly so that he can fly(自由地) at any time to and from San Francisco.
Flying to work every day is not (容易的) for von Badinski because he can only sleep five hours every night, but he believes(没有什么) could be more important to him than his family. He had about several ways to solve the problem,(包括) moving his family to San Francisco, but none of them worked.
"The six hour round trip shows that I have the(能力) to have all the things I want," he explains. I am always excited to start a new day.
1）爆发时间；
2）怎么度过；
3）你的感受。
注意：
1）词数110左右；
2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
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