—It's my pleasure.
—Sounds great! But I have to finish ________ my English homework first.
—You are very lucky. It is on sale today.
—______. She was busy with her homework.
—About 20 minutes' walk.
I first met 8-year-old Katy on a rainy afternoon. I was a1at a hospital. The clerk at the desk told me about Katy. She was there because she felt a lot of2. The doctors found a problem at the base of her brain.
I knew she was3even before she got better.
When I entered Katy's room, she was not in her bed.4Katy did not feel well, she was playing with Tommy, a little boy. It was5for her just to sit in the chair. But she played with Tommy because it made him6.
Katy was always smiling and never appeared to be in pain. She didn't7to just lie in bed. One day I found her painting a picture. Later, she gave it to one of the older patients. Another day she went outside to8 flowers for another sick little girl. Katy made9smile.
The doctors managed to solve the problem in Katy's brain. The operation was10! The doctors told the good news. Katy was fine. She soon felt11. Then she was able to12the hospital a month later.
I have had a long career as a nurse. I have met many patients.13, I have never met another girl like Katy. Even after she got well, she still came to the hospital. She played different games with the young patients.
She read many books to the14patients. Katy's kind heart helped her get better so15. She is a hero to me and everyone else at the hospital.
The little star
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are,
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the_______________!
When the blazing sun is set,
And the grass with dew is wet
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.
Then if I were in the dark
I would thank you for your spark.
I could not see which way to go,
If you did not twinkle so.
And when I am sound asleep
Often you through my window peep
For you never shut your eyes,
Till the _______ is in the sky
Jessie goes to the woods with Jamie to get some green branches to decorate the house for Christmas. She is a happy girl, but she feels sad today because her mother said to her, "People will all have Christmas presents, but I think I will not get any present for myself. We are too poor this year."
When Jessie tells her brother about this, they start to talk about it." Such a good, kind mother, and no Christmas present! It's too bad."
"I don't like it." Says little Jessie, with tears in her eyes.
"She has you." Says Joe.
"But I am not something new." Says Jessie.
"You will be when you get back".
Jessie jumps and laughs. "Then put me in the basket and carry me to our mother, and tell her I am her present".
So they put her in the basket and put green branches all around her. They put the basket on the doorstep and go into the house and say to their mother, "There is a Christmas present out there for you, Mother."
Mother goes out and looks, and there, in a basket of green branches, sitting her own little daughter.
"Oh, that's what I want most," says Mother.
"Then dear mother," says Jessie, she jumps out of the basket." It will be Christmas for mothers all the time because they see their little girls every day."
Little Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everything—tutors, cards, special learning centers—in short, everything they could think of. Finally they took Tommy to a catholic school.
After the first day, little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn't kiss his mother hello. Instead, he went straight to his room and started studying. Books and papers were spread out all over the room and little Tommy was studying hard. His mother was surprised. She called him down to dinner and as soon as he finished eating, he went back to his room, without a word. In no time he was back hitting the books as hard as before. This went on for some time, day after day while the mother tried to understand what was happening.
Finally, little Tommy brought home his report card. He quietly put it on the table and went up to his room and studied. His mom looked at it and to her surprise, little Tommy got an A in math. She could no longer hold her curiosity. She went to his room and asked, "Son, what was it? Was it the nuns?"
Little Tommy looked at her and shook his head, "No."
"Well then," she asked again. "What was it?" Little Tommy looked at her and said, "Well, on the first day of school, when I saw that man nailed to cross, I knew they weren't joking."
When you are learning English, listening, speaking and writing are important, but reading can also be very helpful. When you read, you can not only learn some new words, but also you can learn how to use these English words. When you read, it gives you a good example for writing.
Good reading tips:
Try to read at the right level. Read something that you can (more or less) understand. If you need to stop every three words to use a dictionary, it is not interesting.
Try to increase the number of your new words. If there are four or five new words on a page, write them in your notebook. But you don't have to write them while you read. Instead, try to guess their meaning as you read, and mark them with a pen. Then come back when you have finished reading to look them up in a dictionary and write them in your own vocabulary book. Then try to remember them.
Try to read regularly. For example, read for a short time once a day. Fifteen minutes every day is better than two hours every Sunday. Fix a time to read and keep to it. You could read for fifteen minutes when you go to bed, or when you get up or at lunchtime.
Read what interests you. Choose a book or a magazine about a subject that you like, because you are going to spend time and money reading it. So, choose an interesting book. You can also read newspapers. There are many English newspapers in China. For example, 21st Century Teens. It is easy enough for you to understand it. There is something interesting in it.
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Frank was a middle school student. His father was very (严厉的) with him. He felt unhappy and he left home (独自地). He couldn't find a job so he had to make a living by begging.
Years (以后), his father was old, but he was still looking for his son. He went to every corner of the city. (每个地方) he went, he put up a big photo of himself and Frank on the wall. At the (顶端) of the photo, he wrote," I still love you, my son. Please come back home."
One day, Frank (看见) one of the photos. The faces on the photo were familiar to him, "Is that my father?" He (想) for a while and decided to go back to see his father.
It was an early morning when he got home. The door was (开着的). He rushed to his father's bedroom. "It's me! Your son is back home." They hugged each other. The son asked, "Why is the door unlocked?"
The father (回答) in soft voice," Because I'm looking forward to your (返回). In fact, the door has never been locked since you left."
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To Jim,
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