Monty was the son of a horse trainer. When he was in his ninth grade, he was asked to write a 1 about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.
That night he wrote a seven-page paper saying that someday he'd 2 a horse ranch (牧场). He wrote about his dream in great detail and he 3 drew a picture of a 200-acre ranch with all the buildings.
He put a great deal of his 4 into the project and the next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red “F”5 a note that read, “See me after class.”
The boy went to see the teacher after class and asked, “Why did I receive an ‘F'?”
The teacher said, “This is an unrealistic (不现实的) dream for a young boy like you. Your family is not rich. Having a horse ranch needs a lot of 6 . You have to buy the land. You have to pay for other things. There is no7 you could ever do it.” Then the teacher added, “8 you rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I'll reconsider your grade.”
The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, “Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. But I think it is a very important 9for you.”
Finally, after thinking about it for several days, the boy handed in the same paper, making10 changes at all. He said to the teacher, “You can keep the ‘F'and I'll keep my dream.”
For most children, the most useful way of spending their time is playing a game. It doesn't matter 1 the game is. Things become better when they need a (n) 2 to play with. On the one hand, it is quite 3for the development of a child's personality (个性) to win and to 4 the best ways to get that. On the other hand, if a child only cares about 5 , then for him, playing a game is funny only when he wins. Or if he finds a better partner, he will get 6and he doesn't want to go on playing.
It's parents'7to make their children know that: you can't always win and there are many unpleasant moments8 when you have to learn how to lose. The idea is to compete, to prove you are good, not only to win.
In a word, playing a game is not funny only when you win. It is funny9 you enjoy it and try your best to win. If you are just a little bit unlucky, don't10 a lot. You will surely prove your abilities some other day.
A group of reporters asked a group of 4-to-8-year-old children this question, “What does love mean?”The answers were surprising. The children would answer like they did below.
Rebecca — age 8
“When my grandmother hurt her knees , she couldn't bend (弯腰) over and paint her toenails (脚趾甲) any more. So my grandfather would do it for her all the time, even when his hands hurt, too. That's love.”
Samantha — age 6
“Love is when someone hurts you, and you get so mad but you don't shout at her because you know it would hurt her feelings.”
Terry — age 4
“Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.”
Bethany — age 4
“I let my big sister pick on (捉弄) me because my Mum says she only picks on me because she loves me. So I pick on my baby sister because I love her.”
Lauren — age 4
“I know my elder sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new clothes.”
Elaine — age 5
“Love is when Mummy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.”
Clear — age 5
“My Mummy loves me more than anybody. You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.”
Jessica — age 8
“You really shouldn't say "I love you" unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.”
Close your eyes for a minute and imagine what life would be like if you couldn't see. Imagine having to read this page, not with your eyes but with your fingers. How do you feel, then?
With medical knowledge and skills today, two-thirds of the world's 42 million blind people should not have to suffer. Unluckily, rich countries have this knowledge, but developing countries do not.
ORBIS is an international charitable (慈善的) organization. Its goal is to help fight blindness all over the world. Inside a DC-8 airplane, there is a teaching hospital with television room and classroom. Doctors are taught the latest technology of helping the blind get sight again here. ORBIS is always trying to keep a closer relation among countries.
ORBIS helps those developing countries by providing sight-saving training. It has taught over 35,000 doctors and nurses. They continue to treat thousands of blind people every year. They have traveled around the earth 3 times, visited 76 countries and treated over 20,000 blind people. They need your help to continue their work and free people from blindness.
For just $ 38, you can help one person see; for $ 380 10 people can see; $ 1,300 helps train a doctor new skills; and for $ 13,000 you can provide a training program for a group of doctors who can make thousands of blind people see again. Your love can help them open their eyes to the world.
Would you eat a ready meal from the fridge rather than cook by yourself ? Have you been doing Internet shopping rather than going to the stores?
A study into how lazy British people are has found more than half of the adults are so lazy that they'd catch the lift rather than climb two flights of stairs.
Just over 2,000 people were quizzed by independent researchers in the Britain's largest health center. The results were very surprising.
About one in six people who were asked said if their control was broken, they would continue watching the same channel rather than get up.
More than one third of those asked said they would not run to catch a bus. Worryingly, of 654 respondents (离婚被告) with children, 64% said they were often too tired to play with them.
We know that it's no wonder that one in six children in the UK are very fat before they start school.
Dr Sarah, Dauncey, medical director of the center, said, “People need to get fitter, not just for their own health, but for their families, friends and pets, too.”
“If we don't start to take control of this problem, a whole generation will become too unfit to perform even the most basic tasks.”
And Scotland's largest city, Glasgow, was shamed as the laziest city in the UK, with 75% asked thinking they do not get enough exercise, followed by Birmingham and Southampton, both with 67%.
So there are some problems for the National Health Service, where fatness-related (相关的) illnesses such as heart disease and cancer have been on an increase for the past 40 years and are costing billions of pounds every year.
As we know, all living things have to eat food. For a man, a tiger, a fish, a bird, or even a worm, food is necessary. Generally speaking, all living things are sure to die without food. In every part of the world, many different kinds of animals share living places and live in communities (群落) together. They are connected in a food chain (链).
Within a food chain, some living things are producers and some are consumers (消费者). Plants are producers because they use sunlight, soil and other things to make their own food. Animals are consumers because they have to eat other animals or plants.
There are four different kinds of consumers in the animal kingdom. A carnivore is an animal that only eats other animals. An herbivore is an animal that only eats plants. An omnivore is an animal that eats both plants and animals. A scavenger is an animal that eats dead animals.
Look at the picture. It is an example of a food chain. The food chain shows the order that animals eat each other in a community. In the picture, you can see what animal or plant is food for another animal. See? A leaf is food for a grasshopper, which then becomes food for a hungry mouse. The mouse is food for a snake. The snake is eaten by an eagle. In this way, all of these animals are connected.
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A: Hi, everybody. I'm Becky. Welcome back to “The Problem Line”. Today, we're going to talk about problems with parents. Okay, it's time for another call.
B: Hello. My name's David.
A: Hi, David. Welcome to “The Problem Line”.
B: Well, I'm having problems with my mom. Every time we talk about something, we argue.
A: It's impolite.
B: I know. But she always arranges (安排) everything for me. I can't even decide what to wear on weekends.
A: That's too bad.
B: I tried, but she never listened to me. She thinks I should listen to her because I'm her child.
A: Well, that's a difficult problem.
C: Hello, I'm Vera. I think David should ask his teacher for help. Perhaps his mother will listen to his teacher.
B: OK. I'll have a try. Thank you.
A. Hi, where are you from? B. Hello, who's calling? C. You should learn from them. D. Dear listeners, who can give him some advice? E. Why not have a good talk with her? F. You shouldn't argue with your mom. G. What's your problem? |
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You can ride your bike to school, but remember to be careful .
This magazine isn't popular with the students though it every week.
It's difficult both the old and the young about the program at the same time.
The kids clapped and shouted when the actor appeared.
Though he is very busy, he goes to the movies to relax
The children are interested in playing the piano, so they need more
The visitors not to swim in this river for several times.
There are no students in the classroom. They on the playground.
Thank you for the museum. We've learned a lot.
You must do more exercise, twice a week.
In a town in France, there was a farmer who lived alone. Every day he s a pound of butter to his neighbor, who was a baker. One day the baker decided to weigh the butter to see i he was getting a pound. After he weighed it, he found that he wasn't. The baker then took the farmer to the judge (法官).
The judge wanted to know the farmer's ways to weigh the butter. The farmer replied, “ I''m so p that I do not have enough money to buy anything to weigh it. H , I do have a kind of scale (天平).” The judge asked, “Then h do you weigh the butter?” The farmer replied, “Before the baker started buying butter from me , I had bought bread from him. So now every time when I b home the bread from the baker, I put it on the scale and give him the butter of the same w .”
We always get back what we give to others. Whenever you take action, ask yourself this question, “Am I honest?”
Honesty or dishonesty can become a habit. Some dishonest people can lie w a red face. Others lie so m that they do not even know what the truth is any more. But who is it bad for? In fact, those who lie will hurt t by their own dishonest behavior.
