This story is about Mrs. Jones, an 82-year-old lady. 1 her life was hard, she was always nicely dressed every day.
This morning Mrs. Jones was moving to the nursing home（养老院）. The nursing home was very 2 . After hours of waiting, Mrs. Jones still smiled sweetly when she was told that her room was ready. 3 the way to her room. I told her what the room was like.
Suddenly she said, “I love 4 !”
“ 5 Mrs. Jones, you haven't seen the room yet!” I was surprised at her reply.
She stopped and said, “Whether I like my room or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is6 . It depends on how I decide to 7 the room. I have already decided to love the room before I 8 see it .”
Then she continued, “I have a 9 . I can spend the day in bed and consider how tiny my room is. Or I can just get out of bed and be thankful that I can 10 enjoy a new day. Each day is a 11 , I'll enjoy my life and all the happy memories that I have stored in my bank account(帐户) before.”
Life is like a bank account. You can take out what you've put in. If you have put a lot of 12 in your bank account, you can take out some of it when you feel sad.
Attitude（态度）is everything.
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Just as I came back home. I heard a sound coming from the bedroom upstairs—it was from my favourite violin.
“Thief （小偷）！”
I rushed upstairs and saw a boy in dirty clothes pulling my violin down. At first sight, I found a new pair of shoes missing. It seemed he was surely a thief.
However, when I saw his eyes full of fear, my anger disappeared. I smiled and asked, “Are you Mr. Ram's student Rubens? I'm his butler（男管家）. I've heard Mr. Ram say his student will come. It must be you.”
“Has my teacher gone out ?”the boy said, “I think I'd better visit him again in a while/”
I nodded and asked him, “Do you like playing the violin?”
“Yes, but I'm too poor to afford one.” the boy replied.
“Then, I'll give you this violin." The boy looked at me surprisingly, but he picked up the violin. While going out of the room, he suddenly saw a huge photo of me playing the violin at the Grand Theatre of Sydney on the wall. His face turned pale. He stood there for a moment and ran out. He must have understood what had happened because no master（主人）would put up the butler's photo on the wall of his living room.
A few years later, at a music competition in Melbourne, I was invited to be the judge （评委）. Finally, a violin player called Merritt won the first prize.
After the prize-giving, Merritt ran to me holding a violin box, his face red, and asked, “Mr. Brian, do you still know me? You gave me the violin, which I have treasured ever since! Today, I want to say sorry and give back this violin to you without regret…”
He was just the “Mr. Ram's student”!
If you need to call your parents but your phone is not with you, can you remember their numbers?
To remember 11 numbers is not difficult. However, because of the smartphone, many of us are losing this ability. What's more, smartphones weaken（削弱）our skills at giving directions, as well as killing face-to-face communications. Even when friends are having a meal together, it's common for most to check their phones.
According to a report by Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, an American company, Chinese people spend about 170 minutes on their smartphones daily.
Many students are addicted to using smartphones. It does no good to their study. Research by Japan's Education Ministry showed children who spend more than four hours a day on their phones perform much worse in school test than those who play with their phones for 30 minutes.
It's true that the smartphone has made our lives easier. But many also think they spend too much time on it, and this is bad for their study or work. People are trying to change that.
A new app（应用软件）called Forest was introduced this month. It lets users plant a seed that grows into a tree over the next 30 minutes. During the half hour, users cannot use their phones, or the tree will die.
A restaurant in Los Angeles, US, gives people a 5% discount (折扣) if they don't check their phones during a meal. Owner Mark Gold said he hopes it gives people a way to enjoy their meal and actually talk with friends and family in person.
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Car pool（拼车）
“Beep, Beep,” goes the car horn（喇叭）. You've got dressed, but you've not had time to eat breakfast. You run out of the front door with your schoolbag, and jump into the waiting car. Inside, your friends say “hey” as one of their parents drives you to school. Car pools are a common way of transport for many students in the US. You, along with many of your friends, can sit in one car. And your parents many take turns to drive you all to school.
If you're late, you can eat that breakfast you don't have time for at home. If you're behind on your homework, this is your last chance to finish it before class. Some simply add to their sleep time before classes begin.
Besides walking or cycling to class, car pools are green if you can't take the school bus. Instead of four cars taking four students to school each day, they can all squeeze into one.
More importantly, car pooling teaches students valuable life lessons not taught in class. It can teach students about being on time. It can also teach them the bad influence of being late. If you're late, then all of your friends will be late too.
A. What do friends do in the car? B. This is the daily car pool to school. C. Of course, it's better to take the school bus. D. Why is car pool so popular in the USA? E. Think of how much oil that can save! F. You share the journey to school each day. |
Shop worker: What can I do for you?
Betty:
Shop worker: What colour do you like?
Betty: Purple.
Shop worker: All right.
Betty: Small.
Shop worker: What about this one?
Betty:
Shop worker: Certainly.
Betty: Oh, I like it.
Shop worker: It's 198 yuan.
Betty:
Shop worker: But wait a minute! There is a sale on today. Everything is half price.
Betty: OK! I'll take it.
A. That's too expensive. B. May I try it on? C. I'd like to buy a T-shirt. D. I'm afraid I don't like it. E. How much is it? F. What else would you like? G. What size do you take? |
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–Excuse me, where's the nearest bookshop?—Go along the road and it's just on the street.
Lingling, if you don't warm up before taking exercise, you may hurt .
In winter there's a lot of in New York.
We're going to collect litter in the park next to my house this afternoon.
Earthquakes always happen suddenly, so it's difficult people about them.
metre be build until nervous |
The sun was going down when we arrived at the ground floor of the building. I was afraid of going to the top of tall buildings, so I was a little when I walked into a lift. The lift climbed faster and faster we reached the 88th floor. It high up there, but I was not afraid when I stood at the top.
The Jin Mao Tower in Shanghai is 420.5 high. It is one of the tallest buildings in the world. It in 1999, and it has a fantastic view of Pudong District and the centre of Shanghai. I really like t he tower and I am sure I will visit it again.
Indians always shake their heads when they talk to others. It does not have the same meaning as our “ “. If someone wants to visit India, he should know this or it will give him some .
One day, a foreign officer went to India on business. He hired （雇用）a car and an Indian driver. When he told his driver to take him to his office, the driver shook his head at once. The officer his order and the driver shook his head again. At last, the officer, of course, got 。
“How dare（敢）you refuse my order?” he , “Drive me to the office at once!”
The driver answered in a very loud voice too. “Yes, sir.” But to the officer's surprise, the driver shook his head at the same time.
The car started and the officer was now so surprised that he say a word. He thought about it for a while and nodded with a smile, " 'No' means 'Yes' here!”
①Getting recognition（认可）from National Geographic, a famous US magazine, is the dream for many photographers. A Chinese teenage photographer has made this dream come true.
②With his work Weed（野草）on the Wall, Gong Zijie, a 14-year-old boy from Changsha, Hunan, won the 2014 International Photography Competition for Kids in China. It was hosted by National Geographic Kids. Gong got the first place for the subject Wild Vacation. His photo shows the shadow of a weed on the Forbidden City's red walls. In photographer Li Shaobai's words, “The picture is silent but powerful.”
③Gong learned photography from his father, a professional photographer working for Hunan TV. Since the age of 4, he has been following his father to take pictures of nature and society.
④Gong is a patient photographer. When he finds something amazing, he can spend hours waiting for the perfect time to catch the moment. In his first work, Gong took the beautiful view of the sunset near his hometown. It looked simple, but Gong worked for four days to take the best photo.
⑤Now, the young photographer cares more about social （社会的）problems. In Gong's pictures of Liuyang River, hundreds of dead fish show us the deadly results of pollution. He has made up his mind to document polluted rivers at least once every year to make people pay more attention to environmental protection.
⑥ “Now photography is not only a hobby, but also a duty（责任）for me.” said Gong.
