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Rosa liked making up stories. She was so sure that her classmates believed her from time to time. In fact, the whole class believe her! At first she supposed it was fun. Now, as she got up to talk 1 the class, she knew that make-believe stories had some ways of coming back to make you sad.
Rosa's parents were separated (分开) nine months out of the year, Rosa lived with her 2 in an apartment on Anderson Street. But when summer 3, she went to her father's farm in Arizona.
The farm was great! Rosa rode horses and helped with some farm work. Her father, however, was so 4 that he couldn't find time to go places with her. When she arrived each summer, her father would 5 her at the airport and take her out to eat. And the day she went back to the city, he would always buy her a present.
When summer came to a close, Rosa 6 to her mother. At school she 7 lots of stories her friends told about their family trips. Rosa wished she had a 8 to talk about.
Not long after school began, Rosa was looking through travel magazine in the school library. They talked about many exciting places, like England and Germany. When Rosa's friends asked what she had done that summer, she made up something that was not true. Remembering the travel magazines she had looked at, she 9 her classmates that she and her father had gone to England!
When the class began studying England, Mr. Thomas asked Rosa to tell all the things she could 10 about her trip to England.
King's Summer School is a training program for students who want to improve their English. It will be from July 25 to August 15. More information is as follows:
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Students in New York, before July 21, 2011 Students of other cities, before July 16, 2011 Foreign students, before July 10, 2011 |
English Language Spoken English: 22 hours Reading and Writing: l0 hours American History: 16 hours American Culture: 16 hours |
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A letter of self-introduction A letter of recommendation (推荐) |
Daily lessons: $200 Sports and activities: $100 Hotel service: $400 |
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Please write to: Thompson, Sanders 1026 King's Street New York, NY 10016, USA E-mail: KC-Summer-School @ yahoo. com |
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Ma Yan is not really a writer, but this 15-year-old girl has written a book that has moved many people around the world. "Ma Yan's Diary" tells us about Ma's life. She lives in a poor village called Zhangjiashu in Tongxin, Ningxia, and she has no money to go to school. However, she is brave and has a strong desire to go to school.
Her mother gave her diary to a reporter, Pierre Haski when he went to Zhangjiashu in 2001. Now, it has been published in France, Italy, Germany, Japan and China.
Ma Yan is now a Junior Three student at Yuwang Middle School in Tongxin. Before this, she had to leave school twice. When she had to stop going to school the first time, her mum told her there was no money for her to go to school. She worked for 21 days and saved 13 yuan. With this money, she went back to school. The second time, her family told her she had to leave school while her two brothers could stay.
"I want to study," Ma Yan wrote in her diary. "Why can boys study but girls can't? It would be wonderful if I could stay at school forever."
Ma Yan loves school so much because she wants to have a better life.
"My parents work hard in the fields but they are still poor. They have no knowledge. Most girls in my village leave school early and get married young. I don't want that kind of life," Ma Yan said.
After her story became known, many students sent money to her. She hopes to go to Tsinghua University and become a reporter. "Then, I can find poor kids like me, and help them," she said.
Reading is a good habit, but the problem is, there's too much to read these days, and too little time to read every word of it. There are hundreds of skills to help you read more in less time. Here are two skills that I think are especially good.
Preview—if it's long and hard. Previewing is especially useful for getting a general idea of heavy reading like long magazine articles and business reports.
Here's how to preview.
Read the first two paragraphs and the last two paragraphs carefully.
Then read only the first sentence of the other paragraphs.
Previewing doesn't give you all the details. It keeps you from spending time on things you don't really want--or need--to read.
Skim—if it's short and simple. Skimming is a good way to get a general idea of light reading like popular magazines or the sports and entertainment of your daily paper.
Here's how to skim.
Get your eyes to move fast. Sweep them across each line.
Pick up only a few key words in each line.
Everybody skims differently. You and I may not pick up the same words when we skim the same piece, but we'll get a similar idea of what it's all about.
When you are learning English, listening, speaking and writing are important, but reading can also be very helpful. Here are some good reading tips.
Read something that you can 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. Instead, try to guess their meaning as you read: 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(定期地). 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. You can also read newspapers. There are many English newspapers in China. It is easy enough to understand and also there is something interesting in it.
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A. You should read as much as you can. B. Try to read at the right level. C. For example, read for a short time once a day. D. But you don't have to write them while you read. |
My mum was (and still is) a fast-food cook. My dad worked in a factory. When I was a little girl, my sister and I saw them come home very tired night after night. We knew how hard they worked and we appreciated (感激) everything we received.
On the other hand, my kids see me work at the computer in the comfortable home. We live in a town where most children get pretty much everything they want. Heartfelt thanks are few. So how do we make sure the kids understand the value (价值) of all that they have?
It's important to explain (解释) to them why you can't buy expensive presents. Today's newspapers and TV programs seem to be calling on children to ask for everything, so it helps to discuss what's really possible and what's not.
It's also necessary to show them not all presents come from a shop. For example, next holiday they can make cakes for all their friends and decorate the boxes themselves.
Give older children chances to serve in kitchens, tell them about people who have nothing on cold wet nights and tell them about parts of the world where food cannot be found.
Encourage (鼓励) them to give some of their pocket money to others. Give away unwanted clothes and toys to those who need them.
Set time to have them write down things they are thankful for. Then they will know all they have. And teach them to say thank you for any present they receive.
In the end, the most important thing is you should do everything you ask your kids to do.
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Students their homework.
The London Eye the Big Ben.
寒假快到了，英语老师Mr. Brown正组织学生谈论寒假计划。不同的学生有不同的想法，有的同学打算外出旅游，有的同学计划在家多读书……。请你向大家介绍一下你有哪些计划或打算，及这样做的理由，并表达美好的愿望。
Winter vocation, different ideas, go out, visit, do some reading, think, sure
