We talk about the advantages and disadvantages of shopping online these days. Some students think it's very for people to go shopping on the Internet. The shops on the Internet are open for almost hours a day, so people can buy something they want at any time if they like. The things online are much than those in shops. What's more, people needn't wait in a queue. It saves our time.
However, some students don't agree. They think that people can't see the while they are shopping. So they are not sure whether the things they buy are good or not. Besides, people can't enjoy the of shopping.
Looking back on the past 20th century, we human beings have every reason to take pride in all those great achievements. Although we live in the modern world, we also need to talk with others. As we all know, 1 plays an important part in people's lives. As far as I know there are many kinds of communication. Letters, telephones and 2 are most commonly used among them.
3 letters is very common and popular. People use letters to exchange information,4 and thoughts. It is the 5 means of communication because it costs only a little. The second kind is6 . By calling others, people can 7 each other even if they are far away. Now computers have come into our lives. Communication with computers is 8 and easy. You can get to others quickly. In addition, people can 9 emails to each other on the Internet.
In a word, letters, telephones and computers all help to bring people all over the world10. The make our lives more convenient than before.
Dear editor (编辑)
I live in a beautiful city. Many visitors come to my city. There are so many colorful peacocks (孔雀) here. The peacocks mostly live on the grass land of Dong Feng Square.
They are given food freely by visitors. They usually throw food to them, and don't think about at all whether the food is right or not. Some of the peacocks became ill, some even died after eating the bad food given by the visitors. I'm sure most of the visitors who throw food to the peacocks really like the birds, but don't realize that they may be doing them harm.
The visitors should be told that what have done is very harmful to the birds, and this kind of thing must stopped from happening.
Perhaps we can build some small shops beside Dong Feng Square to sell peacock food. For us every person, it's our duty to give more love to these beautiful birds and to look after them carefully.
Yours.
Sun Yan
The world's first "flying car" will soon appear in the market--It will be yours for just $127, 000.
The Terrafugia Transition is a light sport plane with four wheels and foldable (可折叠的) wings. It can fly up through the skies just like a usual plane, then land on the ground, fold up its two wings and drive down the road at highway speeds.
It is 19 feet long and can fly a distance of 460 miles, with a top speed of 115 mph in the air and 60 mph on the highway. According to early reports, the plane uses common gas -no rocket fuels (燃料) are necessary. It gets its power through the 100 horsepower four-stroke Rotax 912S engine.
It is about as wide as most usual cars except the folded gliders (滑翔机). The Terrafugia Transition can be put into most garages and drive on the road. A special code from a pilots license (执照) is needed to get the wings to unfold.
Interested pilots (yes, you need to be a licensed flyer or a driver with a pilot's license to buy one) can get an order of the "flying car" (or the highway plane) for $6, 500. It is planned to be finished towards the end of the year.
Have you ever complained why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your studies sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and smile all the time. If you see the world with your warm heart, you'll find that the whole world smiles to you.
While in school, sometimes you are tired of your lessons, but have you ever noticed the happy smile on your teacher's face when you did a good job?
One day it is fine. Just before you want to go out, it suddenly starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very sad and stated complaining about the weather. But dear friends, why don't you sit down and listen to the free concert that the nature offers you? And with the timely (及时的) rain, crops in the fields will grow better and better and farmers will have a food harvest.
Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, sometimes failure can't be avoided (避免). I think failure is not terrible, and the terrible thing is that we are afraid of it and give up hope. When we face failure, we must be confident in ourselves, draw a useful lesson from it and try our best to finish what we have decided to do. As a popular saying goes, "Failure is the mother of success."
Attitude (态度) decides everything. With an optimistic (乐观的) attitude life is easy and pleasant.. Let's smile to whatever we meet and the whole world will smile to us.
A habit is any action that we have performed so often that it becomes something that we do almost without thinking. Some of them are bad habits. People spend countless hours and dollars each year trying to get rid of these bad habits but often fail. Why? Change is hard work and there is no shortcut (捷径) to achieve it. However, there is still some advice for you to follow.
First, think about why you do it. That is, what's the result of doing this thing If your bad habit is shouting at people when you are unhappy or under pressure, what do you get from it? It may make you feel a little better for the moment. Or maybe you have a bad habit of leaving your homework undone. The result could be that you get more time to spend on the Internet.
Next, take a look on the other hand. What are you losing because of your habit? Shouting at other people is a bad habit because it makes people around you feel bad and unhappy. Leaving your homework be punished by your teacher. Having more Internet time means that you are losing the chance to learn the things that you need to learn. When you think that way, you'll find that it's not wise to keep your bad habit. Now it is time to make a decision. What will you choose? I'm sure you will choose to do what you think is more important.
The Venice Film Festival is thought to be the oldest film festival in the world. Every year, people from all over the world go to enjoy the great films and see the film stars.
The Venice Film Festival first took place in 1932. Since then, it has been held every year. At the first Venice Film Festival, there were no judges or prizes at all, only a list of good films chosen by the public. At the second festival, prizes started to be given. The prize of the festival is the Golden Lion. The lion is the emblem of the ancient republic of Venice.
This festival becomes more and more important. But from 1943 to 1945, the festival was destroyed because of World War II. In 1946, the festival became active again. Right up until today, the festival has provided a great chance for people around the world. They can learn other countries' culture through films. Many Chinese movie makers are sending their movies to the festival and some of them have won the Golden Lion, like Zhang Yimou.
Thomas Edison was a famous American scientist. When he was child, he liked to find out things worked. In school he asked his teacher a lot of questions which had nothing (do) with his lessons. So his teacher thought he was not worth (teach).Soon he got very (interest) in science.
Once he thought out a good idea to make the room bright (save) his mother's eyes. he was 15, he saved a boy and he learned to send messages railway telegraph from the boy's father. Ever then, he never (stop) searching for new and better ways to do things.
