Using computers is part of our life. On the Internet, we can read news, plan holidays, pay bills, make1, play games and so on. But for some people, once they are onto the Internet, they just can't stop.
It2that 51% of the men and 42% of the women think Internet is one reason why they're not getting enough3! 68% of the Internet addicts(上瘾的人) say they have less time to stay with their family or to visit their friends face to face than before.
Some students also have Internet addiction. These students often stay4school and home and throw their homework away, just playing games in the Internet cafes. They5the screens straight, and their fingers hit keys quickly. At times, they shout loudly and jump from their seats when they win or lose the games. These "gamers" play games most of the day, then think about them for6of the day and dream about them in bed at night. They soon become lonely and won't talk with others. They think about nothing7the results of the games they have got. They prefer playing computer games to8. Computers are now their9friends.
That makes their parents10.
Unless we can use computers in a right way, our life will be worse and worse.
Andrew Holleman, a 12-year-old boy, loved playing in the open land near his home. The land was wet and forested, and made a home for birds, other animals and many different plants.
It made the perfect place for him to study and get to know the nature. He had seen some red-tailed hawks red foxes, wood turtles and other animals. He also found special native flowers.
Suddenly it was announced that the "empty" land would be improved by a lot of houses on it. The plants would be removed, the animals would run away and most would probably die. Then the wet soil(土壤) would be covered with extra grounds,
When he heard about the news, he was not happy. He was very worried that the land and water would be polluted.
Andrew wrote down clearly all the research he had done about the area, and how the houses would affect the local environment, He sent letters to members of the local government and television reporters. He also called on his neighbours to oppose the building of the houses.
Although he was only 12 years old, he had the courage and wisdom of a person much older. Andrew's teachers described him as gentle, shy and active. His classmates also admired how much he knew about local animals and plants, and the environment. Each day after school, Andrew went door-to-door to ask the people to sign(签名), who did not want the houses to be built. In only one month, he got the signatures of 250 people.
In the end, the land remained a safe place for birds, other animals and plants that belonged there.
Andrew won many prizes for his bravery and great work to stop the houses being built, and thus help save the environment.
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I'm Li Mei. My favourite book is A Friend Like Henry. It's about how a family dog helps a boy deal with his autism(孤独症). When I felt sad, my best friend gave me the book. It cheered me up. |
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I'm Tony. Reading in the holiday is an interesting thing. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is my favourite book. It's about a captain's travel under the sea. The story is very interesting and the pictures are fantastic. This book can make you relaxed. |
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My name's Bob. I like reading the Four Great Classical Novels of China although I'm a foreigner from Sydney. I can't wait to tell the story The Romance of the Three Kingdoms(王国). It taught me a lot about the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu. If you are interested in history, don't miss it. |
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I'm Mary. In my opinion, The Little Prince(王子) is the best one. In this book, a young prince falls into Earth from a small planet and experiences a lot. It's not just a fiction story, but tells us about the correct values. |
On school nights, lots of kids have to do their reading before they are allowed to watch TV. Pretty soon, you might get to do both at the same time, in true Harry Potter style.
Several companies are racing to produce electronic paper and ink, complete with colors and moving imagines (图像). One idea would be to create a newspaper like The Daily Project in the Harry Potter books. Its pages would hold video clips of baseball games instead of just black-and-white photos.
Electronic paper is not a new idea. A company in Massachusetts called E Ink, for example, has been working for years on such a technology. Little electricity determines(决定) whether each microsphere(微球) looks black or white at any given time. Together, microspheres make up words and imagines. The technique seems promising for creating still imagines that can be changed
when needed, but the process(进程) is too slow for good videos.
Scientists in the Netherlands now report a new type of e-paper technology. By using layers (层) of oil, the requirements say that they can also make images which change fast enough to meet standard video requirements. They can also make brilliant colors. So far, however, each image is smaller than the fingernail.
For now, reading and watching TV will have to return two separate activities. Keep your eyes open, though. In the future, TV watching and reading might be part of the same work.
Emojis, or emoticons, are picture-like characters which many people find necessary in their social networking communications. They allow people to liven up their texts with hundreds of colourful images. But do you often feel that there are still not enough emojis to express (表达) yourself very well?
Laura Ustick, manager of a fast-food restaurant in Illinois, US, said, "There are emojis for ice cream, pizza and sushi, but not for the all-American hot dog." That's why he and other emoji fans are taking action to get more emojis.
"When we want to write something cute, it's just not there," Ustick told The Wall Street Journal. Other emoji fans are trying to get symbols like cupcakes and bacon, according to the newspaper. The BBC also reported on a petition (请愿书) posted on DoSomething.org calling on Apple to increase the diversity (多样性) within its keyboard. However, not everyone can design (设计) an emoji symbol. Emojis are largely controlled by the Unicode Consortium. It was founded by some computer programmers in the 1980s.
In response (答复) to the DoSometing.org petition, an Apple spokesperson last month said, "We have been working closely with the Unicode Consortium. We are trying to meet the needs of emoji fans."
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The Chinese first (make) paper about 2,000 years ago. China still has pieces paper which were made as long ago as that. But Chinese paper was not made from the wood of trees. It was made from the hair-like parts of certain plants.
Paper was not made in (south) Europe until about the year 1100. Scandinavia( 斯堪的纳维亚半岛),which now makes a great deal of the (world) paper, did not begin to make it until 1500. It was a German (name) Schaeffer who found out that one could make the best paper from trees. After that, the forest countries of Sweden, Norway, Finland, and the United States (become) the largest paper producers. Today in Finland, which makes the (good) paper in the world, the paper industry is the biggest on the land. New papermaking machines are very big, and (them) make paper very fast. The biggest machines can make a piece of paper that is 300 metres long and 6 metres wide one minute.
When we think of paper, we think of newspapers, books, letters, envelopes and writing paper. there are many other uses. Only half of the paper that is made is used for books and newspapers, etc.
In a survey for Northern Ireland Teen Time magazine, 100 teenagers were asked the question "Do you do anything else while you are watching TV?" .The pie chart below shows the results of the survey.
This pie chart shows teenagers' answers to a survey
For Northern Ireland Teen Time magazine, which asked them if they did anything else while they . It can be seen that over three quarters of those who were surveyed do other things.
Over half said they either or checked their mobile phones or tablets while they were watching TV. Only a few teenagers said they read, or listened to music while watching TV. percent talked to their family and another 8% said they often and watched TV at the same time.
