An elderly man had collapsed（晕倒）while crossing the street; an ambulance(救护车) rushed him to the hospital. There the man repeatedly called for his son.
From a letter1in his pocket, a nurse learned that his son was a Marine（海军）.They found the young man. He rushed to the airport in order to reach his dying father.
It was mid- evening when the young man walked into the hospital. A nurse took the tired,2man to the bedside.
"Your son is here,' she repeated the words before the3eyes opened. He only dimly（模糊地）saw the young man in Marine uniform standing nearby. He reached out his hand. The Marine4the old man's hand with a message of love and encouragement.
Night are long in5, but all the night the young man sat there, holding the father's hand and offering words of hope and strength. The nurse suggested the young Marine to rest for a while. He6. Now and then, she heard him say a few gentle words. The dying man said nothing, only held tightly to his son through most of the night.
It was dawn（黎明）when the patient died.7 the nurse said something to comfort him, the Marine asked her, "Who was that man?'
"Your father.' she answered8.
"No, he wasn't," he replied. "I never saw him before in my life.'
"Why didn't you say something when I took you to him?' the nurse asked.
"I knew immediately there'd been a(n)9, but I also knew he needed his son, and his son just wasn't here. When I realized he was too sick to10whether or not I was his son, I guessed he really needed me. So I stayed.'
We all have our own ways of sharing our life experiences with others. Photographers use cameras, artists use brushes, musicians use songs and writers use stories.
Spencer Johnson's story "Who Moved My Cheese?' shows change exists (存在) in our life.We must change our ideas to face the changing environment, or we will fail.
Just look at the cycle (循环) of the seasons. Trees bud (发芽) in spring and in summer their leaves turn green. In autumn, their leaves start to fall onto the ground. When winter arrives, there are no leaves on trees. Since we know there are cycles in nature, we can prepare for them.Since we accept the cycles of nature, we should also accept the changes in our life.
We can prepare ourselves for changes by becoming more flexible (灵活的).We can regard our life as chances. As we keep changing ourselves, we can keep up with the changes in our life.
A. We can enjoy the moment when things are going well and get away from the bad ones
B. Next spring the cycle begins again
C. Life changes and so should we
D. We know it is colder in winter and warmer in summer, so we can dress properly
Wonder of the Natural World
When I arrived, it was early morning and it was raining. I looked to the east—the sky was becoming grey. I got out of the car, went through a gate and walked along a dark path. There was nothing to see, but I knew it was there.
After about a mile, a stranger appeared beside the path. "Am I going the right way?' I asked. He knew where I was going. "Yes,' he replied. "you'll get there in five minutes.' Finally, I came to some rocks and stopped. I looked over them, but it was silent and there was no sign of it.
Suddenly, the rain stopped and the clouds cleared. The sun rose behind me and shone on the rocks. Far below me, the ground fell away and down to a river. I was looking across one of the wonders of the natural world –the Grand Canyon.
I looked down to the Colorado River, a silver stream nearly one mile below me. If you put the two tallest buildings in the world on top of each other at the bottom of the canyon, they still would not reach the top. Then I looked across to the other side of the canyon. It was about fifteen miles away, maybe more. Finally, I looked to my left and to my right, and on both sides the canyon went far away for more than 200 miles. The Grand Canyon was not just big. It was huge!
I remained by the canyon for about half an hour, and I asked myself, "Is the Grand Canyon the greatest wonder of the natural world?' I certainly know the answer. What do you think?
FOOD is basic — it's what keeps us going. But for students at the International Culinary (烹饪) Center (ICC) in New York City, it's much more than that — food is the future. ICC "gave me a direction', said Song Wen long, 25, a Chinese native and recent graduate of the world famous cooking school.
ICC, which was set up in 1984, offers courses from chef (厨师)training programs to wine studies and restaurant management, according to its website.
And as the school has grown, the number of international students to ICC, including Chinese, is rising every year. One example is Song Wen long, who grew up in Shanghai but now works in Los Angeles as director of food development for RJ Chinese Kitchen, a restaurant in California.
Song has lived in the US for three years. He first completed a degree in Engineering at Stony Brook University in New York. Song said. "I chose the degree based on my parents' opinion. The people I met abroad encouraged me to chase my dream, so I ended up changing my whole career path.'
That's what brought him to ICC —his love of food. "Growing up, my uncle had a restaurant, and I loved going with him to the farmers' market. When I was 16, I started to cook on my own.'
Song said he likes ICC's ideas toward cooking. "They taught me how to cook, not special recipes（秘诀）. They call it 'cooking techniques'. I learned a lot from that. The two-month internship(实习) in a restaurant was helpful, too. It gave me a look at a high-quality, professional kitchen.'
Song highly recommends Chinese chefs and food lovers go abroad and study. Above all, he feels good about the fact that more young Chinese people are starting to chase their own dreams.
A neighbor of mine, while visiting his mother in Boston, took her to a shoe store to buy a new pair of shoes. While she was trying on different styles, my neighbor took the manager（经理）beside him. "When she picks out a pair that she likes,' he said, "just tell her that the price is 12 dollars. I'll pay the regular price. I don't care how much it is.'
The following week, my neighbor was walking by the shoe store and the manager recognized (认出)him and called him in.
"What's the problem?' asked my neighbor as he entered the store.
"Wasn't my check any good?'
"That's not it,' answered the manager, "The problem is that your mother is bringing all her friends in for those 12-dollar shoes!'
This week we asked students at New Star High School about the best ways to learn more English. Many said they learnt by （use）English. Some students had more specific suggestions. Lillian Li, for example, said the best way to learn new words（be）by reading English magazines. She said that（memorize）the words of pop songs also helped a little. When we asked about （study）grammar, she said, "I never study grammar. It's too boring. '
Wei Ming feels differently. He has been leaning English for six years arm really loves it. He thinks studying grammar is a great way （learn）a language. He also（think）that watching English movies isn't a bad way because he can watch the actors （say）the words. Sometimes, however, he finds watching movies frustrating because the people speak too quickly.
Liu Chang said that joining. the English club at school was the best way to improve her English. Students get lots of practice and they also have fun. She added that having conversations with friends was not useful at all. "we get excited about something and then end up（speak）in Chinese,' she said.
The nice T-shirt 200 yuan.
Could you tell me get there？
Tom asked me I with her.
The doctor asked me to smoking as soon as possible.
you improve your pronunciation?
Do you know she good at English?
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How can we practice our spoken English？
The first and the mostthing is to believe yourself. You should always be full of confidence, or you will never be able to improve your English. You should often encourage"Come on, don't be afraid. '
You should never lose heart and never.
Maybe you are afraid offace, but you should think since we are students and we are learning, there is no need to worry about . You must always be active in practice. There is no problem that your pronunciation and intonation(语调)can't be as good as the native people because we are, and we don't have chances to live in foreign countries and talk with the people there. But you must know that the main aim to study English is to make ourselves understood andother people. You should believe that native speakers will not laugh at you. they will encourage you. So if you are brave, you will certainly make rapid progress in your spoken English.
Don't be shy or afraid！Just havetry.
Orange. It can when you are feeling sad.
His dress is very mine in colour.
Because the new year is a time for cleaning and bad things.
Shakespear's plays are seen by people every year.
He teaching two years ago because he was too old.
