—Oh, so late.
— 30.
—Let me have a try.
— My granny it every day.
—Next week.
It was a hot day. At noon I stopped at the traffic lights and saw a homeless man walking up and down in the street.
“This will make1 smile,” I thought, and I turned my car towards a frozen yogurt shop. I grabbed a2and filled it with a couple of flavors and came to the counter to weigh it. I wanted to add some toppings but my3was not enough for that, so I asked the lady if she would have change for a $ 100 bill. She said she wasn't
allowed to accept a bill that large. All right, I thought and4for the yogurt. As I was about to leave, she said, “Madam, don't5your children. Please add their favorite things. ” I turned to her and said, “Thanks for your6but this is not for my children.
It's for the homeless man in the street. ” She smiled with surprise and said, “Oh! That's really sweet of you. God bless you. ” She thought for a moment, and then she said, “I think we can do7than that. ”
She took a bigger cup, filled it nicely and covered it with colorful toppings. Then she8it to me and said, “This is from me. Please give it to the homeless man. Let's treat him nicely. ” Now it was my turn to be 9. I said, “Thanks a lot. ” And I left with a big smile on my face. On the way I said to myself, “ Angels are10, aren't they? I believe them because I saw one today!”
In 1996, Joe Richman had been working as a radio reporter on US national radio for several years and was looking for a new idea for a radio programme. He met a teenager called John Cutler. John had Tourette's Syndrome—a brain illness. This meant that Josh did not always have control of his movements and speech.
John was just beginning high school when he agreed to work with Joy on a story about his illness. Joe wanted John to keep a radio diary of his daily life. He gave John a tape recorder and asked him to record what happened to him every day. John and Joe agreed that an important part of his story would be talking to his school friends about Tourette's Syndrome. John was embarrassed(尴尬) to record at school—his friends might laugh.
One day, John took the tape recorder to school, but he kept it inside his bag all day. He was too afraid to bring it out. After months of feeling afraid, he took the tape recorder out on lunch time. What happened next was a total surprise. John tells it best:“Everyone jumped at the chance. Everyone started asking me questions about that, I had never really talking about it to anyone—except my mom and dad. ”
That was an important day in John's life because he learned to be more open about his condition. Now John says he wants to do radio diaries until he's 80 years old. He learnt a lot about himself by doing the radio diary. It made a great radio programme, too. Being a reporter is like having a passport. You can ask questions, be curious and explore new worlds. Radio is the perfect way to be on the radio and everyone likes to listen!
Do you think you're green? You're a totally modern citizen, aren't you? You keep your bottles and take them to the bottle bank. You have a black bin and a green bin, one for general waste and one for recyclable waste. Your car uses lead—free petrol. You use the same plastic bag every time you go to the supermarket. Maybe you even cycle to work from time to time. You are playing your part; you are green and environment—friendly. Well, I've got news for you:
YOU ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH!
If you don't believe me, look at these facts. Trust me, they're from a BBC website.
On average every person in the UK throws away their own body weight in rubbish every seven weeks.
Every year, the average dustbin contains enough unused energy for 500 hot baths, 3,500 hot showers or 5,000 hours of television.
Every UK household produces over one tonne of rubbish every year.
If all the aluminium drink cans sold in the UK were recycled, there would be 14 million fewer full dustbins per year.
Just one recycled aluminium can saves enough energy to run a television for three hours!
At Christmas over 83 square kilometres of wrapping paper is thrown in the bin.
Almost three billion nappies (used for baby) are thrown away in the UK every year. 90% of these are buried and take hundreds of years to disappear.
Have I made you believe that you need to do more? No? OK, here are one or two more facts.
Recycling just one plastic bottle saves enough energy to power a light bulb for six hours.
Collecting dustbins and cleaning streets costs ￡1. 6 billion per year.
Surely you must believe me now. You need to do more. The good news is that there is some— thing else you can do.
The human brain is divided into two sides, or hemispheres, called the right brain and the left brain. The two hemispheres work together, but each one specializes in certain ways of thinking.
Each side has its own way of using information to help us think, understand, and process informa—tion.The left side of the brain controls language. It is more verbal and logical. It names things and puts them into groups. It uses rules and likes ideas to be clear, logical, and orderly. It is best at speech, reading, writing, and math. You use this side of the brain when you memorize spelling and grammar rules or when you do a math problem.
The right side of the brain is more visual and creative. It specializes in using information it receives from the senses of sight, sound, smell, touch, and taste. This side of the brain likes to dream and experiment. It controls your appreciation of music, color, and art. You use this side when you draw a picture or listen to music.Although we all use both sides of our brains, one side is usually stronger or dominant. Some people are more “left—brained,” and others are more “right—brained”. Our dominant side influ—ences the kinds of jobs and hobbies we have. Politicians, artists, architects, and musicians depend on their right brains. Accountants, engineers, doctors, and lawyers usually rely on their left brains.
ERIC'S PAST LIFE
Hi Ben,
I was talking to my mom yesterday about when I was a baby. I remember lots of things about when I was small. I don't remember much about when I was a tiny baby.. I haven't always lived in LA. I was born near Des Moines, Iowa. . We lived with my grandpar—ents on their farm. It was in the middle of wheat fields. We moved to LA when my dad change jobs. I was eight years old. So my first school was in Des Moines, Iowa.. I had to stand on the road by our farm at 7 am and wait. If the bus was late, I waited for the bus.! If I was sick, someone went down to the road to tell the driver I wasn't coming. A lot of the students came from farms., and we also played happily with brothers and sisters. We soon made friends. It was good to be with kids of our own age. My best friend was Sam. He was very naughty! Were you naughty at school?
Eric
A.I had to catch the bus to school
B.But my mom has told me about that
C.It's a small farming town in America
D.If I was late,the bus driver waited for me
E.So we all spent a lot of time on our own farms
The Special Olympics
The Olympics are some of the most exciting sports events in the world. But there is another Olympics about which you may not have heard. This is the Special Olympics, for people with mental disabilities.
The first Special Olympic Games were held in Chicago in 1968. One thousand people competed in many events. Since then Special Olympic programs have been organized in all 50 states and more than 150 countries. Today more than a million people take part in the Special Olympics.
Mentally disabled persons over the age of eight may take part in the Special Olympics. These people may also have physical disabilities. People have run in races using crutches or walkers. A young girl enter the long jump event with an artificial leg. A blind runner raced around the track with the help of his coach's voice. A deaf basketball team planned their plays using sign language.
Winning is wonderful for people who may never have had much success. But training for and entering the Special Olympics is also important. The participants become more confident. They learn how to concentrate in order to play well. Then they use that concentration in school to improve their schoolwork. Like anyone else they feel great when they prove they can do something well.
提示词语:activity, (Room 4, Monday afternoon) start, last, go over(revise), a piece of poetry, new, explain, aloud, feelings ……
提示问题When and where do you have it?
What do you usually do in the group?
How do you feel?
Dear Peter,
How is it going? I' m writing to invite you to join our “ Chinese Poetry Reading” group.
I'm looking forward to your early reply.
Yours,
Li Hua
提示词语:English/ Chinese, maths ……, problem, explain, share, method ……
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1).Which subject are you good at?
2).What do you do when your classmate needs your help with it?
3).Why do you help him/ her?
