School education is very important and useful. Yet no one can 1 everything at school and a teacher can't teach his students everything they want to know. His 2 is to show his students how to learn. He teaches them how to read 3 how to think. So much more is to be learnt outside school by the students 4.
It is always more 5 to know how to study by oneself. It is quite 6 to learn something, but it is difficult to use it to solve problems. Great inventors (发明家) don't get everything 7 school, but they still can 8 many things and change the world a lot.
How can the inventors do all of these? One of the answers is: they 9 how to study. A lot of things are not learnt in the classroom. They get a lot of knowledge by reading outside school. They work hard and never 10 their dreams.
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Do you still get free plastic bags from the supermarkets? Things have changed.
China has banned（禁止）free plastic bags at shops and supermarkets, and people have to pay for plastic bags. The rule started on June 1, 2008. It came because our country tried to make litter less. Making super-thin（超薄）plastic bags has also been banned.
The Chinese once used about 3,000,000,000 plastic shopping bags a day，and they have caused pollution of the environment （环境污染）. The bags have become a main cause of plastic pollution because they are easy to break and people throw them away here and there. So the Chinese people are encouraged to bring their own bags for shopping.
What kind of shopping bag is the best to bring? Some students in Chongqing have a good idea. They make their own shopping bags. They use old clothes to make cloth bags（布袋）,and send them to their parents as presents. They also ask their parents and friends to use cloth bags instead of plastic ones. They think it is their duty to protect（保护）the environment.
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Each year there is an increasing number of cars on the roads and streets as millions of new cars and trucks are produced. One out of every six Americans works at putting together the parts of the cars, driving trucks, building roads, or filling cars with gas. Americans won't live without cars!
Most Americans would find it hard to think what life could look like without a car.However，some have realized the serious problem of the air pollution caused by the car. The polluted air becomes poisonous and dangerous to people's health.
One way to get rid of the polluted car is to design a car that does not pollute.That's what several of the large car factories have been trying to do. But to build a clean car is easier said than done. Progress in this field has been slow.
Another way is to take the place of the car engine （发动机）by something else. Inventors are now working on steam cars as well as electric cars. Many makers believe that it will take years to develop a practical model that pleases man.
To prevent the world from being polluted by car, we'll have to make some changes.Americans，for example, have to cut down on the number of their total cars. They are encouraged to travel and to go to work by bicycle. Bicycling is thought to help keep the air clean.
But this change doesn't come easily—a large number of workers may find themselves without jobs if a car factory closes down. Thus the problem of air pollution would become less important than that of unemployment.
Althoughcars have led us to a better life, they have also brought us new problems.
Adopting Animals(领养动物)
Would you like to adopt an animal? Although this sounds very unusual, some children have done this. The Natural Zoo has given people the chance to adopt animals by paying for all of its food for one year. One of the animals that needed parents was a young tiger named Brocky. The people at the zoo said that it would cost about $ 900 a year for the food for Brocky.
Not many boys and girls have $ 900 to spend. That is why several hundred children and grown-ups each have sent a little money to the zoo to help pay for Brocky's food. Some children sent in only a quarter because that was all the money they had. Other children sent in more money than that.
Since so many people sent money to the zoo to help pay for Brocky's food, he now will be able to eat as much as he wants. Brocky surely must be a happy tiger to know that he has so many adopted parents. Many children must also be happy to know that they have helped to feed him. It really will be thrilling for those children to go to the Natural Zoo to visit their adopted tiger Brocky.
Maria: Did you use to eat candy?
Peter: Yes, I did.
Maria:
Peter: No, I don't.
Maria: Me? I enjoy eating candy all the time. I also used to watch TV a lot.
Peter: So did I. Did you use to spend much time in playing computer games?
Maria: Yes, I did. I used to walk to school. How about you?
Peter: I used to go to school by bus. But now I like walking to school.
Maria: No, I ride a bike to school every day.
Peter: Of course I did.
A. Do you walk to school now? B. But I just don't have time any more. C. Do you like eating candy now? D. Did you use to ride a bike when you were free? E. What about you? |
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One day, while I was sitting in my car in a parking area,I noticed a young boy in front of my car. “What is the boy doing?” I asked myself and looked closely. “Oh, he is up a coin from the ground.”When he up, we saw each other .He was not than ten and was wearing one blue glove (手套) and one brown glove. His coat was too for him.
As he walked away, I saw his , which were too old to wear. I rolled down my window and called him over. I asked him if he some money. He replied, “No.That's okay.”
The parking area was wet. I could tell that hiswere cold because he kept moving his weight from one foot to the other.
“Please,” I held out a five-dollar bill(钞票). “It's not much, but when the money is shared, it is much more ,” I said.
He took off one of his gloves and took the money from my hand. His small hand was red and cold.
He smiled and went away after saying “Thank you!”to me. That smile made me warm in the cold winter.
