During a school day, students might feel stressed out（有压力的）about classes and tests. Lunch is a good time to take a break from our studies.
11:20 to 12:05. Our cafeteria (自助餐厅) has excellent food and lots of choices. We have something different every day. Sometimes, we have Chinese dishes. On those days, typical dishes such as pot stickers(锅贴), orange chicken and rice are served(供应). Many of my friends think orange chicken is the best dish the cafeteria offers.
However, I think its best dish is enchilada(肉馅玉米卷饼), a traditional Mexican food. It is covered with hot sauce and tastes delicious. Pizza. hamburgers and French fries are also served every day. They give students many other choices. The cafeteria also offers some dessert, including ice cream, and frozen yogurt. As for drinks, there is a big fridge with water and all kinds of juice.
After getting my food, I try to find the table where my friends are sitting. We talk about what we've been doing in class and how our lives are going. After we finish eating, we stay at the table and keep talking. School is a stressful place, but we are lucky enough to have our lunch period to relax.
One day in a restaurant, the American writer Anne Herbert wrote this sentence on a piece of paper: "Random(任意的) actions of kindness." Later she repeated it in an interview on a TV show, and it soon caught people's eyes and made people think about how small "kind" actions could make our daily lives better.
One rainy night, a woman was standing at a bus stop waiting for the bus. A man came by on a motorcycle and offered to give her a ride. Of course, the woman said no. It would be crazy to accept a ride from a stranger on a motorcycle. Suddenly the man reached out and put a 50-dollar bill in her hand. He said, "Please take a taxi. It hurts me to see you standing here in the rain." Before she could refuse, he left quickly on his motorcycle.
Kind actions can be contagious. Once, a woman was going through a toll station(收费站) on a highway. Instead of paying for one ticket, she asked for two. She said to the toll collector, "The second ticket is for the car behind me." She didn't know the person in that car. She just did it without thinking more. So when the next car came up, the toll collector said to the driver, "You don't have to pay. The woman in the blue car just paid for you." The driver was so surprised that he decided to pay for the person behind him. This continued with 14 drivers that day.
So just imagine what the world will be like if we all practice random actions of kindness from time to time?
Some students are talking about doing chores in their families
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My father is strict with us. He thinks everyone in the family should help out with the chores. My sister and I are our parents great helpers. My sister helps to do the dishes and sweep the floor. My job is to take out the rubbish and clean the living room. Jenny |
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In my family, my brother and I don't do much chores. I only make my bed and my brother folds his clothes. In fact, my mum does most of the chores although she is busy Many people say we are spoiled (宠坏的). But my mum thinks children should spend a lot of time studying instead of doing chore Allan |
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I have a sister and she is eight years older than me. She is independent and she used to do the chores in my family. But she went to another country to go to college last year. So I over the job and started to do the chores. Grace |
As the weather becomes warmer, Wang Xiguang, 50, a store owner from Xingyang in Henan province, becomes more watchful as he walks along the Yellow River in front of his small shop. Growing up along the Yellow River, Wang almost drowned in it when he was 12, but luckily a villager saved him. Soon after that, he started learning how to swim.
Playing along the river is dangerous but it happens all the time, resulting in drowning. Wang says school children are the main victims（受害者）. Now Wang is famous for saving many people, about one in a year, from drowning in the river over the past 32 years.
He said he has come to know the river well over the years and that it can become even more dangerous in summer. "My main wish is for people not to play by the river, especially along the dangerous sections where water runs fast, " he said.
In August, 2011, two pupils fell into the river during the summer. Hearing their cries for help, Wang ran out of his shop and jumped into the water. After saving one child, Wang found the other was moving away in the fast﹣running water. But he managed to save both pupils even though the water was becoming much deeper and faster.
With the children in their arms, their parents thanked Wang continuously. He just said, "It was just something I could do. "
There was a little boy called Peter. He lived in a village close to the sea. The villagers built seawalls to keep sea water from the doors of the houses. But once the sea walls almost put the village in great danger.
One day, Peter was walking on his way back home along the sea wall when it began to rain. All of a sudden, he saw a hole in the wall, from which the sea water was running.
Peter shouted for help because he knew the hole meant that the sea was making its way through the sea wall, but no answer came. He realized he should do something else as quickly as possible, of the sea water could be pouring over the whole village. He started to rush towards his village.
At the same time, the rain became heavier and heavier.
It was getting dark, but Peter rushed on and on. He felt cold and hungry in the rainstorm, he fell down over and over again. Many times he thought about giving up, but he fought on.
He remembered his father's words, "Lots of strong men have made every effort to build the walls which can keep the village safe from danger.
The sea walls are really important. "Finally, when the boy's father saw him. Peter had been black and blue all over. The boy told the villagers what had happened to the sea wall. They repaired it in time. "Thank God! He saved the village." They praised Peter. All the villagers called him "Peter the Guard" from then on. Peter's parents were really proud of him!
Once a deer lived in the forest with her son, whom she loved very much. She wanted her son to be1all the time, so she brought him to a wise teacher. The deer said to the teacher, "Please teach my son some tricks to2himself from danger." The teacher, Mr. Wise，3to help make the little deer stronger.
The next day, Mr. Wise started4 the little deer. But the little deer was only5playing so that he didn't know anything about the tricks. He was even absent from some of the6. Mr. Wise wanted to help the little deer,7he could do nothing.
One day, the little deer dropped into a snare (陷阱). He tried to climb out, but he8. He regretted (后悔) not learning from his teacher. He shouted for help9, but nobody heard him. He stayed in the snare for a few10He was very11because he couldn't find any food. In the end, he died.
A week later, his mother knew about her son's12. She cried and cried. She went up to the teacher to find out the reason. Mr. Wise said to her, "I'm sorry about what happened to your son. He was not willing to13although I have tried to teach him. As a teacher I can't do14if the student is not willing to learn. I'm so sorry!"
From the story we know that as students, we15try our best to learn everything we should learn with our teachers' help.
People have always been interested in animal communication and scientists have done a lot of research this subject. Most animals communicate by smell. Dogs are famous for this. When a dog walks outside, it learns about other dogs by (smell) things. Dogs (help) the police since a long time ago. Everyone has heard birds singing. Research has shown that many other animals use sounds (communicate). Frogs and insects communicate with sounds. Usually the "men" make sounds to invite the " (woman)". Whales and elephants use sounds to communicate. These sounds can travel very far through water or the ground. However, it is (possible) for humans to hear some of the sounds. They are too low or too high for us. Animals have always used body language to communicate as well. a dog puts its tail under its body, it is scared. When a dog wags its tail and (open) its mouth, it is happy.
Cars can be great because they're faster. But at the same time it can be dangerous to people. In China, there are more than 20,000 students who become (残疾的) or die in car accidents every year. So we should learn how to be (乘客) who are safe. Now we (提供) some simple rules for you. Following these rules (意味着) you'll be more protected during a car travel.
First, remember to wear your seat belts no (事情) when you are in car. Don't take (风险)to be in cars without wearing the seat belts.
Second, doctors tell people not to sit or (躺) down to sleep in your neck easily there. To sleep in cars is really a bad habit.
Third, children of 12 years old and younger need to sit in the back seats. Remember that there's no jumping, running around, or (扔) things while you are in the car. If you act like that in a car, you will easily get (伤害).
Finally, after you get out of the car, never walk behind it. That's the (容易的) way to protect yourself.
