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1） After reading the book, I learn a lot about the truth of life. Tolerance, struggle, patience, love, peace and joy are all the real life. Family is also a treasure for us. When we meet difficulties, family always stand by our side. 2）In my opinion, Robinson is a real hero. He is smart, brave, kind, strong, hard-working, and full of knowledge. We all need his spirit of never giving up and doing our best to solve problems. 3） About the book, I think Dickens wants to let readers know the darkness, violence and terror in London in the 19th century. Oliver had a tragic life, but he didn't lose his kindness. 4） In my opinion, Jim is a smart kind-hearted and brave boy. He can always find the ways to beat the bad guys and find the treasure. This book gives me a lesson that we should save money and not waste it. 5） Everything in the book is so strange and interesting. It is full of adventure and fantasy. It brings us a beautiful world. This book is a magic journey for children, even for adults. |
A. Alice in Wonderland This is a work of children's literature by Lewis Carroll. It tells the adventure of Alice who fell down into Underland. In that magic world, she met with lots of strange people, animals and events. In the end, everything turned out to be only a dream. B. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer It is a story of a clever boy called Tom Sawyer. Tom, a naughty boy, liked having adventures with his friends on the Mississippi River. He was a brave and kind boy, too. He always tried his best to help people. C. Treasure Island This is an exciting adventure story about a poor boy named Jim who found a treasure map by accident one day. Then he with some of his friends and sailors set out on a journey for the treasure. D. Oliver Twist This is a famous novel written by Charles Dickens. It tells the story of Oliver Twist, a boy whose mother died after his birth. He grew up in a workhouse and then ran away from it and became a thief on the streets. The book reflects the tragic and dark life in Britain in the 19th Century. E. The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe This book tells the story of Robinson, who was born in a rich family but interested in sailing. He once came across a big storm and his ship sink. But he was lucky enough to survive and drift to a lonely island. He began his new life there by using his head and hands with his new friend Friday. F. The Old Man and the Sea It is a story of an old fisherman, who didn't catch any fish for 84 days. But he didn't give up. After another three days' fighting, he finally caught a huge Marlin fish. G. Little Women This is a story about family love, tolerance, patience and struggle. It follows the lives of four sisters – Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. The four girls had their shortcomings and suffered many difficulties. But they were well on the way of self-perfecting. |
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If someone has stopped breathing, you must try to start his/her breathing at once.
If the person is bleeding badly, you must try to stop the bleeding.
If you are bitten by an animal like a fierce dog, you must do something at once. The cold running water is the best and doctors are needed.
If you are burnt (hurt by fire or something very hot), deal with the burnt part at once. The cool water is better.
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A. Don't use lift. The lift may get trapped( 被困) between floors. Use the stairs and leave the building at once. B. Clean the wound. Use cold running water to clean the wound. Then stay at home to have a rest at once. C. Wash the wound. Wash the wound under running water. Cover the broken part, if there is any, with a piece of clean cloth. Then see a doctor as soon as possible. D. Press hard. You should press on the bleeding point with a piece of clean cloth and hold up the part to the body which is bleeding. E. Perform CPR. Blow into the person's mouth then press on his/her chest and then repeat the process. F. Use the lift. Lift is convenient. Take the lift to the first floor and you can go to see the doctor quickly. G. Cool the burnt. Run cool (not cold) water over the burnt part until it is less painful. Put a piece of dry clean cloth over the burnt part. |
Most of us think the telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell. In fact, an Italian named Antonio Meucci was officially recognised (认定) as the inventor a few years ago. Who is Meucci and why wasn't he known for his invention at the time?
Antonio Meucci was born in Italy in 1808. He studied engineering and drawing. During his studies, Meucci started to experiment with electricity. When two places were connected with wires, people in those places could hear each other talk.
In 1850, Meucci and his wife, Esterre, moved to New York. Meucci was worried about his wife, because she had become very ill. To solve this problem, he connected metal cables between his home and his workshop. This way, they could talk to each other conveniently.
Meucci invited a group of people to see his new invention. They listened in amazement as the voice of a singer was heard through the wires.
Even worse, Meucci never applied for a patent (专利) on his invention. Meanwhile, Alexander Graham Bell was working on the same idea and in 1876 the patent for the telephone was given to him.
In 2002, more than a century after Meucci's death, his work was finally recognised by the government.
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A. He discovered that sound could travel through metal cables. B. However, he wasn't the first person to think of the idea. C. Unfortunately, only a few people attended this talk. D. He will now be known all over the world as the telephone's inventor. E. He needed to keep in touch with her at all times. |
Every morning my father buys a newspaper on his way to work. Every evening my mother looks through magazines at home. And every night, I look at the posters with photos of David Beckham and Yao Ming on my bedroom wall before I go to sleep.
Paper was first created about 2, 000 years ago, and has been made from silk, cotton, bamboo, and, since the 19th century, from wood. But in those days, books could only be produced one at a time by hand. As a result, they were expensive and rare. And because there weren't many books, few people learned to read.
When printing was developed greatly at the beginning of the 11th century, books could be produced more quickly and cheaply.
Today information can be received online, downloaded from the Internet rather than found in books, and information can be kept on CD-ROMs or machines such as MP3 players.
Computers are already used in classrooms, and newspapers and magazines can already be read online. No, I don't think the poster about Yao Ming on my bedroom wall will ever be replaced by a two-metre-high computer!
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A. People learned to write words on paper to make a book. B. So will books be replaced by computers one day? C. Can we imagine life without paper or print? D. Then printing was invented in China. E. As a result, more people learned to read. After that, knowledge and ideas spread quickly. |
My friend has a large police dog, Jim. Police dogs are often clever. Every Sunday afternoon my friend takes Jim for a long walk in the park. Jim likes these long walks in the park very much. One Sunday afternoon a young man came to visit my friend. He stayed a long time. He talked and talked. Soon it was time for my friend to take Jim for his walk. But the visitor still stayed. Jim became very worried about his walk in the park.But the visitor paid no attention. He went on talking. Finally Jim could not stand any longer. He went out of the room and came back a few minutes later.
Like humans, dogs donate blood too, but not every dog can donate blood. The dogs are screened (检查) for health first.They may donate three or four pints (品脱) a year, which can help animals that are suffering from illnesses like cancer or an accident like being hit by a car. One pint can save up to three dogs.
Owners volunteer their pets for the short procedure (程序), which requires no sedative, a kind of medicine given to calm him or her down. It's the dog that finally chooses to lie still and give.
Sandy Lucas brought her 7-year-old black German shepherd, Raina, to the mobile blood station (流动血站) when it was parked at her small village. Sandy said she wouldn't have troubled herself with highway traffic and city parking problems to take the dog to Penn Vet's animal hospital in downtown Philadelphia, which is twice as far from her home.“I was very, very excited that she had the right blood that was needed to help another dog out,” said Sandy. “We'll surely do it again.”
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A. If the dogs want to get up and leave, they can. B. But the mobile blood station made it easy to find out if Raina could donate. C. Dogs must have the correct blood type, weigh at least 55 pounds and be younger than 8 years old. D. He sat down again in front of the visitor but this time he held the visitor's hat in his mouth. E. He walked around the room several times and then sat down in front of the visitor and looked at him. |
A group of people organized a reading party in Fujian province, on March 29. More than40 reading lovers gathered together.
"It is the first time to organize a reading party like this, and I hope more reading lovers can join us and share the joy of reading." said one of the organizers.
They set up a chat group on mobile messenger app We Chat, and anyone can apply to be member of the group through the platform(平台Club members are encouraged to read at home and share their reading experiences at reading parties. They hold the party every two weeks. The organizers make a list of recommended(推荐)books ion the chub member
For the group's first reading party, another organizer of the reading party recommend Authentic Happiness by Marin Seligman, an American psychologist educator and author of
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Here I want to tell you some informationabout water.
Water covers most of our planet. People canfind it in oceans, lakes and rivers, and under the ground. Water moves in theenvironment by evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. The warm Sun helpswater change into vapour and rise up into the sky. It is evaporation. Thevapour in the air forms clouds in the sky. It is condensation. When the cloudsget heavy enough, the water falls back to the ground as rain or snow. This isprecipitation.
Ocean water has too much salt in it. Muchof the water travels far over the land. When it travels over the land, thewater picks up salt from the rocks and soil. About 97.5% of the Earth's wateris salty water. It is expensive to take salt out of the water.
All people need clean water. They need itfor drinking, for cooking, and for bathing. Some people in a village in SouthAmerica did not have clean water. Their water was full of oil and dirty things.People there got sick when they drank the water. Other people heard about theproblem. They sent empty water tanks (储水池) tothe village. Rainwater fell into the tanks. Now the people in that village havethe clean water.
As a well-known Chinese TV hostess, Dong Qing is now hosting two cultural shows, Chinese Poetry Conference and The Reader. The two shows are encouraging people to love traditional culture and find the beauty of life.
Dong was born in a highly educated family in 1973. She had a great love for traditional literature (文学) from an early age. In 2015 when she was about to study in the US, Dong received an invitation from the director of Chinese Poetry Conference asking her to be the hostess. Because of herpassion for traditional literature, Dong accepted the job.
"The contest interests me very much. Hosting it is a process of learning about poetry and performing," said Dong. To her great joy, the show has become more and more popular.
Under the slogan (口号) "Reading touches people's hearts", the new TV show The Reader has become a success. It invites famous guests from all walks of life to read something. Dong works as both the hostess and producer.
The Reader became a turning point in Dong's 21 years of hosting. She said it brought her "quite a huge challenge".
"There is no shortcut (捷径) in this world. If you want to be a good host, you need to make thorough preparations," said the beautiful hostess. "The charm of life lies in its unknown, so we just have to try and keep going."
Writing a poem is all about observing the world around you. In fact, you can write anything that you like. Most people choose love as their topic; some people choose people as their topic; some people even choose the gate of the old farm as their topic.
If you are interested in writing poems but don't know how to write, you can read or listen to poems first. It is almost certain that poets improve their skills by reading or listening to good poems.
A poem may be born at any time. That's what's usually called inspiration (灵感). Once you have the beginning, you simply need to build the rest of the poem around it. At other times, you may want to write about a thing or an idea. Write down all the words and phrases that come to your mind when you think of that idea. Allow yourself to put all your ideas into words. It may sound difficult, but do not be afraid to express your feelings.
Feelings make poems, and if you lie about your feelings, it can be easily known in the poem. It's said that a novel is "words in the best order", while a poem is "the best words in the best order". Think of the words you use. Some words will fit together perfectly but some won't, so choose your words carefully. You should use only those words that are necessary.
Angelo Casimiro made something new at the age of fifteen.
Casimiro made a device(装置）. It can charge（给……充电）your cellphone as you walk! When you run, jump or walk, a pair of discs(唱片）inside the shoes can produce electricity. It can be used to charge your phone or any other devices with a USB port!
People have to move a lot if they use the device to charge. Those who like travelling in the wild will love it. It takes about eight hours' jogging to charge a lithium-ion（锂离子）battery and two hours' playing basketball will only give the cellphone about 10 minutes' charge.
A device called SolePower is a kind of insole（鞋垫）that can produce electricity. SolePower is like Casimiro's device, but it can fully charge a cellphone after over a four-kilometre walk. So there's a lot for Casimiro to do to make his invention（发明）better.
Anyway, Casimiro's device is quite good. After all, his invention started something new, right?
