Once upon a time, a pencil and an eraser were having a conversation about their jobs. Both of them were 1 each other for their hard work. Both of them knew that they were 2 without each other.
Soon, the pencil started to draw a straight line and the eraser was looking at it. 3, the pencil lost its balance and the line was ruined (毁坏). Then the pencil got very sad. It knew the eraser would have to 4 because of its mistake so it said 5 to the eraser. The eraser felt 6 and asked, "For what, my dear friend?"
"I'm sorry that you get hurt because of 7. Whenever I make a mistake, you're 8 there to erase it. And you lose a part of yourself and get 9 each time," cried the pencil.
On hearing this, the eraser said, "That is true 10 I really don't mind. You see, I was made to help you. So stop 11, please! I am happy with my job, even though I know I will be gone one day. If I see your 12, I will not be happy."
Our 13 are just like the eraser, and we're like the pencil. They're always there for us,
14 our mistakes. Sometimes they get hurt when they raise us and with time they become older. But they're always 15 what they do and will always prevent us from being worried or sad.
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Welcome to our summer camp! For over 25 years, International Students Placements (ISP) has successfully placed thousands of international students in the US. |
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July 1st- 30th, 2020 |
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Location |
Southern California |
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Our summer camp gives students a chance to experience full immersion (沉浸) in an American classroom. There they can learn STEM (science,technology, engineering, maths), history, and P.E. together with American peers(同龄人). The classes will be interesting and exciting. And students will be provided with an active learning environment. |
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Homestay |
Students will be placed with local host families who provide a bedroom and all meals and drive them daily to and from the camp. These host families are excited to meet the students and start a lifelong friendship. |
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Who can join |
Elementary and junior high school students(aged 6-13) are welcome. |
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Price |
Each student should pay $900 for the host family placement, daily price school journeys, airport pick-up, etc. Plane tickets and insurance(保险) are not included. Payment should be made 30 days before the camp starts. |
There are fewer kids wanting to join in the traditional sports these years. Many kids want different ways to exercise. They don't always want to play baseball or football in teams. Some say they are too competitive and others think they can get hurt easily.
"Nontraditional sports let kids be true kids" Tom Cove, the President of the Sports&Fitness Industry Association (SFIA), said. Nontraditional sports usually have kids competing on their own. Rock climbing is one of them.
Olivia Hunt is 16 years old. She lives in Burlington, Vermont. She used to like soccer. But when her teammates talked about how to get first place in the game, she began to dislike it."It isn't fun,"Olivia said. She went to a climbing summer camp."With climbing, I can just go and do it,"said Olivia. She also joined Little Bellas mountain bike camp. She says both sports help her see how she is growing. "Sports like climbing, cycling and running make children focus on making one move at a time, said Dr. Michelle Flowers "These sports are more about ' personal growth'." Kids can learn to keep trying and they can use the lessons they learn in other parts of life.
Here's another reason why more kids like to do nontraditional sports. Nontraditional sports can offer the good things that traditional sports offer. Some people might think kids may feel lonely while doing nontraditional sports. However, Olivia doesn't think so. She says she always talks to others at the climbing gym and that they always help each other.
The 55-km-long Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) opened to traffic at 9: 00 a.m. on 24th October 2018. It is the longest cross-sea bridge in the world. The bridge connects Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macao. The guardian has described it as one of the " seven wonders of the modern world". The construction(建造) of the HZMB began in 2009 and cost about 120 billion yuan, CGTN reported. The HZMB is special in many ways. It is designed with a service life of up to 120 years, 20 years longer than most bridges.
And it isn't just a bridge, but also part tunnel and part island. In one part, the bridge turns into a 6.7km undersea tunnel(隧道) that passes through two man-made islands. The tunnel is the world's longest undersea tunnel for road traffic, allowing large ships to pass by above the tunnel.
The bridge's designers and engineers had to consider many environmental factors in order to protect the surrounding environment while building the bridge. For example, Chinese white dolphins, endangered animals that live in the area, worried the engineers a lot. But in the end, by building large and modern natural reserves, the engineers achieved the goal of Chinese white dolphins zero casualty (零伤亡).
Why do Chinese people have to build the bridge at such a high cost? The HZMB will make it much faster to travel between the three areas it connects. It will shorten the travel time from Hong Kong to Zhuhai from four hours to about 45 minutes. By drawing these areas together, the bridge will help with the area's development in many ways. It is expected to drive the economic(经济的） development of Hong Kong, Macao and nine Guangdong cities, South China Morning Post noted.
The old Roger house had been empty for six months, and finally someone was moving in. Betsy didn't see any children getting out of the car, just an older woman in a wheelchair. Betsy thought, "She is going to be lonely by herself." The moving men brought all the furniture into the house. The lady didn't have too many things. Betsy started feeling sorry for her. "Mom, is it alright if I go over to say hello to our new neighbor?" " Why don't you wait until tomorrow?" "Give her a chance to get settled (安顿)."
The next morning they decided to bring some cookies to their new neighbor and introduce themselves. The lady came to the door and said her name was Emily Harris. She invited them into the house. "Please excuse me for the way the house looks," said Miss Harris, "I haven't had much time to put things away and being in a wheelchair makes it twice as hard." Betsy and her mom introduced themselves and stayed only for a short time."We don't want to hold you up,"said Betsy's mom,"If you ever need anything, let us know.""Thanks so much." said Miss Harris.
After breakfast the next day, Betsy decided she wanted to help Miss Harris get settled in.It was Saturday, so she had all day. Betsy really liked Miss Harris. Betsy rang the doorbell but didn' t get an answer. The door was unlocked, so Betsy peeked (窥视) in only to see Miss Harris had tried to reach a shelf and had taken a fall next to her wheelchair. Betsy ran to Miss Harris and asked her if she was alright. "I think I broke my arm," said Miss Harris " ▲ ，"said Betsy. She ran home and told her mom. They called for an ambulance(救护车). They arrived shortly and took Miss Harris to the hospital.
While Miss Harris was gone, Betsy decided to unpack the boxes that were on the floor and put things away to surprise and help Miss Harris once she returned home. She was going to need a lot of help now that she broke her arm.
When Miss Harris returned home on Sunday, she was surprised by Betsy's hard work. "Thanks a lot, Betsy, "said Miss Harris. "I'm so lucky to have bought this house next to you!" Betsy smiled the biggest smile and said, "Welcome to the neighborhood."
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The 14-year-old diver Quan Hongchan set the women's 10-meter platform final alight on August 5 when she (得分) perfect 10s in three of her five dives to win the gold medal. She was China's (最小的) athlete in Tokyo Olympic Games.
She was (出生) in a small village in South China's Guangdong province.The (原因) why Quan chose to become an athlete is heartbreaking—she wanted to win prizes as early as possible to help her (严重地) ill mother. At the age of seven, Quan got into diving for the first time. When she was 11 years old, she was selected to the Guangdong Provincial team. After two years, she was selected to the (国家的) team. The Olympic was her first world competition. And she also caught the (机会) with her own strength. Her coach said that Quan trained (百) of times a day and she went all out every time. She deserved(应得的) it.
After the competition, (当……的时候) the reporter asked her what she wanted to do most, Quan said that she would like to play computer games and visit the animal zoo. What's more, she (计划) to eat latiao, a popular Chinese street snack, to celebrate the success.
Long time ago, there lived a king. He was irresponsible(不负责任的). He never cared about his country and people. All his people complained about this.
One day, the king was hunting in the forest. (feel) thirsty, he came to a lake. When he drank water from the lake, he saw a swan(天鹅) standing on a big stone nearby. "I want to catch the swan!" he thought.
As soon as he held up his bow, the swan was gone. To his (surprised), he heard a sweet voice, "I am swan. you want to catch me, you must come to the wonderland."
The king said, "Please show me the way to the wonderland!"
"Do good things for your people, and my messenger(信使) (come) and lead you there," the voice replied.
With this in mind, the king dressed up and went out into the streets. He gave some money to a poor old man. After the old man accepted it happily, he began to chat with the king. When (talk) about people's life in the country, the old man became (angry) and said, "Do you know why I'm so poor? It's because of our king! He has done (something) for us."
Suddenly, the king heard the swan's voice again. "Listen! It seems that you are doing something good only because you want to go to the wonderland. That's not enough. You should always take care of all your people and be kind to (they)." the swan said.
The king realized this was crazy. He became responsible and worked very hard. Finally, he understood that making his country a great place was making a wonderland of his own.
The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms(节气). Start of Autumn / Li Qiu, the 13th solar term of the year, begins this year on August 7. Although Start of Autumn reflects the end of summer and beginning of autumn, hot weather will not end. The period of hot days after Start of Autumn, usually lasting for 30 days, is called "Autumn Tiger". The following are some traditions you should know about Start of Autumn.
1. Eating peaches
In Hangzhou, people eat peaches on the Start of Autumn day. The peach stones are kept until New Year's Eve and thrown into the stove, burned into ash. People believed that in this way, plagues(瘟疫) could be prevented for the whole year.
2. Eating red beans
People in Yiwu, Zhejiang province, have eaten red beans on Start of Autumn day. They take 7 to 14 little beans, swallowing them with well water. When taking the beans, one must face west, it's said, so as not to get dysentery(痢疾) during the autumn.
3. Eating gourds
People in Tianjing believe that eating melons such as towel gourd, white gourd and bitter gourd can prevent diarrhea(腹泻) in autumn and the coming winter and spring.
4. Touching Autumn
There is the custom of "Touching Autumn" in the north of Yancheng, Jiangsu province. On the eve of Start of Autumn, people can touch and take for free all kinds of fruits as they like in private or public gardens, and the owner will not be angry, no matter how much they lose. Many gardeners even leave some melon fruits in the field on purpose for the guests during the night.
5. Fleshing out in autumn(贴秋膘)
On the first day of the Start of Autumn, usually people will weight themselves and compare their weight to what it was at the Start of Summer. If one has lost weight during the summer, then at the beginning of autumn, he or she needs to flesh out by eating many different kinds of delicious food, especially meat.
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Fall on 7 this year. |
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Hot days will for thirty days. |
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1. Food such as peaches, red beans and different gourds should be eaten more, which will be good for . 2. "Touching Autumn" is a kind of custom in the part of Yangcheng, Jiangsu province. On the eve of Start of Autumn, people can take for free all kinds of fruits they like. 3. If one has lost weight during the summer, then at the beginning of autumn, he or she needs to eat many different kinds of delicious food, especially meat. |
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Would you like to take after-school classes？ |
(1)not fall behind others in study (2)not worry about homework ... |
(1)a waste of time and money (2)feel bored and sleepy ... |
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What would you like to do in your spare time？ |
(1)read more books (2)get close to the nature (3)do more exercise ... |
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At present, it seems that many students take after-school classes.
