Looking at the old photo, I remember the day when I wanted to make a gift for my mother. It was my mother's birthday, and I decided to1 her with a pancake made by myself. I woke up really early and2 quietly to the kitchen. I had never cooked anything before, so I tried to copy how she did it. 3, I made it burnt.
I was throwing everything away when my mother came in. I showed her the 4 and sadly explained what happened. To my surprise, she tasted it and said it was 5. I guess love is indeed a magical ingredient (原料).
James Brown is 65 years old. He helps 1 his grandchildren at home. Last week, his one-year-old little granddaughter swallowed (吞) a small part of a toy. Luckily, she didn't choke (窒息) and was still able to 2, but she couldn't eat and had a strange cough for a while. Finally, the doctors 3it away. Mr. Brown was 4 by the experience, and decided to learn some basic first-aid 5.
It is good news for people like Mr. Brown that an everyday first-aid course will be offered. It 6basic skills such as dealing with burns, bleeding injuries and what to do if a child or baby starts choking. Jo Riches will be the first-aid 7. He has taught hundreds of grandparents how to 8first aid. He considers first-aid courses to be especially important for grandparents, 9now many old people help take care of little children at home. Having some first-aid skills means they'll know what to do if anything 10 happens to the children.
Xinhua news-China's Chang'e-5 probe (探测器) will get to the earth from the moon on December 17th, 2020.
On December 3rd, 2020, a Chinese spaceship, Chang'e-5 probe, took off from the surface of the moon. It carried the country's first samples (样本) of the soil and rocks on the moon.
Chang'e-5 probe is the first Chinese spaceship to take off from a star in space except the earth. On November 24th, Chang'e-5 probe was launchedfrom Wenchang, Hainan Province in China. It landed safely on the moon on December 1st.
The takeoff from the moon overcame a lot of difficulties, including the different environments between the earth and the moon. "But luckily, we made it." Xing Zhuoyi, a designer of Chang'e-5 probe said excitedly. Before the takeoff, a Chinese national flag was unfolded from the probe. "Everybody in the science hall clapped their hands together warmly." Xing said. At that time, he felt so proud of his work and his country.
Chang'e-5 is one of the most important and challenging tasks in Chinese space history. It has also been the world's first moon-sample task in more than 40 years. If successful, the task will help improve China's science and technology development. It will play an important part in China's future moon landing and deep-space exploration (探索).
①Chang'e-5 probe landed safely on the moon.
②A Chinese national flag was unfolded from the probe.
③Chang'e-5 probe took off from the surface of the moon.
④Chang'e-5 probe was launched from Wenchang, Hainan Province.
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Replacing (替换) some things in your house at the right time can make you healthier. Some researchers show us when and why the following things should be replaced.
Things |
Cutting board |
Toothbrush |
Chopsticks |
Blanket |
Main Material |
Wood |
Plastic |
Wood |
Wool |
Cleaning way |
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Using warm water |
Using hot water |
Dry-cleaning |
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Producing bacteria |
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Replacing Time |
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¥20.00 a pair |
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Have you ever tried to hide your emotions (情感)from someone during a conversation?
Scientists from the Ohio State University have found that people are able to tell other people's emotions according to changes in the color of their faces.
Scientists studied pictures of people's facial expressions. For example, happiness makes our faces red around the cheeks and a little blue around the chin. Disgust(厌恶)creates not only a blue-yellow color around the lips, but also a red- green color around the nose and forehead.
"We believe these color patterns are the result of small changes in blood flow triggered(触发) by the central nervous(神经) system." Lead researcher Alex Martinez said.
Does the color alone or also facial expressions help people tell other's emotions?
To figure this out, scientists added color patterns to pictures of faces that showed no facial expressions. They were able to tell the emotions 75 percent of the time without any difficulty.
For example, when two people are heatedly arguing over something, we say they are red in the face. When a person is very angry, we'd say he or she is blue in the face.
A. But this raises a question.
B. It is shown that human emotions are influenced by colors on the face.
C. They found that every facial expression is connected to a certain color.
D. It's not always easy, because the color on your face may tell the truth.
E. Then, volunteers were asked to tell what emotions the faces were showing.
F. This is why there are some Chinese sayings that connect emotions to the color of one's face.
It's not usual that you can feel the warmth in an icy train station. After all, it's the place where people walk
( quick) from one end to the other for their trains with impatience. However, just there, a cold Friday morning, I saw something that moved me to tears.
While I (walk) to the hall of the station, I saw a young woman put something next to sleeping homeless man. She put it down silently and left in a hurry. I wondered she had put some money there. Instead, it was a sandwich (lie) on the man's bag. I suddenly realized that a sandwich was probably what the man needed most.
I couldn't help thinking of many times when I (help) by others. I also thought about all the other little acts of ( kind) that happened every day and went unnoticed. Even the smallest thing can make a big (different). And what a gift it is when you get to see the (move) moments!
要点提示:
1)你的认识:汉语有用且有趣,是世界上最重要的语言之一。
2)你的建议:看汉语电视节目、听磁带;
多阅读汉语书籍;
尝试用汉语写作;
……
3)表达祝愿;
注意:
1)词数80- 100, 开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数;
2)短文必须包括所有要点,可适当发挥,使其连贯、通顺;
3)文中不得出现真实的人名、校名和地名等相关信息。
Dear Frank,
How's it going? You asked me about the ways of learning Chinese in your last letter......
Yours,
Li Hua