When her five daughters were young, Helene An always told them that there was strength in unity (团结). To show this, she held up one chopstick, representing one person. Then she easily broke it into two pieces. Next, she tied several chopsticks together, representing a family. She showed the girls it was hard to break the tied chopsticks. This lesson about family unity stayed with the daughters as they grew up.
Helene An and her family own a large restaurant business in California. However, when Helene and her husband Danny left their home in Vietnam in 1975, they didn't have much money. They moved their family to San Francisco. There they joined Danny's mother, Diana, who owned a small Italian sandwich shop. Soon afterwards, Helene and Diana changed the sandwich shop into a small Vietnamese restaurant. The five daughters helped in the restaurant when they were young. However, Helene did not want her daughters to always work in the family business because she thought it was too hard.
Eventually the girls all graduated from college and went away to work for themselves, but one by one, the daughters returned to work in the family business. They opened new restaurants in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Even though family members sometimes disagreed with each other, they worked together to make the business successful. Daughter Elisabeth explains, "Our mother taught us that to succeed we must have unity, and to have unity we must have peace. Without the strength of the family, there is no business."
Their expanding business became a large corporation in 1996, with three generations of Ans working together. Now the Ans' corporation makes more than $20 million each year. Although they began with a small restaurant, they had big dreams, and they worked together. Now they are a big success.
China is a land of bicycles. At least it was back in 1992 when I traveled the country. Back then everyone seemed to be riding a bicycle. Millions of them, all black. Cars were rare. Yet since my arrival in Beijing last year, I've found the opposite is true. There are millions of cars. However, people still use their bicycles to get around. For many, it's the easiest and cheapest way to travel today. Bicycles also come in different colors－silver, green, red, blue, yellow, whatever you want.
It's fun watching people biking. They rush quickly through crossroads, move skillfully through traffic, and ride even on sidewalks(人行道). Bicycles allow people the freedom to move about that cars just can't provide.
Eager to be part of this aspect of Chinese culture, I decided to buy a bicycle. Great weather accompanied my great buy. I immediately jumped up on my bicycle seat and started home.
My first ride home was orderly (守秩序的). To be safe, I stayed with a "pack" of bikers while cars on the streets came running swiftly out of nowhere at times. I didn't want to get hit. So I took the ride carefully.
Crossing the streets was the biggest problem. It was a lot like crossing a major highway back in the United States. The streets here were wide, so crossing took time, skill and a little bit of luck.
I finally made it home. The feeling on the bicycle was amazing. The air hitting my face and going through my hair was wonderful. I was sitting on top of the world as I passed by places and people. Biking made me feel alive.
Welcome to the Electronic Village to explore new ways of language teaching and learning.
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Electronic Village Program (Thursday, June 18, 2015) |
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Nearpod ❖ 9:00 am to 10:00 am ❖ Room 501 Nearpod is a software program that creates a rich context (语境) for students to learn vocabulary. The presenter will show how to use it. |
TEO ❖ 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm ❖ Room 502 Our students come from different backgrounds but have the same desire to learn on-line. The presenter will use examples from his first on-line class to explain how any teacher can begin teaching on-line with TEO. |
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Kahoot ❖ 10:30 am to 11:30 am ❖ Room 601 Kahoot software can be used to create grammar tests which can be graded on a network. It can provide students with instant feedback (反馈), including reports about their strengths and weaknesses. |
Prezi ❖ 3:30 pm to 4:20 pm ❖ Room 602 Uses of Prezi in listening and speaking courses draw students' attention to speaking more fluently. The presenter will show how students can use Prezi to confidently present on a variety of topics, including introducing family, friends, and hobbies. |
Most people know that Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, and the first person to win it twice. However, few people know that she was also the mother of a Nobel Prize winner.
Born in September, 1897, Irene Curies was the first of the Curies' two daughters. Along with nine other children whose parents were also famous scholars, Irene studied in their own school, and her mother was one of the teachers. She finished her high school education at the College of Sevigne in Paris.
Irene entered the University of Paris in 1914 to prepare for a degree in mathematics and physics. When World War I began, Irene went to help her mother, who was using X-ray facilities (设备) to help save the lives of wounded soldiers. Irene continued the work by developing X-ray facilities in military hospitals in France and Belgium. Her services were recognized in the form of a Military Medal by the French government.
In 1918, Irene became her mother's assistant at the Curie Institute. In December 1924, Frederic Joliot joined the Institute, and Irene taught him the techniques required for his work. They soon fell in love and were married in 1926. Their daughter Helene was born in 1927 and their son Pierre five years later.
Like her mother, Irene combined family and career. Like her mother, Irene was awarded a Nobel Prize, along with her husband, in 1935. Unfortunately, also like her mother, she developed leukemia(白血病) because of her work with radioactivity (辐射能). Irene Joliot-Curie died from leukemia on March 17, 1956.
Many children like to eat snacks in everyday life, and some of them even have snacks during dinner. To maintain the normal meals and stay healthy, it is necessary to regularly eat snacks for children in their spare time.
★Prepare healthy snacks in advance.
When you make something yourself, you get to control the ingredients (原料) and put in what's good for you! You can also keep plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables at home to take on the go. Keep the servings in bags in the fridge, ready to grab and go.
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Make it a habit to store some fruit, whole-grain crackers, or baby carrots in your backpack so you always have some healthy food nearby. Half a cheese sandwich also makes a great snack to have on standby (备用)
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Healthy snacking doesn't have to be boring as long as you give yourself a variety of choices. Whole-wheat biscuits with peanut butter or low-fat fruit yogurt are healthy, tasty, and easy.
★Satisfy cravings (渴望) with healthier approaches.
An 8-ounce mug of hot chocolate has only 140 calories and 3 grams of fat. A chocolate bar, on the other hand, has 230 calories and 13 grams of fat.
Evening can be a tempting time to have sugary, fatty snacks. If you're really feeling hungry, don't ignore it. Instead, pick the right snacks to fill the hunger gap. Whole-wheat bread, rice cakes, or popcorn can do the trick, so can fruit paired with cheese or yogurt.
A. Make it interesting.
B. Read serving size information.
C. Keep healthy snacks with you.
D. Cut up melons or vegetables in advance.
E. If you like to do some cooking about snacks, you can follow the following ways.
F. If you're crazy for chocolate, try a hot chocolate drink instead of a chocolate bar.
G. Here are some ways to make healthy snacking part of your daily routine.
On Christmas Eve and Christmas day I found myself alone, but I knew I would have more things to do. I had 1 bags of necessities (必需品) for homeless people days before with the idea of 2 the things during the cold weather we were 3. Thus, on Christmas Eve I went out to find people who needed something to give them 4 for their lives.
My plastic bags 5 some food with a Christmas card which 6 "No matter how bad things get, remember that somebody 7 you." I had about 35 of these bags and set out. Soon I saw a(n) 8 woman walking in a bright orange coat 9 a shopping cart(购物车). She looked well 10 and sad, but she had a dog in the basket. I gave her a gift bag and asked her 11 she had a place to stay tonight. She said that as a matter of fact she did not. She
12 that she had stayed the night before at a motel 6 up the street, but that morning her 13could not walk so she called 911 and he was taken away. She said that the church where her husband had retired as minister was helping but they had 14 funds.
I 15 the hospital to find out how her husband was, since she had no 16. He was being treated for an infection and was OK. I went to the hotel 6 and asked what was the 17 they could give her a room for. The answer was ＄64.I was 18. But I paid for a room for her and her dog and told her I would 19 for her and her husband to get housing soon and for his 20. She thanked me over and over when I left. I was so glad to have run into her on the street.
In my spare time, I really like surfing Internet. When I get home from work, I turn on my computer, wait till it boots up (complete), and then I go online. I usually check my email first and then write a few messages family and friends. I sometimes scan the local news headlines at (I) favorite news Website and read up on the latest local and international news. This Website often provides video news clips you can view online. I sometimes order products or service online to save money and time instead of going to a store and buying I'm looking for. For example, I (order) a digital camera online the other day and saved about 50$. Whatever I do, I realize that there are problems with using the Internet including illegal tricks, and viruses, so I'm very careful not to give out my (person) information. Furthermore, I don't download or open files I don't recognize. (use) the Internet can be a fun and convenient way of shopping and finding out new information, but you just need (be) careful.
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧ ），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下面划一横线，并在其下面写出修改过的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。3）格式不对不给分。
Recently I have read an article in a magazine. It was of a mother who was worried about her son just because of he always kept his hair long. The mother thought that was not right, and the son felt there was nothing unusually about it. Different generations have different opinion on the same thing. That is "the generation gap". We can see them in our daily life. Most of our parents like listening to old songs when young people prefer pop songs. Every time my father finds me listen to rock music, he always shouted," shut it off. It's awful!" How can we deal the generation gap?
1）未及时回信的原因；
2）你假期的打算（如做兼职、旅行、做志愿者等）。
注意：1）词数100左右； 2）内容可适当发挥，注意行文连贯
Dear Tom，
I'm sorry
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Yours sincerely，
Li Hua
