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—Sorry, I can't. I _____my homework.
—You will if you spend more time ______ with them at home.
—Oh, it ________ be very expensive.
—Sure. It closed at 6：00 p. m. yesterday.
In all the world's cultures, people sing, play instruments, and celebrate with music. It plays such an important role in our lives that people devote much time to its study. Experts (专家) are finding that because of the 1 our brains deal with music, learning to play an
instrument or just listening to music can have a large number of benefits (益处).
Music education has 2 a lot of attention. Learning to play an instrument can help children improve Maths, science, and language 3. One study in Canada followed children's IQ scores for nine months,4 that children who studied music had the biggest test score improvements. The secret may lie in the way reading music and playing notes (音符) uses several parts of the 5 ， raising our ability to learn school subjects.
Music is also used for 6 purposes, such as the treatment of diseases which influence memory. The secret lies in the way the brain deals with music. That's 7 an old song can remind you of something that happened years ago. For patients suffering from diseases like Alzheimer's, listening to music can help wake up hidden memories by building up musical pathways to memories.
Studies of the music and brain connection often centre on classical music, 8 it activates (激活) both the left and right sides of our brains. One study observed (观察) people's brain activity as they listened to music by 9 William Boyce. It found that the brain activity was highest during the short breaks (中断) between the movements of a piece. During each break, the person's brain expected what would come next, while organizing what he or she had just 10 . This process (进程) is similar to the way our brain organizes information. It may explain why classical music can help improve memory.
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Lost I lost my school ID card. I can't find it everywhere. If (如果) you see it, please call me at 238—8736. Thanks very much. Eric |
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Art Festival An art festival is on December 29 th, this Staturday. Students can see nice pictures, play interesting games and watch relaxing movies (电影)。 Come with your calssmates and have fun at our festival! |
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Book Sale Our school has a book sale this Friday. It's at 3：30 p. m. in the school library. If you like books, you can come and buy some useful ones. You can also sell your books at that time. |
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Found I found a pair of sports shoes in Classroom 4B. Who lost it? If it's yours, call Mr. Brown at 528—9236. You can also go to the teachers' office (办公室) to find me and get your shoes. Mr. Brown |
Dragons are not real animals, but look like a combination (组合体) of many animals such as snakes, fish and deer. They have two horns (角) and a long moustache (胡子)。 With fantastic powers, they fly in the sky or swim in the sea. They can make rain, too. The Chinese dragon is a symbol of strength and goodluck. The emperors of ancient China loved dragons. Their clothes were covered with pictures of dragons.
We are proud to call ourselves the "descendants (传人) of the dragon"。 In Chinese, "excellent" people are often called "dragons"。 A number of Chinese sayings and idioms talk about dragons, for example, "Hoping one's child will become a dragon, " which means hoping he or she will be successful.
It is said that people born in the Year of the Dragon have certain characteristics. They are creative, confident, brave and quick—tempered. There are some famous" dragons" who have done excellent things, for example, Deng Xiaoping, the famous businessman Li Jiacheng and the movie star Zhao Wei. They are all very successful.
There are also some traditional festivals about dragons in China, such as Dragon Head — Raising Day and Dragon Boat Festival. We have different kinds of activities to celebrate them. These two festivals come every year, but the Year of the Dragon comes every twelve years. It was the year of the Dragon five years ago.
The dragon is very important in Chinese culture. As the" descendants of the dragon"，it is necessary for us to know the views on dragons in our culture. It can help us understand why our parents always want us to be "dragons"。
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You're going to a foreigner's (外国人的) party. You must be excited about it. But do you know what kind of gift you can send to your foreign friends? Here are some tips (建议)。
In some western countries, some gifts like kites, chopsticks, or an erhu may be people's favorites.
Use beautiful paper to wrap (包裹) the gifts. Remember not to use white, black or brown paper.
For Japanese, gifts like tea or pens are nice. They don't like big gifts.
For Frenchmen, gifts like candy, perfume (香水), wine or books are perfect.
British people and Americans like flowers, wine and chocolate, and you can relax and take it easily at their parties.
In Arab countries, it's not polite to send a gift to someone when you meet him or her for the first time. You can give a gift when you meet a second time.
Friends are very important in everyone's life because friends are always there when we need them. It's great to have many friends, and I can't think about my life without my friends.
My best friend is Lisa. When I first met her, I was five. She is one year older than me. Now she is in the same class with me, in the 7th grade. She is tall and quite thin. She has long curly blond hair and blue eyes. I am not so beautiful. Sometimes I wish I could be as beautiful as she is.
My name's Molly. I am tall enough but a little fat. Lisa and I like doing a lot of things together and talking about different things. She always helps me with my math and I sometimes help her with her English and history. I had to do a report (报告) on science once, but I didn't understand (理解) what the teacher said. The next day, I read it in front of the class. But the teacher told me that my report was wrong and all my classmates laughed at (嘲笑) me. I felt very bad about myself. Lisa was the only one who didn't laugh at me. She tried to be nicer than anybody else and make me happy.
I am a shy person and sometimes I feel that people don't understand me. Lisa is friendly and everybody loves her. She is also smart and she can deal with everything. I am happy to have a friend like her.
Drones (无人机) can do a lot of things for us, taking photos, delivering things from packages to pizzas to beer and following wild animals. But they have other uses now.
Can you believe it? Drones can serve people coffee. US company IBM has made this kind of drone. It can deliver coffee to sleepy people. The drone can know when to bring a cup of coffee by studying a person's data. Then, the drone will fly to the person. There is aspecial device (设备) under the drone. It helps the drone to give people coffee. The drone can also learn about someone's coffee—drinking habits and predict when someone needs their next cup of coffee.
Drones can also save lives. One company in Africa use drones to deliver medicine and blood fast and save many people's lives. The drones are able to fly at speeds of up to 60 mph and when they are within a minute of the destination (目的地)，the doctors receive a text and wait nearby. The drones drops off the package and then returns to its home.
A 92-year-old hunter in Virginia was lost and had to spend a night in the woods. The police searched for him all night but failed to find him. Luckily, the drone tracked him down in 20 minutes. Also, drones helped the firefighters know about the fire in the wildfire fight.
A. Can you tell me?
B. I'm going to England for my holiday.
C. No problem.
D. It's not polite to ask personal questions.
E. You're welcome.
F. What should I call people there?
A：Hi, Peter! Where are you going for your winter holiday?
B：Hi, Bill!
A：I think you'd better know about the rules and customs in England.
B：But I don't know.
A：The first rule is that you should drive on the left—hand side of the road.
B：What's the next rule?
A：And you mustn't ride your bike on the pavement.
B：Is there anything else?
A： For example, "How old are you? ""How much are these?"
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B：You can call them Mr. Mrs or Miss and surnames.
A：Thanks very much.
B：
A review of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
This week I have been reading Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I think that it is one of the most interesting books I have ever read. The novel was written by the American writer Mark Twain in 1885. It follows the adventures of one of the characters from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, a twelve-year-old boy called Huckleberry Finn, or Huck Finn. At the start of the book, Huck Finn is staying with his father. However, his father drinks too much and does not treat him well, so Huck Finn runs away. He sails down the river on a raft (木筏) and comes to a small island. On the island, he finds a man called Jim. Jim is a slave (奴隶)，and he has run away because he does not want to be sold again.
Huck decides to take Jim on the raft to a place where he can be free. As they go down the river, two men join them. Both of these men like to trick people in order to get money. One of the men does this by pretending to be a king. They meet many interesting people and have many adventures on their journey.
In the end. the two men who like to trick people are caught and thrown in prison. Then Jim is caught and locked up as a slave. Finally it looks like Huck may have to go back to his father. Yet, all turns out well for Huck and Jim. To see what happens, you will have to read the book. The novel has many interesting ideas. It shows us that people should not be slaves, and that all men are the same even if they look different. I believe that is true.
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He's learned a lot fromwith his English teacher.
There was once an old woman in a village. She was very clever. All the children in the village often went to ask her questions. She often gave them the right. 。
One day, Tom, a naughty (顽皮的) boy in the village, caught a little bird. He gathered all his friends around him. He said, "Let's play a joke on the old woman. I'll ask her what I have in my hands. Of course, she'll answer that I have a bird. Then I'll ask her whether the bird is alive (活着的) or not. If she says the bird is dead, I'll open my hands and let the bird fly 。 If she says the bird is alive, I'll quickly kill it and showthe dead bird. Either way, she'll be wrong. "
The children agreed that this was a clever plan. So they went to the old woman's house.
"Granny, we have a question for you," they all shouted.
"What's in my hands?" asked the little boy.
"Well, it must be a bird," relied the old woman.
"But is it alive dead?" asked the excited boy.
The old woman for a moment and then relied, "It is up to you, my child."
Tom 邀请Li Ping 参加他这周日的生日宴会，但Li Ping的父母出差要到下个月回来，奶奶又卧病在床，需要人照顾，再说英语考试即将来临，因此，无法前去参加生日宴会。Li Ping感到很抱歉，只好写信辞谢。
Dear Tom,
Thank you very much for inviting me to your birthday party. I'd love to go but I can't.
My parents ▲
From Li Ping.
