Ms. Steen is our English teacher. She is from England. She began to teach us last year. But now she is leaving for her country. We are so 1 to see her go because she is a good teacher. We're going to have a party for her. We think it is the best way to say "Thank you and goodbye".
We 2 to have the party this Saturday. Now, we are 3 it.
Wang Lei and Wei Wei invited all the teachers. Our Chinese teacher Miss Zhang 4come. Her family is taking a trip to Beijing this weekend.5, the other teachers promised that they would come. Look! Li Ye is writing a thank-you note (短笺).We want to show 6we're going to miss Ms. Steen. He asks Wu Shan to read it to Ms. Steen, because Wu Shan speaks very good English. Chang Hong is practicing 7 an English song. Jack is going to buy some fruits and drinks 8 the party. I'm going to play a piano piece for Ms. Steen at the party. And I also 9 a fun game to play at the party. All of us are looking forward to10 Ms. Steen a big surprise!
We hope the party will be very great.
Part-time Jobs for Teens
Baby-sister needed
We need a baby-sister (临时保姆) to look after our two boys aged 5 and 7 after school from 4 p. m to 6 p. m, Monday to Friday.
$40 a week. Call Mary at 6783-4521.
Munchies Restaurant part-time work
We are looking for part-time workers to work in our restaurant on Saturdays.
Come in(7a.m-4p.m) or call Bella at 6123-8745(after 4 p.m).
Newspaper Delivery (递送)
We need young people to deliver newspapers on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. The newspaper delivery takes thirty minutes in the village of Clanbrook. You must deliver the newspapers before 8a.m and you must have your own bike.
Interested? Ask for more information at Clanbrook post office.
Mr. Brown got up late this morning. He was going to be late for work. It was raining hard and the streets were wet. He drove so fast that he didn't see the red lights. He couldn't stop his car and hit a car. An old man got out of the car and called out angrily, "What are you doing? How can you drive so fast?"
"I'm sorry, sir," said Mr. brown, "I didn't see the lights turn red." Then he brought out a bottle of wine and gave it to the old man.
"It's cold today, sir," said Mr. Brown. "Please drink a little, and then you'll get warm."
The old man drank some wine and became happy. He asked, "I'm feeling much better now. Why don't you drink any?"
"I can't drink anything now, sir," answered Mr. Brown "I'm waiting for the policeman. Only drunkards(醉鬼) cause accidents, you know!"
There were many students and a teacher in the classroom. The teacher was giving a speech to his students. He held up a glass of water and asked the class, "How heavy do you think this glass of water is?"
The students' answers were from 20g to 500g. "It doesn't matter on the weight (重量) itself. It depends on how long you hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK. If I hold it for an hour, I will have a pain in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you will have to call 120. It is exactly the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes."
If we carry our burdens (负担) all the time, sooner or later, we will not be able to carry on, the burden becoming heavier and heavier."
"What you have to do is to put the glass down, rest for a while before holding it up again."
We have to put down the burden sometimes, so that we can be better and are able to carry on.
So, before you return home from work tonight, put the burden of work down. Don't carry it back home. You can pick it up tomorrow.
Whatever burdens you are having now on your shoulders, let it down for a moment if you can.
Liu Wei is very famous in China .
One day when Liu Wei was only 10 years old, he played a game with some friends. He lost both his arms because of electricity (电). Liu Wei was very sad when both his arms were cut off after the accident. .
"For people like me, there were only two choices (选择) , which would cause a quick death, the other was to work hard without arms to live an excellent life." says Liu Wei.
. His excellent life included a show on China's Got Talent (《中国达人秀》) and a wonderful performance playing the beautiful Marriage D'amour with his two feet on the piano.
Liu Wei learned to play the piano with his feet. And teaching himself to play the piano with his feet was very hard. Many times he wanted to give it up, but his parents went on encouraging him and.
Maybe you can't believe that Liu Wei can play well only with his toes. The audience (观众) were deeply moved and very excited when they watched his performance.
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A. because he can play the piano with his toes (脚趾) B. Liu's dream was to be a pianist C. He wanted to play the guitar well D. he wanted to make his parents proud E. One was to give up all the dreams F. But soon he had to make a choice |
Today I'd like to say something about my mother. I can say no mother is like my mother. She is so different from others.
I used to ask my mother for help when I had d. But she always said, "Do it yourself, dear." I thought she seemed to be the l mother in the world. Sometimes I was really angry with her and couldn't understand her words.
One day, I decided to i some friends to my home for my birthday party.
However, my room was not clean. You can imagine what a great m it was. Books and clothes were everywhere—on the desk, under the sofa, on the bed, on the floor and I didn't make the bed. I asked my mother to help me clean it, but she r me and even said, "Do it yourself, girl."
Because of my "lazy mother", I had to w my clothes and clean my room. Sometimes I even had to help my parents d with the housework when I finished my homework. It was really hard for me to do everything well, b I learned a lot from doing all kinds of housework.
Now, I know w my mother always said that. What I have learned helps me to understand what my mom says to me. Because of her "laziness", I became h. What a great mother!
