A king was old and he knew it was time to choose a new king. He 1 to all the young people in his country, "I will give each of you a seed（种子）. Plant it and 2 it back here next year. Show me the plants you bring, 3 I'll choose a new king from you."
A boy called Peter took his seed home. He looked after it 4. But the seed didn't grow at all. A year later, Peter had to take his 5 box to the palace. Others all took beautiful plants there and Peter felt sad.
The king got to the palace and looked around. When he found there was 6 in Peter's box, the king smiled and said to them, "One year ago, I gave everyone a seed. In fact, all the seeds 7 grow. But all of you 8 Peter, brought me beautiful plants. Peter is the 9 one with the honesty and courage to bring me such a box. So he will be the new 10!"
She is a woman. She is very popular with the kids. She is the dream of many little girls. She is one of the toys in America. Who is the superstar? Yes, she is Barbie doll（芭比娃娃）. Barbie is 63 years old now.
In February 1959, Barbie went to store in New York for the first time. Ruth and Handler made Barbie. They liked the German doll, Lilli. Handler found Lilli when he was shopping in Switzerland and he bought it for his daughter to play with. Ruth liked the doll. She wanted to make a doll for little girls. In 1958, Barbie was made. She had a black and white swimsuit, with sunglasses, shoes and gold-coloured earrings. The girls could move Barbie's head, arms and legs.
Barbie has many pretty clothes. She is the best friend of many girls. Barbie is also on TV. The kids like her shows.
What will happen if a family is without the Internet for a month? A month ago, one American family decided to find out. They sent an invitation to a leading US television station, expecting that it would send a film group to record their day-to-day life without technology for a month.
When the film group met the Smiths, they found that Mr. Smith, Mrs. Smith and their two kids were so crazy about technology that they hardly did things together. At mealtimes, no one sat at the dining table for their food. "Everyone just runs into the kitchen, takes their food and then goes back to their screen." Mrs. Smith explained, "If we don't make a change, our family will become strangers to each other!"
Getting back to normal life without the internet is not easy, especially when the Smiths lose themselves in it. They have to make many changes. For example, two kids have to go to the school library to borrow books for their scientific projects, and Mr. and Mrs. Smith need to go out shopping because they cannot buy things online. As the family have picked up the new lifestyle, they find that they can spend more time talking over meals, playing sports and doing all kinds of activities together.
Would they be able to go for long without using the Internet after the challenge?
A new bus in Singapore is making headlines (成为新闻热点) for a strange reason. It is what is written on the signs inside the bus that has people talking. The signs are written in Singlish!
Quite different from the English we are familiar with, the signs read, for example, "Here cannot go in" instead of "You cannot go in from here", and "Here can charge (给……充电) phone" instead of "You can charge your phone here".
English is one of the official languages in Singapore. But the English Singaporeans use in their daily lives is far from standard English and earns it the name "Singlish". In Singapore, migrants (移民) from many countries, including China, India and Malaysia, all speak their own versions (版本) of "English". The New York Times calls Singlish a "patchwork".
For example, in Singlish you can easily find influences from Chinese. Singaporeans use Chinese sentence structures like "Toilet where?" instead of "Where is the toilet?". They also add words like "leh" and "meh" at the end of a sentence to show their mood (情绪). This comes from Cantonese.
Though it may seem interesting, Singlish is worrying Sinagapore's government. It thinks that Singlish may hurt people's ability to speak standard English and make it hard for them to communicate with foreigners. The government even started the Speak Good English Movement in 2000.
But the movement didn't seem to work very well, especially among young people. The youth think Singlish is cool and a way to show they are Singaporeans. Besides, many can speak both standard English and Singlish. "We are a nation good at code-switching (语码转换)," wrote Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, a Singaporean author, in Time magazine.
① Here cannot go in. ④ You cannot go in from here.
② Here can charge phone. ⑤You can charge your phone here.
③ Toilet where? ⑥Where is the toilet?
A: Helen, where did you go last night?
B: I went to Meiya Cinema.
A:
B: Quite good. It has the best service.
A: Yes, I've been there several times. Did you see the film My sister last night?
B: No, I didn't.
A: Yes, I think so. You should watch it.
B:
A: Sorry, I have watched it twice. Why not ask Jane? She hasn't watched it.
B:
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A. Did you go there? B. Is it fantastic? C. Let's go together. D. What do you think of it? E. Have you ever been there before? F. Would you like to watch it with me? G. That's a good idea. |
A new city will be built in New Mexico, United Sates and seems the same as any other city, except for one big difference. There won't be any people living in the city.
It will work as a testing ground（试验田）for futuristic technology. The new city is going to cost 1 billion dollars to build. When people around the world think of the new technology for cities in the future, they will be able to test it in the new city. Driverless cars, drones （无人机）, robots and different power systems are all ideas for the new city. In fact, anybody with a new idea can ask to test it. There will be no danger if anything goes wrong, because no people will be in the new city.
The new city is the idea of technology company Pegasus Global Holdings.
Fourteen-year-old girl Wang Lin was walking towards her home. S, a man stopped her and shouted, "Give me your money!" Wang's hands were c by the man. But in one quick movement, she took back her arms and started to shout for attention. S the man ran away without getting any of her money. Wang is a student from one school of Beijing. Her teacher Li Wei has started giving his students an unusual l: self-protection. Luckily, Wang has just learned how to e from an attacker（袭击者）, a person who plans to hurt someone.
The school has t self-protection for 4 years. During this time, about 5, 000 students have learned how to protect t.
According to a new survey, students' safety has become a big problem. Nearly 50% students say they are w about robbery（抢劫）on the way to and from school. The school is not the only one to care about students' self-protection. Many other schools in China also have lessons 1 this.
Student Zhang Hui said, "I learn how to save lives and most such lessons tell students how to a dangerous situations. "Students practise what to do if they are attacked by a bad man. They have known how to save lives if someone is hurt. They also learn how to work together and build team-spirit.
①天津是一座充满历史和文化的城市；
②你们可以一起乘坐观光马车游览五大道风景区欣赏五颜六色的花朵和不同风格的建筑物；
③你会邀请Tony走进课堂，参加校园生活交流活动；
④周末你和朋友将为Tony举办家庭聚会，品尝天津传统美食；
⑤你相信……
要求：
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②电子邮件的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
③要点齐全，行文连贯，可适当发挥。
参考词汇：
五大道风景区 The Five Avenues 观光马车 carriage
风格 style 校园生活交流活动 school life exchange activities
Dear Tony,
I'm glad to hear you'll come to Tianjin.
I can't wait to see you!
Li Hua
