People live in different kinds of houses in the world.
A flat is usually in a building. There are usually many families living in the same flat building. People in a flat building share the stairs and lift(电梯)to go up and down. |
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A townhouse has two floors. In a townhouse, the kitchen, the living room and dining room are usually on the ground floor(层),and the bedrooms are usually on the first floor. |
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A farmhouse is a house on a farm. There are many farmers living there. There is a large yard in front of it. The field(田地)is not far from the farmhouse, so farmers always go to the field on foot. |
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A dormitory is a large bedroom in a school, and every four to eight students share one dormitory. Students have their own beds, and they need to share toilets (厕所).Students can learn how to get along well with each other in a dormitory. |
You use your eyes to see. Animals use their eyes to see, too. Animal eyes can be small or large. Some animal eyes can look very strange!
The spider has eight eyes that look like little dots. Most spiders can't see very clearly. But many spiders are very good at noticing things move.
Owls' eyes help them see well at night. An owl cannot move its eyes. It must turn its head to look around.
Each eye of the lizard can look in a different direction. The left eye sees one thing. The right eye sees something different at the same time.
The dragonfly has eyes that are made up of many smaller eyes. Dragonflies are very good at noticing things move.
Julie is having a violin lesson with her teacher, Mr. Miller. "Julie, your recital(演奏会) is on December10th," says Mr. Miller. "Practice every day for 45minutes, and I think you'll be ready."
Every day after school, Julie goes to her friend Emma's house. They play computer games for two hours. When Julie gets home, it's often late. She doesn't practice her violin very often.
On December 1st, Mr. Miller listens to Julie play. He looks anxious. He tells Julie she's not ready for the recital. "Did you practice every day for 45 minutes?" he asks.
"Well, not every day," says Julie.
"You need to practice more," says Mr. Miller. Eric, Julie's cousin, calls her that night." Are you ready for your recital?" he asks.
"No, I'm not. I still need to practice," says Julie. Then Julie practices for an hour each day. At the recital, she plays so well. Her parents and big brother are proud of(为……骄傲)her and so is Mr. Miller. Julie thanks him for telling her to practice. She learns that she has to work hard at something to be really good at it.
My name is Sam. I joined a club called "passing help" last month. Now let me tell you why I joined it.
One evening this May, on my way home my old car was broken. It was 25 miles from my home. I wanted to get ride, but there was no car. It was also hard to take a taxi. I decided to take a bus home. I went to a bus stop nearby.
After a while, a bus came, but it did not go to my town. The bus driver was a young woman. She was kind and she told me which bus I should take. I waited there for about thirty minutes, but no bus came. At last a car came to me and a woman came out of the car. She was just the bus driver.
"When I reached the bus station, I got to know that the bus to your town couldn't come, so I returned here. I just can't leave you here," she said." Get in my car and I will take you back to your home."
"It is a long way," I said.
"Come on, sir," she said." Let's go."
On the way she told me a story. A few days ago, there wasn't gas(汽油)in her car. An old man drove her up to a gas station and then back to her car.
When we got to my home, I wanted to give her some money to thank her, but she didn't accept it. "I only want to help others and do something nice for somebody. Pass it along," she said.
Jack likes to keep cute animals as pets. He is a real pet lover.
Luke likes dancing. He'd like to join some dancing classes on weekends.
Mike has quite a lot of hobbies. One of them is flying kites.
Peter is crazy about cars. He wants to buy an expensive car, but he has not decided which one to buy.
Jane's father is an actor. He always takes her to parties and concerts.
A. An amazing zoo! You can see a lot of lovely animals here, such as tigers, elephants, bears, pandas, but you cannot touch them.
B. Dreaming of owning your own car? World-famous carmakers such as Mercedes Benz, BMW, Audi, and General Motors have brought their latest products to the exhibition in Guangzhou.
C. So sweet a puppy! I am ready to give it to anyone who promises me that he/she will take good care of her without money.
D. Like rock? A popular rock group from Australia, will have their first Us concert tomorrow evening at 8:00at City College.
E. Do your kids like interesting stories, funny games, and exciting dances? Captain Good Fellow will be ready to teach all these things to children of all ages at the City Theater at 10:00 every Saturday morning for free.
F. Apr. 20th Kite Festival: Weifang, Shandong Province's famous kite city, will have a kite festival.
One morning, Lillian was sitting in the garden.
She was looking at the wonderful1of every color. Her favorites were the big yellow sunflowers. They had2yellow faces.
She3that the sunflowers turned their big heads towards the sun as it rose in the4" Wow! That's5people call them sunflowers," she thought.
"Do sunflowers6love the sun?" she wondered.
At noon, Lillian looked at the sunflowers again.7!The sun moved8the sky. And all the sunflowers turned their heads to9it as it moved.
That evening,10the sun was setting(下山), Lillian noticed that the sunflowers were all facing west-toward the setting11. Their faces turned again!
"Sunflowers really do love12,"she thought to13."They follow it across the sky each day, turning their faces to14as much sunlights as they can."
The sunflower is15an interesting name and plant!
I don't know any other cat that loves to watch TV shows. But my Yoyo is (interest) in it. She will run up to the TV if she (hear) a boy crying or little children laughing. She doesn't like ads(广告)! When ad starts-she will turn her head away and not watch it. When all the ads are over the show is back, she will start (watch) the show again.
One day, a show about the lions was on. Yoyo sat in front the TV and started to watch it. The show was about hunting (狩猎) lions and (kill) other animals. Later, after the show was over, she got to sleep. I sat next to (she). Then suddenly Yoyo's (foot) started to move. She was still running in her dream. Then she woke, up hissing(嘶吼). She (stop) and looked at me, and knew it was a dream. But she really made me scared.
How did you go to Beijing? |
By train. |
How was the weather in Beijing? |
Sunny and hot. |
How long did you stay there? |
For seven days. |
What did you do? |
Visited the Great Wall, the Palace Museum, Tian'anmen Square; took photos; had delicious food. |
How were the people and the food there? |
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What did you think of your trip? |
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