Reading is a good hobby for all kinds of reasons.
First, reading is fun. It can always bring you1if you like reading. You will never feel2or tired.
Next, you can read a book3—in a car, on a plane, or even in the bathroom. All you4is a book!
Another good reason for reading is that it is useful. If you read5a bobby, you will get better and better at it. And you will read faster and find it6to understand what you read. As your reading skills7you will probably find your schoolwork becomes much better.
Some people say that reading is out of date. This is not true. You can read on 8and the better you read, the better your computer skills will be.
Good readers may become9too. They always have more things to write about. Reading is a wonderful hobby. 10start reading right now?
The following mainly introduces four top tourist spots (景点).
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Stonehenge
With a history of about 5,000 years, Stonehenge is one of the world wonders. It's a circle of stones of different heights. The stones used to be about 200 kilometers away. Now people still wonder how these people moved the huge stones without machines' help. |
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Louvre Museum
No visit to Paris is complete without a trip to Louvre Museum, one of the largest and most famous art museums in the world. About 35,000 works of art from different centuries are on show, of which the Mona Lisa is the best-known. |
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Mount Qomolangma
Heavy snow, cold wind and thin oxygen (氧气)，Mount Qomolangma seems to say no to any climber who dreams about making it to the top of the world. Tenzing and Edmund were the earliest to arrive at the top, but they were up there for just 15 minutes before coming down. |
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Lake District National Park
In the north of England lies Lake District National Park, which is very beautiful, with hills, lakes and forest. Most tourists enjoy walking round the lakes and climbing mountains. Lake District National Park is also a perfect place to paint the beautiful countryside. |
In Britain, Australia, Canada and a few other English-speaking countries, people don't stop celebrating when Christmas Day is over. They also celebrate the following day, known as Boxing Day. It is a popular day for giving additional (另外的) gifts. It has been celebrated for so long, but nobody exactly knows how it started.
Some people believe Boxing Day began in the Middle Ages. In those days, in some special places there were special collection boxes where people threw money for the poor.
The day after Christmas the boxes were opened and the money was counted. Then the money went to helping the poor in the area.
Others believe Boxing Day started about 300 years ago when some rich people had
Christmas feasts (盛宴). They offered lots of food to their guests. Because many servants (仆人) were needed to make and serve the food, they could not celebrate Christmas with their families. To thank them,the rich people would put food into boxes for their servants to take home.
Now Boxing Day has become a public holiday in some countries. Some people spend the day boxing up old or unwanted things and donating (捐赠) them to the poor. Many people are active in helping service organizations (组织) like the Red Cross.
No matter how Boxing Day got its start, it's a wonderful time to donate things or give small gifts to people. By doing so, you can make someone's holiday much happier.
Having a learning disability (缺陷，障碍) doesn't mean you can't learn, but you'll need some help and you'll need to work very hard. If you have a learning disability, remember that you are not slow.
Learning disabilities can be genetic. That means they can be passed down in families through your parents, even your grandparents.
"Dyslexia" is a learning disability that means a kid has a lot of trouble reading and writing. Kids who have trouble with math may have "dyscalculia". Other kids may have "language disorders", which means they have problems understanding language and understanding what they read.
How do we tell if a student has a learning disability? Reading. doing math, and writing letters may be difficult for lots of kids at first. But when those early troubles don't fade away (逐渐消失) after they have grown up, and they can't deal with (处理) them and to make any progress, it's possible the kid has a learning disability.
Finding out you have a learning disability can be sad. You might feel different from everyone else. But the fact is that learning disabilities are pretty common. And if you have a learning disability, you can start getting the help you need to do better in school. But to make this special help really work, you'll need to practice the new learning skills. It may take a lot of practice every day. That can be a challenge (挑战), but you can do it. Soon, you'll make progress and enjoy the results of all your hard work: more fun and success at school.
It was Christmas Eve. I was feeling sad because there wasn't enough money to buy the dress I wanted. It was a cold night, and there was ice on Dad's hair when he came back home. He asked me to help load* wood. I was upset. Not only wasn't I getting the dress; now Dad was dragging me out in the cold.
I asked what he was doing.
"Have you been to the Clark's recently?" Dad asked.
Mrs. Clark lived two miles from us. Her husband died a year ago, leaving her with three children.
"Yeah, why?"
"They're out of wood." Dad then carried a bag of food over his shoulder and a smaller bag in his hand.
"What's in the little bag?" I asked.
"Shoes. They're out of shoes. I got the children a little candy too. It just wouldn't be
Christmas without some candy. "
We rode to the Clarks place in silence. I tried to think through what Dad was doing. The Clarks had closer neighbors than us. Why was it our concern*?
We knocked on the door. A timid voice said, "Who is it?" "James Cotton, and my daughter. Could we come in?" Mrs. Clark opened the door and lit the lamp.
"We brought a few things, ma'am," Dad said, and set the food on the table. He handed her the other bag. She opened it and took out the shoes, a pair for her and three for the children.
She bit her lip as tears ran down her cheeks. "We brought wood," Dad said. He turned to me, "Elizabeth, go bring in. Let's get that fire. "
The kids giggled* when Dad handed them candy, and Mrs. Clark looked with a smile. She said. "I know God sent you. We prayed*that he would send one of his angels to us. "
At the door, Dad invited them for Christmas dinner tomorrow. With a look of deep thankfulness, Mrs. Clark said, "Thank you. I don't have to say 'May God bless you'. I know he will. "
On the way home, Dad explained why he didn't buy me a dress. "I spent the money on shoes and candy for those children. I hope you understand. " he said.
I understood very well. My father had given me a gift much greater than a dress.
a. a dress b. some wood c. a bag of food d. shoes e. money f. candy
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My father and I always had a bit of trouble in our relationship. It's not that we didn't love each other. Its just that we used to have our (自己的) ideas. My dad is a very hard-working man while I was a dreamer. Often, I played sports but gave up when I was making (进步；进展). Then I showed an interest in music. My father got excited and (提供) me with a guitar when I was about eight. But I really didn't like it until I was a teenager. During those years, I took up my guitar and enjoyed the pleasure of music and dreamed to be a musician and win the (心，心脏) of my fans.
When I grew into a young man, I often felt very (虚弱的) and it was discovered that I had a terrible kidney illness. I had to accept treatment all my life or get a transplant. I could (几乎不) believe it. I felt like there was a heavy (重担：量) on my shoulders. Life became hard for me. But I was lucky enough because of my loving father. He even got tested to see if he was the right man to give me his kidney. I tried to refuse, but he would hear (一点也没有，没有一个) of it. He saved my life at last.
These days, I plan to start a band. My father (期望；期盼) to play in a band ever since he was young, but never got the chance. I think it is one of (有价值的) gifts I can give to him.
I'm glad to tell you something about the Mid-Autumn Festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a (tradition) festival in China. It falls on the 15th of Chinese lunar calendar (农历). On that day, family members always get together (have) a big meal and enjoy the moon. Normally, people connect the full moon with reunion (团聚) and happiness.
However, for my dad, the true (mean) of the Mid-Autumn Festival is missing the relatives in his hometown, as he has been working in Shantou for sixteen years, which is a beach city in east of Guangdong Province. Thanks to the development of the transportation (交通), it is much (easy) for us to travel than before. But my father is too busy to spare (抽出) some time. a result, he seldom went back too his hometown.
this Mid-Autumn night, my mum placed fruit and moon cakes on the table after dinner. I prefer the sweet mooncakes sweet food may make me put on weight. My mum pays much attention to my father's health, so she didn't allow him (eat) the moon cakes with sugar. My dad went out to the balcony (阳台) and took pictures of the full moon. For a long time, he stood there, (look) up at the moon in silence until the moon passed by our balcony.
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