Are you worried when you stand in front of the public? Are you1to make a speech? Li Jun, a middle school student, felt shy2he was making a speech the other day. Li had thought it would be quite easy to speak in front of3classmates.
"I was wrong. It was very different and much4than talking to my classmates during playtime, "Li said." tried, but it was really difficult to speak. I felt like a mute* and wanted to leave the classroom5.
Li is not alone. Many middle school students now have the same 6MS Li. After class, most of them can 7 their ideas freely with their best friends, but8speak in public. According to Zhou Hong, a teacher from a university, the main reason is that schools in China pay more attention to writing than9
Zhou hopes schools can give students more chances to open their10, such as speech competitions, English corners and class discussions.11can join in any one they want to12he also gives some advice to students. "During your free time, you should13 more. When you're speaking in public, take it easy. Just imagine you're talking to14and speak out your ideas clearly," Zhou said. "That15a fine public speech and you'll feel confident."
What's your homework today? Now homework is not simply about exercises. It can be researches, experiments and even work experiences. Take a look at some students' special homework.
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Mario's teacher asked them to research different snacks. He bought 10 kinds of them and checked the amount of sugar, fat and so on, in each. "We are told many snacks have high calories, but pay no attention to it" he said. But now he realized it was true. He said he really liked to do this kind of research and it was helpful. |
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With some plasticine*and a ping-pong ball, could you make a tumbler*? This is Nancy's homework. She cut the ping-pong ball in half and made it the bottom of the tumbler with plasticine. "This homework made me more interested in physics*, " she said. |
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Sandy worked as a guide in the museum. In order to do the work better, she did research and added more information to her introduction. It was hard work, but she felt it was a fun and meaningful experience. "I leaned how to do research, and my communication skills are also improved," she said. |
This painting is called The Fighting Temeraire. Temeraire is the name of the big, old sailing ship that you can see on the left of the picture. People chose this picture to be the greatest painting in Britain.
J. M. W. Turner painted it in 1839. It shows the old sailing ship, the Temeraire, on the River Thames near London. There's a small tugboat pulling the old ship. It's in fact taking the Temeraire on its last journey. The old ship is going to the breaker's*yard. In the background we can see the sun setting.
The picture, however, is more than just a painting of two boats in the evening. The artist wanted to show the end of an era"*. The time of the beautiful, old sailing ships is coming to an end. That's why we see this happening at sunset. In the little, brown tugboat we can see the new industrial*era starting. The tugboat is small and dark and it's making a lot of smoke, but it's very strong, because it's pulling the much bigger ship.
The painting shows a real event. Turner watched the Temeraire taking its last journey up the Thames, but he banged some of the details. He painted the old ship white and gold so that it looks like a ghost. In fact, the real ship was black and yellow. We also see the sun setting behind the ship, but in fact, the ship travelled towards the sunset. However, Tuner wanted to show the sun setting on the time of the beautiful old sailing ships.
Turner painted The Fighting Temeraire when he was quite old, so perhaps he wanted to show the sun setting on his own life, too. He loved the painting and he never sold it. You can see it today in the National Gallery in London.
There once lived many frogs in a great pond. They bad an excellent home and all the food they wished, caring for nobody, and nobody troubled them.
But some of them as thought that this was not right. They should have a king, so they sent up a petit to God to give them what they wanted. "Dear God," they cried, "Send us a king that will rule over us and make us live a different life."
God laughed at them and threw down into the pond a huge log*. 1he frogs we're frightened out of their lives, and all rushed to the bank to look at the horrible monster. But after a time, seeing that it didn't move, one or two of the bravest of them ventured out towards the log, and even dared to touch it. Still the log didn't move at all.
Then the greatest hero of the frogs jumped upon the log and began lancing up and down on it. Finally, all the frogs came and did the same, and for some time the frogs went about their business every day without taking notice of their now King Log.
This didn't suit them. So the frogs went to ask God to give them a king which could take action. God sent them an eel, but the frogs thought the eel was too small and didn't look like a king. So the eel wasn't welcome in the pond. Then the frogs sent the petition to God for the last time, and said to him, "We all want a real king. The one that will really rule over us. "
_____▲____The frogs were given a stork as their king. They believed the stork was a real king, which could rule over them. But the stork ate all the frogs one by one until there was hardly any frog left in the whole pond.
After studying for a long time, my brother Micky has now finished school and we are very (luck) to have a doctor in the family. My mum and dad, my sister and I are all interested in arts and languages. No one in the family has ever studied medicine before — it's so difficult and takes such a long time (study) So we take pride him. As well as this, we have a doctor of our own to ask about medical (problem) we have! How good it that?
I think Micky will make excellent doctor. He's patient and understanding, and he (cart) a lot about people. He (help) at a car accident and done some small operations*. I think he is such a great man. I can't stand blood, so I could never do what he does.
Micky says he wants to work in hospitals where he can help people with different illnesses. he knows doctors in hospitals work very long hours, he doesn't mind. In. opinion, it's wonderful if you can have a job that you really enjoy and Micky has found one. I just hope he isn't busy that we have to make an appointment to say hello.
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Perhaps, like me, you've always thought that travelling is something for rich people. Well, now I think I've been wrong all this time. Why? Well, I've discovered Nora Dunn.
Nora is one of a new kind of traveller — a professional world traveller. She travels all the time. Nora is from Toronto, Canada and until she was 30, she had a business there . Her dream was to travol the world – and to do it before she got old! So she sold her business and pot rid of her belongings(财物). And off she went.
Nora hasn't got rich parents or anyone who gives her money. And she doesn't have a high-paying job.
Nora goes to a place and stays there for some time. She works to earn enough money to have a good time and to save a bit, then she moves on to another place. She prefers simple forts of transport like trains or buses, but of course there are times when planes are a necessity.
, She's been to all five continents and she's travelled to over thirty countries. All in six years! She's taken a train across Canada and she's travelled by train from Portugal to Vietnam - an incredible journey. She's lived on a boat in the Caribbean. And she's been on television shows in three countries. . And she hasn't stopped finding new things!
. In 2008 she helped people in Thailand and Burma after a -cyclone(龙卷风) hit their countries And in 2009 she helped to fight forest fires in Australia.
So, she's seen a lot so far. She's learned that full-time travel doesn't have to be expensive, and she knows now that there are plenty of ways to do it- so many ways. In fact, she's started a website to tell other people about them. Have a look. Perhaps you'll be the next world traveller!
1）请将以下五句话的序号分别填入文中的横线里。
A. But then she made a big decision.
B. She's had a lot of fantastic adventures.
C. So where has Nora been? Well, everywhere!
D. Some of her experiences have not been easy ones.
E. But she's learned how to travel without spending lots of money.
2）请用篇章中下划黑体词汇的正确形式补全以下句子(从文本的6个词汇中选5个填入以下空格)。
①Together we $30, 000 last year because of bard work.
②That's thing I have ever seen to kill a guinea pig in the scientific experiments.
③You should go to get some help if you want to be a winner.
④Food, clothing and shelter are all of life.
⑤Practicing yoga is a good way for you your worries and stress and find some inner peace.
