Ever since "Mother Nature" gave me life, I expected to grow tall and big.
As a young1, I was well protected in the forest. I used to2a good time with my friends under the blue sky and3the river. Our only purpose was to stand high. My pal, Tim, often said. "All I ask for is to be4the whole day. "
More than 300 days passed and we grew straight. Until one day, our5birthday, people came, moved us from the6and put us on their trucks. "I don't want to go!" Tim cried. After a long journey, we arrived in a completely different place with7green. Here we were planted in a line. 8the wind blew strongly. I could not even open my eyes to see Tim9beside me. So we needed enough water to grow thicker and higher to10the wind.
As time went by, we finally11much stronger. I could keep my eyes open in the wind! Ieven found the blue sky was back!
This was no longer the no-man's-land. and hundreds of visitors came here. A man took a picture of us with his12. "Thank you. We can enjoy clear days13worrying about sandstorms. " A young girl jumping up and down came over and14me. "Thank you, " she said "It's you that have turned the desert into a green land!"
Tim and I smiled at each other, feeling15. The sun was shining brightly in the bluer sky.
A: Excuse me. I'm new here. I'm afraid I get lost. Could you help me?
B: Of course. 1
A: I'm going to Changqing Garden Expo Park
B: You can go along Daxue Road and turn right when you see the supermarket.
A: 2
B: About half an hour
A: Well. 3
B: Yes, bus No. 3 can take you there.
A: Great. Is there a bus station near here?
B: Let me see. . Oh, the bus station is over there. 4
A: It's very kind of you. Thank you very much.
B: 5
Tom was from a poor family. His father was a poor worker. His mother had no job and she was often ill. Tom liked drawing pictures and he hoped to be an artist. But everybody said that it was impossible for him to be an artist and made fun of his dream. Tom was sad, but he didn't want to give up his dream.
One day, Tom heard that there was going to be a drawing competition the next month, and anyone aged over 13 was welcome. The winner would get a prize of $10, 000. Tom thought about it and decided to take part in the competition.
That month seemed the longest month in Tom's life. Every day when he got home from school, a pencil and a piece of paper were the first things in his hands. Finally, the day of the competition came. Tom finished his drawing quickly.
After two weeks, Tom got a letter. He was too afraid to open it. At last, He opened it slowly. Justas he read the fist sentence, he began crying. However, they were not tears of sadness. They were tears of happiness!
Apps can teach you things or let you have fun. The following are some apps that you may use in daily lives.
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Kindle Do you love to read? Do you wish that you could bring all of your books with you everywhere you go? Kindle allows you to do so. This app has over a million free e-books to download. With Kindle, you can read anything from comic books and novels to magazines and newspapers. |
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Calm Calm is an app that can help you relax and sleep better. It has a lot of features to help you relax. For example, it has calming sounds like ocean waves(波浪)and rain. |
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RunKeeper Sometimes the hardest part of exercising is getting started. If you want to get started, you'd better try RunKeeper. It is a good app that can help you exercise. Are you ready to start? If so, RunKeeper will always be with you. |
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If you don't have enough time to read news stories or watch videos, Pocket can help you save all of them online. Then you can read them or watch them when you are free. You can view them offine, too. Besides, it can also help you organize the things you have saved. |
Walk or drive to work? Which way is lower in carbon(碳)? To be friendly to the environment, you may choose to walk. Have you ever tried to live a low-carbon life through your diet (日常饮食)?
A new study from the University of Oxford has looked into the health and environmental influences of 15 foods common in western diets. Among these, plant based (基于植物的) foods included fruits, vegetables, nuts and potatoes. It also studied animal-based foods, including red meat, chicken, milk products, eggs and fish.
According to the study's lead researcher, Michael Clark, "Choosing better and greener diets is one of the main ways people can improve their health and protect the environment. "That is to say, plant-based diets are much healthier for us and kinder to the environment.
To get this result, researchers compared the influence of eating another portion (一份) of each food with the increased risk of a few illnesses. They also found out the environmental harm for each animal-based food and each plant-based food.
By using this method, the study found that red meats were the most unfriendly foods to the environment. Keeping farm animals produces a large number of methane (甲烷) that keeps 30 times more heat than CO2. As well as making the earth warmer, eating too much red meat is known to increase the risk of a few illnesses, such as heart trouble.
Plant-based diets can give us the same health benefits in a much greener way. According to the study, without eating or using meat and milk products, global farmland use could be cut down by more than 75% and still feed the world.
Speaking to the Guardian(英国卫报), Tim Benton of Chatham House(英国皇家国际事务研究所) said, "If we can give people reasonable official(官方的)advice of what a healthy and green diet is, the world and its people would be in a much better place. "
China now has more than 30, 000 kilometers of high speed track (轨道), and this is expected to increase to 38, 000 kilometers by 2025, fully two thirds of the world's high speed rail (by length) is in China. Here, we track the exciting technological developments in high speed rail and consider their cultural influence.
While the main advantage of the high speed rail lines is convenience for people to get from one city to another as quickly as possible, some of these high speed lines have become popular tourist attractions( places that many tourists visit ). A good example of this is the Hefei-Fuzhou high speed line. Technically speaking, this was one of the most challenging high speed rail routes ever built nearly 90% of the track was laid either on bridges or in tunnels (隧道). However, the amazing views are worth it, as the train goes through some of China's most beautiful mountainous areas, including the Huangshan and the Wuvi Mountains Ranges.
As China has gained skills and knowledge in high sped all, it is trying to export (出口)is technology to other countries. Its first project on the international market was the line connecting Istanbul with Turkey's capital, Ankara. 530 kilometers away. This was followed by projects among other counties. Perhaps is most challenging project is a Trans Asian network(横贯亚洲铁路网)connecting China with Europe. Although it is diffcult, China will make every effort to take on his plan. It is hoped to be completed by 2030 as a part of China's Belt and Road Initiative(一带一路的倡议).
Thanks to high speed rail, the travel time between main cities in China has already been reduced to only a few hours. So his convince should improve the development within(在……内)and out of China. No doubt, it will also bring the people of the county closer together, and in time bring about deep social changes.
Logan Ober (be) a 17-year-old high school student. He lives in California.
Last year, Logan surprised his computer teacher, Kristi McWilliams. Logan asked his teacher if he could try fixing some broken computers. She said yes. But she did not think he would be able (do)it She was wrong. Logan retuned several days later He had fixed three (computer)!
"It's amazing, " MeWilliams said. She said Logan might know (much) about fixing computers than she did.
Logan keeps fixing broken computers. After he fixes a computer, he gives it away. He gives some of the computers to people who need (they). He gives some of them to non-profit groups. He (give) away more than thirty computers so far. Logan says fixing computers stops e-waste. E-waste comes old computers and other devices(设备). These devices must be thrown away (correct). If they aren't, they could hurt the environment.
Next year, Logan will go to college and he (study)computer science there. McWilliams is excited to see what Logan does. She hopes he will open computer repair shop someday.
Sleep is a physical and mental(精神的) need. We all need to sleep, though the sleep hours are different from person to person. Doctors do not know why we need sleep, but they all agree that sleep is very important to us.
One third of adults have sleeplessness. There are over 80 kinds of sleep-related disorders (失调). They sleep as soon as their heads hit the pillows (枕头). Do you sleep well? If you have sleeplessness, here are a few suggestions.
1 Make a timetable, and stick to it.
If your bedtime and wake-up time change from day to day or on weekends, your sleep rhythms(节奏)aren't predicted and the body doesn't know how to act. So it's important to have a regular wake-up time, even on weekends, vacations or after a night of poor sleep.
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"The best sleep tip you can give somebody is to get up. "sleep expert Grandner said. "Whether it's the beginning of the night or the middle of the nigh, if you've been awake for 20 or 30 minutes, get up and reset(重新调整). Maybe you just need five minutes to get sleepy, or maybe an hour, but don't spend that time awake in bed. "
3 Change your thinking about sleep.
"Many people regard sleeping as the final thing they have to do for daily activities. They would like to work or watch TV very late rather than sleep on time. "Grandner said.
"Don't see your sleep as the time you have left in your day, " he advised. "See your sleep as the time you need in order to prepare yourself for an energetic tomorrow. " "It may sound like a small change in thinking, but it's an important one, " Grandner added.
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A. Don't lie in bed awake. B. We need to sleep at regular times. C. I don't know how to change that. D. That thinking needs to be changed. E. Without enough sleep, the body may be weak. F. It's difficult to hold your attention for too long. G. However, other adults are lucky and have no sleeping problems. |
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 不得出现真实的人名、校名等相关信息。
相关词汇：apology n. 道歉, 道歉信
Dear Tom
Best wishes!
Yours
Wang Jie
