My cousin Lisa is a middle school student. She is thirteen years old. She 1at five forty every morning. Then she 2out to exercise. She often3for half an hour. At about six forty, she4breakfast. After that, she goes to5at seven twenty. Her school is not far,6she walks to school. She eats lunch at twelve o'clock. After school, she usually7volleyball with her friends8an hour. She thinks it is important for her to be9.
On weekends, she usually goes to the10club. She loves music very much. She can play the guitar, the piano and the violin. Some musicians11playing the violin is not12,but she plays it very well. And she is also13at singing. She wants to be a14in the future.
Can her dream come true?"15, it can." says Lisa.
Hello! I am Nancy Smith, an English girl. I'm 12 years old. My parents, my brother and I1 in my family. My brothers likes to play soccer. My parents 2 in a middle school. They always help me with my study.
This Sunday, we have a3 for my mother. Her birthday is 4 November29th. She is very5 and we are happy, too. My brother's birthday and mine are in the same month—September. Do you know6 festival the day is? Yeah, it's Teachers' Day!
At school, I have many good friends, 7 nice teachers. My favorite subject is science. I think it's fun and useful. But I don't like math. It's really. 8 for me. We have art on Wednesday and Friday. I think it's relaxing. Our art teacher is Mr. Smith. And 9 lessons are very interesting. He likes to have10 like carrots and potatoes for lunch because they're healthy.
Tammela School is a school in Finland(芬兰). The students are having a math 1 with their robot(机器人)teacher.
The "teacher" is blue, and it's 2, about 25cm tall. When students need help with their math, it's 3 there to help them.
"The robot teacher can make math classes 4. Many students like it, and they think it's their favorite 5," one teacher in Tammela School says to Reuters(路透社).
Now 6 of the four robot teachers is a language(语言) teacher in this school. It can 7 23 languages and dance to music.
"We always use technology(科技)to 8 our students to study well," the headmaster(校长)of the school tells Reuters, too. The robot teachers are great. However, it doesn't mean(意味着)that real teachers will 9 their jobs. The robots can teach well, 10 they can't keep the class in order(有序). The school still needs real teachers.
Each of us makes mistakes (犯错) from time to time. In fact, we can 1 a lot from our mistakes.
Donnie was a2student and he never answered questions in class. He was afraid3making mistakes. He never finished his homework 4 he didn't want to make any mistakes. Nothing changed (改变) 5 Mary, a teacher, came to our class.
One morning, Donnie was asked to 6 some questions. After a while, he was in tears (眼泪) because he 7 a mistake. Then Mary took out a box filled (装满) with 8 from the desk.
"Look, Donnie," she said standing beside 9," I have something to show you." She 10 the erasers, one at a time, and put them on the desk.
"See these erasers, Donnie?" she continued. "Do you know 11 these erasers become smaller and smaller? That's because we make mistakes. But we erase (擦除) the mistakes and try 12. That's what you must learn."
"Here," she said, "I'll 13 one eraser on your desk, so you'll remember that 14 may make mistakes." Donnie looked at Mary and smiled.
Donnie 15 a lot from then on. He knew that everyone might make mistakes. He should learn from them and tried again.
A father sent his 5-year-old son to learn how to play the piano.
A fewer months passed, a very famous1came to their town. They got two tickets to his2successfully.
On that day, the father sat down with his son at the concert hall.3, it was too difficult for the child to just sit doing4so he walked away quietly.
When the stage(舞台)5became dark the father found that his son was no longer with him. He6the son everywhere. To his surprise, he found the little boy was on the stage and he was walking7the piano. Then the child sat in front of the piano and started8a very simple tune(曲调) Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.
The light operator(灯光师)was also surprised when he heard the music, and he thought that the concert had made some9.So he turned the lights10. Everybody was surprised to see the little child sitting beside the piano instead of the famous pianist.
The pianist was surprised, too. But a when he saw the child playing happily, he was not11-he sat down and played with the child. The pianist joined in the performance so that they could give a piece of beautiful piano12together.
When they finished, the audience(观众) all clapped(鼓掌) and13with great excitement.
A real master(大师)of arts never just14about his own works, he is willing to respect(尊重)every art work, no matter15the player is.
On Sunday Mrs. Miller heard that the clothes were on 1in a shop in the center of the town. And they must be2. She wanted to buy a jacket for her seven-year-old son Jacky. So she3the boy up and dressed him. They had some bread and milk for4and then went out. The streets were busy that morning. The shop was too far, but Mrs. Miller didn't want to5a taxi (出租车) because she wanted to save some6. Then she saw a No, 8 bus across7the street. It could take them to the shop. But the traffic lights (红绿灯) were red.8she went across the street to take the bus at this time. She would break the traffic rules. But she was9the bus would leave so she quickly ran to the bus with her son. The policemen near them found it and told her to10. She knew they would fine (罚款)her. She thought for a 11 and found an idea. She turned around to her son Jacky and said something to Jacky12and then went to the policemen
"This boy doesn't13his way, sir." said Mrs. Miller. "I don't find his parents and I am14about him."
"Thank you, madam. We can help him," a policeman said
"Take it easy, little friend, the policemen will drive you15. Goodbye. The woman said to her son.
"Bye, mummy!" called out Jacky.
As a parent, Mrs. Miller should set a good example for her son: Follow the traffic rules and never tell a lie (撒谎).
It was a fine summer day. The Chinese girl Dan and her mother were on the1. They wanted to go to the2. There were many children on it. Their parents were with3, too. After a short time, a4got on the bus and he was an old man. He had no seat (座位)to sit in. Dan asked him to sit in her seat and he5her. There were two American people on the bus. They went to the Great Wall, too.6they couldn't speak Chinese. Dan talked to them in English. She told them Beijing was a big city. It had a7history. She told them some stories8Beijing. The two American thought the stories were very9and they also wanted to go to other cities of China. Could their dream10? Of course.
Eric is 13 years old. He likes animals. Tony is Eric's 1. He is only 6 years old. He likes animals, 2.
One day, Tony says to Eric, "How about 3 to the zoo this Sunday?" Eric thinks it is a good idea. But the zoo is 4 from their home. He asks their father to drive them there, but their father has no time because he has to work on weekends. Eric thinks he can.5 a bike to the zoo,6 Tony can', because he is too 7 Then Eric asks their mother to take them there.
Their mother says," OK. Let's go to the zoo by 8".
This 9 morning, they take the bus there. At the zoo, they see many animals. Elephants are Eric's favorite because he likes big animals. Tony 10 likes pandas, so he watches them fora long time. Tony and Eric ask," Mom, 11 are your favorite animals?" Their mother says," All the animals are my favorite. But now people 12 many trees, animals are losing13 homes, some animals are in danger, so we14 save them, because animals are our friends."
15 4:00 pm, they finish their visit. When they are on the bus back home, they are all very happy.
Most of my day is full of lessons and homework. It is very1to find time for myself. But when I get some2time, I have many3to do, such as sleeping, going to the movies and listening to music. First, I4sleeping very much. When I am at school, I try to make time during my5 and lunchtime to get a few minutes to sleep. It helps me6awake all the way. If I do not get a good sleep, I will be very7the next day. Second, going to the movies can make me relaxed. When I am8, it is9a good idea to go out and watch a movie. Laughing, getting frightened and even10are all good ways of relaxing.
Listening to music is my hobby11. I think music is very important in everyone's life. Some parents think listening to music will make their children become12students, so they13them from listening to it. But I don't think so. When I am in a bad mood(心情), music can14me quiet.
15 hobbies, there will be no color in my life. I will keep my hobbies forever.
Air is all 1 us. It's around us 2 we walk and play. From we were born,(出生) air is 3 around us. When we sit down, it's around us. When we 4 to bed, air is also around us. We live in air.
All living things 5 air. Living things can't live 6 air. We can go without food or water for 7 days, but we can't live without air. When we are working or running, we need 8 air. When we are asleep, we need air, 9.
We live in air, but we can't 10 it. We can only 11 it. We can feel it when it is 12. Moving air is called wind. How can we make air 13? Here is one way. Hold an open book in your hands 14 front of your face. Close it 15. What can you feel? What you feel is the air.