(Three friends are talking about the school trip.)
Hey, Lin Tao. Greal! I've learned a lot about China's space technology. How rapidly it develops! It has got a lot of success. Right! I was excited to see Shenzhou XVI(神舟十六号) rising into space on TV. Yes, I did. I feel so proud of our country. So do I. And Jing Haipeng is my hero. All the astronauts are my heroes. Their fighting spirit touches me deeply. Yeah! Me. too. Let's work harder together! |
A. Thank you.
B. That's true.
C. I have no idea.
D. What about yours?
E. Did you watch the news?
F. I want to be a person like them.
G. How was your trip to the space museum?
Joe got a bar of chocolate from his father for his cleaning work at home. 1 he was ready to eat it, his elder brother Jack returned home from school. He 2 the chocolate from Joe and put it in his mouth and ran away. Joe rushed to his room 3 and locked the room from the inside and fell on his bed, with tears on his face, worrying about his lost chocolate.
Learning about it, his father carried a larger bar of chocolate to Joe's 4 . He knocked at the door and asked Joe to open it. He even told that he had a larger bar of chocolate for him. But Joe 5 to listen to his father. He lay on the bed, paying no attention to his father's knock and talk. He continued to cry, thinking about his small loss(损失). His 6 stopped him from getting a much greater joy.
We may 7 a lot of time, energy and chances worrying about the small losses that have happened in our lives, and blaming(责怪)the persons who we think are responsible for our losses. By doing this, we are actually refusing to receive 8 gifts from life. It's really foolish action.
The 3 most wonderful train journeys provide the natural beauty of our motherland. Read on to see which line you want to start your journey with. |
Xining to Lhasa Length: around 1,900 km long Price: 781 yuan for a soft sleeper The railway line is popular with travellers who want to visit Tibet(西藏). It is the longest high altitude(海拔)train trip in the world and is named as "the way to the sky". Most of the line is over 4,000 meters. You can see Qinghai Lake outside the train's windows. |
Chengdu to Kunming Length: around 1,100 km long Price: 487.5 yuan for a second class The railway line has been in service since July 1970. From Chengdu with an altitude of 400 meters or so, the train goes up to about 2,000 meters across mountains. This line is called Geological Museum(地质博物馆)because of the special geography along the railway line. |
Lhasa to Rikaze Length: around 250 km long Price: 64 yuan for a soft seat This railway line connects to the Qinghai-Tibet Railway and has an altitude of above 3,600 meters. It makes Tibet travel easier for travellers, especially those who want to see Mount Qomolangma, the highest mountain in the world. |
Times change! The day I heard that the Bright Bookstore was closing, I was sad. The bookstore had been in the neighborhood for 50 years, and it was a great place where people could connect through their love of books.
When I met Old Tim, the store's owner, he told me it was difficult to run(运营)a traditional bookstore. Most young people preferred reading e-books and more people bought books online.
Childhood memories came back to me so clearly. A group of us kids often went to the store. We looked at the new books, or just talked with Tim. We spent hours reading there. Tim encouraged us to share our ideas by writing them on a large board.
A few months later, I was back and was surprised to see that the Bright Bookstore was still open for business. It was still old, but inside it was like a different world. In an area, a book reading was going on. Nearby, some readers were sharing their ideas on a screen instead of the large board. Some were reading on computers. It even had a coffee shop selling nice food. Clearly, the Bright Bookstore was in good, creative hands.
Tim told me that there were more community events in the coffee shop such as book readings and even concerts and movie nights. The bookstore was turned into a place where the book lovers got together and shared ideas and experiences.
"Well, as you can see, technology and creativity have brought my old bookstore into the 21st century! I'm so glad to see that everything I wanted it to offer to the community is still here," said Tim.
No matter how times change, there are always people who love reading. With the development of technology, traditional bookstores should also change in a creative way.
Every one of us has a chance to try new things. The risk is that we will not be satisfied with our choice.
For example, we may try a food we have never had before. It can be too sour, too salty or too spicy. We may try a new style of music and get a headache. We may try a new sport like skating and end up falling down a lot. We may see a different kind of art and be completely disappointed(失望的). We may try to speak or write a different language and end up embarrassing ourselves.
It sounds risky(有风险的)to us. For example, we can try a new food. And we fall in love with it finally. It can be sweet or tastes very good. We may try a new sport and fall down but we get back up and finally experience pleasure, even for a minute. We may see why people love that sport so much.
If we try a new kind of music, we may regret we didn't find it sooner. We can try to write speak a different language, and we may be a little embarrassed at first, but we know that the only way improve is to make mistakes and keep on trying.
Then you will have chances to get rewards(回报).
A. How can we try a new sport?
B. But it is not so bad to take risks.
C. And we don't like the food finally.
D. All in all, keep trying something new.
E. When we try something new, there's always the risk.
F. We can see a new kind of art and may be surprised at its beauty.
Animals play so many important roles in our lives. Some, like cows and sheep, provide us with food; pets are our friends; other animals work for us. Above all, every animal—big or small—can fill us with a sense of the wonder of the natural world.
Unluckily, we don't always value this. Many animals are endangered because of our actions, and millions of animals in the world are badly treated. World Animal Day reminds us, at least for one day a year, "to celebrate animal life in all its forms" and "to be thankful for the way in which animals enrich(使丰富)our lives."
World Animal Day was started in 1931 in Florence, Italy. It made us pay attention to the problem of endangered animals around the world. It is now celebrated in most countries around the world. The day falls on October 4th every year.
All over the world on this day, volunteers raise money for animal centers and social organizations. Museums and zoos organize special events. Schools have also joined animal projects. No matter what is done, the idea is to remind us of the importance of animals and to show us how we could improve our relationship with animals.
If you want to take part, you could help an animal or organize a money-raising event for a local charity. The important thing is just taking an active part. We should offer animals as much as they offer us.
Animals are important in our lives. They offer us , friendship, help and a sense of the wonder of the natural world. However, our actions make many kinds of animals in danger, and we treat millions of animals . World Animal Day reminds us to be thankful to animals. It was started in 1931 to draw people's attention to the of endangered animals. Now World Animal Day is celebrated on October 4th every year. On this day, many activities are held to how to improve the relationship between humans and animals. So let's just be to take part and offer animals as much as they offer us. |
Project-based learning(项目化学习)is learning while doing. It gives learners the chance to get a deeper understanding of a topic. During the learning, learners solve problems by using real-world examples and challenges. Project-based learning is becoming widely used in schools. Students work on a project over a period of time—from a week to a term. At the end of the project, they show their knowledge and skills by creating a product for people. Let's take the example of Sandra.
Sandra is an eleven-year-old student in Sunshine Primary School. She wanted to know more about Greek mythology(希腊神话). Well, how did she make it?
◆ She chose Greek mythology characters as the topic because she was interested in the characters and their stories. | ◆ | Step 1 Choose a topic |
◆ She had to learn about that topic and do some research on it. To collect information, she read books and articles about the history of Greek mythology. She also read some novels like Harry Potter and Percy Jackson. She watched videos and played games all connected with Greek mythology. When she collected her information, she was ready to create a project. | ◆ | Step 2 Do the research |
◆ She created a project based on(以……为基础)her talents and skills. She loves to build with Legos(乐高), so she decided to build lego creations based on the stories of Greek mythology characters. She's also really good at art, so she created a book about her favorite characters. In her book, she drew pictures of them and wrote the stories in her own words. | ◆ | Step 3 ____ |
◆ After all of that work, she made a living room presentation for Mom and Dad and shared the two products that she had created. Then she shared her project online with friends, and even shared her project on social media. | ◆ | Step 4 Do the presentation |
From the example of Sandra, we can see that project-based learning allows a student to learn about a topic and then create a project based on his or her talents and skills. Not everyone is a great test taker, but everyone is good at something. Through project work, students can not only learn deeply about a topic, but also have fun learning. So if you're interested in something, why not start with project-based learning?
Dear ninth-graders, This week, you are taking a number of important tests, but there is something more important that you need to know: These tests can't measure(衡量)all the things make you wonderful and special. Your results from these tests will not tell you everything. There not any tests to measure how kind you are to your friends, or how much you love to draw. The people who mark(评分)the tests don't know how helpful you are to your Mom and Dad, or how caring you are when playing others in the playground. They don't know how bravely you share your weekend stories with your friends, or your performance in sports, music and art. Besides, these tests will not measure how much you have improved on something, how much you love a certain subject. There is no test for these things! We hope you can know about these and try your best. Always remember that there is no in the world that can measure all the wonderful things that make you, YOU! From, Sophia, James, Christine and Vivian |
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Last year we had a new classmate. name is Danny. He was tall and handsome with dark brown eyes. Many classmates liked him.
One day, we that we would have a school trip at the end of the month. The whole class got very excited and the girls began to discuss what to wear and what to bring with them. But Danny simply told everyone he wouldn't go.
"Don't you like it, Danny?" our teacher Mr. Sims asked with .
Danny stood up and said, "It's too much money for me. My dad is ill in bed. My mom in a supermarket every day. I'm not asking them for money."
"I'm very proud of you that you can understand your . Not every student of your age can think about this," Mr. Sims replied.
Then Mr. Sims said to the class, "This year, we are going to do things . Would you like to raise money for the trip by yourselves? I hope each of you can come up with at least one idea. And we a plan tomorrow."
"Well, my family can afford the trip. Do I still have to do that?" Shelly asked.
"Shelly, this will be a different and learning experience for everyone, whether you have the money or not."
That day, we knew Danny than before because he was not only honest but also brave. His behavior(行为)helped us what his family had or didn't have couldn't decide who he was. He won the respect of many of us.
假如你是该校的学生,请结合以上图表信息以"I Find Myself Really Good"为主题,用两段话写一篇短文。内容包括:1. 简要说明图表内容;2. 从图表中任选一项,结合自己的经历,谈谈它对你的生活产生了什么积极的影响。
要求:
1. 词数不少于80词,开头已给出,不计入总词数;
2. 文中不能出现真实的人名、校名。
I Find Myself Really Good
Our school did a survey among 1,127 students on the topic of "I Find Myself Really Good". Here are the results.