— You're joking, aren't you? You ____ liked science before.
— ____, Dr Huang is out at the moment.
On Aug 29, a 14-year-old girl placed a large box in a supermarket. What did she do? She hoped that people could give food to 1 kids.
The American girl is Kate Klock. She has a passion (激情) for 2 people, especially children. This summer, she saw some kids on the street and had 3 to eat. They lived a hard life. The facts they were 4 makes her very sad. In Klock's mind, kids should grow up and study 5 . So she decided to do the best she could, to 6 food for the children. She put boxes at the stores and her home separately. So when people 7 the store and her room, they could put some 8 in the box. Her project didn't have a name, but she likes to say "Hunger Hero" with her food drive. That's what she 9 on her poster.
However, in the beginning, Klock was not 10 by some stores. They always said no to her 11 she wanted to place her box in their store. But after Klock explained her 12 , they were glad to offer a helping hand.
"Hunger is everywhere in the world, even 13 us. It could be our neighbor or a classmate," said Klock. "I believe I can influence 14 people to do it together with me, because that's how we can make a 15 , whether in my neighborhood or the whole world."
A butterfly often complained（抱怨） of its life then it decided to look for happiness in a faraway place. It flew and flew when it suddenly saw a little 23 flower, whose face was full of smile. Not knowing the 24 , the butterfly asked the little flower, "You're going to die. Why are you still so 25 ?"
"Because I will achieve my dream," said the little flower."
"26 is your dream?"
"To produce sweet fruit."
Then the little butterfly understood: happiness is 16 in the heart.
The butterfly continued flying and saw a lame（瘸的） duck helping a little duck find the 17 back home. Although it was disabled, it had a smiling face.
"I'm happy because I can help 18 ," said the lame duck.
So the butterfly understood: happiness is love in the heart.
The butterfly kept 19 and suddenly saw a spider climbing up a wall. The spider fell off the wall halfway, 20 it kept climbing again and fell off again. Even so, the spider didn't 21 . The little butterfly asked the spider in surprise, "You 22 again and again. Why don't you have 23 but happiness on your face?"
"As long as I keep 24 , I'm able to climb up the wall. And I'm so happy 25 this," said the spider.
The butterfly understood: happiness is faith（信念）in the heart.
So the butterfly 26 looked for happiness because it had seen the truth: happiness is not in the faraway place but in your own heart.
Hong Kong Book Fair 2014
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Fair dates |
16-22 July, 2014(Monday-Sunday) |
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Places |
Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Centre, Wan Chai, Hong Kong |
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Opening hours |
16 July (Mon.) 10:00a.m.-10:00p.m. 17 July (Tues.) 10:00a.m.-10:00p.m. 18-19July(Wed.-Thurs.) 10:00a.m.-12:00midnight 20-21 July (Fri.-Sat.) 10:00a.m.-12:00p.m. 22 July (Sun.) 10:00a.m.-5:00p.m. |
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Major product categories (种类) |
International Culture Village: Showing books from foreign countries. Children's Paradise: Showing children's books and educational publications, with a family corner and a performance stage. Teens' World: Showing books for the young. You can find plenty of cartoon and comic books. Stationery Zone: Showing stationery products, such as pens, pencils, rules and erasers. |
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Fee |
Tickets for adults: HK$25 Tickets for children between 5 and 12: HK$10 Children under 5 are free. |
When we travel, we often have to think of hotels. There are many famous and strange hotels all over the world. The hotel I will introduce today is the first hotel in the shape of a guitar. And its name is the Guitar Hotel and it's said that it cost 1.5 billion yuan.
The hotel is in America and is operated by Hard Rock International. It has 36 floors, 1,200 luxury rooms with expensive furniture, 6 swimming pools, 19 restaurants, SPA and shopping malls.What's more, the hotel's large theater can seat 7,000 people at a time, and the furthest seats from the center of the stage are only 51 meters away.
The 122-meter-high hotel is one of the most beautiful hotels in the world. At night, lights on the building look like guitar strings（琴弦）. "The Guitar Hotel will attract visitors from across the country and around the world," said the CEO of the hotel. "They will enjoy world-class entertainment, playing and dining services."
On October 24, The hotel held a huge opening ceremony with plenty of famous stars, such as Johnny Depp and pop rock band Maroon 5. On the opening day, all rooms were reserved.
Dear friends, would you like to live in this guitar-shaped hotel? Welcome to leave a message!
Seema got on the train with her 5-year-old daughter,Sally. It was her first travel by train. Seema held Sally's hands, because she was afraid that the crowd could pull her away.
When the train moved, a snack seller in old clothes came through the crowd with his bag.He was trying to sell snacks to passengers. Passing by Seema, he showed a bag of snacks, "Only 10 cents." Sally said, "Buy one for me, Mum." Seema looked at him with anger, "Go away." The seller left. Sally waved bye to him and this brought a smile to him.
After some time when the train reached another station,Sally saw that seller sitting by the door. She smiled, "Can we give him some money? He seems hungry." Seema refused, "Don't talk to him. He isn't a good person. These people take away little girls in their bags." Seema and Sally got off the train and they heard a voice calling them. When she turned back, she saw that seller waving his hands and walking toward them. Seema started running faster with Sally and stopped a taxi. Just then the seller reached, and showed something shiny. Seema saw it was Sally's bracelet（手镯）.
"Your daughter gave it to me before getting off," he gave a bag of snacks to Sally. "It's for her." Before she could say something, the seller left and the taxi moved. Seema realized her mistake and learned a lesson during this train journey. She was happy to know Sally had a good heart. She learned we shouldn't judge（评价） someone freely just because of their appearance or what they do.
Name：Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Job: scientist
Achievements: He is the greatest scientist of the 20th century. His theories explain the way the universe works.
Name: William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Job: writer
Achievements: During his life, he wrote around 39 plays and hundreds of
poems. One of his most famous plays is Romeo and Juliet.
Name: Confucius(551-479BC)
Job: teacher, philosopher
Achievements: He is remembered for his wise sayings. They were written down by his students.
We all need exercise. Exercise uses up food that we eat and(keep) the body full of energy. Exercise also makes you feel (relax). However, most people can't do this. It is too far from (they) homes to their offices. They have no choice but (drive) to work. Driving is challenging, (especial) in rush hours. It makes a person tired out. When these people arrive home after work, they don't want to take exercise. At the same time, it takes time to change, and if people don't see a (different) right away, they (lose) heart and stop exercising.
Archimedes and the golden crown
One day in ancient Greece, King Hiero asked a crown maker to make him a golden crown. At first, he was very happy (A) ____ it.
"It's a nice crown, isn't it?" he asked his men. Later, however, he began to doubt that it was a real golden crown." "Is it made completely of gold?" he wondered. He sent it to Archimedes and asked him to find out the truth.
"This problem seems difficult to solve. What should I do?" thought Archimedes.
Archimedes was still (B)thinking about this problem as he filled his bath with water. When he got into the bath, (C)一些水溢了出来.
"That's it!" shouted Archimedes. "(D)I know how to deal with the king's problem!"
Archimedes went straight to the palace to see the king. First, he weighed the crown and asked the king for some gold of the same weight.
Next, he put two pots into two big bowls and filled both pots with water. He put the gold into one pot, and some water ran into the bowl. Then he put the crown into (E) ____ other pot. This time, even more water ran into the bowl.
"Look at this," said Archimedes to King Hiero. "A crown made completely of gold displaces less water than a crown made of gold and another metal. This crown displaced more water than gold of the same weight, so I'm (F)certain that it's not completely made of gold."
"The crown maker tricked me, didn't he? What a bad man he is!" shouted King Hiero.
I know how deal with the king's problem!
Lu Xun was born in 1881 to a wealthy family, and he lived a happy life in his childhood. In 1893, however, his grandfather, a senior government official, was put into prison for taking money. (A)同时，他爸爸病的很重. From that time on, his family were no longer accepted by their relatives and friends. (B)These early experiences greatly influenced his writing.
① By the time Lu Xun arrived in Nanjing to study at university in 1899, he already believed that Chinese society had to change and become modern. In 1902 he went to study in Japan. There, he began writing articles for a few Chinese student magazines. He showed a gift for writing and translating and he even wrote a few books, although (C)____ was popular. He returned to China in 1909 because he was in need of money.
After working for several years as a teacher in Beijing, Lu Xun again returned to writing. ② It was the first Chinese novel published using the everyday language that people spoke, which helped make it a great success. This, together with his novel The True Story of Ah Q, made Lu Xun a leading Chinese writer. ③
(D)____ he was successful himself, Lu Xun was still worried about China's future. In 1926, he moved to Shanghai and gave up writing stories in order to devote himself to what he called "pen warfare". He now only wrote articles which called on the people to fight against the feudalism(封建主义).For this, the government stopped him from publishing any more books. He was forced to write his articles using false names.
