A man wanted to sell his donkey (驴) in a market. The market was far from his house, so he started early in the morning with his 1 .
On the way, the man was sitting on the donkey while his son was 2 near it. Someone saw them. He said the father didn't love his son. After the man 3 this, he got down from the donkey and made his son sit on 4 . Then they continued their journey.
Soon, another man met them. He said it was not 5 for the son to make his old father walk in the sun. What hot weather it was! Then 6 of them decided to walk.
After some time, a group of people saw them. They said the father and the son were 7 . They had a donkey, but they didn't sit on it. Then both of them 8 to sit on the donkey and then kept going.
There came a woman. "You may 9 the little donkey by doing that!" she shouted.
So what should we do? Maybe we should just do what we think is right, because we cannot follow everyone's 10 .
Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (雅万高速铁路) was finished in March, 2023. For most Chinese, the opening of a high-speed railway is usual, but for people of Indonesia, this railway is a "dream road". When China started to help them build it, they were excited and said, "We'll have high-speed trains, too. Thank you, China!"
Indonesia was the second country in Asia to have a railway, but its old railways didn't help it much. Trains ran at 60 kilometres an hour. It was slow. From Jakarta to Bandung, it's about 160 kilometres. But it took over 3 hours by train. And those old railways are not in the right places. Also Jakarta has quite a lot of people. Many people use highways, so the highways are too busy. Indonesia really needs a high-speed railway.
When building this new railway, China met many difficulties. The 142. 3-kilometre railway isn't long. But because of the terrible terrain (地形), it needs lots of bridges and tunnels (隧道). The weather in Indonesia is hot and rainy. COVID-19 made it hard, too. But China worked hard and finished it.
This railway opens in June, 2023 and the speed of the trains is 5 times as fast as that of the old ones. It takes only 40 minutes to get to Bandung from Jakarta. How great!
Odinn studies at Rainworth State School in Queensland, Australia. Last year, he was found to have a disease. He has had lots of tests and treatments (疗法), and now he stays in hospital all the time.
Odinn is a happy kid and he loves school. Being away from his school and his classmates was getting him down. He was learning with the help of the workers at Queensland Children's Hospital when he was receiving treatments, but it wasn't the same.
Luckily, there is MissingSchool, a non-profit(非营利的)group. It began in 2012, when three mothers were looking for answers for their own seriously sick children. Since 2017, MissingSchool has been using robots in schools across Australia. They connect seriously sick kids with their normal classroom. It now has more than 180 robots in schools, connecting about 5, 400 classmates.
Now Odinn can take classes at home, with Odinn 2.0 in the classroom. The robot has wheels at the bottom, a thin body and a screen as its head. Odinn's happy face is shown on the screen. He controls the robot using his computer. As the robot goes through the space between his classmates' desks, be says hello to his friends. It is like he is right there in the classroom.
①What Odinn thinks of the robot.
②How Odinn controls the robot.
③What the robot looks like.
④How the robot helps Odinn.
Roy was a young boy who was angry at everything around him. To calm Roy down (使……冷静), his mum came home with a canvas (画布) and a box of paints. "Every time you feel bad about something, paint it. "
Some days later, Roy took his paintings to his mum.
"Tell me, Roy. "
"The first is about how some kids showed off their new clothes. He always tells me about how I'm doing things wrong. And the last painting is about my father. He often takes away my toys. "
Roy's mum said, "Don't you see, Roy? All the people you were angry with did nothing wrong. " Then she explained (解释) carefully, "The kids were showing off their new clothes but never laughed at yours. Your teacher did that because you caused trouble in class. "
"Next time you get angry, walk away for a few minutes. And when you come back talk to the person you're angry with. You might calm down in this way. "
He even started to feel happy around other children.
A. The next is about my teacher.
B. Roy decided to give it a try.
C. You should be friendly to them.
D. What are these paintings about?
E. Roy took his mum's advice and became less angry.
F. And your father just wanted you to finish your homework first.
Jack would like to know about children's lives in other countries. Cindy feels lonely because she is not good at making friends with others. James really wants to see what the future world will be like. Fiona prefers to watch shows that bring much fun to her. Tom's English teacher asked him to write an article about great people in the world. | A. Programme One Each seven-minute episode (一集) provides students with information and stories about famous scientists, artists and writers in the world. B. Programme Two It is about the Kratt brothers who try to save or protect animals from danger. Kids will learn a lot about real-world problems about animals. C. Programme Three The show is right for middle school students. The wonderful speakers give exciting speeches on making friends, following dreams, helping others and so on. D. Programme Four This is a talk show created by Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal. Each episode is about 10 to 15 minutes. They tell jokes, do funny interviews and sing silly songs to make people laugh out loud. E. Programme Five What will the world be like in the next twenty or thirty years?In about twenty minutes, Chuck Pell tries to find out what the things like plastic and DNA will be like in the near future. F. Programme Six Do you want to learn about what children's everyday life is like in different countries of the world? These 13-minute episodes are great for learning a lesson about culture and geography. |
Would you like to learn about different languages(语言) ? Well, your answer is yes, Planet Word is the place for you.
Planet Word is a museum in America. It brings words and languages to life in all kinds of (interest) ways.
When you get into the museum, you will see "Speaking Willow" first. It is a tall art piece and looks a tree. When you get close to it, you can hear voices in (hundred) of different languages coming from the tree. Most of them are foreign to you, because (actual) ordinary people can only speak a few languages.
One room called "Where Do Words Come From" (show) the history of some common English words. In the space, you can see the "Wall of Words". When you speak English word to the wall, it will tell you the origin(起源)of it.
There is also a special room where visitors can learn to speak different languages in it. The teachers in the room teach (they) first language to visitors and how the language connects with the culture.
Ann Friedman was a reading and writing teacher. She started Planet Word (let) more people learn about the words they use or hear. She hopes people can spend some more time (visit) the museum. She says, "When they leave, they will have a better understanding of the world of languages around them. "
要点提示:
桂海潮 | |
人生经历 | 1. 2003年, 杨利伟成为中国飞天第一人的消息鼓舞了他，17岁立志飞上太空； 2. 刻苦学习训练，已是大学教授的他成为了宇航员； 3. 2023年5月30号, 乘神舟十六号进入太空，实现了自己的太空梦。 |
你的感悟 | ……(不少于两点) |
要求:1. 要点齐全、语言流畅、语句通顺；2. 可适当发挥, 使行文连贯；3. 不少于80词 (开头已给出, 不计入总词数)。
参考词汇：宇航员 astronaut 教授 professor
The hero in my heart is the astronaut in Shenzhou 16, Gui Haichao.
