A: Tomorrow is my sister's birthday. I want to give her a nice present.
B:
A: I'm not sure. Do you have any good ideas?
B: Let me see.
A: Yes. She thinks reading is interesting.
B: Well, you can buy some books for her.
A: Thank you.
B: That's OK. I want to give her a present too.
A: Yes, she loves them very much.
B:
A: Red and pink
B: OK, I see.
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How are you? My thirteenth birthday a coming, 1 I will have a party in my house next Sunday. Can you 2 to my birthday party? At the party, we will have a big dinner and play some games. I think we'll have a good time.
It is not easy to 3 my house. Now let me tell you the 4. Then you can clearly know 5 my house is. Go down Green Street. 6 turn left or right, just walk straight on 7 about ten minutes. Then you can see a bus stop on 8 left. You can take the No. 5 bus and get off at 9 stop. Then you are on Happy Street. Go up the street to the end and you'll see a 10 there. My house is just behind the bank. You can't miss it!
The Flame Mountain(火焰山)is about 200 km away from Urumqi in Xinjiang. It is in a place with many high mountains around it. It is much hotter than nearby places. If you want to enjoy the feeling of a hot shower in summer, it's the right place to go!
On hot summer days, it can get hotter than 80℃. Try to cook eggs or cakes in the sand and they will be ready in a few minutes!
Does rain help make it cooler? People hardly see rain in 10 out of the 12 months in a year. Why? For most of the time, the raindrops dry in the hot air before they reach the ground.
The mountain came into being millions of years ago when the earth was changing a lot. We can't see any plants on the top of the mountain, only red rocks. They make the whole mountain look red. In hot air and strong sunshine, the mountain looks like a burning flame. That's where its name comes from.
Indonesia is my mother's homeland and one of my favorite countries. Since I was young, I had learned a lot about the country and become interested in it. For a long time I had wanted to do something for the country and people there, and I thought volunteering（做志愿者） would be a good and fun way to do so.
I received the greatest pleasure from being with the children.
Teaching my first English class in Aceh was exciting, but I was rather nervous. As time went by, I learned how to be a better teacher. Teaching was actually the most enjoyable of my many responsibilities(责任).
Many children were shy at first. But when they relaxed, they would start talking and telling you a lot of funny things. I believed we were helping them build up their confidence.
For the children who are more in need. The Education Program（TEP） will collect donations(募捐) to help them.
As a volunteer, I had to visit the TEP children at home once a month and help them write a thank-you letter to their sponsors. This was a way for the children to communicate with their sponsors. Sometimes the sponsors would write back to the children. Seeing the children's happy faces, I had a great sense of pleasure.
Do you have a pet? Owning a pet is becoming very common(常见的) in China these days. And pet owners are now willing to spend more money on their pets than before.
According to a report from Goumin.com and Pet Fair Asia, Chinese people living in cities spent a total of 202.4 billion yuan on their pets in 2019. Most pet owners are people born after 1990. Most of them have high incomes and are well educated. Pet owners in China are spending more on pet food, clothing and furniture, according to report from Euro monitor International.
Miss Hou, 28, lives in the city of Chengdu. She spent 6,000 yuan on her two cats last year. I bought tinned cat food from the United States, New Zealand, Japan and Thailand, Hou said to Xinhua. If I have time, I also cook for them, she said.
An aging society and fewer people having children are among the main reasons for keeping pets, said Liu Xiaoxia, CEO of Goumin.com. Keeping pets has met the emotional(感情的) needs of many people. Almost 60 percent of pet owners see their animal friends as their own children, Liu said.
Beating loneliness might be another reason. Many young people are leaving their hometowns to make a living in big cities. They are suffering(忍受) from great loneliness and pressure, as they have few friends and face a high cost of living. Keeping pets will help them feel relaxed, the 2019 Chinese Pet Industry White Paper said.
There are lots of stories about animals that live long. Some people say snakes can live for hundreds of years. Some say birds can sleep for years. After they wake up, they are living! These stories are very interesting for us to read.
But do you think they are true? No! Most animals don't live as long as people do. Of course, it's hard to know an animal's age, because animals can't say, “I'm... years old.” But here are some animals.
An elephant is very old at 60. A horse is old at 60. Bears can live to be about 30. Monkeys can live to be about 20. The oldest birds are parrots and eagles(老鹰). They can live to be about 50.
There's one animal that lives longer than people. That's the tortoise(乌龟). One tortoise is said to have lived to be 200 years old. Maybe it's true, because it doesn't like to move(移动).
Yesterday was Sherman and Dorothy Johnson's thirty-fifth wedding anniversary. They went to the Continental
Restaurant for dinner. This restaurant is a very special place for Sherman and Dorothy because they went there on their first date thirty-six years ago.
Sherman and Dorothy sat at a quiet and romantic table in the corner. They looked at the menu, and then they ordered dinner. For an appetizer (开胃品)， Dorothy ordered a bowl of vegetable soup, and Sherman ordered a glass of tomato juice. For the main course, Dorothy ordered chicken with rice and Sherman ordered broiled fish with potatoes. For dessert, Dorothy ordered a piece of apple pie and Sherman ordered a bowl of strawberries.
Sherman and Dorothy enjoyed their dinner very much. The vegetable soup was delicious, and the tomato juice was fresh. The chicken was wonderful, and the rice was tasty. The fish was fantastic, and the potatoes were excellent. The apple pic was magnificent and the strawberries were out of this world.
Sherman and Dorothy had a wonderful evening at the Continental Restaurant. It was a very special anniversary.
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