To Be a Thankful Man | |
Who | A young man called Eric and an old man. |
What | The old man gave Eric some . Eric grew them on the farm. years later, the old man wasthat Eric came back to his house again and gave him much money. |
Why | Eric always the kind man and came back to thank him. |
—____. I' Il take a bus there.
— Yes. ____brave the young man is!
—There's still a long way to go. ____" Made in China____Created in China are what we need.
— I prefer movies____ give me something to think about.
—I am glad to say that' s true. It' s the ____of us Chinese.
—Let' s collect and put them in the light place so that they can be used conveniently.
—Sure. I' Il do what I can ____you improve your English.
There was once a lonely girl who wanted love very much. One day 1 she was walking in the forest, she found two dying birds. She took them home and put them in a small cage. She was happy to have two " friends". She 2 them with love and the birds grew strong. One day the girl happened to3 the door of the cage open. The larger and stronger of the two flew out of the cage. The girl was4 that it would fly away. She caught it quickly. She felt glad that she caught the bird before it could fly away. Suddenly she couldn't hear a sound 5 the bird! When she opened her hand, the bird had already died. Her 6 killed the bird! Then she noticed 7 bird jumping up and down inside the cage. She could feel its great need for the 8 It wanted to fly into the clear, blue sky. So she lifted it from the cage and let it fly away happily. The bird circled once, twice, and three times. The girl 9 as the bird flew; she didn't care about losing the bird anymore. She wanted it to be happy. Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed softly on her shoulder. It sang the 10 song she had ever heard.
The fastest way to lose love is to hold on it too tightly, and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.
How time flies! The 9th graders are going to graduate soon. We invite them to write about their school memories. Let' s share some of them.
Name: Brita Favorite memory: Moving to this school last year and meeting new friends Unpleasant memory: Being the " new girl " Favorite teacher: Ms. Rosen. I like her interesting classes. Advice: School can be fun if you do your best. |
Name: Jay Favorite memory: School trips. Singing competitions Unpleasant memory: Project homework Favorite teacher: Ms. Williams. She treats each student equally( 平等地) Advice: Work hard and fun will come. |
Name: Rocky Favorite memory: Meeting new friends. The weekends Unpleasant memory: Tests Favorite teacher: Mr. Taylor. He helps me with my lessons. Advice: Once you fall behind, keep trying till you catch up. |
Name: Angel Favorite memory: Being with new people. Fun classes Unpleasant memory: The loss of a new watch Favorite teacher: Ms. Rosen. She helps me overcome difficulties. Advice: Hard work brings success. |
When we think of food farming, we usually think of green fields in the country, outside the city. Sam Chee works on a very different type of farm. It' s in the center of the Canadian city of Toronto. " We grow fruit, vegetables and herbs, " says Sam. " But not many people know the farm is here. You can' t see it from the street. We' re on the top of an office building, 50 meters above the ground.
Rooftop farming is becoming popular in cities like Toronto, New York and London. The roofs of buildings are often just wasted space, but this space can be used for growing good fresh food, right in the middle of the city. Sam explains how it works. " We grow everything in big boxes—there are hundreds of them. We catch rainwater to water the plants when the weather is dry.
The rooftop farm where Sam works belongs to a restaurant called Green Garden, on the ground floor of the building. The farm produces about half the restaurant' s fruit and vegetables. Sam believes that the rooftop farm is what makes Green Garden special. "We help to keep food production local. We don' t need to transport this food from anywhere and that saves energy. It' s better for the environment.
The food from the rooftop is fresher, too. " When the fruit and vegetables are ripe, we can pick them and use them right away. They taste better when they' re really fresh,' says Sam. " I hope that there will be more rooftop fanns in the city soon. It could be the fanning of the future.
Poverty( is a big problem around the world. But China has done a good job of dealing with it and it has found its own way to fight poverty. Instead of just giving money to poor people, it has tried to educate people and give them the tools they need to lift themselves out of poverty. Ordinary ( 普通的) people play a big role in the fight. Here are two of them.
Zhang Guimei has been helping girls pursue(追求) education since she traveled to Yunnan at the age of 17. As a teacher, Zhang was heartbroken when she saw her students quit school after finishing senior high school. They couldn' t go to college because their families couldn' t afford it. So in 2008 Zhang staffed a free school for poor girls. Since then, Zhang has been busy asking for donations to provide money for the school. She has convinced parents to send their daughters back to school. The school has sent more than I, 800 students to universities and colleges.
When Mao Xianglin started to work as the Party secretary of his village, there was only one pathway out of the village for many years. He led more than 100 villagers to build a road with their hands. It took them seven years to build an eight — kilometer road. Mao then encouraged the villagers to grow oranges. Last year, their orange yield( 产量) was nearly 40 tons. Young people have retumed to the village to sell oranges online. By the end of 2019, 269 villagers had been lifted out of poverty. The per capital income ( 人均收入) reached 12, 670 yuan, 40 times more than in the 1990s.
Over the last eight years, 98. 99 million rural people have been lifted out of poverty. The 832 counties(县) and 128, 000 villages which these people live in are no longer in poverty. China has been responsible for reducing 70 percent of poverty world — wide since the late 1970s.
In China, writing brushes, ink sticks, paper and ink stones are called the Four Treasures of Study. Among the high — quality treasures, the writing brush produced in Huizhou, the ink stick produced in Huizhou, the xuan paper made in Xuancheng and the ink stone made in Duanxi are the best — known.
The writing brushes can be used to draw the pictures on painted potteries(陶器). They are mainly made of the hair of animals. Those made of wool are called yanghao and those made of the weasel' s( 鼬)tail hair are called langhao. Their artistic effects in writing and painting cannot be copied by any other pens.
The ink stick is the pigment used in writing and painting. The ink stick produced in Huizhou is of high quality. A story goes like this: Two famous skilled men Xi Chao and his son produced a kind of high— quality ink stick. As a result, the Emperor Li Yu in the Southern Tang Dynasty agreed to give them the family name " Li". From then on, the fame of the Li Ink Stick was widespread. In the Song Dynasty, its producing area was changed into Huizhou, and it was then called the Hui Ink Stick.
Paper is among the four great inventions in ancient China. The famous xuan paper appeared in the Sui and Tang dynasties. In Xuanzhou, Anhui Province where the xuan paper is produced, it' s said that Cai Lun' s pupil Kong Dan took the job of producing paper but failed to make perfect white paper. Later he happened to see the ebony(黑檀) in the rivers. It was wet with the water and turned white. Then he used the bark to produce the world — famous xuan paper.
The ink stone was already very popular in the Han Dynasty. The Ming and Qing dynasties saw the appearance of the Four Famous Ink Stones—Duan Ink Stone, She Ink Stone, Tao Ink Stone and Chengni
Ink Stone. They can not only be used in writing and painting but also for admiration.
Did you know that years have their own colors? Pantone Color Institute is an organization that gives companies advice about color. And every year, it picks one that represents trends( 趋势) in international culture.
This year, Pantone' s color is a bright shade of green that it calls " greenery ". Greenery makes people think of nature and growth. The color represents hope of changing one' s life for the better or care for the environment.
Red, orange and yellow are considered " warm" colors while blue, green and purple are' cool' But greenery has elements(元素 ) of both; it' s green, but it also includes a lot of yellow. This makes it able to go well with many other colors.
Pantone' s researchers start choosing the color of the year about nine months before the year begins. They look for a color that is already being used more and more often. To decide the color of the year, they look beyond fashion and home decorating. They study art, movies and lots of other things. They pick one color they expect to stay popular and announce their choice in December for the following year. You' re likely to see greenery a lot. When you do, let it encourage you to enjoy nature and start something new.
| Title: Greenery, the Color of the |
Who picked the color? | An organizationPantone Color Institute. |
What is the color like? | It includes both green and yellow, so it goeswith many other colors. It represents hope of changing for a better life or care for the environment. |
is the color chosen ? | Pantone' s researchers start choosing it early each year. They look for a color that is already getting more and more popular. They do a lot of research in different areas before they make the |
A: What do you plan to do this weekend?
B:
A: I hear there' s going to be a women' s volleyball match this Sunday. Li Hua and I are going to watch it.
B: Of course. Volleyball is my favorite. Moreover the women' s volleyball team has high level in the world. But I have no ticket to the match. What a pity!
A: You' re lucky. The match is free.
B: Great!
A: Let' s meet at the bus stop at half past five.
B: I think there must be a big crowd of people.
A: OK. See you at five o' clock. B: See you.
A. What about making it a little earlier? B. I have no idea. C. Let' s enjoy it together. F. When and where shall we meet? G. Don' t worry. |