Susan was doing her homework in her room when her father came in. "Do you need help?" Dad asked. "It's almost bedtime. " "No, thanks," Susan replied. "All I have to do is to paint a rose. " However, when she was about to finish, she dropped the brush on the picture! There was a blob (污点) in the middle of her picture.
"No, no, no!" Susan cried. "My rose!" The picture looked like a mess! "Oh, relax. " Dad said. "That blob in the middle can be anything. Maybe a spot (斑点) on a bird or a cat. Just be creative. "
"Yes, that's right!" said Susan. "Thanks, Dad. You just saved the day!" She picked up her paintbrush again, and soon the blob on her picture became a spot on a cute little butterfly. She then added more butterflies to her picture.
The next afternoon came the art class. Mr. King, the art teacher, asked the students to take a look at all the pictures. Most pictures looked great, but when a picture of a rose with butterflies flying around appeared, the classroom were surprised.
"I don't get it," Tom said, "I thought we should draw a rose, not butterflies. " "What's wrong with the butterflies?" Mary asked. "The butterflies are a fantastic idea," said Mr. King.
"Fantastic?" the class asked, shocked. "Yeah! It smells sweet. " Mr. King continued. "And who do you think knows more about sweet-smelling flowers than butterflies?"
Water can run away in interesting ways. Let's try to get water from one cup into another.
What you need | ·An empty glass ·A glass with blue water ·A glass with red water ·Some paper towels |
What you do | Step 1 Prepare "paper bridges". Use paper towels to make two of them. They will take in and carry away water. |
Step 2 Take one paper towel. Put one end of it into the glass of blue water and the other end into the empty glass. Take the other paper towel and do the same thing to the glass of red water and the empty glass. | |
Step3 Watch what is going on. Be patient! The progress of the experiment goes slowly. | |
What you see |
Interestingly, if red and blue go together, it becomes purple. So, you will see three colors now. The empty glass keeps getting water. In the end, there will be the same quantity of water in each glass. |
What you learn | When the paper towels touch water, there is a kind of power between water and the towel, so water goes to the paper towel and then run away. ▲. For example, water travels from the roots to the rest of the tree. |
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Did you know that vocabulary (词汇) is more important than grammar? If you have good vocabulary, you can communicate successfully, even if the grammar is not completely perfect.
However, one common problem is learning new words and then forgetting them. So when you want to use a new word in a conversation, you can't remember it at that moment. Does this often happen to you? The reason for this difficulty is that most students try to learn vocabulary by studying lists and dictionaries and remembering the words. But it may not work if you don't have a very good memory.
The best way to learn vocabulary and remember the words successfully, is to learn new words and use them at once. You can do this with a very simple exercise. Every time you learn a new word, for example, from an English lesson or an article, write it down in your vocabulary notebook. Writing is more active than just reading a definition (释义). You should write the word, the definition in English or translation, one example sentence from the article or dictionary and one example sentence that you create.
Imagine you just learn the word "generous", write in your vocabulary notebook: generous (adjective), definition—giving or willing to give freely. Example one, from the article: Thanks for paying for my dinner, you're very generous. Example two, my example: My brother is generous because he volunteers at the animal shelter on weekends. It's best if your example sentences are true to your life, because this creates a personal connection with the new word. The next day, read your vocabulary notebook again and try to add one more example sentence using the new word. It's helpful for you to remember it. These two simple steps—writing the word and using it at once—help you remember and use new words.
Do you have a vocabulary notebook? If not, start now.
①Make your own example sentence
②Write the word, its English definition or translation.
③Copy an example sentence from the article or dictionary.
④Read your notebook again and add one more example sentence.
The Shenzhou-15 astronauts Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu sent their Spring Festival greetings from China's Tiangong space station in a video on New Year's Eve.
The astronauts showed their own calligraphy(书法) in blue clothes. Two pieces of paper were written with the Chinese character "fur", meaning good luck and best wishes from Tiangong. "Wearing new clothes. eating dumplings and sending wishes—the festival customs are the same here," said Zhang Lu.
At the same time, the astronauts have decorated the space station with red couplets (对联) and Chinese knots(结). "I believe that, at the moment, many people are working like us. In fact, it is also a kind of happiness," said Deng. He continued to say that each person's dreams and efforts can get together into a huge force to push the country's development. Fei Junlong wished the country and people to have peace and happiness.
In another video also showed the astronauts gave out 40 paintings drawn by children in a "space painting exhibition" as a New Year gift to all the Chinese people. The paintings were brought into space with the Shenzhou-15 task on Nov. 29 last year. They show the children's expectations on the country's rapid development and space exploration (探索).
The Shenzhou-15 astronauts successfully finished the last stage of the space station building. During their six-month stay in space, the Shenzhou-15 astronauts will carry out more than 40 experiments and tests. They are about the space science research and application (应用), space medicine and space technology. Although they were tired, they were happy and proud.
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Maybe you are an average student. You probably think you will never be a top student. This is not so necessary, however. Anyone can become better if he or she wants to. Here's how:
When you plan your week, you should make g list of things that you have to do. After making this list, you should make a schedule of your time. First your time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. then decide a good, regular time for studying. Don't forget to set aside enough time for entertainment. A weekly schedule may not solve all your problems, but it will force you to what is happening to your time.
Look around the house for a good study area. Keep this space, which may be a desk or simply a comer of your room, free of everything but study materials. No games, radios, or television! When you sit down to study, concentrate on the subject.
Take advantage of class time to listen to everything the teachers say. Really listening in class means less work later. Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says.
When you get home from school, go over your notes, review the important points that your teacher is going to discuss the next day, read that material. This will help you understand the next class. If you do these things regularly, the material will become more meaningful, and you will remember it longer.
The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. They help you remember your new knowledge. The world won't end if you don't pass a test, so don't be over worried.
There are other methods that might help you with your studying. You will probably discover them after you have tried these.
A. Study regularly. B. Treat tests properly.
C. Plan your time carefully. D. Find a good place to study.
E. Enjoy a colorful social life. F. Make good use of your time in class.
Do you think hard work always pays off? What have you got by working hard? Here is the story about 1 I became successful.
I'm a very smart person who has spent 2 10 years learning mechanics (机械学), but I have no formal (正式的) education. I always tried my best to make people 3 me. However, I never made it.
I started out this year having just taken another factory job with a little 4 pay than my last one. I was making $13.50 an hour at my last job and even had a hard time living. 5 I was paid more, I still lived badly.
But 6 you held on and didn't run away, you would succeed one day. My 7 finally arrived. Three months ago, my neighbor bought a used car that everyone thought had some 8 problems. After taking a look at it, I said that I would be able to 9 it. It turned out that I 10 him$2,000 that he expected to pay to rebuild it. He was surprised at my work and told many of their friends about me. So I got a lot of new 11 .
In about two months more people came to me for work and I was making great money. Then luckily, I got a job12 one of my customers. I was able to let them believe in me by solving difficult problems 13 . They offered me another job that started even higher. I finally improved my life.
In one year's time I went from being in the worst condition to having customers begging (恩求) me to work for them. Now I can honestly say I feel truly proud of 14 and my skills.
So everyone, remember not to give up your dream easily because 15 will come to you in the end with your hard work.
Last summer I got the chance (spend) a month helping out in a hospital in Africa. I had one year left at school, and I was (interest) in studying medicine at university.
It was a month that changed my life. I was introduced to a world that is very different to mine in so many ways. I was shocked at how poor so many (family) over there are and how difficult their lives can be. But I was also surprised at how positively people spend (they) daily lives.
The way they come together and help each other is a real inspiration, and something I think a lot of us here in the UK (forget) so far. I think many of us don't realize how lucky we are. My work in the hospital was hard. Not only did I spend a lot of time cleaning floors, but I also got to spend some time looking after the patients. And I got the chance (talk) to some doctors and ask them about the job. I saw some (true) terrible things in the hospital, none of them changed my mind about being a doctor. fact, they only made me more determined to do medicine!
When I finish, I know what I'm going to do: I want to work for international organization like the Red Cross. I can't wait to get started.
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Dear Liu Xing,
How are you? I'm writing to tell you about my problems with my mother.
My mother always asks me to do some chores, but I don't like it. I think it's boring and I'm busy with my homework. So my mother is angry with me. Do you think I should do chores? I wonder if you help your parents with the housework.
Looking forward to your reply.
Yours,
Eric
| Dear Eric, ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Liu Xing |
Your paper towels start getting wet and after some time you will find that the empty glass is starting to have water, just like the picture（→）shows.