A bridge is a structure constructed to connect two places without blocking the way beneath it. Below are four famous bridges in the world.
Bridge of Sighs
The Bridge of Sighs is in Venice, Italy, which was designed by Antonio Contino. The bridge's construction was begun in 1600 and completed in 1603. The bridge was supposed to be the last view for prisoners, who would sigh at the beauty of Venice, before being taken to prison. That is why it is called the Bridge of Sighs.
Tsing Ma Bridge
The bridge is named after the two islands it connects-Ma Wan and Tsing Yi in Hong Kong. It has both a roadway and a railway and is the longest suspension bridge (悬索桥) with two decks. The bridge is 4518 feet long and 676 feet tall, which was designed by Mott MacDonald. The construction was begun in 1992 and completed in 1997.
Tower Bridge
The Tower Bridge is situated in London, which is a combination of the drawbridge (开合桥) and suspension bridge. Designed by Horace Jones and John Wolfe Barry, it was built between 1886 and 1894. The bridge stretches across the River Thames near the Tower of London. The drawbridge is drawn about 1,000 times a year.
Golden Gate Bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge joins the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, whose chief designer was Jbseph Strauss. The bridge has been named the most beautiful and most photographed bridge in the world. It is 8,981 feet long, 746 feet tall and 90 feet wide. Construction of the bridge was begun in 1933 and completed in 1937. In 1987, the bridge was named a California historic landmark.
When I was in middle school, I was on a family vacation in Washington DC. I found there was a homeless man down the street.
On our final day in the city, when my parents went for an evening walk, I went out of our hotel room and ran down the street to the homeless man.
He looked at me, surely not expecting anything from a middle school girl. I asked him what he wanted to have for dinner. He replied "Bread and water". I ran into the store and bought a big bag of bread and a bottle of water. I ran back with a smile on my face and handed the bag and the bottle to him. His smile has been in my mind ever since.
I came back to the hotel room and when my parents returned, my dad told me he had a story for me. He asked if I remembered the homeless man down the street from our hotel and I shyly nodded. He then told me a story. As they were returning from their walk, they saw the homeless man was sharing a bag full of food with other homeless people around. They were all smiling and laughing as they ate.
I smiled at my dad but I have never told him to this day the other half of the story. Till today, I still haven't forgotten that man's smile but I wish I had the courage to do this more often. One small kind action can begin a ripple effect(连锁反应)of kindness. So please，share a smile and do something kind for the people in need.
There are many ways to travel within a city. We can walk, cycle or take a bus. But no matter which way we travel, we have to follow the route the city planners made for us.
Parkour (跑酷) practitioners, however, see the city in a completely different way. To them, there are no fixed routes. There are no walls and no stairs — since they jump, climb, roll and crawl to move across, through, over and under anything that they find in their path. The city is their playground.
The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has noticed that this activity is attracting more and more people to it — there are 100,000 people taking part in parkour today in the UK alone, according to The Guardian — and how it is helpful for people to be much stronger: It trains coordination (协调) and balance. So, the organization is thinking about recognizing parkour as a new sport and adding it to the 2024 Olympics.
However, parkour practitioners themselves don't seem to be happy with the idea. They see parkour as "a lifestyle", wrote the website Next Sport Star. "It's a competition against the conditions rather than just a sport."
Indeed, many do parkour just to "escape the daily routine and experience the city in different ways", wrote reporter Oli Mould on The Conversation. They see parkour as a way to express themselves through relaxing moves and creative routes while freeing themselves from the pressure.
It's great that the FIG wants to develop a new sport and stay close to a new cultural form. But it would be greater if they knew that not everything in life is a competition.
Whales are important animals in the sea. The organizations of the world are calling all nations not to kill or eat whales any more. But Japan's new whaling（捕鲸）plan is a great danger to the living of these large animals. It will also do harm to the sea interests（利益）of other surrounding countries including China, experts said.
After the Japanese government made its decision clear on Nov. 8, 2016 to catch 100more whales in 2017, many animal experts in the world voiced their angry answers.
According to a Japan News report, Japan caught 174 minke whales and 140 sei whales totally in the northwest Pacific Ocean in 2017.
After years of overfishing（过度捕捞）, the population of minke whales in the northwest Pacific Ocean has been reduced to a dangerous level. Therefore, Japan should stop whaling in the area, " said Wang Yaming, a leader of the International Whaling Organization. According to Wang, most whales living in the northwest Pacific Ocean are migratory（迁徙的）animals, and their traveling way is very close to the land of Russia, South Korea, North Korea, Japan and China. Japan's whaling will also have a terrible influence on those countries
Although the world has stopped to catch and kill whales, Japan lies to others that its killing of whales is just for scientific purposes. However, many experts don't agree with it completely. "Japan should not kill more whales, as doing so would harm the international whale resources（资源）. Japan's whaling in the northwest Pacific Ocean hasn't drawn much more attention because it hardly influences the interests of western countries. " Wang explained.
It is really high time for Japan to stop its whaling from now on.
Ways to Improve Your Health
Sometimes it may seem difficult to improve our health.
● Eat breakfast every morning.
Research shows that eating a meal in the morning results in less body fat and less chance of overeating. Eating breakfast can help people feel better both physically and mentally through the day.
● Get enough sleep.
Poor sleep can influence our memory and learning. Studies show that people who don't get enough sleep seem to get into more accidents. So stay safe and get enough sleep!
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Walking is an easy way to add exercise to our lives. Instead of meeting friends for a meal, meet them for a walk. As you walk, you will see the beautiful world around you. Once you try, you will find that adding a walk into your daily life is very easy.
● Make social connections (联系).
They might include sport teams, art or music groups. The people in the group can offer advice and can help each other in difficult times. Also, being in a group keeps your mind busy. An active mind is a healthy mind!
● Have a hobby.
A hobby could be running, reading or making something with your hands. Hobbies help people to relax and rest. Everyone could get a little more joy in their lives!
A．Get much exercise.
B．Take a walk every day.
C．They also bring pleasure to people.
D．Social groups can provide support.
E．It can also cause traffic accidents!
F．The following health habits may help you.
G．It is very important for them to have a good day.
The moon had gone behind a cloud and there weren't many stars in the sky. As I took a glance(一瞥) at my neighbour's house, I saw a flame(火焰)in his 1 . I thought he was having a midnight fast food so l went back to my bed.
Soon, there was a 2 smell in the air and I guessed something was wrong. At once, I jumped out of bed and went downstairs to 3 . I saw fire coming out of my neighbour's kitchen. Right away, I shouted, "Fire! Fire!" But there was no one nearby to 4 my shouts for help.
I 5 into my house, called the Fire Department and went back to my neighbour's house. I rang the doorbell, hit on the door and 6 my neighbour's name but there was no answer. I managed to 7 the house and rescued a cat and a rabbit.
I tried to throw water through the kitchen window 8 it was no use; the fire was too strong. 9 ,a fire engine arrived and soon the firemen put out the fire. They arrived just in time as the fire was going to 10 to the other rooms in the house.
When my neighbour came back, he was 11 because his kitchen was burnt down, but he thanked me for calling the Fire Department and for saving his 12 . He wanted to give me some money 13 but I did not accept it.
Weeks later, my neighbour repaired and restored his kitchen. He 14 me to see his new kitchen and there he gave me a medal that he had 15 ordered from a factory. It made me very happy.
Keeping a diary in English is one of the effective ways(improve) our English writing ability.(compare) with other forms of writing, it is shorter and takes less time. It can help us to develop the habit of thinking in English. If we persist (坚持) in this practice, gradually we'll learn how to express ourselves in English. In keeping a diary in English, we certainly run up against many(difficult). Firstly, it often happens that we have trouble(find) appropriate(合适的、恰当的） words and phrases to give expression to our mind. Secondly, there are many idiomatic ways of saying things in Chinese. And it is(extreme) hard for us to put them into English(proper).
As far as I am concerned, my suggestion iswe should always have a notebook and a ChineseEnglish dictionary within easy reach. Whenever something beats us, we can first put it down in our notebook and then consult our dictionary. We can also ask our English teacherhelp, if necessary. In short, I believe that it isgreat use to keep a diary in English for the(develop) of our writing skills.
注意：
1.写作词数80词左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
4. 参考词汇： the international students 留学生 an (the) evening party 晚会
the concert hall 音乐厅
Dear Jeff,
I'm glad to tell you that
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Yours sincerely,
Li Jin
As he lay awake that night, Tony could hear his parents discussing his sister Alice's birthday. It was just two days away. Birthdays were always a lot of fun, even though there was no money for store-bought gifts. Nearly all of toys he and his sister had were homemade. There was nothing wrong with that, he knew. Like many families in this part, they were poor.
This birthday would be different, though. Alice was older now, and he'd seen how her eyes lit up when she saw the new doll at Honey House, a neighborhood store just down the road from their house.
How he longed（渴望）for her to have it! An idea finally came to him just before he went to bed. After a quick breakfast the following morning, he tied a bag to the handlebars of his bike and headed toward a village hill.
After a long journey, he reached his destination, the mango forest. There were already two other boys there. Tony grabbed his bag and set to work immediately.
The sun was high overhead. The weather was hot and nearly all of the taller trees held ripe mangoes but they were well beyond reach. Tony struggled to climb the trees to pick mangoes, though he fell off many times.
His efforts were sometimes rewarded when a mango dropped into the bag. After a while his neck ached from looking upward, and his arms grew sore（酸的）. He kept at it, though, and by late afternoon his bag was nearly full.
注意：1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右。2. 续写部分分两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。
Paragraph 1：
Tony rushed back to Honey House, out of breath, only to find the owner of the store was going to close the door.
Paragraph 2：
The following morning, Alice walked into the kitchen and took a seat at the breakfast table.
