Bella arrived home late from school that day. When she walked past her mother's room, she found her mum was 1 in bed, and seemed to be very weak.
Bella entered her room and heard the cries from her little sister. She knew her dad would expect her to 2 her sister. And she also bad to prepare meals for the whole family3 her mum did before.
Bella thought it was not4 because she also had schoolwork to do, just like everyone else in her class. Why did she have to be the grown-up?
When she got out of the room, she saw her5 sitting at the kitchen table, lonely and tired. Suddenly, something happened inside Bella. She 6 that her father, as well as a husband, must be really 7 .
Then she heard a deep voice from her father, "Make the8 , will you, Bella?"
She was going to find a(n)9 to meet her friends, but she stopped and said to herself, "It is a 10 time for everyone in our family. I guess making meals is just what I can do to help. " Then she 11 went into the kitchen and began peeling potatoes.
"OK, Daddy. " said Bella. " 12 will be all right and we can manage. " At the moment, she saw a smile on her father's face. She felt 13 —grown-up, somehow. It was really good to 14 a smile to her father's face, even for only a moment.
"Daddy, whatever happens, we will be OK. Right?" "Yes, we will. If we15 each other, we'll always be all right. " They both smiled at each other over the table.
Different types of maps have different uses.
Tourist maps, for example, have signs to show places of interest in an area. When tourists read these maps, it is easy for them to find whereto go and what to see in a place and it is easy for them to go and find their ways to these places | |
Road maps show large areas so that people can plan long journeys. Different types of roads are given different numbers. For example, if you want to go to Wood Green, you just follow No. 621 Road and keep looking at the road signs | |
Distribution maps(分布图) use colors or signs to show facts about an area. For example, where different languages are spoken, how many people live in an area, how cold and hot some places are, or whether a place is short of water. | |
Some maps, such as railway maps, use straight lines to show everything. This is easy for people to read. Trains are fast. People don't have to think about small places they go past. They just need to know the two ends of their trips. |
Gever Tulley is a computer scientist from California. In 2005, he started a summer program for children called Tinkering School. The idea was that children can learn important skills for life by building things together. Gever Tulley and his team help the children to think big and create plans for new things they want to build.
Children have made fantastic things since the school started. They have made a rope bridge, tree houses, wooden motorbikes and boats.
At Tinkering School, children get all kinds of materials like wood, metal, plastic and ropes. They get lots of real tools too, such as knives, hammers and power drills. Tinkering School has been around for many years now, but nobody has ever had a serious injury in all these years. This is because there are strict health and safety rules they must follow. The children always learn how to use the tools safely and they must wear the right clothing and protection at all times.
Gever Tulley's ideas have worked very well. A lot of children have gone to his summer school over the years. Since it started, Tinkering School has been written about a lot. Most of those articles have been very positive. They have praised the quality of the school. They have found the children are more active than at many other schools.
The students at Tinkering School seem to love their school. We spoke to 12-year-old Tina Cooper. She has been a student at the school for 2 months. "Since I started here, I've never sat in a ‘normal' class with a teacher, " she told us. "But it's been a very exciting experience. I've worked hard at my new school for 2months now, and there hasn't been one single moment when I found it boring. Before I started here, I was bored quite often. "
Many cultures have stories of talking trees that give advice as well as warnings to people. Alexander the Great and Marco Polo were said to have visited such a tree in India. New research has found something amazing: it seems that plants can communicate.
It has been known for some time that plants use chemicals to communicate with each other. This happens when a plant gets attacked by insects. The plant gives out chemicals from the leaves that are being eaten. This is like a warning, or a call for help. When another plant gets the chemicals, it starts to give out its own, different chemicals. Scientists hope to learn more about this plant warning system, so that we can use it to grow more crops.
More surprisingly, plants also use sound to communicate. People can't hear these sounds, but plants are making them. Some plants make noises with their roots. Some trees make clicking noises when there is not enough water.
Most surprisingly of all, plants have an amazing system of communication that can link nearly every plant in a forest. Scientists call this system the "wood wide web", which is linked underground by fungi(菌类). It links the roots of different plants to each other. It is in some ways similar to the Internet we use. Using the wood wide web, plants can share information and even food with each other. However, it may lead to bad effects. Plants may use it to steal food from each other, or spread chemicals to attack other plants.
Scientists are learning more every day about the secret ways in which plants talk to each other. Who knows? Maybe one day we will know enough about plant communication to be able to talk with them ourselves.
①chemicals ②leaves③sound④fungi
①If you read and listen to two articles every day, your reading and listening skills can be improved fast. Why should you do this?
②When you listen to people in your own language you do not translate. You simply understand. The same has to be in English. When you learn English, you have to learn the whole sentences in passages.
③Students, who have the habit to translate English texts, do exercises and do tests, are very good at translating, doing exercises and doing tests, but they have problems with understanding English in real life. In real life , nobody waits for your translation. If you translate, you cannot follow what you are listening to or reading because you are thinking about the language too much.
④You also have to hear every new word 5 to 10 times if you want to remember it. That's why we use the same words in one level. If you read and hear the same words again and again, you will understand them and remember them. If you know words from one level, you can go to a higher level and learn new words. It is important to go gradually. This is what we do with our news. In our short news, we use words which are used in English often. Level 1 has 1, 000 most important words. Level 2 has the 2,000 most important words. Level 3 has the 3, 000 most important words.
⑤So, if you want to understand English fast and learn fast, come and visit this website www.newsinlevels.com every day. Here we have two pieces of news in three levels. We will help you learn English fat and understand it and you can learn 3, 000 words which you need for communication with any in English.
Exam stress has a great influence on most students in different ways. It is important to deal with the exam stress. Here are some tips for helping you to get through the exam season.
Even the most serious exam timetables will allow a little time for a study break. This can include20-minute breaks during your day and longer activities: going out for dinner with friends, going to the cinema, attending a concert and so on. Spending a little time away from the books will make you refreshed and relaxed.
You can go out for a walk or a run or head to the gym or swimming pool. Besides keeping-you-healthy, exercise can cheer you up and help to make you more productive while revising.
As the old saying goes, "Comparison is the thief of joy. " It is often helpful to discuss topics with fellow students and to revise together, try not to compare with others. You're doing just fine, and hearing other people talk about what they've learned may stress you out and make you feel like you aren't progressing as well as them.
If the stress is such that you can't stand it and is influencing your day-to-day life, try to speak to someone about it. Your school will be able to offer more advice on how to manage it. If that seems like too big a step, open up to a family member or a friend about the pressure you feel. You'll be amazed to know that you aren't alone in feeling this way.
A. Speak to SomeoneB. Exercise and Go Outdoors
C. Don't(Always) Listen to OthersD. Always Get Ready Before Having Exams
E. Take Good Breaks and Join Some Fun Activities
How do you deal with your exam stress? List one way.
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As Grade 9 students, there are many difficulties in our lives and studies. What should we do in face of them? Shall we run away from them? shall we go out to deal with them? We must think (two)before acting.
First of all, we should regard them as challenges and face them bravely. It's a good chance to improve ourselves. Secondly, we must step out of our comfort zone and try (solve) these difficulties step by step. It (true)requires courage and confidence to defeat them. Nothing (be)impossible if we keep on trying. It is necessary and important for us to listen carefully in class and take active part in all kinds of practice. We should also cooperate with our (partner) or team members sincerely. Most importantly, we must concentrate ourselves while studying. The harder we work, the (good) future we will have. Only this way, can we become more capable and confident. There's no short cut.
Whatever challenges we may face, we should always remember, we study not only for ourselves, but also for our country--China! Strong youth strong country. Let's go on fighting we succeed. Come on, guys!
FROM: | Seb |
TO: | Li Ming |
SUBJECT: | Moving to Beijing |
Hi Li Ming, Good news! My family will move to Beijing this August for my father will work in a company there I'm excited but also a bit worried. I've learnt Chinese at a Confucius school in South Africa, but I'm not good at it. How can I improve it quickly? What should I do to understand your culture better? I need your help. Wish you all the best. Seb |