Li Lei: Hey, Bruce. I'm going home this weekend.
Bruce:
Li Lei: To celebrate the Mid—Autumn Festival.
Bruce:
Li Lei: It is an important time for family.
Bruce:
Li Lei: We'll have dinner together, watch the moon and eat mooncakes.
Bruce: Mooncakes? Are they delicious?
Li Lei: Yes. We can celebrate it together.
Bruce: Thank you!
Li Lei: You are welcome.
A. Well done! B. For what? C. That's great. D. What kind of festival is it? E. I have never tasted them. F. How will you celebrate it? G. Would you like to go with me? |
Sit With Us
You're at your new school. It's lunch time, but you don't have anyone to sit with. You want to join someone at their table 1 you're not sure if they' re friendly. What do you do? Natalie's 2 of solving the problem was to create an app. She knows what it feels like to be alone at a new school. She found it difficult to make new friends and had to search for a new table at lunch every day. If she sat 3 , she felt lonely. But if she asked to join someone and was 4 , she felt embarrassed (尴尬的). She created a lunch—planning app to help students like her and find people to have hunch with.
The app called Sit With Us is 5 . If a student is having lunch in the afternoon, he or she can create an invitation. Other students can open the app and 6 that invitation. They can then use the app to decide when and where to meet. This allows students to make 7 online instead of face—to—face. This is the reason why it works so 8 : it lowers the risk of being refused, and the embarrassment that goes along with it.
Soon after she made her app available to the public, she won a prize for it. She was even asked to speak at a university. In her 9 , Natalie wanted people to know that you don't have to do something 10 to change lives. Sometimes, a simple thing like having a friend to enjoy lunch with can make all the difference.
because, help, of, something, start, so, school, live, become, when, born |
Mother Teresa（特蕾莎修女）was in 1910. She chose to become a nun (修女） she was 18. Teresa trained in India and then she a teacher in a school. She saw that people lived on the streets she wanted to help them. Teresa helping the children who didn't have homes. She taught them how to read and how to take care of themselves. Teresa also became a nurse. She started a place where people could get help and she also opened for poor children. She made sure these children had a place . Mother Teresa spent her life the poor and she never wanted for her work. Mother Teresa won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 because her work. She died in 1997 when she was 87.
"Where there is a will, there is a way. " Perhaps not many students can understand this better than 22-year-old Michael Ha. Because of his story of success, he has become an example to many young people.
Michael Ha was born in a very poor family. His parents worked in Vietnam before they moved to Britain in 1980. They couldn't find work in Britain because they spoke little English. The whole family had to live on benefits （救济金） and they lived in a small house in Hackney, a poor area in East London. Growing up was not easy for Michael, but he never gave up.
At the age of 10, he set his heart on going to Cambridge University. It was not easy, either. Michael studied at a school, which used to be called "the worst school in Britain". However, young Michael made up his mind to try his best, no matter what kind of school he was studying at. The smart boy studied very hard and did well in every subject at school. Once he made a bet(打赌)with his friend to learn further maths. As a result, after spending just four months teaching himself from a textbook, he got an A in AS—level further maths.
Now Michael is the star medical student at St. John's College, Cambridge and has just own an award for his excellent grades. He hopes he will be an inspiration for other young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Every year in the U. S. there are about 500 tornadoes, a natural disaster(灾害；灾难), from Texas through Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and into South Dakota. .
The "tornado season" is usually in spring, but the people in Tornado Alley are always ready for them and they always listen to the news. When the warnings come, . They find somewhere safe to stay. At home, the best place is the basement—a room that is used to store things under the level of the ground. If there is no basement, a room without windows like the bathroom is also a safe place.
" so that we can get ready and won't feel afraid when there's a tornado，" says Tiffany Taylor, a high school student from Texas. "There's no basement at my school, so we usually go to the hallways on the lowest floors. Of course, we never sit near the windows. "
After the tornado, people first check to see if it is safe to go out and then they check the buildings and the area for damage(破坏). ！
In China, we are not so often troubled by tornadoes, but we do have disasters like earthquakes, or an unexpected fire. It is important to know how to keep us safe when a disaster happens. Remember: In order to stay safe in natural disasters, . For example, we'd better keep disaster plans in mind and practice often.
A. people follow their disaster plans B. And usually there is a lot of damage C. This is because there are a lot of tornadoes D. At school, we often have practice E. people run out of their homes with fear F. we should get well prepared G. That's why this area is called "Tornado Alley" |
Tanghulu is fruit covered with sugar on a stick. It is a traditional snack from northern China. It's also a necessary snack during the Chinese New Year season. Recently, in northern China, people welcome the return of spring by holding the Tanghulu Fair(庙会).
Many Chinese still remember eating Tanghulu when they were young. It is said that the fair has a 500-year-old history. Nowadays, Tanghulu is not only a kind of snack, but it is also a sweet memory of our childhood. Every year, a large number of Tanghulu sellers get together to start Tanghulu Competition during the Spring Festival holidays. In the past, this traditional snack only used haws (山楂), but now it also uses grapes,oranges, strawberries and so on. But people like Haw Tanghulu best. They are rich in vitamin C and E. Do you know how to make Haw Tanghulu? First, wash the large haws,dig the seeds(籽)out,and pierce(串) ten haws on a stick. Then heat the sugar, put the sticks of haws into the heated sugar and quickly pull them out. When the sugar on the haws cools down and becomes a candy coat, the Tanghulu is done. Tanghulu is very popular in China, especially in Beijing. It also makes many foreigners want to taste it.
We hope Tanghulu will become one of the most popular snacks in the world.
Cooking should be considered as art just like any other activity which requires skills and knowledge. It is often said that students are supposed to learn scientific facts as well as how to prepare meals. The following reasons will explain why cooking should be taught in schools.
Cooking is an important skill in life.
Schools are supposed to teach knowledge to the students so that they can lead successful independent lives when they are out of school. Also, they can step into the world knowing how to make a living.
Cooking helps discover future career.
When schools offer cooking lessons, students will show an interest in it and might take cooking as a career. This will give them the chance to perfect their basic skills and be creative in the kitchen.
Cooking avoids wasting money.
One of the main reasons why cooking should be taught in schools is that the students always use a lot of money to buy ready—made food, while in the real sense they could prepare a nice meal with less cost by buying the required ingredients(配料).
Cooking betters math learning.
Schools do not just teach how to prepare delicious meals. Students are also taught to follow the instructions in a standard when mixing ingredients. If it is, ‘add 1/4 spoon(勺子) of salt,' students should only add that amount. So there is no more and less.
Cooking Should Be Taught in Schools. | ||
Opinion | Students should learn scientific knowledge and cooking skills. | |
An important skill in life | Students can lead independent lives when at home alone. Students can depend on themselves for basic living after graduation. | |
Discovering future career | Students might be in taking good career. Students can perfect their basic skills and be creative in the kitchen. | |
money | Students can prepare nice dishes with less cost. | |
Bettering math learning | Students are taught to follow the in a standard. | |
March 20th is the International Day of Happiness. The United Nations set it up in 2012 to remind us that happiness is a basic human goal and right(权利).
It was celebrated for the first time in 2013. On that day, we celebrated hundreds of " Happy Heroes" ——those who did so much to bring happiness to others. They helped the homeless to live a comfortable life and the poor kids to go to school.
The 2015 Day of Happiness actions gave attention to relationships. The modern society is leaving more and more people feeling lonely. On that day, thousands of people all around the world made new connections with others. They visited their neighbors, gave calls to the doctors they didn't know well, drove the strangers to the station for free.
The theme of the Day of Happiness was"Happier Together". It encouraged people worldwide to give attention to what we have in common, rather than what divides (使对立）us.
提示: 1. 长城位于中国北部，全长约8851. 8千米。2. 长城从秦朝开始修建，修建长城的最初目的是抵御外来敌人的进攻。3. 长城是古代劳动人民创造的奇迹。
参考词汇：Qin dynasty秦朝；defend against enemies 抵御敌人
Wang Teddy,
I am glad to hear that you will come to China. You've told me you are very interested in ancient Chinese cultural relics(遗址), especially the Great Wall.
Yours,
Liu Ming
