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One day a poor farmer was taking a bag of rice to town. Suddenly the bag fell off his horse on the road. He didn't know what to do about it because it was too heavy for him to lift (举起) by himself. He only hoped that somebody would soon pass by and help him.
Just at this moment a man riding a horse came up to him. But the farmer was very disappointed (失望) when he saw who he was. It was the great man living nearby. The farmer had hoped to ask another farmer or a poor man like him.
But to his surprise, the great man got off his horse as soon as he came near. He said to the farmer, "I see you need help, friend. How good it is that I'm here just at the right time." Then he took one end of the bag, and the farmer took the other. They together lifted and put it on the horse.
"Sir," asked the farmer, "how can I pay you?"
"It's quite easy," the great man answered with a smile, "wherever you see anyone else in trouble, do the same for him."
Dear Abby,
I'm a helpless mother. My son Tom is 15 years old. I find that the older he grows, the less we talk. I feel very sad and I really need help.
My first problem is about his hobbies. He spends almost all his spare time on computer games. When he gets home, he always turns on the computer and closes the door. I'm getting worried about him, especially when his English teacher tells me he always gets low marks (低分) in the English exams.
Second, he likes new technology, but I don't have enough money and I can't afford all the things he wants.
Recently, I've found that he is always alone. I've never seen him talking to his friends on the phone or going out with anyone on weekends. That is the last problem I have.
What should I do to help him? Please give me some advice.
A helpless mother
People today are living a good life. They think health is the most important thing. They try doing many things to keep healthy. As for us young students, how can we keep healthy? Here are some suggestions that may be very useful.
Do more exercise. If we do exercise every day, we can become stronger and healthier. We should spend at least an hour a day doing sports. We can choose to do what we like. Doing sports is also a good way to relax ourselves.
As young students, we should sleep at least eight hours every night. We should form a good habit of going to bed early and getting up early. If we can't fall asleep soon or aren't able to have a good sleep, we can lie in a comfortable way, calm down and clear our mind. In this way, we can fall asleep quickly.
Keep our mind positive (乐观的) and active. This is necessary for the mental health. Smile at ourselves and people around us. A smile can drive away the dark clouds and bring a sunny day. It encourages us to try again when we fail. Nature can make us less worried and improve our sense of happiness.
We should not worry about the health problems day and night. Try the above ways in our daily life and we will find it easy to be a healthy person.
A. Smiling is a good way. B. Have good sleeping habits. C. Get up as early as possible. D. We can also get close to nature. E. There are different kinds of sports. |
"Vince," said Mom, "please do the dishes."
"I will do the dishes 1 you pay me!" Vince said.
"2 do you want for doing chores?" Mom asked.
"Washing dishes is $ 2 and cleaning my room is $ 5," Vince replied.
"I 3 . Let's start tomorrow," Mom smiled and said.
The next morning, Vince went to the kitchen 4 breakfast. He asked, "Mom, what do we have?"
"Sandwiches and milk. They are $ 6," Mom replied. "Give me 5 and you can take the food."
"What?" shouted Vince. He was really 6 at Mom's words. "It's not fair!"
Vince spent $ 18 on his three meals that day. He had to do chores at least for three days to 7 the food. He thought sadly, "How 8 those meals were!"
That night, Vince talked to Mom. "I really understand what 9 is now. I just want to say sorry," Vince said. "Now I know 10 should share the housework. I will help with chores from now on, for free."
I always try not to do housework at home, but sometimes I have to. It is really something that I dislike. But now I find a few (way) of making it interesting. Maybe some of these ideas can also help you enjoy your housework.
Invite friends over for dinner — this is my favorite way. Everyone (like) to go to a clean house. By (invite) friends to your home, you'd like to do the chores. We all know that a clean house can make people much (happy). A clean house (be) part of a successful party.
Listen to music and sing — it sometimes seems that I never have time to enjoy my favorite music. So sometimes I turn my CD player and listen to music while doing housework. you like singing, do it. You are going to find the housework is finished before you know it.
Give yourself a gift — tell yourself you are going to see a movie after you finish (you) housework. Plan do something that makes you (feel) good.
Taking a journey can be a happy thing. However, a journey may go wrong sometimes. I still remember a difficult journey that I took three years ago. I was going to the airport (机场) with my friend. We were going to London on holiday.
My friend and I left home early enough. Usually, (1) it took 40 minutes to go to the airport by car. But it rained hard that day. The heavy rain caused a big traffic jam (交通堵塞). The traffic wasn't moving at all. After ten minutes, the traffic started moving slowly. But we couldn't wait anymore. We decided to find another way to the airport. However, we weren't sure of the way, and we got lost. Finally, we found the right way and arrived at the airport just 40 minutes before the plane was going to leave.(2) 我不得不向机场工作人员求助。Luckily, with the worker's help, we caught our flight (航班) in the end.
参考词汇:犯困get sleepy;英语口语oral English
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Dear Zhang Qiang,
I'm sorry to hear that you are in trouble. Maybe I can be of some help. I'd like to give you some advice on your problems.
I hope my advice will be helpful to you.
Yours,
Li Hua