—____, I am used to shopping on the Internet.
—There is nothing to worry about ____ you work hard.
A few years ago, my husband and I were in a village for the weekend with our daughters. One day when we walked around the 1 and didn't know what to do next, our daughters told us 2 what they wanted to do. "We want to 3 the rose garden", said Lisa and Emma.
As soon as we walked into the garden, we saw thousands of nice 4 . They all came out in the sunlight. My girls were jumping up and down 5 surprise, and I knew we made the right 6 to come to the garden. They had so much 7 !
I turned to the gardener working there 8 I was curious (好奇的), and asked, "How 9 do roses blossom?" She said, "About ten 10 . And in their short life, they make the world a more beautiful place." "Wow, only a few days!" I was so amazed, "I 11 thought about roses like this. Thank you."
After we said goodbye, I still remembered what the gardener 12 us. She was 13 . We all have something to 14 the world with the time we have. When we do what we can to take care of each other every day, we can make a 15 to our world. We have our own way of making the world a little better for everyone.
Zhou Dao's grandfather has a hearing problem. During a family party last year, Zhou Dao noticed something. His grandfather sat quietly by himself. The old man was unable to join the talks.
Zhou Dao was sad about this. "Grandpa always reads subtitles (字幕) to watch TV," he thought. "Why can't we put words on our talks?" Then, Zhou Dao began working on that idea. He spent about half a year developing a kind of smart glasses. These smart glasses help users "read" spoken words.
The glasses are connected to a smartphone. There is a microphone on the glasses. It records audio (录制音频) and sends it to the phone. A piece of software turns the audio into words. People can see the words on the glasses.
This allows users with hearing problems to understand others during the talks well. Now Zhou Dao's grandfather can wear the glasses and speak to someone else face to face or over the phone.
Zhou Dao was happy to help his grandfather. Slowly, more and more people in need can wear this kind of glasses.
Now the Internet has become an important part of our lives. What do you do on the Web? Here are some interesting and useful websites for you.
NG Kids // kids. nationalgeographic. com This website is about geography, science, history and news. It tells many surprising but true facts, such as Guinness World Records (吉尼斯世界纪录), knowledge about animals and moving or funny stories about pets and people. You can have fun and improve your English at the same time! |
Teens Health // teenshealth. org Chen ere are happening in your life, both in the body and mind. Sometimes you feel sad because of the changes. Just remember, it's normal (正常的) to have these feelings. Teens Health can help you. It gives a lot of advice for fighting stress (压力), dealing with your feelings and taking care of your body. |
Mtime //www. mtime. com Going to the cinema is a good way to relax on the weekend. But sometimes it is hard to choose which movie to watch. Mime can help you. It tells who directs the movie and who acts in it. The website also has a rating (评分) for every movie. A movie with a rating above 8 is usually worth watching. |
Nature is amazing! Take a close look at the world of insects, and you'll discover many unbelievable things. Consider butterflies (蝴蝶), for example. They have beautiful wings and magical flying skills. On summer days, you always see them flying freely over flower gardens and wild fields.
But did you know how butterflies become the flying insects? It is one of the wonders of nature. In the beginning, the mother lays a small and colourful egg on a leaf or stem of a plant. It is hard to believe that the egg will become something completely different in a few days. It becomes a walking insect. This insect is called a caterpillar. It now has legs, eyes and a large body. A new life begins. The caterpillar can eat, walk and see. But it is still not a butterfly.
Soon, after growing big, the caterpillar makes a cover for itself. It covers itself in the nice protective blanket (保护层) and goes to sleep. This is known as the "pupa (蛹)" stage. After some time, the blanket breaks and a wet butterfly appears. It now has six legs, a mouth, eyes and wings. Shortly, the beautiful butterfly spreads (张开) its wings and flies away. After a few weeks, this butterfly lays her eggs, and the cycle (循环) begins all over again.
This is just one example of the wonders of nature. Look around the natural world, and you will learn many truly amazing things.
①It becomes a pupa. ②It becomes a walking insect.
③The mother lays an egg. ④It spreads wings and flies away.
One of the most surprising trees in the world is known as the baobab. This kind of tree mainly grows in South Africa and Australia.
Sometimes, it is hard to tell what the name of a tree is because they look like each other. But this is not a problem with the baobab. Its appearance is quite different, so people can't mistake it for another tree. The baobab is very wide, people often enjoy the shade under it. One Australian baobab was so large that people were able to turn part of the tree into a small room. The tree itself was so strong and wide that it could hold a large group of people. The strongest tree in the world is over 1,835 years old now.
People also call it the "giving tree". The tree's fruits are very delicious and a tasty treat in many African countries. The fruits are also very healthy and people make porridge and soft drinks from the fruits. Since the tree grows in dry environments, it has to store water. The tree soaks (浸泡) in water when it is wet. During dry seasons, the baobab tree can use the stored water. Some baobabs can store thousands of gallons (加仑) of water and people can get the water from the trees when they need it.
Sadly, in recent years, the baobab trees are dying because of climate change. Scientists are trying hard to take action to save them.
These days, Internet shopping gets very popular and changes people's lifestyle.
It's a new way of shopping. It has lots of (advantage). One of (they) is convenient. We can shop anytime the online shops are open 24 hours a day. We can also buy the cheap goods (easy) that we can't get in the shop. We need only a laptop or a mobile phone to find the information about the goods that we like instead going shopping outside. Best of all, the online shops (return) the money to us at once if there is something wrong with the goods.
But "Every coin has two sides." So (do) Internet shopping. For example, we can only check the goods after (receive) them. Sometimes the goods in the pictures and the real ones aren't same. What's more, paying through the Internet usually (cause) some problems about property safety. So we should be careful when we shop on the Internet.
Jenny: Hello, may I speak to Mary, please?
Mary: This is Mary Speaking.
Jenny: Hello, this is Jenny. It's Sunday tomorrow. What are you going to do?
Mary: . Do you have any ideas?
Jenny: Here comes spring. I hear there are many new kinds of plants in the park. They must be very nice.
Mary: Good idea. My sister Maria also likes plants very much. We can invite her to go with us.
Jenny: OK. So we can take some wonderful photos.
Mary: I like taking photos.
Jenny: Let's meet outside the library at half past nine in the morning.
Mary: How shall we go there?
Jenny: Let's go there by bike.
Mary: Oh, my bike is broken.
Jenny: Yes, of course. See you tomorrow.
Mary: See you!
A. When and where shall we meet? B. Can we go there by bus? C. There is gentle wind and fresh air. D. I would like to take a camera. E. What about going to the park with me? F. The days are getting longer. G. Nothing much. |
提示：
个人信息 | 八年级学生；乐于助人；…… |
加入原因 | 热爱大自然；想要更多的了解动物，保护它们 |
自然现状 | 人们砍伐树木；动物处境危险 |
个人观点 | 动物的重要性；…… |
要求：1) 短文须包括所有提示内容，可适当发挥。2) 文中不得出现真实的人名和地名。3) 词数80左右（开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数）。
Good morning, everyone! Today I will give a speech about loving animals.
That's all. Thank you for listening.
