Dear Mother Earth,
Thank you for giving me a home. There's no other planet like you! Your soil（土壤）1 me grow and cat fruit and vegetables. Your air lets me breathe. Your water lets me play and swim in it, especially in hot summer. Your wood allows me to have a warm fire when it is cold. I'm sorry 2 your forests are getting smaller and smaller.
I promise I will do my best to protect you. I will produce less 3 by using more cloth bags and china cups. I will reuse paper so many of your trees won't get cut down! I'll try to recycle everything I can, like plastic and newspapers, so they can be made 4 some toys and other useful things. I hope none of the animals get hurt or killed. I'll keep my 5 .
Happy Your Day!
Love,
Your child
There is a small thing we use every day. We usually put 1 in the bathroom. If we don't use it, we might have tooth problems. Can you guess what it is? Yes, it's the toothbrush. But do you know 2 about its history?
Before toothbrushes appeared, the ancient Chinese people 3 their teeth with some small tree branches（树枝）. About 800 years ago, people 4 a kind of toothbrushes with pig hair and bamboo. It might be the world's earliest form of toothbrushes. As time went by, the form of toothbrushes 5 . For example, people didn't use pig hair to make toothbrushes 6 it was too hard（硬的）. They began to use horse-tail hair which was much softer. Imagine that you travel back to hundreds of years ago and brush your teeth 7 . It sounds fantastic, doesn't it?
Around the 15th century, the Chinese toothbrush found its way into Europe. It became 8 among local people soon. The 9 of toothbrushes was not as famous as that of paper-making, but it was very useful in daily life. Today we get into the good 10 of brushing teeth. We should thank the ancient Chinese for it.
The graphics（图表）show the weather report for City G today and the following six days.
Bob likes climbing very much. However, there wasn't one climbing club in his school at first, so he felt sad.
At the beginning of the second year of middle school, his school offered rock climbing lessons in order to encourage students to exercise. He was so happy that he joined at once.
In the first lesson, the coach said, "Rock climbing needs strength, speed, courage and persistence（坚持）. All these are necessary." But in Bob's opinion, rock climbing was just a fun activity. It interested him.
During the following classes, the coach asked the students to run 1,000 metres first, and then climb with a rope. When Bob finished running, he almost lost his breath（呼吸）and got bored, and he even did not want to touch the rope. He thought it was less interesting than before. The coach noticed that and asked him, "Why do you want to take rock climbing lessons?" "I come for fun, of course." "Is that fun?" he asked. Bob shook his head slowly. The coach then explained patiently, "That's because you stop halfway. You know, beautiful sights are always on the top."
After hearing his words, Bob made up his mind to finish his journey. When he got to the top in the end, he felt really excited.
Sometimes it's hard to reach the top of the mountain, but it's a pity to stop halfway, so don't give up.
A sixty-year-old American, Mr. Linden, wears many hats: a writer, a businessman, a traveller, an educator and the founder of a famous hotel. He has lived in a village in Yunnan Province for nearly 20 years. He now considers that he is one of the "cool new Dali people".
Mr. Linden was born and raised in Chicago. He first visited China in 1984. He received a scholarship（奖学金）from the Chinese Government and came to study in Beijing. During his stay, he was deeply attracted by Chinese culture and would love to be its communicator.
After working and travelling in more than 100 countries, Mr. Linden gave up his job in the US, sold his house and moved to China with his family in
2004. He wanted to find a place and create a new lifestyle. After a tour around China, Mr. Linden and his wife finally decided to live in Xizhou, a small town not far from Dali.
"I'm a fan of China's traditional buildings. Xizhou is a beautiful town with hundreds of old buildings from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Traditions here keep as alive as ever and the local people treat me like family," said Mr. Linden.
With the help of the Dali government, Mr. Linden repaired a traditional Bai-style（白族风格）house into a hotel for foreign tourists. The hotel provides international education projects for European and American schools. It also opens 50% of its room（空间）to the public, creating a place for more people to communicate with the villagers. It offers free English classes to villagers once a week.
When talking about his future plans, Mr. Linden said he wanted to do more to share the beauty of China with the world. "Our goal（目标）is to turn Xizhou into a window for foreigners to learn about China," said Mr. Linden. "I hope that through my efforts, more people will love China."
What will the world of tomorrow be like? Many people today believe that technology is going to help solve some problems we have today. New technology may solve old problems, and it may also create new ones. No technology is perfect. Each has advantages and disadvantages. Here are three examples.
When we dream about the future, many of us think that we will be able to fly to the sky in our own flying cars. We could fly at 480 km per hour, avoiding traffic lights and busy roads. However, if too many flying cars are in the air, there will be trouble with traffic control.
3D printing is another new technology for the future.3D printers are already used to make life-size models of car parts（部件）, and man-made body parts, like ears. As we move into the future, 3D printing will change the way we make things and the way we treat sick people. The disadvantage is that such a machine is very expensive.
Finally, people are trying to make a robot suit（套装）. This is an electronic suit. It allows people to lift heavy things and walk a long way. It might help people walk again after an illness or an accident. However, one disadvantage at the moment is the cost.
It is easy to imagine a future. We will be able to fly to work, print out a new pair of shoes or lift a car above our heads. Although there are some problems to solve, we can certainly dream of a world. In this world, technology makes people's life easier and safer, and it can solve some of the most difficult problems we have today.
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A: Hi, Linda. What are you doing now?
B: Hi, Tony.
A: What are you going to do this summer?
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A: Really? I did that last summer.
B: Oh.
A: I did many things, such as washing clothes, sweeping the floor and talking to them.
B: That sounds interesting.
A: But a lot of old people are lonely.
B: You are right. We are going to be old one day, too.
A: I agree with you.
A. And they told me stories about the past and how things used to be. B. I am making a plan for the summer vacation. C. We should take good care of them. D. What did you do to help them? E. Which is the way to get there? F. I am going to work in an old people's home. |
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In children's eyes, their mothers are always perfect. In my mind, my mother is good at almost everything but she can't cook well. I still remember what happened my father's 35th birthday.
My mother began to cook at 9 o'clock in the morning. Three hours later, only two dishes served on the table —a salad and a roast duck（烤鸭）. My father and I really expected roast duck because it was our favourite. Unluckily, the duck was nice in colour nor delicious in taste. How disappointed I was! My mother wanted to cook another one. To my . my father didn't complain（抱怨）at all. , he ate one more piece of the duck and smiled at my mother, "Good taste, I love it. Thank you, dear! It's the best roast duck that I have ever had!" My mother smiled happily and said, "Thank you. Happy birthday!"
I couldn't what my father said at that time. Twenty time has passed and my father is 55years old now. He still loves the food my mother cooks, though she still isn't good at . And I get to know that no one is perfect, including my mother; Nothing is perfect, including my family. But love can make a difference. If there is love, home will be the place in the world.
Two students were asked to meet the teacher through a forest. There were two path. One was short and easy, and the other was full of fallen trees. The first student chooses the easy path. He thought he was so clever that he could walk through with any difficulty. He certainly finished first and enjoyed him. The second student decided to spend time jump over the fallen trees in his path. After arriving at the finishing line, he felt tiring and regretted choosing that path. The teacher nodded and smiled at all of them. He asked them to get a prize by a stream three days later. While the students arrived, they found they needed to jump over the stream. It was a few meters widely. The teacher said, "Everything you have done till now will be preparing well for this moment. This jump will help you become better." The second student made it at last. |
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Once a little weed（杂草）grew in a field. There were many tall and beautiful flowers around it. Lots of bees and butterflies came to them because of their nice smells and bright colours. The little weed wasn't satisfied, because its flowers were tiny and simple.
One spring morning, three children came to play in the field. "Let's pick some flowers for our grandma!" said one. "That's a good idea!" said another. "She will love all these bright and beautiful flowers!"
"What about that one?" the youngest child said, pointing at the little weed. "Forget it!" laughed the oldest brother. "That's just a useless weed!"
Hearing this, the little weed felt even worse. "Am I really useless?" it asked itself. "Why was I put on the Earth?"
In winter, all flowers were gone, only the little weed stood alone in the field. Just at that time, it noticed some birds coming above the field. "We are hungry!" they shouted. The little weed felt sorry for the poor birds and called out to them, "Hey! Down here! I have pods（豆荚）that you can eat!"
"You're so kind!" The birds ate up the seeds（种子）in the pods thankfully. "They're delicious. We can't find anything better than what you gave us!"
This made the little weed pleased and confident. "At last, I have found out what I am good for!" the little weed said.
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Reading-a Lifelong Journey
As we know, reading plays an important role in our life.
