—He may have to make a complete ____ with the past.
— Because I ____ there many times.
—It ____ new markets in Europe and America in ancient times.
—Yes, I have.
—No pain, no gain. Congratulations!
—____ can I. I really want to know what it says.
—Yes, I agree with you.
A long time ago, there was an apple tree. A little kid enjoyed playing around it and taking a rest under it. Also, he wanted to pick some apples from the tree. As a 5-year-old boy, he was short so he 1 to climb to the top of the tree to get the apples and ate them. He really had fun playing with the tree. He loved the tree and the tree loved him at that time.
Time went by. The boy 2 and he didn't play with the tree. One day, the boy came back to the tree. "Come and play with me." the tree said.
"I dislike playing around the tree now. I want toys. Toys are more interesting for me. I need money to buy them."
"I don't have money, but you can pick my apples and sell them." The boy was happy and climbed the tree and picked all the apples 3 the tree and left.
After a long time, the boy was already a man. He was much taller than before. He could touch the branches (树枝) of the tree 4 without climbing up. He came back to the tree. "I need a house for my family."
"You can cut my branches to build one." 5 the boy cut all the branches of the tree and left. He didn't come back. The tree missed him so much and felt sad.
On a hot day, the boy came back after many years. "Sorry, my boy. I have 6 for you. I'm old." "I just need a place to rest. I am 7 after all these years." The boy sat down and the tree smiled with tears (泪水).
The tree is like our 8 . When we are young, we love to play with them. When we grow up, we leave them, and we only come to them when we need something or when we have 9 . You may think the boy is cruel (残忍的) to the tree but that's 10 we treat (对待) our parents.
"Please take my penny (便士)," Maggie said to old Dan, the fisherman, who sat on a bench repairing his nets (网). "Please take it," she said again. Old Dan smiled, and took it. "Thank you, little girl," he said.
After that, Maggie went to the beach to collect sea shells. She never thought how fast time went by. Two hours later, she sat down on a rock beside a little pool, and Dan's large dog Rover jumped down from a rock! He made a loud noise, and then began to pull her coat gently. "Rover wishes me to leave here, I see," she said, and she rose from the rock and began to go home. However, she found the place she had got down easily was now very difficult to climb up, and because the tide (潮水) had been in for some time, she found some of the stones wet and smooth.
What could poor Maggie do? She felt sad and cried, but the tide made a much louder noise than she could make. Rover jumped upon a big stone and raised his loud bark until even the tide could not drown (淹没) it. Finally, Dan heard the loud barking of the dog. He came in a boat and brought Maggie and Rover safely to the land!
"It was the penny that did it, madam," Dan said to Maggie's mother later. "I saw Rover looking at her when she put the penny so kindly into my hand—just as if he would have said, ‘Rover will be your friend now, little girl.' And I am thinking he has looked after her all day, because he never came near me after that."
Some years later, Rover came to Maggie's home with a little note, in which was written—"Will Maggie help Rover?—his master (主人) is dead."
① Maggie went to the beach to play.
② Rover barked for help and they were saved.
③ Maggie gave a penny to Dan, the old fisherman.
④ Maggie found it hard to get back from the rock.
What is the most convenient (方便的) way to travel around China? By train, of course. There are some ways to buy train tickets. You can buy tickets at a train station or a train office, and you can also book online with a travel app, or at China Railway's official website. You can even book by your telephone.
Though most ticket windows at the train station serve 24 hours every day, the trouble is that you may stand in long lines. So make sure you arrive at the station at least one hour before the train leaves. And what is the easiest way to buy a ticket? Using your phone! It's simple to add the common user information in 12306 and fill in the full name following your passport. After finishing this step, 12306 will show that you have successfully registered (注册) and then you can book your tickets.
As Ginni Bazlinton reached Antarctica, she was greeted by a group of little Gentoo penguins (企鹅) who seemed happy to say hello. These lovely penguins welcomed and started a trip that Ginni would never forget.
Ginni, now 71, has had a deep love for travel when she was young. As a professional dancer she travelled around the UK, but always hoped to find more. When she retired from dancing, ★
After taking a degree at Chichester University in Related Arts, Ginni began to travel around the world and found a job teaching English in Japan and Chile. It was in Chile she discovered she could get a cheap ticket going to Antarctica from the islands off Tierra del Fuego, "I just decided I wanted to go." she says. "I had no idea about what I'd find there and I wasn't nervous. I just wanted to do it. And I wanted to do it alone as I always love it that way."
In March 2008, Ginni boarded a ship to begin the journey to Antarctica with 48 passengers. "From seeing the wildlife to enjoying sunrises, the whole experience was wonderful. Antarctica is better than any other place," Ginni says. "I remember the first time I saw a humpback whale (座头鲸): it just rose out of the water like some prehistoric creature (生物) and I thought it was smiling at us. You could still hear the beautiful sound it was making underwater."
The realization that Antarctica is a valuable and important land which needs to be respected (尊敬) by humans is the biggest thing for Ginni.
In these years, electric (电动的) cars are popular in our daily life. But do you know the electric plane? The company Eviation made the world's first fully electric plane. The plane is called Alice. In September 2022, it made its first flight (飞行) in Washington, the US and flew in the sky for about eight minutes.
The plane can carry nine passenger (乘客) and two pilots at the same time. Also it is very quiet and makes almost no waste gases (废气). There are 21,500 small batteries (电池) on the plane. They weigh 4.000 kg, half of the plane's weight. Together, they make the plane able to fly for one to two hours.
Because it is fully electric, it is cheap to fly the plane. But it is very expensive to make the plane. So nobody knows if electric planes will be a common way to travel around in the future.
Zhong Congrong learns a lot on his trip to Hainan. He is a(n) (success) businessman (商人) from Chongqing. Four years ago, Zhong (meet) a university teacher on the beach in Hainan. The teacher told Zhong she was used to (pick) up rubbish every day. Her words went round and round in Zhong's mind. He made a(n) (decide) to follow her.
As soon as Zhong got back from Hainan, he began cleaning up the streets near his neighborhood (he). Every morning, he wore an orange T-shirt with some words about protecting (保护) the environment, picked up rubbish and asked others not to throw rubbish on the street. would a rich man volunteer to pick up rubbish every day? People thought he just meant (get) more attention (注意). But as time went by, people changed their minds. They noticed their neighborhood getting cleaner thanks Zhong. More and more people joined his team to help make Chongqing (beauty). Zhong's work also shows that everyone can make difference.
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A: Hello, Leo. What's your plan for the new term?
B: Hello. Mr. Miller. Mario and I want to do something to help the environment.
A: Oh, that will be great! Are there any problems?
B: Yes, we don't know what to do.
A: Well, it's a good idea to first get support (支持) from your classmates and teachers. You can start by putting up a poster to let everyone know about the importance of recycling (回收利用) .
B: That sounds like a good start.
A: Why don't you make a lot of posters? Then you can put them up all around the school.
B: Oh, I see.
A: There are many ways to make them fun. For example, you may try to have a competition to see which class can make the best clothes out of newspapers.
B: Sounds good! Thanks for the advice, Mr. Miller.
A: You can come to me if you need any help.
A．Not really. B．No problem. C．Can you give us any advice? D．How should we make the poster? E．Where should we put up the poster? F．How can I make our activities fun? G．We'd like to start a recycling club at school. |
Dear Darren,
How are you! I'd like to you about my travel experience
Last month, I went to Jiuzhaigou for my vacation my parents.
Jiuzhaigou is Sichuan, in the southwest part of China. It's
famous for beautiful mountains, forests and lakes.
Many people go to enjoy their vocation every year.
My father booked the room we arrived.
We had a two-day trip and took a of photos.
We pandas and monkeys. They were very cute.
And we couldn't help them.
We had exciting trip! I felt tired but happy. Please e-mail me
Soon and tell me about your vacation.
Yours,
Bill
目标 | develop a green lifestyle |
采取行动 (action) | 节省资源 (save resources) 1. 节省纸张：reuse the textbooks; use both sides of the paper 2. 节约用水：…… 3. 节省木材：not use one-off (一次性的) paper cups or chopsticks |
减少污染 (reduce pollution) 1. 保护树木花草 2. 尽可能步行，骑车或乘坐公交车上学 | |
提出希望 (hopes) | …… |
Go Green at School
Hi, guys,
Isn't it pleasant to study in an environmentally friendly school? To develop a green lifestyle, we students can go green at school in smaller ways.
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That's all, thanks for your listening!
