Different body languages | |
Country or Area | What people do |
The Middle East | They look at each other when they are . |
Japan | They think it's not polite to look into people's . |
China | People will not feel if you look at him or her for a long time. |
People hug each other and kiss faces. | |
Greece | It isn't polite to goodbye. |
A: Excuse me!
B: Sure. Walk down the street and turn right. You can see the zoo opposite the supermarket.
A: OK.
B: It's about twenty minutes on foot.
A: Oh, can I take a bus?
B: Yes.
A: But where is the bus station?
B: Look! Here comes the bus.
A:
B: You're welcome.
A．Thank you very much. B．How far is it from here? C．Is there a bank near here? D．You can take the No.21 bus. E．Can you tell me the way to the zoo? F．It's just on the other side of the street. |
My parents took me to my aunt's farm during the summer holiday. We 1 there for three days.
We 2 the farm in one afternoon. It was so hot! My aunt took me to a 3 near her house. There were some 4 swimming in the cool water. I started to think the farm wasn't so bad. Maybe I could 5 my holiday here.
The next day, my aunt and I picked strawberries with baskets. The strawberries were so good and I ate a lot of them. After that, 6 sold the strawberries in a market. We came back late that day.
I didn't get to a zoo, 7 I got a good look at many animals on the farm. I fed(喂养) the chickens and ducks, and collected 8 from them.
Finally, I felt 9 to go on my holiday here. I didn't like the farm life before, but now I love it. It makes me relax 10 . I want to come here again next time.
Once upon a time, there was a little red bird called Jelly. She loved to go flying with her brothers and sisters. But Jelly didn't fly in the same way as others did.
One day, some other birds from the tree across the street saw Jelly flying. They made fun of her. Jelly was sad and she decided to stop flying. "There is nothing wrong with the way you fly!" her brothers and sisters told Jelly. But she didn't listen to them. After a few days, Jelly got bored with walking everywhere. She started flying with her brothers and sisters again. Those older birds started making fun of her again. Jerry's brothers and sisters encouraged(鼓励) her, "Wow! You can fly higher than the older birds can now." She flew higher and higher and forgot about the other birds. She had a good time with her brothers and sisters. She learned that you enjoy things more when you stop worrying about others' words.
It's 4:25pm on 2nd May, 2024. In the waiting hall of the train station, some people are looking at the screen on the wall.
Time | Train No.(车次) | Gate | To | Status(状态) |
4:40pm | D9682 | A10 | Nanning | On time |
5:10pm | G1782 | A15 | Hunan | On time |
5:30pm | D7041 | B12 | Yulin | On time |
5:45pm | G1582 | A19 | Fuzhou | On time |
6:00pm | G9027 | B17 | Nanchang | Delayed(延误) |
6:15pm | D8170 | B9 | Guilin | On time |
6:30pm | G5991 | B15 | Shanxi | Delayed |
My grandpa was born in 1958. He went to primary school at the age of eight. He left school three years later because his father was ill. After he came back home, he took good care of his father and stayed with him all the time.
Life was tough and they had no money. He wanted to help his family. He worked in a factory at first. But in his free time, he still studied hard. He often asked his teacher Mr Wang to help with his lessons.
Six years later, he made some money and went to a middle school in the town. There, he met Grandpa Liu and they became good friends. When they met problems, they helped each other. And then they went to the same high school. My grandpa was friendly to others and he was good at English. At the age of 21, my grandpa became an English teacher in a middle school.
He always tells us, "I hardly thought I could be a teacher, but my dream came true." He just did not like the life in the factory, so he worked hard and made a change. I think I should learn from him.
What should you do first if you want to do a difficult thing? Do you start with a good plan or with no plans?
According to a study, many students have goals(目标) but 92% of them can't succeed(成功)finally. Only the 8% with their good plans can succeed. So every student should learn to make a study plan.
What can a good plan help us with? As middle school students, we always have many different things to do. We not only need to learn new lessons, but also have to go over the lessons during the day. But our study time is limited(有限的). So we should plan our time right. Then a good study plan is very important because it can help us manage time.
Then how can we make a study plan? First, know about ourselves. Make sure the plan is not too difficult and not too easy. Second, write down the goal. It lets us know what we are going to do. Third, ____. Sometimes it's easy for us to finish some small goals first.
With a good plan, we can do things easily. So just make one before it's too late.
quiet sing with nothing really easy enjoy life noise they |
In our life, sometimes music is also a way to get on well with others. For friends, they can the same kind of music in a quiet place. Then they can talk about ideas about it. Through it, they can make friends one another. It's the best thing to enjoy the songs by the same they like, so that they can have the same idea. It's for them to talk about everything they like happily.
There are different kinds of music, such as pop music and rock music. Some people don't like rock music, because it's very loud, and they think it's . Most people like to listen to music, such as country music and classical music. However, there is perfect in the world. If you like one kind of music, maybe others won't like it.
In fact, everyone needs music to make our warm and happy. It helps us a lot in many ways in our life.
注意：1．词数为80左右；2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3．文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；4．短文开头已给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：the English Talent Show Competition(英语才艺展示比赛), spoken English(口语), imitate (vt.模仿), character(n.角色), improve(vt.提高)
Dear sir/madam,
My name is Li Hua.
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Yours,
Li Hua
