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A. take good care B. lose C. with D. special E. feed F. problems G. animals |
Farming in the USA today is very different from that 100 years ago. In those days, farmers did not have machines to help them. They had . But animals worked slowly. So the farms were smaller than they are now. Farmers also worked in a different way in the past. In those days, farmers grew fruits and vegetables and kept cows, pigs, and chickens to their families. Today farmers grow things on the farms so they can sell them.
Farmers have a very life in many ways. First, they can't leave the job at the end of the day. Second, a lot of farm work is outdoors, so the weather is very important for farmers. A lot of bad weather means farmers will money. Finally，farmers work with plants and animals. They understand nature better than other people do. Farm work changes the seasons. Spring is a time for planting and sowing (播种). In summer, farmers must of the plants. Some may need water. Other plants may have with insects or diseases. Then in autumn, the fruits or plants are ready for picking. That is a very busy time for farmers. Winter is a time for rest or for work on the farm machines.
you to finish your homework by yourselves?
Peter plant trees yesterday.
has she lived in this seaside city?
Ms. Hunter is over ninety, she is in good health.
Tony has books Jimmy.
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you to finish your homework last year?
Mr. Smith them English last year.
has she been here?
My parents the flat on the fifth floor the one on the second floor.
Wang Hai is tired go on walking.
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Mr. and Mrs. William are having their holiday in Rome. It is an old city, and a new city, too. They are staying in a very good hotel in the center of the city.
Rome is 1 a beautiful city. The air is fresh; the sky is blue and clear. Cool wind makes people 2 . Every day in the morning, the Williams through the hotel windows, watching the cars 3 on the streets. They also like to walk around in the city. They walk from one place to another. Sometimes they go into a store and buy some presents 4 their friends.
People in Rome are kind and friendly. The Williams like to talk with the people and each year they make some new friends in the city. "5 you are in Rome, you will do what they do and forget all the6 from work." Mrs. William says: "I'd like to invite my families to visit it together."
Think rock, paper, scissors is a children's game? Think again. |
Top players from a the world came together in Toronto to compete for a ten thousand Canadian dollar p and the title of world champion. More than 500 players, including n champions from Australia, Norway and New Zealand, attended.
The simple game is often used to make decisions and solve some simple problems. Players hold their fists(拳头) closed and c to three before making a fist (rock), a flat hand (paper) or two fingers (scissors). Paper covers rock, scissors cut paper and rock breaks scissors.
Players have d ideas about the history of the game, but it is commonly believed to have been played for centuries in Japan. The Paper Scissors Stone Club opened in England in 1842 and players could play together there. In 1918, the n was changed to World RPS Club and its headquarters moved from London to Toronto.
The world championship has been held since 2002, which is held o every year.
It was Christmas Eve already. Bobby's three sisters had already made beautiful gifts for their mother, but Bobby didn't have any money to buy her mother a present.
Bobby walked along the street. Then, suddenly, he saw a dime (十美分硬币) on the street. But his excitement quickly disappeared because all the salesman told him that he could not buy anything with just a single dime.
He saw a flower shop and went inside to ask the shop owner if he could buy a flower for his mother's Christmas gift. The shop owner (拥有者) smiled and said, "I just happen to have some roses on sale for one dime a dozen (一打). Would you like them?" Of course Bobby bought the roses at once and returned home.
The shop owner's wife asked her husband, "Who are you talking to and where are the roses?"
He answered, "A strange thing happened to me this morning. I heard a voice and the voice told me to keep a dozen of my best roses for a special gift. Then just a few minutes ago, a little boy came into the shop and wanted to buy a flower for her mother with one small dime. When I looked at him, I saw myself. Many years ago, I was a poor boy and could not buy my mother a Christmas gift. A man stopped me on the street and gave me ten dollars. When I saw that little boy tonight, I knew who that voice was, and I put together a dozen of my best roses…"
