Are you listening, Jim? Jim's teacher asks.
Jim smiles and shakes his 1 . He doesn't often 2 or try hard in class. Talking is so much better. He wants to be heard. That evening, Jim doesn't feel 3 . By bedtime, his throat feels really bad. He has cakes and 4 water to make his throat feel better, but he isn't sure if it will 5 .
The next 6 , when he opens his mouth to say "Good morning", 7 comes out but a "Guh".
When he is in school, Mrs. Green says "Hello" to him, and he just nods. When his friends talk to him and ask him what TV shows he watches, he just can ‘t say anything. When 8 begins, all his classmates look at him as if he has a 9 eye.
Jim sits in the class. He feels very bored 10 he can't talk to his classmates. He watches them talk to each other, but he can't even do that. But you know what? It isn't so bad. He can really do his homework that night. It 11 him more TV and game time because he 12 all his homework early.
The next day, his voice 13 back, but he doesn't speak in class again. Now he is 14 , but he doesn't talk in class. He listens and 15 his hand to speak.
What a difference that one day makes
Travel Squad-Travel Like A Soldier
The city of Pontevedra in Spain is great for walking and cycling. People can't drive in the city center. They make 73% of journeys in the city on foot or by bike. Only 30% of the public space is for cars. 70%is for people. From 2001 to now, there are no deadly road accidents, and the CO2 level goes down by 67%since the 1990s.
Fun and Fitness on Bikes A cyclist dresses up during a 16-kilometer bike ride in Moscow during the spring 2023 Velofest. Velofest is a big cycling activity in Russia. The activity was a celebration in support (of bike culture and healthy lifestyles. A number of people take part and many dress up. It means that they want an active lifestyle and eco-friendly (环保的) way of traveling. |
Heart disease (心脏病) kills more people in the UK than any other disease. One person dies every three minutes from heart disease and it's more usual in men than women. Age is also important. 80% of people who die of heart disease are 65 or older. And it's interesting that five times more men die of heart disease in the UK than in Japan. But there are many things you can do to help your heart stay healthy. Here are our top tips for a healthy heart!
Stop smoking. Everyone knows smoking brings you lung cancer (肺癌). It's also very bad for your heart. If you only do one thing to help your heart, do this!
Do more exercise. Regular exercise (油炸食物) four times a week for 30 minutes) is very good for your heart.
Don't eat a lot of fried food and only eat red meat once a week. This kind of food is bad for your heart because it's high in fat.
Eat fish twice or three times a week. It's good for your heart because it's low in fat and high in Omega-3.
Don't eat a lot of salt (食盐) We only need about 1g of salt a day-most people eat about 6g.
Eat more fruit and vegetables (you'd better cat five kinds a day).
Don't be too fat. It's easier for fat people to get heart disease!
Don't drink a lot of wine (酒) but a glass of red wine every day can be good for your heart.
On the first day of this term, Martin's father gives him a gift. It is a book without any pictures in it. His father says, "Son, it's a magic book, But to find its magic, you'll have to read it."
Martin doesn't like reading. But he starts reading it because he likes things about magic. The next morning, his father asks him, "Have you found the magic key?" So there is a key to find. Martin looks through the book, but there is no key. He stops reading the book because he thinks his father is trying to trick him into reading. A little later, his younger sister asks him for the book to try reading it. After several days, she screams (尖叫) happily, "I've found the key of the magic book!" And she can talk about all the worlds and places she has visited with that magic key.
That makes Martin interested in reading the book. At first it is difficult, but, little by little, he is interested in the adventures (冒险) Suddenly, he finds that book itself is the key of magic! His dreams are filled with adventures.
However, Martin is so happy because he can see a new key to a thousand worlds and adventures after that. With the key, Martin can travel in those books forever.
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Bill is happy today. Because the boy has h favorite class-science. He takes a colorful butterfly (蝴蝶) with him to make the class i.
"Wow! It's so beautiful!" so many s cry. After class, some of them come and ask, "Can we have another l at your butterfly?
" (Surely)!" Bill takes out the bottle.
"But why is the butterfly so quiet?" Mike asks. Bill shakes the bottle and the butterfly just hits it again and again.
"What is the butterfly doing?" Bill asks.
"I think it doesn't l staying there. And it just wants to get of the bottle!" says Anna. After (think) for a while, Bill opens the bottle and l the butterfly out, "Just go back to your home, butterfly!"
The butterfly flies (happy) into the sky.
Recently, "travel squad'' (特种兵式旅游) becomes a popular trip style in China. It means travel like a soldier. It's different from the relaxing kind of traveling that we all know. Visitors often go to a lot of places in a short period of time at a low cost, usually on weekends. Most of these them are college students. "Such a trip can bring a different color to my stressful life." says Chen, a 24-year-old university student. Because it is very energy-consuming (耗费体力), it is not suitable for everyone." she adds. 
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