Fred had something important to tell his family. Everyone in his family 1 to sit at the dinner table and listen.
"I'm going to take part in the Olympics," he said.
"2 a fourth-grader do that?" asked Anna, his younger sister.
"I'm not going now. I'll go when I'm a little 3 ." Fred shook his head. "I've studied 4 the athletes become the best. That is practice. If I practice 5 enough, I can't fail."
"Sounds like a big challenge," said Dad. "Which sport will you take up?"
"I 6 up my mind yet," said Fred.
After a month's practice, Fred got hurt again and again when he 7 to find out which sport for him. "I don't think I can find a sport right 8 me," said Fred.
The following Sunday, the family sat down for dinner as usual.
"I've decided not to play a sport," said Fred.
Everyone was surprised.
"You're giving up on 9 Olympic dream?" said Anna.
"I didn't say I was giving up," said Fred. "I'm still going to the Olympics."
Anna looked puzzled. "How can you go 10 you don't do a sport?"
Fred held up a book titled Is Sports Medicine the Career for You? "Over the past few weeks, I've discovered that athletes need 11 medical help. So I am going to become 12 sports doctor. I'll still go to the Olympics — 13 as a doctor, not an athlete." Fred answered confidently.
"Now that is 14 challenge, Fred!" said Dad. "I'm sure you would do as well as you can 15 your dream."
While known for his theories and deep thinking, Albert Einstein showed a sense of humour that often brought 1 to those around him.
One day, Einstein was invited to give a 2 at a university. As he stood in front of the audience, he realized that he had 3 his lecture notes. Instead of being nervous, Einstein smiled and said, "I am extremely 4 for the mental exercise of trying to speak without any prepared material. It feels like solving a complicated puzzle!"
The audience laughed 5 as Einstein continued his lecture. He was able to make difficult science topics easier to understand by using funny 6 . Not only did his funny way make everyone happy, but also it made the audience understand his theories better.
In social gatherings, Einstein's humor often shone through. One day a young reporter came up to him and asked, "Dr. Einstein, how does it feel to be the 7 man alive?" Einstein replied with a big smile, "I don't know, you'll have to ask Nikola Tesla." This 8 response left the journalist puzzled and everyone else in laughter, as Einstein playfully recognized the genius of his time.
Einstein's humour also showed in his everyday life. He once remarked, "Do not grow old, no matter how long you 9 . Never stop being curious and keep your playful nature alive."
Einstein's humour in every situation inspired people around him to 10 difficulties in life with a smile. He showed us that intelligence and laughter could work together, making the world a happier and more peaceful place.
Dreams. Ambitions (抱负). Everyone has them.
Some people dream of winning a big prize. Others want to travel around the world...Ellie Stevenson dreams of being a singer.
Ellie is a seventeen-year-old girl. She lives in a quiet village in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales. She goes to school, has a part-time job in her Dad's shop and enjoys spending time with her best friends, Cassie and Skye. This is the story of Ellie.
"Pencils down, please!"
I quickly try to finish writing one last sentence but Miss Jones sees me. "Ellie Stevenson! The exam is over!"
"Please, Miss...another thirty seconds... five?"
"Humph!" she says and takes my paper.
There is nothing that I can do now. I hate biology! I dream of being a singer, like Murphy. I want to study music at A level.
"You can't study music!" said Dad when I told him at the start of the sixth grade, in September last year. "If you want a good career, you need to study science."
"He's right. The sciences are important, Ellie," agreed Skye. "I'm going to study chemistry, biology, physics and math."
"Boring! Why don't you study French like me?" suggested Cassie. "Mr. Lake, the French teacher, is great!"
I never told anyone about my dream after that.
Now here I am trying not to fall asleep as Miss Jones finishes collecting the answer papers after the biology exam. I'm really tired. I close my eyes. I only want to rest for a minute. But soon I'm not in the exam room...
I'm on stage in front of thousands of fans. My fans! They are shouting my name... I start to play the guitar and they all cheer... they sing the words to my latest hit...
"Ellie! Ellie!" Miss Jones's angry voice wakes me up.
"Eh...? Sorry?"
"It's time to go home!" she says, shaking her head.
I'm the only person left in the room. Everyone else has already gone.
I was dreaming... again.
I feel stupid as I pick up my bag and walk towards the exit.
Outside, it's raining. It's spring but the sky is grey and miserable (令人难受的). It seems like it will rain forever and I haven't got an umbrella.
①. . .
When I look into Murphy's eyes, I know that maybe my dream is just beginning...
On Wednesday, August 7, China got its first-ever gold medal in artistic swimming at the Paris Olympic Games.
Among the impressive performers were twin sisters, Wang Liuyi and Wang Qianyi. Born in 1997 and grew up in Shenzhen, the sisters took an interest in artistic swimming when they came to Shenzhen sports team in 2005, asking to learn artistic swimming. The twins almost didn't make it to the team because of their parents heights.
There is an unwritten rule in artistic swimming. If a sportswoman is less than 1.68 meters tall, she is unlikely to become a professional. The twins' father is less than 1.7 meters tall, while their mother is a little taller than 1.6 metres, which means the daughters are unlikely to be tall enough.
However, the twins' strong will and strengths impressed Hu, coach (教练) of Shenzhen team. She recalled that twins, who studied at Nanshan Foreign Languages School, went for training after school every day. At 20 years old, the twins grew to be 1.72 meters tall. They were among the tallest when joining the national artistic swimming team in 2017.
With good physical quality and willingness to bear hardships, through years of hard training, they became key players and got a lot of medals. In 2010, the twins won the gold medal at the provincial games. They also won a gold and a bronze medal at the national games in 2013 and 2017. Then, they won four gold medals at the 2022 World Championships in Hungary and a gold in the duet event at the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games, winning the right for the Paris Olympics.
Some animals can easily find their way home after a long journey. How do they make it? Scientific research shows that they are born with certain unusual abilities for direction.
A certain kind of ants, for example, can count their steps to avoid getting lost. They can go as far as 110 metres and bring food home. These ants live in the open desert (沙漠), so they have nothing to guide them along the way. It's like someone walking six kilometres through a dark forest.
Some fish have an unbelievable sense of smell. They can smell even a single drop of their home water in a large sea area. Some sea birds have a similar ability. They are able to make a smell map of their flying area.
Some animals can sense the earth's magnetic field (磁场), while humans can't. This magnetic field guides a certain kind of fish when they swim a long way to a place and then back. How can this kind of fish do that? It is still a mystery. Scientists have no good answers yet.
However, animals with such unusual abilities still have difficulty dealing with environmental changes caused by human activities. For example, many birds depend on stars for direction, but they get lost easily at night when city lights are kept on all night. To solve this problem, we can simply turn off some lights at night. Clearly, one small act of humans may mean a lot to animals.
On the night of Aug 11, the Paris Olympics officially closed with an impressive ceremony at France's national stadium (体育场). As the first game started on July 24, around 10,500 athletes from more than 200 countries and regions competed at the biggest sports event in the world.
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Paris saw a series of "dream-come-true" moments. China's Olympic team delivered its best performance away from home soil, winning 40 gold, 27 silver and 24 bronze medals. Chinese divers and table tennis players swept all the gold medals in their sports. In swimming, Chinese swimmer Pan Zhanle, 20, broke his own world record to win the men's 100-meter freestyle in 46.40 seconds, leaving his name in history. Zheng Qinwen, 21, won China's first Olympic gold in the tennis singles at the Paris Olympics on Aug 3. After withdrawing (退出) from most of her competitions in Tokyo, US gymnast Simone Biles, 27, made a comeback at the Paris Olympics, winning three gold medals and one silver.
Heartwarming moments
Beyond pushing the limits of athletic achievement, the Olympic athletes who participated in Paris will also be remembered for their excellent sportsmanship. After winning silver in women's singles badminton, China's He Bingjiao, 27, carried a Team Spain Olympic pin with her onto the podium (领奖台), showing respect for her semifinal opponent (对手) Carolina Marin, who withdrew due to a knee injury. This act of sportsmanship touched millions.
Better Olympics, better society
The dormitories (宿舍) in the Olympic village will be turned into 2,800 housing units post-Games. By holding the opening ceremony in an open urban space along the Seine, Paris brought athletes, performers and the audience closer together, igniting (点燃) the city of fashion with an amazing carnival.
During the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Shan was the king of Shu. However, he knew nothing about ruling a state (诸侯国). One day, the army of Wei attacked Shu. Liu and some of his soldiers were captured and brought to Wei.
Sima Zhao was a very powerful leader in Wei. So, he invited Liu and his officials to a dinner. He prepared delicious food and drink to treat them. He wanted to make fun of Liu and his men.
When Liu's officials heard the music and saw the dances, they felt very sad. Only Liu enjoyed the show and laughed happily.
"I am having a good time here," Liu said, "I don't miss it at all!" Sima thought, "Liu doesn't care about his state at all."
A. He wanted to see if Liu had the strong wish to rise again. B. Sima asked some people to perform traditional Shu songs and dances during the dinner. C. He no longer worried about the possibility of Liu's rise again. D. All he cared about was how to have fun and enjoy himself. E. Sima asked Liu if he ever missed Shu. |
Many students have trouble communicating with their parents. Due to this, it s that many things can cause problems between children and parents.
Here are three common reasons which lead to tense between children and parents. Firstly, most children are e to get high scores in their studies by their parents while children tend to feel stressed because of this. Secondly, some parents want to know every detail of their children's life at school. However, sometimes children don't feel like s their stories with their parents. Thirdly, parents usually find it a when their children's rooms are in a mess while children tend to get angry with their parents for entering their rooms without asking.
In order to improve parent-child r , both children and parents should spend more time communicating with each other.
The bus always people when I go home.
It me half an hour learn all the new words .
I was! I left my cellphone in the taxi. I my mother again.
"Bang!" Water flowed out of the tank and the child was saved .
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Family members 家庭成员 | 爸爸、妈妈、我的妹妹和我 |
Family rules 家庭规则 | (1)早睡早起, 锻炼身体; (2)我要分担家务, 比如:洗碗、熨衣服; (3)周一至周五不能使用电子产品(electronic products), 周末玩电脑游戏不能超过1小时; ……(请补充1﹣2点) |
Family activities 家庭活动 | ……(请补充2点) |
Feelings 对家庭的感受 | 相亲相爱、互相支持(support each other); ……(请补充) |