Do you want to improve your learning skills? Do you want higher marks? Do you have an important exam soon?
Come to the workshop and learn how to: ●Read faster. ●Take better notes* ●Improve your spelling. Wednesday, March ·13, 3 pm-5 pm, Room 3 14. Bring a·notebook, "a dictionary, and a pencil.. See you there.. |
Mooncakes are an essential (重要的) part of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Each year, bakers create millions of these desserts so people can share them with friends and family. But where did this tradition come from?
About 650 years ago, the Mongols ruled (统治) over China. The Han people wanted to get back control. However, they did not want the Mongols to catch them. So, they began passing secret messages inside of mooncakes, saying that they were going to fight the Mongols on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival. When the evening arrived, the Han people fought hard and were successful.
Each year after that, people celebrated the victory by eating mooncakes. It is a good way to remember the history. The practice spread quickly throughout China. Gradually, eating mooncakes became a cultural tradition. It is also a good chance for Chinese families to get together for family reunion (团聚).
Today, people can buy all different types of mooncakes. They come with different fillings and in different prices. People enjoy filling up with these tasty treats, but many of them don't know the history of the simple mooncakes.
During the National holiday, many people want to search for dazi(搭子) or activity partners on Xiaohongshu or Weibo for travelling. This has sparked heated discussion among young people.In some ways, the activity of finding dazi is a new form of social contact for young people.
Unlike friendship, the idea of dazi is simple — people with the same interest come together to join an activity. Dazi can appear in many different ways in daily life, from eating to studying,working or even going to the toilet. It helps people find the person with the same hobbies and doesn't take people too much time. With one or a few dazi, people have more fun in the activities.
A girl called Ge Jinyuan, a high school student from Hangzhou, enjoys talking with her meal dazi when she is having lunch. "We love to share our ideas on the food and find other fine food,"said the girl. "If my meal dazi doesn't come to school one day, I will be upset."
"Traditional friendship requires a lot of time and emotion to maintain (维持),while having dazi means not needing to worry about it."said another girl Shi Zhimin, a student from Shanghai.Ge Jinyuan also has the same idea. She doesn't want to spend too much time making friends, so having a dazi is a relaxing way for her. She can feel relaxed and then focus more on study.
Also, dazi sometimes may give you some big surprises. "Once, my game dazi and I did something wrong when playing the game Eggy Party, but we worked together to turn the tide. By playing the game together, I find I do better in communicating and working with others now."Shi Zhimin said
▲ . People may put on fake masks and lie on the Internet. For example, a young and beautiful girl on the Internet may be an old, short, and heavy man in real life. Therefore, think twice when finding dazi.
Close your eyes. Try to bring back a memory of taking an exam in your worst subject with your strictest teacher. It seemed that you didn't know any of the answers. You may feel extremely nervous with a fast-beating heart.
But maybe it didn't have to be that way, A paper in Natre reports that good mindset (思维模) exercise improved the way that young people thought about stressful events. The exercise is based on two mindsets: first, ability can be changed and improved with hard work and support; second, body responses(反应)to stress can be helpful. As students do mindset exercise by themselves, they will understand how the brain builds on experience and how the body uses stress—a fast-beating heart sends more blood to the brain to help you think. The exercise also asks students to write about what they might do differently in a stressful situations next time.
Researchers invited thousands of students to take the exercise. The results show that this exercise is able to change our understanding of the world and our responses to it. Students who took part in the exercise thought about stress differently. They turn it into a way of energizing the motivation(激活动力) to achieve a goal. Also, the exercise changed their body responses for the better, preparing the body to respond to events as a challenge.
"Difficulty and struggle are your friends." says one of the researchers. "Those experiences don't feel good at the moment. But if we want to be excellent, that's what we have to experience. The exercise could be put into further use. It could be especially made for players or office workers in the future. Once it has been fully tested, the exercise could be ready for use in high schools and colleges nationwide.
The researchers says, "Our studies suggest that we might not teach young people that they are too weak to get over difficulties, instead, we should provide them with resources and guidance so that young people can show their skills and creativity in dealing with big problems."
A. Ask information questions. B. Smile. C. Be a good listener. D. Make the conversation interesting. E. Have some topics ready to start a conversation. |
Do you like to meet new people? Do you like to talk, or are you shy? Whatever your answers are, this guide can help you improve your conversation skills.
To begin with, say something about the weather or the place you're in. Talk about the weekend - we all have something to say about weekends!
Know about events in the news. Read restaurant and movie reviews. Find out about the popular music scene or what's new in fashion or sports.
Keep eye contact and say, "Yes," "Hmm," "Uh-huh," "Right," and "I know." And say, "Really?" "That's interesting." It encourages people to talk.
Ask questions like "What do you do in your free time?" or "What kind of food do you like?" Use follow-up questions to keep the conversation going.
Be polite
Responses like "I have no comment" and "I don't know." can sound rude. And if you don't want to answer a personal question, simply say, "Oh, I'm not sure I can answer that," or "I'd rather not say."
What does the passage mainly talk about?
Mrs. Mueller, a gentle old lady, was our next-door neighbor. She had lost her husband and didn't have children. She always treated us 1 . My sister Laurel and I considered her our special friend.
Early in December, Mrs. Mueller went to the 2 and had to stay there for some time. We considered what 3 to give her after her getting well again. We knew she would be home a few days before Christmas to a(n) 4 house with no holiday decorations(装饰). We lit upon the idea of decorating a small tree with lights and cheer to greet her. We were 5 how to carry out our plan when the answer appeared.
I was in Miss O'Keefe's class. We had decorated a small beautiful 6 in art class. Best of all, it had to be 7 from the classroom before Christmas vacation.
Miss O'Keefe said there'd be a drawing(抽奖) for the tree. We'd each write our name on a piece of paper and put it in the shoebox. The last day before the 8 , she'd draw a name from the box, and that student could take the tree home.
As I put my 9 paper into the box, I whispered(低) to Miss O'Keefe that I really hoped I'd win the tree 10 my sister and I wanted to give it to our neighbor. I was sure to get it for our good reason: We wanted to make Mrs. Mueller 11 .
The day came. Miss O'Keefe announced(宣布) it was time for the 12 . I held my breath as she took the lid off the shoebox, 13 her eyes, turned her hand around in the box, and drew one out. She opened her eyes, unfolded the paper, looked at it, and 14 , "Holly Wheeler has won the tree."
The next day, when Mrs. Mueller's car came, we hurried over to 15 her back. We followed as she slowly walked into the house and turned on the lights. Then she saw the tree. First, there was a look of surprise. Then, a sweet smile appeared, her eyes filled with tears. She softly said, "Thank you".
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Reading is really important. Hopefully, we can get (知识) through reading, which not only broadens our horizons, but also makes us (明智的) and happier. Moreover, our school studies can be greatly influenced if we keep reading, and our (将来) will become brighter.
However, some students spend too much time (使用) their mobile phones to listen to music, watch movies or play online games. So I would like to (建议)that everyone should do more reading of good books, (尤其;特别) Chinese classic novels every day. In this way, we can (传播;展开) our Chinese traditional culture. Meanwhile, we can enrich our minds quite a lot by reading regularly and it is also good for us to get fully developed and it can help improve our writing (能力). Surely, we can read books (独自;单独), or with our friends.
All in all, doing reading does us much good if we do it from now on, and it is strongly suggested that we should make reading a (习惯) of our life. To carry a book with you wherever you go is old and good advice. John Adams asked his son to carry a book. "You will never be lonely," he said, "with a writer in your pocket."
Linda is from England. She has exciting job. She's been taking (photo) all over the world for many years, and she loves traveling. Traveling is exciting, sometimes it can be hard. Several years ago, Linda was in a terrible bus accident. A truck hit the bus and caught fire. She (save) by two tourists who pulled her out of the bus and took her to a nearby village. The people in the village took care of her as much as they could, but there weren't any doctors and there was no medicine, and she needed to get to a hospital. She was (bad) hurt.
Luckily, a stranger offered (help) her. Linda hadn't met (he) before, but he(drive) her for eight hours to a hospital in the city.
Linda nearly lost her life in the accident, but she had a goal. This goal helped her to get better and better. Her goal was to climb Alps(阿尔卑斯山) which is (high) mountain in Europe and just a few years her accident, she did it!
Linda has never forgotten the strangers who helped her. She says she's alive today because of the kindness of strangers.
From: Jim |
To: Li Ping |
Hi Li Ping, How are you doing? These days, I am reading a book about Chinese culture. And I have great interest in traditional Chinese festivals. Could you please tell me about your favorite festival? What do you usually do during the festival? Looking forward to your reply. Yours, Jim |
From: Li Ping |
To: Jim |
Hi Jim, Yours, Li Ping |