Sometimes people can have fights, but friendship is a valuable gift. But with a little effort to step outside of your comfort zone(舒适区), you can easily make friends. Here you can find some places to make new friends.
Join an organization or a club. This is a great way to find other people who have common interests.In fact, some of the most valuable friendships are between two people who don't have much in common at all. However, if you like a specific topic, try finding a place where you can meet people who share that interest.
A common mistake is that you have to be really good at playing a special sport in order to make friends with others on the team. In fact, as long as you enjoy the sport and support your teammates, joining a team with a relaxed attitude could be a great way to make new friends.
Volunteer. Volunteering is also a good way for people of all ages to meet others. By working together, you'll build relationships with people.
Make yourself available. If you want to make friends, you first need to put yourself out there somehow to meet people.It doesn't have to be a crowded table, but one with at least two other people. Remember, friends seldom come knocking on your door while you sit alone at home.
A. Join a sports team.
B. Sometimes, good friends are hard to find.
C. Do well in sport in order to make new friends.
D. If you're still in school, sit somewhere with other people.
E. So you can devote your time to a local nursing home or a hospital.
F. It is not easy at all to get along with new friends when you study in a middle school.
G. You don't need to have lots of common interests with people to make friends with them.
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删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Last vacation, I take a journey to the Nanxi River, which lie in the southeast of Zhejiang. It is a water theme park. The water sports equipment makes the world to come to life. It is also known as the ancient buildings and cultures. Besides, there are some another things that I will never forget, such as special noodles or all kinds of fruits. How deliciously they are! There are many excellent hotels near the Nanxi River, the prices of that are different. So travelers can choose the most suitable one. Travelers can also see the scenery from the hotel windows. In word, here is the perfect mix of funs.
A little girl grew a 40-pound cabbage, feeding 275 people. Now, she's 1it her life.
Most children have2such as playing outside and swimming with friends. But this little girl has a hobby that's3from all of her friends. And it was this hobby that has4her to be able to help her community.
5Katie Stagliano was around 9 years old, she was given a class project to 6her first cabbage in her home garden. It didn't even take long to7and begin to grow. As friends came over, they pointed out it is8than any of theirs. They asked her what she had 9and she just told them that she watered it every day. But it didn't 10long for it to grow bigger and bigger. It grew so large that the cabbage11weighing 40 pounds! Kate then decided that she could use this cabbage to do something12for the community. So she took the huge cabbage to a local soup kitchen, where they13 it with ham and rice. Because of her cabbage, 275 poor people were14
She began to realize that15and helping people are what she likes to do most. So, she decided to16her first garden on the land.
Katie is now 18 years old, and has set up her own non-profit organization called “Katie's Krops” with the17of her family friends. She has 18over 200,000 dollars! And there're over 100 “Katie's Krops” in the US. She 19gardening and loves encouraging other children to experience the20of gardening as well.
The following books provide tips on how to learn languages for language learners.
The Vocab Cookbook
by Kerstin Hammes
The book is mainly about the best vocabulary learning methods and explains them step by step. It shows you how to choose your best vocabulary learning method, where to find the best system for remembering words forever, how vocabulary learning methods can be turned into your own learning styles, and how remembering grammar is different from remembering vocabulary.
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Fluent in 3 Months by Benny Lewis
Benny Lewis, who has been travelling around the world and learning languages since 2003, runs the language-learning blog, Fluent In 3 Months, and works hard to find better, faster, and more efficient ways to learn languages. This book is a collection of tips on how to learn any language quickly. Many of the tips have appeared on his blog, and many tips and resources are available there for readers of this book.
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How to Learn Any Language by Barry M. Farber
If you're considering learning a language and are not sure where or how to start, this book will help point you in the right direction. It's full of practical tips on how to study and includes a brief introduction to some of the world's main languages.
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Language is Music by Susanna Zaraysky
The book makes learning foreign languages fun, easy and affordable through watching TV, listening to music, going to cultural events and other enjoyable activities. also it includes suggestions of many online resources you can use to help you learn languages.
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People say that one man can't make a difference, but Abdul Samad Sheikh, a 60-year-old rickshaw(人力车)driver from Bangladesh, has proved that doing a small thing over a long period of time can mean very much. He has planted at least one tree every day since he was 12 years old, which means that he has so far planted a small forest of over 17,500 trees. Imagine if everyone followed his example.
Abdul has worked as a rickshaw driver for most of his life. He makes a little money from his job, which is only enough to put food on the table for his family, but he somehow tries to also buy at least one tree everyday. He considers it his duty to the world. Mostly he plants them on government land so nobody can cut them down later. He also them, and if he sees anyone cutting a tree, he blames them.
Abdul, this wife Jorna, and four of their children live in two old houses, on a piece of land that is owned by the Faridpur deputy commissioner's office. They have no land of their own.
Sometimes, she commands him not to plant trees but he doesn't listen. Abdul's 30-year-old son, Kutub Uddin, has never told his father not to plant trees, because he thinks his father does a good thing for society.
Abdul's neighbors all know about his daily habit, and praise his work. Whoever can ask of him anything, he will do his best to help. Therefore, Abdul is loved by neighbors.
For his efforts, Abdul Samad Sheikh was recently honored by The Daily Star, and given $1, 253 to help him build a better home for his family. The Daily Star hoped everyone to follow his example, and protect the environment.
“I can't do it alone. I need the help of you all,” Abdul said in his speech.
As the world around them is changing, teenagers continue to need guidance and support from both parents. Studies show that teens who have an active relationship with their fathers are less likely(可能的)to involve themselves in dangerous behaviors and more likely to succeed in school and develop higher self-worth, because their fathers go beyond social expectations to devote attention to them.
Peer(同龄人)pressure has always been a big part of the teens' experience. Even the best father can't completely protect their kids from the growing influence of their peer group. However, studies show that teenagers whose fathers focus on their lives are more likely to resist (抵抗)the more bad effects of peer pressure, taking drugs, for example.
Teens may not like to admit it, but they are watching their parents closely and often follow their example. An interesting finding explains just how important parents are, especially Dad. Swiss researchers discovered that if Dad attends church, even though Mom doesn't, 44 percent of the kids are still more likely to keep going to church as adults. But if Mom goes regularly and Dad never shows up, only 2 percent of the kids continue to attend.
Teenagers face a lot of difficult choices, especially in their later teens. Fathers don't get to make those choices for them, but they can be influenced. For example, teenagers can learn a lot from their parents' concern on what to do when they finish high school. Should they go directly to college and, if so, where? Should they consider going to trade schools, joining the army or looking for a job? A father's guidance brings a long-term perspective that teens often lack to these important decisions.
Since his students began using Quizlet, English teacher Tristan Thorne has noticed an improvement in their ability to learn and use new words. Quizlet is a learning App, a computer program you use on your mobile phone. It can help users build and test their knowledge of English words. Quizlet has word sets for millions of subjects. And, it is quickly becoming a useful mobile tool for language learners.
Thorne teachers at Columbia University in New York City. Thanks to learning Apps, Jeff Strack, another English teacher, has also notice improvement in his students' ability to remember information. He teaches at Hostos Community College, also in New York. He and Thorne are part of a growing number of language educators adding mobile Apps to their classes.
Strack and Thorne seem to agree that the days when teachers would not permit the use of mobile phones are gone. When they use Apps, language learners communicate more differently than in a traditional classroom. Users act on or respond to something, instead of just listening to new information.
Thorne believes that Apps can help learners become more active in learning. For example, each week, his students are required to add vocabulary words into Quizlet for others to use. He says some Apps also make it easy for students to know their language strengths and weaknesses.
The biggest improvement Strack has seen in his students is that they are much more active in whole-class or small-group discussions. “Apps let all students take part in the activity, whether it's a game, quiz or practice activity.” he says.
Many existing learning Apps are designed for students of all ages and levels. Some are designed for group activities. some support independent learning. Still some are good for homework. Thorne says he especially likes Quizlet and three other Apps: QR Codes, Socrative and Evernote.
Alexander Graham Bell was an influential scientist, engineer and (invent). He was born on March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is widely credited with the invention of the first telephone. Bell's mother and wife(be)both deaf, which had an effecthis work.
When he was 23, Bell and his parents moved to Canada. Bell studied the human voice and worked with different schools fordeaf. He experimented with sound, working with sound, working with equipment used to send different(message)and record sound. He worked on acoustic telegraphy(声报机)with an electrical designer (name)Thomas Watson.
On February 14, 1876, Bell and Elisha Gray, an American electrical engineer, both filed patents(申请专利)covering the transmission (传送)of sounds telegraphically. Finally, Bel(give)the patent. A few days(late), he succeeded in(get)his telephone to work.
Bell improved the design and by 1886 more than 150,000 people owned telephones in the United States. He once said, “The day will come when the man at the telephone will be able to see the distant person to he is speaking.”
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Dear Bruce,
Yours,
Li Hua
