I used to live in my own room alone. But one day it all changed when my brother Jack asked to share my 1. At first, my parents said "no" to him, but at last my mother agreed. I cried and asked my parents not to do this, 2 it didn't work.
As soon as Jack entered (进来) my room, it began to become 3. To my anger, he often left his unwashed clothes and toys everywhere!
One evening, I was doing some 4 on my computer while Jack was listening to music.5, I left my seat to get some water. A big surprise was waiting for me when I 6. He was using my computer to play games. I had forgotten to save (保存) the homework. Sadly, he had closed my program 7 saving it—all I had done had disappeared (消失)! I 8 him. He cried a lot as my mother came and beat him. My mother also asked him to leave my room at once.
Then I did my homework 9. At 10:00 pm. I finished it. When I was going to turn off the 10, I saw the photo of my 11 that he had put on my table. I looked at his lovely face and remembered how 12 he was when my mom beat him. I really felt 13. I went to see what he was doing. I found he was 14 in my parents' bed. I kissed his face. He woke up, got up and said, "I'm sorry. I won't bring you any more trouble."
I was so moved (感动的) and said, "From now on, my room is not only mine. It is 15!" That very night, Jack and I shared not only the room, but the bed.
Mr. Green made a robot. He could say only one sentence—“There is no doubt (疑问) about it.” The robot always repeated the same words when you spoke to him.
One day, Mr. Green needed lots of money and he took the robot to the market to sell him. “Who will buy my robot? He is very smart,” he shouted, “Twenty thousand dollars for my robot!”
A man was surprised that he was asking for so much money. Instead of asking Mr. Green why he wanted so much money, he decided to speak to the robot. “Are you worth (值) twenty thousand dollars?” he asked the robot. “There is no double about it,” answered the robot.
The man liked the robot's answer so much that he bought him and carried him home. But very soon he found that the robot could say nothing else. He was sorry he bought the robot. He stood in front of the robot and said, “How foolish I was to throw so much money away！”
“There is no doubt about it,” said the robot.
People's likes and dislikes are different, so they have different ambitions (愿望). Now let's look at the following characters' likes, dislikes and ambitions.
I enjoy helping people, but I can't stand working at nights and on weekends. I want to be a doctor or a social worker. —Jim | I'm good at explaining things and I really like children. I can't stand working long time. I think I'd like to be a nurse or a teacher. —Jill |
I really like doing things with my hands. I also enjoy working with wood. I don't enjoy working in the same place every day, and I don't like being in noisy places. I think I'd like to be a factory worker or a carpenter (木匠). —Anita | I'm really interested in meeting people, and I enjoy wearing different clothes every day. I'm not so good at organizing my time or computers. I am going to be a model or an accountant (会计师). —Maria |
Rainforests (热带雨林) cover six percent of the earth's surface (表面). There are rainforests in many parts of the world. About 75 percent of animals live in rainforests. There are many beautiful birds, insects and so on. Some of them live on the ground, some live under the ground and others live in the trees, over 30 meters from the ground. It is always hot in the rainforests and the ground is always wet. It is also very dark there.
The rainforests are very important for us. We need them! The trees and other plants in the forest help to make the air clean. They also help to control (控制) the temperature.
Unfortunately, in many places, the rainforests are in danger. For example, many years ago there was a large rainforest in Java, but now there is nothing. The same thing happens now in many other parts of the world. It's time to take action to save the rainforests. We can never imagine a world without rainforests. If rainforests disappeared from the earth, we wouldn't find any trees, flowers or fruits. What's more, we wouldn't get clean air, and we wouldn't find any animals. The worst result would be that we wouldn't find any humans.
All living things on the earth need other living things to live. Nothing lives alone. Most animals must live in a group, and even a plant grows close together with others of the same kind. Sometimes one living thing kills another, one eats and the other is eaten. Each kind of life eats another kind of life in order to live, and together they form a food chain (食物链). Some food chains are simple, while others are not. But all food chains begin with the sun, and all food chains become broken up if one of the links (联系) disappears.
All life needs sunlight to live on. But only plants can use sunlight directly (直接). Plants are “factories”. They make food from sunlight, water and things in the soil (土壤) and air.
Plants feed all other living things. Animals can only use the sun's energy (能量) after it has been changed into food by plants. Some animals feed directly on plants, others eat smaller animals. Meat-eating animals are only eating plants indirectly.
What about human beings? We are members of many food chains. We eat wheat (小麦), rice, vegetables, fruits and so on. We also eat meat and drink milk. But humans often break up the food chains. They kill wild animals. They also make rivers, lakes and seas dirty. When these rivers, lakes and seas are polluted, the fish in them cannot be eaten. If men eat the fish, they will get strange diseases (疾病).
Each form of life is linked to all others. Breaking the links puts all life in danger.
My hobby is playing chess — one of the greatest games in the world. My mum taught me how to play when I was seven years old. But then, on my eighth birthday, I won for the first time. I nearly always beat her now.
To learn the rules doesn't take long. One day is enough. But if you want to be good, you have to practice for years. — just a chess set and someone to play with. Chess sets can be very cheap, or quite expensive. Some people collect chess sets as a hobby, but I enjoy playing.
We meet on Wednesday every week to practice. I am the best player in the club, and the captain（队长）of the school chess team. This year we won the All England Schools Championship (冠军赛).
I'm saving up my money to buy a chess computer. They are very expensive, but also very good for practice. I'm sure I will be a world chess champion some day.
A. I have many chess sets. B. There is a chess club in our school. C. You don't need much to play chess. D. She beat me every time for the first year. E. That way, I'll always have someone to play with. |
spend time give happy children trouble have study for unable |
Kate is a very kind girl. She is always willing to help people who are in . Now Kate is in the university of Texas. At the same time, she is volunteering to teach at Heart House in her free . Heart House is a local (当地) after-school program for children. It provides some extra education those children who are not doing well in their studies.
Kate also made a website (网站) for Heart House. In this way, more people have more chances to learn about Heart House and help the there.
Because of Kate's website, every week 125 volunteers about four hours helping the children at Heart House now. “Without Kate's website, Heart House would be to have enough volunteers. We thanked her so much. ” the program leader says.
“I feel happy to teach those kids how to study. The thing is that I can also learn a lot from them. I won't up volunteering after graduation (毕业). I hope to continue teaching kids who need help,” Kate says.
It was a cold night. The taxi driver didn't take even one passenger all day. When he went by the train station, he saw a young man coming out with two bags in his hands. So he drove to him and asked, “Where are you going, sir?”
“To the MP Hotel,” the young man answered. When the taxi driver heard this, he didn't feel happy any more. The young man would give him only three dollars because the hotel was near the train station. But suddenly, he had an idea. He took the young man through many streets of the big city. After a long time, they arrived at the hotel. “Here we are! You should pay me seventeen dollars, please,” the taxi driver said to the young man. “What? Seventeen dollars! Do you think I'm a fool? Only last week, I took a taxi from the train station to this hotel and I only gave the driver fifteen dollars. I know how much I have to pay for the trip.”
