Many people don't like to stay at home on holidays. They want to go out to see something 1 or do something exciting. People from the countryside go to the 2, and people from the city go to the countryside for holidays. During the holidays, trains, buses and planes are all very busy. It is very 3 to buy train tickets or air tickets. Many people 4 cars or buses for travelling.
Last National Day, my family went to the countryside by car for our 5. There was too much traffic on the road. We had to move very 6. It took us about an hour to get out of the town. After some time, we 7 to a hill. It was green and beautiful. We thought that was a good place for a 8, so we stopped and 9 the food, fruits and drinks out of the car. We sat down and began to eat. Suddenly, a strong wind came and soon it started to 10. We all got wet. We had to run back to our car and had our picnic in the car. Then we drove home. What a bad trip we had!
Once there was a fairy (仙女) on an island. She was the strongest and cleverest among all fairies. However, she was very ugly. On the island, every fairy thought beauty was the most important thing for a fairy, so the ugly fairy had no friends. Every time she was sent to save someone in trouble, before she could say a word, the person would shout loudly, "Ugly! Get out of here, right now!"
She once wanted to use her magic to become beautiful, but she remembered what her mother told her, "My dear, you are what you are, and never change your look unless you are in danger."
One day, some witches(巫婆) from another island attacked the island—the ugly fairy's home. All the fairies were sent to prison. The ugly fairy changed herself into a witch just before she was caught. Then she followed the witches back to their island and held a party for them. While the witches were having fun at the party, she went to free all the fairies. When all the fairies were free, they worked together to fight against the witches and put them in prison.
All the fairies realized that beauty was not the most important thing. After that, they didn't laugh at the ugly fairy any more.
The Milu deer is a kind of animal with large horns (角). They used to be common in China a long time ago. They lived together and ate grass and the soft parts of trees. In the past, people did not protect the Milu deer but killed them for food or sport, so they disappeared from China.
Fortunately, before all of them disappeared, the Duke of Bedford (贝德福特公爵) took some to Britain. The Milu deer liked the cool, wet weather in England and their number increased year by year. When in 1985 the government of China wanted to bring back the Milu deer, the Duke of Bedford could help. The first deer came back to China to the Nanhaizi Milu Park near Beijing and to Dafeng, Jiangsu Province.
Since they returned to China, their number has grown quickly. There are now so many of them that a new park has been opened for them in Hubei Province. Now the Milu deer live in the wildlife parks and have good protection. We hope that one day they can live in the wild again.
If you want to study an interesting subject this summer, and improve your English at the same time, Highbury College is offering three very good courses. The first one is English Literature, and it mainly talks about writers in the 1900s. The second one is British Culture, and teachers will take students to some museums. The third one is Modem Architecture, and students can visit some of the city's most famous buildings.
All the courses begin on 14 June and end on 12 July. Classes are from 9: 00 a. m. to 3: 30 p. m., so you have enough time for other activities in the long summer evenings. Fridays are free for you to have a rest because there are lessons on Saturdays and Sundays too.
The price of each course is￡25. The price includes your accommodations (住宿) at the college, all books, all meals and full use of the library. But if you need to take the school bus, you need to buy tickets yourself.
All the courses are for beginners, so don't worry if you know little about these courses. Come to join us, and I'm sure you will have an enjoyable summer!
①books ②meals
③use of the library ④use of the school bus
The Albert Bridge is a road bridge over the River Thames in West London. It connects Chelsea on the north bank to Battersea on the south bank. Designed by Rowland Mason Ordish, people began to build this bridge on 23 August, 1873. Later the bridge was dangerous. Between 1884 and 1887, some people changed it. In 1973, people changed it again. Today the bridge is a hybrid (混合的) of three different styles.
Built as a toll bridge (收费大桥), it was unsuccessful. People paid when they used the bridge. People didn't like it. From 1879 people didn't pay.
One hundred years ago, people started to use cars on the bridge. The bridge's condition got worse as the result of traffic. The bridge wasn't very strong. People wanted it only for walking. But the bridge was open to cars. Of course, there were some limits for cars. Now many cars don't use this bridge.
The Albert bridge is one of the prettiest bridges in London. The bridge has a name "The Trembling Lady". It can shake when a lot of people walk on it.
In England, a primary school is the first one to allow student to wear slippers (拖鞋) in class. a great and strange decision!
One teacher says the atmosphere (气氛) in her classroom is much (good) than before. Some teachers are talking about their students' change. They are happy and (surprise) because lots of students study and behave well. All in all, every teacher (agree) that the decision is so perfect.
The school also discovers that shoeless children may behave do better in exams. Now, it is thinking about making slippers part of (it) uniform. In fact, there is survey about wearing slippers. The survey lasts 10 years. According to it, (wear) slippers can help students get a quieter environment. Besides, most children wearing slippers usually go to school earlier, leave later and read more.
Maybe your school (make) the same decision one day.
