David has different dreams at different ages. He drawing at 10. He wanted to be an artist in the future then. Soon he thought it was and gave up the hobby. Now he is and he likes playing the piano. He is in the school Music Club and he goes there a week. He wants to be a in the future.
I was doing my homework one night when the lights suddenly went out. The flats in the opposite building were also in complete darkness.
While my parents groped (摸索) their way to 1 candles, I found my way to the 2. It was black outside as it was a moonless night. I could see the headlights of cars and buses on the road were on. The traffic became 3 because the traffic lights were not working.
After 4 the candles in our flat, my father took his torch(手电筒) and went out to check the lifts. I followed 5. All the lifts 6 working. And unluckily, some people were trapped(困在) in one of them. We called the fire station and a group of firemen 7 arrived to rescue these people. After helping the firemen, my father and I 8 our flat.
We carefully locked the doors and windows and then went to bed. The next morning, 9 I woke up, I quickly tested the light. I was 10 to find it working. Like others, I think the blackout (停电) brings problems and difficulties to our lives. I really hope that it won't happen too often.
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RULES ON THE MTR TRAINS At the station: ◇Line up (排队) and wait for the train. ◇Let people get off first. ◇Do not run for the train. It is dangerous. ◇When you hear a "beep" sound, do not get on the train. The door is closing. Wait for another train. On the train: ◇Do not eat or drink on the train. It makes the train dirty. ◇Do not run on the train. ◇If you need any help, call the attendant (乘务员) on the train. |
Kevin is a cute boy. One day, his mother asks him to buy some food. He buys six eggs, five bananas, four apples, three oranges, two doughnuts (甜甜圈) and some biscuits in the shop. But on the way home, Kevin meets some animals and they want some of the food in his bag.
When he comes out of the shop, he first meets a bear. "I want those eggs," says the bear. "If I throw an egg up in the air, I don't think you can get it," says Kevin. In this way, he saves all but one broken (破碎的) egg. And then he meets other animals. A monkey wants the bananas; a giraffe wants the apples; a duck wants the oranges; a pig wants the doughnuts, and an elephant wants the biscuits. Kevin thinks of some other ways to keep his food in the bag safe. When he gets home with all the food, his mother is happy.
On most weekends, you can find Zoe Stone. 8. in front of a computer. But she isn't playing games or watching videos. She's learning how to write code.
Code is a set of instructions (指令). It tells a computer what to do. Coders are the people who write the instructions for a computer. Coders make websites or apps. Apps can be used for everything from playing games to checking the weather. Coders solve problems and work together. They know how to think big and small.
Zoe began to learn coding when she was 4 years old. She uses coding to create art, solve problems and make games. Zoe likes coding because it's creative. "Coding is really fun," she said. "You can show what you think in what you make."
How does Zoe learn coding? She takes classes at Code. org. The website offers hundreds of free code lessons for kids. In fact, more than 29 million students in 180 countries use it. It hopes to bring coding to even more kids.
"We believe that every child should have the chance to learn about computers and coding," said Alice Steinglass, the president (负责人) of Code. org. "Computers are part of our world," she said. "It's important for kids to understand how they work."
Once upon a time, a proud (骄傲的) Swallow lived in a large tree. He liked his colorful feathers (羽毛) and his long tail so much that he believed nothing could be better than them. One day he saw a Crow and thought. "How silly this bird is! All his feathers are black." He looked at himself lovingly and enjoyed his own feathers.
Just then, the crow flew and sat on the same branch as the Swallow. The Swallow said, "All your feathers are black and your tail is so short." The Crow smiled and said. "But they help me fly." The Swallow said. "So do mine. But look at how beautiful they are!" He spread (展开) his wings and flew a little closer to the Crow. The Crow saw that the Swallow had lots of blue feathers and some white and pink ones, too. He looked at his own feathers and thought, "It's true. The Swallow's feathers are much prettier than mine."
The Crow said, "Swallow, you're right. You have lovely feathers and a long tail, but only in summer. Your little feathers cannot keep you warm in winters at all. While you shiver (颤抖) in the cold, my thick feathers keep me warm in the cold winters."
What's a post office like in your city? Vanuatu is a small island country in the South Pacific. There is an underwater post office. It is about 50 meters off the coast of Vanuatu.
The post office looks like a big can (罐头). It opened in 2003. It makes it possible for visitors to send postcards back home from under the sea. It's only open for one hour every day. The postcards and the stamps are waterproof (防水的).
Now it's one of the busiest post offices for postcards in the world. Visitors from around the world want to experience the underwater post office. "Every week, hundreds of visitors post their postcards here," Vira Timbaci says.
Timbaci is in control of the underwater post office. It's his job to make sure that the postcards are collected on time at 3 pm each day. Sometimes he asks great divers (潜水员) for help. "Swimming to the post office is a great way to see the sea life," Timbaci says. "It's really beautiful here."
In the years since its opening, there are several other underwater post offices. For example, there is one in Malaysia at a depth (深) of 40 meters. It's the deepest in the world so far. But the one in Vanuatu will go down in history as the first of its kind.
Have you seen the hottest video on the Internet recently? It is about 7-year-old boy called Rudolph Ingram. He (finish) a 100-meter race in 13. 48 seconds! It'll be a new U. S. record for his age group. People are all surprised: fast he is! An Internet user even said that Ingram made other runners in the race look turtles (乌龟).
Ingram trained (be) a runner at the age of four. The training was very hard, but he enjoyed it he wanted to be closer to his dream-beating Usain Bolt, the fastest man in the world. Since 2016, Ingram has won lots of competitions.
Ingram can't achieve success by (he). His father plays an important part. He never misses any of Ingram's (game). He always tells his boy never to give up (practice). "All of my son's hard work has paid off (获得回报). I am so (cheer). I hope he loves what he does. And I'll always be behind him, "the father said.
