It is interesting to visit another country, 1 there are some questions. When we don't know the culture very 2, it may be difficult to talk 3 the people there, we may not know how to do shopping.
In a foreign country, we might（可能）not know where to eat or what to order in a restaurant. It is not easy to decide 4 to tip（付小费）waiters or taxi drivers. When we 5 help, we might not know how to ask for help. It is not happy to have an experience（经历）6 that.
7 a short time, then we learn what to do and what to say. We learn 8 life in 9 country, and may be we don't want 10.
There was a story many years ago of a school teacher— Mrs. Thompson. She told the children on the first day that she loved them all the same. But that was a lie. There in the front row was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard. He didn't play well with the other children and he always needed a bath. She did not like him.
Then Mrs. Thompson got to know that Teddy was actually a very good boy before the death of his mother. Mrs. Thompson was ashamed(惭愧的) of herself. She felt even worse, like all her other students, Teddy brought her a Christmas present too. It was his mother's perfume(香水)。
Teddy said, "Mrs. Thompson, today you smell just like my Mom used to." After the children left she cried for at least an hour. On that day, she stopped teaching reading, writing and math. Instead, she began to teach children.
Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy. The boy's mind seemed to come alive. The more she encouraged him, the faster he improved. By the end of the sixth grade, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class.
Six years went by before she got a note from Teddy. He wrote that he had finished high school, third in his class, and she was still the best teacher he ever had in his whole life. He went to college. Mrs. Thompson got two more letters from him with the last one signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, M. D.(医学博士).
The story doesn't end there. On his wedding（婚礼） day, Dr. Stoddard whispered（低声的说） in Mrs. Thompson's ear, "Thank you, Mrs. Thompson, for believing in me. You made me feel important and showed me that I could make a difference."
Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back, "Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn't know how to teach until I met you."
Jill Jones got a new job in a different part of the city. She had to go to work every day by train.
There was only one other person on the train with her. He was a well-dressed man reading a newspaper. Suddenly, about halfway through the journey, the man began tearing（撕） his newspaper into hundreds of small pieces. Then he picked them up, opened the window and threw them all out. Then he sat down, closed his eyes, and slept for the rest of the journey again.
The next day, Jill got on the same train. The same well-dressed man was there, reading a newspaper. As before, about halfway through the journey, the man began tearing his newspaper into hundreds of small pieces. Then he picked the pieces up, opened the window and threw them all out. This done, he sat down, closed his eyes, and slept for the rest of the journey. This happened every day for a week.
At last, on Friday, Jill spoke to the man. "Excuse me, sir," she said, "I don't want to be rude, but I must ask you a question. When we are halfway through our journey, you tear your newspaper into hundreds of pieces and then throw them all out of the window. Please tell me, sir. Why do you do this?"
The well-dressed man smiled. "There is a simple reason," he said. "I like to sleep for part of the journey, but I cannot sleep if the train is full of elephants. So I throw the pieces of paper out to the elephants. It stops them from coming into the train."
"But there aren't any elephants on the train," Jill said. "I know," the man said. "It works well, doesn't it?
These days, more and more young people wish to be more beautiful, so they turn to plastic surgery(整形手术) for help. They spend thousands of yuan on these painful surgeries to fix(修整) their nose to change their eyelids(眼皮) or to take off weight from their stomachs.
In fact, most people are not pleased with the way they look. Even the most beautiful actresses often wish they could change something about their looks. Should we live our whole lives believing we are ugly? Why can't we raise our head high and believe that we are as beautiful as others? A smile is beautiful on any face, whether fat, oily or hairy. And a kind heart is much more beautiful than a pretty look.
So, let's feel grateful(感激的) that we all have beautiful and healthy bodies that do not need surgeries! Today, I call on you to make an easy change: hold your head high! smile and be kind to others. If you do these, you will be full of confidence(自信), beauty, and warmth everywhere you go.
The doorbell rang and Mrs. Carson opened the front floor. Her heart sank w she saw Mrs. Burbridge. W Mrs. Burbridge called; she stayed for hours and hours. "Good afternoon, Mrs. Carson," Mrs. Burbridge said. "Do come in," Just a Mrs. Carson had feared, Mrs. Burbridge stayed for several hours. It was nearly six o'clock a Mr. Carson would be home from work soon……
Mrs. Carson kept wondering h she would ask Mrs. Burbridge to leave without making her angry. "Has your husband got home from work y ," Mrs. Carson asked. "Oh, yes," Mrs. Burbridge answered. "He always gets home at about five o'clock……" "It's nearly six o'clock. Won't he be getting worried about you?" Mrs. Carson said.
"I thought of t ," Mrs. Burbridge said. " b it's so pleasant here. We've had such a lovely afternoon. You know w I'll do?" I'll ring up my husband a tell him to come round, too. May I use your phone, please?"
Have you ever wondered what an American high school is really like? This article will describe a typical (典型的) high school and its students.
A typical American high school has several large buildings and enough space for about 1,500 students. Every student is given a locker. When students first arrive at school, they go straight to their lockers to put away or get their textbooks and to hang up their outdoor clothes. As American textbooks are expensive, students would rather loan(租借) than buy them. Students must pay back if they lost any of them.
American students have different types of school transport. They usually take a yellow school bus or walk to school if they live close enough. Sometimes their parents drive them to school. When they turn 16 years of age, most take a free driving class at school for one term. If students earn passing grades in the class and also pass their state driver's exam, they can begin driving themselves to school.
Each day, students take six or seven classes. They must take science, math, English and social studies. They can choose art, homemaking, fashion design and other classes. In some schools students are required to take one or more of the following special classes: health education, physical education or foreign language studies. Students move to different classrooms for each subject. This is because each teacher has their own classroom. There is a five-minute break between classes, to give the students the time to hurry to their next class.
The regular school day usually ends early in the afternoon. After school more than half of the students are involved in after-school activities. These activities include sports-especially football, basketball, baseball and soccer or clubs, such as yearbook, speech, school newspaper, photograph or student government.
Title: in an American High School
Outline | Details |
Introduction | ◇It gives an overview of a typical American high school and its . |
Lockers and textbooks | ◇Every student has a locker for textbooks and clothes. ◇They prefer loaning textbooks to them. |
transport | ◇Students usually go to school by bus or on foot. Sometimes their send them to school by car. ◇They can drive themselves to school when they are over 16 and have passed the required tests. |
Classes and classrooms | ◇Students have to take main classes, elective classes and sometimes one or more classes. ◇They go to classrooms for each subject. |
After-school activities | ◇After school most of the students take part in their faviourite activities, including sports and clubs. |
Men have always wondered about the earth they live on and about the ①_____ above them.
When early men looked at the night sky, they asked themselves a lot of questions. They looked at the moon, and wondered what this strange bright object in the sky was. They did not understand why it changed its shape from night to night. They looked at the stars and planets. They also wondered why some of them changed their positions, while others did not.
②他们也思考地球的形状。 Most early people believed the earth was flat.
③In different parts of the world, there were different ideas about the universe. The ancient Greeks were the first people to study the universe(宇宙) more scientifically. In the sixth century BC Pythagoras put forward the idea that the world was round. However, he could not explain why people at the bottom of the world did not fall off.
It was not until the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries that scientists found the answers to some important questions. ④With the help of Galileo's telescope, people could see the sky more clearly, and find the positions of the stars and planets. Finally in 1665, Isaac Newton explained to the world what gravity (重力) was and people at last understood why they did not fall off the earth.
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Galileo's telescope made for people to see the sky more clearly, and to find the positions of the stars and planets.
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The population of people in Beijing than in Shanghai。
He said English in the morning good learning English well.
the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy.
My parents were always for me when I was up.
A: Excuse me, I am a reporter from a student magazine. ？
B: Sure, please.
A: ?
B: I am from Germany.
A: ?
B: I got here the day before yesterday.
A: How do you like Lanzhou?
B: I like your city very much. The people here are very friendly. But I'm still not used to the weather here. I have a sore throat today.
A: The weather in Lanzhou is kind of dry. Drinking more water can make you feel better.
B: Thanks for your suggestion.
A: ?
B: Of course not. I come here for watching Lanzhou International Marathon. And then I'm planning to go to Dunhuang for a tour.
A: Great. Thank you for answering my questions. !
B: Thank you.
