—We can plant more trees and stop polluting rivers in our everyday life.
— A car came along suddenly and came fast towards him.
—So can you give us a little more time, Miss Yang?
—I agree, especially some dangerous sports.
— I didn't sleep well last night. The music next door almost drove me mad.
In the United States, high school graduation is an important event in the lives of students. On that day, some 1 schoolmates come back to the school. Many parents also 2 part in the graduation. They spend the happy time together 3their children.
The graduation meeting usually 4 at the school gym, which is often followed by a big 5. The party lasts all night long. At the party graduates talk 6. They talk about the interesting things of the past days and 7 hopes and wishes. Many of them will go to universities. Others will take 8.
The next morning, everyone seems a little tired 9 the party is still going on. The party ends with breakfast. After that, the graduates say 10 to each other and to their teachers. It's both a happy time and a sad time. However, graduation means change, which always brings about new possibilities.
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| I think I will be a doctor in eight years. My father is a doctor and my mother is a nurse. They are working in the same hospital. I think they are so great. They always give a hand to sick people. |
| | My hobby is singing. My dream is to be a popular singer like Beyonce. I think I will go to the USA and study music. I hope I will have a chance to meet her and get her autograph. |
| | I think I will be a teacher in five years. I have a deep love for children. Staying with them makes me excited and relaxed. I am outgoing and I am good with children. I think I can be a good teacher. |
| | I think I will be a farmer in the future. Maybe it seems strange. But I really enjoy life in the countryside. My favorite game is Happy Farm. I have lots of fun growing vegetables. |
"Life is speeding up. Everyone is getting unwell. "
This may sound like something someone would say today. But in fact, an unknown person who lived in Rome in AD（公元） 53 wrote it.
We all love new inventions. They are exciting, amazing and can even change our lives. But have all these developments really improved the quality of our lives?
Picture this. You're rushing to finish your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings, a QQ message from your friend appears on the screen, the noise from the television is getting louder and louder. Suddenly the computer goes blank and you lose all your work. Now you have to stay up all night to get it done. How happy do you feel?
Inventions have speeded up our lives so much that they often leave up feeling stressed and tired. Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities, who have no telephones, no cars, not even any electricity often seem to be happier? Perhaps because they live simpler lives.
One family in the UK went "back in time" to see what life was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandparents, with their daughter, and grandsons Benjamin, 10 and Thomas, 7, spent nine weeks in a 1940s house. They had no washing machine, microwave（微波炉）, computer or mobile phones.
The grandmother, Lyn, said, "The more things you have, the more difficult life becomes. " The boys said they fought less. Probably, they said, because there was less to fight over, such as their computer. Benjamin also noticed that his grandmother had changed from being a "trendy（赶时髦的）, beer-drinking granny", to one who cooked things.
Science has a lot of uses. It can uncover laws of nature, cure diseases, make bombs, and help bridges to stand up. Indeed science is so good at what it does that there's always a temptation(诱惑) to drag it into problems where it may not be helpful. David Brooks, author of The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement, appears to be the latest in a long line of writers who have failed to go against the temptation.
Brooks gained fame for several books. His latest book The Social Animal, however, is more ambitious and serious than his earlier books. It is an attempt to deal with a set of weighty topics. The book focuses on big questions: What has science uncovered about human nature? What are the sources of character? And why are some people happy and successful while others aren't?
To answer these questions, Brooks studies a wide range of disciplines（学科）. Considering this, you might expect the book to be a simple description of facts. But Brooks has formed his book in an unusual, and perhaps unfortunate way. Instead of introducing scientific theories, he tells a story, within which he tries to make his points, perhaps in order to keep the reader's attention. So as Harold and Erica, the hero and heroine in his story, live through childhood, we hear about the science of child development and as they begin to date we hear about the theory of sexual attraction. Brooks carries this through to the death of one of his characters.
On the whole, Brooks' story is acceptable if uninspired. As one would expect, his writing is mostly clear and, to be fair, some chapters stand out above the rest. I enjoyed, for instance, the chapter in which Harold discovers how to think on his own. While Harold and Erica are certainly not strong or memorable characters, the more serious problems with The Social Animal lie elsewhere. These problems partly involve Brooks' attempt to translate his tale into science.
Tom and his cousin took a boat trip. When they got on the boat, every passenger(乘客) should answer the keeper a question. If the passenger answered"yes", he or she got one gift; if the passenger answered "no", he or she got two gifts. Tom and his cousin saw all about this. Now it was their turn. The keeper came up to them and asked, "Are you a good sailor?" Tom wanted to get two gifts, so he answered "no" loudly, at the same time he said, "I have never been a sailor, how could I be a good sailor. "The keeper gave him two gifts. His cousin gave the same answer, so, he got two gifts too.
The boat started off. The passengers began to open their gifts. Tom and his cousin did the same. They found that one of the two gifts was a small bottle of drinking water, the other was a seasick tablet (晕船药). Tom had a look at a "yes"-passenger's gift. His was a nice chocolate. Tom shouted at the keeper, "We are never seasick. Why do you give us seasick tablets?"
In order to tell what I believe, I must bring up something from my personal history.
The turning point of my life was my decision to give up my promising business job and study music. My parents didn't think it was a good choice I took up music as a job. Considering my family background, this was understandable. My grandfather had taught music for forty years at Spring Hill College. Although he was much loved by his students, he didn't earn(挣钱) enough to provide for his large family. As a result of this example in the family, my parents strongly asked me to the college instead of a music school, and so to college I went.
Before my graduation from Columbia, the family ran into some money problems and I felt it was my duty to leave college and find a job. That was why I took a business job, which I always think of as the wasted years. I went into it for money, for being able to help the family. Money is all I got out of it. It was not enough. I felt that life was passing me by. I became very sad.
My wish was to save enough money to quit(退出) and go to Europe to study music. I continued to make money, and finally, little by little, I saved enough to go abroad.
At that time, my family got out of the trouble. ____________, and so I gave up my position and sailed for Europe. I stayed four years, worked harder than I had ever dreamed of working before, and enjoyed every minute of it.
"Enjoyed" is too soft a word. I walked on air. I really lived. When I broke away from business, it was against the advice of all my friends and family, but if I had stayed in business, I do not believe I would have made a success of living.
Money is a wonderful thing, but now I know that it is possible to pay too high a price for it.
When doing Christmas shopping, Joy came across (偶遇) Nick, the least popular student in school because he wore strange clothes and had a face only a mother could love.
After dinner, Joy's family went church for the Christmas Eve service. A man with Bible(圣经) read a story about Jesus, who came (help) people on Earth. Joy's thoughts kept turning back to Nick. It must be terrible to be lonely on Christmas Day with his parents dead. (tear) started to run down her cheeks but she brushed them away.
That night, while everyone else (sleep) like a baby, Joy was thinking ways to help Nick. As soon as she heard her parents get up, she (quick) jumped out of bed. She told about Nick. Then she asked, "Shall we invite him over today?" "Sure," said her mother, who was always happy guests came. Her father smiled.
When Joy called Nick two hours later, he was deeply (move). He joined them for dinner. To her surprise, Joy enjoyed (spend) time with him. Joy came to understand sharing Christmas cheer is the (great) joy to Nick, even to the whole world.
写作要点：
⑴课前预习，课堂认真听讲，做好笔记，课后按时完成作业；
⑵制定学习计划，合理安排时间；
⑶……；
写作要求：
⑴语句通顺，意思连贯，语法正确，书写规范；
⑵写作要点齐全，可适当发挥；
⑶文中不得出现真实姓名，校名等；
⑷不少于 70 词，开头给出，但不计入总词数。
How to improve our study
Dear friends,
I'm very sorry to hear that most of us have great pressure in study and don't perform well in the exams.
Here's my advice. Thanks for your listening!
