No one is born a winner. People make themselves into winners by their own hard1 .
Several years ago, I was a leader of a football team in a small school. It was a tradition for the school's old team to play against the2team at the end of spring practice. The old team had no coach, and they didn't even practice to3the game. Being the leader of the new team, I was excited because I knew we were going to win, but we lost the game.
Thinking hard about it, we came to realize that we had to change the attitude (态 度) about our ability and potential (潜力). We started doing anything we could to4a little pride. Most important, we began to treat ourselves5winners. That summer, when the other teams enjoyed their vacations, we met every day and practiced passing and kicking the 6. Six months later, we won our first game and our second, and continued to7. Finally, we faced the number one team in our city. We felt that it would be still a victory for us8 we lost the game. But that wasn't what happened. We beat the best team and that gave us one of the greatest9of our life!
I learned a lot from the experience. Instead of seeing ourselves as losers, we pushed and encouraged each other. We tried our best to see ourselves10 . We built ourselves into winners. Winners are made, not born.
Good morning everybody! I am very glad to stand here to share my topic.
When preparing for this topic, I just want to search some articles and copy them down. I read a lot of articles, some from the university teachers, some from the famous stars, and even from the students of my age. But after reading them, I gave up the idea, I even felt shameful. Because the topic I want to talk about today is a serious topic full of pride.
We know that our country is full of sunshine, and we are the future of our country. So my dream is to be the hope of our motherland. I don't want to talk about big events (大 事), I just want to call on young people to show the side of courage, good and confidence. We must learn to develop our own thoughts, correct the wrong ones and change our direction to the right side in future life. We should try our best to make our Chinese Dream come true.
Perhaps the strength (力量) of a person is small, but when he is connected with the motherland, he will be a big hero. Perhaps a dream is tiny, but when it becomes the dream of a country, it will be huge. Perhaps I can't change our country on my own, but if thousands and thousands of young people work for the dream together, our motherland will be stronger and stronger.
I'm looking forward to realizing our Chinese Dream with all of the young people. Thank you for listening. That's all.
I will never forget the day when I met my best friend for the first time. That day, I was studying for an important exam in the library, but there was too much noise, I was getting much angrier and of course I was not able to concentrate (全神贯注的). I couldn't stand when I heard someone singing behind me. I turned
around and looked at the person angrily. It was a tall girl about the same age as me and she had a big smile on her face. She was standing with a book of poems in her hands. I picked up my books, looked at her and said angrily, "Thanks to your noise, I've been unable to study. You're so selfish (自私的)!"
Because I left the library in a hurry, I left my most important textbook behind. What's worse, the library was closed and I could do nothing. I was so sad that I almost cried. Just then, the phone rang. I answered it and a friendly voice introduced she was Jenny and asked if I was Jane. Jenny said that she had noticed I left my textbook in the library. As my name and phone number were in it, she called me directly. She said that she didn't live far away and could bring it around for me.
I agreed to meet her. When I found that Jenny was the girl I had shouted at, I was filled with shame and said sorry several times to her. Jenny just laughed. I invited her to my home for a cup of tea. Since then, we've been best friends and we tell each other everything.
I thought how lucky I was. I had a nice friend and I valued the friendship so much.
Sometimes, a teacher may ask you to write your reading assignments (任务). Why should we write a reading assignment?
Having a habit of writing down what you read is a useful tool to develop your comprehension (理解力) and critical-thinking (批判性思维) ability.
How to write a reading assignment?
Step 1
State the writer's most important idea. Try your best to get the main idea according to the writer's statements. Write down the important information to increase understanding.
Step 2
Use your own words. Imagine you are telling a friend about a great movie you saw or a great book that you read. Speak in your own language, but be sure to use standard English, not slang (俚语).
Step 3
Watch for each point and topic sentences the writer uses to support his most important idea. These points form an outline (概述) of your reading assignment.
Step 4
Pay attention to details (细节). Examine if the writer provides enough details to support his statements.
Tell what those details are while writing your reading assignment.
Step 5
. You should not talk about the writer's supporting points without first talking about what those points are about.
Step 6
Try to use some words or phrases for long lists of items (项目). For example, if you see the following words: swimming, running and beach volleyball, you might just write "summer sports".
Step 7
Give up information that seems unimportant in your reading assignment.
Step 8
Make your assignment better by adding some more information.
Chinese fancy knots (中国结), also called Chinese knots, are very important in Chinese culture. They began as a form of traditional art in the Tang and Song Dynasties (朝 代) in China, and became popular in the Ming Dynasty. Long ago, they found their way to Japan and other Southeast Asian countries, and were well received there. Now they are regarded as one of the symbols of Chinese culture.
As for the name itself, it is surely meaningful. The Chinese word for "knot", jie, means "connection". And the pronunciation of the Chinese word jie is very close to that of ji, "good luck". As a result, Chinese knots are used as a way to express people's strong wishes for marvellous things like happiness, love and good luck.
The knots are used widely in everyday life. They come in different sizes. Small ones are connected to jewellery (珠宝), clothes and gifts in order to draw people's attention, while large ones are used to make a living room or study more beautiful. Whether large or small, they are named after their shapes and usages. For example, Double Coin Knots are called Shuangqian Jie because they are in the shape of two ancient Chinese coins, meaning "good things come in pairs". Besides, Chinese knots are famous for their bright colors. Different colors have different traditional cultural meanings. Red means good luck and happiness, green means health, and yellow means wealth.
All in all, the famous Chinese fancy knots fully show the Chinese culture. These brightly colored knots with their endless chains (链条) of knots mean that life on earth will continue forever.
Many students have problems with vocabulary when preparing for tests. Here is some advice on how to memorize (记忆) new words. You can build up your English vocabulary with these methods.
Repeated encounters (反复遇见)
The usual way of "memorizing" new words is through repeating them while they're still in your mind. However, simply repeating a word doesn't seem to be useful. But the following way is helpful: repeated encounters. Words can be memorized more easily if they've been met at least seven times in your reading. So, read English magazines and newspaper from time to time.
Spacing and review
It's necessary to make a plan of your memory work over a period of time. You'd better memorize words day by day instead of doing it in a single day. That's why new vocabulary introduced in one lesson is reviewed in the next, and then in later lessons.
Use it or lose it
Putting words to use in interesting ways helps add them to your long-term memory. In a study of vocabulary learning, students who made up their own sentences with new words and read them aloud memorized them better than those who learned the words separately and silently. Besides, you can imagine a picture when memorizing a new word. That can help a lot.
Mix it up
Let's face it — learning words can be really boring, but it doesn't have to be. Thanks to the Internet, there are more interesting ways to get the job done. Try watching videos from English-speaking countries and copying the way they speak. You can even upload (上 传) your own videos and try becoming a star yourself.
I'm a piano teacher. I can feel clearly how talent and hard work influence my students.
In fact, not everybody (be) good at playing the piano when they came to this world. For example, some students just spend two or three months learning to play the piano (good). But other students need to learn for years. Many of my students learn (fast) than I did before. But talent doesn't always bring good result. When playing the piano seems easy to a （talent) student, he or she may find it boring and then give up.
Some of my students work very hard. But they still can't play the piano(beautiful). They practice for long. H, it just does not work. In my(eye), it is not necessary to do everything very well. When you really don't have any talent something, the best way is to give up. Then you can choose 80.wyou are really good at. And put all your heart into it.
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1）短文须包括表格中的三个要点和一个补充要点，可适当发挥。
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3）词数80 个左右。（开头已给出，不计入总词数）Dear schoolmates,
As the school reopened, we are back to school. But the COVID-19 (新冠肺炎) is still serious, we should
