My neighbor's eight-year-old daughter used to stay in the countryside, her native place. Recently parents brought her to town to live with them. Wild and uneducated, she would use dirty words when she was unhappy and even hit others when she was angry. Sometimes she went so far as to roll on the ground, which shocked all people around. Her parents tried to educate her by beating and kicking. However, it just made the problem more serious. Finally they became completely disappointed with her.
One day their next-door neighbor, a retired woman teacher, gave the girl a beautiful snow-white dress. It immediately caught the girl's eyes and made them shine brightly.
The girl put on the dress and became quite another person. She no longer acted rudely or hit others, and even less rolled on the floor. She knew running wild was not suitable for her in such a beautiful dress.
Since then the girl had been gentle, neat and lovely.
Perhaps everyone has a beautiful dress hidden somewhere in his or her heart. However, he may not know about it, forget it or give it up. Beauty is a powerful force—that's something unrealized by many of us. It can recall fine qualities that humans are born with, but have so far hidden somewhere.
Jerome Johnstone is good at running. He always wins the races at Serpentine Primary School in Serpentine, Western Australia. However, after giving up winning a school running race, the boy has won the hearts of thousands of people. In the race, the kind boy ran back to walk with his god friend Seth Johnstone and let him cross the finishing line first.
Seth was born with cerebral palsy（大脑性瘫痪）.Since he moved to the school, he has got a lot of problems. Luckily, Jerome was chosen to help him with things like going to the toilet and showing him around. The two boys soon became good friends. With Jerome's help, Seth fits in well with his new school now. Because of his illness, Seth has a big head and some of the students laugh at him and make fun of his look. Jerome often has a word with them one by one, asking them not to do that again. Together with Seth's younger sister, the kind-hearted boy takes good care of Seth at school.
Seth's father can't thank Jerome enough for looking after his son and protecting Seth against bullies. "Jerome is just such a good kid, "Seth's father said. The two boy's story has spread quickly after Jerome's mother Susan shared it on social media. "These boys are champions even though they didn't win, "said the proud mother.
The Tower of London is in the north bank of the River Thames. According to the history, King Edward of England had promised to give the throne to William, Duke of Normandy. But at last he gave the throne to Harold Godwinson, his English brother in law.
William was quite angry that he was not the king. He sent his army to fight against England and on October 14, 1066, the Duke's Norman soldiers won, and later, William became the king. At the beginning, the new king thought the people of London did not obey rules. And the new king felt that he needed to protect himself and keep the wild people of London in line. So he built the Tower of London soon.
The tower was a changing project for the kings of England. King after king built upon the Tower adding walls and smaller towers around it. Around the year 1240 King Henry III made the Tower of London his home. He whitewashed the tower, widened the grounds to include a church, and added a great hall and other buildings. The Normans called the tower "La Tour Blanche（White tower）".
As time went by, the addition of other smaller towers, extra buildings, walls and walkways, became the splendid example of castle, fortress, prison, palace and finally museum that we enjoy today.
Funny things may happen in different places around the world. Yes. Every year, it was held by the Oxford and the Cambridge in late March or early April on the Thames River, England. This boat race is as famous as the two oldest universities in Britain.
It came from two friends—Charles Merivale, a student at Cambridge, and his friend Charles Wordsworth who was at Oxford. They decided to set up a boat race between the two universities. On March 12, 1829, Cambridge sent a challenge to Oxford first.
The first boat race took place in a small town in Thames. Crowds of twenty thousand traveled to watch. It was so exciting. And the Oxford was clear winners. Later on, not only did the students from the two universities take part, but also some social groups attended the event. By 1845, with the small town becoming too crowded, the boat race had moved six miles up to the village—Putney. This boat race is considered to be "the world's oldest sporting challenge".
The race is four and a quarter miles in just 20 minutes and the competitors often face difficulties. In the past, the Oxford was mostly the winners. But things have changed from 1993 on. The Cambridge has won more.
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A. From 1856 on, the race has been held every year except war years. B. It usually takes six months for the two teams to prepare for the big days. C. Eight students from each university became the competitors. D. Have you heard a boat race held between two famous universities? E. Maybe people wonder who thinks of the idea to hold the boat race. |
Body image—the way people feel about their looks—is a big problem for many young people today. According to a 1 , more than half the teenage girls in the USA think 2 should be on a diet, and almost one in five teenage boys are 3 about their bodies and their weight.
But what's the cause? In the study, many blame(责备)the media(媒体). Turn on the TV and you'll 4 see beautiful models, handsome actors and fit sports stars. 5 a magazine or a newspaper, look through the Internet, and it's usually 6.
Many young people feel pressure to 7 these "perfect" people. But for most, this is just not possible. In the USA, the average(平均的)woman is 163 cm tall and weighs 64 kilos, 8 the average model is 180 cm tall and weighs 53 kilos.
When people don't look the way many 9 people look, they may become less confident. Some stop eating 10 in order to lose weight. Students can lose so much confidence that they start to 11 taking part in classroom activities at school.
Body image problems don't 12 as we get older, either. In the UK, for example, women over 50 spend more money on cosmetics(化妆品)than any other 13 group. Older men spend a lot of money trying to 14 hair loss.
Is there a solution to the problem? A 2016 study in the UK suggested that body image lessons should be provided in 15. Others believe it's a problem that all of society needs to deal with. As Meaghan Ramsey says, "We need to judge(评判)people by what they do, not what they look like."
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The mind is sharper than a knife. We can use it to fight against the challenge and to cut the stone. Everyone is creative, and you just need to find the right to open it. Follow the short story to understand the power of self-confidence.
Falling over stones, a man was to find his way through a dark cave with a light of hope from a lantern., he could follow the sunlight entering the cave, which him happy. But as he went closer, he was puzzled to see a huge rock standing before him an elephant. Soon, he realized that was the only strength he owned to overcome the block.
He pushed the rock with all his strength, failed. He felt hopeless. However, while he was sitting at the foot of the huge rock in the mouth of the large cave, looking back at his attempt, he said to , "I will get out of here."
This must have added to his power and given him more energy in pushing the huge piece. The rock began to move a little bit, which encouraged him to work .He got tired but he would give up.
Slowly, the rock made way for him paying honor to all his efforts. He walked along the bright and evergreen path before him with pride.
A fox fell into a well. the well was not very deep, he found that he couldn't get out of it. After he has been in the well for a long time, a thirsty goat came . The goat thought the fox had gone down to drink, so he asked if the water was good. "The finest in the whole country," said the fox, "jump in and try it. There is more than enough for of us." Without thinking, the thirsty goat immediately jumped in and began to drink. The fox just jumped on the goat's back as quickly as he and jumped out of the well. The foolish goat now saw what hard situation he had got into, and asked the fox to help him out. But the fox was already on his way to the woods.
A: Hello. Could I speak to Linda?
B: This is Linda speaking. ?
A: Yes, it's John here. Linda, we had a good time at the school party last night. But it's a pity you didn't come. ?
B: I had a headache. My parents went on business, so I took some medicine and went to bed early.
A: . How are you feeling now?
B: I'm still feeling terrible now. I feel cold and I cough a lot.
A: I'm afraid you've had a bad cold. . Let me take you to Center Hospital.
B: All right.?
A: Let's meet at the gate of your neighborhood. I'll call you as soon as I get there.
B: OK. See you later.
A: See you!
