—I'm sorry. He isn't my friend. __________, I met him just now.
Dave and his younger sister Tina lived in a small village. One day, they took part in a competition. They had to climb a few 1to win the competition.
In the beginning, things went 2. But after a few days. Dave was too tired to walk any farther. Tina was 3 him. In Tina's eyes. Dave could do everything well.
"Perhaps I should be the strong one and 4 him." she thought. So she said to Dave, "All right, but you should walk 5 me for the rest of the day. Then you can go back if you like" This was easy for Dave, 6 he agreed and they achieved their goal. The next day, Tina pointed to the next mountain and said. "I 7 you to walk to that mountain with me."
Dave agreed 8 because it was not far. Every day, Tina would set an easy goal for Dave so that he could walk with her. Finally. 9 finished climbing all the mountains and won the competition.
All of us face challenges (挑战). But if we 10 them step by step (逐步地), we will succeed in the end.
There was a boy and his family was very rich. One day his father took him on a trip to a place. He wanted to show his son how poor people were there. They spent several days on a farm. There were many poor families living on the farm.
On their way home, the father asked the son, "How was the trip?" "It was great, Dad," the son answered. "Did you notice how poor people were there?" asked his father. "Oh, yes," said the son. "So, tell me," said his father. The son said, "Well, we have one dog and they have four. We have a pool in our garden, while they have a river that has no end. We have expensive lanterns (灯), but they have stars above their heads at night. We have only a small piece of land to live on, while they have the endless fields. We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have high walls around our houses to protect us, but they don't need walls, because their friends will protect them. "
The father had nothing to say. Then the boy added, "Thank you, Dad, for letting me see how poor we are."
In our life, we may meet people with different personalities (性格). What is your personality type (类型)? Read about the following and find out!
A Dreamer thinks there is a "right" way to do things. This person wants to live in the "perfect world". Many are good listeners and like to help others. Many Dreamers work as teachers, and often lead others. Famous Dreamers: Mohandas Gandhi，Angelina Jolie.
A Partner wants to be in a group. For this person, rules are important. They consider tradition to be of great value. Partners are often serious, careful people. Many do well as teachers, managers and police officers. Famous Partners: Queen Elizabeth II, Mother Teresa.
For Thinkers, understanding things is very important. They like to deal with problems and make new things. Thinkers can also be active. They like to win. They have very strong opinions. Many Thinkers work as scientists, inventors and engineers. Famous Thinkers: Bill Gates, Stephen Hawking.
Artists want to be free. They don't want to follow the rules all the time. They also like trying new things. Like Thinkers，many Artists have strong opinions. They are creative and do well as musicians and actors. Famous Artists: Cristiano Ronaldo, Madonna.
A famous scientist told us why he was able to be more creative than the ordinary person.
He said that it came from an experience with his mother that happened when he was about two years old. He was trying to move a bottle of milk from the refrigerator when he lost the bottle and it fell on the floor and broken. When his mother came into the kitchen, instead of shouting at him, she said, "Robert, what a great mess you have made! I have seldom seen so much milk on the floor. Well, the accident has already been done. Would you like to play in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up?"
He did. After a few minutes, his mother said, "You know, Robert, whenever you make a mess like this, you have to clean it up and manage everything to its proper order at last. So, how would you like to do that?" He cleaned up the milk with his mother.
His mother then said, "You know, what we have here is a failed experiment in how to successfully carry a big milk bottle with two small hands. Let's go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can discover a way to carry it without dropping it." The little boy learned that if he caught the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it. What a wonderful lesson! This famous scientist then said that it was at that moment that he knew he didn't need to be afraid to make mistakes. Instead, he learned that mistakes were just chances for learning something new, which is, after all, what scientific experiments are all about.
Now students' English handwriting(书写)gets worse and worse. That makes their teachers feel worried. Is your English handwriting beautiful?
Use paper with lines
When you write English words or sentences, you can use paper with lines. That will make your handwriting straight. Be sure to fill the lined space completely. And make sure these capital letters (大写字母) are written properly.
Slow down
If your writing is hard to read, just slow down a little. If you write too quickly, it's hard for you to stop where you should, and you may make more mistakes easily.
When you hold your pencil in the correct way, writing is much better. Some kids press down really hard when they write. That makes the handwriting bad. Try to be relaxed and don't hold the pencil so hard. Let your writing appear nice and clean. If you do so, people will guess you are a student with a good habit.
Draw more pictures
While you are drawing pictures, you need to use the skills to control (控制) your pencil better. Even though you have no chance to draw at school, you can practice by drawing at home.
Handwriting is very important. Imagine you are a famous movie star or a well-known sports player, what do you do when your fans run up to you? Give them your autographs (亲笔签名) , of course!
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A. If not, here are four steps that really work! B. Hold your pencil right C. Drawing can improve your handwriting. D. We will try to learn English well. E. Going slower makes your handwriting clearer. F. Those lines on the paper can help you to write words in the right size. |
When teacher Margret Atkins, 39, went to ride her bike to school last Friday, she was shocked to discover it
(steal). When our reporter spoke to her, she told him that she'd been angry when she realized the bike was gone. It was quite old bike her grandpa had given her years ago. She said it was (valuable) gift she'd ever received.
So what did she do? She decided (write) a note to the thief and put it where the bike had been taken away. To her surprise, she (find) the thief had returned the bike, together with a written apology
(道歉)later that day. "What I did was (complete) wrong. I'm really sorry I took your bike. Hope you can accept (I) apology!"
Mrs. Atkins told reporters she was not going to call the police she was no longer angry. She was just thankful that she could go to school on her bike again. She added that she'd probably write another passage to the thief, "I want to thank him returning the bike and the tell him I've forgiven him. " She explained. "people sometimes make (mistake), but the important thing is that they own up to(承认） what they've done," she said.
