In America, there are chores(杂活) for children of different ages. American people think that it's important to tell children their duty in the family.
Ages 4-6 | Ages 6-12 | Ages 13 and Up |
-Make their bed; -Clear dishes from the table; -Set the table; -Get the mail from the mailbox; | -Take care of pets; -Cook simple food; -Help wash the car; -Vacuum(吸尘) and sweep; -Take out the rubbish. | -Wash windows; -Clean out fridge; -Prepare a meal; -Make shopping lists; -Mow the lawn(剪草坪) |
There are four people in my family. They're my grandfather, my parents and me. My grandfather exercises every day. He never surfs the Internet. He eats vegetables three times a day, but he hardly ever drinks milk. And he watches TV every night. My father is a taxi driver. He's very busy. He never exercises, but he sometimes surf the Internet. He watches TV on Saturday and Sunday evening. He often eats vegetables and drinks milk. My mother is a housewife (家庭主妇). She watches TV twice a day. She never surf the Internet. She sometimes eats vegetables, but she drinks milk three times a week. Exercise? Of course she does. She exercises every day by doing housework. I'm a middle school student. I go to school from Monday to Friday. I often exercise. But on Saturday and Sunday, I don't exercise because I have too much homework to do. I watch TV only on Sunday evening. But I surf the Internet twice a week. I drink milk every day, but I don't like vegetables. My mother often says to me, "Why do you eat so much meat, Mike? It's not good for your health." But I like it very much.
Last summer Jenny and her friends had a bus trip to New York. She felt very relaxed on the way. They visited a museum. But it's really crowded (拥挤)there and the display(展览) was not interesting at all. They went to different restaurants to have dinner. Some food was quite delicious, but Jenny thought the fast food was terrible. When the weather was fine, they went to the beach to swim. The sea was beautiful and they had a good time.
Nearly every parent says that we never grow up, even when we are 16 or 17 years old. For example, when I need to stay at home alone, they always worry about me and my life without them.
They buy their children pretty clothes, cool shoes, expensive school things, and even a dear bike. They think they always do everything for their children.
But why their children still can't understand them? Does it mean that they still want more material(物质的)things? No. In fact, what they want is a true' family. What does a true family mean? From here, we can get warmth. we can get consolation(安慰), and we can get happiness. And one important thing is that we should be stronger and more confident in the outside world because we know that we have a family. So I think that parents should sit down to talk with their children to let them know that they have a true family.
No children want to be looked as little ones.
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A. Parents always think they give the best things to their children. B. I think it means a place where we can do everything. C. Then the children and their parents could understand each other more. D. They only want their children to get good grades in the exams in return. E. I think it means a place where we can keep away from the cold world outside. F. Parents always think they are right. G. In their eyes, we are always little ones and always do wrong things. |
Smile is very important in our lives. We often see Mother's smile. Mother's smile is (like)a spring wind and lets us feel warm in (we)hearts. When you are sad, it can make you (happily)again；when you fail, it can help you (cheer)up and work hard again. When you give up, it can help you try your (good)again and so on.
Smile is very easy, it is very useful. So let's learn to smile. Everyone (need) others' smile. When we give (other)a smile, we will feel happy, too. And maybe next time, when you smile, the other people will give a smile to you as well.
My friends, let's learn to smile as often as possible. It is like sun. Life with smiles will be (fill)of sunshine.
It seems that the cities in the future will have to change. Because the world's population is (增长) , there will be more people in the cities tomorrow.
It may be (不可能) for any family to live in a house with land around it. There won't be enough (空间) for them. A way to(解决) this (问题) may be the skyscraper city(摩天城). A famous skyscraper named Taipei 101 in China is about 508 metres high. The skyscraper cities in the future will be many times (高) .
About 250, 000 people will live in a skyscraper city. Nearly a million people can live in four of these great buildings. Each skyscraper city will have four towns in it and each town will have ten (村庄). They will live, work and (度过) their free time in them. They won't need to leave the city (除非) they want to. They will be able to move about in the city by transport controlled(控制) by computers. Let's (想象) what the life will be like then!
1）听音乐 2）交朋友 3）看电影 4）帮助学习 5）互联网的弊端
