One day, David and his friends talked about who their closest1 were. When it was his turn, he said, "My best friend is Amy, 2 81-year-old woman living in Florida." Their friendship came 3 a game. In the game, David and Amy were on the same team. After this game, they became good friends, David even told her about his dream of music.
However, life was hard for David at that time. He hardly 4 time or money to play music. Most of the time. he had to work in a restaurant. He felt that his dream was hopeless(无望的). 5 he almost lost heart, Amy gave him lots of help and supported his dream. Two years later, he decided 6 to New York for his dream. There he held his first concert successfully.
After the concert, a famous reporter in New York heard of their story. He wanted to know what 7 So he flew to Florida to interview her. To his surprise, the friendship between Amy and David was 8 than he could imagine. Later, many people 9 by this story. But Amy thought it was nothing, She said, "As friends we 10 give a hand when they need."
| MOVIES Getting to Know Mom "For as long as I can remember, mom has been a middle-aged woman, but no one told me she used to be a young girl?' This is a line from the film Hi, Mom, as well as the way director and star Jia Ling once felt about her own mother. The film is based on the real-life story of Jia and her mother, showing her longing (渴望)and regret at failing to see her mother before she died. To make the film more interesting，Jia made it a time travel story. She goes back to 1981 and becomes friends with her own mom. She risks giving up her own life and disappearing to make sure that her mother has a better future. Released (上映) on Feb 12, the film has gotten a high score of 8. 1 on the famous social networking website Douban (豆瓣). Many people said they were touched by its true feelings and praised its sincere (真诚的) description (描述) of women's roles. TEENS |
Jack always talked about how many friends he had at school. One day, his grandpa said to him, "Jack, I don't think you have as many real friends as you think."
Jack didn't agree with his grandpa. However, he wasn't sure who his real friends were. His grandpa said," I have something to help you to know this." Grandpa left and soon came back. He seemed to carry something in his hands, but Jack could see nothing there.
"Here is a special chair for you. You can't see it because it's invisible. Take it to school tomorrow and show it to your friends. When you try to sit on it, it will help you know who your real friends are."
Jack took the "chair" to school. He asked everyone to stand around him and his "chair". "Look! You'll see something great."
Jack tried to sit on the "chair". Of course, he fell to the ground. Everyone laughed loudly. Jack tried again. But again he fell to the ground. He kept trying to sit on the "chair", and kept falling to the ground… On his last try, he didn't fall.
Jack looked around and saw George, Lucas, and Diana—three of his best friends. They were holding him up so that he wouldn't fall down again. However, many others who he thought of as his friends did nothing. They just stood there and laughed at him. Then Jack knew who his real friends were.
Even in ancient times, people could realize the importance of dreams and knew that dreams gave meaning to life. Every great achievement is the result of years of dreaming. If a person has a dream and holds on to (坚持) it, he or she will find a way to make it come true.
Children do not have much experience or knowledge. However, they are natural dreamers. We should not laugh at them for being naive. With their rich imagination, they will come up with fantastic dreams. There are a lot of examples in history. Many great men were dreamers when they were children. One such dreamer was Thomas Edison. He was in school for only three months because the teacher thought he was kind of stupid and didn't want to teach him. But his achievements were greater than everyone else's in his time. He made 1, 093 inventions during his lifetime.
It's also important for teenagers and young people to have dreams. The world is full of successful teenagers and young people. They have great dreams and their dreams have changed their own lives and even the world. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are the good examples. They have developed technology and brought great progress to humans. Of course, they made money for themselves, too.
Old people should believe that it is never too late to dream and that human mind is never too old to make dreams come true. Colonel Saunders realized his dreams at the age of 67 and set up the biggest fried chicken company (KFC) in the world.
To dream is a wonderful ability and it can lead to wonderful results. Olympic records were broken by players who were brave enough to dream. No one is too young or to old to dream and to make dreams come true.
Let's say you are taking a walk along the road and you happen to see one or two waste bottles lying on the grass beside the road. What would you do?
You may have different choices. Firstly, you can leave the bottles there as they are. . Why should you do something about it? This is quite OK. Secondly, you can pick them up and throw them into a dustbin (垃圾箱). . This action is a better choice. Thirdly, you might want to pick them up and give them to an old man or woman who collects waste for a living. . You're not only thinking about doing something for the environment, you're also developing yourself to be a person who would think of others and help them.
As for young kids, they may always have such a question: "When do I grow up?" Yes! When does a child grow up? And how can a kid know he or she has grown up? These are interesting questions. As for us, fifteen-year-olds, who are finishing middle school, we're no longer younger children. When we start to have a sense of offering a helping hand for a cleaner city and greener world, and when we have a loving heart to think more of others than of ourselves and are ready to help them, we can say that we have grown up.
Remember:. If we do our best for nature, nature will offer its best to us in return!
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A. By doing this, you have walked a step further to help make our home clean B. We should know whether or not we have grown up. C. If this is your choice, you have walked even further D. If we help others, others will help us E. It was not you who threw them away F. God helps those who help themselves |
As you may know, coral(珊瑚) is not a plant, but an animal. However, coral reefs(珊瑚礁)around the world are danger.
Thailand will close one of (it) beaches to protect the coral from business activities for tourists. The beach is so famous that (million) of tourists put it on their wish lists. More than5. 000 visitors visit it a day. They arrive by boat. This does much harm to the coral reefs. Most of the coral has died. The beach will (close) between June September to let the coral come back to life.
Experts say that 80% of Thailand's coral reefs (kill) so far. Too many tourists cause a lot of (pollute) to beaches. An expert said the biggest problems were hotels by the beaches, boats, and plastic waste in the sea. He believed the (good) choice was to close the beaches forever. He said, "I hope the government can take actions (protect) the coral reefs. At same time, I also hope all of us should try our best to protect the environment around us."
