"I tried to play with some kids after class and one of them pushed me away. So I 1played by myself," my daughter told me after her first day at primary school. For most people it was no big deal， but I felt quite worried.
I never really 2school. It didn't help that my family moved around a lot so it felt like I was always moving to a new school. This also meant that I spent much time as a child playing by myself. I knew most children don't like playing by themselves. A3 child is not usually a happy child.
Despite （尽管）this before my daughter started school I remained pretty calm. My daughter had a happy time in kindergarten（幼儿园）. She made many friends and was considered as a 4 girl. I knew it wouldn't be 5for her to make friends at school.
Throughout （自始至终）I wasn't worried or nervous. I'd chosen a local public school for my daughter and many people said the school was a good one. And—yet only two days after she'd been by herself. I was close to losing my mind.
Then I stopped and gave myself another reality check—my daughter had only been school for two days. I needed to give her a6to work things out; before I made any rash（轻率的）decisions. I 7that I shouldn't let my past experiences influence that of my daughter. She is going to8 experiences of her own. I also told myself that the start of school can often not be a smooth one, and 9 every new beginning it takes 10 to get used to it.
①What will you do if you want to show your love for someone? Write it down? Good! Speak it out? Sweet! Use the ILY sign （手势）in the picture? Special!
②The ILY sign means "I LOVE YOU". Deaf schoolchildren in America used the sign first. Those children couldn't hear, so they used sign—language to talk with each other. They made it with the signs for the letters I, L and Y. The sign was simple to use, so it soon became popular.
③Then the ILY sign became famous around the world because of Spiderman. He always used the sign in fights. Now many people use the ILY sign, and singers love to use it more. They use it to show their love for music, and their fans use it to show their love for the singers.
④You can use this sign to show your love for anyone—your family, your friends and your favourite stars.
A letter to my friend
Dear Rebecca,
Thanks for your letter. It is great to hear from you! I couldn't be more excited to have a penfriend from the other side of the world!
You asked me to tell you about my favorite day of the week. Well, it's definitely Friday! You may wonder why I like Fridays so much. My first reason is that I have my favorite subjects on Friday. I have Physics in the morning and P. E. in the afternoon. I think Physics is a very interesting subject. Our Physics teacher Mr. Fan brings us to the science lab to do experiments every week. Mr. Fan is also very kind and humorous. I never get bored in his class. In P. E., I usually play basketball. This is my favorite sport and I'm good at it. There are many excellent players in my class, so we usually win at school basketball competitions. I also have a computer class on Friday. I am now learning to create a webpage for my class basketball team.
Another reason why I like Fridays the best is that I can relax on Friday evenings as there's no school（or extra classes）on Saturdays. I often go to the movies with my best friend Liangwei on Friday evenings. Sometimes, I go to his house and have dinner with his family. On Saturdays, I usually go to the City Library. I have decided to read at least one book every two weeks. Currently, I am reading Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. The novel is about a man who was alone for a long time on a deserted island. I like this adventure story very much.
What's your favorite day of the week? Tell me your, answer in your next letter! Hope to hear from you soon.
Love,
Yuhan
①he can relax on Friday evenings
②he has no class to attend on Fridays
③on Fridays, he has his favorite subjects
④on Fridays, he can have time to write to Rebecca
①attend extra classes
②watch movies with Liangwei
③have dinner with Liangwei and his family
④learn to create a webpage for his class basketball team
Do encyclopedias know everything?
Long before Wikipedia（维基百科）or Encyclopedia Britannica（大英百科全书）, there was Pliny the Elder. He was a first—century Roman researcher. His assistants read to him while he ate dinner and while he bathed. All he while, Pliny took notes. He even considered walking a waste of time. His assistants carried him around Rome in a chair while he read.
All of this was done in preparation for his Historia Naturalis. The book was published in A. D. 77. It is considered the oldest surviving （现存的）encyclopedia on earth. There are 2, 500 chapters. They cover everything from mice to Mars.
"No Roman author has completed such a project, "Pliny proudly declared. Unluckily, two years after having published the encyclopedia, he died in a natural disaster.
Accidents can hardly be avoided. However, they can be recorded. Editors（编辑）of encyclopedias, like Pliny, organize the knowledge of our world. Like a valuable gift, the books are passed down through the ages. They begin their lives as a tool and end them as a historical record.
Therefore, in my opinion, an encyclopedia is not just a record of what its editors know, it's also a record of what they don't know.
Pliny was wrong when he said there were seven planets, including the Sun and the Moon. He was wrong, too, when he said Africans were black from being burnt by the Sun. After all, Historia Naturalis is a book edited by a Roman thousands of years ago. It contained all of the things he truly knew at the time. Similarly, I believe both Wikipedia and Encyclopedia Britannica have some inaccurate（不准确的）information. Even the biggest encyclopedias only represent what their editors know.
"The task of editing an encyclopedia can never be completed, " said Roger Lewinter, an American researcher. Encyclopedias can't record all of human knowledge but just some of it. They are always waiting for someone—you, perhaps—to improve them.
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A. What a hot day! B. It isn't done now. C. They all look nice. D. That's a good idea. E. That's the problem. F. That tastes delicious. G. OK, look at the menu （菜单）. |
A：Hey, Grey.
B：Yes! I really want something cold to drink.
A：You can have some orange juice.
B：No. I want something other than juice.
A：
B：Wow. There are a lot of choices!
A：Yes. You can choose smoothies（水果冰沙）. They are cold and delicious.
B：Hmm. OK, I want a smoothie with milk in it.
A：Then try the strawberry banana smoothie. It's so good!
Marco Polo was born in Italy in 1254. When he was 17, he travelled across Europe and Asia along the Silk Road with his father, who wanted to do trade with the Chinese. Finally they arrived in Beijing. Although Marco was young, he was very clever and could speak four languages. The Emperor was impressed by him and they became friends. He asked Marco to serve in his court and sent him to do many important tasks across the country. Marco was amazed by how beautiful and powerful China was.
There were inventions and developments in China which couldn't be found in Europe at that time. Marco was surprised to see Chinese people using paper money in the markets. In Europe, people didn't pay for goods with paper! He was also puzzled by the black stones people used to burn to produce heat. The black stones were coal, but Marco had never seen coal before!
In 1291, after 17 years of service to the Emperor, Marco returned to Italy. He was now a very wealthy man. A writer wrote down all the stories that Marco told him in a book called The Description of the World, which became one of the best—selling books in Europe.
Although people enjoyed reading the book, many of them thought that Marco's stories about China were too fanatic to be true. But Marco always stood by his tales. Just before he died, aged 70, Marco was asked the question, " Was it all true?" And this was his answer, "I have only told a half what I saw!"
Hundreds of years ago, no dandelions （蒲公英） grew in North America. Then people came from Europe. They had dandelion seeds on their clothes. The seeds ffrom their clothes onto the ground. Since then, dandelions have spread all over.
Most people believe that dandelions are weeds. They do not want them in their gardens. But some people think that dandelion flowers are p. And others think that dandelions taste good. They cook dandelion leaves o put them into a fresh salad. The leaves must be p before the flowers come out or they will not taste good. Some people make dandelion flowers into wine.
Dandelions do not d easily. If the winter is not very cold, their leaves may stay green.
When the spring arrives, their flowers come out. Each night their bright yellow flowers close up. When the sun s the next day, they open up a . Dandelion flowers are very u. They do not have to get pollen （花粉） from another dandelion flower in order to form seeds. So after several days, the yellow flower t white and soft. A tiny brown seed forms at the bottom of each white petal （花瓣）. When the wind blows, the petals float away.
Each white petal carries a seed away. This lets the dandelions s their seeds all over.
New dandelions grow where the seeds land.
要点提示：
①饮食： 多吃水果蔬菜， 拒绝快餐。
②锻炼： 坚持每天锻炼， 但是要适量。
③作息： 保证充足睡眠， 决不熬夜。
④其他……
参考词汇： stay up too late 熬夜要求：
①词数：80—10（邮件的格式及开头已给出， 不计入总词数）。
②要点齐全， 行文连贯， 可适当发挥。
Dear Ben,
I'm sorry to hear that you are having trouble with your weight. I'd like to share some good ways to
Yours,
Li Hua
