88-year-old Gao Siji lives in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. She often goes to seafood stores to1fish bones. In her eyes, they are not2, but great things for making works of art. And she is3for her fish-bone pictures. Lots of people love them.
You may wonder4Gao started making pictures with fish bones. It was about 30 years ago." As soon as I left my job because of age, I went to study 5When I ate fish one day, I got interested in the6of the fish bones and had a(n)7to make works of art with them," she said."Then I cleaned the fish bones, colored them and glued them together to finish my first fish-bone picture." The picture was wonderful and Gao fell in love with this kind of art. Soon she started using other seafood waste to make pictures. Over the past thirty years, Gao has made more than one hundred works of art. How8she is !
Gao's fish-bone pictures are a good example to make us believe that there is no such thing as waste, only resources (资源)in the wrong place.9 should make full use of waste. Gao also10people in need, she gave the money she won from competitions to special education groups.
Animals do many different, amazing things to get through the winter. Some of them migrate. They travel to other places where the weather is warmer or where they can find food.
Many birds migrate in autumn. Because the trip can be dangerous, some travel in large groups. For example, geese(鹅) fly in noisy, "V-shaped groups. Other kinds of birds fly alone.
Some animals stay active in winter. They must change themselves as the weather changes. Many change their doing or their bodies. For example, snowshoe rabbits grow white fur to help them hide in the snow.
Food is hard to find in winter. Some animals, like mice, collect lots of food in autumn and store it to eat later. Some animals eat different kinds of food as the seasons change.
Some animals hibernate(冬眠) for part or all of the winter. This is a special, very deep sleep. The animal's body temperature drops, and its heartbeat and breathing slow down. It uses very little energy. In autumn, these animals get ready for winter by eating much more food than in summer and storing it as body fat. They use this fat to keep them alive while hibernating.
Water makes good protection for many animals. When the weather gets cold, they move to the bottom of lakes and rivers. There, frogs and many fish hide under rocks or fallen leaves. Cold water holds more oxygen than warm water, and frogs can breathe through their skin.
Every type of insect( 昆虫) has its own life cycle and that is the way it grows and changes. Different insects spend the winter in different forms of their lives. Some insects also spend the winter without moving. Some insects spend the winter as pupae(蛹). Other insects die after laying eggs in autumn. The eggs change into new insects in spring and everything begins all over again.
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Four Major Plateaus(四大高原) in China |
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QinghaiTibet Plateau is the largest plateau in China and the highest in the world, covering about 2.5 million square kilometers. Its elevation(高度) is between 4000 and 5000 meters. |
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The second largest plateau in China, Inner Mongolian Plateau, is between 1000 and 1400 meters above sea level in North China. |
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The Loess Plateau is on the west of Taihang Mountains and on the east of Qilian Mountains. It covers 400000 square kilometers and is between 1500 and 2000 meters above sea level. |
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Covering Guizhou Province and East Yunnan Province, YunnanGuizhou Plateau is between 1000 and 2000 meters above sea level. It is the smallest of the four. The famous Huangguoshu Waterfall is on the plateau. |
Wonder why you can get mad so easily while your friend smiles all the time? It's probably because you both have different personalities(性格).
Personality is also about how people think, behave, and react(反应) to everything around them from day to day.
So what makes people think and behave in certain ways?
Part of the reason is that people are born like this. A baby gets its blood type, genes(基因) and other physical things when it's still inside its mother. These things may help decide what the baby will be like.
But one's personality doesn't stop here. Family life, school learning and life experiences can also make you the person you are. This doesn't mean it's impossible to change your personality. You can always try to make yourself better. Don't get too worried about your shortcomings(缺点). Just accept them. This is a good way to start making changes.
If you don't know how to make friends, find out why. Is it because you're too shy? Tell yourself to smile at people. Start talking to people using warm greetings.
Don't give yourself a hard time about it all. It's not easy to change lifelong habits in one night.
Keep working at it. One day you'll see that you can turn over a new leaf and be a new you!
It was Monday. Mrs.Smith's dog was hungry, but there was not any meat in the house.
Considering that there was no better way, Mrs.Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it:"Give my dog half a pound of meat" Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently, "Take this to the butcher(屠夫) and he's going to give you your lunch today."
Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher's shop. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it carefully, and recognized that it was really the lady's handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once.
At noon, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it, he gave it half a pound of meat once more.
The next day, the dog came again exactly at noon. And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers(顾客).
But the dog came again at four o'clock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butcher's more surprise, it came for the third time at six o' clock, and brought with it a third piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled. He said to himself, "This is a small dog. Why does Mrs.Smith give it so much meat to cat today?
Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it!
The life of the animals in the zoo is different from that in the wildlife park.
In the zoo, most of the animals are very sad. They have to stay in cages all day and wait for the zoo keepers to feed them. They can't go out of the cages, so they have to walk round and round.
However, the wildlife park is a good place for them. All the animals there live in the open air. They can run, jump and play happily, and look for food by themselves. They are protected there because people are not allowed to hunt. The most important thing is that they are free and happy in the wildlife park.
Most of the animals in the wildlife park are friendly. But some are scary, such as lions, wolves and tigers. Don't worry. A special bus can take you to see the animals. You are quite safe inside the bus. How exciting it is if a tiger or a lion watches you through the window!
About three months ago, I took my nine-year-old son to Qingdao, Shandong, It was a special trip.
When we got there, my son was very (excite) because it was the first time for him (take) the subway.
When we got on the subway, I found It was (fill)of people and we had to stand. However, a boy wearing sports clothes asked me to sit in his seat. He also advised his friend siting next him to do that. So it would be easy for me to take care of my son.
I said "Thank you" as he (stand) up and then we sat down. When we got the subway, the kind boy (say)goodbye to us.
Later I lost my wallet while I was (shop)in the city center. (luck) a stranger found it and r it to me.
These kind people really made our trip to Qingdao very unforgettable. I told my son that we should try our best to help the people in need in return.
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The first race |
the rabbit lost |
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The second race |
the rabbit won; be good at running. |
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The third race |
Put…on the back; swim across the river; reach…together |
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What I have learned... |
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We all know that the rabbit lost the first race against the tortoise.
