Mr. and Mrs. Brownhave two children, Mike and Liz. The whole family are all busy, 80 they oftenleave notes(便条) for each other. Readthese four notes of today and answer the following questions.
| ①3 :30p. m. To Mike, Mr. Tyler rang. No football practice today. I'm going to Donna's house to play and be back at 5:00 p. m. Liz | ②4 :00 p. m. To Liz, It's your tur to walk the dog. I have to do my homework after school. Remember to play with Teddy when you get home! Mike |
| ③6 :45 p.m. Has anyone seen my tennis shoes? I'm in my bedroom doing my homework. Mike | ④9 :00 p. m. I saw your shoes this morning. They smelt terrible so I put them outside the back door. Good night, dears! Mum |
I'm studying Englishin a language school in the USA. It is the second week and everything is new tome. Because of the different language and the new environment, I find it difficultto adapt to (适应) school life here;
In yesterday's class,Mr. Peters talked about baseball. He said," Baseball is one of the most popularsports in the USA. If you hope to speak English well, you must understandbaseball. First you need to know the rules. Then you need to try to find how ithas to do with the daily life."
He gave us someexpressions and let us guess the meanings. Unluckily, I had never watched a baseballgame before, s0 I sat quietly and just listened to the others.
After school, I tookout a dictionary and asked Jake, one of my friends in the neighboring class, forhelp. Jake was kind and helpful and he had been in the USA for several years.He tried to teach me the baseball rules. I learned that baseball is a gamebetween two teams of nine players. In baseball, a player on one team throws asmall round ball at a player on the other team, who tries to hit it with a bat.
He told me more rulesof the game, but the more he said, the more confused (迷惑的) I felt! Maybe one day I need to watch a real game to understandbetter!
One nice thing aboutelectric(电动的) cars is that they'requiet. But some people believe they're too quiet. To help keep walkers safe,all new models of electric cars in Europe must now make noise when they move.
Most of common carsare noisy. We expect cars to make noise, and may not think too much about carnoise, unless the noise is very loud.
But without thinkingabout it, we actually use car noise to stay safe. The noise gives usinformation important, about where the ear is and how fast it is traveling. Forblind people, this is even more because they can't see anything
But cars that are travelingunder electric power don't make the noise that we're used to. They can
Surprise people whenthey move to them quietly. A study shows that the electric cars are more dangerous.
Because of this,some makers make a fake(假的)enginenoise or another sound for the electric cars. This gives people nearby a warningthat a car may be coming their way.
But until recently,whether a car makes noise doesn't depend on the maker of the car. Now there Isalaw(法律). All new models of electric cars inEurope must make a warning noise. Beginning in 2021, every new electric carsold in Europe must make noise. The noise must begin when the car is travelingat less than 20 kilometers an hour, or when it is backing up. The sound should alsogive an idea of what the car is doing. For example, when the car is becoming faster,it should sound like it is becoming faster.
"Dong" isone of China's 55 ethnic minorities(少数民族),with a population of less than three million mainly living in South China. Theethnic group is well-known for its traditional embroider (刺绣), which has long been passed down from generation to generation (世代相传).
Qin Naishiqing is amaster of Dong embroidery in Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County in the southern partof Guangxi. At the age of91, she is still good at cutting paper patterns, whichshe says is the spirt of the hand made ant." You should be very skillful inembroidery to become god at paper cutting. When you get a piece of paper, youshould form a picture of the patterns in your mind without actually drawingthem," Qin said.
Teaching embroidery isa family tradition, and Qin's two daughters-in-law usually join her in teachingyoung people. Phoenixes (长生鸟), dragonsand flowers are common patterns featured in folk art, which are reproduced onembroidered products. Spider flowers, seen as a symbol of good wishes, are veryimportant in Dong people's embroidery patterns.
Every Dong girl isencouraged to learn the skill at an early age, around 9 or 10 years old. When shegets married, she will traditionally receive a whole set of clothes, includinga wedding dress, made by her mother.
There are nowthousands of women in the county taking up embroidery一an art form that has remainedunchanged over the years. Qin hopes she can help make sure the traditioncontinues for future generations.
①flowers
②dragons
③wedding dresses
④phoenixes
My dear boys andgirls, good morning. Today I'm going to talk to you about my understanding oflearning history.
You may often wonder why westudents should study something that has nothing to do with our own lives. Ifyou think that way, I should say you are far from the truth.
In fact, if we studyhistory, we can learn quite a lot about personal stories and events. Studying the pasthelps u8 to understand what our ancestors' lives were like. And it also helps usto see how their experiences have shaped our own life.
To be honest, noteverything that happened in the past is good. Some of them help us understandthe mistakes of the past. And these mistakes will help people not to do thesame wrong things.
Whether we like thesubject of history or not, we must understand the importance of the events andthe people who came before us, And the decisions of our own generation(一代) will eventually (最终) influence those whocome after us.
History is not just astudy of the past. History is the study of people, places, and events that caninfluence the future.
Or do you have any doubtabout learning history? If you have any question, just feel free to ask.
A.The mistakes of the past won't help us.
B.In this only way, the world is truly connected.
C.Now do you still think studying history is a sad thing?
D.People often learn from the past to have a better future.
E.Their ideas often solved many of our problems and troubles.
F.Many of you may think it is a terrible thing to study history.
Hunter Adams was veryunhappy during his teenage days and he spent many years in a special hospitalfor people with mental( 精神的) healthproblems.
When he was1from the hospital, Adams decided to become a2, so he went to a medical school in Virginia, USA. But when he wasthere, he did things in a3way. He didn't like the doctor's 4coats, for example, so he5shirts with flowers onthem when he visited his 6and he tried to make them laugh. Thedoctors at the medical school didn't like Adams, 7he was too different.
But Adams consideredthat people in hospital 8more than medicine. 'They had unhappyand9hearts, and they needed to be helped aspatients, but as people too. He spent a lot of time with children in thehospital and often10up like a clown(小丑) to make the children laugh.
When he finishedmedical 11 and became a doctor, Adams12his own hospital, called "the Gusundheit Institute", togetherwith some other doctors. They wanted it to be a place with a different way of13 with sick people.
Hunter Adams became 14 during the 1980s, and in 1988，Universal Pictures made a film about his life. It was verysuccessful. In the film, Robin Williams played Adams, Williams said," Hunteris a/an 15 warm person, who believes that patients need adoctor who is kind and friendly. I enjoyed playing him.
Usually schools andteachers set standards( 标准) forstudents. But a school in Wuhan had a new try recently.
This year, the rulesof Class 12, Senior 1 in Wuhan No. 6 High School have been made by the students(they).
During the first dayof this school year, the teacher allowed his students to make their own rules.Each student(ask) to post a list of (rule). Then theywere shared and discussed the whole class. The rule-making activity lasted about a month. (final) the class had 30rules.
Most of the rules areabout the way students should behave. And there are also some for teachers."No lessons should overrun" is one example. Students are to blame for (break) the rules. Forexample, if a student is late for class above a certain number of times, he orshe will lose the chance(be) an honor student (三好学生). If astudent is caught(use) a cell phone during a class, the phone will be kept by the teacher untilgraduation (毕业).
Students say the ruleswork well in the classroom." We're the ones made the rules, we have to obeythem," said a student.
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3）通过做笔记学习语法等；
4）大量练习是非常重要的。
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DearLucy,
Thanks for youre-mail. I'm glad to hear that you'd like to learn Chinese.
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I hope my advice can helpyou.
Yours,
LiHua
