A: What are you reading, Steve?
B: The Call of the Wild by Jack London.
A:
B: It tells about an adventure（冒险） story of a dog named Buck.
A: Is the story interesting?
B: Sure. I can't put it down.
A: My English teacher asked us to write a report.
B: You can choose The Call of the Wild. If you read it, you'll fall in love with it.
A: Okay. .
B: Of course! I'll bring it to you as soon as I finish it.
A: Great!
B: It won't take long.
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A. Can you lend it to me? B. What's the book about? C. I can't wait to read the book. D. When did you finish reading the book? E. I haven't decided yet which book to write about. F. It is not only a story of a dog, but also full of true meaning of life. |
Have you ever been to Singapore? For thousands of1 from China, this small island in Southeast Asia is a 2 and safe place to take a holiday. On the one hand, more than three quarters of the population are Chinese, so you can3 speak Putonghua a lot of the time. On the4 hand, Singapore is an English—speaking country, so it's also a good place to practice your English!
Have you ever 5 Chinese food outside of China? Maybe you fear that you won't be able to find6 to eat when you travel. In Singapore, however, you'll find a lot of food form China；you won't have any problem 7 rice, noodles or dumplings. Singapore is also an excellent place to try new food. 8 you like Indian food, Western food or Japanese food, you'll find it 9 in Singapore!
Most large cities have zoos, but have you ever been to a zoo 10 ? Singapore has a Night Safari. It might 11 strange to go to a zoo when it's dark. However, if you go to see lions, tigers or foxes 12 the daytime, they'll probably be asleep! A lot of animals only wake up at night, so this is the 13 time to watch them. At the Night Safari, you can watch these animals in a more natural environment than in a normal zoo.
One great thing about Singapore is that the14 is almost the same all year round. This is because the island is so close to the equator. So you can choose to go 15 you like—spring, summer, autumn or winter. And, of course, it's not too far from China!
In many English homes people eat four meals a day: breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner.
People have breakfast at any time from seven to nine in the morning. They eat porridge, eggs or bread. English people drink tea or coffee at breakfast.
Lunch comes at one o'clock. Afternoon tea is from four to five in the afternoon and dinner is about half past seven. First they have soups, and then they have meat or fish with vegetables. After that they eat some other things, like bananas, apples or oranges. But not all English people eat like that. Some of them have their dinner in the middle of the day. Their meals are breakfast, dinner, tea and supper and all these meals are very simple.
Once upon a time, a man from a country called Zheng wanted to buy a pair of shoes. But he didn't know what size he wore. So he measured his feet with a stick as a size and then he went to a market in town.
In the market, the shoe keeper took out a pair of new shoes and asked the man to try them on. However, the man found he left the stick at home. So he said, "I'm sorry, I forgot to bring the size here! I'll go home to get it back. "The shoe keeper said"Your feet are with you, you can try on the shoes with them, are your feet not better than the size? " "No, the size is right, I believe it. "answered the man. Then he came out of the market and went back home.
After he got the stick, the man hurried to the market again. But the market was over.
Do you want to make the world a better place? You can! Just look for ways to help others out. Everybody need help sometimes. Some places also need help. Helping others out is good even if you can't get any money at all. Usually when you help other people, you feel good. When you help others, you also learn more about the world. And helping others can be a great way to make friends! But how can you help?
Here are some ways:
Check with your local school or hospital. Many times they need some help. You don't have to be a doctor or teacher to help out. These places need help in many areas that don't need special training.
Do you like children? Many places need people to help take care of children.
This world has many dirty places. Help clean them up. See how you can join others to make this world a cleaner place. Be creative!
Is there something you do well? Help out by teaching it to someone. You can help someone, and when you teach, you learn more, too.
You can help many places. Give it a try. Get your friends to work with you, too. If we work together, we can make this world a better place.
To know more about children's free time activities, Sunshine School did a survey in January. The bar chart shows the percent of boys and girls in middle school, who like four kinds of free time activities.
They have climbed into a volcano（火山）, swam with piranhas（水虎鱼）, camped in 一52℃ weather and travelled around the world by boat in the early years. They are Zhang Xinyu and Liang Hong, a couple from Beijing. Now they are among the most famous people online because of their reality show（真人秀）On the Road.
Zhang and Liang are just common people. They never thought they would set foot in more than 100 countries. Zhang is a businessman. His success in business has brought him great wealth（财富）. But the earthquake（地震）that hit Sichuan in 2008 made him think about life seriously. "The most important thing in life is to experience all kinds of things and see the way all kinds of people live, " Zhang said. So he decided to go out and see the world with his friend Liang Hong. After about 5 years' preparation, including planning the routes（路线）, buying equipment（设备）and learning all kinds of skills, they finally set out.
The two have spent the last few years travelling around the world by plane, boat and car. They got married in Antarctic（南 极）. They flew across South America in a helium balloon（氦气球）. They were handcuffed（被戴上手铐）in the United States. Sometimes even their lives were at risk（处于 危险中）. They wrote down what they experienced on the road and posted them online to bring a real world to readers. As Liang said, "We are both people who love life. We want viewers to know what is happening now in the world and we should not take what we have for granted（想当然）. "
Friends are important for everyone. Butis not easy to find friends. For most students, true friends are harder to find. If you have some good friends, you should do your best （keep）your friendship.
People like friends with similar interests. You can spend happy and（relax）time together. However, you don't have to be same as your friends all the time. You may have different （idea）and habits. Then trying to understand and respect（尊重）other seems to be more important.
The way you talk your friends is important. You can ask questions to help them start and keep talking. But don't ask personal questions, suchtheir parents' jobs. These questions will make them feel unhappy. In that way, you may lose some friends and you may also get（few）friends than others.
Another important thing is listening. Listen（10） （careful）when your friend is talking. It doesn't have to be with words. Body language also works. Talk about your ideas after your friend finishes his talking.
In short, friends help make our life wonderful. We should keep friendship as long as possible.
