Keeping animals and1 vegetables at school?This is what students are doing at Zhuxi Middle School in Yangzhou Jiangsu. The school has a small farm. There are seven ducks, three2 and a pig on the farm. There3 also a place for students to grow vegetables. "We have grown chili peppers（辣椒） and eggplants（茄子） here. "said one seventh grader. "In autumn（成熟）, we will give4 to the cooks at our school. "
And Zhuxi Middle School is not the5 one to let students do farm work. In Chongqing No. 39 Secondary, we can also see the vegetables and fruit on the top of the teaching building. Students grow them6 the help of their parents and teachers. You can easily see their7 faces when they are farming. Laughter（笑声） and smiles are everywhere.
"We feel8 satisfied（满足的） that we jump up and down happily when we see our hard work can really make the plants grow. And it's really a good way for us to get close to the nature and relax ourselves at school. "
Teachers believe the9 can know about subjects like biology more easily by seeing what they work in real life. They can know that good results（结果）10 hard work. And they will also learn to be responsible（有责任感） by taking care of the animals and plants.
My mother is a junior high school teacher. She teaches English. She is not only a good teacher, but also a good mother. Here's my mother's daily timetable.
My mother's daily timetable 6 : 00 ﹣6: 30 a. m. have breakfast 9: 00﹣10: 40 a. m. have two lessons |
Lunchtime 1: 00﹣1: 40 p. m. have a rest 4: 00﹣4: 30 p. m. play volleyball or football with students 6: 00﹣6: 45 p. m. have dinner 7: 30﹣10: 00 p. m. help me with my homework |
My name's Cindy. Here is a photo of my room.
In the photo is a small bedroom. In my bedroom, I have a bed, a desk, a chair, a book case and a computer. My bed is near the window（在窗户附近）. The desk is beside（在……的旁边）the bed and it's orange. The chair is at the desk. The bookcase is behind（在……的后面） the desk and it's black. I have an English dictionary, a Chinese dictionary and some story books in my bookcase. My math, English, Chinese books are on my desk. My pens and pencils are in my pencil box. My school bag is on the chair. My white baseball and my computer games are under my bed.
I have a nice picture in my room, too. It is on the wall near the bed. Can you see a dog?It's under my chair. I like it very much.
One day, Henry needs to buy some new clothes for his brother as a gift, so he goes to a store and sees a saleswoman in the store.
He asks her for trousers in black. "How much are they?"he asks. "98 dollars. "The saleswoman answers. He thinks they are too expensive（太贵） and gives them back to her. Then he finds a blue jacket and asks the saleswoman to give it to him. Henry likes it a lot. He thinks his brother must look good in the nice blue jacket. But the saleswoman says, "The jacket is 98 dollars, too. "
Henry doesn't say anything and just goes out of the store with the jacket. The sales woman doesn't let him go away and says, "Sorry, sir!But you don't pay for（付账） that jacket. "
"Well, I give you the trousers for the jacket, "says Henry. "They are the same price, aren't they?"
"Yes, "says the saleswoman, "But you don't pay for the trousers, either. "
"Of course I don't. I'm not an idiot（笨蛋）, "answers Henry, "You see, I don't take the trousers. I can' pay for the things I don't buy. "
If you go to London you will see a lot of buses and cars on the road. You'll also see lots of bikes because more and more people travel by bike. Why?
There are a lot of reasons for this. First, it is very cheap to buy a bike. And then people have to wait for a bus for half an hour. Finally, after you get on the bus, there are so many other buses and cars on the road that the bus moves very slowly.
I traveled to work by bus for about four years. I often arrived at work late and felt tired. Then one day, about two years ago, a friend of mine said, "Let's go to work by bike every day. Please come and join me. Let's go to work together. ""But my bike is at home. And there are so many buses and cars on the road. I'll feel frightened（害怕）. "I answered. "You needn't feel afraid. If you follow me and we ride slowly, you will be fine. "he said.
The next day I bought a new bike. Although we went slowly, we arrived at work soon. It took 40 minutes to go to work by bus, but only half an hour by bike.
Now I like riding a bike to work, I ride very slowly, but I arrive at work quickly and I've saved a little money, and what's more I feel healthy. Many people think my idea is good and maybe you can see more bikes on the roads in London.
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Teachers are around us in life. Everyone and everything can be our teachers. These days, my great teacher is my dog, Angel. He walked to my doorstep a year ago—small, black and wet. It was raining and he was there, trying to stay dry and get warm. I brought him in and we became friends quickly.
In the year with him, ▲ He shows me that one must drink much water. He shows me love for life with joy, excitement and pleasure. When something great is coming his way, he gets so excited, even a usual morning walk!And he knows how to ask for love and how to accept（接受） it. Many times, when I'm working, he'll walk up to me and stand quietly. If I'm busy and don't see him, he'll walk away.
Sometimes he brings his toys to me. He asks me to come and play. He reminds me that there is always time to play. He reminds me that I need to relax myself just get up and stretch（he always stretches when he gets up）, to say hello to the person in the next room.
A: Hello, Johnny.
B: Hello, Clark.
A: I usually take the bus.
B:
A: It takes about 15 minutes. Do you take the bus to school?
B: No, I don't. I walk to school.
A: Great. It's good exercise.
B: Yeah.
A: Yes, I do. I like playing sports.
B:
A: I usually exercise on weekends.
B: Really? It's a good habit.
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A. Do you often exercise? B. I take the subway to school. C. Because my home is not far from the school. D. How far is it from your home to school? E. How do you get to school every day? F. When do you exercise? G. How long does it take? |
One day, a smart old owl（猫头鹰） heard a monkey and an elephant's talk. The elephant said, "I'm so strong that I can push down（推倒）a tree with my nose!"
The monkey said, "I can run and climb!" then he asked the owl, "Who is better（更好）, the elephant or me?"
The smart owl said, "I can't give you the answer. But there is one way that can help you to work out your problem. Across from the river is a fruit tree. Go, pick the fruit, and bring it tome. "
The elephant and the monkey went straight to the river. The water ran quickly, and the monkey was scared. "Get on my back!"said the elephant. After thinking about for some minutes, the monkey climbed on the elephant's back and they crossed the river together.
There they were. They found that the tree was tall and strong. The fruit was on the tree top. The elephant tried to push down the tree, but he couldn't. He tried to get the fruit with his nose, but it was much too high.
"I can climb. "said the monkey. He climbed the tree and got the fruit. Then the elephant took the fruit with his nose. They brought the fruit to the owl. The owl asked, "Do you work out the problem now?"
The monkey and the elephant looked at each other smiled and said, "Yes. Together we can do great things!"
Can your best friend always go to the same school with you?Maybe not. Good friends cannot always be with you. Sometimes they have to go to schools. So how to keep along﹣distance（远距离） friendship（友谊）?Here are some ways:
chat tools（聊天工具） like QQ or WeChat
Talking to your friends keeps the friendship going!That's OK if you don't talk too much. You can either chat with them on weekdaysgo to the movies on weekends.
Keep sharing（分享） everything.
My best friend and I are not in the same school. But we know everything about each lives. It's like your friend is there with you. And these days we are talking a lot about a TV series called The Age of Awakening（觉醒年代）
Be there for them
When your best friend is not happy, you can one or two hours talking with him or her. And you can do some other things like playing sports together to make him happy.
Buy
Don't forget to buy a gift for your best friends his birthday. He will be very happy to see it. Friends are important to everyone. You can always make good friends if you are a nice friend.
