David was a bit too fat. He went to buy an exercise machine. He tried to 1 some weight(减肥).
At first, he put it in the basement(地下室). 2 he did not use it often. He hardly(几乎不) went into the basement.
Next, he moved it into his 3 . But he still didn't use it very often. That's because he would only go into the bedroom when it was time for him to go to 4 . Finally, he moved it 5 the living room. He put the machine next to the 6 . His wife thought maybe this would finally work. He could exercise and 7 outside at the beautiful garden at the same time.
After about a week, his wife 8 David how his exercise was going. He said, "Well, yes, I do9 exercise these days. Every time I want to 10 the window, I have to walk around the exercise machine. "
Once upon a time, there was a king and he was bad to his people. So nobody liked him.
One hot day, the king went to swim by himself in a river. Suddenly(突然) he didn't feel comfortable and couldn't move his hands or legs. He began to drown.
Luckily, two farmers were working on the farm near the river and saw everything. Of course, the farmers didn't know the man in the river was the bad king. So the two farmers jumped into the river and saved him.
The king thanked the farmers and said, "I'm the king of the country. Ask me for anything, and I will give it to you. "
"My mother and father are sick (生病的) in bed," the first farmer said. "Can you give me some money to send them to a doctor?" The king answered, "It's easy. "
Then he turned to the second farmer and asked, "How about you? What do you want?" The farmer looked worried and unhappy. "Don't let other people know I saved you. " he answered.
In Tianjin, China, a group of people are waiting at the bus stop. Soon, a bus comes. It isn't the same bus that we usually see on the street. It looks like a panda with black ears and black eyes.
After getting on the bus, people only need to buy their tickets by scanning (扫描) their hands! About one minute later, the bus starts its self-driving mode (模式). It stops for traffic lights automatically before it gets to the next stop. That is to say, it can drive and stop by itself. But there is still a driver on the bus. He will do something if the bus is in danger(处于危险中).
There are also some robots on the bus. People can talk to them and ask them for help. If there is a bad person on the bus, the robots will call the police. And kids love the bus because there are many pictures of pandas on it.
DeepBlue makes this kind of bus. It is working in ten cities all over China. Maybe more cities in China will have this kind of bus. I think it must be really interesting to take the bus in the future.
① Call the police.
② Talk to people.
③ Play with kids.
④ Drive the bus.
You may find it easy and fun to use mobile phones. But for many old people, it's a hard thing. Liu Siyuan, a middle school student from Beijing, noticed the problem(问题). He tried to teach the elderly how to use mobile phones with a guidebook.
Liu and six other students spent about half a year writing a book called May I Show You How to Use Mobile Phones. Before writing the book, they made a survey(调查)of more than 1,000 old people. They have found out what problems many old people have with their mobile phones. "How to use WeChat(微信)" was on the top of the list. So it became one part of the book. The other nine parts include(包括) online shopping, using online maps and so on.
Now, they have printed out 500 copies(份) using their own(自己的) money. They gave all the copies to the elderly. They'll soon start to work on the second book. They hope it will teach the elderly something like hospital registration(挂号) and photo editing(编辑).
A. When was he born? B. What book are you reading? C. Where are you going? D. Did he write a lot of plays? E. Who is the writer of this book? F. Did he want to be a writer at first? G. Can you tell me something about him? |
A:Hi, Mary.
B:I'm reading Hamlet.
A:
B:William Shakespeare. He was very famous.
A:Sounds nice.
B:Certainly.
A:
B:In 1564.
A:
B:No. He wanted to be an actor at first and then he began to write.
A:Thank you for telling me that.
B:You're welcome.
One day, a baby snail(蜗牛)found that he had to carry a hard and heavy shell(壳)at any time. He wanted to know why，so he went up to his mother and asked, "Why was I born with a shell and it grew(变得) so hard and heavy?" His mother said, "Because we have no bones(骨头). We can only move slowly, so we need a shell to protect(保护) us. "
The baby snail asked again, "The caterpillar(毛毛虫) has no bones, either, and she can't move quickly. Why can she live without a shell?" The mother snail answered, "That's because a caterpillar will become a butterfly(蝴蝶). She can fly high into the sky. The sky can protect her. "
The baby snail had one more question, "But the earthworm (蚯蚓) moves like us. He has no bones and he won't become a butterfly. Why doesn't he carry a hard and heavy shell?" His mother said, "He can dig(挖) a hole and hide(藏) in the ground, and then the earth(土地) can protect him. "
The baby snail then cried, "We are so poor! We have no protection from the sky or from the ground!" His mother smiled at him, "That's why we have a shell. My dear, if we don't have the shells, what will happen to us? The hot sun will dry out(干硬) our bodies and we'll have nowhere to sleep. Without a shell, maybe we'll die in the heavy rain. How bad it is! We don't depend on(依靠) the sky or the ground for protection. We should depend on ourselves. "
When someone shouts at you or says something bad to you, how will you feel and what will you do? Last week, I learned an important l from a taxi driver.
Last Friday, I called a taxi to the airport, on the way there, a black car suddenly jumped out right in front of us. My driver quickly s his car, so the black car didn't hit(撞到) us. But the driver of the black car turned his head around and kept(一直) shouting at us t he drove far away. My driver just smiled and waved at him in a really f way. So I asked, "W did you just do that? He a hit your car and sent us to the hospital!"
"In our life, many people are like garbage trucks(垃圾车). They run around with garbage—all kinds of bad feelings. Sometimes, they n a place to dump(倾倒) it and maybe they'll dump it o you. Don't be angry. Just smile, wave, wish them well and move on. Don't take their garbage and spread(传播)it to o people. " He told me.
I l a lot from the driver. Now, when I meet someone like a garbage truck, I just smile and move on.
（2）你们家在图书馆附近，只有15分钟的步行路程，所以你经常去；
（3）你恰巧在学校学习了①马克吐温的《汤姆·索亚历险记》；②吴承恩的《西游记》；（两本书选其中一本即可，简单介绍一下书的内容）
（4）去年寒假，你在社区做了一次志愿者，给小朋友们讲故事，还教他们唱歌，你非常受小朋友们的欢迎；
（5）你认为……
参考词汇：志愿者 volunteer; 滨海新区图书馆 Binhai Library; 社区community；马克吐温Mark Twain; 《西游记》 Journey to the West; 《汤姆·索亚历险记》Tom Sawyer
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Dear Sir/Madam,
yours sincerely
Li Hua
