One afternoon just before Christmas it was cloudy with strong wind. An old man was walking in the street when he saw a little boy1 in front of a beautiful shop window. The old man2 why he was crying there. The little boy said that he had lost the3 dollars given by his mother. When the old man heard this, he put his hand 4 his pocket, took out a small wallet and gave the boy what was inside. The little boy looked at5 and stopped crying. Then the old man walked away.
An hour6 , the old man was going back home by the same route. To his surprise, he saw the same boy at the same place. The boy was standing in the7 wind. He went up to him and asked if he had really lost his8 The little boy said that he had found his ten dollars. He was waiting for him there. He wanted to9 the ten dollars to him. The man was moved that he could say10 .
Tom, Beijing, China
In fact yes! I haven't changed a lot. Some of my high school classmates saw me recently, and they said I look exactly the same as I used to be. They haven't seen me for over ten years! So I don't think I've changed so much.
Ruth, New York the USA
Of course not I used to wear glasses, but now I don't wear them I used to be small and some big girls in high school often laughed at me, but now I'm very tall and strong fried recharged
Martin, Paris, France
Ah, yes, I do. I'm about as tall as I was in high school and I have the same hairstyle(发型). I'm probably a little bit heavier but not very much. But one thing has changed five got some gray hair.
Kate, California, the USA well, I think that I've changed A lot of my friends say that I haven't changed at all, but I think I have. I used to wear sports clothes and sports shoes. But now I often wear skirts and heels(高跟鞋). I look more like a lady.
One day, I happened to meet an Englishman in a store and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be very surprised, gently shaking his head and saying, "You don't say! You don't say!" I was puzzled(困惑的), and I thought, "Perhaps this is not a right thing to talk about. " So I said to him, "Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? Have you ever been there?
"Certainly. When I'm back home, everyone will laugh at me if I leave here without seeing it. The Great Wall is wonderful!" he answered.
"Yes, it is one of the wonders in the world. And people from all over the world have come to visit it, " I added. As 1 was telling him more about it, he said again, "You don't say1"
I couldn't help asking, "Why do you ask me not to talk about it?"
"Well, I didn't ask you to do so, " he answered, greatly surprised.
"Didn't you say "You don't say!'?" I asked again.
Hearing this, the foreigner laughed loudly. He began to explain. You don't say!'means' Really?". Perhaps you know little about English idioms（习惯用语)"
Wow! How foolish I was! Since then I have been careful with English idioms.
Reading for pleasure is the easiest way for us to become a better reader in English It is also the most important way.
Some students say they don't want to read for pleasure. They say they want to use their time to learn the rules of the language and new words. They say that pleasure reading is too easy.
Many experts say pleasure reading is very important for learning English. Dr. Stephen Krashen, a famous expert on learning languages, says that pleasure reading helps you learn marry important things about English. Students learn more grammar and more words when they read for pleasure. They also learn more about good writing.
Dr. Krashen tells us that pleasure reading helps each student in a different way. Each student needs to learn something different. Pleasure reading makes it possible for each student to learn what he or she needs.
Would you like to live in a city where buildings turn the lights off for you, and self-driving cars will find the nearest parking space themselves? Although it might sound a little far from you living in a "smart" city like this could happen sooner than you think
Great changes have taken place in towns that we have lived in for centuries, while completely new cities are being built. One such place is the city of Song do. Every home there will have a telepresence system (远程遥控系统) allowing users to control the heating and locks, take part in video meetings, and receive education, health care and movement services. Around the city, escalators (自动扶梯 ) will only move when someone is on them, and offices and schools will all be connected to the system.
The great mind behind Songdo is from the company Cisco. In fact, technology companies around the world such as IBM, Siemens and Microsoft are already in the business.
About 75% of the world's population will live in cities by 2050, so cities will need to be more modern to deal with the coming problems. "Making cities smarter is one way out and I think this will in turn make cities greener", said Dan Hill, head of a research company.
On the Mid-Autumn Festival, mooncakes are popular in China. They carry people's (wish) to the families they love and miss. There are many (tradition) folk stories about this festival, of which the story of Chang'e is the most touching. After Hou Yi (shoot) down the nine suns, a goddess gave him magic medicine to thank him. Whoever drank this could live forever, and Hou Yi planned to drink it with ( he )wife-Chang'e. , a bad man tried to steal the medicine. Chang'e refused (give) it to him and took it all. She began to fly up to the moon. Hou Yi was sad that he called out her name to the moon every night. One night, when he saw his wife there, he(quick) laid out her favorite fruits and desserts in the garden. After this, people started the tradition of (admire) the moon and sharing mooncakes their families.
