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Name | Used to like | Now like |
Tom | VCDs | Doing |
Michael | Going to the movies | |
Kate | Reading | |
Jim | Listening to music | online |
A. feelings B. creative C. connect D. showing E. repeat F. from G. wisely |
If you love reading, you've probably experienced the "post-book blues（读后失落感）". It's like saying goodbye to the friends you've made for a long time and now you can't with each other. Here is some advice to solve this problem.
The "post-book blues" allows you to enjoy the writer's work. Leaving a review（ 评 论 ）for the book is a great way of your appreciation. And it can help you show your about how the book has influenced（影响）you.
If you really like the writer, consider reading more books the writer. It will keep you away from your "post-book blues" when you start another book.
These readers choose books which they like. Some readers like to use themes from the stories they have read in their writings. If you're not so, just write down your thoughts on the books. It will help you.
One of the best ways to get to know someone is to just say hello. This may seem like a usual method（ 方 式 ）,1 saying hello to someone is different from country to country, and even from area to area in the same country. In the United States, people2 other people informally（非正式地）for the most part. Saying hello tells you a lot about the person you are3 , and it also tells that person something about you. Typical greetings are "hello, good day, good morning, good afternoon or good evening". All of these greetings can be4 informal greetings that are commonly understood in the United States.
Some of the more informal greetings have been changed greatly from person to person. Younger people have created their own slang（ 俚 语 ）for greeting5 and the slang is constantly changing. For example, the greeting "what's happening" was very6 during the 1970s and 1980s, and it is still in use today, but it has been replaced（ 代 替 ）by several other greetings by the younger. "What's up" can be often heard in the US among7 people. These two greetings are considered informal greetings that a person should8 use in a formal setting. These are usually used for informal en- counters（相遇）and are usually said among friends.
When a person says9 to another person, it says a lot about that person. It shows a friendly attitude and the willingness to get to know the other person. It can mean that the person starting the 10 is someone who is outgoing. If the greeting is accompanied（伴随）by a smile, it is all the better.
a Teens help students in remote（偏远的）areas
Luo, a Chinese university student, only turned 18 in January, but he's already made a big difference to the lives of many poor young people living in China's re- mote areas. His online English lessons have offered them a chance to know a world they could only imagine before. Many have achieved university dreams. |
b Lu Ban Lock: magic Chinese puzzle
Over 2, 000 years ago, a famous Chinese carpenter named Lu Ban created a mag- ic Chinese puzzle called the "Lu Ban Lock", which he used to test how smart his son was. Watch as Rachel learns to make this Chinese puzzle and tries to solve it! Do you want to have a try? |
c The first picture of the black hole
The first picture of the huge black hole at the heart of the Milky Way was shown on Thursday, thanks to the efforts of astronomers（天文学家）from around the world, including 17 from China. Shen Zhiqiang says that the future purpose of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) is to get video pictures of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way. |
d China's healthcare
China has made progress in public health over the past years. In 1949, av- erage life expectancy（平均预期寿命）was 35. It reached 77 in 2019, much higher than the world average of 73. In 1949, there were just 3, 670 medical and health organizations in the whole country. The number increased to nearly 1 million at the end of 2018. Health insurance（保险）has also benefited over 95 percent of the population. |
Imagine that you are thinking about how to learn a new skill in your classroom. In which way would you learn this skill best? Listening to an expert explain how to use the skill? Or reading a book about the new skill?
Mainly, there are three kinds of learners: visual（视觉的）, auditory（听觉的）and reading/writing.
Visual learners need to see the teachers' body language and expressions in order to fully understand the lesson. They may learn the best from videos and pictures in textbooks. If this is your kind of learning, draw pictures instead of writing words down when you make word cards. This may help you learn better.
Auditory learners can learn as effectively（ 有 效 地 ）by listening as visual learners. This kind of learning style depends on listening to conversations, hearing a teacher explain the lesson or using tapes to remember English words. If you are this kind of learner, record your teacher's class and listen to it later. It's more useful for reading / writing learners to read the text. These people enjoy spending time reading all kinds of books and then writing their thoughts. If you like this way, you can review notes or do writing exercises to remember information better.
In China, Teachers' Day was really set on September 10, 1985. Now people celebrate it on September 10 every year. On this special day, students usually give their teachers thank-you cards, flowers, fruits and other small gifts to show their re- spec（t 尊重）and appreciation（感激）
In the United States, Teachers' Day is known as "National Teacher Day". It's on Tuesday during the first full week of May. The day is celebrated by students to show their apprecia- tion for their teachers with flowers, thank-you cards and other gifts.
In India, Teachers' Day is celebrated on September 5 in honor of（为了纪念）the second president of India. September 5 is his birthday. Traditional songs are sung, poems are recited（吟诵）and dramas are performed by students.
In Russia, Teachers' Day was celebrated on the first Sunday of October between 1965 and 1994. Since 1994, the day has been celebrated on the 5th of October, the same day as World Teachers' Day. Students usually show their respect and appreciation with games, competitions, dramas, dance or little presents. Besides the activities, some schools reward（奖励）their teachers for their efforts.
Teachers' Day is celebrated in Vietnam（越南）on November 20th. It was first celebrated in 1958.
Since 1982, the day has been named "Vietnamese Educators' Day". Students hold the Teachers' Day parties at their schools to celebrate it.
Social phobia（社交恐惧症）seems to have been common these days. Many young people describe themselves as having "social phobia". But is this a real illness?
In fact, this is just a reaction（反应）to certain social situations. US researcher Ty Tashiro wrote a book that explains that some people don't "read" social situations correctly so they end up feeling uncomfortable. As a result, they start to act embarrassedly because they don't want this to happen. This might make them find it hard to so- cialize or refuse to do so. They gradually prefer to stay in instead of going out to meet new people.
"Real" social phobia can be described as social anxiety disorder（社交焦虑症）and it is much more serious. People with social anxiety disorder want to go out and communicate with people, but they are so afraid of doing it that they cannot leave their homes. And they may experience panic attacks（恐慌）.
Some people simply use self-help books to help themselves get more control over their minds. Those who have more serious cases of social anxiety disorder can take medicine.
A Luckily, social anxiety disorder can be treated. B.But this doesn't mean they have socia1 phobia. C.For example, they might be afraid of breaking some kind of unspoken rule. D. They prefer not to go out much, and it's hard for them to make new friends. E. They should overcome their fears and learn to stay calm in the face of strangers. F.Their brains simply won't allow them to communicate with others in a normal way. |
Canival (狂欢节).s one of the most important national holidays in Brazil. It is not held to celebrate a big historical event, but it is a time of friendship and freedom (自由).Besides this, it's also a time when Brazilians don't have to work. People can choose to hold parties or just have a good rest instead. Most people hold parties, day after day, night after night. There is a forty-day period called Lent（四月斋）before Easter. During that period, Christians（基督教徒）can't eat meat or take part in any activities.
Carnival is held during the four days before the start of Lent. People put on their holiday clothes and go out to enjoy themselves. Also, some dance schools often hold activities to show their dance. Many people enjoy this festival. After Carnival, everything returns to the normal state, but this custom isn't followed by some people. They always continue their parties. Like at other parties, these people sing, dance and have fun. However, some people are not happy with this behavior and they feel it leaves a bad image of the holiday. I like Carnival. It's a time for people from all over the world to be to- get her and understand each other better. It's a wonderful holiday and I hope more people will respect it.
An airplane is in flight to Chicago, when a blonde woman sitting in economy（经济舱）gets up and moves to an open seat in the first-class section. A flight attendant watches (she) do this, and (polite) tells the woman that she must return to her seat in economy because that's the kind of ticket she (pay) for.
The blonde woman replies, "I'm blonde. I'm beautiful. I'm going to Chicago and I'm staying right here." After (repeat) several times and no (success) in asking the woman to re- turn to economy, the flight attendant tells the pilot it.
The co-pilot goes to the woman and explains why she needs to move, but once again the woman replies, "I'm blonde. I'm beautiful. I'm going to Chicago and I'm staying right here."
The co-pilot returns and (suggest) that perhaps they should call the police and have the woman (punish) when they land. The pilot says, "You say she's blonde? I'll have a try. I'm married to a blonde." He bends next to the woman whispers something in her ear, and she says, "Oh, I'm sorry." Then she quickly moves back to her seat in economy.
The flight attendant and the co-pilot are amazed and ask the pilot what he said to get her to move back to economy causing any problems.
"I told her the first class isn't going to Chicago."
