What is happiness? To some, happiness is being surrounded by family and friends. To others, happiness means achieving success in something, such as meeting a goal. To who have been injured or struggle with a physical disability, happiness can simply mean a day without suffering, or just being alive. Here is an example.
Sang Lan was born Ningbo, China in 1981, and began learning gymnastics when she was only six years old. By the time she completed in the gymnastics tournament at the New York Goodwill Games, she had been a junior gymnast for eleven years. Sang Lan’s best event was always
vault. She started winning competitions in 1991
kept working hard. Her teammates described her
energetic, happy and hard-working. In my opinion, she is a very good example of someone
is happy with her life, a young girl who was happy and successful in her sport. She amazed the world by the way she remained cheerful
she was injured and in hospital. Now, she finds happiness by reaching much smaller goals, and through the love of the people around her.
I hope all of us have been inspired by Sang Lan! I think her courage is admirable. I know I will think about how rebuilt her life whenever my life feels unbearable.
One day I went to the Six Flags amusement park. After riding a ride, I lost my keys. I didn’t notice they were gone ____I was on the other side of the park. So I went to the security office. Amber Thompson, ____
worked there, was very nice. She asked me for my license, a ___
(describe) of the keys and whether I had anything ____
(attach) to the key chain, ___
nothing could be done right away. Here is ____
cool thing about losing keys at Six Flags: if the keys are found once you have left, the park will send them back __
your home free of charge. __
(fortunate), my story has a good ending. The keys were found before the park closed. ____
(lose) keys didn’t spoil my day, and somehow I found myself pleased by the presence of Bugs Bunny after I lost my keys.
You can easily spend time there _____it is convenient for you. Just make sure you haven’t lost something important after you get off each ride.
People can often see a talking parrot on a TV show, in a movie, or even in someone’s home. The parrot has learned (copy) sounds that people make. Dolphins, bats, and some apes also copy sounds. Now we can add elephants
this list of copycats (盲目的模仿者).
Dr. Joyce Poole is a zoologist, studies the sounds of elephants. While she was in Kenya, she would hear strange noises
(make) by Mlaika after sunset. Mlaika was
8-year-old African elephant
it lived near a highway.
Dr. Poole says that she couldn’t tell the difference between Mlaika’s call and the (distance) truck noise. Why did
copy the sounds of the trucks driving by? Animals that are able to copy sounds may enjoy
(practice) new sounds. When they are kept outside of their natural environment, they may copy unusual sounds.
So far Dr. Poole (spend) 18 years with two female Asian elephants. Asian elephants make sounds like birds to talk with one another.
Parrots, dolphins, humans, and elephants show that being a copycat is one way that animals and people make new friends and keep old ones.
On receiving my learner's permit a couple of months ago, I started driving lessons straight away. However, it wasn't until two days ago Dad finally allowed me to drive on the motorway. Our destination was Orewa,
seaside town.
That morning I made sure I had enough to drink and went to the toilet about three times we left. I thought l was totally prepared__
the journey, but nothing could have prepared me for my family's complaints.
“Relax! Don't hold the steering wheel so (tight)." called a nervous voice from the backseat.
"Speed up. 70km/h isn't fast enough. You are holding up the traffic," another voice ordered from the seat next to _(1).
How (annoy)! To content them ,I
(step) hard on the accelerator, and within a second, an angry voice began to yell again.
‘‘Stop! Slow down! Are you crazy? Did I tell you to go above l00km/h'?"
Finally I drove into the city, where the speed limit was only 50km/h.
My family seemed relieved and stopped__(tell) me what to do. On our way home, the journey was much
(easy) than before as everyone else fell fast asleep. So ,I just took my time and enjoyed the drive.
I had been sitting by myself in my usual compartment for at least ten minutes, waiting for the train ____ (start). Suddenly I heard someone shouting on the platform outside. A young girl was running towards the train. The man on duty put out his hand to stop her but she ran past__
__ and opened the door of my compartment. Then the whistle _
__ (blow) and the train started. “I nearly missed it, didn’t I?” the girl said. “How long does it __
__ to get to London?” “It depends on the engine driver” I said. “Some days it’s much slower than others.” “I’ll have to have my watch _
__ (mend), so as not to be late again tomorrow,” she said.
“It’s my first day at work with a new firm today and they told me that the man I’m going to work for is very strict. I haven’t met him yet so I don’t know what he is like, he sounds a bit _
_ (frighten).”
She talked about her new job ___ the way to London and before long, I realized that she was going to work for my firm. My secretary had just left so I must be her new boss. It was only fair to tell her. “Oh, dear,” she said. “__
__ a terrible mistake! I wish I had known”. “Never mind,” I said. “At least you’ll know when your train’s late, __
__ (I) will be, too.”
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Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories, (destroy) fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged
their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or roofs. One pe rson was killed,
several people seriously hurt and a number of other people slightly injured. Altogether over two hundred people were
(home) after the storm.
A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour.
“I (eat) with my wife and children,” he said, “when we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down
top of us. We tried our best to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was
missing. I went back inside and found him, safe
very frightened.”
Mrs. Woo Mei Fong husband had just left for work said that she felt her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children.
Soldiers helped to take people out of flooded area and the welfare department brought food, clothes and shelter.
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