Sarah: Hey Kelly , how is everything____________(go)?
Kelly: Not so good.
Sarah: Why ? I thought you almost_______(finish) it last night.
Kelly: Well, all the computers at the computer center are taken, ______ I can’t type it.
Sarah: The same thing happened________ me a few weeks ago. Every time I went to the center, all the computers
______________(use).And I have a lot of papers
_______ had to be done on the computer. I ended up finishing them by hand.
Kelly: There are so few computers _____all the students here.
Sarah: We should write a letter and require the school to add more computers.
Kelly: Good ideas. Do you want to get together to write _______ letter tonight?
Sarah: Sure, But I have a study group meeting at 7:30.
Kelly: Ok, Let’s meet________(early) in the dining hall at 6:30.
_______ shouldn’t take us long to write.
Sarah: See you then. Meanwhile, good luck with you paper.
Kelly: Thanks!!
Man: Good morning. Can I help you?
Woman: Yes. I ____ (admit) to the university last month, and now I’d like to try and arrange __
__ (accommodate) in the hall of residence.
Man: Yes, certainly. Please sit down. What I'll do is fill ___ a form and make sure you __
_ (full) understand what to expect.
Woman: Thank you.
Man: So first of all, can I take your name and date of birth?
Woman: It's Anu Bhatt. March 31st, 1992.
Man: And what will you be studying?
Woman: I'm doing a course in __ (nurse).
Man: Right, thank you. And how long would you want to stay in hall, do you think?
Woman: Well, it'll take three years ____ I'd only like to stay in hall for two. I'd like to think about living outside for the third year.
Man: Fine. Do you want to cook for __ or have all your meals __
_ (provide), as we call full board?
Woman: Is there anything in between?
Man: Yes. You can choose to be provided only with evening meals, ___ is half board.
Woman: That's ___ I'd prefer.
Man: Yes, a lot of students go for that. Now, with that in mind, do you have any special diet, anything we should know about?
Woman: No red meat.
Man: Okay. That's all I need to know.
Former Hollywood child star Shirley Temple (die) on Monday at home in Woodside, California, from natural causes.
With her charm and blonde curls, she was one of (popular) stars of
1930s in hit movies like Bright Eyes and Stand Up and Cheer.
Her singing, ___(dance) and acting won over fans worldwide. She
_ (give) a special juvenile Oscar in 1935,
she was just seven years old. To this day, she is still the youngest person
__ has received an Academy Award.
Shirley Temple started film career at three years old. Between 1934 _
_ 1938 she appeared in more than 20 films and was consistently the top US movie star.
Her final film, A Kiss For Corliss, is available to watch online for free. This is the star’s final moment on the big screen.
After retiring from films in 1950 the age of 22, Temple once again became the focus(焦点) as a politician and diplomat (外交官).
In the 1950s, a family that owned a farm near Beulah, Michigan kept a bull chained to an elm (榆树). The bull paced around the tree, dragging the heavy iron chain, led to a groove (槽) in the bark. The groove was deepened over the years. Though for whatever reason,
did not kill the tree.
After some years, the family took their bull away. They cut the chain, (leave) the link around the tree.
Then one year, agricultural catastrophe (strike) Michigan in
form of Dutch elm disease. All of the elms lining the road leading to the farm became infected
died. Everyone thought that the old elm would be the
. The farm owners considered
(go) the safe thing: pulling it out and chopping it up into firewood before it died.
(amazing), the tree did not die. It’s said that what doesn’t kill you will make you stronger. Or,
a plant pathologists (病理学家 ) put it , “Life breaks us all, but afterwards, many of us are strongest at the broken places.”
Festivals and celebrations of all kinds (hold) everywhere since ancient times. Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of cold weather,
(plant) in spring and harvest in autumn. At that time people would starve if food was difficult to find, especially during the cold winter months.
Today's festivals have many origins, some ( religion) , some seasonal, and some for special people or events. Some festivals are held to honor the dead or to satisfy the ancestors, who might return either to help or to do harm. For example, the Japanese festival Obon is honored in
of their ancestors. People then should go to clean graves, light lamps and play music
they think that this will lead the ancestors back to earth. In Mexico, people celebrate the Day of the Dead in early November.
this important feast day, people eat food in
shape of skulls and cakes with "bones" on them. They offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead. The Western holiday Halloween also had
origin in old beliefs about the return of the spirits of dead people. It is now a children's festival,
they can dress up and go to their neighbors' homes to ask for sweets. The Dragon Boat Festival in China honors the famous ancient poet, Qu Yuan. India has a national festival on October 2 to honor Mohandas Gandhi, the leader who helped gain India's
（depend) from Britain.
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Six days of spring rain had created a wild river (run) by Nancy Brown’s farm. As she tried to drive her cows to higher ground, she
(slip) and hit her head on a fallen tree trunk. Nancy was badly hurt and could only walk with great
(difficult). The water was rising. Nancy’s pace got slower and slower. Finally, all she could do was to throw her arm around Lizzie’s neck and try to hang on. About 20 minutes later, Lizzie managed to
(success) pull herself and Nancy out of the water and onto a bit of high land.
helicopter lowered a doctor,
attached Nancy to a life-support lift. They raised her into the helicopter and took her to the school gym,
the Red Cross had set up an emergency shelter.
When the flood subsided two days later, Nancy immediately went back to the highland. Lizzie was gone. was one of the 19 cows that Nancy lost. “I owe my life
her,” said Nancy sobbingly.
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