A: Hi, Jane. Nice to see you again. I heard that you went to the U.S.A. during the vacation.
B: Yes, I went there to attend a summer in English.
A: Wow. You were lucky. Can you tell me something about your course?
B: Sure.
A: How did you stay there?
B: About 40 days. I went there on July 15th and on August 25th.
A: Where did you live?
B: In Mr. Smith’s house. And with an American family, I could speak English with them daily.
A: How nice! And how about the course?
B: The course was also very good. You can sit anywhere you like in the classroom. And you are welcome to your ideas with others. I really like it.
A: How interesting! Maybe my own teacher Miss Wang is to try that.
tell her about it.
A: Hello, Peter. You look unhappy. What’s wrong?
B: I have tried my best. But I find it’s really
difficult for me. I’ve decided to drop it.
A:
B: I don’t really want to, but I don’t know what to do, Ann.
A:
B: She is very busy. She has a lot of work to do.
A: Don’t worry. I have a good idea. You are good at math, and I do well in Chinese and Science.
B: Great!
A: I go to the art club and do volunteer work on the
weekends, but I don’t have classes on Thursday afternoons.
B: I don’t have classes on Thursday afternoons, either.
A: OK!
B:
A: I hope so. Maybe you’ll find it easy and interesting, too.
B: You can come to my home at two o’clock.
All the runners stood nervously at the starting line.All of them had prepared
（1） （they） for this important race.
The race meant more to a boy named Bill，because most of the other runners had greater speed.Could Bill realize his dream of being （2） "all﹣school"runner？He would have to finish in the top 5 to win that honor.
Bill's life （3） （fill）with disappointment.Primary school had been a long nightmare（噩梦） for him.Of all the reading skills，he even couldn't pick up（4） （basic） one，although he had tried many times.Bill did not complain（报怨）.He simply tried hard.But in the following years he was till unable to catch up with his classmates.
Then one day his teacher called us in （5） a conversation.She said， "I'm sorry to have to tell you this，but Bill isn't trying anymore.He has given it up（6） （complete）. "I became very sad and afraid.I was afraid Bill might have forever lost heart.
I had a talk with Bill.I told him about my own experiences.I said， "（7） I was the slowest one in my class in primary school，my parents and teachers were loving and understanding.Because of that，I made it through those years and finally went on to a music school.Now，you know，I'm a（8） （piano）.We think achievements come easily to others.Life usually isn't like that.The person who（9） （success）is usually only a few percent. "Bill said， "Dad，I guess that not doing so well isn't all that bad if someone loves you and stands by you.
In the （10） （nine） grade，Bill went out for the race again.
Parents are the closest p to you in the world and they will do almost (几乎)a
for you. But many teenagers c
get on well with their parents, because they feel that their parents are n
interested in those topics that they are interested in and they can’t understand each o
.
Many kids feel that w . But you and your parents will be much happier if you can be f
. Here are some ways for you to have a good talk w
your parents:
a) F a good time to talk with them, for example, when you are eating dinner, going out for a walk or watching TV.
b) Tell them something you are interested in. Tell them the interesting t in your school.
c) Ask them about their lives when they were young. They love to talk about that!
Hell, ! My name is Linda Brown. I’m English. I have two photos here.Look at this picture. It’s a photo of my
.I have a very big family, my grandparents, my
, my brother and I. My grandfather and my grandmother are in England.They are old they don’t
My mother and I
In China. My brother, Frank, is a
. He works in the USA.
This is a photo of my house in . My grandparents live in the house. The house is small, but there is a big garden
it.There are many green
and nice flowers you can see a black-and-white dog near the house.
name is Cany. I love it very much.
Tom brought a box of biscuits to a summer camp. He ate a few and placed the r under his bed. After lunch, he found the box was m
. He went to tell his camp coach(教练) about it.
The next day, the coach saw a boy eating Tom’s biscuits behind a tree. He came up with an i to solve the problem. He found Tom and said to him, “I know who t
away your biscuits. Will you help me to teach him a lesson?”
“Well, yes…are you going to p him, sir?” Tom asked. “No, I am not,” the coach explained patiently. “That would only make him hate you. I want you to write to your mother and ask f
more biscuits.”
Tom received another box of biscuits by mail from his mother a few days later. “Now,” said the coach, “go and s them with the boy who stole your biscuits.” Tom didn’t understand the coach’s meaning. H
, he still followed his advice.
Half an hour later the coach saw the two b come up the hill, arm in arm. The boy was trying to ask Tom to accept his toy robot in payment for(赔偿) the stolen biscuits. And Tom was r
the gift from his new friend. He said that a few biscuits were not so important.
In some situations, forgiveness is better than punishment.
Some people say life is like crossing a river; some say it is like climbing a mountain.
I think our life is much like climbing a mountain. _____ To reach our goals, we work hard to make progress day after day. Here we have a choice. We can complain about how unfair it is to climb a new mountain every year.
_____
Sometimes, we fall over. ___ We can stop and complain about what progress we have lost. Or, we can stand on our feet and begin climbing that mountain again.
If we reach the goal for this year, we start from zero to reach the goal for next year. ____ Instead, we should look ahead.
Many people will waste time worrying, "Can I reach my final goal?" or is it worth doing? ___ The question is, "Can I take the next step in the right direction?"
Take one step at a time, and pay attention to tomorrow’s step today.
| A. We shouldn’t spend the rest of our lives looking at where we used to be. B. Here we also have a choice. C. Each year we have a new mountain to climb. D. Or, we can just make ourselves busy. E. That is not the question. |
Mr. Wang loves c stamps. It not only brings him h
but also know him know a lot about history. Last year he
（买） a set of four stamps to remember the great book Master Sun’s Art of War. This book is one of the e
and the most important military (军事的) books in the world. The book is
useful and important that it’s known by many other countries in the world. The face values(面值) of the
were 20，30，60 fen and one yuan, but Mr. Wang spent about 2,000 yuan
them. He often
the fun of collecting stamps with his friends. He says,“I am very happy
I’m looking at my stamps. They let me know more about the history of our country and make more
.”
Ed，William and Dan are three young men who love music.They've left their comfortable homes without taking any （1） （money）or mobile phones.They plan
（2） （walk）around the whole Britain，singing for dinner and sleeping anywhere like fields.
Ed and Dan met William when they were at school.They all liked walking. （3） they finished school，Ed went to study art in Paris and became （4） artist.Dan became a gardener and William a bookseller.They were still friends， （5） they weren't very happy with their lives.
One day they said， "Why don't we start walking？" And so they did.
They love simple activities （6） the busy，stressful world.
"People often ask （7） （we）why we're doing this.But you know it's a great life and we're learning so much on our journey，" says William （8） （proud）.
Last year they started a website to tell people a lot of stories about their walks.
This year they'd like to make videos and tell （9） （many）stories.Next year，they （10） （make）a CD of their songs and start a charity.The future looks good.
Ricky is 12 years old .He is a student at Nanjing Middle School. He loves sports. At school, he likes p___ basketball with his friends . He is in the school basketball t
____.Ricky plays very w
___.His f
___ basketball star is YaoMing . He always w
___ his games on TV .Yao Ming is his hero.
A：Hello, Lin Zhe! This is Rose.
B: ___
__ _
___ you, Rose.
C: Nice to meet you, too.
B ___ twelve.
___
___ are you ?.
C: I’m thirteen years old .
B: What ___ are you in ?
C: I’m__ Class Three.
B: ___ are you
_ ___ ?
C: America.
B: Goodbye.
C: Bye.
Sue has a cat. She likes playing wit at home. But she's seven now and her father tells her to go to school. The teacher does not let her t
the cat into the classroom. She has to leave it at home, so she isn't h
. She doesn't want to go to school or listen t
_her teacher.
Now the students of Class Three are having a Maths lesson. Mr Green finds Sue is looking out of the w. He asks Sue, “What's two and two, Sue?” Sue stands u
, but she can’t answer. “If如果 your mother gives you two pencils,” Mr Green says, “and I give you two , how m
pencils do you have?” “Five, Mr Green. ” “You're wrong,” Mr Green says. “You have f
. ” “I d
think so,” Sue says. “I already已经 have o
in my pencil box!”
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Happiness is for everyone，and you don’t need to care about those people who have beautiful houses w large gardens and swimming pools or those w
have nice cars and a lot of money and so on．Why? Because those who have big houses may often feel l
and those who have cars may want to w
at school，your friends will help you；when you study at your lessons，your parents are always taking good care of your life and your h ；when you get s
，your friends will say congratulations （祝贺）to you；when you do s
wrong，people around you will help you to correct it．And when you do something good to others，you will feel h
，too．All these are your happiness．If you notice those things，you can see that h
is always around you．
根据短文内容和所给中文提示，在空白处写出单词的正确形式。每空限填一词。
All of us want to be heard, but are we listening when other people are speaking? Doing it well takes lots of practice. Here are some (有用的) tips.
First, give them your full attention. Put down your pen. Turn off your cell phone. Show them you are (感兴趣的) in listening to them.
Second, use body (语言). Meet their eyes. Nod, smile and say “Mm hum” “Yeah” “I see” or “Really” to show that you are listening.
(第三), let them talk. Say things like “That’s really interesting.” or “I’d like to hear more.” Don’t finish their sentences for them. Don’t change the subject to talk about yourself,
(也). A good listener listens about 80% of the time
(在…期间) the conversation and
(花费) only 20% of the time talking. Remember that we have two ears and one mouth for a
(原因) ---listen more, speak less.
Fourth, be slow to share your ideas. It’s possible that the speakers just want to feel heard and(理解). So share your own ideas only when they are needed.
Last but not least, put yourself in their shoes. You may not have a lot in common with them. But you can (尝试) to see their problems through their eyes. In doing so, you are better able to understand them and their problems.
There once was a monkey. He _____to laugh at everyone . He swung(摆动) from tree to tree, called all the other __
_bad names and threw bananas at them..
One day he saw a baby elephant near the river.“Hey ,baby elephant, you are so ______, and you’ll never be able to catch me,”said the monkey.
“Why do you have to laugh at me?”the baby elephant asked.“I ____ make anyone upset.”“It’s so fun,”said the monkey.
The monkey went away, swinging from tree to tree. Then he _______ a turtle sleeping with his mouth open. The monkey thought it would be a lot of fun putting _
____finger into the turtle’s mouth .He did so, ___
__the turtle shut his mouth just at that time. The monkey shouted in pain. The __
__ turtle woke up and let the monkey go. The monkey climbed up a tree and shouted all the way.
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