Making new friends means (ask) others not only to accept you, but to like you and want to be around you as well. (fortunate), there is an easy way to do it, and just take the following advice.
_ first step to making new friends is understanding your disadvantages. A lot of times people_ _ are interested in making new friends don’t know why they don’t have friends . They can’t see that _ own actions are working against them.
Once you can know what is stopping you making new friends, you need to work through these problems. This can be painful it will make you uncomfortable.
The next step is to shine on these social occasions (场合) so that others will leave with a positive (impress). If you find social situations hard, just rely on a few simple rules.
When you feel (confidence) that you’ve made some great new friends, get out there and celebrate with them! No matter you decide to do, the important thing is to celebrate your new friends and hopefully continue developing more.
Once there lived a rich man wanted to do something for the people of his town. first he wanted to find out whether they deserved his help.
In the centre of the main road into the town, he placed very large stone. Then he __ (hide ) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.
“Who put this stone in the centre of the road?” said the old man, but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way. man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained about the stone but not tried to remove ____ . Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone, (say) to himself: “The night (be) very dark. Some neighbors will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone.”
Then he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his (strong) to move it. How great was his surprise at last! the stone, he found a bag of money.
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!!
Once there lived a rich man wanted to do something for the people of his town. first he wanted to find out whether they deserved his help.
In the centre of the main road into the town, he placed very large stone. Then he (hide ) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.
“Who put this stone in the centre of the road?” said the old man, but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way. man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained about the stone but not tried to remove . Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone, (say) to himself: “The night (be) very dark. Some neighbors will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone.”
Then he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his (strong) to move it. How great was his surprise at last! the stone, he found a bag of money.
Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at Stanford Hospital, I got to know a little girl _____ (name) Liz who was suffering from a rare and serious disease. Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood transfusion(输血) _____her 5-year-old brother, ____ had miraculously survived the same disease and had developed the antibodies needed to fight the _____(ill).
The doctor explained the situation to her little brother, and asked the boy if he would be willing to give his blood to his sister. I saw him hesitate(犹豫) for a moment _____taking a deep breath and saying, “Yes, I’ll do it ___it can save Liz.”
_____the transfusion progressed, he lay in bed next to his sister and smiled, as we all did, ____(see) the color returning to her cheeks. Then ____face grew pale and his smile faded. He looked up at the doctor and asked with a trembling voice, “Will I start to die right away?”
Being young, the boy had_____(understand) the doctor; he thought he was going to have to give his sister all of his blood.
One Saturday, Bob decided to take a drive through the countryside. After a few hours, he saw a dog _______ (walk) behind a man on the side of the road. As the car came near them, the dog _______ (sudden) jumped into the road. Of course, the car hit the poor animal and killed it.
Bob stopped his car and walked up to the man. “I’m very sorry that this happened,” he said. “Is there ______ (something) I can do? Will $10 help?”
“Oh, but…”said the man. “I should tell you…”
“Stop! You are right. $10 isn’t enough! That dog was your ________ (good) friend!”
Bob reached into his pocket and gave the man $30.Then he thanked the man and drove away. When he was ______(go), the man looked down at the dog and said : “I wonder whose dog that is?”
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It is reported that many middle school students are just not getting enough sleep, especially during the school week. The problem seems to get (bad) as they get older. Year 7 students sleep 8.4 hours in a school night, and Year 9 students only 6.9 hours.
It’s also reported that not getting enough sleep can cause ( (problem) in a student’s life. Many students fall (sleep) in school or while doing their homework, so it is not (surprise) that they get lower grades than those who get enough sleep. Scientists suggest nine hours a night for middle school students.
Of the students who feel (happy) and nervous, 73% don’t get enough sleep at night.
Why aren’t students getting enough sleep? Many students have one of the (follow) things, like telephone, television, or computer in their bedrooms. Using them on a school night not (takes their time away from homework, but also makes difficult for them to sleep. As a result, many students can’t sleep before 11 p.m, yet they must get up early (go) to school.
Scientists also suggest students should not do exciting activities for an hour bedtime.
David will never for get what happened to him the day before yesterday.He (eat)something at home when he received a strange phone call from a hospital.The caller said that his son (fall) to the ground unconscious on the way to schoo1.It was he _ took him to the hospital.David hung up his cell phone and rushed to his son’s classroom,only to find him listening to the teacher attentively.He suddenly realized that he had been cheated,but he felt (relieve).Just at that time the phone rang again,saying,“Your son is in great danger and he needs immediate operation which costs 48,000 yuan. The doctors here say they will not operate your son until they receive the money.’’When (ask) from where the caller had taken his son to hospital,the caller rang off.David gave a big smile and said.“What a pity!”
If the cheater thought he could get money from David in such a (honest)way, he was wrong.Such phone calls are common these days.A few of them might have fallen victims to such tricks.Most parents are sensitive to .It was really silly to cheat well—educated men like David.
Believe it or not,it’s a true story.The (colleague)in his office can confirm it,such as Tom,Peter and so on.
It’s one way for a weasel (黄鼠狼) to get around: taking a ride on the back of a woodpecker (啄木鸟) . In fact, the picture shows the bird’s fight life after the flesh-eating weasel jumped onto its back and attacked it. The extraordinary picture was taken by Martin Le-May, an amateur (photograph) who was out walking with his wife in Hornchurch Country Park, Essex.
“As we walked we heard a painful noise and I saw the flash of green,” said Mr Le-May, 52. “We trained our telescope and it occurred that the woodpecker was (natural) jumping about like it was standing a hot surface. The bird was about 50m away from us and took off just as I lifted the camera up. Originally, I (think) I was just taking picture of a green woodpecker flying. Then I realized it had on its back. Suddenly it was obvious it had a small creature on its back and this was a struggle for life.”
The bird was around two meters off the ground when Mr. Le-May caught it on camera. Happily, it managed (shake) off the weasel and fly up into the trees.
The picture became a hot topic when it was circulated on social media, with some Twitter users (say) it could not be real. Matt Binstead, head keeper at the British Wildlife Centre, said: “You can tell it’s a real photograph”.
Joyce: What do you think of the lead teacher’s speech?
Caroline: I think it was ___ (interest).
Joyce: ___ do I. I hear Mike is likely to win all the prizes in the exams this year.
Caroline: Yes, his teacher says so. He ____ (work) hard at his lessons every evening for months. He wants to go to Oxford University next year.
Joyce: I hope he will realize his goal.
Caroline: I hope so. _ I think he works too hard. I hope he’ll go out and enjoy ____ for a change. How about your son Carl?
Joyce: Don’t mention him. Carl never starts studying.
Caroline: You’re joking. I heard that Carl ___ (win) the composition prize.
Joyce: You have made ___ mistake. That is White Carl. My son is Brown Carl. The whites live in the same community ____ we do. White Carl has always been so hard working. He wants to be a ____ (write). My son likes going to the concert. He only likes singing.
Caroline: ___ he practices singing, he will become a singer in the future.
Joyce: Not all people can become a singer. I don’t think he has the talent.
A man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight he became angry when the child tried to decorate a box (put) under the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the little girl (bring) the gift to her father the next morning and said, “This is for you, Daddy.”
The man was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his anger flared again when he found out box was empty. He yelled at her, (state) “Don’t you know, when you give someone a present, there is supposed to be __ inside?” The little girl looked up at him tears in her eyes and cried, “Oh, Daddy, it’s not empty at all. I blew kisses into the box. They’re all for you, Daddy.”
The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her
(forgive). Only a short time later, an accident took the life the child. For many years, her father kept that gold box by his bed and he was discouraged, he would take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.
There is much discussion about the necessity of daily homework for students. Some say homework is necessary since only practice (make) perfect, while others disagree. In my opinion, daily homework is necessary for students. However, this might be misleading that one may believe all forms of homework necessary. Actually , only proper amount of homework in proper form is ( accept); some homework may not only fail to help the students, but on contrary bore them so much that they may lose their interest in studying. “Proper” homework, in my opinion, should (vary) in its forms, might be some extensive reading, a paper, or even just a game, as well as other ordinary exercise. And it should leave enough (free) to the students so that they could do things they really like to do with self-motivation, rather than unwillingness. We should always remember that homework is something for us to guide the students, rather than (drive) them. Only if a teacher (keep) this his/her mind, the homework could be of most help to the students.
Dad: OK, kid, what' s so important we have to meet in secret?
Daughter :Well, it' s about the 22nd of next month. I- d like to have surprise party for Mum but I need your help. I thought that maybe you could take her to a movie, you know, just the two of you. Then while you' re away I can decorate the family room invite lots of friends.
Dad.That (sound) great but how do I manage to get her back without (go) out to dinner after the movie?
Daughter: Oh, that' s easy. You just say that you want to pick me up in order to make it a family ( celebrate). After the movie is , you send Mum in to get me and when she comes in the front door everyone shouts "Happy birthday" to surprise her.
Dad: What about food? You don't have time to cook it (you) , do you?
Daughter: I’ll order everything to be (send) from the restaurant nearby while you are enjoying the movie.
Dad: I'm so happy you have handled this so (beauty).
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Have you ever heard “Tuhao, let’s be friends”? Are you puzzled, wondering _____ it means? Then you’re possibly out of date.
Nowadays, the Chinese words “tuhao” and “dama” have become so familiar _______ many Chinese people that they often play jokes on each other when __ ___ (chat) about the daily life. For example, if you take out your new (fashion) mobile phone, your naughty friends may call you “tuhao”, laughing loudly and happily. Amazingly, the two wildly popular words have become hot words in English too. Recently, the BBC (produce) a program to introduce “tuhao”. the Internet, “tuhao” can be translated into “new money (暴发户)” in English. Besides, the Wall Street Journal has also borrowed “dama” from the Chinese pinyin (describe) bargain-hunting middle-aged Chinese women, calling ________ “a force in the global gold market”. Experts say the Chinese language’s _______ (influent) on English will continue during the entire 21st century, ___ __ it is expected that “tuhao” will be welcomed by the Oxford University Press to appear in the new word lists.
If the population of the Earth keeps on (increase) at its present rate, there will (eventual) not be enough resources left to support life on the planet. By the middle of the 21st century, if present trends continue, we (use) up all the oil that drives our cars, for example. Even if scientists develop new ways of feeding the human race, the crowded conditions on Earth will make it (necessity) for us to look for open space somewhere else. But of the other planets in our solar system are capable of supporting life at present. One possible solution to the problem, , has recently been suggested by an American scientist, Professor Carl Sagan. Sagan believes that the Earth’s resources are completely (exhaust), it will be possible to change the atmosphere of Venus and create a new world almost as large as the Earth itself. The difficulty is that Venus is much hotter than the Earth. , there is only a tiny amount of water there.
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