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More than 95% of people in the world have phones today. They help us easily make contact(联系) with others. It means that we (71)h write letters now. But a TV show ,Letters Alive,is bringing (72)b this old habit.
The show is loved by people around China. It invites famous actors and actress, one person walks up to a microphone(麦克风) and reads a (73)l . The letters were (74)w by people from different times in history. We can experience the real lives and feelings of the writers.
Besides it ,another TV show ,Readers ,is also (75)p . It invites different people to read aloud on the stage,and(76)t the touching stories behind them.They can read anything, like poems and books. Now the (77)s gives people a special place ,a reading pavilions (朗读亭),to read all over China.Reading pavilions are now in some (78)c like Shanghai,Hangzhou and Xi'an. The pavilion is quite (79)s .Only one person can come into it each time. A microphone in it records people's voices. Some of the readers will be picked and invited to (80)r on TV.
Cultural values and true feelings are the keys to winning praise. Both shows are leading Chinese people to enjoy reading. In fact ,this is also what our country is trying to do now.
Is it stressful and boring working at Google?Not at all!In fact,Google has the (71)b working environment among the big companies(公司)in the United States.
The working environment is quite relaxing at Google.The company encourages employees(雇员)to do (72)w they want in the office.They can write down their ideas on the wall.When they are (73)t ,they can take breaks on the sofa.Animal lovers can (74)e bring their pets to work.
Google is home to every employee.There are game rooms,hair salons(店,厅),restaurants and gyms.(75)A work,employees can have a swim in the swimming pool or enjoy a massage (按摩).The company (76)a encourages them to learn new things.It offers a number of interesting free courses such as sign language,cooking,drawing and playing the piano.
There is an interesting rule at Google﹣no one should be 35meters away from (77)f .
Coffee bars and open kitchens are everywhere.All food is free.There are thousands of different dishes in the main restaurant.One of its managers says,"We care for our employees'(78)h ,so we encourage them to have healthy food.Our research shows that if people are provided with enough food,they make better choices."
To work hard and work well,you need to (79)l what you are working on and where
you are working.Google believes that an interesting and pleasant (80)s helps people think more creatively.So it is trying hard to keep its title(头衔)as the happiest workplace in the world.
One afternoon,I went into an art museum while waiting for my husband.I hoped to enjoy the works of art quietly.
A young couple walked in front of me and talked (61)a the paintings between themselves all the time.The lady did almost all the talking,but the man kept listening to her.I thought the man was
very patient (62)b nobody would like to be bothered (打扰) while enjoying the paintings.
I met them several (63)t as I moved through the different rooms of the art museum.Each time I heard her talking,I moved (64)a quickly.
I was (65)p for some gifts at the museum shop when the couple walked slowly to the exit (出口).Before they left,the man (66)t out a cane (拐杖).Then he tapped (轻敲) his way to the coatroom to (67)g the jacket for his wife.
"He is a brave man,"the worker of the shop said."He decided not to change his life after his eyes
got hurt.Though he is (68)b now,he never gives up.He and his wife come here whenever there is a new art show."
"But what can he get out of the art?He can't see!"I asked.
"You are wrong.He (69)s a lot,more than you and I do."The worker said,"His wife describes (70)e painting so he can see it in his mind."
I fell silent.Then I realized that I learnt something about patience,courage and love that day.
One day, when a boy named Ted returned from school in a hurry, his mother complained, "It is six o'clock, and your school c(46) at four ﹣ where have you been?"
"Oh, mom," said Ted, "when we play ball games, we f (47) everything else. We don't think of the time. Is supper ready?"
The boy's mother believed him. Ted's a(48) led her to think that he had been playing with his classmates. But he hadn't been playing at all.
He had been "kept in" by the school librarian, because he had made the l(49) in a complete mess. He didn't like to tell his mother about that. He wished her to think that he had been playing.
"What a s(50) it is for you to try to deceive(欺骗) your mother!" said something in Ted's heart, as he q (51) sat down to his supper.
"I don't care," said the boy to h(52) . "I don't care. I didn't tell a lie ﹣ I didn't say that I was playing."
"But," said the voice, "you used words which m(53) your mother think that you had been playing, and that was s (54) to what you had said so."
"I didn't tell a lie." said Ted.
Did Ted tell a lie, or did he not? What do you think?
If we use words which can deceive others, we tell a lie; and Ted's lie was a bad one, for it sounded so like the t (55) . A lie that sounds true is the worst kind of lie.
Many teenagers don't get along well with their parents and they don't know what to do. If you face such a problem, what I'm saying now might be (71)h to you.
Have you ever thought of (72)t to your parents to find out why you don't get along well with each other? When I was a teenager, I didn't get on well with my parents, (73)e . We sometimes argued(争吵) with each other. I am sorry that I had such an (74)e . Now I'm a mother of four girls. Of course we have different opinions, but I encourage them to communicate with me openly and honestly. In this way I make sure thal
they (75)t me and come to me for anything. As a (76)r , we get along very well.
Arguing with your parents will make them angry and you won't feel good. Also, remember that the most important thing is to solve problems. Try your best to be calm. If you cannot control your (77)f , you can go to a doctor or your teacher who could give you (78)a on your problem.
Remember that your parents love you. Sometimes they do something that you find (79)h_____ to understand. For example, you may want to be a singer in the future, but your parents want you to do something else. If (80)s , try to think in their shoes.
Life is too short and family is important[ Try your best to get along well with your parents.
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"Kids can make a difference."Craig Kielburger said.When Craig was 12,he (66)s a group that has helped kids all over the world.
How did Craig get started?In the seventh grade he learned something that made him(67)a .A 6﹣year﹣old boy in Pakistan was sent to work in a factory.The boy could not go to school.He could not even play.He had no freedom (自由) at all.
Craig (68)c that with his own life.Laws in his country said that kids must go to school.(69)E was free to all kids.But in some countries school was not free.Children from poor families went to work instead of to school.
Craig wanted to help those who didn't have the same (70)a as he and his friends.As a result,Craig and some friends started Free The Children.
Craig and his friends decided that Free The Children should (71)r money to build schools.Craig hoped that learning would help kids in poverty (贫困) live(72)b .
Today,Craig's charity has more than one million members in 45countries.It is (73)s_____ going strong.The money they have raised has done many good things.It has helped build more than 500schools around the world.It also pays for health care in (74)p communities.
Craig has had a lot of success.However,he still remembers his unpleasant start in the seventh grade.
"We were laughed at by other kids,who said you (75)c change things,"he says.Still,Craig didn't give up.Now he wants more kids to help."Go to free the children.com.Bring it to your teachers,"he says."As you gain more confidence,friends will join you.It just gets easier."
Everyone has his derams of the future.But do you know (81)w future really is?I think future is now.That is to say.we (82)m treasure(珍惜) every minute and second.
There is old English (83)s ."Gain time,gain life"Then what is time?Time is something (84)t can't be seen or touched,but we feel it passing by.Time is always with us.We often say"Time is money".but it is more valuable (85)t money,beacuse when money is spent.we can earn it back.But if time is gone (86)a .it will never return.That′s why we say time is priceless.
Grasping the present is grasping the future.As students,we should work hard in (87)o _ to creat a bright future of own.We should (88)m the best use of every hour and be the master today.We should do everything as (89)p .And never put off what can be done today till tomorrow.
Time and tide (90)w for no man.If you waste today,you will regret tomorrow.
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Every year in Bath,English,there is a special(51)f .People(52)d up in old clothes and have concerts and dancing parties.It is(53)c the Jane Austen Festival.
Jane Austen is an English writer.This year,the subject is about her book Pride and Prejudice (《傲慢与偏见》),which has a(54)h of 200years.
Born in Steventon,English,1775,Austen was(55)f for her humorous words and clever ideas.Most of her novels are about women in 18th century England.At that time,if a(56)w wanted to have a happy life,she had to marry a rich man.But Austen said that a woman should(57)m for her self,not for money.So her characters were often strong enough.
Pride and Prejudice is the(58)m famous novel by Austen.It tells a romantic story(59)b a young woman Elizabeth and a tall,rich and handsome man,Mr.Darcy.There are many(60)d art forms of it:films,televisions and musicals.
All of Austen's novels are about a small part of English country life.But they tell us that small things can still be beautiful,too.
I didn't s well.I woke up several times during the night.
FAJTHFUL(忠诚的)TO DEATH
Some time ago,a fire broke out(爆发) in a building late at night.Nearly all the families were (1)s inside the house.After the firemen came,they rushed into the burning building and saved the people to the safe (2)p .
The crowds thought (3)a the people were safe.But it was not so.Two little orphan (孤儿) girls were still asleep alone at the very top of the building,in a small room.(4)N .thought of them.Luckily,they lived with a dog.
The dog tried to wake them up,but (5)f .He ran to the window and barked(吠叫) loudly for help.(6)B no one noticed him.Then he climbed down the ladder (梯子) and tried to pull a fireman to the ladder.The fireman kicked him away,thinking he was mad.Then the dog ran to (7)a fireman,jumped on him,ran to the ladder,barking all the time and looking back as if he was asking the fireman to follow him.
This fireman realized there must be someone in the little room,as the dog was acting so strangely.So he followed the dog (8)u the ladder,there he saw the two girls and saved them.
Where was the (9)d ?A brave fireman rushed into the room to look for him and found him lying near the window,choked (窒息) with smoke.He brought him down with care,but he was already (10)d .He had given his life for his friends.What a faithful friend!
What Would You Do?
What Would You Do?is a TV programme on American ABC.The programme is started by the news reporter John Quinones.He said.
"It is popular with many people﹣both the (61)y and the old.It tests what people will do (62)w they see someone in trouble.We use hidden cameras to record what will (63)h .Its purpose is to tell us to help people in need."
Here is last week's programme.
In a cake shop,one actor acted as a blind woman named Pamela and the (64)o acted as the shop worker of the cake shop.The shop worker looked down upon(瞧不起) the blind.So when the blind woman came into the shop and (65)b a box of cakes,the shop worker cheated (欺骗)her when he gave her the change (零钱).He (66)o gave her 6 dollars instead of 34 dollars.
Would someone be brave enough to (67)h the blind woman?Yes!A woman customer stopped the shop worker (68)f cheating the blind.Seeing this,several other customers joined in too and asked the shop worker to return the rest(剩余的)(69)m to the blind woman.
At this time,John Quinones appeared and explained that he was recording a programme (70)c What would you do?Then he interviewed the first customer who said that it was necessary to give a hand to the people in need.
A psychologist (心理学家)said,"It's difficult to take the first step to stand up.It needs courage."
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When you have dinner,you follow table manners.When you have a (1)l ,you obey the rules in the classroom.But have you ever thought about needing to (2)m your manners in the digital(数码的)world when you use phones,e﹣mails and social media,like QQ,WeChat,etc?
As new research by Oxford University noted,"It's just important to treat people with respect online as it is in real life."The study came up with some rules of good manners to live by in the digital age.Their first (3)a is not"over﹣sharing"on social media,which means not posting every detail about your life online,because some of us are not creative (4)e to always show off our thoughts and lives on social media.The manners also(5)i not looking through others'phones and not gossiping(说闲话)about others over messages,(6)e when you choose"reply all"to send a message to a group of people.
Although gossip is not(7)h chat that can make conversations exciting,it can also be a way to spread something untrue about other people.Gossip can be even stronger on social media than in real life,so it's (8)b not to gossip.
Moreover,when you have bad news for someone,do not leave text messages on social media,chat with him or her by (9)c or sending personal messages.
Nowadays technology has (10)o us different ways to contact others.It is important to remember hwo to behave toward others online.
When Italian traveller Marco Polo came to Yangzhou in the13th century,he recorded his
amazing observations in his bestselling book The Travels of Marco Polo.For over 700 years,it(66)n went out of print.Hollywood Filmmaker Chris Nebe follows in the footsteps of Marco
Polo to explore China's mystery.He has (67)c twelve documentaries of Mysterious China series,including Yangzhou:A City of Timeless Culture.This 30﹣minute documentary takes a close look
at the beauty and (68)c of Yangzhou.
To live,humans and all warm﹣blooded animals must have salt.In ancient time,salt was used
as money and had the values as(69)g .Close to the seasalt﹣rich Yellow Sea,Yangzhou has been one of the(70)r cities in China because of its lively trade in salt,silk and grain.The surviving mansions and gardens of wealthy salt businessmen are witnesses of Yangzhou's great history.
(71)L a beautiful necklace,Yangzhou Slender West Lake lovingly embraces(拥抱) the city.It has been a memorizing attraction for visitors from afar,showing the lasting (72)s of Yangzhou﹣peace and harmony(和谐).
The government has tried(73)i best to protect the Old Town of the 2500﹣year﹣old city.The area has become a great tourist attraction.At night,the streets turn into a mysterious land.Here
delicious snacks and treasured souvenirs(74)w to be discovered.
The ancient art of Chinese handicrafts is celebrated in Yangzhou.Favourites among them are
paper﹣cutting.Yangzhou's (75)e .to continue the art form include China Paper﹣cutting Museum and tourists can enjoy masters'show on paper﹣cutting there.
Want to learn more?Why not watch the documentary in your spare time?
"Make﹣A﹣Wish"is one of the world's most well﹣known charities,It makes wishes come true for children who have (71)s illness.It gives them hope and helps them forget about their (72)h problems.
It (73)s in 1980in Phoenix,Arizona.Christopher was a 7﹣year﹣old boy who was very sick.He always dreamed of becoming a (74)p to fly in the sky.They gave Christopher a tour of the city in a police helicopter(直升飞机) and (75)b a space helmet of him.
There are four kinds of wishes children usually have:
I wish to go.Children usually want to visit some (76)p of interest,like the statue of Liberty.
I wish to meet.Children sometimes want to meet their (77)f film stars or sports players.
I wish to be.Some children wish to become doctors to help people who don't have money for (78)m treatment.
I wish to have.Some children want to have a computer,a bike or many other things.(79)L for them,they can get what they want from the charity.
Let's hope more wishes will come true in the (80)f .People who work in the charity always try for the best.Will you be one of them?
We all need exercise.Exercise uses up feed that we eat and keeps the body full of(71)e .Exercise makes your heart and muscles(肌肉) strong.Exercise also makes you feel r elaxed.If you exercise several times a week,you will stay happy and(72)h .There are many (73)w to exercise.You can walk,run,play sports or swim.
(74)H ,most people cannot do this.It is too far from their homes to their offices.They have no (75)c but to drive to work.First,these people don't have a chance to exercise because they are sitting in their cats for two to four hours each day.Second,driving is challenging,(76)e in rush hours,and needs too much attention.It makes a person (77)t out.When these people arrive home after work,they don't want to take exercise.
Some western countries,such as the United States,have problems with exercise.Many people don't have enough exercise.They have to work from morning till(78)n .so they don't have time to take exercise.
Today,many people in the West are fat,which causes health problems,Doctors say exercise can help people both lose (79)w and improve their health.So many people are trying to get more exercise.But it takes time to change,and when people don't see a (80)d right away,they will lose heart and stop exercising.
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