Reyes Guana grew up in a poor Mexican family. He has seven brothers and sisters. His parents always had two jobs to make ends meet. At weekends, the whole (1)f went to fields to work. When the children were young, they stayed in the car. As they grew (2)o they worked too.
As a boy, Guana was a "very shy" child who was very (3)q in school. He had few friends but he had a good relationship with the school cleaner. He liked to call the friendly lady "Nike" because she usually wore Nike clothes and shoes. Nike was well organized and the boy liked (4)h she made everything clean. He told her he wanted to be a cleaner, too. "Well, it's good if you want to be a cleaner," Nike said to little Guana with (5)k . "But make sure you go to college and make it as one of your steps there."
Guana also looked up to the principal (校长) of his school. He was a tall and good﹣looking man. Also, he always went to someone in (6)n . The principal told the boy that his job was to help students and teachers. "Wow, when I grow up, I want to do what you're doing." "Well, you can do it!" the principal (7)r . Guana did get there, and the two men remain friends. The former principal is now almost 90 years old.
But (8)b becoming a school principal, Guana followed in Nike's footsteps and worked for three schools in Lodi, California. And being a cleaner at a school made him think about how to show respect for everyone in an organization. In Guana's school system today, everyone is (9) i to parties and events. Everyone is important not only the people who clean the floors or drive the buses but also the people who teach the students or lead the schools.
He never (10)f where he came from, or how he felt. Now, Guana tells his own three children how important an education is for their lives.
Donna Reid had just finished her training as a children's doctor. A famous research hospital in New York had offered her a job with (1)g pay. And her boyfriend, Tony, had a clinic(小诊所) in their hometown and hoped she could work with him. At the same time, a small hospital, Backwoods Hospital, in a very poor area had also offered Donna a job. Now it was time for her to decide (2)w to work.
Dad: Donna, that research hospital in New York has a good reputation(声誉) for children's medicine. Some of the best children's doctors in the country work there and you can (3)l a lot from them.
Mom: Yes, I agree it's a good hospital and the pay is good, too. But, that's not the point(要点).
Dad: (4)T what's the point?
Mom: It's in New York, too far away! Let me tell you, dear Donna. Tony's clinic is just several miles away. You don't need to travel (5)f if you work there. Tony is a nice young man and I guess you'll get married soon.
Dad: Ha! It's hard enough to live with a husband or wife. Working with them, (6)t ? That's a choice for trouble. Well, Donna, what do you think?
Donna: I'm thinking about (7)a the offer from Backwoods Hospital.
Dad: But Donna, look at their offer! You'll be on call(随时待命) six days a week. That's really a (8)h job.
Mom: Oh, Donna, the pay is another problem.
Donna: Mom and Dad, I didn't become a doctor for enjoying a comfortable life(9)o .
Dad: No? Then (10)w did you become a doctor?
Donna: I want to help people. You know that. And Backwoods serves the poor. Backwoods, here I come!
Our lives changed tracks the day our son was born. We (1)w whether we should move back to our home country Brazil. I remember looking down at our newborn baby and thinking about how different his life would be there.
During the ten years away from my big family and my culture, I missed the delicious foods,samba,Brazilian jujitsu(柔术), and sunny skies.My wife (2)m our homeland too.As a musician,it would be (3)e for her to do her work in Brazil. But in the United Kingdom, I had the funding and lab resources for my research. Would such a move be a disadvantage to my career?
A few weeks later, my brother called from Brazil, telling me that our father had passed away. The great happiness I felt about my son’s birth suddenly gave way to deep (4)s . We had no doubt it was the right time to (5)r to Brazil. We applied for the professor positions at a university in our hometown and (6)b received offers.
(7)H , it wasn’t easy getting started with my research in Brazil. I didn’t receive any startup funding for my lab. Now, thanks to Brazilian funding, I have a team of bright young scientists and can (8)a expensive lab resources.
We are living the lives we wanted to liveworking on rewarding research and feeling closer to our family and (9)c in our home country. My son is growing up close to his cousins. I take up Brazilian jujitsu training, which I haven’t been able to do during my years (10)a . My wife and I feel happy to find a way home.
Sometimes we fall in love with something at once and sometimes it takes long.The same is true with poems.If we're lucky(1)e , we open a book and find a poem that attracts us at once.But usually we need to spend a little(2)t or make a little effort to truly understand a poem, Today I′d like to talk about reading poems in ways that make the experience better.
Reading a poem repeatedly will deepen your understanding of it.Sometimes a poem that seems(3)b on first reading becomes interesting with more reading.A poem that feels meaningless becomes deeper and more meaningful.
And sometimes you′re just not in the right mood the first time you read a poem, but(4)l it touches your heart.
Keep a(5)d at hand when you are reading poems. Poets like to use unusual words.Instead of skipping over(跳过) these words or trying to(6)g their meanings, look them up.
Read aloud and listen to the poem.Reading aloud will make the poem′s thythm clear.Besides,a poet′s reading is very helpful(7)b we can understand the poem's meanings from where the poet places emphasis(强调) or pauses(停顿).
After you finish reading a poem, take a few moments to consider(8)w it is saying.Sometimes its meanings are better understood(9)t repeated reading.Other times they need our careful and deep thought on a poem.
It is(10)h to say whether there's a right or wrong way to read poems, but reading practices will enrich your experience, increase your enjoyment, and deepen your understanding of any poem.
Part﹣time jobs are great for young people.They allow teenagers and young adults to gain a little job(1)e and make a bit of money too.Compared with other hobbies and activities,part﹣time jobs are healthier and better help teenagers(2)p for adult life.Of course,for students,doing a part﹣time job should never be more important than(3)s for good grades.
There are so many different part﹣time jobs for you to(4)c from.A few of the most common ones are restaurant waiters,store salesmen and park workers.These are all jobs that only need you to work(5)b ten and twenty hours per week.Besides,they don't require much work experience.So you can learn how to do the job(6)e while you are working.
You can learn great lessons from a part﹣time job.Some are about how to work with others,some are about how to be on time and (7)o are about how to work hard.These are all necessary lessons you will use later in life.A survey shows that the young adults who do not have part﹣time jobs are(8)l prepared for life than those who do.
It is great to earn money for the first time from a part﹣time job.Then how do you usually (9)s the money from a part﹣time job?It can be used to save for college education or favorite things.Maybe you will find it's harder to use money you made than that your parents gave you!Yet it can right teach you the(10)v of money.
A man had a garden. He planted a rose and watered it c(1) . Before the rose blossomed (盛开),he noticed many thorns (刺) around the bud (花蕾) and he thought,"H(2) can any beautiful flower come from a plant with so many sharp thorns?" Because of this i(3) , he lost interest in this kind of plant, then he gave up watering the rose. And just b(4) it was ready to blossom, it died.
Good qualities are just like roses. There is a rose in e(5) spirit. The good qualities planted in us at birth, grow among the thorns﹣our weaknesses.Many of us look at o(6) and we only see our weaknesses.We lose heart,thinking that n(7) good can possibly come from us.We give up watering the roses in us, and slowly they die. We never realize the g(8) of being able to find out our good qualities.
Someone may not see the rose in himself,so we need to help him d(9) the rose.With love, we can accept a person into our life,even though we know his true weaknesses.At the same time,we should e(10) him to face his weaknesses bravely and correct them. Then he will blossom many times.
An old lady went into the building of a bank one day, carrying a large bag of money.She asked to speak with the president of the bank.
" How can I help you?" the bank president asked. She replied,"I would like to open a savings account(存款账户)," and placed the bag of (1)m on his desk. The president was surprised to see this, so he asked her,"Madam, how did you make this money? " The old lady (2)r ,"1 make bets(赌注)." Surprised, the president then asked "What kind of bet?" The old woman said, "Well, for example, I'll bet you 5,000,000 yuan that your tongue will become square by 10 o'clock tomorrow morning." "what?" the president asked.He then smiled and said,"You've got yourself a bet! "and shook her hand (3)h
The old lady said, "Okay. May I bring my lawyer with me tomorrow (4)a a witness (见证者)?""Sure!" the president confidently replied.
The next morning, at 10, the old lady showed (5)u with her lawyer at the president's office. She asked the president to (6)o his mouth so they could all see. The old lady looked closely at his tongue and then asked (7)i she could touch it.
"Well, 5,000,000 yuan is a lot of money. I guess it's okay," the president said.
At this moment, he saw that the lawyer was quietly hitting his head (8)a t the wall.The president asked, "What is the (9)m with your lawyer?"The old lady answered, "I bet him 10,000,000 that I would (10)t the tongue of the president of this bank at 10 am today."
The Chinese life is colorful with many interesting folk ways.The Lantern Festival is on the 15th day of the first lunar month,it has a Chinese name Yuanxiao Festival.Yuanxiao comes from the (1)f that people call the first lunar month the Yuan Month and night Xiao.The night of the 15th day of the first lunar month (2)m the beginning of the first full moon.On the Lantern Festival,the Chinese people have the custom of
(3)e lanterns and eating glutinous rice dumplings.There is a common saying that"Playing on the Lantern Festival."
The custom started during the Han Dynasty,and has a (4)h of more than 2000 years.On that night,every place is decorated with lanterns and streamers(饰带) and there is a bustling atmosphere.As night (5)f ,people go in crowds to the sea of colorful lanterns:palace lanterns,wall lamps,figure lanterns,flower lanterns,revolving horse lanterns,animal lanterns,and toy lanterns,of all types and (6)c .Some lanterns have riddles(谜语) on them,which encourage people to try to be the (7)f to find the answer.
It is (8)a a traditional custom to eat glutinous rice dumplings at this time.As early as the Song Dynasty,there was such a kind of food,a round ball (9)m of glutinous rice flour with a filling of sugar and kernels(果仁).Since it is eaten on the Lantern Festival,people call it yuanxiao.The Chinese people hope that (10)e is satisfactory (yuanman in Chinese),and to eat glutinous rice dumplings on the first night with a full moon in a year is to wish that family members will remain united,harmonious,happy and satisfied.
Just as a famous saying (1)g , "Reading is to success what water is to fish." Reading is very important for all humans. It can open many (2)d and can lead you into a path to success. It's quite clear that every successful person has a good (3)h of reading. This is (4)b reading is an important way to get the information required to understand something. For example, a good doctor has to know the latest development in (5)m by reading.
Then, how can you develop an interest in reading? There is only one way. Let me explain this to you. If you want to learn how to ride a bike, you have to get on the bike as many times as possible (6)u you can ride skillful. It works the same way with reading. If you want to improve your reading, try to read as (7)m as you can. When you finish reading your first book, take another book and do the same. If you are going out, take a magazine, a book, an article or something (8)e to read. When you are reading, try to understand (9)w message the writer is giving to you.
So, parents should help to get their children to read as early as possible. Studies have (10)s that reading to your unborn child is very good. In this way, your child will like reading later.
Reading is always a wonderful time. Good books are good friends.
Dear Peter,
I'm so excited. Guess what﹣it's my Dad's 40th b(1) next week,so we're going to London to celebrate it! Cool, ch?
We're flying over on Thursday evening.As soon as we a(2) ,we'll go on a tour of the city. We'll take a trip on the River Thanes, which divides the city into two parts. This way, we can see almost every place of i (3) in London.
On F(4) morning, we're going to the Tate Modern. Since it's not f(5) from our hotel, we're going to the London Eye. I can't w(6) to see the Houses of Parliament from up there!
Saturday is for s(7) . Mum advises me to buy a teddy bear for my cousin as a p(8) .We're going to Portobello Road in the morning.Then in the afternoon,we'll visit Harrods﹣ the most famous shop in London! Dad's not very happy about it, but I'm sure he'll e(9) it when we're there.
On Sunday morning, we're going to Hyde Park,and we're going home by p(10) in the afternoon.
It's my dream trip ﹣and it's happening!
Hope everything's OK with you.
Lots of love,
Cynthia
Fill in each blank with a proper word with the help of the given letter.
Have you ever imagined (1)t to other countries without your paper passport?In the (2)f ,there will be a new kind of passport called the "cloud passport" and it will come into your (3)d life someday.Your paper passport will become history.
The cloud passport will have your name,photos and so on.It is easy (4)f you to check them on the computer.、
If you take a paper passport with you,you might lose it. (5)H ,with the cloud passport,you don't have to worry about that.Do you think the cloud passport is a great idea?
As you've just found out, opening a book doesn't require much effort. However, even that would be (1)i if you spent the night on the streets.
After lying for hours on cold ground, with only a thin sleeping bag to protect you from rain or ice, your fingers would probably be so numb(麻木的)that you could hardly (2)m them. You'd most likely spend the day trying to find something to cat and somewhere to shelter from the freezing cold.
You might be surprised to hear that the number of people sleeping rough(露宿)in London has doubled in the last five years and has (3)i by 30% across the rest of the country during the last two years.
Once we bring a homeless person out of the freezing cold, we need your help to give him a (4)w welcome at St Mungo's very much.
Will you please give a Christmas gift of £25, which could (5)p a homeless person with a St Mungo's welcome pack? It could have a towel, shampoo, soap(肥皂), so a homeless person can have a hot (6)s and a proper clean up. The difference you could make won't end there. You see, welcoming someone into warmth and safety is just the (7)b . You really could enable someone to change their life for good.
For Harvey, it was losing his job that led to him becoming homeless. Since Harvey was welcomed into St Mungo's, he has received (8)t for his health and so much more. After he took courses in useful life skills, he recently moved into his own flat.
With your gift, you could help us offer a warm welcome to someone (9)l Harvey who's come in from the freezing streets. I'm sure you'll a(10) that's a wonderful present to give at Christmas. I hope you will send £25, or as much as you can, today.
根据下列句子及所给汉语注释或首字母,在句子空白处写出各单词的正确形式 (每空只写一词).
I am a plastic bottle. A week ago, I was on a supermarket shelf, I had a(1) (正常的) the same as all my brothers and sisters﹣ other bottles full of water.I felt really happy.
Then a tall woman picked me up and put me in her (2) (篮子)! The woman took me home and put me in the fridge.It was cold,but I soon made friends with the cans and bottles in it.However,only a few hours later,she took me out of the fridge and (3) (喝) the water inside me. Then she threw me into a dustbin(垃圾箱). I have never felt so empty and alone in my life.
Early the next morning,a man took me out of the dustbin.He threw me and the other rubbish into the back of a truck.There were so many horrible smells.Then I was pushed (4) (一起) with the rest of the rubbish.Soon I was completely flat(平的).I cannot (5) (相信) how thin I became.
I slept for a while.when I woke up,I found (6) (我自己) in a terrible place.Everything around me was (7) (丑陋的)and had horrible smells.I felt afraid.I kept hoping that I would be moved somewhere else.Then huge trucks came and covered us with a layer of soil.
I asked another bottle what would happen to us.He said that we would never leave this horrible crowded place,but would have to stay here for (8) (数千) of years.
"Why can't they reuse or recycle us?" I cried.
It was Monday morning, and the writing class had just begun. Everyone was silent,waiting to see (1)w would be called to read his or her article aloud.Some of us were confident and couldn't wait to take (2)p in the class activity;others were nervous.I had done my homework,but I was shy ﹣ I was (3)a to speak in front of a large group of people.At that moment, I remembered that my father(4)o said, "The classroom is a place for learning and that (5)i learning from textbooks, and mistakes as well." Immediately, I raised my hand.
根据短文意思和所给首字母,写出一个完整正确的单词.
The Bamboo Train, or "Norry" in the local language, is quite famous in Cambodia. The train is in fact a big bamboo bed with four wheels and a small engine. It can run at the (1)s of up to 50 km/h on the tracks. Lots of (2)v go to Cambodia to enjoy the Bamboo Train ride. They have to pay 5 dollars per person to (3)g on the train.The best time to take the train is from 4 to 6 o'clock in the afternoon, (4)b it is cool when people enjoy the countryside view. "It feels more like a roller coaster, but it's really nice," a Germany tourist Theresa Kessemeier said after she (5)c a ride. The Bamboo Train has become a popular tourist attraction.
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