Justin is a 16﹣year﹣old boy.He is thinking about how (1) (spend) his money during winter vacation.He(2) (save) up about 300 dollars already.He plans to buy (3) computer with his money but he also wants to go skating with his friends.He can't do both (4) he doesn't have enough money.What should Justin do?
We are often in these kinds of situations.You want to see a concert (5) Saturday,but it is also your mother's birthday and you do not want to let(6) (she) down.In this case,you don't have enough time to go to both (7) (place).You must make a decision.You must think about(8) should be done first.You must consider the following questions(9) (serious).
•Which is more important?
•Which decision needs my attention more?
•Which choice would satisfy me more?
After you've answered these questions,it may be much (10) (easy) for you to decide what to do.So the next time you must make a decision,remember to prioritize(优先考虑).
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When I was a child,my parents often took me to a run﹣down house in a thick forest.No other children ever stayed there.I didn't even have the choice of playing with a brother or sister.
I could never(42) (understand)what the attraction of the house was,even for my parents,who enjoyed nothing better than to sit in silence with a good book.The woman in the house,my father's distant cousin,was a terrible cook.
One day,when I was hanging around the garden behind the house,I noticed a wooden house.It was clearly abandoned(废弃的)and(43) (hide)completely behind tall trees and huge grass.As I walked towards it,I heard a noise,like an animal moving hurriedly away.I was about tu turn away when I saw an old man(44) (stand)at the door.I was much scared.
"Please don't tell me you saw me,"he said."They never use this place,and I have nowhere else to live.""Don't worry,"I said."I(45) (not tell)anyone.But are you all right out here?I mean﹣do you have enough to eat?"
The old man(46) (shake)his head and said that he hadn't had a big meal for ages.I decided to put this right as soon as I could.The same evening,I took a small plastic bag into the dining room and,while no one was looking,I emptied some of the food into it.Later,I got out of the back door secretly and gave the food to the old man,whose name I had discovered was Taff.
I had never seen anything else as lovely as the smile on Taff's face when he (47) (eat)the food.From then on,my visits to the old house had a purpose,and I enjoyed every minute of the rest of my stay.
Hitchbot
Have you ever seen a hitchhiker(搭便车的旅行者)standing by the side of a road?Now drivers in Canada might see(51) unusual hitchhiker; a hitchhiking robot.
One of its inventors,David Harris Smith,has hitched across Canada three times.Smith and a friend,Frauke Zeller,have built Hitchbot because they wanted(52) (see) if people would stop and give the robot a lift and talk to it.The robot can chat about things it has learned,and about(53) (it) trip.You might think it's a joke,(54) Smith and Zeller's experiment has a serious point:can robots and people get along?
Hitchbot(55) (begin) its journey in Nova Scotia in July.It has already completed a third of its 6,000﹣mile trip to Victoria.More than 57,000 people are following its journey(56) (close) on Facebook and Twitter,and travelers have posted lots of(57) (photo) on the websites.Hitchbot has also done some shopping,eaten motor oil,and had fun with travelers.Nobody knows(58) it will finish its journey.It might be(59) (long) than expected,but Zeller and Smith want Hitch to get(60) many rides as it can.It hasn't been in a self﹣driving car yet,but anything is possible!
After the Great Wall Station, Zhongshan, Kunlun and Taishan, China is now building its research station in Antarctica (南极洲). ( five )
Nowadays we can see more and more electric bikes in the street.Electric bikes (56) (be) easy to ride.They run fast and make no (57) (pollute).They become very popular,(58) the electric bikes also cause more traffic accidents.So China plans 59. (make) a new rule for the electric bike riders.If an electric bike is (60) (heavy) than 40 kilos and can go faster than 20 kilometers an hour,its rider must get a license.It means rider have to pass driving tests before they ride
(61) (them) electric bikes on the road.
People have different ideas after (62) (hear) the plan.Some welcome the plan.A bus driver said happily,"(63) a good plan! I think it will make the street much safer.:some are not happy with the new rules at all.One rider said (64) (sad),"I don't want to get a license."That's not convenient (65) me to get one."Some don't care about it.A young rider said calmly,"I prefer to use shared bikes which are popular in many big cities of China now.I hope they can come to Loudi earlier."
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A special red bridge was found in the Lake District,Britain.The whole bridge used no glue or bolts (螺钉).It was completely made of paper!
The bridge was a piece of art work.It(64) (start)to open to the public in April.2015.The bridge was made of 22,000 pieces of paper and it(65) (be)five meters long.
The bridge became a popular tourist place.The tourists wanted to test whether it would hold their weight."The red bridge really(66) (stand)out in the wild countryside and makes you(67) (want) to touch it or even walk over it,"said a visitor.
The special paper bridge was an art project by an environmental artist named Steve Messam.To build the paper bridge was not easy at all,and he spent three years (68) (develop)the bridge.He used old principles(原理)from Roman times (69) (build)it.He said the 4.5 tons of paper made the bridge much stronger than oak(橡木).Even after heavy rain,the bridge wasn't influenced at all.
The paper(70) (produce) by a paper factory.After the exhibition (展览).all the paper was recycled.
It was our school's yearly dancing show. I(1) (be) excited that I was chosen by the teacher this time although I didn't have any experience of dancing for a show. I would dance in front of all the students and (2) (teacher). It made me very proud.
However, I was a bit sad (3) my father had no time to watch me dance. He(4) (invite) to have a business meeting. I knew that my father would surely come to my show if he could. (5) (lucky), my mother and my elder sister were still coming to watch my show.
(6) the beginning of the day, I was very nervous. After changing into the dress and getting my makeup done, I felt (7) (relax). Then I went on to the stage bravely. I was very glad to see my mother and sister sitting in (8) second row.
Just before the lights turned dark, I saw my father rush into the hall and take the seat beside my mother. (9) a pleasant surprise it was! The sight of my father made (10) (I) smile. I began dancing confidently. Soon after the show, my family came backstage to congratulate me. I was so happy and lucky to have my family's support.
The students are supposed to keep quiet before the papers .(hand)
分发试卷前,学生们应该保持安静.
Students often gather together in small,closed groups.If you are not part of a group,it can be difficult for you to be accepted.This is(56) (especial)true if you can't speak to the members of the group in their language.
This was the situation Sam faced each day as he(57) (go) to class.Sam and his family moved to France last month.Before he arrived,he knew there would be many difficulties.But they were even(58) (bad) than he imagined.
Every lunch hour,after(59) (arrive) at his new school,Sam sat alone in the dining hall.He looked at all the different groups of students around him.But he had no way to let them know that he was a good person.He simply couldn't find the right words to reach his(60) (classmate).
Sam knew he had to find a way to change the situation.He did a little research on the Internet and discovered that smiling is a universal language﹣it(61) (understand) everywhere.
One morning,while Sam(62) (walk) by a group of students,he smiled at them.A boy in the group smiled back at him.For Sam,that was a good beginning.Later,he noticed the boy coming towards him in the hall(63) a warm smile on his face.Sam returned the smile.
Soon the boy asked Sam to join him and his group of friends for lunch.(64) Sam wasn't able to say much in French,everyone smiled and laughed.Before he knew it,Sam had a group of friends,and they all wanted(65) (help) him learn French.
That day he experienced the power of a smile.
I was feeling a little sad because my mother had lost her job.One day,while I (81) (walk) on the street,I heard that a beautiful piece piano music (82) (play) above the noise of the people.I walked more slowly (83) (find) out where it was coming from.Then I saw a young lady sitting at a piano.
She was singing songs about love,believing yourself and keeping on 84 (try).The way she was singing made me (85) (relax).I stood there quietly,watching her playing on such a crowded New York square.I thought that she must be brave enough to perform in front of so many people.
She noticed me.I walked over and (86) (tell) her how good her music sounded."Thank you."she said."I have been going through a hard time recently,but you've made me hopeful again."I said to her.
"I'm glad that I could help,"she replied,"Why are you so sad?"
"Well,my mom (87) (lose) her job,and I'm not sure what to do …"
"Did you noticed the way you were walking?Your head was down."she said."(88) (not be) upset,because opportunity comes in different ways and if your head is down,you might not see it.You (89) (smile) more…lift your head up."
I looked at her,amazed at how she was encouraging me."Why (90) you (play) the piano here?"I asked her with a smile.
She explained that she saw a lot of unhappy people in the world and she tried to cheer them up by playing music.
I smiled a little wilder,realizing that no difficulties could stop me from going on.
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An old man went to India. When he got there, he saw some fruit for sale, but most of it was very
cheap. The (1) (cheap) thing was a basket of red fruit.
"How much per kilo? " the old man (2) (ask).
" Two rupees(卢比)," the shopkeeper answered.Two rupees in India is almost nothing,(3) the old man bought a whole kilogram and started eating it.
However, as soon as he started eating, his mouth began (4) (burn), his eyes began to water,and his whole face became as red (5) the fruit. As he coughed and struggled to breathe, he jumped up and(6) , screaming:"Ah! Ah! Ah!"
And yet he continued to eat the fruit. Some people who were looking at him shook their(7) (head)and said, "You are crazy! Those are chili peppers(辣椒)! You can′t just eat them by the handful!"
The old man said to (8) (he), "I paid for them, so I must eat them."
This old man seemed pretty stupid. But are we so much smarter? All of us have (9) (spend) money and time on something﹣ maybe a relationship, or a business, or a job﹣ and sometimes, even if
we know there's no hope that things will change, we still continue with it.
What we can learn (10) the old man is this: if you've lost a lot over something that doesn't work,let it go and move on. It's better than continuing to lose.
Do you play Ant Forest? It is (1) online game on Alipay (支付宝). Players (2) (collect) "energy" by doing something environmentally﹣friendly. They can grow and water (3) (they) own "trees" with the "energy". (4) the "trees" are big enough, Alipay with some other companies will plant real trees in the desert (沙漠)area of China. Every year millions of trees (5) (plant) in this way.
This is part of China's tree﹣planting program. It hopes (6) (stop) the desert from becoming larger. Since 1978, China has planted over 66 billion trees (7) the north. It is known as "the Great Green Wall".For example,Saihanba in Hebei Province was once a desert, (8) now it has become the biggest man﹣made forest in China.
"China is making the world much (9) (green) than before. It sets a good example and has many (10) (lesson) to share with the world,'' said the United Nations Environment Program.
Recently, a foreign student in China gave a very touching answer to the question: What should China be proud of? It was(1) (wide) spread online.
Emma is from Canada. She came to China four years ago. Now she is (2) University student in Ningbo. The following is China in her eyes.
"(3) (find) a job in China can be really simple. There are more job (4) (chance) here than any other country in the world."
"Its public security is great. I(5) (travel) many countries so far, and I think China is really safe."
"About 400million Chinese are studying English. China has become the country (6) .has the greatest number of English speakers in non﹣ English speaking countries."
"The speed of Chinese trains is high. On my (7) (three) visit to my friend in Beijing. I took a train there. From Ningbo(8) Beijing. The train runs 1,365kilometers for only seven hours."
"I think there (9) (be) many more things China should be proud of. I believe China must be much (10) (good) than other countries."
To my surprise, my uncle got his driving licence in his (fifty).
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