Until recently,Ajayi had never gone to school.Now fifty,she attends a school in Ilorin,Nigeria,wearing the same pink dress as two(1) (百)other girls at the school.She studies with the students nearly forty years younger than she is.
Ajayi runs her(2) (自己的)business making and selling bags,but she believes it is(3) (仍然)necessary for her to learn to read and write.
In class,she answers questions(4) (积极).She plays,talks and(5) (讨论)together with her classmates.
She is good at(6) (烹饪).Children all like the food she makes.They enjoy
(7) (她们自己)at school.
Ajayi's(8) (女儿)used to feel embarrassed about their mother's attending school with children.But now.they choose(9) (支持)her efforts.
She plans to continue her(10) (教育)for four more years,saying it will help her business.
At 7 am,we got on the state﹣of﹣the﹣art Fuxing Hao train at Shanghai Railway Station.We stored our(1) (背包)and found our seats.Unlike other trains which start with a shake and much(2) (噪音),this train felt so smooth that if you were not looking out of windows,you could(3) (几乎不)tell we were moving.Yet,within minutes,we were passing over the rails at speeds of more than 350 kilometers an hour.
Soon,the towns of(4) (东部的)China were rushing by.I saw my wife smiling and(5) (指向)to a coin she had balanced on the table.She took another coin and balanced it next to the first,and then another,until she had a(6) (行)of coins.They stood there on the table for more than 20 minutes before one finally fell over.
After that,we(7) (两个都)went back to reading and enjoying the beauty outside.We felt quite(8) (放松的).Then,before we knew it,we heard the announcement that we were arriving in Beijing.For 1,318 kilometers,we(9) (花费)only 4 hours and 38 minutes.Thanks to high speed trains,we can travel in China much more conveniently.No(10) (疑惑),they will also bring the people of the country closer together,and in time bring about deep social changes,the full nature of which no one can fully guess.
Trees play an important role in our environment.For a start,they make air(1) (更干净的)for us to breathe.The older a tree is,the more important it is to us.Why not look at ancient trees(2) (仔 细地)around you and find out more?
For the past (3) (十五)years,a charity called the Woodland Trust has been recording ancient trees in the country.It has created a database (数据库)about these tree.
Since the database was set up,the Woodland Trust has(4) (添加)over 180,000 trees,but it believes there are many more to be found.It's hoped that all(5) (成员)of the public will help to locate them ﹣ including you.
You can take an(6) (积极 的)part in the Woodland Trust's project.Perhaps when you next go for a walk with your family,you can examine the trees you pass to see
(7) (它的)age.If you find one that you think could be very old,record(8) (确切地)where it is using an online map.If you want to record the tree,you should take a photo.Don't(9) (忘记)to make sure you are allowed to examine it closely if the tree isn't on public land.
"Ancient trees are as much a part of our heritage (遗产)as works of(10) (艺术),"explains Jeremy Evans of the Woodland Trust. "But they don't get the same protection.The good news is,you don't have to be a tree expert to take part".
Thailand Literacy Program
Omkoi is one of the mountainous areas in Thailand.It is an area of (1) (北 方的)Thailand.There are neither schools(2) (也没有)libraries there and people cannot read or write.The government of Thailand hopes to change that with a program.It
(3) (包括)bringing books to the villages.
A number of these villages can be reached only on foot,and there is always a very long rainy (4) (季节)in Thailand.So how do the villagers get books that they need most,especially (5) ( 在...期间)the rainy days?Of course,teams of (6) (大象) !
Now there are several teams carrying books in Omkoi.They spend almost a month covering (7) ( 七)or eight villages.These special teams make it possible to provide education for almost two thousand people in Omkoi.
In Bangkok,the capital of Thailand,there's a program called "Train Library for Young People",The train serves the homeless children on the (8) (街道).Years ago,the railway police of Bangkok realized that those children(9) (真正地)needed a good place for learning and they began to act immediately.Now they have cleaned up and
(10) (修理)some old railway cars.These cars are turned into libraries for the children.
Things Spotter
If you often lose things,you'll be happy with a new(1) (发明)called Things Spotter.It'll look like a small key tag that can be put on your objects.The tag will(2) (连接)to your mobile phone through BlueTooth technology.When you find something missing,don't(3) (担心)!Just press a button on your mobile phone and a map on your screen will tell you where to look.
Fire Recharger
It's really fun to(4) (扎营)in the wild!But what can you do if the batteries(电池)on your mobile phone are empty?Some(5) (工程师)are working on a Fire Recharger.It(6) (生产)electricity from the heat of fire.This means you can use a small fire to charge(充电)your mobile phone.It is very useful and will be(7) (广泛地)used in the future.
DigGoggles
Those lively underwater photos are so beautiful,but not easy to take.Besides,underwater cameras are not(8) (便宜的)enough.But soon you will have the(9) (机会)to buy a pair of DigGoggles.That's the name of a(10) (特殊的)diving mask that can take photos.Open and close your eyes twice and your camera will go 'click'!
The teacher (want to know) how many students would like to go to the zoo.
You look so smart!Your jacket (go well with) the blue jeans.
The task is too difficult.Lucy has no c but to ask others for help.
阅读下面短文,将划线部分译成英文或中文。
Yangge is a kind of traditional Chinese folk(民间的) dance.The performers (表演者) dance to music with handkerchiefs(手帕)or fans in their hands.(1) It's a very popular festival activity in north China.
Yangge may have different forms from place to place,but all of them express happiness. (2) 很多人非常喜欢秧歌。Most dancers are young men and young women.Some are even old ladies.Almost every village in northern Shaanxi Province has yangge teams. (3) They begin to prepare yangge even a month before the Chinese New Year.During the Spring Festival,the yangge teams pay New Year's calls from house to house.
(4) They wish people a happy New Year by dancing yangge in the streets. Some young men often play the drums,and the performers wave red silk bands(挥舞红绸带).People set off firecrackers(鞭炮)to welcome the dancers.(5 )他们邀请表演者品尝自制食物。The sounds of songs,drums and firecrackers form an air of festivity in the village.
Nowadays,yangge has spread into city parks,streets and squares,and it has developed into a kind of popular exercise for city people.
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As we all know,the environment around us is getting worse and worse.Some chemical factories always pour(1) (废弃的)water into the(2) (河流).And they also(3) (产生)terrible gas.In some places,some people even have no clean water to drink.So I think we must do something to protect the environment.
How to protect the environment?First,as a student,we should use cloth bags instead of(4) (塑料的)bags when we go shopping.(5) (第二),we'd better reuse the old textbooks as possible as we can.Third,we should never forget to turn off the lights when we leave the classrooms.In a word,we must try our best to protect our environment.I believe we can make the world a better place to live in.
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.
The first week of my summer vacation was exciting. I was (1) (自由的,空闲的)! I spent much time on my phone without doing my (2) (家庭作业). Mom was angry and told me I could only use it (3) (在…之间) 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm.
I felt lost and kept asking (4) (我自己)what fun I could have during the day.Mom offered me a challenge. If I could follow the same ant for (5) (十) minutes, I'd get a prize.I thought for a while and agreed. I (6) (选择) the biggest ant in the yard and followed it.I saw it create a bridge to cross a (7) (深的) hole. I dropped some bread and soon it began (8) (吃). It even brought friends to carry some home. I never thought watching ants could be so much fun.
After that,I found other interesting things to do.I built a house for birds,planted (9) (树) in the yard and borrowed books from the library.(10) (虽然) I didn't use my phone often,I had a fantastic summer.
Last year I went on an amazing trip by boat along the west coast of Canada. It was my brother Harry's idea. He's a (1) (记者) who's also a great fan of boats.But I'd dreamed of visiting the area.So I kept asking Harry if I could go,too﹣ (2) (直到) he agreed at last!
A few weeks before we left home, there was much (3) (雨) in the area we were going to. But luckily the weather was OK at last. However, I was (4) (忙碌的) at work so I didn't think about what needed doing.But Harry promised he'd take care of everything,so I knew everything would be all right.
After arriving in Canada, we packed our (5) (工具) into small boats and set off.Since very few people now lived along that coast, the only other living animals we saw for the first few days were dolphins and birds.
We often stopped for hours to explore the (6) (岩石) pools on the beaches. And we never (7) (忘记) lunch or dinner, though, which we all made together over camp fires.When we (8) (最后) fell asleep on the boats each evening, even though the beds were hard, it really felt like stress﹣free living!
When the time came to leave, I was sad.How could I return to (9) (正常的)life again? But I knew if I stayed, I would (10) (想念) my family and friends. I was also looking forward to telling everyone at home about our experiences.
Mark Quinn is trying to make the world happy ﹣ one person at a time. He hit upon the idea after studying how a person's happiness could be(1) (影响) by social media (媒体). Instead of just thinking about his own happiness, he wondered if there was a (2) (秘密的) way to make people around the world happy.
Quinn turned to something he(3) (他自己) loves."All my life I've been taking photos," he says, "and for the past(4) (七) years,I've spent a lot of time making scrapbooks(剪贴簿) filled with photos, (5) (明信片), tickets .. It gives me such joy to look back on these. I just thought ﹣ maybe I could create an online scrapbook that everyone could(6) (分享) in. "
From his idea came the book The Happiness Scrapbook. Quinn travelled in America taking pictures and asking people the (7) (相同的) question: what makes you happy? "I've got. photos and answers from strangers, friends, family, as well as others who (8) (清楚地) have something to say," he says.
Quinn hopes to start a(9) (网站) or a book, which can be something for people to turn to when they are(10) (充满的) of sadness." That idea makes me more than just happy," says Quinn.
Healthy living to most people means having a healthy lifestyle. Here are some tips that people should follow in their(1) (日常的) life.
Healthy eating plays an important role. Make sure you have three(2) (餐) a day on time. Good breakfast, rich lunch and less dinner are suggested. Try to(3) (避 免) food high in sugar.
Regular exercise also leads to a healthy lifestyle.It can help you keep your weight under control and (4) (赢)self﹣confidence at the same time. It's a good idea for you to exercise for(5) (三十)minutes each time, at least three days a week.Shall we do exercise every day?It(6) (视..而定). However, every time you exercise, you put(7) (你自己) at risk of getting hurt, so remember to do it in a right way.
(8) (足够的) sleep is the key to a healthy lifestyle.For most people it is necessary to keep eight hours of sleep each day.If you don't fall asleep within twenty minutes, do something (9) (使人放松的).Reading and listening to light music are good (10) (选择). And then you may fall asleep soon.
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