My mum and dad bought a nice, big turkey a fewdays before Thanksgiving. ___29___was proud of herself as she got it for a good price. ___30___ Thanksgiving, Mum got the turkey out of thefridge.
“We thankall the Chinese people for their support and encouragement. Our thanks also goto our workmates who took part in the mission (任务) and worked with us allthe time,” Zhai said to the reporter after he landed on the ground. “It is thepower and strength of our country that built the high-flying space station. Iam proud of our great motherland.”
Bill doesn’t like doingfamily housework at all. He likes to play with his friends in the park.Bill asks his four friends about their housework.Bill: What do you have to do at home, Dan?
Mr. Zhang was a cook in Canada. He ___11___ in Guangzhou, and he learned to cook in HongKong. He moved to Canada for work when he was 26 years old. Everything was goodtill COVID-19(新冠病毒)brokeout. Last year, he returned to China because the economy(经济)inCanada began ___12___down.
Liu Min is an English teacher. These days, herfamily are experiencing a different life of working and studying. They get upand do morning exercises at 6:30 in the living room. After breakfast, theystart their work and study. Her husband turns on his computer in the study (书房), reading his e-mails andmaking a list of today’s work.
I lost mysmartphone at West Park on Loomis Road on Monday morning, Oct. 27. The photosin it haven’t been uploaded(上传)to the Cloud. They are very important to me.Please call me at 730-8607.
Some schools have organized too many tests thatare too difficult. As a result, students have to study hard all the time andthey have been under a lot of stress. It has been harmful to students’ mental (心理的)and physical health and it must be changed.
Jared ___15___ to stay at home, but his mom sent him anyway.He had to sit next to Jessica. At reading time, Mrs. Thomas asked Jared toread. Reading aloud always made Jared ___16___ . As he picked up the book, his hands shook.“He can’t read,” Jessica said. “I didn’t call on you, did I?”
Russia’s skating silver medalist AlexandraTrusova, 17, amazed the world with five quadruple jumps (四周跳)during free skate at the Beijing Winter Olympics. No other woman has everfinished five quadruple jumps in an Olympic competition.
Once upona time, two brothers lived in a village. They were both famers and grew corn.The elder brother had many children to feed. The younger brother also had a bigfamily to look after. Although the brothers were poor, they lived happily.
Lu Junling, a security guard from Hebei University, became popularon the Internet. As an ordinary (平凡) person, though Lu Junling is more than 50 years old, hememorizes English vocabulary for CET 6 under the street lights every day justto improve himself. When he is free, he also writes novels and sings operas.That’s not all! Painting, music, kongfu, ancient poems, etc. are all hishobbies. So a number of people call him “treasure security guard (宝藏保安)”. Lu Junling said, “If I want to become an artist, I will alwayswork hard for my dream!” Mr. Lu’s words live in many people’s memory.
Raden Roro Hendarti, nearly 50 years old, is alibrarian in Muntang village. She started a “trash library”, hoping to makechildren read more as well as make them realize the importance of environmentprotection. Each weekday, Raden puts all kinds of books on the back of herthree-wheeler (三轮车)and rides to Muntang village. There, children line up to exchange plastic cups,bags and other trash for books from Raden’s mobile library. After finishing theexchange, Raden carries back all the trash.
Slowlybut surely, Amy and her grandparents were making progress. Boxes of all sizeswere placed on top of each other throughout the house. Amy’s grandparents hadlived in the house for years and they had collected many things.
We allknow that rice, wheat and corn are staples, but do you know there is anotherkind of staple food—potatoes? Potatoes have many advantages. Theyare a good source of vitamin C and potassium(钾). A potato’s vitamin C isas rich as 10 apples. What’s more,potatoes are low in calories(卡路里)-onlythree fourths of the same amount of wheat and corn, according to People’s Daily. Potatoes are easy togrow. It can be grown in both the north and the south during winter, spring andautumn. The plant is also able to bear drought(干旱). Some areas of China arefacing water shortages, so the potato is safe to grow.
Chopsticksoriginated from(起源于) China.Though simple and little, they are agreat invention in the history of humans. There are many legends aboutChopsticks, Da Yu and Chopsticks is one of them.It issaid that during Yao and Shun times, Shun ordered Yu to control the flood. Oneday, Yu took a boat to an island, he was so hungry that he used an earth pot tocook meat. After the meat was well-done in boiled water, he didn’t want towaste time to wait for it to cool, so he took two branches to pick up the meatfrom the soup. After, to save time, he always took small branches to take outfood from the hot pot. For a long time, he was skilled at picking up food withsmall sticks. In this way, the first types of chopsticks were born.
Locatedin the mountains about 100 miles from Los Angeles, the Idyllwild Arts Academyis a boarding school for young artists. It offers training in arts, likedrawing, painting, photography and cinema, along with programmes for theperforming arts. The school’s quiet, rural location also makes it a verypeaceful and beautiful place to learn. THE NATIONAL CIRCUS(杂技)SCHOOL
关于风筝的起源有很多说法,比如斗笠、树叶说,认为风筝的出现受到被风吹起的斗笠、树叶的启发,还有帆船、帐篷说,飞鸟说等。观点虽不统一,但风筝很早就出现在中国并无异议。《韩非子·外储说左上》中记载“墨子为木鸢,三年而成,飞一日而败。弟子曰:‘先生之巧,至能使木鸢飞。’”可见春秋战国时期已有风筝,不过为木质。随着造纸术的发展,从唐朝开始,纸糊的风筝逐渐兴起。当了宋代,放风筝已经成为当时人们喜爱的户外活动。明清时期,风筝的制作技艺、装饰技艺得到空前发展。至清朝道光年间达到鼎盛。
失掉了他信力,就会疑,一个转身,也许能够只相信了自己,倒是一条新生路,但不幸的是逐渐玄虚起来了。信"地"和"物",还是切实的东西,国联就渺茫,不过这还可以令人不久就省悟到依赖它的不可靠。一到求神拜佛,可就玄虚之至了,有益或是有害,一时就找不出分明的结果来,它可以令人更长久的麻醉着自己。
初中时代,我是一个如假包换的学渣,学习成绩总是在班级排行榜的倒数三位,每科成绩都“渣”得让老师不想承认教过我。但老天爷为人关上一道门时,必然要为其开一扇窗。就因为爱读课外书且喜欢说话,我写的文字被当成范文念给班级同学听,更有几次作文被当成年级范文的经历、这是我得到过的与学习相关的不多的喜悦,它像星光一样散乱微弱,我却把它当成骄阳。那些日子,我就像哈利·波特坐在看得见自己梦想的镜子前,被自己想象中的虚幻影像迷醉着,痴迷于写作,忘记除了作文,还有别的学业。就在这个时候,我迎来了人生中第一场暴击,其冲击力度,至今想来,还隐隐有牙痒之感。那是初三上学期,学校要举行一场作文大赛,为全县中学生作文大赛选拔人才和作品。A我理所当然地以为,这场比赛,就是为我设的一个擂台。
应该承认,好读书这个习惯的养成是很重要的。如果根本不读书或者不喜欢读书,那么,无论说什么求甚解或不求甚解就都毫无意义了。因为不读书就不了解什么知识,不喜欢读也就不能用心去了解书中的道理。一定要好读书,这才有起码的发言权.真正把书读进去了,越读越有兴趣,自然就会慢慢了解书中的道理。一下子想完全读懂所有的书,特别是完全读懂重要的经典著作,那除了狂妄自大的人以外,谁也不敢这样自信。而读书的要诀,全在于会意.对于这一点,陶渊明尤其有独到的见解。所以,他每每遇到真正会意的时候,就高兴得连饭都忘记吃了。