In our country we think being modest(谦虚的) is a virtue(美德) and being proud is a bad thing. One day, I heard an American boy say to a Chinese student, “You speak very good English.” But the girl answered, “No, no. My English is very poor.” The foreigner was quite 1 at the answer. Thinking he had not made himself understood or the girl had not heard him 2. He said, “Yes, indeed, you speak very well.” 3 the girl still kept saying, “No.” In the end the American boy could not understand and didn't know 4 to say.
What's wrong with the girl's answer? She didn't 5 a compliment(恭维) in the same way as the American people do. She should answer “Thank you” instead of “No”. She 6 understood what the American boy had said, but she thought she should be modest. In the 7, people will feel 8 and confident when they are praised. So if someone says the 9 you have cooked are very delicious, you should say, “Thank you”.
If you are modest and say, “No, I'm 10 I can't do it well”, while working in a western country, people may think that you really can not do it. If you often say, “No”, you'll certainly be looked down upon by 11. When asking 12 a job, if one says something like, “Yes, I can certainly do it” instead of “Let me have a try”, he or she will 13 get it. So in the west, you should be brave to show your self-confidence. In my opinion, being confident does not 14 being proud, so sometimes you should be confident 15 being modest.
(At the doctor's)
A: Good morning, doctor!
B: What's wrong?
A: I have a sore throat.
B:
A: Since yesterday morning.
B:
A: Yes. My temperature is OK.
B: Open your mouth. Say “Ah...”.You have a cold.
A: Is it serious？
B: Nothing serious. You'll get better soon.
A: Thank you, doctor.
A. I am feeling terrible. B. I'm sorry to hear that. C. Good morning, young man! D. Have you taken your temperature？ E. How long have you been like this? F. Take this medicine three times a day. |
A: Morning, Li Ming! Did you watch the news on CCTV yesterday evening?
B: No, I didn't. ?
A: Yes, there was. Chairman Xi came to Heilongjiang.
B: Really? When did he come to Heilongjiang?
A: A few days ago.
B: ?
A: He came here because our country wants to promote the economy of the Northeast Industry Base(振兴东北工业基地).
B: I'm so excited to hear the news. Being a member of Heilongjiang, I think we should do what we can to make our hometown better and better.
A: . I'm going to be an engineer when I grow up.
B: ?
A: I'm going to study hard to get more knowledge.
B: after you graduate from the university?
A: I'm going to work in our hometown.
B: I hope your dream can come true.
Five Ways to Fight Germs(细菌)
①If you have a cold or flu, you'd better not pass it on to anyone else. Just use a napkin every time you sneeze or cough. Put used napkins in the dustbin.
②Always wash your hands with running water and soap before you eat anything, after you use the bathroom and after you sneeze or blow your nose. The germs won't stand a chance.
③Stations, hospitals, supermarkets are places filled with germs that make people sick. When people cough or sneeze, the germs spread widely, landing here and there. Unless it's necessary, go out less often.
④You should always buy pets from a good pet shop and take them to the animal doctor regularly. Keep pets as clean as possible and always wash your hands after you play with them.
⑤When you go food shopping, buy all the things for the fridge, and put them away as soon as you get home. Always prepare for food with clean hands.
A. Use a napkin B. Use a fridge C. Love your pets D. Keep off public places E. Wash your hands often F. Keep pets clean and healthy |
Have you ever seen a horse with toes? Millions of years ago, horses had many toes. They had four toes on each front foot. They had three toes on each back foot. The horses were no bigger than the cats. These small horses lived in the forest. The toes helped the horses run on the soft, wet ground.
At first, it was very hot in the forest. But the weather changed. It became very cold. Many trees could not live in cold weather. The trees died and fell. Open fields took the place of forests. The sun made the ground dry and hard.
Horses began to change, too. They began to get bigger. This took a long time. On the dry, hard land, horses needed only their middle toes for running. Their middle toes became hard. After a long time, horses had only one hard toe on each foot. Now we call this hard toe a hoof(蹄子).
Once upon a time, there was a millionaire who loved money more than the other things in the world. He didn't know exactly how much he had, so he took on a little girl to count all his money for him.
It took the little girl six days to count all the money. When she told the millionaire that he had forty-two million dollars, he was wild with joy and asked, “How much money do you want?” He thought she was only a child and he could give her less money.
The girl said, “Well, I worked for six days, so I think you should pay me for six days. Give me two pennies for the first day. Each day after that, just give me the amount you give me the day before, multiplied(乘) by itself.”
The millionaire thought that in this way he would only have to give her a few dollars. What a foolish girl!
On the first day the millionaire paid her two pennies, and on the second day, two pennies times two pennies, or four pennies.
Each day after that, he gave her the number of pennies he had given her the day before, multiplied by itself. And by the sixth day the foolish millionaire had to give the clever girl all his money.
Long long ago, a millionaire loved money than anything in the world. One day he took on a girl to count his money. The girl spent six days in his money. The millionaire asked the girl how much money he should for what she did. The girl answered he should give her the amount he gave her the day before, multiplied by itself.
The millionaire with the girl. He thought the girl was a . In fact, the girl was so clever. The millionaire had to give the clever girl all his money.
Have you seen advertisements about hair care products? The models(模特) have shining hair like jewels(宝石). But now making hair shine is no longer the task of hair care products, because hair can be made into real jewels. Believe it or not, a company called LifeGem in the US makes it possible.
The company is in the business of taking hair from dead people and making them into diamonds(钻石). Now the company plans to make three diamonds using Beethoven's hair to show their latest technology. The work will take about 7 months. In the end, Beethoven's long hair will become three shining diamonds.
Since the great musician died in 1827, you may wonder where they got Beethoven's hair. A man called John Reznikoff gave the hair to the company. He holds the Guinness World Record for the latest and most valuable collection of celebrity(名人) hair. His collection also includes hair of Napoleon, Albert Einstein, Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy. In total, the collection is worth over five million dollars.
Though it sounds unbelievable, diamonds made with hair are for the families to remember the dead.
