Joe was a farmer. His farmland was so poor that he hadn't had good harvests(收成）for years.
"If God lets me 1 the weather, then everything will get better," he complained. "I'm a farmer. I know what's the 2 for crops(庄稼) to grow than God does"
God heard his words. "Well, I give you one3. " he said, "You will be in control of all kinds of 4. Let's see what your crops will grow like."
On hearing this, Joe was excited and 5 right away, "Sunny!" 6 the clouds went away.
He was pleased and shouted again, "7!" The sky was 8with dark clouds at once, then after a while, the field was filled with water.
In the following year, he changed the weather between sunny and rainy. Watching the seeds growing bigger and bigger and becoming crops, Joe felt really 9.
Then the harvest season came. He went to the field to get his crops 10 his heart suddenly went down when he found the crops even hadn't grown a grain (谷粒). He was quite shocked and started to11. Once again, God heard him.
"Do you want to know 12 you still don't get the good harvest you want?" God said. "You never asked for wind, rainstorm, snow and ice, or 13 that could make the air fresher and the roots (根) stronger. 14 strong roots, of course the crops won't grow any fruit."
After he realized this, Joe asked God to 15 the power. It turned out that only through life's challenges would we harvest the fruit of life. It takes both ups and downs to get satisfactory results.
Thanksgiving Delights
By Joanna Fuchs
On Thanksgiving Day we're thankful for
Our blessings all year through,
For family we dearly love,
For good friends, old and new.
For sun to light and warm our days,
For stars; that glow at night,
For trees of green and skies of blue,
And puffy clouds of ▲
We're grateful for our eyes that see
The beauty all around,
For arms to hug, and legs to walk,
And ears to hear each sound.
The list of all we're grateful for
Would fill a great big boob
Our thankful hearts find new delights
Everywhere, we look!
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Dear Lexie, We got to Venice early this morning. You wouldn't believe it. It's like a floating(漂浮的) city, and I'm afraid it will sink or something. My mom's calling me. Gotta go! Mary |
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Hey, Mary, Venice sounds great. I looked it up online. The buildings all look like castles (城堡) or something. I hope to go there one day. Lex |
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Hi, Lex, It's about 7 pm here, so what time is it there? Probably you're at school right now. We went to a big square called San Marco today. There's like a million pigeons(鸽子). A guy put bird food on his jacket, and all these birds landed on him. When he walked, all the pigeons stayed on him. I took a thousand pictures. Mary |
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Hey, Mary, The pigeon guy seems crazy. There's no way I'd let a number of pigeons stand on me. Yuck! I can't wait to see the pictures. Can you e-mail one to me? I'll take it in tomorrow and show Benny. He likes pigeons. Lex |
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Hi, Lex, My camera is old-fashioned, so I can't e-mail pictures. Today we went to museums. Every other building here is a museum. I think people here must be very artistic or something. Mary |
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Hey, Mary, Yeah. I read that Michelangelo lived there. Did you see him? Oh, never mind. He's dead. Well, did you see any art by him? We had a math test today. And there's a new kid in class. Her name is Sydney. She's cool. She's from California. Lex |
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Lex, Tell me more about the new kid. Remember we're BFF, so don't get a new best friend. I'll be back on Saturday. Don't get a new BF before then, okay? Mary |
We have four chickens: Peanut, Cookie, Ice-cream and Potato. My husband Andrew made a beautiful coop (笼子) for them together with our kids.
He gave some tools to the kids because he believed it was important that they could really make something. Then, he slowly helped them. The kids made the mistakes of learning-a board cut too short and hands cut by knives一but in the end, Andrew did some tricks and the coop looked perfect.
The chickens love their perfectly imperfect home and we like to let them run around the yard freely. Yesterday, we needed to go to the city center, knowing that the chickens won't go very far. When we got back, my son, Gordon, ran to check on them. There were Peanut, Cookie and Potato, looking a mess. Ice-cream was nowhere to be seen.
We searched around the yard and found lots of feathers (羽毛). By this time, Gordon's eyes got watery. Ice-cream was his favorite chicken.
Andrew picked Gordon up and held him in his arms. As we stood there, accepting that we were now a three-chicken family, we heard it-a soft clucking sound. Andrew put Gordon down and they looked under the bush. There was Ice-cream, a half-naked(半裸的）chicken. She looked strange, but she was totally fine. Andrew carefully picked her up and returned her to the coop.
The next day, Andrew had a meeting with the kids. The kids believed that the chickens should stay in the coop, safe from everything that may hurt them. Andrew disagreed. He believed that we should be more careful, letting the chickens out when we were in the yard. He encourages our kids to take risks. He sees that the risk of living life-by having the freedom to walk around the yard-is better than the safety of a coop.
a. He taught the kids to make a coop through mistakes.
b. He held his son in his arms when the boy was worried.
c. He carefully returned the chicken to the coop.
d. He encouraged his kids to take risks in life.
Many kids all over the world are reading Harry Potter books in school. But some parents think their children shouldn't be able to find those and other books in school libraries. Should school libraries keep books that some parents don't approve of？Should they take those books off the bookcases?
All over the USA, schools are wrestling with those questions. Read these arguments. Then decide for yourself.
Yes! Some Books Should Be Banned from School Libraries!
Many parents believe that there should be certain limits (限定). Books that include violence(暴力）or bad words shouldn't be in schools. Some parents think Harry Potter books have no place in school libraries because they talk about wizards and magic.
Most parents know what's good for kids. They have a right to decide which books should or should not be in school libraries.
Books should be checked before they are put in schools. Is this a good book for kids to read?
Is it full of violence? Does it have bad words or ideas kids shouldn't learn about? If a book is not good for all kids, it should not be in a school library.
No! Books Should Not Be Banned from School Libraries!
Why should a few parents stop all kids from reading stories like Harry Potter?
"Parents should decide what their own kids read," said Natalie Nicole, of Denver, Colorado.
Many experts say that it's the parents' job, not the school's job, to check out what their kids are reading. If they don't like a book, they should not let their kids read it.
Many schools let kids borrow certain books if they have a signed（签名的）paper from their parents. That works fine. A parent doesn't sign the paper if he or she doesn't want the child to read the book. Other kids can read the book if they are allowed.
Some books are not OK for all kids to read. But if more adults were careful about what their own kids read, they wouldn't have to ban books from the library.
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Development in technology now brings us closer than ever before. We can keep in touch with our friends (通过) calling or e-mailing from a thousand kilometers away.
However, did we ever think about what we are losing? As a person who likes writing letters, I often feel (沮丧，悲哀). These days, few people give letter writing a fair chance. Maybe you think it is out of (样式，款式) . But in my mind, I(更喜欢) writing and sending letters more often.
To begin with, there's lots of love in handwritten letters. And they bring much more (温暖) because we spend more time. Writing letters helps us to (表达) how much we care about them in a special way.
So when we (收到) a letter, we feel we are loved, remembered and missed. In fact, the (过程) of writing a letter can make us feel happy, too. When we sit down and think about what we are writing, we allow ourselves to relax our(大脑).
What's more, while messages come and go, letters can be kept forever. We can always go back and read again. It's (确切地) the way to keep a good relationship between that person and us.
Pick up your pen now!
※Last night one of my Chinese friends took me to a concert of Chinese folk music. The piece which was played on the erhu especially moved me. The music was , but under the beauty （这首曲子格外地美, 但在这种美的背后我感受到了一种强烈的悲伤和痛苦。）
※If someone invites you to meet him or her at noon, then you're expected to be there at noon. If you're even 15 minutes late, your friend may get mad. So Iwhen I meet my friends（所以当我和朋友会面时, 我会努力守时. ). I always leave the house early to avoid heavy traffic because I think （为了避免交通拥挤, 我总是早早地离开家, 因为我认为让别人等特是不礼貌的。）.
※Today, sky lanterns are used at festivals and other celebrations. They are made of bamboo and covered with paper. When the lanterns are城they slowly rise into the air like small hot-air balloons for all to see. They are seen as bright（它们被看作是幸福和美好祝愿的光明象征。）.
If you can dream it, you can do it. It is what they say in the United States. American Dream is the idea that anyone can become（success). There are lots of stories about American Dream- Here is one of them.
Andrew Carnegie was born in Scotland, UK, in 1835. He moved to America at the age of 13 with a few dollars. But by 1400, he owned millions of dollars. It seemed that he was a man was born with the ability to do business.
When he arrived there, he started working in small factory, making just $1.20 a week But he (behave) excellently and impressed his boss deeply. So he got lots of (chance) in the factory. Then, he (offer) a job in Pennsylvania Railways Station. While there, he was promoted(升职）for his good work.
, it was during the 1870s that Carnegie really began to make his luck. Then he built his fast steel company in 1892. In 1901, it became one of(big) company in the world.
After Carnegie became a millionaire, he was known giving away a large number of money to help the poor. He also wrote a number of books (make) people know more about the history of America, including Triumphant Democracy. His spirit inspired a lot of young people in America.
Garbage sorting is a big project worldwide. In recent years, some Chinese cities have been working hard on it. People are asked to sort garbage into four groups: wet, recyclable (可回收的), harmful and dry.
Wet waste is things you don't want but that pigs can eat.
Paper, metal, glass and other things that can be reused are recyclable waste.
Harmful waste includes things like medicine and batteries.
Finally, any waste that's not wet, recyclable or harmful will go into the "dry waste" bin.
If you don't sort your garbage, all of it will go to a landfill (垃圾填埋场). These landfills will take up large areas of ground that could have been used for planting trees or crops. The electronic waste you throw away, such as batteries, can pollute the soil and groundwater. Other pieces of garbage, like the metal part of a pen, can be used to make other things.
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Dear students, What do you do with the garbage? If all the garbage is put into one bin and go to a landfill, it will not only waste land but also the soil and groundwater. Garbage can solve the problems. We can sort our garbage into bins: the used batteries should be thrown into the "" bin; The metal parts of the broken pens should be grouped into the "recyclable" bin; When we have some leftover food, we should throw them into the "." bin; The other waste will go into the "dry waste" bin. In a word, let's take action! Sincerely, The Student Union |
期待，同伴的竞争，频繁的考试，重大的比赛，全新的挑战……）。对你而言，哪件事情曾让你很有压力？你是如何应对这个压力的？就此话题，请你结合自身经历，用英语写一篇发言稿，分享你应对压力的经验和感悟。