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Application Form Name: Amy Date of birth: ①____ Email: amy@sunshinemiddleschool. com. Phone number: ② ____ School: Sunshine Middle School Interests and hobbies: Playing soccer and travelling Free time: ③____ |
The price of rice changes during the year.
It is useful for rice farmers to know how the price changes, then they can sell their rice when the price is high. But it was hard for farmers to guess how the price would change from month to month.
For example, one year in the past, the price of rice was very low in November. This was a bad time for farmers to sell their rice. November, December, and January were all bad months. The best month or farmers to sell rice was April, July and August were also good times to sell rice.
Between August and November, the price of rice went down every month. During other parts of the year, the price went up and down.
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A student learns to write fu character, which means happiness and good fortune（幸运）, in Zhenjiang, East China's Jiangsu province, Jan 14, 2018. International students at Jiangsu University visited local communities to experience Spring Festival culture. They learned from Chinese the skills of Chinese handwriting and paper—cutting. |
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In 2013, Xiadang villagers' income（收入）was just 4, 600 yuan every year. By the end of 2016, however, it rose 160 percent to more than 12, 000 yuan, from the shares of the tea gardens and factories that they owned, thanks to the targeted poverty alleviation（精准扶贫）。 |
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"Memory5D+" highlights Chinese culture. The theatrical production Memory5D+, combining high—end technology with a presentation showing the best of traditional Chinese culture and performing arts, shown for the first time in Beijing on Thursday. |
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A keeper feeds a snack to a giant panda at Jilin Siberian Tiger Park in Changchun, Jilin province, on Jan 5, 2018. To help the two pandas get through their third winter at the zoo, they buy 500 kilograms of fresh bamboo every five days, while giving them snacks four times a day, to secure their intake of nutrients. |
A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow（乌鸦）was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain（鄙视）.
"You have no flying skills at all！""He said to the swans. "All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air？No, that's beyond you. Let's have a flying competition. I'll show you what real flying is!"
One of the swans, a strong young male, took up the challenge. The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles, performed other flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.
Now it was the swan's turn. He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments（评价）about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn't see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.
The swan pretended（假装）not to notice, and said, "Why do you keep touching the water, brother？Is that another trick?"
"No, "said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition. "I'm in trouble because of my pride！If you don't help me, I'll lose my life…"
The swan took pity on him, and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach.
a. The crow followed the swan and got into trouble.
b. The swan felt pity for the crow and saved it.
c. The crow had to ask the swan for help.
d. The crow challenged the swans and a swan agreed.
Do you want to live a happier, less stressful（有压力的）life？Try laughing for no reason at all. That's how millions of people start their day at Laughter（笑声）Clubs around the world and many doctors now think that having a good laugh might be one of the best ways to stay healthy.
The first Laughter Club was started in Mumbai, India, in 1995 by Dr. Madan Kataria. "Young children laugh about 300 times a day. Adults laugh between 7 and 15 times a day, "says Dr. Kataria. "Everyone is naturally good at laughing—it's the common language. We want people to feel happy with their lives. "
There are now more than 500 Laughter Clubs in India and over 1, 300 in the world.
Many doctors are also interested in the effects（效果）of laughter on our health. According to a 5—year study at the UCLA School of Medicine in California, with laughing there is less stress in the body. Laughter improves our health against illness by about 40%.
So what happens at a Laughter Club？I went along to my nearest club in South London to find out. I was quite nervous at the beginning of the class, to be honest, I wasn't interested in laughing with a group of strangers, and I was worried about looking silly. Our laughter teacher told us to clap our hands and say"ho ho ho, ha ha ha" while looking at each other. However, our bodies can't tell the difference between real laughter and unreal laughter, so they still produce the same healthy effects.
Surprisingly, it works！After ten minutes everybody in the room was laughing for real and some people just couldn't stop！At the end of the class I was surprised by how relaxed and comfortable I felt. So if you're under stress, then start laughing. You might be very pleased with the results.
There are many wetlands in China and some of them have become the world's important wetlands.
The Chinese Yellow Sea Wetlands are among them. They are in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province. They are home for many different kinds of animals. The world's largest Milu Deer Nature Reserve is in them. More than 700 Milu deer live freely there. There are not many red—crowned cranes in the world, but every winter you can see some in the Red—crowned Crane Nature Reserve in the Yellow Sea Wetlands.
The temperature in the wetlands is usually neither too high nor too low. There is a lot of rain and sunshine, too. They are really good places for wildlife. Offering（提供）food and home for some special kinds of animals is not the only reason why we need to protect wetlands. Wetlands are important because they also prevent flood. But some people want to change the wetlands to make more space for farms and less space for wildlife.
Luckily, more and more people are beginning to realize that we should protect the wetlands as soon as possible. Every year, on February 2nd, people have many activities to tell other people more about wetlands.
Once upon a time, a rich man wanted to make a trip to another town. He tried not only to take things to sell but also to take money to1 things with. He decided to take ten servants（佣人）with 2 . They would 3 the things to sell and the food to4 on their trip. Before they started, a little boy ran up to 5 and asked to6 with them.
The rich man said to the little boy, "Well,7 may go with us.8 you are the smallest, the thinnest and the weakest of all my9 , you can't carry a 10 load（担子）. You must choose the lightest to carry. "The boy thanked his master and chose the biggest load to carry. That was11 . "You are not 12 "said his master, "That is the biggest and the heaviest one. "The boy said 13 and lifted the load gladly.
On the trip they walked for days and at last they got to the town. All the servants were tired except the little servant. Do you know 14 ? They ate most of the bread during the trip and there was only a little left when they 15 7: 00 p. m. at the town.
As more and more people begin to read online, do we still need libraries now？Reporter lan Clark has the answer. "Libraries are still important—people still find it greater and easier to use them. "
According to him, not everyone has enough money to buy a smart phone, or a computer, and not everyone knows how to search the Internet, but libraries can offer people the same chance to get what they want to know about. And sometimes the information online is not correct. It will take you a lot of time to find what you really need. Libraries are more reliable（可靠的）. Moreover, we still need a kind of place that a library provides. In a library, it's easy to get lost in reading and working and it's also less possible for us to stop to do something else.
So working in a library is quite helpful. We usually call this kind of place"third places". There are some other "third places" like coffee shops. They can also make you relax completely. And you see no sellers or advertisements in the library. If you spend all your time on computers, your eyes will get tired.
You should go to the library to find out the true, meaningful, and exact information about things. The world still needs libraries and it doesn't matter if you don't think so because most people do.
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Libraries are still important |
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Libraries can offer the same chance people to get what they want to know about. |
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It is a pity that sometimes the information on the Internet is . You will spend a lot of time what you really need. |
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We still need a kind of place that a library provides. In a library, it's easy to lose in reading and working and it's also less for us to stop to do something else. |
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It is quite helpful to in the library. Libraries can also make you relax. You see no sellers or in the library. |
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You should go to the library to find out the true, meaningful and exact about things. The world still needs libraries because most people so. |
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A humorous doctor——Zhang Wenhong
These days, Zhang Wenhong has become an Internet celebrity（网红）because his funny way of speaking. He really has a good of humor.
"Do you feel bored staying at home？The virus（病毒）is the as you. If you stay longer, the virus will be bored to death. "This is how Zhang keep people（live）and staying indoors during the outbreak.
Zhang tried best to give scientific knowledge on how to prevent the epidemic while he（work）in the front line. His sense of humor has made it （easy）for the knowledge to reach the public than before.
Zhang went to the front line and set example to his colleagues（同事）by checking on the patients every day. "I do it in person because I need to give courage（勇气）to ocolleagues, we cant treat patients （patient）. They need our （protect）"he told the media.
"You are not a doctor, what you do is more important than what doctors do. "
"Everyone is a member of the s . You're not just quarantining（隔离）yourself at home, but combating（战斗）the virus. （stay）indoors will bring you benefits. "
