A: Hey, Jim.
B: Yeah, it helps me keep fit and helps the environment, too.
A:
B: Right. Since my work is near a park, it's a really nice ride, too.
A:
B: Oh, about 10 miles.
A: That doesn't sound too bad. I wish I could do it, but I work in the city. So I take the subway.
B:
A: True. Well, see you tomorrow.
B: See you.
A. How far is it? B. It takes me about an hour. C. I didn't know you biked to work. D. One less car on the road means less pollution. E. You're doing your part for the environment by using public transportation, too. |
When I was 12 years old, my mother sent me to a Chinese school in California. I16 spending my Saturdays in a three﹣hour Chinese class. I thought it was difficult and boring.
However, my mum thought that I should develop and improve my Chinese language skills. I seemed to know it would do me good in future, but at that time I couldn't realize the 17 of learning a second language.
Many years later, I had a18 to work in Asia. I chose China mainly because I learned Chinese when I was young. However, I still wondered if I could read street signs, buy food and talk to people there.
Shortly after I arrived in China, my Chinese language ability came back soon and improved19 . A long time ago, I wanted to give up learning Chinese. Luckily, my mum encouraged me and stopped that from happening. I'm20 that the Chinese language has helped me a lot in different ways. My life is getting more and more colourful.
A little boy wanted to meet God（上帝）. He thought it was a long trip to where God lived, 17 he packed his suitcase with lots of food and drinks and he started his journey.
When he had gone about three blocks, he met an elderly man. The boy sat down next to him and18 his suitcase. He was about to take a drink when he noticed that the man looked thirsty, so he offered him a drink. The man 19 it and smiled at the boy. His smile was so pleasant that the boy wanted to see it again, so he offered him another one. The man20 smiled at him. They sat there all afternoon eating and smiling, but they never said a word.
As it grew dark, the boy realized it was time to leave, but before he had gone more than a few steps, ran back to the man, and gave him a hug. The man21 him his biggest smile ever.
When the boy returned home a short time later, his mother was surprised by the look of 22 on his face. She asked him what made him so happy. He replied, "I had lunch with God, and God's got the most beautiful23 I' ve ever seen!"
Meanwhile, the elderly man returned to his home. His son was also 24 by the look of joy on his face and asked him the same question as the little boy's mother. The elderly man replied, "I ate and drank in the park with God. " However, he added, " You know, he's much 25 than I expected. "
Too often we underestimate（低估） the power of a touch, a smile26 : they come into our lives for a reason.
European universities and universities in the United States are different in many ways. First, European students enroll in（注册） fewer courses each term than Untied States students do. Second, they live at home and travel to classes. Third, most European courses are for the most time lectures given by professors while professors in the Untied States spend much less time lecturing, they often ask their students questions and divide their students into discussion groups. What's more, at most American universities；but in Europe, unlike in USA, European students' final examinations are usually oral, while American students take more written final examinations.
Mom was cooking in the kitchen. She could hear the girls arguing in the living room. It was the third time this week that the sisters had been arguing over nothing. A few minutes later. Maria rushed into her bedroom angrily and closed the door heavily.
"Come to the kitchen, young lady, "Mom firmly said to Maria in her best mother tone（语气）
Maria walked into the kitchen and shouted, "I can't stand living with Felicia another minute. I don't ever want to talk to her again!"
Mom called out, "Felicia, come to the kitchen right now. "
While Felicia was on her way, Mom put two chairs opposite each other but very close together.
"Maria, you sit here and Felicia you sit there. "The girls sat face to face, with their knees almost touching. "Now you look each other in the eye for five minutes
At first the girls moved their bodies from side to side. Mom said firmly, "You must stay staring at each other for five minutes. Each minute you don't make eye contact（眼神交流） means another minute sitting in the chairs. "They both wanted out
Felicia looked at Maria's pouting（噘嘴的） face while Maria looked at Felicia's angry face. They each thought the other one looked ridiculous（可笑的）. In fact
Soon Maria couldn't stand it any longer and began giggling（咯咯地笑） and so did Felicia. They giggled and laughed.
Mom wisely didn't say anything except, "Okay girls, you can go now. "
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①Maria and Felicia stared at each other.
②Maria argued with Felicia.
③Maria and Felicia giggled and laughed.
④Mom asked Maria and Felicia to sit opposite each other.
Scientists find that hard﹣working people live longer than average men and women. Career（职业）women are healthier than housewives. Evidence（证据） shows that the jobless are in poorer health than job holders. An investigation shows that whenever the unemployment rate increases by 1%, work is helpful to health.
Why is work good for health?It is because work keeps people busy away from loneliness. Researches show that people feel unhappy, worried and lonely when they have nothing to do. Instead, the happiest are those who are busy. Many high achievers who love their careers feel that they are happiest when they are working hard. Work serves as a bridge between man and reality. By work people come into contact with each other. By collective activity they find friendship and warmth. This is helpful to health. The loss of work means the loss of everything. It affects man spiritually and makes him ill.
Besides, work gives one a sense of achievement. Work makes one feel his value and status in society. When a writer finishes his writing or a doctor successfully operates on a patient or a teacher sees his students grow, they are happy beyond words.
From the above we can come to the conclusion that the more you work the happier and healthier you will be. Let us work hard and study hard and live a happy and healthy life.
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Interviewer: Hello and welcome to our programme. Today, we'll talk about Tai Chi（太极）. With me in the studio two Tai Chi fans. Li Tao and Peng Hao, how many years have you learned Tai Chi and what advantages have you got from it?
Li Tao: Because of my poor health, I've learned Tai Chi for six years. I've got a lot from it. It has strengthened my muscles, helped me walk and move flexibly（灵活地）, and made my hearts stronger.
Peng hao: I've learned Tai Chi for five years. When people are doing Tai Chi, they are so focused that it's like theworld doesn't even exist to them. So learning Tai Chi makes me gain more inner peace.
Interviewer: That's for sure!But do you know who Tai Chi?
Li Tao: Tai Chi has a long history and we don't know who invented it. Legend（传说） has it that Zhang Sanfeng, a Taoist（道士）（960﹣1279）, created Tai Chi after watching a fight a snake and a bird.
Interviewer: You're really a Tai Chi fan. Who knows why Tai Chi is so slow?
Peng Hao: During slow movements, we can focus on our hands and. We can control them better. Slow movements also help us to take deep long . This is good for our bodies.
Interviewer: You do master the spirit of Tai Chi. Who can tell me what the black and white Tai Chi symbol means?
Li Tao: Black and white are . But we can see a white spot in the black area and a black spot in the white area. This means that there is no absolute（绝对的） good or . We should keep a healthy balance in all things.
Interviewer: I appreciate your answers very much. Thank you two!
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In the winter of the year 759, Du Fu, together with his family（安史之乱）. In the next spring, he set up a straw﹣roofed house Chengdu Thatched Cottage（草堂）, where he lived for about four years and wrote more than 240. After Du Fu died, the Thatched Cottage quickly fell into disrepair. Wei Zhuang, a poet in the late Tang Dynasty. Thereafter, the Thatched Cottage has continued to be repaired and enlarged throughout the Song, Yuan. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Du Fu Thatched Cottage also experienced large﹣scale renovations（大规模的修复） and since then it has been to the public. Nowadays, the Thatched Cottage has an area of 800 mu.
Nature, love for his family and friendship found expression in many of the poems. It might be due to his life as a semi﹣hermit（半隐士）, there were poems directly describing the people's life. But deep in his heart, Du Fu neverthe serious situation and the physical and mental pain of the people. So when his Thatched Cottage was destroyed by the autumn wind, he could not help thinking of those people. He prayed to God that he could give up his Thatched Cottage and even life if he could offer the poor warmth and. That is the spirit of Du Fu's poems and the Thatched Cottage. by the spirit, people have rebuilt the Thatched Cottage generation after generation, turning it into a monument to the spirit of Du Fu and the sacred land of Chinese literature.
Sometimes boys and girls find it really hard to properly deal with the relationship with people of the opposite sex（相反性别）
Keep a normal and healthy state of mind. Our schools and classes are made up of boys and girls. We should make as many friends as possible. We should keep in touch with the other sex in public instead of in secret.
If you are a shy person, you can also find a way out. First of all, you can make friends with the students who have the same interest and hobby as you. If you keep doing like that, little by little, you will gladly find you are also as free to express yourself as others.
Don't fall into early love. The boys and girls at a adolescence（青春期） are rich in feeling. They are easy to regard the friendship as a sign of love and fall in love with each other at an early age. An apple won't taste sweet until it is full ripe. Boys and girls at middle school are too young to carry the heavy duty of love. Do keep out of early love.
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A. Don't be too nervous or too shy. B. In my opinion, early love is a green apple that can't be eaten. C. It is very natural for the boys and girls to make friends with each other. D. As both of you have much in common, you may have much to talk about. E. As a result, early love should be forbidden by all the teachers and parents. F. If you have problems of this kind, here are some "dos and don'ts" for you to follow. |
As teens today become more connected with social media, they are also becoming addicted（上了瘾的）. Social media platform TikTok（抖音）, the app has it all. With its continuous scrolling（滚动）, music and joy never stops. You could never call TikTok dull.
Some researchers wondered what influence such a fun app might have on teens. A research team interviewed 31 teens between the ages of 13 and 18. Nearly all said they had at least one social media account（账户）. The study team noted that more than 60% of the teens said they regularly used TikTok. "The main reason is that TikTok is really good at connecting teens with content that is interesting to them, and that they can enjoy with their friends," one researchers said.
At the same time, some teens were uncomfortable with the addictive nature of the app."When I do use it," one teenager explained,"I go on it for hours at a time without realizing it because I'll just keep scrolling and I'm like‘OK, this is the last one' ."
In addition, some teens said that the app's videos of many seemingly perfect faces and perfect lives could hurt their self﹣respect. "I see someone's really nice house, or someone's really cute dog, "said another teenager.
So how can teenagers avoid those bad influences?They can control their addictive habits by reducing their screen time. Choose a certain time as their "social media time". They can also put their phones down for a few minutes and enjoy the real world. Take a walk, meet up with friends, and choose to make it a phone﹣less adventure. It may be difficult, but teenagers can do it.
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It's a social media platform. It's rich in content. |
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Objects of study: 31 teenagers. ●Finding: TikTok provides teens with content they're in. ●Teens' attitude on TikTok: ※It makes them waste too much. ※It makes them a little anxious. |
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●their screen time. ●Set their"social media time". Look for joy in the real world. |
