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Do you think it necessary to know something about people's communication ways? When you speak ,write a letter, make a phone call, your carry a message . People communicate with words.
Do you think you can communicate without words? A on your face shows you are happy or friendly. Tears in your eyes tell others that you are sad. When you you hands in class, your teacher knows you want to ask or answer questions. You your hand, and people know you are saying "No". You nod and people know you are saying " Yes".
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Other things can carry messages. For example, a sign at the bus stop helps you to know which bus to take. A sign on the wall of your school helps you to find the library. Signs on doors tell you where to go in or out. Have you ever noticed that there are a lot of signs around you and that you receive messages from them ?
People can communicate in many other ways. An artist can use his to tell about beautiful mountains, about the blue sea and many other things. Books are written to tell you about all the wonderful things in the world and also about people and their ideas. Books, magazines, TV and radios and films all help us to communicate with each other. They all help us to know what is in the world and what other people are thinking about.
One day a teacher and his student lay down under a big tree near the big grass area. Then the student suddenly asked the teacher, "Teacher, I wonder how I find my good friend. Can you please help me?"Saying nothing for a few seconds, the teacher then answered, "Well, it"s a pretty hard and an easy question. "
"Look that way. There is a lot of grass. Why don"t you walk there? Please don"t walk backwards, just walk straight ahead. On your way, try to find a blade (叶片) of beautiful grass and pick it up and then give it to me, but just one. "The student said, "Well, OK then…Wait for me…" and walked straight ahead to the grassy field.
A few minutes later the student came back. The teacher asked, "Well, I don"t see a beautiful blade of grass in your hand. " "On my way, I found quite a few beautiful blade of grass, but I thought that I would find a better one, so I didn"t pick it. But I didn"t know that I was at the end of the field, and I hadn"t picked any because you told me not to go back, so I didn"t go back. "
The teacher said, "That"s what will happen in real life. Grass is the people around you, the beautiful blade of grass is the people that attract you and the grassy field is time. In looking for your soul mate, please don"t always compare and hope that there will be a better one. By doing that, you"ll waste your life time. Please remember "Time Never Goes Back". "
Are you thinking of spending part of your summer holidays in Britain? We can help you. Just read the following introduction of its nicest holiday town— Brighton.
Brighton, a famous holiday town next to the sea in Sussex, on the southeast coast of England, is only 50 minutes on a fast train from London.
The town usually has a population of 134,000 people, but in the summer this number 1 a lot as Brighton gets a lot of tourists. They come here to spend their holidays by the sea and students come from lots of different countries. It is a very busy place at this time of the year, and there always seems to be a party going on!
A long time ago Brighton was a quiet fishing town. It 2 had a different name, Brighthelmstone. Later on, when swimming in the sea became popular, many rich and important people, as well as writers, musicians and 3 began to arrive and Brighton became a popular seaside holiday town. Prince George (later became King George IV), first came to Brighton in 1783. He liked it so much and used to spend part of the summer there 4 his health. He asked John Nsh, who was a very famous builder at the time, to build him a palace. It took about 40 years to build the palace and it cost half a million pounds! Many famous and important people enjoyed Brighton over the years. Now more than 400. 000 tourists come to Brighton and the palace— the Royal Pavilion — every year.
The Royal Pavilion, with its beautiful rooms and museum, is not the 5 interesting thing in Brighton. In May, this friendly and colourful town holds an 6 festival with many different kinds of music, dance, and theatre from all over the world.
So if you are also interested in this wonderful holiday town, why not come and enjoy?
I didn't cry when I learned I was the parent of a disabled (残疾的）child.
"Go ahead and cry," the doctor a kindly, but I couldn't cry then, nor during the days that followed.
When Jenny was old enough, I sent her to a kindergarten. On the first morning, Jenny spent hours playing by herself. It seemed that she felt very l.
However, to my joy, Jenny's classmates always encouraged, her, ‘you got all your spelling words right today!" In fact her spelling list was the e Late she faced a very painful problem—at the end of the term, there was a game which had something to do with physical education. But Jenny was way behind in it:
My husband and I were anxious (忧虑）about the day. I wanted to keep her home. Why let Jenny fail in a gymnasium filled with parents, students and teachers? But my heart wouldn't let me off that easily. So I pushed a pale, unwilling Jenny onto the school bus.
At the kindergarten, I was quite worried because of her s action. Jenny would probably hold up (阻碍）her team. The game went on well until it was time for the sack (麻袋）race. Surely Jenny would find it difficult. Now each child had to climb into a sack, jump to the finishing line, return and climb out of the sack. I noticed Jenny standing near the end of her line of players
But as it was her turn to join, a c took place in her team. The tallest boy behind Jenny placed his hands on her waist (腰). Two other boys stood ahead of her. The moment the player before Jenny stepped out from the sack, those two boys picked up the sack quickly and held it open while the tall boy lifted Jenny and dropped her into it. A girl in front of Jenny took her hand and supported her until Jenny gained her balance. Then she j forward, smiling and proud.
In the cheers of teachers, schoolmates and parents, I silently thanked Heaven for the warm, understanding people in life who make it p for my disabled daughter to be like her fellow human beings. Then I finally cried.
Different weather makes people feel different. It influences health, intelligence(智力) and feelings.
In August, it is very hot and wet in the southern part of the United States. People there have heart trouble and other kinds of health problems during this month. In the Northeast and the Middle West, it is very hot at some times and very cold at other times. People in these states(州) have more heart trouble after the weather changes in February or March.
The weather can also influence intelligence. For example, in a 1983 report by scientists, IQ(智商) of a group of students was very high when a very strong wind came, but after the strong wind, their IQ was 10% lower. The wind can help people have more intelligence. Very hot weather, on the other hand, can make it lower. Students in many schools of the United States often get worse on exams in the hot months of the year (July and August).
Weather also has a strong influence on people's feelings. Winter may be a bad time for thin people. They usually feel cold during these months. They might feel unhappy during cold weather. But fat people may have a hard time in hot summer. At about 18℃, people become stronger.
Low air pressure(气压) may make people forgetful(健忘). People leave more bags on buses and in shops on low—pressure days. People feel best at a temperature of about 18℃.
Are you feeling sad, tired, forgetful, or unhappy today? It may be the weather's problem.
