— No, I went instead of him.
— Not at all. I am happy I can help.
When I was 16 years old, I visited the United States for the first time. I was really looking forward to having a1 holiday without any language problems.
How wrong I was!The misunderstanding（误会） began at the airport. I was 2 a public telephone to call my American friend Danny. A friendly old man saw me looking like being3 and asked if he could help me.
" Yes, "I said. "I want to give my friend a ring. ""Are you getting married?" He was4 " But aren't you a bit5 ?"
"I just want to give my friend a ring to tell him I've6 . Could you tell me where there's a phone box?" I replied.
"Oh, I see!"he said. "There's one downstairs. "When at last we did meet up, Danny explained the misunderstanding to me. " Don't7 , " he said to me. "I had many8 at first. The Americans use lots of words differently in9 from us British. You' ll soon get used to all the funny things they say. But most of the time the British and Americans can10 each other!"
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is one of the greatest works by Mark Twain. The book is so interesting. Even today, It is quite popular among kids. Although I am in my thirties, the book remains one of my favorites. After re-reading the book recently
In our daily lives, we are often given some boring or tiring tasks. What's in your mind when your mom tells you to clean the floor?Have you ever wanted to complain（抱怨）?I think most people have.
Tom Sawyer, however, thought "differently"when he was given a boring task. One Saturday morning（篱笆）. Tom's friend Ben Rogers happened to walk past. Instead of complaining, Tom told Ben that he felt "excited"about the task. "Only one in a thousand—maybe even two thousand—boys can do this!"Tom said.
Tom's words made Ben interested in the task. He even gave Tom his apple so that he could have a chance to paint the fence. If Tom had thought about nothing but complaining, he would have had a bad day painting the fence.
This story teaches me a valuable lesson：Complaining is useless. The next time you are given a boring or tiring task, don't complain. Unlike what happens in the story of Tom Sawyer, it is unlikely that someone will come and do the work for you. However, you'll feel better and perhaps even do a better job!
All through grade school, I got extra help with schoolwork. If I got a D, I was very happy. If I got a C- minus （C-）, I had achieved greatness. A's and B's were a kingdom I could never enter.
Once my teacher, Miss Mills, had given me a list of ten spelling words. My mother and I went over the list until I knew those words. I felt great. I thought, I'm going to pass". The next day, I went into the classroom and began to write down the words. The first word was carpet. I wrote that one down：c﹣a﹣r﹣p﹣e﹣t. I was feeling pretty confident. Then came neighbor—I wrote down the letter n. Then rhythm—I knew there was an r. Suburban—I wrote s﹣u﹣b. My confidence failed me. I had gone from 100 percent to maybe a D﹣minus. Where did the words go?
Some people talk about information sliding off your brain. That was my life. I was an underachiever （未能充分发挥学习潜力者）.
Now I know I have dyslexia（诵读困难症）. A person with dyslexia might see the as teh, and bird as brid. My brain learns differently. A learning disability can really change the way you feel about yourself. Now I know that even if I learn differently
Today when I visit schools as an actor, director, and co﹣author of children's books, and give it to the world as a gift.
Terrible weather events are harming the planet, and experts warn of even greater results to come. The sea ice loss and the Arctic ice melting （融化） caused by climate change have increased much in the last ten years. So they have pushed down the number of polar bears and seals while polar bears depend on sea ice for hunting seals.
According to the data from the WMO, temperatures on the Antarctica （南极洲） just hit 18. 3℃, 2015. Moreover, temperatures in this area have warmed about 3℃ over the last 50 years. Although such temperatures might be considered pleasant for a picnic or a hiking tripinhospitable environment on the planet because it is supposed to be an extremely cold place. In fact, the average temperature of the continent's central area is ﹣57℃.
Besides, many places are experiencing the extreme weather this summer. Australia is undergoing its worst drought （干旱） since the 1930 s, crops in the northwest are suffering the driest weather in the past 80 years. Recently West Texas in America has also gone through its worst drought in more than 70 years, while floods have hit Eastern and Southern China.
"Climate change is bad for us human beings, which causes direct health problems. I'm afraid there will be more common events like the one that 30, 000 to 50, " Professor Schwartz said. "It will also cause more air pollution, diseases and lack of clean water and so on. "
A. On the other hand, this will make reviewing easier.
B. Here is some advice to help improve your memory.
C. Another piece of advice is to review at a proper time.
D. You have to read the whole book from the beginning to the end.
E. So it's easy to memorize the important information in the morning.
F. After a month, you will find that you can remember the material easily.
Sometimes we may forget something easily. Don't worry. If you want to have a good memory, please follow me. My first advice is that if you want to remember something well, you have to review it regularly（有规律地）. After you learned the material, then two days later, then a week later, and then a month later.
My second advice is to mark the important parts of your book. This will help you in two ways. On the one hand, it will help you concentrate on（专注于）the most important parts. It is always easier to remember only the key points.When you open your book, the colored parts will show you the most important parts at once. In this way, you needn't read every word again.
One good time for memorizing information is in the evening. Review what you have learnt before going to bed. It will be kept in your mind deeply. The other good time is in the morning because you have just rested and your brain is fresh and clear.
Remember all the advice above, and your memory will be better and better.
A. United States astronaut Mark Vande Hei has made it through nearly a year in space. Now, he faces an unusual situation：At the end of the month, he is going to ride a Russian spacecraft back to Earth as tensions（紧张局势）（太空舱） with two Russians back to earth.
B. Whenever there is a health crisis, this group of people can bring help﹣﹣nurses. A nurse is a person skilled or trained in caring for sick or injured people. We also use the word "nurse" as a verb. You can nurse a person or animal back to health. But you can also nurse something unhealthy like a headache after a late﹣night party.
C. A new study provides additional evidence（证据） that COVID﹣19 can damage parts of the brain. The study said that even people with mild sickness can suffer damage to areas that control smell. The research was led by scientists at Britain's Oxford University. The researchers said their study provides "strong evidence" for their discovery.
D. The National Cherry Blossom Festival is celebrating its 110th anniversary. The popular event celebrating U. S. ﹣Japanese ties, is once again being held in person in Washington DC. The most flowers are expected between March 22 and April 10. The president of the festival says " it's more than just a festival. It's about spring and a sense of new beginnings. "
E. Nations around the world have already established economic, cultural and travel restrictions（限制、制裁 ）on Russia. Now, the first concern has been to bring American students studying in Russia or Ukraine home.
F. Eating, drinking and sleeping are all things we do to stay healthy and alive. These actions together can make a special expression. . . . . . If you eat, drink or sleep something, too. You might eat, drink sleep a fun hobby or something not so fun.
The Netherlands needs thousands of new housesthe country has a growing population. Anyway, it may not have to build all those houses. Some of（ they） can be printed.
（ recent）, the government has been working together with a university and some building companies（公司）（ build） houses that are fully 3 D﹣ printed. As volunteers, an old couple has become the（ twenty） people in Europe to move into such a house.
With two（ bedroom） and a big living room, the house was built layer（层） by layer huge 3 D printer and special cement（水泥）. After being printed out, the house was carried by a truck to the building site（屋顶）and windows were later added. It（ take） around 120 hours to finish this 3 D﹣ printed house. Usually, it takes about one or two years to build a house in the traditional way.
The couple will livethis house for six months, with a monthly pay of 800 euros（欧元）. The cost seems a little bit high but they think it is much （ cheap） in this way.
内容包括：
1）带来方便，可以随时上网；
2）可以作为学习工具；
3）方便和父母联系
4）但是不少学生沉迷于（be addicted to）聊天和游戏：
5）你的建议。
写作要求：
（1）100字左右，开头已经给出不计入总字数。
（2）可适当增加细节，使条理清晰行文连贯。
（3）不得出现真实姓名和校名。
（4）标点正确，书面整洁。
Smart phones are really very popular with school students these days.
