A high school history teacher once told us, "If you make one close friend in school, you will be the luckiest. A true friend is someone 1 stays with you for life. " Experience teaches that he was right. Good friendship is just not easily formed（形成）.
Sometimes we do not stay in one place long enough for true friendship to develop. However, 2 treats our friendship seriously. To most of us, friendships are considered. 3 , but we need to clearly understand what kinds of friendship we want. Should they be close enough or remain（保留） at arm's length? Do we want to share. 4 or do we want to walk on the surface? For some people, many friendships on the surface are 5 and that's all right. But anyway, we need to, 6 that our interest and hobbies are the same 7 theirs.
What are some of the difficulties of friendship? The greatest is to expect too much. More requests lead to unexpected trouble. Never fail to be thankful to your friends for everything they have done for you. Another" difficulty" is friendship requires actions in return. In, 8 words, you must give as 9 as you take. Finally there is a question to pay attention to. Unless you spend enough time together, talking on the phone, writing letters, doing things together, you will have10 friends.
Cathy is a reporter of TRAVELING AROUND WORLD and she often gets e-mails from readers about the problems during traveling. Here are some readers' problems.
Dear reporter, Help! I live in Hong Kong and I am going to travel to Canada in three days to have a two-week summer camp. The problem is that I have to fly. I don't feel safe on a plane. I can't sleep, and sometimes I even can't breathe. What should I do? Thomas |
Dear reporter, I work for a big international company. I love my job because I can travel to a lot of different countries. My problem is that it usually takes me about three days to get used to the local（当地的）time. During those days I have some meetings, but I'm always very tired and it's difficult to think clearly. When I just get used to the local time, I have to fly back home. Can you give me any advice? Steward |
Dear reporter, I'm not afraid of flying, but I don't like to fly. I find it very difficult to sleep on a plane. The seats are too small and uncomfortable, sometimes other people are so noisy that they wake me up. Also, flying is very boring. Any advice? Debbie |
There was once a frog who lived in a pond（池塘）. The pond was next to an abandoned （被遗弃的） palace. One day, the frog made up his mind to have a look at the palace. So he jumped up onto an old window and jumped through it.
He found himself in a wonderful pond. It was filled with frogs. Everyone lived happily there. They even held all kinds of activities to spend their time. Although other frogs didn't welcome him warmly, he decided to stay
One night, the other frogs caught him and threw him back through the window. They said, " You don't belong to us. Disappear before us the same today and forever. "
The frog woke up in a dark, cold and uncomfortable room. There was a young boy in the room, and the boy was happy to see the frog. Soon they became friends. The boy looked after the frog as well as possible, and he even caught the flies for the frog. However, the frog wasn't satisfied with his life. He kept thinking about all the good things in the wonderful pond, and wanted to go back there. One night, when it was getting colder, the frog jumped out of the window.
He went to the North Pole. It was so cold that the frog quickly jumped back through the window. This time, he found himself in a desert! No matter how many times the frog jumped through the window, he would always come out at either the North Pole or the desert. The sad frog missed the kind boy. He realized he missed the happy life he used to have. But now it was too late.
Different countries have different customs. When you are in different countries, you should follow their customs
In China, it's impolite to talk when eating dinner. And you're not supposed to start eating first if there are older people at the table.
Very often people who travel to the United States forget to tip （付小费） . It is usual to tip waiters, taxi drivers and porters who help carry your bags. Waiters expect to get a 15% tip on the cost of your meal. Taxi drivers expect about the same amount（数量）.
In England, make sure to stand in line even if there are only two of you. It's important to respect lines there. It's a good idea to talk about the weather. It's a favorite subject of conversation with the British.
In Spain, it's a good idea to have a light meal in the aftenoon if someone invites you for dinner. People have dinner very late, and restaurants do not generally open until after 9:00 p. m.
In Saudi Arabia （沙特阿拉伯） , men kiss one another on the check（脸颊）. Your host may welcome you with a kiss on both cheeks. It is polite of you to do the same.
In Japan, people usually give personal or business cards to each other when they meet for the first time. When a person gives you a card, don't put it into your pocket as soon as you get it. The person expects you to read it.
Don't forget to be careful about your body language to express something in conversations. A kind of body language that is acceptable in one culture may be impolite in another.
Sometimes it may seem difficult to improve our health. If so, the following health habits may help you.
Eat breakfast every morning.
Research shows that if you eat a meal in the morning you may not become too fat or eat too much during lunch.
Get enough sleep.
Poor sleep can influence our memory and learning. Studies show that people who don't get enough sleep seem to get into more accidents. So stay safe and get enough sleep!
Walking is an easy way to exercise. You'd better meet friends for a walk, not for a meal. As you walk, you will see the beautiful world around you. Once you try, you will find that adding a walk into your daily life is very easy.
Join social groups.
Social groups can provide support. They might include sport teams, art or music groups.Also, being in a group keeps your mind busy. An active mind is a healthy mind!
Have a hobby.
Hobbies help people to relax and rest. Hobbies bring us joy as well.
A. It can also cause traffic accident! B. A hobby could be running, reading or making something with your hands. C. Eating breakfast can help people feel better through the day. D. Take a walk every day. E. The people in the group can offer advice and can help each other in difficult times. |
A: You look worried, Paul.
B: Yes, I'm having trouble learning English.
A: You said you liked English.
B: I can't get the pronunciation right.
A: Well, listening can help.
B: That's a good idea.
A: You can always write the new words in your notebook and review them from time to time.
B: Thanks.
A: Can you understand when people talk to you?
B: Well, not always. .
A: Why don't you join an English club after school?
B: That sounds like a fun way.
A. Why don't you listen to English songs and repeat difficult words? B. That might really help! C. Sometimes I just don't understand what people are saying. D. Good luck to you with your English E. What's the problem? F. But what about all the new words? G. I don't do well in writing. |
Clara: Guess what? I'm going to Ching Mai two weeks.
Ben: Wow, sounds like fun! But I believe that April is the hottest month of the year there.
Clara: Yes, that's true. But there's a water festival there from April 13th to 15th.
Ben: I wonder if it's to the Water Festival of the Dai people in Yunnan Province
Clara: Yes, I think so. This is the time of the Thai New Year. People go on the streets to throw water at other.
Ben: Cool! But do they do that?
Clara: Because the new year is a time for cleaning and washing away bad things. Then you'll have good in the new year.
Chinese people have （be）celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes for c . Mooncakes have the shape of a full moon on mid-autumn night. They carry people's wishes to the families they love and miss.
There are many （tradition）folk stories about this festival. However, most people think that the story of Chang'e is the most t . Chang'e was Hou Yi's beautiful wife. After Hou Yi shot the nine suns, a goddess gave him a magic medicine to thank him. Whoever drank this could live forever, and Hou Yi planned to drink it with Chang'e. However, a bad man, Pang Meng, tried to steal the medicine when Hou Yi was not home. Chang'e refused to give it to （he）and drank it all. She became very light and flew up to the moon. Hou Yi was so sad that he called out her name to the moon every night. One night, he found that the moon was so bright and round that he could see his wife there. He quickly I out her favorite fruits and desserts in the garden. How he wished that Chang'e （can）come back!
After this, people started the tradition of admiring the moon and sharing mooncakes with their families.
Working parents feel that they are not giving their children enough care. They think their children feel unhappy because they have little time to play with their children. So they want to spend more time with them.
Scientists in some colleges have found that working parents believed that they knew about their children, but no one had ever asked their children what they thought. So the scientists interviewed over 1, 000 children of working parents. They wanted to find out what the children wanted. They asked the children whether they want their parents to stay at home and some other questions. After they collected answers, it was surprising that only 10% of the children said that they wanted more time with their parents. Actually, the children wanted their parents to give more care to them. They said that their parents were as busy as a bee.
the children wanted their parents to give more care to them. （同义句转换, 每空一词）
"USA? Britain? Which country is better to study in?" We often hear such discussions. As China opens its door, it is a dream for many Chinese students to study abroad. They want to learn about the outside world.
It's true that studying abroad can help students develop themselves. Their foreign language skills will be improved and it may be easier to find jobs.
But there are problems that should be considered. Language is the first. Students must spend a lot of time learning another language.
Students must also learn to live without parents' care and deal with all kinds of things they haven't had to do before, like looking after themselves. There are reports about Chinese students abroad running into an ocean of difficulties and giving up finally. When they have to look after themselves, it is hard for students to study well.
Finally, studying abroad brings a heavy burden （负担） to the family. For most Chinese parents, the cost of studying abroad is very high. But is it worth it?
We know that there are many famous people who have achieved success through their hard work in China. Liu Xiang is a good example. Once an American teacher invited him there, but he refused. He kept training hard with his Chinese teacher. He surprised the world when he won a gold medal at the Athens Olympic Games. So when you wonder which country is better to study in, think again
Studying at Home or Study? | |
Phenomenon（现象） | Studying abroad has become a dream for Chinese students |
Advantages | It is helpful for Chinese students to themselves. |
It is helpful for Chinese students to improve foreign language skil ls. | |
It enables（使 …能够） Chinese students to find jobs more . | |
Disadvantages | ItChinese students too much time to learn a foreign language. |
It is hard for students to study well, when they have to take of themselves | |
Parents may be under pressure because the cost of studying abroad is very high. | |
Purpose: To tell us studying abroad is not the only way to be chosen by describing Liu Xiang's example | |
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