My father is a teacher. He is 42 years old. My brother is 16 years old, He is very tall. He can playbasketball very well. My mother is a housewife. She can cook very deliciousfood. . My sister is very good at badminton. She often playsbadminton with me. My grandpa is a farmer. He grows crops(庄稼) in thecountryside. | A. Mr. Smith is a farmer. He is very old, but he is verystrong. B. Mr. Longman is 42. He teaches English in a middleschool. C. Tim is a tall boy He is 16 years old. D. Sam likes basketball very much, but he is too short. E. Sally is an active girl. She likes badminton verymuch. F. Mrs. Brown doesn' t have a job. She just stays athome and cooks the meals. |
Animals are our friends. We should love them. .
Mary likes pandas from China. . She doesn't like tigers, because they' re a little scary.
Tom likes lions from South Africa. Because they're a little interesting. They like to eat meat very much.
They usually sleep 20 hours every day. But Tom doesn't like elephants. He thinks they are a little ugly and dirty.
I like koalas(考拉) from Australia. But at night they get up and eat leaves. I think they are clever and friendly.
We all like going to the zoo on weekends. . Can you tell me?
A. Because they're shy and quiet. B. But different people like different animals C. They sleep in the day. D. What animals do your friends like? E. They are lazy |
Everyone has one or two good friends. Our friends can take care of us all the time. Our friends will go together with us through this trip of life. Henry is my English teacher from America. I met him in 2004 when he was thirty-one years old. He taught us English by telling stories, playing games and even dancing. I could still remember very clearly that one afternoon when we finished our class, we went to some other classes to sing songs. It was interesting. Henry taught us how to study English well and the way to learn about the world. Henry is my best friend, and I will value(珍 惜) those days of staying together with him forever.
Our friends can take care of us all the time.
Our friends can us all the time.
Amy is a middle school student. As she is poor in English reading, she hopes to improve her reading ability. But she is free only on Tuesdays and Thursdays. | A. You can take Mr. Li's course (课程) at Room 405 from Monday to Friday. It will surely help you improve your listening skills a lot. |
Listening understanding is the biggest problem for Peter. Now he would like to take a course to improve his listening skills on Fridays. | B. In Miss Wang's writing course, you will learn how to write in a proper (合适的) way. The lessons will be given at Room 307 on Saturdays. |
Jack is planning to go to a British university. But he has difficulty in communicating with others in English. He wants to improve his spoken English. | C. If you are poor in spoken English, why don't you come to the English speaking class given by Mr. Smith? He will be waiting for you at Room 202 on Wednesday and Friday. |
English is Kate's favorite subject. She does well in listening, speaking and reading, but she is not good at writing. She wants to take some lessons so as to write better. | D. Miss Huang has some suggestions on how to do better in reading. If you want to improve your reading skills, come to Room 308 on Tuesday and Thursday. |
Students in the U. S. sent a small boat into the Atlantic Ocean in October 2020. It was a school experiment (实验) to see where the ocean currents (洋流) would take the boat. The boat was 1.8 meters long and had a satellite positioning system, or GPS.
A Norwegian student found the boat on February 1, 2022, on a small Norwegian island. He took it to his school. There were some autumn leaves and pictures in the boat.
The American students are planning a call with the Norwegian students soon. The students worried many times that their boat had gone missing. It stopped communicating with the satellite. However, the boat started showing where it was again inthesummer of 2021 when it was near Ireland. On January 30, 2022, it seemed to have reached land.
One of the American students who sent the boat out, Molly Flynn, said she was "surprised the boat actually made it somewhere. " Flynn said she was worried the boat would get lost in the middle of the ocean. She called it "cool and surprising" that it was found.
The teacher, Stymiest, who started the project said: "When you're sending it out, you have no idea where it's going to end up and how it's going to get there, if it ends up anywhere at all. " Stymiest said the students "put their hopes and dreams and wishes into it, and I think sometimes that helps. "
Dick isn't happy these days. He can't watch TV or play computer games at home on weekends. The only thing he can do is read different books. Jimmy doesn't like the school rules because he can't listen to music in school. The headteacher says students shouldn't be allowed to take music players to school. Sarah is very worried about her physics now. She usually doesn't finish her physics homework. What's more, she doesn't listen to the teacher carefully in physics classes. John had an argument(争吵) with his father yesterday, because he was asked to do some housework. But John thought students shouldn't be asked to do any housework. Amy is a little sad these days. Her best friend didn't invite her to the birthday party. Amy think s good friends should share happy things with each other. | A. Students should listen to the teacher carefully in class. You should listen to your physics teacher carefully to make progress in that subject and finish your homework on time. You should also ask your physics teacher for help. B. You should visit your grandparents every weekend to help them clean the house and do some housework. Then, you should call them every two days to make them happy. You can also draw some pictures to send them as gifts. C. You should talk with your parents first to find out why they don't allow you to watch TV. Then, you can tell your parents watching TV or playing computer games for a short time is also necessary because you also need some time to have fun. D. You can send an email to your headteacher to tell the teacher that you don't like the rules. You can discuss the school rules with the headteacher. The headteacher may make different rules if you have good reasons. E. You should call your friend or leave a message to your friend to talk about it. Maybe your friend just forgot to invite you. Good friends should tell each other their own feelings. Then, you will be happy again. F. The first thing to do is to say sorry to your father. Students should also help parents do housework when they have time. Then, you have to change your attitude towards housework and help parents do housework as much as possible. |
''Life is speeding up. Everyone is becoming unwell. ''This might sound like something someone would say today. But in fact, an unwell person who lived in Rome in AD 53 wrote it.
We all love new inventions. They are exciting, amazing and can even change our lives. But have all these development really improved the quality(质量)of our lives?
Picture this: You're rushing to finish your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings, a QQ message from your friend appears on the screen , the noise from the telephone is getting louder and louder. Suddenly the computer goes blank and you lose all your work. Now you have to stay up all night to get it done.
Inventions have speed up our lives so much that they often leave us feeling stressed and tired. Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities, who have no telephones, no cars, even no electricity often seem to be happier? Perhaps that is because they live simpler lives.
One family in the UK went'' back in time'' to see what life was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandmother, with their daughter, and grandsons, Benjamin, 10, and Tomas, 7, spent nine weeks in a 1940s house. They had no washing machine, microwave, computer or mobile phone.
The grandmother. Lyn , said, ''The more things you have, the more difficult life becomes''. The boys said they fought less. Probably, they said, because there was less to fight over, such as their computer. Benjamin also noticed that his grandmother had changed from being a trendy(时髦的),beer-drinking granny, to one who cooked things.
Mr. Green is our English teacher. He is a good teacher. He often helps us a lot. And he is nice to every student. His lessons are very interesting. We usually have fun in his lessons We all like him.
He is a tall and strong man. He is 40 years old. But he looks very young. He comes from New York. He lives in Nanjing with his family now. He has a daughter. She is a pretty girl. And she is a student in our school too.
He likes music. He can sing many English songs. We all like to listen to him singing. His favorite sport is basketball. Mr. Green likes reading. We often borrow(借) books from him.
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He often a lot.
He is years old.
He lives with his family now.
His favorite sport is .
When learning English,most people felt uncomfortable about speaking. They could remember lots of words and knew grammar rules,but speaking was difficult.
Don't worry about making mistakes. Making mistakes is normal when learning a language. Actually,other people will still know your meaning and they probably won't notice your mistakes.
Use every chance you get to speak. For example,it's a good idea to use only English in class and not to speak to your classmates in your own language. At home,you should also try practicing new words and grammar learned in class. Think about extra speaking practice outside the classroom. You can join a conversation group,such as the chat groups in the study centre. Or you can go to the English Corner and speak English with others.
With the development of the Internet,online study provides us with more chances to study English. There are lots of websites where you can communicate with someone from all around the world.
Be confident to speak aloud. Many people are shy and they can't speak English with confidence. However,language is a tool for us to express and make others understand us. We just need to speak what we want to express,and not take much care about others' opinions.
A. Practice speaking online. B. There are many clubs in the school. C. Listening to English songs is a good way. D. It's good for you to take the chance to speak English. E. They are free to join. F. I'm sure you can feel a lot more confident without thinking too much. G. Here are some ideas that are from some people's experience. |
Birds are the only animals that have feathers. Feathers are the coat a bird wears on its body,just like the hair most of other kinds of animals wear on their bodies. We,human beings,don't depend on feathers or hair to keep us warm,as birds and animals do,we have our clothes. The feathers and shapes of the birds help us to tell one kind from another. Feathers come in beautiful colors.
Many birds use colors to hide from enemies(敌人). This is called camouflage. All birds molt(换毛),but the ptarmigan molts twice a year,changing color to go right for the season. In winter,when snow is on the ground,it has white feathers. In spring,it molts and grows brown feathers that match up with the land,grass,trees or other conditions where it lives. When winter comes,it molts again and grows white feathers.
Besides feathers,birds can have good voices and are good at singing. Many birds,such as the robin,sing to send messages to other birds. Each type of songbird has its own song. By singing,birds show who they are and where their land is. In spring,many birds sing together loudly at daybreak. The sound they make is known as the dawn chorus,so﹣called"early morning singing of love" by many people in a Chinese yet simpler way.
It refers to .
It molts a year.
Because they show and where their land is by singing.
At daybreak in .
It gives us some basic of birds.