— Hi. Did you do ____ these days?
choose____ to fill in the blank according to the rhyme (押韵).
—Well, Mom, our team won the game, and the ____ for the winner is a tour to Africa.
—I agree. We have more exercises to do and ____ time to rest now.
hearts of many young people in China.
—Yes, we can learn a lot from her.
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When I was young, my family was poor. So our weekends were filled with simple pleasures we could do for1 , like picnics, bike rides, and my favorite — trips to the 2 .
Thanks to the library's children's section, I fell in love with 3 . I had my parents read the books we borrowed over and over until we needed to 4 them.
When I was about five years old and started to 5 on my own, I had a curious thought: I knew we 6 get books from the library or buy them in stores if we had the money, but7 did books come from? I asked my mother this question, she replied that the stories were made up by writers. These people 8 the stories so they could be shared with others.
Many years later, I still remember that 9 . It was as though I'd been struck (击中) by lightning. I knew my dream in this world. I would be one of those 10 . I began by making up stories about animals, dictating (口述) them to my grandmother 11 I didn't master the writing skills to write them down 12 . I filled notebooks with words when I grew a little 13 . I started to learn some of the writing 14 at school, such as grammar and basic story structure. I finished my homework 15 each day so I could write for the rest of the evening. In this way, I completed my first attempt at a novel by fourteen.
Children' s Workshops (工作坊)
What can you do during the winter holiday? Join our workshops and have fun!
Workshop 1
Make your own special greeting cards (贺卡) to show your love to others.
Date: January 10
Time: 10:00 a. m. — 11:30 a.m.
Price (价格): $15 Workshop 2
Join our workshop and turn your old clothes into new things!
Date: January 12
Time: 2:00 p. m. — 3:30 p. m.
Price: $22
* Bring some old clothes from your home.
Workshop 3 Workshop 4
Sing and dance in our workshop. Make puppets (木偶) with socks and tennis
You will have a lot of fun. balls.
Date: January 11/13/15 Date: January 16
Time: 2:00 p. m. — 4:00 p. m. Time: 3:00 p. m. — 5:00 p. m.
Price: $90 Price: $76
If a fire starts in your home, you may only have two minutes to get out. It's important to know how to keep yourself and your family safe. One young girl, Shanya Gill, makes an important contribution (贡献) to fire safety.
Shanya Gill is a 13-year-old girl from California, US. In April, 2024, she got a special invitation (邀请).
She went to a US fire office to talk about fire safety. Gill made a new fire detector (探测器) and won first place at a science event in 2023.
One day, the restaurant behind Gill's house was on fire when she was in Grade 6. No one died, but some people got hurt badly. That made Gill and her family feel afraid. Gill thought it was because the restaurant's fire detectors were not good enough. So she wanted to make a better one.
After learning how to program (编程), Gill made a fire detector. It can find hot things with 97% accuracy
(准确度) and tell people about them. The accuracy of other fire detectors are only about 82% to 94%.
Gill doesn't want to make money from her fire detector. She hopes everyone can use it to save lives and buildings.
China's actress Dilraba's fantastic dance performance in Croatia (克罗地亚) attracted viewers both at home and abroad. Through her, the world can see the shining confidence of young Chinese people as well as the beautiful Chinese culture.
Dilraba travelled to Croatia with a reality show "Divas Hit the Road". When the host asked her to describe the dress that she was wearing, Dilraba said it is a beautiful Etles dress from Xinjiang, China. Etles silk, is regarded as the cultural mixture between China and the neighboring countries.
The video which shows Dilraba performing Xinjiang dance has been widely spread online. And it was reposted by many Chinese diplomats (外交官) and got many likes abroad. "Dilraba, wearing Chinese Xinjiang clothing and dancing Xinjiang dance," Wang Wenbin, a spokesman from the Chinese Foreign Ministry wrote while reposting the video on social media.
Earlier, the reality show took Dilraba along with a number of guests to Saudi Arabia (沙特阿拉伯).
After the tour in Saudi Arabia was shown on social media, and the huge effect of the program also raised the global viewers' strong interest in Silk Road culture.
The program is designed to travel across the Eurasian continent for 28 days, going through three countries, Saudi Arabia, Croatia and Iceland, enjoying the beautiful scenery and different cultures of different countries, visiting and understanding many joint projects under the "Belt and Road" initiative ("一带一路"倡议).
Every morning, students pass their homework through different hands, from their class representative (课代表) to the teacher. Can it be easier?
Zhang Xirui from Shenzhen Gezhi Academy in Guangdong got a good idea. He made a useful tool—a smart homework collection (收集) robot. This made him win the first prize in the 20th Guangdong Provincial Children's Invention Awards.
This robot uses RFID (射 频 识 别 ) technology to help collect students' notebooks. Each student's notebook has a special RFID tag (标签) with the name and the subject. Students only need to put their notebooks on the robot, and the machine "sees" the notebook, reads its tag and takes it out of the name list. "Teachers can find out who doesn't hand in homework by using a phone APP." Zhang Xirui said.
The robot is the second-generation (第二代) model made by Zhang. Now, he's planning to make a third-generation robot and hopes it can read lots of RFID tags from far away. That means if there is a special tag on your notebook, the robot can quickly read the information of the notebooks. Zhang believes AI is the key to make life easier for us.
When winter arrives, many countries are cold and snowy. The cold makes some people too lazy to take a shower. ___ So how often should we take a shower in winter?
According to a scientist in the US, for young people, it's best to take a shower once every 2 to 3 days in winter. ___ And use cleaning products with harsh chemicals (刺激性化学物质) like soap as little as they can.
Then is it better to take a shower in the morning or at night? ___
Taking a shower in the morning can clear your mind and help you feel full of energy at work. ___ .
It will also improve the blood circulation (血液循环) and relax the body, which will help you sleep more soundly.
___ A scientist says, "Hot showers will let you feel comfortable during cold weather. But if it's long, it is actually hard on the skin." The hot water and the evaporation (蒸发) of water off the skin once out of the shower make the skin become drier. So you need to use moisturizer (润肤霜) while skin is not fully dry after a shower.
A. In fact, there is no answer to this question. B. But our skin needs to be cleaned to keep healthy. C. Some people choose to take a shower with cold water in summer. D. Oppositely, a warm shower before going to bed can clean the dirt off the skin. E. And the elderly as well as babies are asked to take a shower once every 3 to 5 days. F. Also, you'd better take a shower with warm water for no more than 10 to 15 minutes in winter. |
The Spring Festival, an important Chinese holiday, has been ___ (successful) added to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (人类非物质文化遗产代表作名录) by UNESCO on December 4th, 2024. This list is for important cultural things that people should not forget. China has the ___ (many) items (项目) on this list, 44 in all.
The Spring Festival is one of important___ (tradition) festivals in China. It is celebrated on the first day of the first month according to the Chinese calendar, it usually ___ (fall) between late
January ___ early February. Millions of people go back home for the festival, making it the largest human migration (迁移) on the earth. Before the Spring Festival, people are busy ___ (prepare).
They clean their houses to clear away bad luck, put ___ Spring Festival couplets (春联) on the doors or walls and get ready for eating a big dinner at night. They watch the Spring Festival Gala while waiting for the arrival of the new year. When the new year comes, people visit relatives' and friends' homes and say
"Happy New Year" to everyone. They also give children lucky money in red envelopes. Food also plays a big ___ in the festival. Families prepare dishes like dumplings, sticky rice cakes, fried meatballs and braised fish. Each dish carries ___ (wish) for wealth, happiness and success.
UNESCO wants people all over the world to know about this festival and have a better___ (understand) of Chinese cultures.
一篇英语发言稿，畅想未来的生活。
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1. 可以从吃、穿、住、行等各方面谈论；
2. 词数 80 左右。
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