About me Hi，everyone!I'm Tony. I grew up in New York，but my family moved back to China a few weeks ago. What I'm looking for My Chinese isn't great. I can speak a little，but I really need to practice with someone. Also，I don't really know anyone my age in Hangzhou. I hope to find someone to help me with my Chinese and to hang out with. In return，maybe I can help you with your English and we can practice together! Hobbies I like going to the movies，playing online games and just hanging out. I like the food here a lot，but I don't really know any good places to eat. Maybe you could introduce me to some cool places to get snacks and drinks. I'd like to start exploring some of the night markets here，too. I'm also starting to get really into photography，so I hope you won't mind me stopping to take some pictures. I'm not interested in sports or anything about pop music，so if you really love those things，then we probably won't have much to talk about. Anything else? Don't be shy. Click here to leave me a message. | ||||||||
The Sahara Desert in Northern Africa is the largest hot desert in the world. It is about 1，800km from the north to the south and about 4，800 km from the east to the west. Temperatures can reach 58℃ in the daytime and can fall to ﹣6℃ at night. More than 8，000 years ago，the Sahara was a rich land where farmers grew food and plants grew well. As the rainfall in the area gradually went down every year，it became a huge desert. Most areas of this desert have less than 13 cm of rain every year.
Gary Smith and a few of his brave friends decided to hike across the Sahara. Supporters in cars，who carried food and water for the group，stayed with them together.
One day，Smith walked alone and then he couldn't find the rest of the group. Even worse，he could not find out which direction to go. Then a sandstorm covered the area. When the storm was over，Smith was even more worried. In the heat that he couldn't stand，he quickly finished his water. He had to spend that night out in the open，and he almost felt he couldn't survive （生存）.
The next day，he walked on. After the second night，he started to worry about dying. He realized that his friends might not find him in time. It was late on the third day that Smith lost his sense and fell over.
When Smith awoke，he was in the car with his friends. He had been found by a group of Bedouin who were traveling in a truck. In such a large desert with the weather conditions， this made it possible for him to survive. Then Bedouin returned to his group of friends. Smith was so lucky.
Old wives' tales are pieces of advice that are supposed to solve common problems such as the medical ones or some problems at home. They are usually passed down through talking，and there are only a few having been written down. Some of them sound ridiculous and have no scientific meaning at all，just like jokes，while others are more reasonable，which are realized to be true.
Often，old wives' tales take the form of warnings and are a way to prevent poor behavior in children. For example， "Eating candy before bedtime brings you bad dreams" is a common old wives' tale that was probably thought up to stop children from eating too many unhealthy snacks. Similarly， "If you've been lying，your nose will be longer" is a trick trying to get naughty children to tell the truth.
Other old wives' tales want to give advice about how to keep away from illnesses. "If you go outside with wet hair，you'll catch a cold" is an old wives' tale that's still commonly heard today. However，colds are not caused by cold weather or wet hair. Instead，they are caused by viruses （病毒）.
"Feed a cold，starve a fever" means that you should eat plenty of food when you have a cold，but not eat when you have a fever. This piece probably comes from the fact that people with a fever usually lose their appetite （胃口） anyway. Medical science has found that the body stops eating much when you have a fever because little food makes your immune system （免疫系统） fight bacterial infections （细菌感染），while eating a little more makes your immune system fight against viruses，like colds.
There are hundreds of old wives' tales. Although there may be truth in a few of them，if you bear one，it's best not to take it too seriously.
Have you ever noticed how，on a rainy night，all other sounds seem to disappear? The sound of the rain drowns （淹没） them out. And even though the sound of the rain goes on all night，it doesn't keep you awake. Rain is a kind of white noise﹣a steady and unchanging sound.
White noise is made up of sounds from all the frequencies （频率） a human ear can hear，with the sound at each frequency having the same power. It's called "white" because it is like that of white light，which is a mixture of all the light we can see.
You might think that a mixture of all possible sound frequencies would be terrible，but it's not ﹣ quite the opposite. The reason for this is that white noise covers other sounds. Think of it like the rain：the sound of one drop falling，like from a leaky tap （漏水的龙头），would be very different and hateful. Two drops would be the same. You could even tell three drops apart. But if there were 5 or 10 or 1，000，you couldn't pick out each drop. They'd all mix into a kind of quiet sound and probably lead you to sleep.
According to a scientific study，white noise can help treat different problems. It can help worried people sleep and help those who have headaches sleep through their pain. It can be very useful for people with attention problems，who have trouble telling background noise and can't focus on something well. White noise can help them pay attention to something. It can even cover the sound of conversations by doctors and others who want to keep privacy. Who would have thought that mixing lots of sounds together would actually turn out to develop peace and quiet?
Joel Griffin is a famous expert of dinosaurs （恐龙）. An interviewer from The world is getting some information from Mr. Griffin.
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They lived millions of years ago and their bones （骨头） have turned to stone. They tell us what the world was like millions of years ago. Scientists slowly put together what they discovered. The first dinosaur bones were discovered in 1818.
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When dinosaurs were alive，the earth was a very different place. The weather was much warmer and the land was covered with forests. There were no animals，such as cows or horses，like the ones we know today.
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There were thousands of different kinds of dinosaurs. Of course there were some huge dinosaurs. They were the biggest animals that have ever lived. But some were very small. Some dinosaurs had heavy bodies and walked on all four legs. Others walked on two strong back legs and had two short front ones.
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Some dinosaurs only fed on plants. They were often heavy，slow﹣moving. Many of them spent a lot of time in water. It prevented their enemies from attacking them. Other dinosaurs were meat﹣eaters. They hunted for their food. These dinosaurs were fighters with sharp teeth.
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Many of the plants that the dinosaurs needed to eat disappeared. Some scientists believe that the weather changed from warm to cold. Some scientists believe that dinosaurs were not able to get used to the changes in the environment. They did not like the cold weather and they could not find enough to eat.
A. What did dinosaurs eat? B. When did dinosaurs live? C. What were dinosaurs like? D. Why did the dinosaurs die out? C. Where were the dinosaurs bones found? F. What was the earth like at that time? |
Max and his wife Mary went to bed one night，and left the front door open.
"Get up and 1 the door. " Max said to his wife.
"No，you're supposed to do that，" said Mary to Max.
"I can't do that，" said Max. "I just said you must close it，and I2 go back on my word. "
"I never go back on my word，either，" responded Mary.
They reached an agreement that the first person to 3 should get the door closed. The wind blew awfully through the house. They shivered （哆嗦） in the cold but neither of them spoke.
A 4 named Peter saw the open door and entered the house directly. He took the gold 5 . Mary bought them just several days ago and those valuable items made her look beautiful，but she did not say a word. He took all the pounds. Max did not prevent him，either.
Peter lit a fire and cooked a big meal. Then he took away all the dishes，the glasses and other materials. Max and Mary still remained 6 . Peter left，without closing the door.
The next morning，Mary went out early to get some food. Max sat alone on the 7 . A travelling barber （理发师） saw the door open and walked in. "Do you need a haircut? " He asked. Max said 8 so the barber came into the house and cut his hair.
"Well，how do you like it? " He said when he finished. Max did not answer，so the barber cut off some more. "Well，I suppose it might be 9 to cut it all off completely，" the barber suggested. Max did not want his hair cut anymore， 10 he was not going to speak. The barber cut all his hair.
"Now，" said the barber， "you must 11 me. " Max had no money so he didn't say a word. "What? " shouted the barber. He went to the fireplace，took some soot（烟灰） and blew it all over Max's 12 . Still，Max did not say a word. The barber went out of the house 13 ，leaving the door open.
Some time later，Mary returned. She saw her husband sitting on the floor，with no hair and a 14 face，and shouted. "My poor Max! What happened? "
Max 15 suddenly，getting the victory， "You spoke first!" He said，walking around happily. Now，go and close the door!"
Fan Zhaoyi is a hotel owner at "Snow Town". In the past，most people there ___（make） a living by cutting down trees. But it was difficult to take the wood out of the farm because the snow was too heavy. The snow season at the farm can last up to seven ___ （month） a year. Many workers had to find other jobs ___（slow）.
"At that time，these workers ___（encourage） to work in the tourism area，but many people were afraid to try. Few families were brave enough ___（provide） hotels，but I was a brave one. " Fan said.
He turned out to be right. The high mountains，thick forest and proper temperature make snow there___ special that more and more visitors go to visit the farm.
"I prepared four rooms in ___first year and started to make money later，" Fan said. His success also encouraged other people. The "Snow Town" has also been trying ___ （it） best to provide better service for the tourists. It is going to make itself one of ___（popular） places for visitors.
Last year，the winter tourist season at the "Snow Town" began，and 100，000 tickets were pre﹣sold. The white snow and red lanterns have won the hearts ___thousands of tourists from all over the world.
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Date | January 29 |
Place | School Hall |
Activities | ●enjoy tea processing ●learn how to do paper cutting ●. . . |
Purpose | ●learn Chinese culture ●. . . |
Hello，everyone!Next week，we'll have some activities about Chinese traditional culture. Here's the plan for you.
Hope you enjoy the activities and have a good time!
