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Do you have any interests in your childhood? In my seventh grade, I developed a/an 1 in solving a Rubik's Cube. I started by asking my brother to teach me and he asked me to solve a blue cross on a cube by myself.
I spent around 20 minutes mixing the cube and finally got that little blue cross on the top. 2, I jumped up from the chair and raced into my brother's bedroom. After handing the cube to him, to my surprise, he mixed the perfect blue cross up. Making my work completely disappear.
"Do it again," he 3 it back to me.
"No, I won't." I was angry stepping out of his room.
A few weeks later, my brother wasn't at home. "I'm going to 4 how to do this without him!" I promised myself. I spent the rest of my night watching a guy on YouTube teach me to solve the first few steps. I mastered those steps.
The next day, I spent the whole school day secretly5 what I had learned the night before. When I made my way to my music class, I tried to find some spare time taking out the cube again and solving what I knew. Noah, my classmate, and also one of my best friends later, laughed at me.
"Do you know how?" I sneered(讥笑).
"Actually yeah, let me see it. My fastest solving 6 is 15 seconds," he noted as he began solving the cube. It took him about 25 seconds to finish it.
"Okay, that was cool." I started solving the cube again. I didn't know at that time this boy would be my inspiration for cube solving. He taught me each step, each day, and when I 7, he'd remind(提醒) me how to do it. He was the best friend I'd ever had.
Sadly he's no longer with us now, but the memories of solving cubes together will be there forever. It was this boy who helped me with cube solving. It takes me around a minute to solve a Rubik's Cube. I am 8 that I can do something not many people can. Thank you, Noah.
Garden Café
Wonderful café with delicious cakes, pies and cookies! A great place to keep a good mood(心情)!
Address: 166 Yuehua Road, Green City
Telephone: 3892919
Time: 3:00 pm --11:00 pm (From Monday to Saturday)
Name | Date | Comments(评价) |
Maggie | April 1 | I enjoy having a cup of coffee and some cakes at your café. I also enjoy sitting by the window and watching butterflies flying around your garden. It looks like a beautiful picture. |
Monica | April 2 | I went to your café last Tuesday. The music was too noisy. That really made me uncomfortable. Could you please play some beautiful music? |
Andy | April 6 | I had coffee at your café yesterday. I want to thank you for the good-smelling coffee and cookies. A visit to your café can cheer me up. After having the delicious food and drinks here, I always feel excited. |
Lilian | April 10 | This café is my favorite in town. I like being here with my friends. Drinking coffee and having a talk with friends are one of the happiest moments. |
Things didn't go well for Henry, the village pancake maker. The Great Pancake Contest(比赛) was today. People from different places would try to win the contest .The villagers wanted Henry to win, but Henry had problems. There was not enough wood in the oven to make a pancake. Mice ate half the flour(面粉) during the night.
The villagers saw that Henry was having problems. The woodsman brought wood for the oven. The farmer gave Henry more flour. This was all very good but he was still missing one more important thing. There was hardly enough time for Henry to make his pancake and take it to the contest. But Henry decided to have a try.
As fast as he could, Henry put the wood in the oven. When he made the pancake, he thought, "When I had no wood, the woodsman brought me wood; when I had no flour, the farmer brought me flour. My good friends helped me."
After Henry finished making the pancake, he ran as fast as he could to the contest. "I'm sorry, Henry," one of the judges(评判员) said. "You are too late." Henry's friends were sad for him, but Henry just laughed. "I' m not sad! In fact,I'm happy!" he shouted. "I have good friends who helped me. Now, I have a wonderful pancake to share with them."
It was already 8: 30 in the morning. Lin Tao, a 14-year-old schoolboy still didn't show up at school. He was often late for school! The teacher called his father and got to know he played computer games online late the night before and couldn't get up that morning. In fact, he had played online games since the age of 11. He almost dropped out of school last year.
Lin Tao is not alone. Information from China Internet Center shows that the number of teenage Internet users in China had been about 170 million by the end of December, 2016. Many of them like Lin Tao, spend too much time playing computer games online.
To deal with this problem, the Chinese government worked out regulation(法规草案) in January this year. According to the regulation, players need to use their own ID cards to play online games. Game companies will control(管控) teenagers' online game time. They will not be able to play online games between12: 00 at night and 8: 00 in the morning. If they are still playing during that time the game companies will lock them out.
Many people think that the regulation can surely better protect Chinese young game players online, while others doubt whether it can successfully stop them from playing games too much. "More and more people come to know that playing online games too much not only brings teenagers health and study problems, but also makes them depressed (沮丧的) and lonely," Tong Xiaojun, a director from a university, told CCTV. "We need support from the whole society to solve the problems."
Books which give instructions on how to do things are very popular in the United States today. Thousands of these "How to" books are available; in fact, there are about four thousand books with titles that begin with the words "How to". One book may tell you how to earn more money, another may tell you how to save or spend it, and another may explain how to give your money away.
Many "How to" books give advice on careers (职业). They tell you how to choose a career and how to succeed at it. If you fail, however, you can buy a book called "How to Turn Failure into Success". If you would like to become very rich, you can buy the book "How to Make a Million". If you never make any money at all, you may need a book called "How to Live on Nothing". One of the most popular types of books is one that helps you with personal problems. If you want to have a better love of life, you can read "How to Succeed at Love Every Minute of Your Life". If you are tired of books on happiness, you may prefer a book called "How to Make Yourself Miserable".
Many of these books help people use their time better. Some people want books which will give them useful information about sports, hobbies, and travel. Other people use their free time to make repairs and improvements on their homes. They prefer books which give step by step instruction on how to repair things like plumbing (卫生管道工程) and electrical wiring, or on how to redecorate (重新装饰) or enlarge a house.
Why have "How to" books become so popular? Probably because life has become so complex(复杂的). Today people have far more free time to use, more choices to make, and more problems to solve. "How to" books help people deal with modern life.
Playgrounds offer kids fresh air, friends, and exercise. However, each year, more than 200,000 kids go to hospital because they are hurt in one way or another when playing on the playground. So what can we do to improve the situation(状况)?
We should make sure the playground is safe for the children. It should be soft and thick enough, so when the children fall, they won't hurt too much. Things like water, rocks or broken glass might cause danger to the kids. Cleaners should check the playground from time to time and clear away these dangerous things. In fact, children themselves also need to help keep the playground clean and safe. That means each time after playing they should pick up the rubbish they've produced. If someone finds there is something wrong with the equipment(设施), he should report to the keeper of the playground, so people will come to fix it.
Teaching kids how to play safely is also very important. Kids should know the rules of the playground, so they won't get hurt easily. For example, they should never push when others are on seesaws or swings. If someone is going to jump off some equipment, he should first look down to make sure no other kids are in the way. Of course, wearing right clothes may also help to keep safe. Clothes with strings (绳) can get caught on equipment which may hurt the kid badly.
In short, our kids can both enjoy themselves and be safe if we are working together to improve the situation.
提示词语:the school gate, climb the mountains, sports shoes, camera
提示问题:●When and where are you going to wait for the bus?
●What should Peter prepare for it?
Dear Peter, How is it going? … Looking forward to your reply. Yours, Li Hua |
提示词语:Nature, the Animal World, talk show, interesting, the host
提示问题:● What's your favorite TV program?
● Why do you like it?
My Favorite TV Program
Nowadays there are more and more wonderful programs around us.
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