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Natural resources are things that we use that come from the Earth. Our natural resources are limited (有限的）.This means that they will not 1forever. Some are renewable (可再生的)，like when you 2a tree down, you plant a new one. Others are not renewable, like when you dig coal out of the 3. Once it is used, it is gone.
People realize the 4that the Earth's natural resources are limited, and can do things to help conserve (节约) those resources. When you try to conserve a natural resource, you try to use less of it, so it does not get used up so 5. One way that people conserve fuel, like gasoline, is by riding a bicycle or walking when the6 is short instead of driving everywhere.
Water is a very important natural resource because we all need it to stay 7. We can conserve water by 8 that our pipes and taps do not leak (漏).We can also make 9 choices to conserve water, like only using the dishwasher or washing machine when they are Ml. Everyone can make contributions to 10 natural resources.
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Tom has many friends, and here are some of his friends' hobbies.
| Mary: I read almost everything I can: books, magazines, newspapers. I go to the public library about twice a week. If you'd like to send me something, maybe books are my favorites. |
| Harry: My wife and I have a big garden and she loves working in it. But the truth is that it bores me. My friends and my wife think I'm really bored, because I'm always listening to music. I go to concerts all the time. I love Mozart and all that classical staff. |
| Mike: I don't really like video games and that sort of things. I prefer being outdoors, hiking or playing sports. I always go out with my family playing basket-ball all the time. I think most sports are pretty interesting. |
| Lisa: I'm a free writer, and people think my job is easier because I don91 have to go to the office every dayAnd I don't have to deal with office politics (政治).But, you know, my job is very hard. When I have a problem, there is no one around to help me. |
| Victor: My life is very stressful. In my working place, everyone is in a hurry and under the great pressureA lot of doctors are in great need, and there is always too much to do to save the dying patients. |
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Rose's husband, George, was in prison for two years for stealing. While he was in prison, Rose had a very difficult time. She had two children, but no job. Her husband did not make any money either. She only had a small amount money from the government.
“I don't know how we will manage. Life is so difficult for us,” she wrote to her husband in prison. “I get only enough money to pay the rent (房租). There isn't enough money for food. I have to plant vegetables in the garden. They will grow quickly. We can live on vegetables.”
The garden was quite large, and much of it was covered with grass.
When George received his wife's letter, he wrote to her immediately.
“Don't dig up the garden,” he wrote. “That's where the money I stole is hidden.”
All letters written by the prisoners were read by one of the guards (守卫) before they were mailed.
When the guard read George5 s letter, he took it to the head guard. When the head guard read it, he telephoned the police. He told them what George had written to his wife.
The police went to George's house at once. They dug up the garden, looking for the money, but they did not find anything.
When they had gone, Rose wrote to her husband. “The police came today,” she wrote. “They dug up the garden. What should I do?”
Her husband wrote back immediately, “Plant the vegetables.”
The road in front of my school is not very wide. Every afternoon when school is over, the road becomes very crowded as children, bicycles, cars and buses fill the road. Sometimes a policeman is there to help control the traffic. However, we still have to be careful enough to stop accidents from happening.
I am always careful when I cross the road because I ever witnessed (目击) a terrible accident. It happened just after school .As usual, the road was full of traffic. Children were running across the road to get to their cars and buses. When the traffic lights turned red, I stopped to wait, but I saw a little boy running across the road .At this moment, a car came and hit him. The boy fell and lay on the ground. Fortunately, the car was not moving very fast and the driver successfully stopped the car before it could run over the fallen boy.
At that time all the traffic stopped. I ran to the boy and saw some blood on the road. His head was hurt . A woman came and examined the boy. Then she lifted him and carried him to her car. They hurried to the hospital. Many people crowded around the driver who looked perplexed (糊涂的)，and his face turned white. Later a policeman came and calmed the situation downAs there was nothing I could do, I left the place where the accident happened and walked down the road carefully.
It's terrible to witness an accident. I don't think I can forget it. Certainly, I would not like to get into one. So I have to be more careful in the future.
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The “green” car has become popular in recent yearsA green car is an environmentally friendly car. Today, most cars are powered by petrol. They make our life easier. But cars have also made problems for the environment.
There are a few new types of cars that use no petrol or a little petrol.
Electric cars: This kind of car uses a battery for power. When you're not driving it, just plug it in like a mobile phone to power up the battery. They don't make exhaust (排放物).But car makers still can't make a battery that lasts for more than a few hours. That's why electric cars aren91 very popular.
Fuel cell cars (燃料电池车)：Fuel cell cars use hydrogen and oxygen to make power. The only exhaust they produce is clean water. But fuel cell cars are still much too expensive to make.
Solar cars: This kind of car has large panels on the top that take power from the sunshine. The car holds that power in a battery. Solar cars might be the cleanest of all. But no one uses them, because solar panels can't get enough power from the Sun to make a car go for a long timeAlso, they are very slow.
Hybrid cars (油电混合车)：This kind of car is the most exciting kind, because it is very clean and not too expensive. The hybrid car is very smart: Half the time, it uses petrol, and half the time it uses a battery. So, when the petrol engine is working, it puts some of its power back into the battery. It uses much less petrol than other cars. It also makes less pollution for the environment.
Many people have tried to simplify (简化) the spelling of English words. Unlike other languages, English sometimes spells the same sounds in very different ways. For example, there is “light” but “white”, “loan” but “phone”, and there are at least seven different ways of pronouncing “ough”, “though”, “through”, “bough”, “cough”, “enough”, “ought” and “thorough”.
The American President Theodore Roosevelt almost succeeded in simplifying English spelling. In 1906, one of the richest men in the United States of America, Andrew Carnegie, started the Simplified Spelling Board whose plan was to make the spelling of words nearer to the way they sound. For example, the word “though” would be spelt “though” and “through” would become “thru”. Other people on the board were Melvil Dewey, the head of the New York libraries, and Professor Brander Matthews of Columbia University. They explained their idea to President Roosevelt who thought that it was indeed logical (合理的).He immediately instructed the government printer to use simplified spelling in all government letters.
But people did not like the change — even if it made life easier— and the new, simpler spelling was not popular. More importantly, when the American politicians discussed the plan, they did not like it either. Because Roosevelt did not want to have any problems with the politicians, he changed his mind and told the printer to go back to the old way of spelling.
Since then no one in any government has dared to simplify English spelling. However, people do simplify some words, mainly in advertisements. For example, we often see “tonite” instead of “tonight” and “thru” instead of “through”.
① Simplified spelling speared in government letters.
② American politicians talked about the plan.
③ Simplified Spelling Board was founded.
④ Roosevelt gave up simplifying the spelling.
I have been in London for a long time, and this Saturday afternoon, I will have to decide I want to do over the weekend. Now I am thinking of (make) a trip to London, and visiting the British Museum and some parks. But you know that I (spend) a lot of my money, so I cannot even go out of town. Then I have idea that I may go to a film or a concert. Yes, you see, a concert can be very (excite). You can watch some of your (star) while enjoying your favorite music. But a concert (cost) so much. Then I think that I may just listen to music, because I have some records (唱片) given to me birthday gifts. If I listen to my own records, I don't need (spend) money. That will be weekend.
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