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After learning about these famous women, you'll know you can do a lot for society no matter what. You don't need to be in a specific field, time or environment to make a difference to the world in your lifetime.
Amelia Earhart (1897-1937)
Amelia Earhart was the first woman who ever flew alone across the Atlantic in 1932.She became the first woman pilot in 1935 after flying from Hawaii to California. She began her lifelong dream of flying across the world in 1937.However, her flight went missing on that trip and she was never seen again.
Helena Rubinstein (1870-1965)
Helena Rubinstein moved to Australia in 1902 without the ability to speak English. Later, she founded one of the world's first cosmetic (化妆品) companies after mixing lanolin, which is an oil that comes from sheep's wool, with flowers. Because of that, she became the world's richest woman at the time.
Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003)
Katharine Hepburn was known for playing strongwilled women in her films.
She won four Academy Awards for Best Actress, the most an actress has ever won. Her new dress style made wearing trousers acceptable to women, which wasn't allowed at that time.
Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928)
Emmeline was an influential woman activist, who helped British women get the right to vote. She fought along with her husband for the rights of women all the time in the late 19th century and early 20th century. After she lost her husband, she teamed up with her three daughters and formed The Women Social and Political Union, which was best known as the suffragettes (women's right to vote).
Do you ever throw away food at home? Have you ever thought about what happens to the food that shops and supermarkets don't sell? Well, you might be shocked to find out that about one third of food produced for humans gets wasted. What's more, around 800 million people in the world don't live a healthy life for lack of food.
Many people in the UK and across the world are trying to do something with this situation. They are trying their best to make use of eatable food that is thrown away.
For example, there is a coffee bar in Leeds (UK) whose meals are all cooked with unsold food from supermarkets. The spare food is turned into delicious food to feed the hungry people of Leeds. Customers just pay what they can afford or help the bar wash something. In just ten months, 10, 000 people were fed at this bar.
Besides, the UK's first food waste supermarket opened last year. The supermarket works on a “pay as you feel” basis. Customers pay whatever they want. Some lowincome families have said that it has changed their lives.
“Fuel for School” is another food waste project. Spare food from supermarkets such as dairy, vegetables, fruit and bread is used to feed hungry schoolchildren whose families may not be able to afford to buy them lunch.
More coffee bars like Leeds are being opened in other parts of the UK such as Bristol and Manchester, and it is now becoming a worldwide event.
I think this is an amazing step as food waste is one of the world's biggest problems. I also believe that the law should be changed, so that supermarkets don't throw away so much good food.
By the summer of 2005, the Reverend (牧师) Richard Joyner of Conetoe Chapel Missionary Baptist Church realized he was hosting funerals (葬礼) twice a month—a surprising number for his town's tiny population. In this African American town, a quarter of families live an extremely poor life and heart disease kills more 20 to 39yearolds than car accidents do.
Joyner decided to do something about it. Driving home one day, he pulled over and thought that maybe he'd get further with his eyes open. He looked around, and all he saw was farmland. It gave him an idea:Get the kids to take part in it.
Joyner ran a youth camp, so that summer, he showed the campers how to grow their own food on the small land. The kids,4 to 16 years old, ate up the vegetables they had grown, and the following year, they gave free boxes of vegetables to the old people in the town.
Not everyone welcomed the idea. Some church elders questioned whether it was wise to let kids take part in agrarian pursuit (农业工作). But Joyner saw it differently. "The kids are bringing food to people who need it. They enjoy what they're doing," he said. At the same time, it improved the health of the community by providing healthy foods.
Today, because of Joyner, that small land has changed into the 21acre Conetoe Family Life Center. The local hospital, schools and restaurants help the center by buying its salad greens, peppers, strawberries, and other food for people. Research from East Carolina University found that people in Conetoe have lost weight, lowered their blood pressure, and visited the hospital less frequently because of the fresh food and health advice available at the center.
Music is an international language. The songs that are sung or played by instruments are beautiful to all people everywhere.
Popular music in America is what every student likes. Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers(扬声器)and play the music loudly as they drive on the street.
Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather, politics, and activities of the American people. But most of the radio broadcast is music.
Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in every state. Once the popular singer is heard throughout the country, young people buy his or her tapes. Some of the money from these tapes comes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a national star.
Besides pop music, there are two other kinds of music that is important to Americans. One is called folk music. It tells stories about the common life of Americans. The other is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.
Serious music for the concert halls is called classical music. Music for instruments is called orchestra music, such as the symphonies(交响乐)of Beethoven. There is opera for singers, ballet for dancers like the story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai in China.
Getting people to smile is not difficult because most people like to smile. However, if someone is faced with loss or experiencing sadness, they might be less possible to smile.
Praise someone to get them to smile. Maybe their hair is styled in an attractive way, or their clothes look nice on them. These are the nice things you can say to probably get them to smile.
If you have a family member, a friend or a co-worker that is faced with a life difficulty, pull him/her aside and tell him/her you understand what he/she is going through and that you are there for him/her if he/she needs you. Doing this could help the person feel more connected with those around him/her and this is certainly a reason to smile.
Learn to listen. Again, some people may be so troubled by something that it is hard for them to smile. Often, when a person can speak out what's going on in their lives, to someone who is truly listening, it can reduce some of their burden (负担). When their burden is reduced, they have more reasons to smile.
Make an unexpected phone call. When the person knows someone cares about him/her, he/she can't help but smile about that.
A. Let them know they are not alone.
B. They may just need someone to talk to.
C. So in such cases, how can we get people to smile?
D. Tell them everyone experiences hard times in life.
E. Perhaps the person you are talking to has nice eyes.
F. Usually, it could make an uneasy situation even worse.
G. It works especially well if you express your concern about them on the phone.
Canadian students devote much of their spare time to community volunteering. In fact, most schools require their students to1a certain number of community hours during their four years of high school. Students can find volunteer jobs at2places, from the school library to a charity.
Not long ago, I was a(n)3at a community school as a teacher's assistant (助理). Since the class I was 4 was an elementary class with students aged between 4 and 10, I needed to5the teacher with the class work as well as6the kids. From escorting (护送) them to the bathroom to7their fights, I helped to keep them in order.
When I started doing this job, I was very8, as I wasn't used to dealing with kids. When I9talked to them, it was like there were tons of butterflies in my stomach. But as time went by, we started to10very well.
They began to talk about their11with me—what they did at the weekend, what kind of hamburgers they had at McDonald's, and what books they had12.They also told me about their favorite cartoons and13their snacks with me in the classroom.
Once, the teacher asked the kids to14their best friends. Many of them drew a tall guy, and they said to me as they pointed at the15, "This is you, You are my best friend." After16that, I was so happy—I17thought I'd become so close friends with kids so much18than me.
19I've already completed my community hours, I still go to the community school every week, mainly for the warm greetings from the kids and the20they bring me.
Many people want to work at Disney. There are many great jobs to do there, one of is lifeguarding (救生).
Vicki Garside once worked at Disney. She knows that a lifeguard role may not be for everyone, but she (strong) suggests that you should never refuse the job before you try , especially at Disney. "I know some people wouldn't want the responsibility, but for people who are good swimming, it's a great job to have at Disney," she says.
Garside (spend) six months lifeguarding at Disney's Bay Lake Area last year. She said, "Lifeguarding has one of the (high) base pay rates(比率) among all the jobs, as well as very reasonable working hours. She also says that all of her co-workers had a great time (work) at Disney. "Guests are very (friend) and polite. They know you are there to do a job and you are there for their (safe). "For people who are interested in getting jobs at Disney, it's a great way (get) your foot in the door.
文中共有10处语言错误,每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线( \ )划掉;
修改:在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2.只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分
The teacher I loved her most was my English teacher at senior high. She was one of those strict teacher,but she was very patiently with us and cared about each one of us. Thus we guys all showed respect to her. She told us many stories about English history and spent a lot of time teach us literature and how to write. She always writes helpful suggestions for writing, organizing and presented better work. She encouraged us to read and write for pleasure, that gave us confidence. She always made us to feel happy in his class. She made big difference to our lives.
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⒈网络使我们的交流方便,可获得国内外新知识及最新信息。 ⒉网络同时也丰富了学生的课余生活。 |
⒈多数人上网是玩游戏、聊天而不是真正地学习或查阅资料。 ⒉个别学生甚至沉迷于网络游戏。 |
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注意:1)词数100左右;
2)开头已给出,不计入总词数。
参考词汇:上网go online;沉迷于be addicted to
A lively debate has been held in our class about whether it is good for students to go online in their spare time. Opinions vary on this topic.
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