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Nick was born with no arms or legs. There was only a small foot on his hip (臀部). He can't do the easiest things 1 washing his face or brushing teeth, 2 he can type, pick things up between his toes (脚趾) and even kick a ball.
Nick grew up in Melbourne, Australia. He wasn't happy at school because his classmates often 3 at him. At the 4 of 10, he even wanted to kill himself. But later, he changed. He tried to look at good things around 5. When he was 17, a friend advised him to give speeches (演讲). From then on, he 6 to travel around the word and give talks about his life. He thinks it can help 7. Up to now, he has been invited to more than 50 8 and given thousands of 9.
Now Nick is 32 years old. He lives in California 10 his wife, Kanae, and their 2-year-old son.
When you are sad, think about it. At least you have arms and legs.
On National Day, there are many movies in Time Cinema.
Film Title |
My People, My Country |
The Captain |
The Climber |
| | | |
Running Time (时长) | 155 minutes | 110 minutes | 125 minutes |
Time | 10:00 13:00 16:00 | 10:20 12:40 18:00 | 9:40 14:30 20:00 |
Price | 35 yuan | 30 yuan | 25 yuan |
Boys and girls, do you have the habit of making new term's resolutions before it starts? Read and have a look at the resolutions of Tony and three of his classmates.
Tony: Now, I go to school by bus every day. I'm going to move to a new house soon. It is close to school. In the new term, I'm going to learn how to ride a bicycle. And I will ride to school every day.
Linda: In the new term, I'm going to take up a new hobby—making milk shakes. My favorite is the chocolate milk shake. I will learn how to make it from Aunt Maria.
Jimmy: I'm kind of heavy. In the new term, I'm going to do more exercise. I run for fifteen minutes every day now. In the new term, I'll run for fifty more minutes every day.
Susan: My father is a scientist and my mother works as a dentist. They are always very busy. In the new term, I'm going to help them do more housework.
Helen Keller lived in the U.S.A. She was a great woman.
When Helen was a baby, she got very sick. After many weeks, the doctor said, "She is better, but now she can't see or can't hear." Her mother and father were very sad.
After a few years, things got worse. There was no way for Helen to speak with other people. She heard nothing. She saw nothing. She didn't understand anything.
Then one day a teacher came to live with Helen and her family. The teacher helped Helen learn about words. Helen was a very bright child and soon she learned to spell her first word. When she was older, she went to college.
Helen was very famous. She helped many blind (盲) and deaf (聋) people. She traveled around the world and helped many people.
Helen was a very old woman when she died. The world remembers her today as a brave and wonderful person. She was blind and deaf, but she found a way to see and hear.
Many teenagers feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends. They believe that their family members, and even their parents, don't know them as well as their friends do. In large families, it is quite often for brothers and sisters to fight with each other and then they can only go to their friends for advice.
It is very important for teenagers to have good friends or a circle of friends. Even when they are not with their friends, they usually spend a lot of time talking on the phone. This communication (交流) is very important in children's growing up, because friends can discuss something difficult to say to their family members.
However, parents often try to choose their children's friends for them. Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends. Have you ever thought of the following questions?
Who chooses your friends?
Do you choose your friends or your friends choose you?
Have you got a good friend your parents don't like?
Your answers are welcome.
Do you want to know what our life will be like in the future? Let's have a look. You may get a surprise.
You will go to the kitchen when you are hungry. You will give orders to the kitchen robot. The robot will cook the food for you in a few minutes. Then it will bring it for you.
In the kitchen you will find a special food machine. The food machine will tell you what your body needs. It will help you eat healthily. The food robot will be connected with (连接) the kitchen robot. The robot can get messages from the food machine.
After having a meal, you can go to your home office. You will work at home and you don't need to go out to work any more.
You will have a special information screen. You can get any information on the screen. When you receive a message from a friend in American, your information screen will be turned on automatically (自动地). Your friend's face appears on the screen. Then you can talk to your friends easily.
A. They were very friendly to us. B. Do you like the people there? C. Where did you go on summer vacation, Jane? D. How did you go there? E. I didn't go anywhere. F. What did you do there? G. Why not go out? |
A:
B: I went to Xi'an with my parents.
A: That's a beautiful city.
B: We went to some museums and ate some delicious food.
A: How were the people there?
B:
A: Did you go to Xi'an zoo?
B: Yes. We saw many animals there. They are very interesting. What about you, Jim?
A: Oh. I stayed at home during the holiday.
B:
A: Because I had to look after my sister at home. My parents were very busy.
B: You are a good boy.
As teenagers, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize, or they can be small. You may just want to become one of the ten best students in your class.
Once you find a dream, what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dream real?
Follow Your Heart by Australian writer Andrew Matthews tells us that making our dreams real is life's biggest challenge (挑战).
You may think you are not very good at some school subjects, or that it is impossible for you to become a writer. These kinds of thoughts (想法) stop you from getting your dream.
In fact, everyone can make his dream come true. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is.
Don't let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want. Do this step by step and your dream will come true faster because a big dream is, in fact, many small dreams.
You must also never give up your dream.
There will be difficulties on the road to your dreams. But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself. You need to decide what is the most important. Studying instead of (代替) watching TV will get better grades, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book. As you get closer to your dream, it may change a little.
As Grade Eight students, we are very busy. Every day we have to a lot of time finishing our homework, so we don't have much time to develop (发展) our hobbies. But each Wednesday afternoon we have a free at the end of the day. In this class, we can do what we like. So every Wednesday morning we look forward to the end of the last lesson.
It was Wednesday. The last class was over. All of us were very and ran out of the classroom. Rope jumping was Lucy and Lily's favorite sport. wanted to take part in the rope jumping competition. So they practiced (练习) it again and again so as to win the competition. Tom and Jim's dream was to be runners. They ran very hard so that they could their dream come true. John and Sam just wanted to relax themselves. They were games. I like reading best of all. So I took out a book and enjoyed it under the tree. As for our teacher, Mr. Li, he stood in front of the teaching building, looking us and helping us when necessary.
All of us joined in different activities. We really had a good . How we wish we can have this kind of class every day!
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