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Mother's Day
The second Sunday in May is Mother's Day. Mother's Day is a special day for everyone! On that day, children usually give their mothers cards, presents and flowers. But most of the people like giving their mothers carnations(康乃馨). Somebody said God could not be everywhere and he made mother.
Father's Day
Father's Day is on the third Sunday in June.
Some Americans thought that if we had Mother's Day, we should have a Father's Day.
On Father's Day, there is not any party. But children will give their father some presents and the best wishes. Father is great. We could give the best wishes to them.
Halloween
Halloween is on October 31st. On this day, in front of the house there are a lot of pumpkin lights. They are very beautiful. Every family has a lot of sweets. When children go to knock at their doors, people will give them sweets.
Easter
Easter is from 22nd March to 25th April. Easter is an important holiday in Western countries.
Chickens are usually born then. Many children buy chocolate and Easter eggs. They also make Easter eggs. Some people like this holiday because it is interesting.
Thanksgiving Day
Every last Thursday of November is a special day. Some American think Thanksgiving Day is more important than Christmas Day. On that day, all people have supper with their family together. Thanksgiving Day in America is a time to offer thanks, have family gatherings and enjoy holiday meals. People like to eat turkeys and some fruits. On that day people are all happy. But in Canada Thanksgiving Day is the second Monday in October.
Mary Anning was an English fossil(化石)collector，dealer and paleontologist(古生物学家).Her fossil-hunting helped change the way people thought about the world.
Mary was born into a poor family in England on May 21, 1799. She lived in the seaside town of Lyme Regis, in Dorset. The family had nine children. Only Mary and her brother Joseph grew up. Mary's father took his children along the beach. They picked up shells and stones to sell to visitors. Mary did not go to school much. Her family was too poor. And schools did not teach children about fossils. Mary could read and write. She taught herself. She learned about rocks and how bodies are made.
In 1811 when Mary and Joseph were fossil hunting, Joseph saw a bone sticking out of the rock. Mary had a hammer to chip away at the rock. Very carefully she uncovered it. She found the first complete fossil of the ichthyosaur(鱼龙).
Since then, Mary became crazy about fossil hunting. She liked to hunt on the beach after a storm. The wind, rain and waves made the rocks crumble. It was easy to spot fossils. Most days Mary went fossil hunting with her dog, Tray.
Rich friends helped Mary by selling fossils for her. They sent her money. Scientists wrote letters and came to see her. One good friend was William Buckland, a professor at Oxford University. Mary also opened a shop to sell fossils, stones and shells. She chatted with visitors.
Mary Anning died in1847. How evolution(进化)works was explained by Charles Darwin not long after Mary died. Her fossils had helped scientists understand how things began.
A new study explores the custom of tipping in the United States. Many Americans give tips to people who perform a job for them, especially workers in the service industry. They pay a little extra to people cutting their hair, driving them across town or serving them a meal at a restaurant.
The researchers found that men give bigger tips to restaurant workers than women. And people who live in the northern US are more generous with tips than those living in the South. People who earn $ 50, 000 or more a year give bigger tips than those who earn less than $50, 000. There is one likely reason: the wealthier Americans have more money to spend.
Michael Lynn is a professor of consumer behavior and marketing at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration in New York. In other words, he knows a lot about the issue of tipping. In earlier surveys, Lynn said he found mixed results on the generosity of men and women when it comes to tipping. In some studies, men gave bigger tips than women. In others, women gave more money.
Lynn's own research in American restaurants found that men give bigger tips when the restaurant server is a woman and women give more when the server is a man. Tips are very important to service employees. People who work at restaurants often get most of their earnings from tips.
Nationwide, Americans generally tip between 15 to 20 percent at restaurants and leave from $2 to S 10 a day for the people who clean their hotel rooms. Tips of 15 percent of the reading on the meter (计价器) are also common for people who drive taxis.
But here is something to keep in mind. If you are able to give the person serving you a tip or a bigger one than what is expected, your generosity will be welcome. Many service workers do not make much money, and even an extra dollar or two can make a difference in their lives.
Bored with your life? Dreaming of something different? When I feel like that 1 look up and wonder what life would be like 400km above my head .That's where the International Space Station travels around the Earth, with six astronauts living and working on board for months at a time.
How do they sleep?They spend the night floating in a sleeping bag inside a small room on the ceiling.American astronaut Sunita Williams explains.It's like a little phone booth but it's pretty comfortable and it doesn't matter if I turn over and sleep upside down.I don't feel I'm upside down.
Brushing your teeth in a place where you can't have a tap or a sink will be a challenge.Can you imagine the mess that running water would make in zero gravity? Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield uses a straw to put water from a bag onto an ordinary toothbrush and adds a little toothpaste—which he has to eat when he's done.
Daily exercise is necessary.The lack of gravity makes bones more fragile(易碎的）and muscles lose strength—so astronauts are encouraged to work out for at least two hours a day.
The role of astronauts in the International Space Station is to act as lab technicians(技工)for scientists on Earth.So they spend their time protecting their environment and performing and monitoring experiments in a limited space about the size of a Boeing 747.Almost every task is carefully planned by control—although most astronauts spend their first days losing things until they get used to sticking everything they use to the walls.
One of their most valued things is the view from the office controlled by that big blue ball down there,sitting in the darkness of space.Wow!Completely breathtaking!
How to Make a Great First Impression
You've heard it a million times already, but it really does take but a few seconds to make that all-important first impression(印象). Here are some easy ways foryou to impress your classmates or teachers.
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Before you shake hands with somebody, make sure that your hands are clean. The handshake should not be too strong or weak. Most people use their right hands, unless they have a reason to use the left.
● Be on time
When meeting someone for the first time, arriving on time is as important as breathing. You may have an excuse, but that will leave the person who hardly knows you with a bad impression. .It's better to be hanging around the place than be stuck in traffic.
● Introduce yourself and ask for names
Make sure you properly introduce yourself. Ask for their name in a polite way. .This will increase the chances of their remembering your name in the future. Always remember to stand up when greeting someone and be sure to introduce them to anyone you're with.
● Make good conversation
To get the most out of your discussion, try to find something common between the two of you. A person will feel more comfortable with someone they can relate to(产生共鸣).
A. Use body language
B Have a proper handshake
C. Repeat the name and use it later in conversation.
D. As a general rule, plan to arrive about 30 minutes early.
E. It could be a similar taste in clothes or a common hobby.
F. You'll be in serious trouble if you leave them with a bad impression.
G. However, don't have your left hand in your pocket because this appears impolite.
It was a warm, sunny Saturday afternoon some fifteen or sixteen years ago. I took my two kids to the local playground. As soon as we got there my daughter headed for the swings(秋千)and asked for a 1. I noticed another little girl 2 to get her own swing going high as I was 3 my daughter to go higher and higher.
I walked over to the little girl and asked 4 she needed help. She smiled and said YES and I soon had her feet flying towards the 5 while she laughed happily. For the next two hours I found myself pushing swings and playing games with my daughter and the little girl. By the time we headed home, I was 6 tired, but my spirits were flying 7 than those swings.
Three years later I was 8 again after a day's work. Still, I needed to 9 my kids from their school before heading home. I stood in the 10 waiting area waiting for my children. Suddenly, I felt two 11 arms wrapped around my legs. I looked down and there was the little girl I met 3 years before on the 12 smiling up at me. She gave me a big hug before running away to 13 the school bus. As I watched her 14, I didn't feel tired any more and my spirits were once again 15 with that swing.
The love we 16 with others will find its way back to us. It will travel from heart to heart. It may take seconds or it may take 17. The law of love, 18 is never broken. We will get back what we give. We will harvest what we 19 . The kindness we give and the joy we create will always come back to 20 us.
Yi Jiefeng is a Shanghai woman who has planted millions of (tree)in Inner Mongolia over the past 12 years.
In 2000, Yi's son, Yang Ruizhe, was killed.in an accident, made her extremely sad.But she(final) found a way to deal with the sadness by devoting her own life to achieving her son's dream: to plant trees in Inner Mongolia in order to stop the desert.
So Yi and her husband used Ruizhe's insurance money to set up an(organize) called Green Life in 2003.They didn't have much knowledge of agriculture, and with less than 200 mm rainfall that year, the trees (blow)away.The couple didn't give.They asked for advice from experts and(manage)to plant trees the next season.When they would go and plant trees every year, it rained every time.
"In the (begin )we planted trees for my son, but (late) we felt a sense of social responsibility, "Yi said.When the money was used up, the couple sold their two houses to keep Green Life going. Volunteers and donors(捐赠者) have increasedthe year 2008.
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Last August we decide to drive to the countryside to spend the weekend.The only problem we had was that millions of other people had exactly the same idea.Unfortunately, there were a lot cars on the road so it took us a long time to get to the destination and finding a quiet place at the foot of a hill.We have brought plenty of food with us and we got them out of the car.Everything was ready but we sat down near a path to have a rest.We were enjoying the beauty of peacefully nature when we heard bells ringing at the top of the hill.What we saw made us to pick up our things and run back to the car as quick as possible.There were about two hundred sheeps coming towards us down the path!
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