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A cancer-stricken British teenager said on Thursday she had been moved by messages of support from around the world after writing an online “Bucket List” of things she wanted to do before dying.
Alice Pyne, 15, created an Internet blog in which she described her fight against a cancer of the white blood cells. “I've been fighting cancer for almost four years and now I know that the cancer is gaining on me and it doesn't look like I'm going to win this one,” she wrote.
For her list, at the site www. alicepyne. blogspot. com, she has included making everyone sign up to be a bone marrow donor (骨髓捐赠者), swimming with sharks, meeting boy band Take That and getting a purple iPad computer.
Messages of support and offers of help quickly flooded her webpage and it became one of the most talked about subjects on Twitter.
“Oh dear! And I thought that I was just doing a little blog for a few friends!” she wrote after her site attracted huge attention. “Thank you so much for all your lovely messages to me.”
Alice, who lives with her family in the northwest English town of Ulverston, said the manager of Take That had arranged for her to see the band after reading her blog. A group of local lawmakers have also made efforts with the Anthony blood cancer charity to encourage people to join its stem cell (干细胞) projects.
Living and dealing with kids can be a difficult job these days, but living and dealing with parents can be even more complex.
If I have learned anything in my 16 years, it is that communication is very important. With any relationship, you need to let other people know how you are feeling. If you are not able to communicate, you drift apart (疏远). When you are mad at your parents, or anyone else, not talking to them doesn't solve anything.
Communication begins with the concerns of others. It means that you can't just come home from school, go up to your room and ignore everyone. To keep a good relationship, you must keep communication, even if it's just by writing a note.
When dealing with parents, you always have to make them feel good about how they are doing as a parent. If you are trying to make them see something as you see it, tell them that you'll listen to what they have to say, but ask them politely to listen to you. Yelling or walking away only makes the situation worse.
This is an example: one night, Sophie went to a street party with her friends. She knew she had to be home by midnight after the fireworks, but she didn't. She was late getting home. Her parents were mad at first, not giving Sophie a chance to explain why she was late. Later, they kept calm and listened to her. Communication is the key factor here. If Sophie's parents had not been willing to listen, Sophie would have been in a lot of trouble.
One early morning, I went into the living room to find my mother reading a thick book called Best Loved Poems to Read Again and Again. My interest was aroused only by the fact that the word ＂Poems＂ appeared in big, hot pink letters.
＂Is it good?＂ I asked her.
＂Yeah,＂ she answered. ＂There's one I really like and you'll like it, too.＂ I leaned forward.
＂‘Patty Poem,'＂ she read the title. Who is Patty? I wondered. The poem began:
She never puts her toys away,
Just leaves them scattered①where they lay,… ①散乱的
The poem was just three short sections. The final one came quickly:
When she grows and gathers poise②, ②稳重
I'll miss her harum-scarum③ noise, ③莽撞的
And look in vain④ for scattered toys. ④徒劳地
And I'll be sad.
A terrible sorrow washed over me. Whoever Patty was, she was a mean girl. Then, the shock.
＂It's you, honey,＂ My mother said sadly.
To my mother, the poem revealed a parent's affection when her child grows up and leaves. To me, the ＂she＂in the poem was horror. It was my mama who would be sad. It was so terrible I burst out crying.
＂What's wrong?＂my mother asked.
＂Oh Mama,＂I cried.＂I don't want to grow up ever!＂
She smiled.＂Honey, it's okay. You're not growing up anytime soon. And when you do, I'll still love you, okay?＂
＂Okay,＂I was still weeping. My panic has gone. But I could not help thinking about that silly poem. After what seemed like a safe amount of time, I read the poem again and was confused. It all fit so well together, like a puzzle. The language was simple, so simple I could plainly understand its meaning, yet it was still beautiful. I was now fascinated by the idea of poetry, words that had the power to make or break a person's world.
I have since fallen in love with other poems, but ＂Patty Poem＂ remains my poem. After all, ＂Patty Poem＂ gave me my love for poetry not because it was the poem that lifted my spirits, but because it was the one that hurt me the most.
Tang Dynasty poets sang for about three centuries in different tones. There were many famous poets living in the Tang period such as Li Bai, Du Fu, Bai Juyi and Li Shangyin. Poems of the Tang Dynasty edited in the Qing Dynasty is a collection of more than 48,900 poem that were written by over 2,200 poets. But it didn't cover all the poems of the Tang Dynasty.
During the Tang Dynasty, poems were recited when lovers walked under the moonlight. Poems were also recited when soldiers fought on the battlefield. People recited them in the open air or at temple fairs.
Tang Dynasty poets wrote poems to win fame and also to develop their temperament(性情). They poured out deep feelings for their friends and criticized in injustice in the world through poems.
In the Tang Dynasty scholars had to be poets. Their readers were not only people of high social position but also common people. Poets recited poems, women singers sang poems and other ranks of people, including old women and children, read Tang poems. This atmosphere affected foreigners who visited the country at that time. As a result, Tang poetry was introduced to some adjacent countries, like Japan and Vietnam.
Tang poetry is a most brilliant page in the history of ancient Chinese literature. It's a miracle in the cultural history of mankind. The Tang Dynasty was a powerful empire with a vast territory. It inherited(继承)Chinese civilization that went back to ancient times, was combined with the best of other cultures and adopted the benefits of other nations in the world. Tang poetry wasn't the only spiritual wealth created by the Tang Dynasty people. Philosophy and religion, handwriting and painting and music and dance all gained new peaks of development. Tang poetry, however, was the jewel in the crown and its greatest achievement.
Recently I was invited to a friend's house for supper — and had a meal I have never had before.
All the friends invited were a little1It's not that Ben is unsociable, or a bad cook, but it's just that he never 2more than he has to. So how come he was inviting us round for a meal? Had he bought something 3for his friends? He greeted us at the door and showed us into his dinning room where a 4table was waiting for us. “Nothing but the 5for my friends!” said Ben. We all sat down and looked 6at each other — what did he7to?
Ben returned with four bowls of hot soup. “It's a 8of carrots, potatoes and tomatoes,” said Ben. The next 9was also a little strange in that we didn't quite know what it was again. It's just 10mixture of vegetables.
As we ate we chatted and finally the11turned back to what we were eating. “Was there a recipe(食谱)for this,” asked Marina , “or did you 12it up?” Ben put his fork down. “What I cooked 13what I could find.” Marina was surprised. “But you can find anything in supermarkets these days.” “But there's 14choice in what you can find 15supermarkets,” he replied.
16that we had all finished the food, Ben decided to tell the truth. He had read recently that supermarkets usually 17away 5 percent of their food every day. So Ben decided to look inside his local supermarket bins. There he found food that was slightly out of 18 boxes of throw-away vegetables and fruit.
So Ben had19provided a decent (不错的) meal for his friends, and made us aware of the fact that there are many poor people who need the food, but the amount of food thrown away is enough to 20millions of people.
→It for you to buy that expensive coat when these cheaper ones are just as good.
→The first meal of the day should be rich；otherwise you feel hungry later.
→Nowadays，there are reasons homeschooling has become popular in many countries.
→This form of poetry for English writers .
→ I failed in the entrance exam was I didn't study hard.
→The windows of the classroom need .
→ he returns to his hometown，he always goes to see his old teachers.
→It is time that you the performance.
→We won't be able to tell what functions the robot has until we it.
→The prisoner was after three years in prison.
→The little girl in red likes fruit and bananas .
→ when you are standing on the stage.
→By the end of last month he had all his savings.
→Our class twenty boys and thirty girls.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Here is a message that needs to (keep) in mind by every mom and dad. You love your kids not because ofthey do, but because of who they are.
In fact, raising a child is just like training a dog. You reward your children because of their
(succeed) or progress they made. (similar), a circus trainer gives a dog some food every time it (jump) through a hoop (圈).
The dog isn't loved for itself, for its actions.
Dr. Laura Schlessinger, the popular talk show host, has a new book for children (title) Why Do You Love Me? Part of the story includes a mother (explain) to her son that it is not what he does that makes her love him—she loves him because he is unique and he is (she) son.
Every mom, dad and grandparent needs to memorize the words of popular song: I love you most of all because you are you.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Johnny, a lizard(蜥蜴), liked sunbathing every morning. One day, he felt so (relax) that he didn't notice some boys coming up behind him. The boys (catch) Johnny, and he could only escape by losing his tail.
After the children left, Johnny came out to look his tail, but found no sign of it. Feeling sad, he made a (decide) to spend all his time looking for it. Time passed, and Johnny kept asking everyone whether (them) had seen his tail. One day, he asked a boy, who surprisedly replied, “Why do you need two tails?” Hearing this, Johnny turned back and saw a new, stronger tail. He (sudden) realized how silly it had been to waste so much time on such a problem.
On his way home, he found his old tail on the roadside. it looked terrible, Johnny was still excited to have it back. He picked it up and was about to continue his journey when an idea hit him he shouldn't look at the past. He then dropped his old tail, (leave) with it all his past worries. All he took with him (be) thoughts of the future.
Going online to do research when you're writing papers and doing projects is natural thing to do. Knowing how to evaluate and choose online resources can help you avoid headaches and wasting time.
How can you make researching online as easy and effective as possible? Before you begin your research, make a list of the kinds of sites that are best for your topic. Is the website reliable and up to date? Government sites ending in . gov and educational sites ending in .edu usually are safe bets. Established news-related sites are OK, too, but be sure that you're using the original source. If a newspaper article mentions another source, like an organization or website, go directly to that source to find the information.
They can be good resources, but it's always best to check with your teacher to make sure he or she considers the site appropriate. Wikipedia. Org is popular and ranks highly in search results, but it can be edited by anyone, whether a person has accurate knowledge of the topic or not.
On commercial websites ending in .com, check to see if the site has advertising. And bogs, personal websites and social media sites are more likely to give personal opinions rather than facts.
A. Check to see if the author is identified and sources are given.
B. That's why it helps to know the best sites for your needs.
C. But all of the choices at your fingertips can seem overwhelming sometimes..
D. Sites ending in .org are usually run by non-profit organizations.
E. Many schools block access to images or websites that may be valuable to your research
F. At most schools, using Wikipedia as a source is not a good way to build credibility.
G. If it does, it may be biased(有偏见的), since it's trying to sell a product
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