Entertain yourself on cold wet days

    Getting bored on cold wet days? Feeling there is nothing to do? TEENS will help you get rid of the boredom. Here are some fun ideas to get you active, both inside and outside.

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    Help your mom cook a dinner in the kitchen. Washing vegetables may be a good choice for you. You can also learn to make a simple meal, like egg-fried rice. When you eat a meal you have cooked, you'll feel very proud.

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    Choose an interesting story. Then invite your friends to perform it together. You can be the director and your friends can be actors. When you are ready, ask your family and your friends' family to enjoy the play.

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    Collect your family photos. Choose some special ones with your family and make a photo wall. It's a great chance to listen to family stories behind those photos. You can also DIY a photo album and keep the photos safe for a long time.

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    Do you want to be an inventor? Be creative about finding new uses for old objects. Try to invent something with your imagination. For example, you can make a garbage can or a storage box with cardboard. You can also find a problem at your home and create something to fix it.

    Why do people play sports? You might say “ to get exercise” and you'd be right. To have fun?  That's true , too. According to report, people who play sports get a lot more than just fit.

    {#blank#}1{#/blank#}You may think sports will take up all your study time. But research shows that students who play sports do better than those who don't. Exercise improves learning, and memory, which can help students become more active in the classroom.

    It's clear that people who play sports learn teamwork and goal setting skills.{#blank#}2{#/blank#}While working with teammates to win games and achieve goals, you're learning how to be successful. Those skills make you good at work and in family life.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#} In addition to being fit and keeping a healthy weight, people who play sports are also less likely to smoke. And later in life, people who exercise are less likely to have cancer or some other illness. Playing sports improves self- confidence{#blank#}4{#/blank#}Why? It builds confidence when you can practice, improve, and achieve your goal. Sports are also a feel-good activity because they help people stay and make new friends.

{#blank#}5{#/blank#}Playing sports can make you have less stress and help you feel a little happier. A person's mood improves during exercise. Friends help improve your mood. And being on a team creates close relations between friends. It's good to know your teammates will be on your side —- both on and off the field!

A. Exercise cuts the pressure.

B. Sports are good for people's health.

C. Sports teach people useful life skills.

D. People who play sports do better in school.

E. People who play sports feel better about themselves.

    We should not use more water than we actually need. If we do, we will not have enough water in the future. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}It is not a difficult question to answer. If we remove more fresh water than nature replaces, we have taken too much.

    Many cities run campaigns(运动) to get people to stop wasting water. They show them ways they can cut back on water use. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}What's more, they carry out programs that offer money to reduce water use. For example, they give people shower heads and toilets that use less water. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}

    Another threat(威胁) to our water supply is pollution. When our sources of fresh water get polluted, we can no longer use this water. This also endangers(危及) the animals that depend on the water.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#}We can save lots of water by not letting taps (ke) run while we brush our teeth or by turning off taps right after washing hands. By collecting cold water when were taking warm showers, we can also save water. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}In this way, we can make full use of water.

A. However, just how much is too much?

B. There are several things we can do to save water.

C. Finally, they make laws to control the use of water.

D. We don't have to let the cold water run until it gets warm.

E. They also increase water bills for people who use too much.

    Mo Yan is the winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature(文学) .He comes from Gaorai, Shandong Prcvince. He was born in a common family of farmers. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} As a young boy, Mo often helped to look after the sheep of the family. He enjoyed watching over them when they were eating grass. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}He also enjoyed the green open land of Shandong. He enjoyed looking up at the clean blue sky and white clouds. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} It was the beginning of his life as a storyteller.

    Many years later, Mo left school and worked in a store. Though he still wanted to study, he had to make a living first. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Luckily, a friend gave him some books. Later .Me joined the army and could go on learning .Then he started to write.

    Mo left Gaomi many years ago, but Gaomi never left him. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}Mo is famous now, but he is still a true son of the land.

    I have met many excellent teachers in my school life. I love them all because they have given me so much help in my study and in my life.But the one that I will never forget is my English teacher—Mrs. Wang.I was thankful for what she had done for me.{#blank#}1{#/blank#}she could always help me in time.She was the best teacher in my eyes because she gave me much help, and she even gave me something special.

    In my junior years I was considered as a silly girl, because I was always silent in class, but Mrs. Wang usually praised me.Her words were very important for me.{#blank#}2{#/blank#}With her encouragement, I began to believe in myself. As a result, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}at the end of that term.In my eyes, she is not only an English teacher but also a kind mother.She cared for me just like my own mother.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#}but I loved and respected her very much.We usually played games or sang songs and did other activities together.Mrs. Wang often helped me patiently after class, taught me important knowledge and skills, and taught me how to be an outstanding person, {#blank#}5{#/blank#}Because of her help, I was completely moved and touched.

    On the journey of life, Mrs. Wang has not only lighted the light of hope for me, but also given me a strong heart to face any difficulty.

A. Mrs. Wang was a strict teacher,

B. She gave me confidence and courage.

C. Mrs. Wang was outgoing and cool,

D. When I was in trouble,

E. what she only wanted to see was my improvement.

F. I got very high marks

G. It's nothing serious.

    Many people believe that not only wetness, but also light and dirty things are the greatest enemies of stamps. People protect their stamps in several different ways.

    In fact, we should never touch the stamps with our hands. This avoids moving dirty things onto them. Stamp tweezers (镊子) should be used in all conditions.

    Stamps are printed things. The colour will slowly disappear if they are put in the light for a long time. So we should not put stamps in the light for long. Direct sunlight must be avoided as well.

    Wetness is an important problem for stamps. Some collectors will put stamps in separate plastic bags. However, it is possible that some stamps have taken in some water from the air before they are put into the plastic bags. Stamps become yellow easily and rapidly after they take in wet air. To protect the stamps, some people also put the stamps into a special room which has a machine to keep the air cool and dry. However, not many people can afford that.

    To keep stamps, stamp collectors usually put them under plastic covers. It is a common and simple way. This helps because the plastic cover keeps the stamps off the wet air. It also stops the fingers from touching the stamps.

    Some collectors prefer to store stamps inside a plastic box with desiccants (干燥剂). However, we should take care not to let the stamps touch the desiccants. On top of that, don't take your stamps out on a wet day.