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吉林省长春市九台区2024-2025学年八年级上学期期中英语试题
Are you interested in writing about food? If so, then this is the competition for you.
The Week Junior is hosting the Young Food Writer competition. Set up in 2008, it is the only national food writing competition that is for children and young people up to the age of18.
To be winning, write a short story around the theme (主题) of "Food and Heroes (英雄)". The hero could be anyone you want, yourself, a friend, a family member or a sports person. No matter who it is, write about what role food plays in life. For example, do you have a family member who cooks something to make you feel better when you're sick or help you get through your hardest times?
The competition has four different age categories (类别), each with their own word limit(限制).
10 and under — at least 250 words
11—13— at least 500 words
14—16— at least 750 words
17—18— at least 1,000 words
There will be a champion(冠军) and a runner- up(亚军) in each category. Good luck!
Please send your story by e-mail to food and heroes@theweekjunior. co. uk by April 30th. All works must include (包含) your name, address, e- mail address and phone number of your parent.
For more information, please visit theweekjunior. co. uk.
Here is some information about Amazon's three products. They can all improve your quality of life.
The first one is a robot called Astro. The robot can hear, see and follow you around the home. It doesn't cook or clean, but it can check whether you left the oven on while you're out or send an alert(警报) if someone strange enters the house.
Astro can do some housework: You can put snacks or a can of soda on its back and it will take them to someone in a different part of the house. The robot uses cameras and sensors (传感器) to avoid pets' running away. Amazon says Astro will get smarter as time goes on.
Besides the robot, Amazon made a smart screen. Its highlight (最好的部分) is that there is Amazon's Alexa voice assistant inside. The screen looks like a picture frame(画框) and you can hang it on a wall. It could be useful in the kitchen. It allows users to see recipes(食谱) or watch a TV show as they cook.
Amazon also says the Echo listening devices in Disney hotel rooms can help guests order more towels(毛巾) or find the fastest way to get to a theme park.
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Hello! Welcome to our programme! I'm John. I'm in a health club now. I'm having a talk with four students. They are members of this club.
Hi! My name is David. I want to be healthy. Health makes me feel good and helps me to study better. So I joined the club. I come here on Tuesdays and Fridays. I exercise for thirty minutes each time. | |
Hello! I'm Alice. I like to eat hamburgers and candies. My classmates said I looked unhealthy. So I came here to exercise. I come here three times a week and spend fifty minutes each time. Now I look healthy. | |
I'm Ann. I have too much homework to do every day. I often feel tired. I think exercise can make me relax and help me to study better. Although I am very busy every day, I spend forty minutes here. | |
I'm Bill. I always wanted to sleep in class, although I slept nine hours each night. The doctor said I was unhealthy and needed to exercise. So I came here, I find that I'm full of energy after twenty minutes' exercise each day. Now I never sleep in class. |
When my daughter was in primary school, she brought home four small twigs(细枝) from school to plant. None of them looked very strong and lively. But with hope for the future, I planted them somewhere in our backyard which could give them enough sunlight. Over the years, because of the poor soil(土壤), three of them died. Only one lived at last.
It grew crooked(不直的) and very slowly. In fact, it looked more like a fat bush than a tree. Later, I noticed that it was starting to die. The branches(树枝) were becoming bare. Only the top third of the tree was still green. I did my best to save it by feeding it a lot of fertilizer, but it didn't work.
Later one morning, I went out and looked at it again. I was thinking if it would be better to just cut it down. It would make the yard look cleaner. As I walked over to take a closer look at it, however, I noticed something moving within the leaves. It was a bird patiently building a nest in the topmost branches. I smiled when I looked at it. I thought maybe this old tree was still useful. It might not be healthy or pretty, but it was still giving a bird a home.
This tree let me know that all of our lives have a purpose. It doesn't matter if we are young and strong or old and sickly. Until our last breath, we have things to do, love to give, and joy to share. We can help to make this world a better and more beautiful place.
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