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湖北省黄冈市2017届九年级英语中考模拟考试试卷(C卷)
Are you trying to live a healthy life? The following tips may sound strange, but they can really help you.
Exercise when you are tired
After a long and tiring day of study, an offer to exercise might not sound like a good idea, but it should. In fact, physical activities can provide you with the missing energy. Research shows that exercising for just 30 minutes can make you feel good!
Write by hand to help the brain be active
Although writing something using a computer is faster, it is much better to remember the whole thing by writing it down by hand. When you read a handwritten text, naturally it's easier for your brains to remember the information.
Spare more time for yourself
By sparing the time for yourself and just being alone for a while, you can have a chance to think and get to know yourself better. And you won't behave impulsively (易冲动地).
Drink hot drinks on a hot day
What cools more on a hot summer morning, cold water or hot water? A study shows that the hot water does make people feel cooler. When you are drinking something hot, the body will feel the change in temperature and increase the perspiration (流汗), which helps you cool down!
How to live a healthy life | |
Tips | Effect |
Exercise when you are tired | Physical activities can . Exercising for just 30 minutes can make you feel good. |
Write by hand to help your brain be active | It can help you much better. It can help your brains to remember the information more easily. |
Spare more time for yourself | You can have a chance to think and. You won't behave impulsively. |
Drink hot drinks on a hot day | It can make you feel cooler because your body will and increase the perspiration. |
Hello! My name is Zhou Aiguo. I'm from Wuhan. I live (居住) at Zhongshan Road. My English name is Tim. I like drawing pictures. I'm now studying at No. 1 Secondary School. Peter is my good friend. He is in Class 8, Grade 7. We are in the same class. My telephone number is 8329746. You can write letters to me. Remember (记住) my post code is three one zero zero one two. You can send e-mails to me. My address is ZhouAiguo@126.com. I like to be your friend.
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British people pride themselves on their polite manners towards one another in public. They often use the word 'sorry'—even when they don't really mean it! Usually, if they want to ask a stranger for the time, they would start by saying 'Sorry to bother you. Do you know what time it is?' If they're five minutes late for an appointment (约会), they would generally greet the person by saying 'Sorry I'm late!'
They use the word 'sorry' in so many different situations that the meaning of the word has changed a little over time. The two main dictionary definitions (释义) of 'sorry' are: 1) feeling sad for someone else because of their problems or bad luck; 2) feeling regret because you've done something wrong. Now, think about this. Normally, when they want to ask a stranger a question, they start with 'Sorry to bother you'. In this situation, they aren't saying sorry because they feel sad for that person or because they feel regret.
So what does 'sorry' really mean? And why do British people use it so much? Well, in the British culture, saying 'sorry' is a way to be polite, especially to people who they don't know very well. It's also a very clever way to get what they want. In a recent experiment, an actor went up to a different strangers on a rainy day to ask if he could use their mobile phones in order to make a call. When he went up to one group of strangers and asked them without saying 'sorry' first, he was only 9 per cent successful in borrowing their phones. However, when he said 'sorry' to another group of strangers about the bad weather before asking if he could use their mobile phones, he was 47 per cent successful. So maybe saying 'sorry' is not just being polite, but it is also a good method to get what they want too!
Title: Why do {#blank#}1{#/blank#} people say sorry? | |
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The situations in which they say '{#blank#}2{#/blank#}' | Asking for the time Being {#blank#}3{#/blank#} for an appointment |
The change of the meaning of 'sorry' | The two main {#blank#}4{#/blank#} definitions of 'sorry'; Feeling sad for {#blank#}5{#/blank#} problems or bad luck Feeling regret {#blank#}6{#/blank#} of one's own mistakes When British people ask a stranger a question by {#blank#}7{#/blank#} with 'sorry', they are saying sorry neither because they feel sad for that person nor because they feel regret. |
The {#blank#}8{#/blank#} meaning of 'sorry' | A way to be polite A good way to get {#blank#}9{#/blank#} they want The result of an experiment shows it's {#blank#}10{#/blank#} for one to succeed in borrowing a mobile phone by saying 'sorry'. |
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